Coops Mission

Final letters

2010-07-14T10:50:00.001-07:00

June 30, 2010
So ya I forgot to mention the Leonard's in my last email, but ya it was really fun they are really fun nice people, it was cool to talk with them and have him share memories and stories, he says dad cooked him the best meal on his mission lol kinda funny. But ya it was nice of them to do that for me I enjoyed it. So we have 30 minutes or so on the computers on pday.Oh and ya I had the doctors appointment yesterday it went well so originally I asked to go to a specialist but they told me I had to see a family doctor first, so I went to him and he checked me out BUT... he said that he doesn't know either it very well could be asthma or it could be some kinda breathing disease thing, lol so I’m still un-diagnosed but he did give me some pills I guess they are steroids its just like a one week thing like take 7 the first day 6 the second and so on but ya he told me when I get home I should get it checked out. So we will see if those pills make a difference.So ya I got a suit, actually I got two suits so ya it was at Mens Warehouse and it was a buy one get one half off, so the first one was 169 and the second was 85 so ya one is navy blue with like a like plaid maybe its like wide pin stripes and then stripes horizontal and the other is a gray with pinstripes pretty cool, so thanks so much they are really nice. And about the bike I’m not going to be taking it home, its been around the block a few times lol and there is an elder in the district that needs a bike so I’m gonna sell it to him dirt cheap. So hopefully i have enough room for everything did you get that little box of stuff I sent with like the towel and jacket in it? Well things are going swell here its pretty toasty and we have been riding our bikes a lot so that's fun :) but things are going good we did get a new mission president they made the switch yesterday so today is his first day pretty crazy we are all wonder what kind of changes he will be making to the mission. But I sure do love you guys a lot. It has been such an amazing experience and learning opportunity to serve a mission I wouldn't change it for anything.Elder Dunn
July 7, 2010
Hey there pops, dang you got the new iPhone4!! One of our investigators just got one and was showing it to us it looks really awesome, I was thinking about trying to get one when I get home. That’s fun you got to play golf with Colt and Jon. When did Jon get home? As for plans for immediately when I get home I don't really know I will try journeys and see if they need any help there but other than that I don’t know I haven't thought about it much. Is Clara getting some good hours at old navy now? That’s nice you have the whole week off, are you guys getting the whole family reunion nailed down? That will be so much fun. so just yesterday we had interviews with our new mission president, so that was neat he seems like a really awesome man, he is a wiz at the scriptures, after they interviewed everyone they talked to us about them and opened it up to a Q and A thing it fun. He was telling us about how he got his call and all that and for the first interview they got called into Elder Hales office and asked him a few questions. Then they got a call back interview with Elder Uchtdorf and then received their call. So ya that was exciting to finally meet him. Well I better get going. I sure do love you all and I’m just trying to enjoy my last few weeks out here. Elder Dunn

July 14, 2010

Hello family,
Well, I don’t really know what to say. ya this week has been as normal as any other week I think the weirdest was yesterday because it was my last full proselyting day, so that kinda freaked me out, and Colton (man its weird calling him that lol) called me yesterday morning, that was cool but kinda got me more scared hearing him talk about it, but honestly I think it will go fine, I’m not really scared I think I’ll adjust fine. So I started packing this morning, I’m having a hard time deciding what I actually need to take home, like I know I don’t need like ten white shirts, and like how many suits will I really need. But it’s going good, I’m excited to see you all. ya lol I don’t know who else would go to the airport that’s perfect, I did get an email from Brittney and she said she might make it but I don’t know that could be interesting, but other than that everyone else is like gone so just you and the Braggs is perfect. Well I don’t know I still don’t think it has really hit me yet, I think once in actually on the plan I will be getting nervous. but it has been an amazing two years, I am so grateful that I was raised in the church with a mission in mind, and that I chose to serve the Lord for these two years, it has been an awesome experience I love my mission, and would do it again in a heartbeat. I love the church, I love our prophet I love my Savior and I love all of you, I will see you soon.Your MissionaryElder Dunn

June 2010

2010-06-27T17:49:00.000-07:00

June 18, 2010
Hello Dunns!

Well, we finally did it! We had dinner with Elder Cooper Dunn and his companion tonight. It was lots of fun. I recounted stories from the days of Elder Dunn and Elder Leonard, and also from BYU. Better watch out, Jeff! He told us about his mission. It sounds like he has had a wonderful experience and has worked hard. What a great young man you will have coming home. It sounds like he has good plans for his future at BYU-I.

Seeing him brought back a flood of memories. We certainly miss you guys. Our busy lives and distance keep us apart, but we still think you are the greatest. Please let us know if you head this way for General Conference or whatever. We'd love to see you.

Enjoy the pics that are attached. Your son is the one next to the rather portly old-looking guy.

Mike & Lisa Leonard

June 23, 2010
Dear Family,
Wow that’s awesome that trip sounds like fun, ya I’m sure dad loved it, dang so he is 49 now crazy. But that’s really cool.

So ya summer has been nice in some ways like it stays light a lot later now so that makes visiting people and tracting at night so that is nice, but it is really hot. lol So I guess that’s the trade off. Its gross though I hate showing up for dinner or like an appointment drenched in sweat.

This last Monday we moved, so ya pretty crazy. the Gee house where we were living was only supposed to be temporary because of the kids and we have been there 8 months and she is having a baby like any day now so we wanted to give them there space and what not. BUT.. there is no one in either wards willing or able to house us so we were forced to move in with another set of elders. But they don’t even boarder our area, we have to go through their area then an entire separate area to reach the boarder of our area!!! So ya kinda crazy and well now there are 4 elders in one house so we are very cramped. Not to mention we no longer have free food to eat. lol So that is what’s new with us. So we are logging a lot more miles on our bikes. and its a bummer because it takes proselyting time out of our day to travel back and forth and all that so its a little frustrating, be we are making it fun :) Thanks for everything love you all!!Elder Dunn

June 16, 2010

Hello family, ya I agree it does feel like the week flew by. Well it seems like every week flies by. Man that’s awesome that Clara got a job, I think she will like it, I really liked working there it was fun. Well this last week weather wise was pretty crazy, it was mostly raining and like low 60s high 50s weird huh? Friday night we were walking home from an appointment we had and the clouds were looking a little dark and scary, then all of a sudden it started pouring like way hard, it was crazy. By the time we got home it looked like we had jumped in a pool and got out, it was ridiculous. But ya it was fun.

That’s so crazy we have a new stake presidency, all I have ever known is the old one. That’s good to hear that Elder Bragg errr I mean Colton, is doing good. Ya he told me they planned a trip to Utah pretty fast. But no I haven’t heard from him.

Um but ya that would be really awesome to get a new suit ya mine are like. ok lol Like the rips in them are not very noticeable unless you know where to look but ya that would be really cool. Well I sure do love you guys. Things are going good here, have a swell week!Elder Dunn

June 9, 2010

Hello family! Well sorry but time is short our ride with some other elders have to go get there oil changed so they are rushing us lol. But things are going well it’s still pretty warm, has the weather gotten better over there yet? Man the girls are out of school now right, everyone here just got out on Monday so there are alot more kids answering doors and around town now. So I set up an appointment for my asthma but they can’t get me in till the 29 that’s three weeks so ya but that’s good. Well hope you’re all doing good, and know that I love you!

Elder 'Dunn

Get to Call on Sunday

2010-05-06T13:49:00.001-07:00

Hey there! Ya sorry about not emailing last week, not a lot exciting happened and I was short on time, so sorry about that. And that way it gives more to talk about on Sunday :) So ya I think I’ll call like some time in the evening. Sorry that is really vague, we have coordinated with the family as to when we are going call.

That’s way cool about that fireside, sounds like that would be really neat. I really liked your quotes as well. So this is president Christison’s last full transfer, so that is really crazy for us here. He is just trying to get everything all ready for the new mission president.

(The quotes from President McDonald that I sent)
-The first law of heaven is obedience! -A missionary is someone who leaves and misses his family for two years so that he/she can give others the opportunity to spend eternity with their families.
-The mission president loves every missionary in his area. He loves you, but the real honor is if the mission president can say he trusts you.

Well I’m looking forward to talking to you all in a few days, I love you all very much.

Elder Dunn

24 Hours with Elder Bragg

2010-04-14T13:50:00.000-07:00

Hello! There!

Sorry, so yes I did get the Easter packages. Ya I got the big one before Easter so it was perfect and the other shortly after, so thank you so much. The magic trick is pretty cool too. I’ve showed it to a couple of kids and they really get a kick out of it, it’s funny.

