Dear Family,
This
week was awesome! My new companion and I are doing great as a
companionship, and our ZONE is doing awesome here in Outer Mongolia.
Elder Munkhbold and I taught 12 lessons this week and are reaching our
goals! We have quite a few people we are working with, so here are some
of them:
Sister
B.........: The investigator who lived in DC and London is progressing
great. This week we taught the Word of Wisdom and The Law of Chastity.
Both lessons were received very well. Please pray for her. She is a
great person and is doing great. We don't want her baptismal day pushed
back!
Brother
Z............ and Sister B.............: This is a great family, and
we just baptized their 8 year old son T.............. The father served
a mission in California back in 2001, and his wife is member of like 5
years. The husband is a great guy and is so happy that his son was
baptized.
Sister
B...........: A less active member who is starting to come back! She
was baptized a year ago and then was just lost from that point on. The
members in her branch just didn't follow-up with her. I hate when that
happens, so please don't let it happen in our wards back home!!
My
companion Elder Munkhbold (or if you translate his name....he is Elder
Hero Eternal Steel) is the best! He is such a blessing to me. He
just wants to work, and is so dang funny. He supports me to be my best.
He always prays for me, and you guys (my family), and I really love
that! Honestly, he is the most Humble kid I have ever met, as well.
He is the National Mongolian Judo Champion 2 times running, and was on
track to be in the 2016 summer Olympics representing Mongolia. He threw
that all away to come on his mission and was kind of like beaten down
by his coach for deciding to go on a mission. He testifies to me
everyday that he made the best choice in the world, and will never
regret it. His dream is to come back after the mission and win the
title
again, and then hold a Book of Mormon in his hand while he is on the 1st
place podium stand! He tells no one that he is the champion, although
most people do recognize him on the street, and come and shake his hand
and what not. This week we had like four kids on the street, who do
Judo, come up to him and bow before him out of respect. Too FUNNY! All
he said is that he was so proud to have them see him in a white shirt
and tie, and not drunk or with a cig in his mouth. President Benson has
given him permission to meet with any wrestler, or judo person in the
city. He is a huge name with lots of recognition, and the President
knows what an impact he can have on people. A famous name in Mongolia
wearing a white shirt, tie, and a missionary badge is such an amazing
thing for the church here. I'm proud to be his companion. Until next
week.......
I love you guys!
Elder Xappuc
Elder Munkhbold and I at our baptism this week.
Me, Elder Papenfuss, and Huckvale.
Twins! So dang cute!
I love the children I meet here. You can see why!
My comp, Elder Munkhbold, goofing in my red PJ's!
Elder Munkhbold is an Aggie!!
This was taken from my apartment window.
I gave Pap a bad haircut! …..but I repaired it! No worries!
Elder Huckvale and I.
My companion and I went on a 3-way companionship this week. On our way to a lesson.
Left to right: Elder Erickson from (St. George), Higgs, Huck, Harris, and Pap.
My sponsor. Ukraine Naraa! She is the very best! She even made a
Birthday cake for YOU, MOM, for your birthday, and gave it to ME!!
This is the cake Ukraine Naraa made ME for YOUR birthday, MOM!
My MTC Group!! Sis. Della Silva, Sis. Sneddon, and Sister Hansen…..and me!
Me, Sis. Sneddon, Sis. Hansen, and Sis. Della Silva at our conference. They all have about 3 months left before going home.
P-Day: Elders Higgs, me, Huckvale, and Pap.
P-Day: Me, Elder Huckvale, Pap, and Higgs
Cute kids in a car shooting at us! :0
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Mongolia? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Mongolia in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez