Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Happy 20th Birthday Elder Mouritsen


July 02, 2012

Dear Family,

I don't have any plans for my birthday tomorrow.  No one signed up to feed us so I have no idea what we are going to do.  We will either eat at home or go to Ruby Tuesdays, the only restaurant in town.

None of the investigators that we had or have are progressing very much.  We have had some referrals this week though so hopefully things will start picking up.  Right now we just tract and tract and tract some more!  So, as for right now, missionary work is not that fun.  I like tracting but, going for hours and hours without anyone talking to you or opening their door really starts to wear on your patience and starts depressing you, haha.  Just pray for us to find a good solid investigator that gets us excited to go out and teach.   

We don’t have a senior couple in our area and the other missionaries are kind of far so we don't get to hang out with them on P-days as much.  The other missionaries serve in Hershey where the Hershey chocolate factory and Hershey Park are located.  We see them every Wednesday when we have district meeting and we see them when we do exchanges so like once a week but in my other area we saw the other missionaries all the time.  We had companionship exchanges with them this week which was way fun.  The city was really cool and their apartment was super nice.  I didn't really want to leave and go back to my area, haha.  It is hard to get good feedback from Elder Blake and it is hard to talk to him.  He is nice and always happy but when you want to talk he isn't the one to go to.  Anyway, the exchange was great and they have an investigator that was getting ready to be baptized so we went and saw him and he made us lunch.  We also talked to this lady that was 94 who knew Mr. Hershey personally.  She was nice and I think she really enjoyed our visit because after I said the prayer I shook her hand and she held onto it for a second and said thank you with watery eyes.  It was a great experience to meet her and hear her stories. 

My rash is gone and I finished my prescription so hopefully it doesn't come back.  My ankle still pops and is weak so I need to start working it out every day again.   

It is really weird not to be spending my birthday with family and having fireworks.  I am not going to lie I really wish I could be with you and go visit Whitney.  I hope you guys have a really fun time in California with Whit, Georgia and Garrett!!

I love you all and pray for you!  Thanks for all the birthday wishes!

Love Elder Mouritsen! 

PS.  Sorry I didn't write too much.  We went golfing today, 18 holes and the library is about to close.

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