So I got an email from Lucy about how she is graduating. That’s so cool. So you guys are going to make a trip down there then huh? That will be fun.

So geez this week just flew right by, it’s crazy. So I got to go on 24 hour team ups with Elder Bragg so that was pretty fun, but other than that nothing really too exciting this week. lol Transfers are this next week and it’s a little different this time, everything is moved a day sooner, so pday will be on Tuesday and transfers on Wednesday. So ya just a heads up, so we will see what happens with transfers. I think if I stay this time I will die here but I don’t know. I think it would be cool to see one more area, but I will be happy with whatever happens. Well I love you all! Have a good week!

Elder Dunn

New suit. New glasses.

2010-04-09T11:23:00.001-07:00

April 7, 2010

Hey there! Man, well this week has been pretty awesome, I loved conference, I feel like I always get so much out of it, its an awesome spiritual boost, and I got another boost this morning we got to go to the temple so that’s always a blessing. Man so we woke up this morning to get ready for the temple and there was like two or three inches of snow on the ground? What the heck right, so that was a shocker and now its like one o’clock and its all melted away.

So lets see, big news, well I got two new suits! I ripped that one black one you sent a while ago not to bad of a rip but so I wanted a new suit and my comp needed one too so we went to Men’s Warehouse cuz they had a pretty good deal, so it would be $150 for us each, so we put them on hold and I was gonna ask you but then! This missionary said they bought one at a thrift store that didn’t fit him so I tried it on and it’s perfect. It’s a brown with some like criss cross stripes. Then we went to a thrift store and found another one that fit for ten bucks! Way awesome. So I just took some pictures from the web cam on this computer and so ya I’m sending those to ya :) Kinda fun. So that’s the new suit oh and I got my eyes checked and I needed glasses so these are my new glasses, what do you think? lol Oh and that’s my companion behind me Elder D'Andrea so ya. Well things here are going good today we are playing some cricket like the kind the Braggs would play for FHE so that should be fun. Welp love ya all!
Elder Dunn

March 31, 2010

Hey there family! I know I can’t believe its April either crazy stuff, time flies when you’re having fun. So for general conference we have to go to the stake center, so no member houses. It’s funny cuz no one really goes to the stake center anymore, they either get it on TV or on the internet, so usually its just a whole bunch of missionaries there, it’s fun.

Ya so this week is spring break for Colorado. Unfortunately we thought it would be awesome cuz everyone would be home and we could talk to lots of people, but I guess that everyone went out of town, so it has kinda been rough. Like on Monday we tracted for six hours and we had like 7 people that actually gave us at least a minute or two to talk to them, but even still they weren’t interested, so that was kinda tough. About five hours in of getting rejected at basically every door I turned to my companion and was like, it’s a good thing we don’t get discouraged easy. So that’s good, we are both pretty happy guys so you just gotta make it fun. Well today we are playing some more Ultimate Frisbee the weather has been perfect, I’m lovin it. Well that’s all I got this week :) love you guys
Elder Dunn

March 24, 2010

Well hello family!
Geez what the heck, Clara was in Denver for a day? That’s crazy! Ya the weather here the last twenty four hours has been crazy. Denver is ridicules, one day its sixty five and clear skies then that night it rains and thunders and lightning and then later that night it dumps 8 inches of snow, its crazy. So we woke up to a winter wonderland, pretty crazy, and now its 55 and all the snow is melting. So since there was tons of snow this morning our cars were parked so for the pday morning we were stuck in the house, but our members, the Gee's, made biscuits and gravy for breakfast for us, it was so good. But then by noon the snow had melted enough to unpark cars so we went down to one of the church building with some other missionaries so Elder Bragg was there and played some kickball and then some dodge ball it was pretty fun. So its been a pretty good pday so far :)

So we tried to set one of our investigators with a baptismal date, his name is Doug. He said he knows the BOM is true, that Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ and that this is Christ’s church. So we were like yesss then asked we asked him if he would unite himself with Christ’s church by being baptized and he was like ya on December 11 2012 cuz he believes the whole world is gonna end on 12/12/2012 so right before the world ends. lol sooo ya kinda a bummer. But we committed him to pray about it and see when God wants him to be baptized so ya we will see how that goes. Wow that’s so crazy that Kuda Pedersen got his call what the heck that’s awesome. Well things are going pretty good out here. Hope you guys have a good spring break, love you all!

Elder Dunn

March catch up.

2010-03-17T10:34:00.000-07:00

March 17
Hey there family! So today we decided to do our email first because if we don’t we get so caught up with other stuff, it’s like way late and we are scrambling for time, but it looks like we came too early cuz you haven’t had the chance to email yet lol.

Well I got a new companion, he is pretty new still. This is only his third transfer. His name is Elder D'Andrea, he is from Boise Idaho. So ya we have been together just about a week now and things are going good. He’s a nice guy. And for the first time ever me and Elder Bragg are in the same zone so that is pretty awesome. So today we are going to play some ultimate Frisbee. I was talking to him last night and he has been in a car for most his mission and has gained some weight so I’m hoping I’m faster then him. lol But I don’t know I’ll have to let you know how that goes.

So things here in the Smoky Hill and Parkview wards are going pretty good, the Smoky Hill ward is on fire with missionary work. We have one guy Doug that is progressing really well. We have an appt. with him tomorrow night and hope to set him with a baptismal date. And a part member family just moved in and came to church and the mother and son said they want to take the lessons and be baptized. So that’s like a missionaries dream right there, someone comes up to you after church and says they want to be baptized so ya very cool. And now both wards, after Elder Perry, are trying to get us the list of names so that is a work in progress as well.

So I think that I have decided that the plan after the mission is to go to BYU Idaho and room with Elder Bragg. So ya not to sure when school starts and all that, I think like August is that right? But ya so if we could start to figure it out if that could happen that would be awesome.
Well I think that’s really all that’s going on here. But I hope you’re all doing well. Clara what the heck you’re 17? That’s really weird. Crazy stuff lol well love you guys!

Elder Dunn

March 10
Ugh oh my gosh. So I just wrote like a long email to you and sent it, but when it sent it sent me to the sign in page and now it's not in my sent folder. So I don't think it sent but hopefully it did but if not I'm getting a new comp tomorrow so that's big news. And the baptism went really well and Sunday was stake conference so that was cool too. Our mission president and his wife spoke it was really good. Well I’m outa time cuz I spent the whole time writing the other email so hopefully you got it love you guys.
Elder Dunn

March 3
Hey there Famillia! Geez I always feel so rushed and busy on pday. lol I don’t think that’s how its supposed to be, its supposed to be the day when we get to relax lol.

Oh so ya Margarita, ya she was someone that I taught and baptized lol. That’s funny she added you on Facebook. She is awesome. She’s the one that called you and made the bday cake for me and all that. Well let’s see not alot of exciting news, we do have a baptism this Saturday so that is awesome. We have that all planned out so we are really excited. It’s weird; the building where we are having the baptism is actually out of the mission, weird huh? So it’s not the building I go to for church but there are missionaries that cover 2 of the wards that go there kinda weird. So it’s like neutral ground I guess, but it’s a really nice building. It’s brand new and huge, but no one has keys to the baptismal font so we have to break in with a screwdriver lol funny huh. Well we are now teaching this guy named Doug, he is really nice and seems to be progressing very well. He is a referral from a member, we are teaching him the second lesson tomorrow, man when a non-member has a solid member friend fellowshipper it makes everything run alot smoother that is for sure. But this guy is into like energy healing and he even took his cat to a pet psychic. lol so ya he is funny but that is really cool he is progressing.

So no unfortunately I didn’t get a pic with Elder Perry, we just kinda ran by him and shook his hand. Oh I also got to go to the temple this morning so that is always a treat. Well I think that’s all I got going on here. But I love you all and hope you have an awesome week!

Elder Dunn

Elder Perry

2010-02-24T19:10:00.000-08:00

Hey there mi familia Comoros estas. Well things are still going good. Elder Perry last Saturday was really great! We all thought that he was going to talk about the whole twenty lessons thing or at least missionary work seeing as how he is the apostle over missionary work, but he was like cracking jokes and stuff. Then he spoke on the priesthood and the restoration. It was an awesome experience. We got to shake his hand, so that was cool. He is a big man, it was like shaking a bear paw, but like really soft. But after our mtg he met with the stake presidencies and bishops and WMLs and talked alot about twenty lessons, so our wards are really trying to get the ball rolling with that so that's awesome.

Well about Grand Junction, I was in the fifth ward so not the same stake as ninth ward so ya.

