It is Amazing What a Little Hard Work Can Do

Dear Family,

Everything here is going great! We did have a pretty big storm here the other day but we didnt loose power or anything like that. Luckilly we had an exchange with a car so we didnt get too wet. The reason I didnt write yesterday is because we had a zone meeting and our preparation day was pushed to today. We met our new President yesterday. Im not sure how to spell their name but it is President and Sister Bernheisel... or something. They are great! He seems really prepared and ready to take on the huge load of being a mission president.

 Now to answer the questions..We do not have a car, we just have bikes. Fortunatley there are some great members who give us rides when they come on exchange with us. It has been soooo hot the last few days. It has been over 100 degrees with high humidity, it is crazy and ive never experienced anything like it. I have not had a chance to play guitar since the time I did at the Allen's. Our ward went on treck and it was with the rest of the Steak. They went somewhere up in Virginia I think. From our ward we had about 20 youth go. We have a great ward with a lot of great people, but there are a large ammount of less actives. Me and Elder Peck attend our ward each week, and so far we have only had one short notice teaching opportunity in church. We taught one of the classes, I think it was Gospel essentials. It is pretty similar to our ward at home and I love going to church because the people are soo nice.. For the package that you will be sending soon There is not a whole bunch that I need right now, I think I have all I need. For the music I would like to make some suggestions for what to send me. A few Tommy Emmanuel songs I would like are "Amazing Grace" "Those Who Wait" and "Questions". There may be a few more that would be appropriate but those are some I can think of. If you are buying the songs off of Itunes I would like some music by Celine Dion if she has any church songs. I know she may have done some Christmas songs or something.. Anyways If you could find any appropriate church songs she has sung that would be great.

For the fourth of July we cant really do anything. We are going to the Ward Party that day and hopefully will be able to meet some good potential investigators as well as getting to know the members better

I loved reading about your experience at Trek. I am soo happy y'all had the opportunity to go. I really felt the spirit just reading about your experience and even started tearing up a little (wow, I am a baby). I think ive gotten more sensitive to the spirit since ive been here, which is a good thing. I really wish I could go to trek again but I think the spiritual experiences I feel here are very similar to the experiences You felt there.

Today is the big day! Kevin Champion is getting baptized! I will make sure to tell you all about it next week and I will make sure to take some good pictures.

This past week has been a pretty great week. We went to Golden Corral 4 times this week. I am pretty sure I will be a little chubby when I get home.. Oh well. There have continued to be many spiritual experiences. It takes a lot of work to be sensitive to the promptings that we recieve and it is something I am really working on to improve. We continue to teach a lot of lessons and we have a lot of people we are teaching. Every week in district meeting when we report our numbers of lessons for the week, we are always at the top. It is amazing what a little hard work can do and I know that it is because of our hard work that God has blessed us with so many people to teach. I hope this has been an ok letter, and I hope I answered all of your questions.

 Before I go I want to express my love for all of you, especially my family. I know I tell you every week, but I really do appreciate everything you have done for me. I am who I am because of my family, and I am glad I had such a supportive and loving family. I hope this week goes well for you:)

 Love,

Elder Brayden Mortensen