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Happy 4th of July

Mom, That's great you are all planning on spending the night at the cabin and celebrating the 4th. I think it's weird someone is trying to set Loafer on fire. So Katelyn & Justin are back from the honeymoon and back to real life. That's good they can get back to work and be ready to start school. So Mom I don't want anything for my birthday!! It would be foolish of you if you were to send me a package. I would rather you just put money in my account. It would cost like 15 dollars to send a package then you would buy like candy to put inside and I don't really need any candy at all nor a box that I will throw away along with the candy! So please don't worry about sending me anything. Even a Birthday card thay are like 3 or 4 bucks just for a card. Just save the 3 dollars haha. From now on I have decided I am not going to buy those things, I gotta save all the money I can get!! Anyways I have everything I need so no worries :) No more teenage years for me :( I just can't believe that it was a year ago that we went up to the cabin for our Birthday party. I don't even know where the year went. Oh boy did it go by fast. That is great Parker will be joining young mens soon. Has Parker been doing anything else this summer besides baseball? Hahaha Parker doesn't have time to write me back, It's summer what's going on??? No if I were his age I wouldn't want to write either so I guess I don't blame him. Thanks for all the pics of Justin & Kate the looked beautiful and the temple! Wow!! I can't believe Kate is married. Parker looked good in his baseball pictures and Capri is always cute. That is awesome the Taylor & Riley have been out 1 year. They are good boys! So for my year mark I am going to celebrate it by doing missionary work! pretty cool eh? I don't think you could have a better celebration than that haha. I don't know maybe I will even treat myself to a cheap Mexican dinner hahaha. All I eat is Rice, Rice and Rice with the Filipino's. So I am now used to eating rice with every meal instead of potato's. You wouldn't believe the stuff I have eaten. I have eaten chicken feet, can you imagine what that would taste like. It was so chewey but I just bit off the cartlidge around the bones on the chicken feet. I have eaten pig ears and all sorts of fish. So basically they eat everthing on the animals, they don't waste a thing. It's cool though to experience new things and eat weird stuff. Well is sounds like y'all are doing well. I am doing so great and I couldn't ask for anything else. We are going to have a great week this week. We are still preparing for Arrmando and Cythinia to be baptized on July 21st so I hope they will be ready. Welp I love you all so much, Thanks for all the support and for all you do. Keep up the good work. Are you still getting up and working out and staying active? I hope so, I hope dad is doing well and I can't wait to go to the temple with him again. Ta ta for now!! Elder Swenson

92 Year Old

Hi Mom, Everything is still going great! Tomorrow morning is transfers so we only have tonight with our extra companion. So my companion and I are not getting trasferred but that means I will be the area for 7 1/2 months. It's crazy. I have been here for 6 months but I will be here another 6 weeks and possibly even more. We are teaching the 92 year old man tonight so I hope and pray he will get baptized. He just says that he is to old and he does not want to, but I hope and pray he will change. He has been taught for 15 years and he is 92 so it's getting down to the wire ya know haha. For Breakfast I usually do oatmeal and toast or cereal with milk. For Lunch we got out and eat sometimes or we just go back to the apartment and eat. Dinner we usually get fed by people so we actually have and hour for dinner, but we just work and people feed us cause Filipions love to give out food. That is great that Capri's blessing was nice. Tell all the Pruitt's that I said hello. Anyways let Grandpa, Grandma and Laur I said hello and that I love them. It's getting hot outside!! Life is wonderful down here and I would not want to be anywhere else. I love this gospel with all of my heart and I am so grateful for my wonderful family as well. LOve Elder Swenson

