6-24-13

This was in response to asking his suggestion  on a lesson-

To start off  there is this lesson we like to do with people that are less active and it is a Sunday sundae haha. What you do is you have the bowl and say k this is your sundae now you need to fill it with things to do so you go to sacrament and put a scoop of chocolate in then you go to Sunday school and put a scoop of vanilla in then you go to priesthood or whatever class you go to then you put strawberry in (keep in mind you can use whatever flavor you want) then you read your scriptures and put some chocolate fudge on then you take a nap and put caramel on. Then you pray and then you put sprinkles on then you watch the football game then you put mustard on and you go to the store and then you put ketchup on it. You then talk about how mustard and ketchup would go great on a hotdog or hamburger which could be Monday or Saturday, but not on Sunday.  Yeah we really like that because we get ice cream haha.  So anyway about the training it is really cool because they talked about how they don’t want us tracting and that is exactly what me and elder O’Neill have been trying to do.  We are setting up a program in our ward so that we teach everyone  in the ward what and how to teach so that when they have a chance to bring something up they will be able to do it then be able to bring their friends in to the church.  My comp and I are thinking that we will be starting the new technology stuff pretty soon because we are getting a new mission president and we think they have been training them on it. whelp everything is going really good we spoke in one ward yesterday then the other bishop found out and asked us to speak this next week in his ward. I think I’m going to talk about the talk obedience brings blessings. We haven’t been teaching that much because we are really trying to get these programs going, but we think they will jump forward and fast so that we can be teaching a ton. Elder O’Neill is great he has been teaching me so much. this last week we helped someone move and it was a guy that was a professor at byu so we were hoping that we would get full rides for helping him, ;) but nope haha he said he was going to put in a good word for us to the new mission President miller for us because he was going to be at the training haha welp hope you have a great week. I love you so much

Love, Elder Fenner

6-17-13

Elder Fenner was transfered last week to Las Cruces, New Mexico which is at the bottom of the state.  His companion is Elder O'Neill.

 

 

I really love it down here everything is great. It is dang hot, but it's funny because today is 93 and it feels really good compared to the 105 that it has been haha. 

This is in response to his mom's question about whether he likes just having one ward or more-

I love having 2 wards, but then again I like having 1 ward our area might be split so we might just have one ward again. One ward is like married college students and rich farmers haha and the other is like country club people haha.   I  love it this morning one member took me and my comp out golfing that was really fun. He taught us this morning then next week we are going to actually play so I'm super excited for that because I am alot better now then when i went with Jason haha. Anyway I love the people here.  There is a few famillies that are short like me so I fit in really well haha. As far as investigators I'm still getting to know a lot but as far as I know they are really good we have 2 fully active families it is really weird haha they have been going to church for years and just haven't been baptized yet.  I have never seen that before.  They are getting really close to baptism so we are really excited about that.. One of the wards hasn't been doing as well as far as missionary work so a lot of missionaries have forgot about them but me and my comp are trying to kick it off there and all the members seem really excited haha.  I really like my comp his name is Elder O'Neill he is really cool.  He is a hard worker and also knows when to have fun.   That's about all that's going on here.  I forgot my camera but I will try to remember next time.

Love Elder Fenner

  He said if you are sending packages or letters send them to the mission home the address is on the side of his blog.

6-4-13

Things are going good this past week.  This week should be even better.  We are just having a problem getting our investigators to church. One of our investigators, that is awesome, came to church they come every week.  They are a part member family and she is coming back to activity. It was really cool they blessed there 2 babies and asked us to stand in the circle. That was awesome!  One thing that  is really cool, one person I gave a blessing to was sick and nobody knew what was wrong with them and the next morning after the blessing they found out what was wrong and he is slowly getting better. It is really cool to see the power of the priesthood. I have gotten alot more comfortable talking to people.  Not  much has changed we are just waiting for investigators to finally come to church and then they will be ready to be baptized it is so exciting to see people progress like that and how there testimony for things can grow so fast expecially on the word of wisdom and how it helps them by living it. I will let you know next week if I got transfered but anyway have a great week i love you so much

Elder Fenner

5-28-13

Sorry I have been a slacker at posting...

