So Shaun and I (Stephanie) decided that because he has heard and read so many great quotes and scriptures that we would have a monthly Scripture/Quote that Shaun has chosen.
In honor of this Christmas Season, Shaun chose a scripture about the Savior
"And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: that he LIVES! For we saw him, even on the Right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the only Begotten of the Father- that by him, and through him, and of him the worlds are and created and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God"!
-Doctrine and Covenants 16:22-24
Merry Christmas!
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Letter from Alabama 12-12-11
Dear family,
Things are still going pretty well. glad to hear someone got interested in the church through mormon.org cuz we pretty much tell everyone we talk to about it and tell them to check it out. yes you told me about elder Olsen I haven't seen him I'll have to keep an eye out for him. My companion is good he's from vancouver WA. I haven't talked to the mission president or his wife since I got here but we will be having a christmas dinner party at their house tomorrow for the my zone (huntsville) and the madison zone. So that will be fun I'm sure there will be pictures up on the blog for that. Speaking of pictures I've taken a few and I will upload some for you next week. Yes we still bike a lot that's pretty much our only mode of transportation. The only time we ever use the car is for p-day and tomorrow since we will be going down to birmingham for the christmas dinner. Yes I remembered stacy's birthday Wish her a happy birthday from me! i can't believe she's 30! I also remembered it was st. Nicholas day sad I didnt get anything in my shoe haha. As far as christmas package goes idk. . . food probably I'm good with anything I guess a few things I like is lindor chocolates, cheeze its, (elder reed says mcdonalds) um but I can't really think of much else just good stuff I suppose haha. Um I haven't used either my bank of america account or my wells fargo account since I've been out here so I guess you could put the money in either. You really haven't heard anything from wolf???!! Can you please figure that out I should still have like another $2000 coming! I haven't heard from any of the other guys that came with me since we all got here so I have no idea if they've gotten thier visas or not. The people here are super nice they all believe in god and Jesus which helps and they all say the world needs more people like us but they are pretty set in their ways and usually not interested in learning more about our church. our stake did they're huge christmas festival this weekend they have it every year and the missionaries helped out we went on saturday and sunday it was really good! the choir and orchestra was amazing!! like one of the best I've ever heard and they had tons of nativity sets and they even had a live nativity set so pretty sweet. we met with our investigators micah and brad this week they are super nice and they read all teh chapters we gave them a couple times they took notes, brad even got the book of mormon on his Iphone and he he read the introduction and was trying to figure out all the history of the lamanites nephites and even the jaredites and he just had a ton of questions me and Elder Bacon didn't even know where to begin! needless to say I was pretty nervous. We were able to make it through though taught them about the spirit and recieving answers to prayers they have a hard time accepting anything but the bible but it seems like they are really trying so I hope their hearts will be softened!! I now even have my own pocket bible and I have seen eggbeater Jesus so I feel like a true alabama elder! (eggbeater jesus is just this huge mural and this church and where his feet should be it just looks like eggbeaters so everyone down here calls him eggbeater jesus.) Other than that nothing too new just learning everyday! Love you guys and I appreciate all your thoughts prayers and letters!
Things are still going pretty well. glad to hear someone got interested in the church through mormon.org cuz we pretty much tell everyone we talk to about it and tell them to check it out. yes you told me about elder Olsen I haven't seen him I'll have to keep an eye out for him. My companion is good he's from vancouver WA. I haven't talked to the mission president or his wife since I got here but we will be having a christmas dinner party at their house tomorrow for the my zone (huntsville) and the madison zone. So that will be fun I'm sure there will be pictures up on the blog for that. Speaking of pictures I've taken a few and I will upload some for you next week. Yes we still bike a lot that's pretty much our only mode of transportation. The only time we ever use the car is for p-day and tomorrow since we will be going down to birmingham for the christmas dinner. Yes I remembered stacy's birthday Wish her a happy birthday from me! i can't believe she's 30! I also remembered it was st. Nicholas day sad I didnt get anything in my shoe haha. As far as christmas package goes idk. . . food probably I'm good with anything I guess a few things I like is lindor chocolates, cheeze its, (elder reed says mcdonalds) um but I can't really think of much else just good stuff I suppose haha. Um I haven't used either my bank of america account or my wells fargo account since I've been out here so I guess you could put the money in either. You really haven't heard anything from wolf???!! Can you please figure that out I should still have like another $2000 coming! I haven't heard from any of the other guys that came with me since we all got here so I have no idea if they've gotten thier visas or not. The people here are super nice they all believe in god and Jesus which helps and they all say the world needs more people like us but they are pretty set in their ways and usually not interested in learning more about our church. our stake did they're huge christmas festival this weekend they have it every year and the missionaries helped out we went on saturday and sunday it was really good! the choir and orchestra was amazing!! like one of the best I've ever heard and they had tons of nativity sets and they even had a live nativity set so pretty sweet. we met with