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How was Seth's Mini mission, get him on here and tell me.  Yes, we do get mini missionaries here but we don't get them till a couple of weeks from now, so here’s hoping.  They call them dirty names here, I won't tell you what they call them, but how was it? 

(In response to Seth’s email about his mission and the spirit prompting him and the results of that.)  Having a mini missionary that is in tune with the spirit is a rare commodity in the mission field.  I wish you were here too Seth, but this is something that I have to do without you right now, but I will tell you what, when I get back we both will go on splits with the missionaries back home and do some missionary work. Oh, I heard you were serving in the Highland ward, how was that?  I was told that you talked a lot about me.  There are a lot of people that slam doors in your face but it is that much sweeter when someone opens their door and then their heart.

 

I don't really have to change my shirts much because we can plan to have Less Actives for the Heat of the day, or we have lunch at that time.  When I first got here I had blisters the size of my thumbnail on my feet, it’s a great training opportunity.  My feet before the mission were baby butt smooth, now they are like callused over.

 

You guys are SO lucky to play water sports, it kinda stinks that the ward is splitting up.  I will have Brayden and Sterling, but they will be on missions when I get back. Oh, I was given the privilege to stand in the Circle to confer the priesthood on some Less Actives that we have been working with. It was awesome, they both Cried and they both felt the spirit.  Shortly after being conferred on, one then turned around and gave the other less active the priesthood, it was amazing!

 

We are doing great work out here, and the past 5 weeks have FLOWN by and didn't wait for me to jump on.  We are more unified, I have discovered more and more what it means to do missionary work and it is something that I always need to improve on.

(In reply to my question about him and his companion being unified and how it’s similar to being married.)  Not you too!  :D Elder Chamberlain (Ammon’s trainer) was always saying that, it got on my nerves, because 1- he is not married and he was giving Marriage counsel, and 2- he was always trying to get me to talk more or shut up when we were trying to have a more unified companionship, but I will take your counsel, because you’re Mom and because you’re married and know what you are saying.  :D

Thanks Mom, I won't be able to email next week it being 4th of July, so I will email you as soon as possible that week.  :D

 

I got to go, But, I love you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you

I love you all!

 

Love from,

Ammon

Hot, Hot Hot!

I LIVE!!!

I am here, it got so HOT here that the Internet went out and we weren't able to email you.

 

10 minutes is all I have, that is before the milk in the car goes bad AGAIN ;D

So how is everyone, I am doing fine, I have been sweating off any extra fat that I have put on in the MTC, Oh I found out why everyone here is so skinny or fat, they come here to sweat it off or to get a tan.  Okay, funny story you know how white my skin is, well I gave some service to some members and wore a tee shirt.  Well, I got a Sunburn because my neck wasn't protected by my white shirt.  So I now know why missionaries give service in white shirts and ties instead of tee shirts. Oh, I was wondering if you could email me recipes for German Pancakes, pancakes, and other such things, so that I can make some food that is awesome and is not just plain Eggs, Toast, and Cereal. I got to go, but I will email as soon as I can next P day, I love you all, and Hope you guys have a great summer.

 

Love you all,

Ammon

The "Country Bumpkin"

We have a lot of time planned for tracting, because we don't have a lot of people right now.  We got dropped a lot this past week.  We had a guy, he was nice till he found out we were missionaries, then he SLAMMED THE DOOR.  The sad part is that he is an anti Mormon member that has refused to have his records removed, for purposes unknown to us, and we can't remove his records so we put him on the Do Not Contact list.  We DID HAVE AN INVESTIGATOR COME TO CHURCH, he has a testimony of the church and of the Book of Mormon, although there are some word of wisdom problems, we can work with that.  During Elders quorum we were learning about the scriptures, and the person giving the lesson stopped and said "I feel prompted to ask why we only use the King James Version of the Bible", (now some background, the investigator that came to church reads every version of the bible under the sun, moon, and stars) when the teacher said that, inside of myself I was like "YESSSS, WHOAAAAA!  Yeah, members acting on the promptings of the Holy Ghost, (the Church is true (said in a joking manner))" and then was like "Oh Crap, he is looking at us to answer the question, we are going to have to explain that to everyone."  It was still awesome, I have no problem having to explain to anyone what we believe if a member feels prompted to ask inspired questions and bear testimony on what we say and teach.

