Hey guys, it’s always great to hear from you every week. We just had zone conference on Monday, it was really good. I've only been to two but they are always a spiritual boost and pumps everyone up to work hard that transfer. Ya we always sing to the sisters that feed us too, usually we do “Called to Serve”, but this time we did the “Army of Helaman". So we sang “are the lords missionaries” like that and at the very end instead of "to bring the world his truth" we sang "and thank you for the food". It’s pretty cool. lol Ya most of the ladies cry too. So it's ok mom. lol I guess its normal.
Oh and I got a package from the priests so that was cool. Some Oreos and chili cheese Fritos lol yum. So that was exciting.
On Sunday it was way lame, I threw up like 10 times. So I was stuck in bed all day. It was kind of a bummer. I had to miss out on church. But the next day I was fine so idk if it was like food poisoning or what but ya crazy.
Oh and some exciting news!! Me and Elder Jensen have a baptism on Tuesday! Pretty cool huh? It’s Lester Fowler, he is a 42 year old black man with a bunch of tattoos that lives in the ghetto. He just got married to his wife, who is a member, like 2 months ago and has recently been taking the lessons. His wife Laurey has two kids already 6 and 4. Jojo and I can’t remember the little girls name lol dang, but ya they are way cool and very excited, so it’s going to be great and we have 3 other solid investigators that are close to a date, so the work here is busy and going very well.
My time is almost up. I love you guys very much and I'm loving being out here. It’s amazing how when you surround yourself with the gospel how much you can learn and be strong and how often you get to feel the spirit! It’s great! Well until next time, have a good week!
Elder Dunn
Friday, September 26, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Hey ya I got your package last Wednesday after I emailed so ya! But the pan is awesome. lol I've had an egg for breakfast and lunch like every day this week. lol It’s awesome, but cool thanks for the money now I just need to find the stuff. It’s already starting to get cold some nights. Its weird here, one day will be way warm then the next rainy and cold. It’s going really well for me and Elder Jensen and I get along pretty good, and we are working really hard. There is alot of stuff to do and alot of people to talk to. The ward list has 600 people on it and only about 150 show up for church! It’s crazy and tons of people that have never even heard of Joseph Smith or the Book of Mormon so its cool tons of work to do.
That sounds like fun your little adventure of a trip and camping sounds pretty fun too. Today a few of the elders played football in a park, it was fun. I had two touchdowns and an interception. lol It was fun, but ya all is well, today Elder Jensen and I are going to clean the apartment, it looks ok now but the bathroom is still way gross, so that is our project for today. I better get going, lots to do and so little time it feels like. Love you all!
Elder Dunn
PS Hey, make Seth write me!
That sounds like fun your little adventure of a trip and camping sounds pretty fun too. Today a few of the elders played football in a park, it was fun. I had two touchdowns and an interception. lol It was fun, but ya all is well, today Elder Jensen and I are going to clean the apartment, it looks ok now but the bathroom is still way gross, so that is our project for today. I better get going, lots to do and so little time it feels like. Love you all!
Elder Dunn
PS Hey, make Seth write me!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Crestmoor
Hey there so yup I got transferred. I'm now in the Crestmoor Ward in Denver. I'm like in the city more now. Our ward is huge, so there are two sets of missionaries in the ward. Its split east and west, I'm the Crestmoor west ward. So ya its pretty exciting, my new companions name is Elder Jensen. He is a goofy hardworking diligent guy. He has been out about 6 months and is from Houston Texas, pretty cool! But ya he is a good guy, a really hardworking missionary. He doesn’t let one person walk by us or even within 100 yards of us without them hearing about the gospel. It is fun! There are like 4 pretty solid investigators so that is cool. Our ward is really weird, like there is a way ghetto part that is like all black people then the way way rich white people, its crazy how fast the neighborhoods can change like that. But we do most of our work in the poor spots, I really like it here, the people are really nice. It’s funny to see, we walk up to these gangster guys with there pants to there knees and like bling and grillz and stuff and start talking to them about Jesus Christ and most of them are way nice about it and let us talk to them, it is really cool. I'll have to send some pics of some of the rough 
neighborhoods and stuff. We live in a apartment just the two of us. It’s pretty trashy and dumpy and the inside is disgusting. I don’t think it has ever been cleaned. lol So that’s my goal today is to clean it up. But one investigator, Lester, told us he wanted to get baptized on Sept 30, so that was really crazy. So we are just getting him prepared for that, but the work here I guess has a reputation of being really hard. I guess the ward members are kinda slackers and flaky which is kind of annoying but it will all work out. I’m having fun here.
