February 18, 2013
Hello Family,
I am feeling a lot better now. I am pretty much back to
normal and I have all my strength back. Thanks for all your
prayers. By Wednesday, I was doing pretty well and we
were able to go out and do missionary work. We even
did some missionary work on Tuesday even though my stomach was
still pretty messed-up but, we had a few lessons that we had to go
to. I hope it doesn't cost you a fortune for me to
have gone to the emergency room. I didn't want to go. I was merely calling the doctor to
see if I could take or eat anything that would help me feel better
and he said it sounded like I had something wrong with my appendix. Well, it
wasn't anything like that but it was a flu virus that was causing my muscles
and organs to have spasms and cause major nausea.
It is sad to know that Kevin Kramer’s mother passed away. It would be a great idea if you could
send him a card. I will also be
sending him a card. The funeral will be this Saturday. I
heard that he was called up in front of a stake priesthood
meeting to bear his testimony without any warning but that he
did a great job and the Spirit was felt. I am constantly amazed
at how much progress he has made in the last year. He continues
to learn and grow in the gospel which brings me a lot of
happiness. Also Rebecca’s son Sam was baptized!! I
haven't heard the details but I plan to get more information on that and
write him a letter.
It was transfers this week and I have a new companion named Elder
Collier. He is a great missionary
and I am excited to be serving with him. He was the assistant
to the president so he knows a lot of stuff and understands missionary
work. We will be working at making this companionship the
best Hanover has ever seen! Sadly he doesn't speak Spanish
but he is only supposed to be with me for five weeks so maybe in five
weeks I will get someone who speaks Spanish.
Jesi is still lined up to be baptized. We taught her
a couple times last week and we were able to have a member there that
has been helping to fellowship her. The only bad thing is that Jesi has
moved to Gettysburg but we still get to teach her because she is coming to
the singles ward and we cover the singles ward. I guess she will be
coming to Hanover every week to be taught. We teach her at the public
library which is pretty cool because there is a fancy white board that we can write
on, which works perfect because she is a visual learner. She will be
baptized on March 9th.
We were supposed to meet with Pablo this last Sunday
but he had some stuff come up so we haven't seen him for a week or so. He sounds like he is taking it seriously
though. I am teaching him in Spanish. He only
speaks Spanish but is taking a class to help him learn English.
I help him with any questions that he has in English and he helps me if
I don't know a word or something like that. How is Tess doing and
how is her Spanish coming? She's probably fluent by now if she only has Spanish
investigators and her comp is Spanish speaking. That is cool. I am jealous!
Julia McArthur is going to be an awesome missionary. I read her letter and it sounds
like she has been doing so much to prepare to go on a mission. I am
amazed at how much time and effort she is putting in to go. I wish I
would have worked harder and took everything more serious instead of
wasting my time, but now I know. I really enjoy her letters and I hope
that she will keep writing me, I sent her a letter the other day so she should
be getting it soon.
Wow, I had no idea Chante Renouard was going on a
mission. It sounds like going on a mission is the
cool thing to do these days.
There is so much sadness in this world and so many
problems. It truly is a blessing to have the gospel in our lives,
something to hold onto, and something that isn't changing and we can confide
in.
I will keep praying for Grandma Georgia’s recovery and I
hope that she can get back to the norm soon. I am sure within a few
weeks that knee will feel better than the other knee just like the
way it was with Grandpa Max's hip replacement.
I love you family! I couldn't do it without you!
Love,
Elder Mouritsen
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