  Things are going good here .  It is kinda slow though because we teach most of our lessons on the weekend and everyone is out of town, but thats alright things should be better this week  We had zone conference this past week and it was really good untill he said Elder Fenner I would like you to come up and talk for 5 minutes about the gift of the holy ghost and I was like crap haha.  I was so nervous everything was just random thoughts coming out of my mouth haha non of it made sense haha oh well at least its over with now haha.  We got an email from President this week asking if anyone knew any sign language and I told him I took 2 years in high school so who knows maybe I will become a sign language missionary haha. that would be crazy. we didn't teach very much last week because the dang holiday and everyone was gone but oh well. I only have 2 more weeks of training then I will be a full blown missionary haha and I can't blame stuff on my comp haha jk. Anyways things are good. After we email we are going to teach a new investigator we are excited about that haha.  We are really low on miles right now so we are really excited for Saturday when the new month comes around and we get  more miles haha. One of our investigators that was going to be baptized this week, we have had to push back her date because she hasn't been to church and doesn't really know any members.   That is a big part of the focus is they need some fellowshippers so once we leave they will still know people.  That was my week. love and miss you so much.

Love Elder fenner

letter 5-21-13

We hit our 20 lessons for the first time while I’ve been out here so we were really happy about that.   We were riding our bikes to an appointment and this guy stopped us and told us that the world is going to end in 2019 hahaha. He said he knows this because he is chosen of the Lord and is the Jacob that Isaiah revealated  about in the last days haha . If there is one thing i have learned about people in Albuquerque is their brains are all fried from drugs, alcohol and the sun haha. There is this guy we know and he has been sick for about 6 months and none of the doctors knew what was going on.  We gave him a blessing and then they sent him to el Paso and found out what was wrong with him there he had something called cyclic vomiting syndrome it is so crazy. but now he is recovering and that is one cool thing. He now talks so much cuz he feels better hahaha its kinda funny how much he changed because he feels better haha. Our new bishop gave each of us missionaries a blessing and it was so cool I love when you get a blessing and the spirit is so strong haha he said that we were all sent here because we all have very unique abilities because the area is so different from normal, this area is what needs us. I don’t think I will be transferred this next transfer because i will need to stay and show the next person the ropes to this area but I think my comp will be transferred and it will probably be his last area.. As we were on our way here we got a call from the mission home for a referral.  They said this guy walked up to these sisters and said he wants to start talking with missionaries and he is in our area so we are going to start seeing him as soon as possible.  we are really excited to meet him. Things are going great. I know all the lessons i am just trying to work at remembering scriptures for questions they have and different things like that... Well love you guys so much

Love Elder Fenner

5-7-13

 This week things have been getting better we have this investigator that was really solid then these 2 guys came over and told her that she needs to be better (she is trying to quit smoking but it has been really hard because she is really stressed because she is going to school) so she didn’t come to church and said she doesn't know if she wants anything to do with our church if there are people like that in it and those are the kinda people that drove her away from the Baptist church. One big thing I have learned is to not be judgmental of people; they are trying the best they can. We are teaching a Navajo family that is really cool. We have taught them a few lessons and we didn’t see much potential because they didn’t really talk much just looked at the ground and didn’t really answer our questions, but at the end of the last lesson they really came out to us and were asking us questions and seemed really interested. That was really cool.  Tonight we are teaching this guy that we have been trying to set up an appointment with for so long we are really excited for him. One thing that we do a lot is give blessings, that is really cool.. The new missionaries are really cool Elder Haskell is back (he is the one that went home for medical reasons) and then it is Elder Baird he is really cool too.  Things are going much better we are getting more members to come out with us and that is really good. The best part of every day is when we are teaching someone. The spirit is so strong every time it’s so cool. I have been reading Jesus the Christ and wow that is an intense book,

Love Elder Fenner

4-30-13

There hasn't been much change lately everything is pretty much the same. Yesterday we did go to Edgewood (what josh said his favorite area was) that was really fun we had a ton of extra miles that we could use so we decided to go there with a missionary that served up there and we met some families that was really fun. Sunday we met a really cool family who are less active and their daughters have crazy colored hair and it reminded me of kyra. haha   So the zone leaders got on  my comp and me because we aren’t teaching 20 lessons a week. The big problem is we have been trying to teach more, but everyone cancels or they don’t answer there phone or door so we haven’t been able to talk to anyone and that stinks. Anyway to help ma'a in preach my gospel it said that the Book of Mormon is the main component to being converted so pretty much what it means is if he reads and prays about it he will get an answer.  I know that is true he just may need some guidance distinguishing what the answer is. So everything has been really slow and i don’t have much to tell you about. We haven’t found a family to skype at their house yet, but if we do it, it will probably be between 3 and 5 ish I’m not sure. Anyway I love you guys so much. I know that our Heavenly Father loves each and everyone one of us so much and wants to help us through life. Sometimes when it’s hard we forget to ask for that help and we need to remember too.

Love,

Elder Fenner