That's cool Mike Nielson is getting ready. I’m excited for him. Ya the missionaries that live in metro Denver get to go to the temple on the first Wednesday of each month, so I have gone twice now and will continue to get to go through this transfer :)
For numbers we set goals and our zone goal is just to have a baptism in every area, but ours this transfer is 4.....so we will see how that goes!
Ya and my bike is pretty sweet I really like it. I will send pics of it in a while it’s a GT 3.0. It’s a mountain bike. It’s really nice, I like riding alot.
Thanks to mom for sending me the comments to read. They are pretty funny. lol But ya I have like 30 mins on the computer for email but I have all pday to read and write letters so ya I do that stuff later:)
Well guys, all is well here in the mission field. Elder Bragg was just a couple computers down from me doing his email, so that’s cool, and we are all going to play bball in a bit so that is fun. I like my new area and companion I’ll email you in a week and let you know if I still feel the same way about everything. lol It’s still to early to tell but I’m sure I will love it. It’s great to be able to devote all my time my energy and my talents to the Lord, I love the gospel and feel blessed to have it in my life.
Love you all,
Elder Dunn
P.S.
My new address is:
1235 Albion St. #204
Denver, CO 80220
neighborhoods and stuff. We live in a apartment just the two of us. It’s pretty trashy and dumpy and the inside is disgusting. I don’t think it has ever been cleaned. lol So that’s my goal today is to clean it up. But one investigator, Lester, told us he wanted to get baptized on Sept 30, so that was really crazy. So we are just getting him prepared for that, but the work here I guess has a reputation of being really hard. I guess the ward members are kinda slackers and flaky which is kind of annoying but it will all work out. I’m having fun here.That's cool Mike Nielson is getting ready. I’m excited for him. Ya the missionaries that live in metro Denver get to go to the temple on the first Wednesday of each month, so I have gone twice now and will continue to get to go through this transfer :)
For numbers we set goals and our zone goal is just to have a baptism in every area, but ours this transfer is 4.....so we will see how that goes!
Ya and my bike is pretty sweet I really like it. I will send pics of it in a while it’s a GT 3.0. It’s a mountain bike. It’s really nice, I like riding alot.
Thanks to mom for sending me the comments to read. They are pretty funny. lol But ya I have like 30 mins on the computer for email but I have all pday to read and write letters so ya I do that stuff later:)
Well guys, all is well here in the mission field. Elder Bragg was just a couple computers down from me doing his email, so that’s cool, and we are all going to play bball in a bit so that is fun. I like my new area and companion I’ll email you in a week and let you know if I still feel the same way about everything. lol It’s still to early to tell but I’m sure I will love it. It’s great to be able to devote all my time my energy and my talents to the Lord, I love the gospel and feel blessed to have it in my life.
Love you all,
Elder Dunn
P.S.
My new address is:
1235 Albion St. #204
Denver, CO 80220
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
1st Transfer Coming Up
Hey guys how is good ol' Oregon treating you? It’s been really nice here in the Denver area, the weather is starting to cool down a little in the mornings and at night there is a nip in the air so that’s just how I like it.
How exciting the girls are heading back to school, the kids here have been in school a couple of weeks now so you’re lucky.
Dang that is such a bummer about my pictures, (Coop mailed home a memory card with all his pictures from the time he left until today and the card was lost en route) There were a lot on there that can’t be duplicated like all the ones from the MTC, lame. Well, I’ll take some more and figure a way to send them to you guys.
That’s cool about Seth and Kaden. Elder Bragg told me about it. That it’s pretty cool, they’re getting ready to head out. That’s pretty exciting.
Pretty much the only mail I get is from you guys and Britt, I got a letter from Derek and Britt’s family but that’s pretty much it.