That's way cool about Lucy and her friend, he sounds fun.

Well hey I got to get runnin but I sure do love you guys have a good week :)

Elder Dunn

Still cruising along.

2010-02-17T12:44:00.001-08:00

Hello there family. Welp things are still cruising out here me and Elder Hawker are still getting along really well so that always makes time fly. Our baptism on Saturday went really well. But kinda funny on Sunday when she was confirmed, our bishop forgot to sustain her as a member in the ward. So ya I guess maybe we will do it next Sunday. So this Saturday is Elder Perry, so the whole mission is really excited about that. Boy I'm sure glad I got transferred when I did because if I would have stayed in Rangely I would have totally missed out. I feel bad for the missionaries out west. So that's cool that the fam likes Josh and everything went well with that. Oh hey so do you guys know an Elder Reed that served there but is home now I believe? Well I met his parents at the baptism they said he asked them if they new me when he was serving there but they said he was good friends with you guys so ya kinda cool.

Well that's all I got for ya this week hope all is well love you all have a wonderful week!

Elder Dunn

Hey there pops thanks for the email, I just sent off an email to the family one but realized I forgot to say I got the valentines day package so ya tell mom thanks for that and the Reeses were a good call :)

Well things are good here. So I pretty much don't know what my plans are for school after the mish, it seems like lots of elders are talking about that. I think I might have it down to two options, either BYU Idaho or UVU. Lots of elders either have or will be going to UVU but there are people trying to sway me both ways but I don't know, so just thought I'd see what your thoughts are on this topic. Well dad thanks for everything I couldn't ask for a better father. I love you pops.

February 10, 2010

Hey there family so ya things are still going good. That should be fun to have Lucy and Josh over, you will have to let me know how that goes.

Well Friday night was like the worst night of my life, I got sick and was throwing up and all that. My stomach was in so much pain I couldn't sleep, it was miserable, so I was in bed for a few days so that was no fun but I did get a lot of scripture reading so that's good. Well sorry this is way short but today is crazy we have so many things that need to get done. We do have a UBC (unbaptized child) that is getting baptized on Saturday so we are doing her interview tonight and another on date for the sixth so ya pretty cool. Well love you guys, have a fun weekend!

Elder Dunn

East Denver

2010-02-04T16:06:00.000-08:00

Well, I’m back in the metro area now, I’m east of Denver, I’ve never served on this side of Denver so it’s all different for me. I cover two wards here and I’m serving with Elder Hawker from San Jose CA. He is a way cool guy, we get along great. We both have the same interests and personality; it’s awesome when you get someone like that. I would totally hang out with him if we were back home kinda thing so this transfer is going to be good. My new area is pretty rich. There are so many houses for like miles and miles, its crazy and there are all like brand new and way big, it’s crazy. And! There are like tons of restaurants here as well! And places to shop lol its awesome! Totally different from Rangely, I’ve eaten at Chipotle and Chik-fil-a, have you eaten at either of those places? They’re pretty big over here but ya it was nice.

Well here at church on Sunday was nice, lots of people at both wards and they are very young wards and lots of youth. One ward, the Smokey Hill ward, is pretty fired up about missionary work but the other, Parkview, is kinda dead. It was weird. Like on Sunday nobody in Parkview even noticed there was a new missionary or just didn’t really care. Its weird cuz like I think in Rangely they are more appreciative of missionaries cuz they come and go there very often so they feel blessed when they are there but like in Parkview they just kinda take advantage of it, it’s weird.

Well let’s see, things are good, sorry this is kinda short but ya, oh so dad we go to the temple the first Wednesday of every month soo....today lol well I will be here for the March temple trip too so whatever day that is and we usually go to like the 7:30 session or so. Well I love you all. I know the Lords hand is in the work and blesses us all daily, have good week!

Elder Dunn!

My new address

5436 South Tibet St.
Aurora, CO 80015

Goodbye Little ol' Rangely

2010-01-27T12:33:00.000-08:00

Welp! I’m getting Transferred, I got the call last night so I leave tomorrow morning! Crazy stuff. Kind of mixed emotions about leaving now that I know I’m leaving I’m kinda sad but I’m sure if I would have stayed I would have wished I got transferred. lol I will miss little 'ol Rangely though. So I will write ya next week and let ya know where I’m at. Man I hate packing. blah.

Well anyways things this last week have been pretty good. Nothing really too exciting that I can remember. All the days seem to blur together now it’s really weird. I can’t separate them. But I did get my ticket all taken care of so that’s good thanks mom for that. The two wards are having a pine wood derby tonight so that’s cool and they asked us to help with it we helped set up last night and tonight we have to weigh all the cars in and me and Elder Oshea are the judges so that will be fun.

I cant remember if I told you last week or not but we tracted into a PMF and are teaching the wife the lessons now so that’s good and they are blessing there twin babies in church this next week so that is good. I think that since I’ve been here the work has picked up so that’s good, I’d like to think I’m leaving the area better than I found it, so I hope that’s the case lol.

Man Syd got her braces off? Crazy ya you will have to send me a pic. I’m sure she’s gorgeous.

And to dad, ya I know, I love that talk from Elder Holland as well it’s so awesome. We have had lots of lessons in priesthood and such about it lately, and every time I read it or hear it its just so powerful it’s amazing. Oh can’t remember if I told you but L. Tom Perry is coming to our mission this February! like the 17 or something so that is going to be way cool, so hopefully I go back to metro so I can actually be there to hear him cuz they might have to broadcast it to elders way out there like in Rangely so this is a good time to get transferred lol. Well things are good here hope you all know how much I love you guys, thanks for everything!'

Elder Dunn

2010-01-21T13:16:00.001-08:00

Blah, well this last week has been kinda tough and crazy. So ya the doctor’s appointment went well, they made me do some breathing into a tube test thing and also did X-rays of my lungs, but everything came out normal. So they don’t really know what the deal is but they did prescribe an inhaler, so that’s one cool thing lol. And it really works well. It’s crazy. But the last couple of nights I wake myself up cuz I can’t breathe and I’m hacking up a lung, so I grab my inhaler and that helps me breath, but I still continue to cough a bunch. So I don’t know it just randomly happens, but it keeps me AND my comp up all night, so I feel bad for Elder Oshea cuz I keep waking him up. So I don’t, know hopefully it gets better.

So the second thing that was no good about this week was that unfortunately on our way back from Grand Junction I was driving and I got a speeding ticket :( It was night and on this highway it’s 65 in the day and 55 at night but I just thought it was a suggestion not the law. So I was going 67 and got pulled over. What made it even worse was the registration and proof of insurance wasn’t in our car where it was supposed to be, so the officer was nice so he talked to our senior missionary in charge of all the cars for a bit, and gave us a warning on the paper work but did give me a ticket for speeding. $170. So ya. No good. So if you could transfer money into my account I guess maybe from my tax return or I’ll pay you back once I get home. But if you transfer it for me I can get a money order and mail it in and do it that way. So ya sorry about all that.

Well that is really awesome about Alan’s call, ya I was wondering why it took so long, do you know when he leaves? Way cool, if you see him tell him congrats for me.

Well other then that, everything else here is going good, its snowing right now, and ya it’s still cold. Transfers are this next Thursday, so I will let you know next Wednesday if I’m staying or going. Not too sure what will happen. I think either of us could go or both stay so ya. Well have a good week. I love you all very much.

Elder Dunn

January 13, 2010

Hey there family and friends! Well Rangely is well...still Rangely. lol It’s good but not too much new exciting news. This last week and a half or so we have had a lot more success with receiving referrals and tracting into some good potentials, so that is awesome! There are now a couple of families we are working with that seem very promising so that is awesome. We have an appt. tonight with our Ward Mission Leader’s next door neighbor. He asked them if they wanted to take the lessons and they said yes, so that was really exciting news here :)

So ya I did get the package that you sent, thanks a bunch for everything in it, and yes it is the correct charger so thank you! And ya I did get a package from grandma! I got fudge! It was so good, and the gift card to subway as well, the fudge was so good that the members I live with were stealing it! lol I was mad.

So tomorrow is another zone conference, so yet another road trip. This one is actually in a city called Riffle, but we are going to a different zone's conference because I have a doctor’s appt. Recently it feels like I have asthma, when I work out or shovel snow. My throat kinda closes up and I can’t get full breaths and I weez and cough lots. So finally I had had enough so I set up an appointment down in Grand Junction to get it checked out. It’s really annoying. lol I hope I get an inhaler, how cool would that be? But ya so I will fill you in next week on what the doctor says.