Busy Times

Hi Glad to hear you are all doing so well. Sounds like you had a great time up at the cabin. I bet things are getting super busy planning Katelyn's wedding and everything else. Anyways last week was a good week. We are actually covering two wards now because one of the missionaries had been sick and had to go home so his companion is with us. Only one more week until transfers and then he will go back to his area with a new companion. We have been teaching alot and things are going really well. The one new compaion is amazing at singing and playing the piano. We are teaching this 92 year old guy. His wife's son attends our branch. He has been meeting with the missionaries off an on for 15 years so it's been quite interesting teaching an old man. He still drives, plays the piano and is still physically active at the age of 92. Isn't that something...I am really excited for Kate & Justin. She is just awesome and I am so proud of what she is doing. Haley and Kate are both such hard workers and such good examples for me. I have been so blessed with such a wonderful family. Everyone that I see seems to be so lost, they don't even know where the heck they are going. It's just sad to see people so caught up in the world. We live in such a good place, we are around so many people who are great and humble and I love it. Tell Parker & Dad that I love them and I think of them often. The Lord has given me so much, I want to give my love to others who need it. What a blessing you and the rest of the family has been to me Mom. Thank you so much and just continue to be faithful!!! Much Love, Elder Swenson

Meeting the Measoms

Hello! Yeah it was cool to meet up with Rob & Stacey and have lunch. It did not make me homesick, come on what kind of question is that. haha Bryce will be suprised when we send him a picture. We went and ate at a good Mexican Resturant in old town. That is great dad got a new truck. I would like some pictures of Parks in his new baseball uniform. I am glad you met my last companion on facebook. He is a nice guy and he sure does love me. haha he emails every week and I am like dude I do not have time to respond to you every week. Welp I miss you all very much, My love for my family has grown so much!!! Tell Laurie, Grandpa and Grandma how much I love them. Time is sure flying by, I can't believe that Grandpa Cleve died a year ago. I sure do miss him. We don't really have to many investigators because none of them are progressing or keeping their commitments. We did get a referal from the this very nice Philippino family but the the people live like almost an hour away from where we live so we don't know if we can teach them. We are waiting for permission. It does seem promising so hopefully it will work out. Next fast sunday you should all fast for me to learn the language better. I pretty much got it but I just want to speak it good and fast and just be fluent. I really don't miss home at all to be honest. I know before I know it I will be right back going at it just like life before with school and work. I so enjoy working and I hate lazy people seriously. The mission has really helped me stay focused and just live the gospel. I pray for you all and hope you are happy and healthy! I think back to conference and the overall message I felt was do not delay, time is running out. Not to scare you but I think they just ell people to get ready and don't delay cause you never know. Tell Parks I love him and to keep being a good boy and to work hard. Love Elder Swenson

Blessed

Family, What you are selling the house?? Are you crazy!! Just keep the one we have and buy a condo in St George so I can use it when I come home. I am so glad that Parker emailed me about how he is doing and all about his baseball team. Welp Mom no Baptisms. I tell you what these people are hard. You have got all these people that came from the Philippines and once they live here they get really prideful!! The Philipinos here are not like the ones in the Philippines, the ones over there are really humble and friendly here it's a whole new world of possibilities. There are still good ones out there looking for the gospel but it's just working and working until we find them. Most of them are die hard Catholics! Things are going pretty good. You all need to keep busy and keep your heads up always. The Lord will contunue to bless you the more you work! Tell everyone I am doing great, I love and miss you all. I love the gospel so much! I am so blessed to have this opportunity to serve in San Diego. Love you, Bye Bye Landon

Happy Easter

Nanay (Mom) That is great that Justin is home and had a great homecoming!!! I bet that was fun to go to. That is cool that he bore his tesimoney in Romanian. Maybe I will do it in Tagalog when I come home. I bet he and Katelyn are together alot. Easter week was really good. Everything is going great here. Yesterday we were doing service for this guy and we were out front and then a whole bunch of kids my age or so were like fighting it was super crazy. It seemed like it was 15 kids against one and they kicked him when he was on the ground and then they ran. I was so mad!!!The kid could barely get up with his head bleeding and so we ran and asked him if he needed help and he was like no. Kids these days...something else. I was just mad about it, but ya know I am just grateful that I don't live that lifestyle. I Just ridiculous!! I can't wait to talk to you on Mother's day then we can catch up. I love you Mom and thanks for everthing!!! Oh yesterday we went to this man's house that is in the San Diego Temple Presidency and we studied with him. It was really cool and we learned some rally deep stuff about alot of things. Tell Parks & Dad I love them and to keep up the good work. Much Love Elder Swenson