That’s ways exciting that you are in charge of the family reunion. That will be way fun! Ya I think Sunriver would be a cool place to have it.
Getting up early is pretty hard, I'm not gonna lie, but we have a good system for it. Did I tell you already? I can’t remember. The alarm is on my night stand and when it goes off I immediately throw a pillow at Elder Craft cuz he is right next to the light. So that wakes him up cuz he is deaf when he sleeps. Then he turns on the light. lol It seems to work pretty good.
Right now we are going through PMG (Preach My Gospel) and studying each Christ like attribute, it’s pretty cool. The work is good here. Still just spending most of our day trying to find some new solid investigators. There are a few perspective investigators so that is cool.
BUT this just in, I'm getting transferred tomorrow! Crazy! So I made it through my first transfer, but I'm leaving already. I just got here! lol I was just getting to know the area and the members. lol But it’s all good, so don’t send any mail till I tell you my new address k? So ya, that’s pretty exciting. This will be my comp, Elder Craft’s, last transfer and he is training again so that’s cool. He was going through his ties (he has 108 of them) and was deciding which ones he was going to want to take home and which ones he didn’t really want/need anymore, so he decided on 58 that he is keeping and then let me go through the other 42 and take the ones I want, so that was cool. So I took 19 of them. So I have like 46 now lol. He signed all of the ones he gave me so that’s cool and there is one tie he gave me that has been in the mission like 5 or so years, something like 6 other elders in the Denver south mission have had it. lol It gets passed down from father to son (from the trainer to his greeny). So Elder Craft got it from his trainer, that got it from his trainer and ya all that. lol Kinda fun.
Well I gotta get going we are playing racket ball again today. E. Craft is obsessed. lol
Love you all and hope all is well.
Elder Dunn
How exciting the girls are heading back to school, the kids here have been in school a couple of weeks now so you’re lucky.
Dang that is such a bummer about my pictures, (Coop mailed home a memory card with all his pictures from the time he left until today and the card was lost en route) There were a lot on there that can’t be duplicated like all the ones from the MTC, lame. Well, I’ll take some more and figure a way to send them to you guys.
That’s cool about Seth and Kaden. Elder Bragg told me about it. That it’s pretty cool, they’re getting ready to head out. That’s pretty exciting.
Pretty much the only mail I get is from you guys and Britt, I got a letter from Derek and Britt’s family but that’s pretty much it.
That’s ways exciting that you are in charge of the family reunion. That will be way fun! Ya I think Sunriver would be a cool place to have it.
Getting up early is pretty hard, I'm not gonna lie, but we have a good system for it. Did I tell you already? I can’t remember. The alarm is on my night stand and when it goes off I immediately throw a pillow at Elder Craft cuz he is right next to the light. So that wakes him up cuz he is deaf when he sleeps. Then he turns on the light. lol It seems to work pretty good.
Right now we are going through PMG (Preach My Gospel) and studying each Christ like attribute, it’s pretty cool. The work is good here. Still just spending most of our day trying to find some new solid investigators. There are a few perspective investigators so that is cool.
BUT this just in, I'm getting transferred tomorrow! Crazy! So I made it through my first transfer, but I'm leaving already. I just got here! lol I was just getting to know the area and the members. lol But it’s all good, so don’t send any mail till I tell you my new address k? So ya, that’s pretty exciting. This will be my comp, Elder Craft’s, last transfer and he is training again so that’s cool. He was going through his ties (he has 108 of them) and was deciding which ones he was going to want to take home and which ones he didn’t really want/need anymore, so he decided on 58 that he is keeping and then let me go through the other 42 and take the ones I want, so that was cool. So I took 19 of them. So I have like 46 now lol. He signed all of the ones he gave me so that’s cool and there is one tie he gave me that has been in the mission like 5 or so years, something like 6 other elders in the Denver south mission have had it. lol It gets passed down from father to son (from the trainer to his greeny). So Elder Craft got it from his trainer, that got it from his trainer and ya all that. lol Kinda fun.
Well I gotta get going we are playing racket ball again today. E. Craft is obsessed. lol
Love you all and hope all is well.
Elder Dunn
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