So uhh check out YouTube, search "When Boredom Strikes Dunn Oshea". We had a member upload our video to YouTube for us. lol It’s pretty lame but kinda funny :) Love you All

Elder Dunn

New Year's Eve in Rangely

2010-01-07T10:29:00.001-08:00

Well hey!

Ya so I had a pretty low key New Years as well lol as you could imagine. We had to be in the house by 7:30pm, then my comp and I pretty much just sat around. We did play some card games, that was probably the highlight I guess. Then just went to bed. lol It was pretty sweet. But ya the GPS works great, thanks again. It really helps out a lot and makes things a lot faster when trying to find someone’s house. But no I haven’t gotten the package yet, but I’m not sure if our members have got the mail the past few days.

Well things are still running smoothly in Rangely, just trying to find people to teach. It feels like I have been in Rangely my whole life and I know everyone and everything about the town. It’s kinda weird, it makes things kinda tough it feels like I’ve done everything there is to do here. Now I guess I have to go back and do it all again. But it’s going good, Rangely kinda grows on ya after a while. Well I gotta get running, sorry this is kinda short. Love you all and hope you have a good week!

Con Amor
Elder Dunn

Home, home in Rangely.

2010-01-04T12:16:00.000-08:00

Dec 30
Hey there familia! Long time no talk. :)
Oh that’s pretty cool BYU won. Ya I heard they were playing Oregon lol lots of people here in Rangely are way into football, that’s pretty funny about the BYU sign and all that. That’s just like dad to finally have one day off and to do chores that day, who else is in that pic? I was confused.

So will this be your first Sunday teaching gospel doc. ? or were you teaching D&C too? K sooo just some bits of advice for ya just that I have noticed in other classes and teachers and stuff. First off try take note of if there are any non-members or investigators in the class before hand and if there are then stay away from the deep doctrine or talking to openly about the temple as well. That is something we missionaries have to kinda watch out for sometimes in some wards. The topic gets way crazy and people speculating on things that we don’t know, and there is a non-member spouse or investigator there and we are just kinda cringing as they talk. But you have a gospel principles class there though right? So most likely they will go there. Another thing that kinda bugs me is when the teacher doesn’t teach doctrine! or they say well this is what I think.... that kinda stuff shouldn’t be taught, only what we know. So ya there is my two cents worth lol. I’m sure you will be an awesome gospel doctrine teacher :)

Oh, so our mission office moved yesterday, so it’s not the 2001 e. Easter address anymore, not too sure if you ever give that address out to people or not but its now

Colorado Denver South Mission
Mission Office
999 E. Tufts Ave
Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113

So ya it’s now in a church building instead of an office building, kinda weird huh.

Well things are still good. I can’t believe it’s almost 2010, how crazy is that? Where did 2009 go? Well I better get going. Hope you all have a happy new year! Love you all!

Elder Dunn

Dec 16
Hey there. Well things are going good here in Strangely, lol Christmas is approaching fast, everyone in town is getting ready. There was a cool light parade, can’t remember if I told you this or not, but ya it was pretty fancy! There were a total of 8 floats in the parade lol so it wasn’t very long but it was fun. It’s beautiful out here in the winter, we have gotten so much snow here its crazy, but its cool when everything is white, all the streets, the trees and mountains. It does make me wanna snowboard really bad though. That’s one downfall to it. Well tomorrow are transfers so we got our call last night and my comp Elder Coley is getting transferred so I go pick up my comp tomorrow so that will be fun. It’s about a two hour drive to the city where we meet for transfers, it will be fun driving back with my new comp so I get to know him. lol The two hour drive there is nothing, just mountains and deer the whole time, it will be funny to see his reaction. I remember I was like what the heck where are we going? lol We are in the middle of no where so it will be fun to see his reaction now that I’ve been here for a while and am used to the small town. Well I better get going love you all! Have a good week.
Elder Dunn

Christmas Devotional

2009-12-09T20:00:00.000-08:00

That's pretty funny about the rebellion with the girls, I could totally see them all doing that, ya if I were you I would call their bluff too. Where do they even get money? How does Clara pay for gas she doesnt have a job does she? She should work at Harry and David like I did when I was 15 on the line, lol. That would be funny I could see her whining about that. lol Good stuff.

Well any who, wow that temple trip sounds way awesome, 45 worthy priesthood holders going to the temple! That's so crazy. It weird how growing up in the ward and then coming on a mission and serving in many wards and being able to attend PEC weekly, how much you learn and understand more about the church and how a ward works and all that. I've come to realize how awesome our ward is, and how strong it is. That's awesome.

Well, so this week we got to go down to Grand Junction again because we had a Christmas Devotional. So we drove down the night before and stayed the night there BUT it snowed like over a foot and we had to come down from the mountains so it was crazy! We went the long way because the fast way was over Douglas pass which is gnarly way high up its kinda like "the shelf" but two ways up then down. It was so slippery and of course we have little Toyota Corrollas, two wheel drive coming over a mountain pass, it was so gnarly. We drove like 35mph the whole time it was crazy! It ended up taking about 5 or so hours to get there. Once we got on the well travelled high way it was a little better, but still pretty bad and of course there are tons of stupid people thinking they can go fast, we saw 7 cars the had spun out and were in the ditch, it was crazy.

But the devotional was really good we talked alot about Christ of course read The Christmas story in Luke, watched a few little movies and sung alot. It was fun. President and Sister Christison, our mission president after they had received their call in 2007, but before they had to report to Denver went on a trip to Jerusalem and got to go the the Mount of Olives and so he gave a training on that and the atonement and when they were there they bought a whole bunch of olive oil and actually consecrated it there near where Christ performed the Atonement and gave every missionary a little bottle of the consecrated oil from those same trees that Jesus was amongst. It was really awesome. Its really neat to have. The whole devotional was awesome and very spiritual. we also got a knitted hat, and a Christmas CD. It was nice. Lots of work that's alot of hats to knit lol .

Well so that was the highlight for the week for sure, all the driving in the snow wasn't fun (actually it kinda was lol) but it was worth it. Rangely got dumped on with snow too about a foot or so, this morning we woke up and it was -10 out side brutal huh. Well I better get going, but I just want to tell you how grateful I am for Jesus Christ and for this wonderful season for us to recognize his birth and all he did for each of us. I love you very much!
Elder Dunn

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-25T16:43:00.000-08:00

Hello Dunn Family! So ya not a normal pday, but we get time today for email, then tomorrow is a full Pday so ya. Good news we have a dinner for Turkey day! Pretty exciting huh? Someone finally felt sorry for us and signed up so that is cool. But as for the rest of the day, I have no idea what we are going to do. So are you having anyone over for Thanksgiving or is it just the fam? I’m not to sure how our meal will be, I hope it will be good, but it was just nice of the family to have us over, so I’m happy with that :)

Ya and to answer your question mom in your letter the members we live with are in Salt Lake for the week so ya that’s why they aren’t feeding us. But ya we live in their basement and we do share the kitchen and fridge and all that. We are supposed to have our own shelf set apart, but we have are own bathroom, that’s a must, so ya that’s kinda how it works.

Man that’s so cool about Alan, I didn’t know that! That will be so good, I love that kid lol.

Oh thanks so much for the letter and pics and package. I got them all yesterday! I was so excited! Thank you, and thanks for the food! I’m gonna get fat now that I’m not on a bike lol. Oh soo for Christmas I’m thinking about a GPS, now that I’m in an area where we drive lots and go far. It’s basically a need, my comp Elder Coley has one right now, but I think he is gone next transfer, so ya that would be nice for Christmas. I really like the "Garmin" brand they seem to work the best.

Hey and it was good to here from Clara and Syd. Man here in Rangely they get the whole week off from school isn’t that crazy!?

But ya so basically for this week the population of the city died to like half of what it normally is cuz everyone is out of town. So this week is hard for missionary work, we had our district mtg yesterday in Craig, it’s like 90 miles from here. So we drove up the night before and stayed the night. It was in the BIG city! Craig has about 10,000 and they have a Wal-Mart! Crazy! It’s funny how being in the town you get so used to it, I mean when me and Elder Coley got to Craig and saw all the ppl and stop lights and all that we were like wo! Feels like we are back in metro lol and we were complaining about traffic if we had to wait for more than two cars! lol it’s funny. But it was a fun trip, I gave a training on the power and authority of our calling and how to be a successful missionary, it went well.

Well I better get going, I love you all. Have a good weekend and make sure to eat lots for me. :)

Elder Dunn

Medford Second Ward!

