well long story average length. this week was pretty darn good. thanksgiving was really good. we ate some deer with the gulleys and then some turkey and ham up in new castle with the woods and the nunnerys. it was a blast. i cannot believe how fast time flys. im really feeling it lately, sister parker (in the mission office) said she was going to call me in 2 weeks or so to arrange my funeral and make sure i get my departure from this life all squared away. :( not cool.
so in response to your weather it has been 40-60 degrees and rainy here which is crazy because this time last year it was snowing! not a whole lot is different. we had a sweet lesson with vernon lykins this week. i'll send some snippets from another letter to you. (i dont want to write it out twice) but it was amazing and we had a visitor from beyond the veil at the end of the lesson. i've never felt like that before. we didnt see anything but you could tell the said person was there. i'll explain more through a letter. can you believe its already christmas? thats crazy. holy cow(only in india)
so life is going well. i've realized however that i have not been spending enough time in the book of mormon. so im going to be stepping up m reading.
my comp was sick yesterday so we played about 6 or 7 games of chess, read a ton of scriptures, he threw up about 5 times, and we played battleship, missed church (sister collins said we shouldnt go and get everyone else sick), and sister johnson brought us ice cream and the most amazing chcken noodle soup ever, the we planned our p-day and planned some lesson for tonight, and then we played another game of chess and the went to bed..............
things are looking up around here, even though i get discouraged sometimes. but satan sucks, and the work will go on. one of the reasons i know this is that 52,000 19-26 year old could not do this work unless it were true.
gordon b hinckley said something to that effect during his interview with mike wallace on 60 minutes. wallace asked how does it work? hinckley said it shouldn't! but it does.
anyway let me know if you need me to pray for anything specific.
LOVE YOU!!!!
elder swanson
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Email 11-14-11
this week has been super!! we have been teaching about 10 lessons a week here in connersville. but we have 12 lessons set up for monday tuesday and wednesday. its going to be a crazy week. life is going great for me here. the area really is doing well. one of my other buddies just entered the empty sea this week. josh butler, i dont know if you remember him or not. he and kelci and karly and i went to a parachute/safetysuit concert together. anyway long story short my week has been great. you can check out my mormon.org profile if you want its online now. i have been checking out the ogden temple webcam on p-days while i email. its looking pretty bare as of late. i cant wait till its done. hopefully all goes well this week for you guys. i need to jet but i LOVE YOU!!!!
elder mark swanson
elder mark swanson
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
11-7-11
so all is going great in connerville. my new comp is elder jonathan mortensen from sandy utah. we are having a great transfer so far. investigators are coming out of no where lately. just yesterday we set up 4 return appointments. and we have 8 or so lesson already set for this week. things are going great. we have been teaching a lot lately which has helped elder morty and i to teach well together. so we have zone conference this wednesday which should be cool. and then i am feeling the force telling me i am going to be getting my funeral arrangements(flight plans) soon. uugggghhhhhh. gross. you usually get them 4 months before you die.(die as to things partaining full time missionary work) no one is going to be there when i get home. it will be weird.
love elder swanson
love elder swanson
10-31-11 email
hmm well transfer calls were this morning. elder mayfield is getting transfered and i am getting a brand spanking new car to drive in connertucky!!! i hope it will be a good transfer. we are most definetly going to bubs after transfers, i love that place.
. i really learned a lot this transfer. my companion was fantastic, we had a ton of fun.
i still suck at budgeting. i just dont ask for money anymore. i live with what i have. i guess that kind of a good life skill. and i've decided im not playing video games anymore or watching a ton of tv. i want to actually live my life.
other than this.... not much to report. we are teaching consistently and all of our gators are progressing nicely.
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!
. i really learned a lot this transfer. my companion was fantastic, we had a ton of fun.
i still suck at budgeting. i just dont ask for money anymore. i live with what i have. i guess that kind of a good life skill. and i've decided im not playing video games anymore or watching a ton of tv. i want to actually live my life.
other than this.... not much to report. we are teaching consistently and all of our gators are progressing nicely.
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!
The Missionary Ten Commandments!
The Missionary Ten Commandments!
1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me; send all of thy Pok'e'mon, Yugi'oh, Magic: The Gathering, or any other cards home.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images of the assistants, nor of any person in the mission leadership, whether now, nor in the past, neither shalt thou aspire to leadership. Thou shalt not follow blindly the apostate traditions of your fathers, that they should not be passed down to the third and fourth generations.
3. Thou shalt not call elders or sisters by nicknames, their first names, or by their surnames alone, but by Elder or Sister and their surnames. For the mission president will not hold him guiltless in the final interview who calls other missionaries by thier first name.
4. Remember Preparation Day to do thy laundry and thy shopping. Six days shalt thou proselyte and do all thy service, but the preparation day is set forth by your mission president for these things. Rememver also to look for opportunities throughout the day to find people to teach, but thou shalt teach them in the other six days, for in six days shalt thou set and keep all of thy appointments.
5. Honour thy father and thy mother, and write them weekly that thy packages may be large and arrive often.
6. Thou shalt not kill the beasts of the field with thy vehicles, neither shalt thou wield firearms of any kind.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery; lock thine heart and send the key home.
8. Thou shalt not steal thy companion's food.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy companion in thy president's letters; neither shalt thou include negative or offensive comments about the areas in which thou dost serve in thy emails home.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy companions ties; thou shalt not covet thy companions shoes, nor their camera, nor their packages, nor their girlfriend/boyfriend, nor their bicycle, nor any thing that is thy companion's.
Heed these commandments and keep them well!
By: Elder Buchanan
1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me; send all of thy Pok'e'mon, Yugi'oh, Magic: The Gathering, or any other cards home.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images of the assistants, nor of any person in the mission leadership, whether now, nor in the past, neither shalt thou aspire to leadership. Thou shalt not follow blindly the apostate traditions of your fathers, that they should not be passed down to the third and fourth generations.
3. Thou shalt not call elders or sisters by nicknames, their first names, or by their surnames alone, but by Elder or Sister and their surnames. For the mission president will not hold him guiltless in the final interview who calls other missionaries by thier first name.
4. Remember Preparation Day to do thy laundry and thy shopping. Six days shalt thou proselyte and do all thy service, but the preparation day is set forth by your mission president for these things. Rememver also to look for opportunities throughout the day to find people to teach, but thou shalt teach them in the other six days, for in six days shalt thou set and keep all of thy appointments.
5. Honour thy father and thy mother, and write them weekly that thy packages may be large and arrive often.
6. Thou shalt not kill the beasts of the field with thy vehicles, neither shalt thou wield firearms of any kind.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery; lock thine heart and send the key home.
8. Thou shalt not steal thy companion's food.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy companion in thy president's letters; neither shalt thou include negative or offensive comments about the areas in which thou dost serve in thy emails home.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy companions ties; thou shalt not covet thy companions shoes, nor their camera, nor their packages, nor their girlfriend/boyfriend, nor their bicycle, nor any thing that is thy companion's.
Heed these commandments and keep them well!
By: Elder Buchanan
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