Called to Serve

Hey Family! and Friends....

How is everyone doing!!! This week has been good, not much has happened. Glad I got some questions so I have enough to write about. Its been kinda just a normal week. Nothing crazy happened and nothing bad happened! So its been just a good week full of learning and growing in the work. Both my compainons have been sick this weekened but seem to be getting over it. Hopefully it doesn’t get me sick cause thats the last thing I need!

So I got my ties and they have been a hit for tie trading! Its been nice to have Oreos everynight before I go to bed! They are so good! Already done with 2 out of the 3 packages! And half way done with the chips! They were great!

So to the questions.....

1) About the chest pain. It has gone down fully! They put me on some meds I take once every morning and I dont have anything throughout the day. I'm not sure when I’m done if I’m supposed to get the prescription refilled. Did they say anything about that when you called mom?

2) When the new missionaries come in I just feel bad for them! I see there faces and just think back to October 31st and how bad that day was and just kinda think about home. But then I see some Elder with a smile on his face and hope I looked like that walking into the MTC and just think how blessed I am to be here serving a mission!! But now that we are at our 7th week we get to escort new missionaries these next weeks till we go I think. This week I’m directing traffic which is a bummer cause I won’t have any interaction with the newbies! But hopefully the weeks after that!.... Oh will somebody send me the forecast for the weeks for here on out! The weather in Utah is bipolar. One moment it’s nice then the next it’s snowing! Utah is indi maayo(no good) in the winter!

3) Yeah Dan Peterson does get here on Wed and will be in my zone and probably right across the hall from me on my floor. Possibly his residence hall room will be on my floor! So I’ll be seeing him alot!

4) I covered that question in answer #2

5)You can send up my other shirts at any given time. I’ll probably send everything home the day we get our travel plans cause that way I’ll know I’m for sure leaving and I'll know what I need to keep and send! I’m debating if I should send home my speakers cause it has my alarm clock on it but I can’t use the music so i'm debating if you just send a small alarm clock (which I put the extra in Dees room on the night stand before I left) cause its smaller and less weight! What do you think! I should be getting my travel plans next week already so that'll be fun and you’ll know by then! You get travel plans 10 days before but I’m thinking since Christmas is within those 10 days they'll give them out earlier!

6) I haven’t checked on phone cards yet. I know you can buy them here...I just need to remember to check on that! So I’ll try to remember that today!

7) This week I’ve been studying just in the Book of Mormon! The best insight I’ve had is hard to say cause I get a lot of insight! I'd have to say though that when we repent we aren’t just becoming clean we are to change! When we repent we are to "put off the natural man and become a saint through the Atonement of Christ our Lord" - Mosiah 3:19. It’s interesting cause I looked up the definition of a saint and it said that a saint is "free of blemish" so the only true way we can become a saint is if we are clean and the only way we are clean is through the repentence process with the mercy of Christ’s atonement and suffering.

8) Yeah I did get that email from Janis. Elder Anderson says that his friend in their mission says Gordon and Janis are the best!

9) I see Nate Tingey every couple days! I see Mckay Tanner about the same! It’s fun to see them both! They are both awesome elders! It’s fun to be serving with them at the same time! Not hearing from many friends. I'd love to hear from more though!! I try to write back as soon as I can but it’s time consuming and I don’t have much time to write letters!

Well all! All is good here! I love your letters and packages so keep them coming!! The mission is great! I can’t believe I leave in like 3 weeks! The Philippines is going to be so awesome! The Church is true! The Gospel is true! Christ lives and God knows us and loves us and wants to help us when we ask for help sincerely! I've seen that in my own life and I’m sure I’m not the only one!

I love you all!!

Elder Sargent!