I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas. Things here in the Colorado Denver South Mission are going very well. I love being a missionary and being able to feel the spirit daily and help play a role in bringing souls unto Christ. I hope this holiday season you will all remember the true meaning of Christmas and strive to give those around you the greatest gift of all, by sharing with them the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love you all and thank you for all that you have done for me and all of your support.

Elder Dunn

Rangely, CO

2009-11-12T11:45:00.000-08:00

Hey there fam!
Ya I did get your letter mom, thanks :) That was crazy about that bear lol I couldn’t believe that. So while you’re getting new carpet and moving the TV and all that, you guys should just buy a new TV! Right? It’s about time to don’t ya think? A nice big 52in flat screen HD TV, that’s what you should do lol. Man that’s crazy about Bro Schmidt, ya he was in there for a while, but I think Bro Whitney will do really well.

Man 12 baptisms this year, that’s way awesome! I always tell missionaries out here of the success there and what’s going on and all that, like me and Elder Bragg were talking about that last Wed. at the temple and talking about how we wanna serve in the Medford ward. lol Man and I just read my comp that paragraph about the zone blitz, that’s so awesome! That could be put together so well and have people follow through with it and make it happen. That’s way awesome.

Ya I have heard from Seth, he has written me two or three letters and sends an email every once and a while. He is doing good and loving it. He had his first baptism last week, and I think what he was saying is that it was in the ocean! And he did the baptizing so he said that’s every missionaries dream in his mission and he experienced it his first or second transfer. Way cool.

So I got transferred and I’m basically in the middle of no where! The town I’m in is called Rangely, and about 2,000 people live here. There is one stop light, three gas stations, one grocery market, three liquor stores, this place called Burrito Express AND a Subway. lol And that’s it! We also cover another town called Dinosaur that is about 20 or so miles away, it has 200 ppl there and we usually go out there once a week. But they do have the "B & B Restaurant" and they have a 2 pound burger and if you eat it all you get your pic on the wall, so I’m probably gonna have to try that. lol But its way crazy here. The closest set of missionaries to us is like a two hour drive and that’s to a town of 10,000. That’s where we have our district mtgs but we only have one district mtg a transfer cuz it’s so far. Everyone here drives big trucks and wears Carhart clothes and hunts. It’s pretty awesome. Oh man BUT check out my pic! Dinosaur is about 4 miles from Utah and about 18 from Vernal. Everyone in town goes to Vernal for all of their shopping and all that cuz everything is way! outrageously priced. Its crazy cuz they have a monopoly on it so they can put the prices to what ever they want and unless you wanna go to Utah (or even can in my case) you pay what they say. Every once and a while some members will go to Vernal and ask us if we need anything so that’s good. But Friday we have a zone conference that’s going to be in Grand Junction so we have to leave Thursday for a road trip to GJ, so that’s like a little over 100 miles and then we will stay the night with missionaries and do zone conference Friday then drive back. So while we are there we are going to do some shopping and stock up on anything we need cuz it’s a lot cheaper there.

So there are two wards we cover out here so that’s cool. We live with one of the bishops, the Millers, they are really nice. They live in "La Mesa" oooo! lol That’s basically the richest neighborhood here so everyone out here says that when we tell them where we live. lol Its funny. Well that’s a little bit about Rangely. Well I’ll talk to ya next week! Love ya Elder Dunn

1455 La Mesa Cir
Rangely Co, 81648

Changes

2009-10-29T12:53:00.001-07:00

Well hey hey! So we are in a huge snow storm right now! It started last night and hasn’t stopped, they are saying we could get up to 14 inches so ya we have about 7 now and it’s still coming down. So that’s cool. It will be fun to go out into it tomorrow, today is good cuz its pday so we don’t have to be out there.

Well ya lots of changes, we were right they took two wards and made one ward and two branches. Pretty crazy. Some people are upset about it cuz they have been in the Lakewood ward for ya know like 30 years (cuz everyone here is older lol) so ya that’s the excitement going on here. My area has gotten alot bigger. So ya but transfers are this next Thursday so and I have been here 3 transfers so I might be getting moved out of here. We will see what happens. I’m happy either way, I don’t really have a preference right now.

Man that’s crazy that Stewy is back. And about Chanelle, that’s cool, and Chris Pederson too lol that’s crazy. I didn’t know he was that old? Weird lol

Ya mom so that was a zone conference. lol and ya I eat alot of spaghetti, that’s a standard I think. So ya but as for what I miss I’m not sure I was thinking about that the other day actually and I want some good pancakes. I haven’t had good pancakes in a while. Or some nachos with homemade guac and salsa that sounds good too. But we get a fairly good variety out here so that’s good.

So that’s crazy Jace is here? There is..or was a diesel school in my ward, there is a younger member I’m close with here that goes to it actually. I might have to ask him if he knows him that would be crazy. Side note about this member that is cool, he served his mission with Jody Zimmer! They were buds on there mission kinda crazy right :) Well I better get going, but things are good here just lots of snow. lol Have a good week!
Elder Dunn

Snow in Colorado

2009-10-21T17:19:00.000-07:00

Snow in Colorado. So we got some more snow last night, nothing too much, just like an inch or so. I think it’s mostly melted by now, but it’s still pretty cloudy and chilly. Hey, cool, glad you liked the pics. Ya so it’s a Casio Exilim. I think it’s like 9.5 meg or something like that. It’s pretty fun. So ya thanks for the advice. I really appreciate it. Ya things are good. I guess I’m hanging in there :)

Things around here are going good, still struggling with some new solid investigators. And this week there are rumors about things happening in the stake. The other ward we share the building with is hurting for membership and such, so word on the street is that they are splitting the Alameda ward (the ward we share the building with) into two branches! Then giving us the Lakewood ward part of their boundaries so our ward gets a few more members. So ya pretty crazy stuff, we will see what happens.

This week is also the primary program, the Lakewood and Alameda youth are combined cuz they are both small so we are all meeting together and I guess our mission president is coming as well so ya exciting stuff. I’ll fill you in on what happens.

So ya, things are good here, oh I bought a sweater at Ross the other day cuz I didn’t have one so ya, well I guess you bought it for me cuz I used your card. lol So thanks, it’s just what I needed, how did you know!? :) Have an amazing week!

Elder Dunn

Lakewood Colorado

2009-10-15T15:54:00.001-07:00

October 14, 2009

Well another week gone by, as usual things are still good here in Lakewood (lol I feel like I kinda write the same things every week, I hope its not too boring) So remember how I said the weather was perfect? Well this last week has been way cold. We got our first snow about and inch maybe inch and a half and it didn’t get above 30 for two days straight. Pretty crazy. So there is one saying here in the Denver area, "if you don’t like the weather wait 5 minutes" meaning you never know what it’s gonna be like, cuz today it’s like sunny still, kinda brisk, but supposed to get to 66 so and tomorrow will be the same I think, so the weather is just kinda messing with us. So we are still tracting a lot here still struggling for some investigators. Oh man!! Exciting news so finally!! after about a year after Elder Perry came out with the 20 lessons, our stake is going to receive training on it! So that happens tomorrow, so all bishopric and auxiliaries and their counselors are to attend. So that is way awesome lol but... our bishop is going to be out of town tomorrow, so he won’t get the training, sooo hopefully everyone else gets pumped up about it and can get him on board with us. So that’s good.

October 7, 2009

Well hello! So things here in Colorado are going good, the weather is definitely changing that’s for sure. But for the last two days we have had the perfect in between weather. Today is sooo perfect, clear blue skies, the leaves are all orange and yellow and red. And snow on the top of the mountains and like high 60's low 70's. I’m loving it, it kinda makes me home sick though it reminds me of Oregon. But I guess it’s supposed to start getting colder by the end of this week so I will have to enjoy it while it lasts.

So today was temple Wednesday so that was cool, every first Wednesday of the month the Denver metro area you get to go to the temple so that was awesome as usual. I got to go in the same session as Elder Bragg. I sat right behind him to make sure he didn’t fall asleep lol. He just came back to the metro area like last week so I haven’t seen him in like 6 or so months so that was fun to get to be with him and fill each other in on what’s going on at home and all that.

I sent you guys a letter yesterday, so you should be getting that in the next couple of days. I sent a SD card with a few pics and videos on there. You will probably need to transfer them all over to the comp to see the videos so ya. That should be fun :) well that’s all I got going on here hope everyone is good and having a great week love you all!