Oh this next bit is for Grandma and Grandpa, I met Ronald Grey, he's a twin, his brother's name was Donald, he said that he knew you both growing up and I quote "Use to tease the English girls on the school bus". 

Apparently, I am picking up an accent and mom you are going to be so proud of this, it's a southern accent.  When I talk to some of the people here, namely my companion and people at doors, I will say something and they can't understand what I am saying.  So I say it again for them and then they understand.  The follow up question is "Where are you guys from" and I say "Missouri", and some people out here think "Oh, a country bumpkin" and then proceed to try to talk fancy with their college education to get us to go away, and it's so funny that they try to talk science or math to me to try and make themselves feel smarter.  One time this college bumpkin tried to get us to leave using Calculus on his whiteboard.  I asked if I could help and he said "You wouldn't understand what is written on the board." I promptly said "Well, can I try?"  (At this point he didn't want us there, and was bashing us, so forgive me for what I do next.)  He said "Sure."  I then proceeded to fix his formula on the board, and gave him the correct answer.  I did this in 30 minutes, without the aid of his calculator, and said at the end as we went out the door "You were wrong in the beginning, and that screwed up the rest of your equation, just like some of the things that you have wrong in what you believe, when you want the right answers visit this website," and then handed him a Mormon.org card.  I am sorry but when people jump to conclusions about me and bash on my religion, the gloves are off. It's the way I feel some times, with some bashers. But I am trying to be better at saying that in a way that could not be angered or offended by them.

Love you,

Ammon

Astounded

Well, I am sad that the family camp out got rained out, and if you’re looking for a way to find a heart shaped rock you need to have Seth get my flint napping stuff out and use it to make it for Ari. Yeah, getting Seth on out there is a good thing, the more girls he dates now the less stress it is on your mission when you have to go and talk to everyone.  As a recommendation to Seth and his mini mission, I would say that he would need to STUDY The Restoration, and that he would need to study with both you and Dad, heck, study the lessons as a family and I can promise you this you will grow closer as a family and become more united in the gospel, and as a warning you need to cover what it teaches in Preach my Gospel, don't jump around from lesson to lesson, stay focused on one lesson at a time and stay focused on the doctrine of that lesson don't go chasing that which is not covered in that lesson, it will be harder to TESTIFY of the gospel and of JESUS CHRIST.

 

Our Ward is splitting!!!!!!!!!! when did this happen, everyone is supposed to be there when I get back, besides I thought that it wasn't going to happen for another 2-3 years, but hey, if missionary work is still moving forward in the ward then I can't fault anyone, as long as they stay active in the ward. And Dakota might go on a mission THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!! Keep at it Stirling, get more people on a mission. Oh, how is Andy Baysinger doing, coming to church, activities, and ward functions?  Keep trying to get the Priests over there, the more consistent they are with it the more people are willing to go and change and come to church on their own.

 

Well, what I have learned with Elder Jessee is that you need to always be ready to go and testify at a moment’s notice, because he doesn't give you warning, in the middle of Wal-Mart, in the bathroom, or at the car wash, or in a lesson. He will just look at me and I know, oh this is my time to testify, (I know this because I have the spirit there saying testify, and I have him to confirm what the spirit is saying.) Yeah it's hard to get people to go out and to fellowship, for us having a Missionary splits calendar helps, basically a calendar that is saying that the members will go out on a lesson with them and when it is a great way to fellowship with people and to get members out there testifying with the missionaries.

 

Dad I have been struggling to teach and learn about Meaningful Prayer, My first question is

 

How do you have meaningful prayer?

 

And how do you apply it to teach to someone

 

I got to go.

 

I love you all,

Ammon