Dear Mother Dearest,
Well, yall are probably itching to hear how President Mortensen is. we met him this Wednesday. he is very different from President Pingree, but oddly familiar. before we left to go meet him, i prayed that i could see the mantle switch from the two presidents. When we walked, in my first thought... this is no President Pingree, but i wanted to give him a fair chance. so he and his family get up and start introducing themselves. then President Mortensen gets up and does a small little training on covenants. it was so good. he also talked about how in his mission there were a few missionaries that were disobedient and how that changed the way the mission went and his mission is barely now recovering. he called a few of us to repentance, but it wasnt a harsh. it was in such a way that i could feel that he just wanted this mission to be the best it can be. he is also really funny. i like the guy. i think he is exactly what this mission needs. so far i hear everyone else likes him too, but we all know that he means business.
so in other news, we rode our bikes a lot this week. Man, let me tell you my legs hurt. something about being in a car for 18 months isnt good on my legs. it feels really good to be out and riding around. a funny thing that happened this week... well, i got a few, is we were riding around and i go to turn onto a sidewalk and i turn the wheel a little too sharp and the rim just kinda... collapsed... it was intense. we got another one and fixed it the next day. then later that day after we fixed my tire, elder anderson broke his chain. so we were thinking of what to do and i had some Para cord on my bag that i braided so we tied him to elder Satele and we towed him home... it was pretty crazy. we made it home safe, but just had some stories to tell.
the work is moving along now. we are struggling to find people, but i feel like every missionary has that problem. we thought about trying to work through the members a lot more. its quite the feat to try to combine our works as missionaries with the ward. they just dont know how to work with us. so thats what we are working on. something that hit me is missionary work is so easy. all members need to do is put the missionaries in a situation with the non member friend. Boom, then we can talk to them and make an invite and if they say no then no big deal, its now on the missionary and not the member. being a missionary makes me excited to be a member missionary. i wish i would have done more missionary work as a youth. that is one of my biggest regrets before my mission, but that will make me a better member missionary.
Well, it sounds like people at home are doing well. the picture of sterling and ariel is really funny. Dad, you are a boss. riding a bike with a bee stinging your ear.... impressive. Lace, i hope your house is going well. Chandler, you rock. Mom, keep working hard.
let me tell you, after being in Texas for the 4th of July, twice, I have come to realize, i love this holiday! its my favorite hands done. it was so nuts. we had to drop off elder anderson for an exchange so on the way back it was about 920 and everyone was shooting up fireworks. you would be driving and just see fireworks out of everyone’s yards. it was so intense that there was a mist of gun smoke covering the ground. it went all night just whistles and booms! it was a lot of fun. i think everyone needs to experience a Texas 4th of july!
Well, i love you guys. be safe and keep praying... that stuff really works!
Elder Nymeyer
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