our investigators micah and brad this week they are super nice and they read all teh chapters we gave them a couple times they took notes, brad even got the book of mormon on his Iphone and he he read the introduction and was trying to figure out all the history of the lamanites nephites and even the jaredites and he just had a ton of questions me and Elder Bacon didn't even know where to begin! needless to say I was pretty nervous. We were able to make it through though taught them about the spirit and recieving answers to prayers they have a hard time accepting anything but the bible but it seems like they are really trying so I hope their hearts will be softened!! I now even have my own pocket bible and I have seen eggbeater Jesus so I feel like a true alabama elder! (eggbeater jesus is just this huge mural and this church and where his feet should be it just looks like eggbeaters so everyone down here calls him eggbeater jesus.) Other than that nothing too new just learning everyday! Love you guys and I appreciate all your thoughts prayers and letters!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Letter from Alabama 12-5-11
Dear Family,
Things have been going well, not gonna lie this week has seemed like an eternity. Elder Nelson our "trainer" the one that had been here a month left for brazil on wednesday so it was just me and Elder Bacon all wednesday just figuring out how to be missionaries together on thursday though we got to do exchanges with the district leaders which helped and I think we're going to do that again tomorrow but other than that everything is a new experience to me and Elder Bacon. Yes we see the zone leaders a lot because they live in the same apartment as us. They said they wanted to go out with us on friday so that should be helpful too. I have never heard of 2 greenies being put together either but I guess we'll just learn as we go. My butt feels a lot better riding bikes still isn't the most comfortable thing but I can actually sit down now without too much pain haha. There are a lot of hills in Alabama which makes it pretty tough when you get to the point where you are peddling with all your might and you're not getting anywhere then we just get off and walk up the hill. We are teaching a few investigators
Mom- as far as weather the last few days have been really nice like in the 60's but before that we had days in the 30's so it did get pretty cold I've been borrowing a jacket from one of the elder's in our apartment. So maybe a jacket might be of assistance preferably black but I don't want you to send a bunch of warm clothes cuz then I'll just have to send them back when I leave. I will keep and eye out for an Elder Olsen! yes we got to watch the first presidency message it was really good I especially liked president uctdorf's talk and the movie was really good too. Sounds like spencer's having a blast doesn't sound like the same spencer to me going on all these dates and being the ladies man now haha
Dad- Glad to hear that you were able to make some sales this week. those tender mercies of the Lord tend to come in handy a lot. and while some blessings come from me and spencer serving missions no doubt that your faith in the lord has brought much of these blessings upon the whole family. You have always been a great example to me of a man with great faith always knowing the Lord will bless you if you just keep pressing foreword and keeping the commandments. Wow I can't believe that about the 49ers if they go to the superbowl this year I will be a little upset haha. The first presidency message was really good we did have the opportunity to go and watch it.
Well love you guys lots hope to hear from you soon!
Love Elder fogleman
Things have been going well, not gonna lie this week has seemed like an eternity. Elder Nelson our "trainer" the one that had been here a month left for brazil on wednesday so it was just me and Elder Bacon all wednesday just figuring out how to be missionaries together on thursday though we got to do exchanges with the district leaders which helped and I think we're going to do that again tomorrow but other than that everything is a new experience to me and Elder Bacon. Yes we see the zone leaders a lot because they live in the same apartment as us. They said they wanted to go out with us on friday so that should be helpful too. I have never heard of 2 greenies being put together either but I guess we'll just learn as we go. My butt feels a lot better riding bikes still isn't the most comfortable thing but I can actually sit down now without too much pain haha. There are a lot of hills in Alabama which makes it pretty tough when you get to the point where you are peddling with all your might and you're not getting anywhere then we just get off and walk up the hill. We are teaching a few investigators
Mom- as far as weather the last few days have been really nice like in the 60's but before that we had days in the 30's so it did get pretty cold I've been borrowing a jacket from one of the elder's in our apartment. So maybe a jacket might be of assistance preferably black but I don't want you to send a bunch of warm clothes cuz then I'll just have to send them back when I leave. I will keep and eye out for an Elder Olsen! yes we got to watch the first presidency message it was really good I especially liked president uctdorf's talk and the movie was really good too. Sounds like spencer's having a blast doesn't sound like the same spencer to me going on all these dates and being the ladies man now haha
Dad- Glad to hear that you were able to make some sales this week. those tender mercies of the Lord tend to come in handy a lot. and while some blessings come from me and spencer serving missions no doubt that your faith in the lord has brought much of these blessings upon the whole family. You have always been a great example to me of a man with great faith always knowing the Lord will bless you if you just keep pressing foreword and keeping the commandments. Wow I can't believe that about the 49ers if they go to the superbowl this year I will be a little upset haha. The first presidency message was really good we did have the opportunity to go and watch it.
Well love you guys lots hope to hear from you soon!
Love Elder fogleman
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