Elder Dunn

September 30, 2009

Well yup it’s another pday. Things are still going good here in Lakewood, Colorado. Wow I totally didn’t even recognize Lone Pine, that’s so crazy. It looks really nice now. And ya I did hear a little bit about the fires those pics you sent didn’t work though I don’t know I’m kinda short on time but I’ll have to try to check them out later. I also heard about the flu in Medford? There is this phone number you can call called "tell me" and they give like top stories nationwide and some missionary listened to it and it talk about Medford on there. Pretty crazy. So what’s up with that? Well ya not too much new here though, we are really trying to focus on the 20 lessons in this district and most of the zone too. Trying to get ward leaders behind us on that. So that’s what we have been doing. I think we are making progress so that’s good. But ya things are going pretty good. Just trying to work hard and be happy :) Have a good week.
Elder Dunn

Oregon Rain

2009-09-23T10:25:00.000-07:00

Hey there, hey so you got my card? That’s good. So did you guys watch the DVD of Ragged Mountain? What did you think? It was pretty fun. So ya and I hope those pics work too, I have had those made for like a couple months but never got around to sending it out. Those are all pics from my first sd card it was a 1g. lol and now I almost have my second card filled up and its a 8g, so ya lots more pics. lol I’ll have to find the best way to get them to you guys. Well so we got our transfer calls last night and both I and my companion Elder Crunkleton are staying here in Lakewood this transfer. So no changes for me. There are lots of changes in the zone being made though, so it is always fun to get to work around and with new missionaries. So that will be cool. Well it has started getting cold here last night it got to 36 and right now its a lot like Oregon, 50 cloudy and just a light misty rain thing going on. I like it, it reminds me of home and its good for a change lol It’s funny to see missionaries that this is their first winter and they are like from Arizona where its 80 in the winter and see them whining and complaining about how cold it is lol and it’s only around 50, its funny. I think of Oregon where people wear shorts year round and just put on a jacket if it gets cold, kinda funny. So this week, as others, flew right by. We are just incorporating splits each week with the high priest so we did that this week, lol I say high priests cuz there aren’t enough elders in the ward to make a presidency, but ya so we do that every Wednesday from 7 to 9 so that’s good. Last week I also got to talk to a guy that had the swine flu so that was kinda cool lol. Well things here are good. Hope you’re all doing good. I’ll talk to ya next week :)

Elder Dunn

Coops Letters

2009-09-16T19:13:00.001-07:00

September 16, 2009
Hey there :)
Well good to hear from you. Ya kinda the same thing with me this week, not a lot new. But it has been a good week. It was crazy on sat. The weather was way cold like 50's all day and raining. I had to bust out my jacket. Pretty random lol I forgot how much fun it is riding in the cold rain.... but it is just barely starting to cool down here other than that day. The leaves haven’t started changing yet.

Ya I was lucky like Syd with school when I was a freshman, Luce was a junior and could drive and then same with soph then junior year when she left I got mine lol it works our perfect. Dang that’s still kinda weird to think about Clara driving, crazy.

So that family with the horses, I think we are going over there tomorrow to help them out so hopefully they come to church. That would be awesome it has been a while since we have had someone at church. But ya not a whole lot of news this week. Oh I did get a letter from Seth so that was cool he was in the MTC in the Dominican but I think he is in Puerto Rico now so ya that was nice. Well love you all have an awesome week!

Elder Dunn

Sept 2, 2009
Well hello! Another week has gone by. Man time feels like it flies by, its crazy we are already half way through the transfer, and its like I was telling Lucy that I know there are people in my area that are being prepared by the Lord to receive the restored gospel and we just need to find them but man the Lord is really good at hiding people. We are working hard to find them but I know there out there. We did find one family that seems really cool we don’t know them to well yet but we might have found some of the people being prepared. They are a family of a mom and dad three girls like 14, 15 and 17 and a little 4 year old boy. We tracted into them and they knew who we were, they said missionaries used to go over there about 2 years ago, but they invited us back so we stopped by and just kinda got to know them they are pretty cool. But we will see, I asked them why they did go to church before and they said they have 6 horses in there back yard and the only day to clean up everything is Sunday. So I offered to come over on Sat. when they are all gone doing horse practice stuff for like this crazy horse like trick things. lol I don’t know what it is but ya so to go over and rake all that on Saturday so they can go to church on Sunday and I think it might work so ya that is cool. Well I better get going I’m gonna send you guys some pics here before it’s too late. k love you guys!
Elder Dunn

August 26, 2009

Well hello there family! Well today is another wonderful Pday lol. So let’s see man there really isn’t a whole lot of new info from the past week. We are just hitting the doors hard trying to find new investigators. We did have a zone conference this last Monday so that was cool. We talked a lot about Joseph Smith history and things like that and talked about how to be a baptizing missionary it was good. I love zone conferences they always getting me a spiritual boost and extra excitement to do the work. And it’s always fun to be around all the missionaries. So they put together a DVD from ragged mountain with pictures and some videos and stuff its really awesome. Man and they used like lots of my pics and videos in it to cuz mine pics are awesome. lol I have really gotten into photography since in got my new camera. I’ve always got it out and taken pics of stuff its fun. So ya well I will send you the DVD so you can see what it was like and all that so I’ll be sending that in a while but ya so things are still good here I’m still alive! Lol when do the girls start school, they started here like this Monday I think. Crazy summer went way fast. Oh and I bought a new suit! At Savers, it’s a thrift store, but it’s a way nice suit. It’s like a greyish pinstriped suit, it looks like it has never been worn and it was 10 bucks! So that was pretty exciting. Well I better get going I’m all outa time. Have a good week!
Oh is Lucy still at home or when does she go back and can I get her address thanks

Have a good week!!

Elder Dunn

Catch up

2009-08-12T18:02:00.000-07:00

Well hello again! Man this week flew by, crazy. Time flies when you having fun:) So ya transfers are tomorrow and my comp is leaving and I am staying so my address is still the same. So I get a new companion tomorrow morning so hopefully he is cool lol. That sounds like a really cool fireside with the converts. That’s awesome, three seniors, wow. I wanna serve in our ward lol Well lots of changes this transfer every companionship in our zone is affected so that is crazy, it’s cool though. I like getting the chance to work around and with new missionaries and get to know them and learn from them as well. So I’m excited for this transfer.

Dang that’s awesome mom about your training. We have been trying to go running as much as we can this last transfer. We had a good little loop that we did, it was about 2 miles I think, but ya it was fun just trying to stay in shape. lol Actually I haven’t gained any weight which is weird cuz most the elders have gained like 20 pounds or so… and I’m already small to begin with. lol so ya its kinda funny.

Well everything is good here in Denver, but I better get going, we still have to get some shopping done and see if I can’t squeeze in a nap. lol Have a good week love you guys.

Elder Dunn

Hey there. Thanks dad for all the advice, we are working with them. So we ended tracting 41 hours last week pretty crazy. That’s a lot of doors. lol I think it’s like the record. But anyways ya so transfers are the 13th.

Well I got to go to the temple today so that was really awesome. We are so blessed to be able to go every month. The Denver north mission only gets to go once on their mission, on their one year mark and that’s all. Crazy. It’s great to be able to get that extra spiritual boost and to be able to learn more about the gospel like you were saying dad. But ya things are going good here, I think my companion Elder McMullin will get transferred and I will stay, lol That’s my prediction, but I’ll let you know next Wednesday what happens. Well I better get going love you all have a good week!
Elder Dunn

Hello family! What is new? Man it was 108 in Medford? That’s craziness I hope it doesn’t get that bad here! It seems like we have a rain storm here like every other day or so its crazy, but it does cool it down so that’s nice. Ya I got an invitation to Suzanne’s wedding that’s way cool sounds like that will be fun.

Man and I didn’t know that Danny got his mission call! That’s so cool thanks for letting me know. And no I haven’t talked to Seth in a while do you know an address for him? That would be cool. I did get to talk to Elder Bragg about two weeks ago he called me up it was good to talk to him cuz we haven’t really served near each other at all so it was good. When I talked to him he had already gone to ragged mountain because he was out west so they went the week before metro, so he was telling me about it. But ya it was really awesome. It was so beautiful I’ll have to send you some pics. It reminded me of Oregon being up in the mountains. It was a really spiritual boost. And it was fun to be with all of those missionaries and see old comps and stuff like that. But over all it was awesome. We hiked up like 4 miles away from camp and there was a natural spring that we all filled up our water bottles with, that was cool, and then we got to take the sacrament right by the spring. Then we had about a hour and a half to hike off by ourselves (within site of another missionary) and just sit there in the forest and pray and read our scriptures and just ponder. It was really awesome. I think that was my favorite part. And of course we got fed really well lol so that was cool too :) But over all it was really fun, I had a blast.

