Dear Family,
I am so happy for Haley and Dallas, a baby girl huh!! What are they gonna name her? I miss you all soooooooooo Much! I hear Nate Binks had a really good homecoming, that's awesome. I always enjoyed going to homecoming's and feeling the spirit that the returned missionaries had. Life in San Diego is going really well. I am busy and loving every minute. Last night we went to the hospital to give this lady a blessing, but the information we had wasn't right I guess, so we were not able to give her the blessing. I was bummed about that. But we did give a blessing to another sick lady last night as well.
I have had a lot of Filipino food the past few days, it is really good. Maybe not as good as the Mexican food though, but close! On Sunday morning some missionaries are assigned to the MCRD. It's where boot camp is for all the marines. On Sunday morning they all go to church so we go up there and have church with them and teach them. It is pretty cool how humble they are when they are trying to become a Marine. I will talk to you more about what we do next week. We are teaching this guy name Christian and we committed him to be baptized yesterday. We are also teaching Robert, but had to push the date of his baptism back because he is not ready. We will hopefully have a few more people with a date this following week! The people here are awesome, I love serving and teaching them. Thank you for all the letters and support. I pray for you all! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Love,
Elder Swenson
Elder Landon David Swenson
Friday, November 18, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Teaching & Serving
Dear Family,
Hi!! As far as my companion goes, his name is Elder Clay from Georgia and he has no accent. He has been serving for 14 months. The apartment is not to bad considering 4 boys live in it. The weather is perfect and it's beautiful here. There are many people ready to hear the gospel. I love sharing and the teaching is going good. This one guy that is in the Navy just started crying when we were teaching him, but he is moving so we can't teach him any more. I experience great things everyday and have been very blessed. It's not always easy, they days are long, always tire but I I love helping people out. We do a lot of service for people. Right now we are building a fence for some people. It changes the whole perspective on life when you get out into the world and see people so lost in Darkness.
It is great to hear that Tanner Raulston got his call! I am excited for him. I never got to be a greeter at the MTC! Cool news on the new Bishopric in the ward back home. I am glad to hear that Grandpa & Grandma's Halloween party was fun! I wish I was there, that's for sure. I am glad you had a great time in New York. That's pretty cool you saw the missionaries on the subway and that they knew Riley Stauffer.
I miss you guys so much. This is my favorite time of the year. I loved going to the cabin and having a fire. Mom remember when we went up to the cabin for your Halloween party and Whitney and Justin were there. Anyways we had so much fun. I wish I could come home for just a couple of months and spend the holidays with y'all. I am so very thankful for the gospel, I know that is is true. Tell Parks I love him and that I loved his last letter! yes it made my cry (haha). Tell everyone I am doing really good cause I am. I love getting every one's letters and don't send candy I don't need it. Tell Kate I love her to. I love you all!!
Elder Swenson
Hi!! As far as my companion goes, his name is Elder Clay from Georgia and he has no accent. He has been serving for 14 months. The apartment is not to bad considering 4 boys live in it. The weather is perfect and it's beautiful here. There are many people ready to hear the gospel. I love sharing and the teaching is going good. This one guy that is in the Navy just started crying when we were teaching him, but he is moving so we can't teach him any more. I experience great things everyday and have been very blessed. It's not always easy, they days are long, always tire but I I love helping people out. We do a lot of service for people. Right now we are building a fence for some people. It changes the whole perspective on life when you get out into the world and see people so lost in Darkness.
It is great to hear that Tanner Raulston got his call! I am excited for him. I never got to be a greeter at the MTC! Cool news on the new Bishopric in the ward back home. I am glad to hear that Grandpa & Grandma's Halloween party was fun! I wish I was there, that's for sure. I am glad you had a great time in New York. That's pretty cool you saw the missionaries on the subway and that they knew Riley Stauffer.
I miss you guys so much. This is my favorite time of the year. I loved going to the cabin and having a fire. Mom remember when we went up to the cabin for your Halloween party and Whitney and Justin were there. Anyways we had so much fun. I wish I could come home for just a couple of months and spend the holidays with y'all. I am so very thankful for the gospel, I know that is is true. Tell Parks I love him and that I loved his last letter! yes it made my cry (haha). Tell everyone I am doing really good cause I am. I love getting every one's letters and don't send candy I don't need it. Tell Kate I love her to. I love you all!!
Elder Swenson
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Real World
Hello Family,
First off, I sure did miss Halloween with my family! I spent my Halloween night laying on my bed reading a book, but I did enjoy it. On some holidays we are supposed to stay at the apartment for safety reasons or something like that. I have been eating some really good Mexican food down here. Almost every person in my area is Hispanic and good cooks. Everything is going really good. The people are wonderful and I love the opportunity of meeting new people. We gave 5 Priesthood blessings from Thursday to Sunday. Many people are going through some rough times and I am grateful that we get to help them and comfort them! It's always a neat opportunity to participate in the blessings! I can't even tell you how grateful I am for my loving family and being able to live in such a good place. I feel that I am in the real world now and it is rough for so many people. I am humbled each day and always thank my Heavenly Father for all that he has blessed me with.
On P-days we go shopping and then we have Zone sports. That is where the whole Zone meets up and just plays sports all day and we hang out together. Yes we have a car, about half the companionships have cars and the other half bike. I probably will never ride a bike.
I am not using my Tagalog that much right now because my companion is an English speaking Elder. Within the next couple of transfers I will be transferred and most likely be a full time Tagalog missionary and not speaking any English.
Mitt Romney is coming to San Diego for something and he is addressing the Filipino people. They were looking for a young Caucasian male to give a prayer in Tagalog and so some guy at church came up and asked me if I would? I said I would love to. I need to get some more information on that, but that would be pretty cool to meet the future President of the United States. I love serving the Lord, it brings so much happiness into my life. I miss you all and wish I could spend the holidays with you!!! Thanks for all the love and support!
Elder Swenson
First off, I sure did miss Halloween with my family! I spent my Halloween night laying on my bed reading a book, but I did enjoy it. On some holidays we are supposed to stay at the apartment for safety reasons or something like that. I have been eating some really good Mexican food down here. Almost every person in my area is Hispanic and good cooks. Everything is going really good. The people are wonderful and I love the opportunity of meeting new people. We gave 5 Priesthood blessings from Thursday to Sunday. Many people are going through some rough times and I am grateful that we get to help them and comfort them! It's always a neat opportunity to participate in the blessings! I can't even tell you how grateful I am for my loving family and being able to live in such a good place. I feel that I am in the real world now and it is rough for so many people. I am humbled each day and always thank my Heavenly Father for all that he has blessed me with.
On P-days we go shopping and then we have Zone sports. That is where the whole Zone meets up and just plays sports all day and we hang out together. Yes we have a car, about half the companionships have cars and the other half bike. I probably will never ride a bike.
I am not using my Tagalog that much right now because my companion is an English speaking Elder. Within the next couple of transfers I will be transferred and most likely be a full time Tagalog missionary and not speaking any English.
Mitt Romney is coming to San Diego for something and he is addressing the Filipino people. They were looking for a young Caucasian male to give a prayer in Tagalog and so some guy at church came up and asked me if I would? I said I would love to. I need to get some more information on that, but that would be pretty cool to meet the future President of the United States. I love serving the Lord, it brings so much happiness into my life. I miss you all and wish I could spend the holidays with you!!! Thanks for all the love and support!
Elder Swenson
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