Oct 22,
2012
Dear Family,
We aren’t able to drive a car anymore and are
now walking and riding bikes. This
area is huge so we have been relying on the members to drive us to all the
far places that we need to go. Hopefully the members will remain
patient with us. We also got some bikes! I opened my
suitcase to get my heated blanket the other day and there was two fold up
bikes in there. I pulled them out and unfolded them and now we
are able to visit all the people within Lebanon, haha, just
kidding. We actually got our bikes from the Hershey Elders because
Hershey used to have a walking area but that area has since shut down.
They are pretty terrible bikes. We need
to get them tuned up because every time I go up a hill the gears start changing
on their own which causes the chain to slip. I will have to take a look
at it today and try and fix it with the little tools that I have. I feel
that by riding bikes every day for the next while my legs with get enormous and
my clothes and shoes will become very worn. The only bad part about
riding the bikes is having to wear the goofy helmets, haha. I will have to send you a picture. I
look more like dad than ever when I am wearing a helmet. When I first put
the helmet on it reminded me of the time that we went skiing with Brady
and he rented the silly looking helmet, haha. Ya, you better take that
off if you want to ski around us haha... Dad you crack me up. We
found a really good deal on a couch at Ashley Furniture. We will be getting it soon but for now we are
just sitting on hard chairs.
Grandma is such an inspiration to me. I
am glad to hear that she is doing really well. Tell her the sooner her
hip gets better the sooner we can go wake boarding!
I received a card from Aunt Bonnie this week
that was very nice. I really hope that her muscles and her nerves can
re-heal and she can get back to normal and not have to feel self-conscious
about her face. I know the Lord will bless her because this was a trial
that he placed in front of her and she dealt with it very well so now she will
be able to recover fully.
We had a good lesson with Sambo this week. She brought up a concern that she has with the church and that is dealing with the baptisms for the dead. She doesn't believe that we need to be doing that and she doesn't believe that temples should be closed to the public. We will have to try and figure out a way to address this because we have already told her the reason for temples and baptisms for the dead but she is not accepting of it. Rebecca went to the temple for her first time this week and did 7 baptisms for the dead. She loved it she said and could really feel the Spirit. She had done some genealogy, so she was able to perform the baptism of her mom and one of the young men did the baptism for her late husband and her father. She had a good time and I am thankful to the ward for taking her and making it a good spiritual experience for her.
We are supposed to be going to dinner with Rebecca,
Sambo, Sam, and Sambo’s kids tonight so that will be fun but I don't like how
she asks us to come and she feeds us all the time when she doesn't have much
money. I want to do something special for her before I get transferred
from this area but I am not sure what. Maybe
you can help me figure out something.
I made pumpkin cookies and took them to Rebecca and her family the other day. They were really good but my first batch got a little burned because our oven is pretty bad but the rest were good.
I love you and I am glad
you made it home safely from Tennessee!
Love,
Elder Mouritsen
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