We asked our bishop if we could speak in sacrament to try to get the ward fired up about missionary work, so we spoke last Sunday. All four elders spoke, first was on the atonement, then the restoration, then why we do missionary work, and then me on how we can do missionary work. It went well. Our top investigator just moved out so now we aren’t really teaching anyone and we are working our really hard trying to find new people. We are tracting 45 hours this week but we need the wards help.

Well I’m out of time, but things are going good here. Hope you have a fun trip and good week love you all!

Elder Dunn

One Year Mark

2009-07-09T10:59:00.000-07:00

Well hello! K so this week has been crazy, there was an ET and I got moved! Crazy huh so I’m now serving in Lakewood, Colorado. It’s not too far from where I was before, it’s like 20 mins from my old area, so it’s just outside of Denver. I’m in the Lakewood ward on the west side. There are two sets of missionaries in the ward. My new companion is Elder McMullin, he is a cool guy. I was actually his district leader out in Grand Junction, so I already know him pretty good, he is cool. So ya crazy stuff, they called me Monday night at like 8 and said you’re moving, pack your things, we will get you in the morning. lol So that was a fun and hectic night. But it is all figured out now so that’s good. I live with a member again, he is an older man, Bro D, he lives by himself but he seems nice.

So today we get to go to a Rockies game so that will be fun.

Anyways ya tomorrow I hit my year mark. That is so crazy, it’s weird. It feels like I have only been out a few months, but at the same time it feels like I’ve been a missionary forever. Over the past year I feel like I have learned a lot. My knowledge of the doctrine has increased so much. Before my mission I had a basic understanding of the gospel and knew it was true but now after learning so much, bearing testimony so frequently and feeling the spirit daily I know that the Lord leads this church and sits at the head of it and that we truly do have prophets in the these days. It has been a great experience thus far. It has been hard, it’s not all a vacation. Some days it is really tough to keep going but then the Lord blesses you and answers your prayers and helps you through the day leaving me stronger than the previous day. I know this church is true and I love teaching everyone I come in contact with about it.

I love you all. Thank you so much for everything you have done for me. Have a good week :)

Elder Dunn

Short on Time

2009-06-24T21:32:00.001-07:00

Hello family man this week flew by! Man and sorry if this is short, I’m short on time. Today was crazy which is why I’m emailing late. We were lucky to catch the library while it was still open, but anyways things are still going good.

So transfers are next Thursday the 2nd, so ya hold any mail unto I let you know what happens :) We will see. I have no idea what will happen, we will find out on Tuesday night so I’ll let you know on Wednesday.

That sounds like lots of fun at the youth conference. That pic of dad with the bow tie is pretty sweet lol, what is Luce gonna be doing as an internship, does she know yet?

So the weather has still been way crazy, it seems like we get a thunder storm every day, which is ok cuz it cools everything down for a bit, but it’s not cool if we are walking somewhere or biking. lol But it was like 93 today, I think. Gross 93 in pants and a tie on a bike up hill is not very comfortable lol as you could probably guess.

Oh man my companion ran into a fire hydrant today! It was way intense! He is ok but we will need to do some repairs on his bike before it’s rideable but ya that was exciting. Well I gotta get going, it’s getting late. I love you guys! Have an awesome week!

Cooper Dunn

Rain

2009-06-22T16:28:00.001-07:00

Heylo family! Hey thanks for the pics mom! Way sweet, looks like fun stuff. Dang Clara and Sydney are way cool! Man it’s so weird, I still think of them as way little, but they’re honkin 14 and 16, that’s crazy! When we meet some one that says they’re one of their ages I’m like what?...I have a sister that old? Weird! But ya thanks for the pics, and I’m glad you got mine too. Ya we just went to the library during our lunch and I hooked up my camera with a USB cord so, ya fun stuff.

Well things are still going good here in Denver. This week flew by, it’s crazy! Well it has rained every day for the last like 12 days crazy huh? And of course if it only rained 20 mins out of the day that 20 mins we were on our bikes of course. lol It was pretty ridicules. I have been having to switch out shoes and pants to let the other ones dry and then the others would get wet. lol It’s crazy but fun.

Man I know dad, today you’re 48 that’s crazy! I was sitting in our room at night about to go to sleep on Monday and was like dang! My dad’s bday is on Wed. Crazy! But I’m not gonna lie lol I did not know it was 48, that is old lol crazy. That’s awesome that you’re still running and all that though. That is good for an old man :)

Well, this week was good I can’t really think of anything that stands out, did lots of tracting in the heat or the rain, our ward is doing pretty good at achieving the 20 lessons. We have two sets of missionaries here in Bible Park, so the ward is really trying to get 40, well minus the appointments we have with investigators, but still that’s a lot. They are getting pumped up so that is good, well I better get going, everything is going good here love you all! Have a fantastic week!!!

Elder Dunn

Tornado Season

2009-06-11T11:49:00.000-07:00

Hey there, so yesterday was crazy, we had a lot of stuff going on and so we didn’t have much time to email and I just replied to the emails I had and I realized I didn’t get one from you guys so I didn’t send one lol So I’m just taking some of our lunch and emailing you real fast.

Well everything is good here, Robin is doing really good we have an appt with her on Friday and we hope to set her with a baptismal date! She is so ready so that is way awesome.

The weather here has been so crazy! Man, on Sunday we had hail the size of golf balls and there were tons of wind and stuff. Tornado sirens went off because not far from where we are, there was a tornado that like did quite a bit of damage. But ya there are tornado sirens on intersections every half mile and they are way loud so that was crazy. We have had thunder storms like everyday for a week, it’s so crazy. So me and Elder Mullenbach are used to riding our bikes in it now cuz it happens like everyday, it’s crazy.

Well sorry this is short but I had to at least send something out to let you know I’m alive :) Hope everything is going good.

Man so the girls are out of school now? Crazy! Has Clara applied anywhere yet?

Well have a good week!
Love you all Elder Dunn

Good Zone Conference

2009-06-03T15:49:00.000-07:00

Hello! Man I know what you mean, it feels like every week is going by fast. There are only 4 more weeks in this transfer! Crazy!

That’s cool the ward mission seems to be way on top of everything, that’s awesome, with the ward correlation mtg (dang mom you're so gansta) and all the baptisms, that’s way awesome! You’re on fire, keep up the good work.

About the burning, so that used to be a tradition but! it has been shut down by our mission president that we shouldn’t continue with it so nope no burning for me lol. So ya my new comp Elder Mullenbach, he is a good guy.

Man that’s so crazy, school is out. Sounds fun. Tell Clara to go get a job lol. Well everything is going good here we need referrals! lol Robin, the 70 year old is still doing good. She has an awesome testimony. She is taking this seriously so that is good.

We had a Zone Conference on Monday and Elder Shumway from the Second Quorum of the Seventy came, so that was pretty cool. He talked about bearing down in pure testimony and justice and mercy it was really good. He was a really goofy guy, I thought it was going to be all serious and stuff but it was really relaxed. It was good!

Well I better get going. Have a good week and love you all.

Elder Dum
(That’s what these cool kids in my ward call me. They’re 6 and 8.lol It’s pretty sweet)

Getting Hot

2009-06-03T15:35:00.000-07:00

Well hello there! Sounds like things are going good in Meddy, same with here in Denver. So ya my day is good, today actually isn’t our p-day we had it on Monday cuz it was Memorial Day, so ya but we are allowed to email today. The week has been going good too, I have a new companion his name is Elder Mullenbach and he is from San Antonio, Texas. Pretty cool. He has been out 3 months so he is pretty green lol

That’s way cool, Clara got her license, way cool. So is she driving the truck? Awesome.

That’s way fun that you guys got to go to the coast. That sounds like fun. Man its getting hot out here and it’s always fun to be in pants and a tie on your bike when its 90 degrees out side. lol I’m not gonna lie, some of those pools we ride by at like apartments look pretty inviting. lol

That’s cool Syd is playing the guitar, I’m jealous. I’m sure she will be better then me when I get back I’m like no good now. lol I need to practice. lol

But anyways I don’t know, not a lot of news. Things are going good here we have that one investigator.
So that’s great but we really need some referrals from our ward. lol We need more solid investigators. That’s way cool you guys have a baptism this week that’s awesome. Well I better get going, have a great week. Love ya

Elder Dunn

Birthday in the Mission Field

2009-05-20T16:44:00.001-07:00

Hey yup you got your email out in time :) lol
Oh so ya about that money lol wow you noticed that already? lol Dang you’re good. So I bought myself a b-day present, a new camera. Mine was kinda being lame, the buttons were broken. I will have to send you guys some of the videos we have taken, this camera is way cool, it takes high speed video. It can take video at 1000 frames per second! Crazy huh? Like a good normal camera can do like 25 or so. So, with this you can do way, way slow-mo like water splashing, rain, and like when you throw keys in the air, it just looks like they’re floating, it’s way cool!

Man I can’t believe school is almost out, that is crazy. So when is Clara’s driving test? That is soon right? Let me know how that goes. That’s cool Luce got to come home for a while, I bet that was nice. And ya I got my package. Thanks so much. I like the tie alot and the shirts are perfect, thanks.

Man it was totally a record for most mail for me on my b-day, I got 8 letters! Crazy huh? One from Susie and Phil, aunt Deb, Gma Carol, Sis. Johnson, the Crows, and a few others, pretty cool.

Oh man, I have forgotten to tell you like the last 8 weeks. I have forgotten but it was the weirdest thing, back when I was in Grand Junction and with Elder Welch. We were walking around Wal-Mart on p-day and this guy walks by us and says, “Hey Elders” and I look at him and I’m like wait, I think I know that guy. He kinda looks like Corey Johnson from my home ward. I tell Elder Welch and he is like, ya right what ever, and I’m like no for reals. So I run back after him and I just say his name loud so if it’s him he will turn around and if not then I don’t look stupid. lol But it was totally him, he is in the singles ward down there. Well I guess he is getting married soon but ya way crazy huh!

And another thing I keep forgetting to tell you is!!!! I had avocado eggrolls a few weeks ago! We went to the Cheesecake Factory and it was delicious! So so good! So ya I just need to tell you that lol.

Anyways things are good. Transfers are tomorrow and my comp Elder Larmouth is getting transferred. I’m getting a fairly new missionary; it’s a follow up training assignment, so that will be fun. So I get him tomorrow. Fun stuff.

So ya that’s about it things are good we have that one investigator, Robin Davis that is 70 and she is getting way close to baptism, she is so ready. We have an appt with her tonight so that will be good. Well I better get going. Dang this is way long. Love you all, have a good week!

Elder Dunn

Wicked in Common

2009-04-29T14:31:00.000-07:00

Hey there family, so ya things are going good here as usual. Ya I didn’t get your email last week mom, so ya I just read it. That sounds fun about you and Clara going to see Wicked. I was just talking to a lady the other day about that. We actually were tracting this apartment complex and saw some people loading up a big moving trailer, so we offered to help them. Anyways, she had a Wicked poster signed by the cast and I told her about how I went and saw it and going into the show I wasn’t too excited about it, but I had three sisters that really wanted to go. So I was like ok whatever lol and then came out thinking it was way awesome so ya that was cool. It was neat to help her out too. She was definitely short handed and afterwards she took us to Applebees! Yum and we got to discuss the gospel with her and hooked her up with the missionaries in the town she was moving to, so they could help her unload everything. It was neat.

But anyways, it sounds like you guys are all staying busy! That’s good, me too. lol Elder Larmouth isn’t totally over it but he is good enough to go out and work, so that is cool.

Oh man did I tell you about my bike? lol So me and my comp decided to "murder out" our bikes, meaning black on black. lol So we took everything apart, like down to just the frame of the bike during lunch and stuff then sanded down our frame and bought some flat black spray paint. lol So ya it looks pretty sweet. lol Everything is black. I’ll have to show you a picture. Sorry dad lol I know you don’t really like flat black lol. But anyways that was fun.

Things are good with the work, we have a baptism this Sunday, and so that is cool and hopefully one shortly after that. So things are good. Well I better get going. Sorry I’m short on time today we are going to a Rockies game so that’s should be fun. But I love you all! Have a good week!

Elder Dunn

Catch-Up April Letters

2009-04-24T13:53:00.000-07:00

April 22, 2009

Hey there, yup back in Denver. Elder Bragg is a zone leader now, I don’t know if you heard, so that’s pretty cool. But the area is pretty good; I’m still trying to figure it out. Last week was stake conference, which was really good. But I have only been to Sacrament once and the bishop wasn’t there when I went, but I met him at stake conf. But I didn’t even know he was the bishop till after talking to him lol.

My comp has been sick! It has been way lame so we have been in the house since like Saturday! I was going crazy just sitting in the house all day for that long. He is just starting to get better today. So that is good, man I’ve listened to so many talks and read so much scriptures lol but I’m definitely ready to get out of the house lol.

So ya I will get to go to the temple the first Wednesday of the month so that will be really cool, I missed that from just the 3 months I was out west.

One thing we have done to make investigators feel welcomed, was just introduced the investigator to everyone at church, just everyone that walks by grab them and say, hey have you met our investigator, Soandso this is Bro. Jenson and kinda force the ward to get to know them and then hopefully by doing that they will meet someone that shares some interests and will be a good fellowshipper, but ya that is tough.

Oh remember the Margaritas that I was teaching? Well they are getting baptized and asked me to give a talk at the baptism since I’m so close, so that is cool! I will get to go to that, they are way awesome! Did I tell you they sent me a package when I was out west with a whole bunch of Mexican candy and a really nice note thanking me for bringing them the gospel? It was really cool, they are awesome. Well I better get going things are going good, have a good week!

Elder Dunn

April 15, 2009

Well hello there family! So I totally got transferred, I’m back in Denver! k so I was in the Crestmoor ward when I was in Denver and now I’m in the Bible Park ward, which is just south of Crestmoor. We boarder the Crestmoor ward so its kinda crazy, I’m like back in the same spot and so its cool cuz I know my way around and everything. It’s kinda weird to be back here again. So and there was a family in the Crestmoor ward I think I talked a little about them, the Browns, they are way cool and so I am now living with their parents. So I live with the browns if that makes sense. So the Browns that I know came over and said hi and stuff it was cool. So but the Browns that I live with are like in there 60s or so and they are real cool and the best thing is they buy us food! We just get to eat whatever we want and there is always food in their house and free laundry! Cool huh! So ya they’re cool and my companion is Elder Larmouth he is from Snowflake Arizona and we are brothers! lol He was trained by Elder Craft too. Pretty cool lol. He is fun. We are on bikes here and he likes to bike and I do to so we are always finding cool jumps and stuff its cool.

K so ya, I saw that I missed the package when they tried to deliver it, but after I left they got it for me and they zl's that I lived with had to come down to Denver for ZLC's (zone leader conference) so I told them to bring it for me and then they gave it to my new zls and they gave it to me last night so I got it! Oh man and it was Bevans that signed not Evans he was my mtc companion. He lives in my old place now so ya. Kinda fun. So ya man thanks so much it’s so nice! It’s not the like brown stripped one I thought it was gonna be. But it fits perfect and ya lol cuz my other black one that I have had since I was like 17 is like way nasty looking and uhhh on Thursday my first night here E. Larmouth made me jump a fence and I totally caught my blue suit pants on the suit and ripped like a 6 inch hole in the knee sooo ya lol. Wow and that is way crazy about tax returns. That’s sweet. Thanks :) well I better get going but thanks for the suit all the Moose Munch is already gone too lol love you all!

Elder Dunn
6625 E. Louisiana
Denver,CO 80224

April 8 2009

Hey Grand Junction is doing good, I think it is finally spring, it has been really nice like high fifties its beautiful, lol

k so I have been in Grand Junction for two transfers now so when I got here I was with Elder Qaravanua, then he got transferred and I am with Elder Welch, now and the transfer is over now, so I just found out last night that I’m getting transferred! So I need to pack my bags and I leave Thursday morning. So ya pretty crazy stuff, we will see where I go now if I stay out west or if they send me back to metro. So ya does all that make sense now? lol

Man that’s crazy about Elder Phillips. I’m surprised he recognized you lol that’s crazy fun stuff.

So ya I got to see all the sessions, what? no fair you had the missionaries over for crepes! psh we weren’t aloud to go over to members houses to watch it. We had to go to the stake center. But ya conference was way good I enjoyed it a lot. I love listening to Elder Holland speak, I love how emotional he is, like he really means what he is saying. I really liked Elder Uchtdorfs talk in priesthood too. He is another one that is really easy to listen to, but it was all very good.

Well I’m kinda excited to get transferred. I like the area alot the ward is really awesome, but it will be fun to meet new people I kinda like that feeling of like being lost and not knowing were anything is and get to know the area and all the people. Well I’d better get going, I gotta pack! Blah by far my least favorite thing about transfers is packing. Well I’ll let you know were I end up and my new address and everything. Hope your all hanging in there and hope you know I love you all. Have a good week!

Elder Dunn

April 1, 2009

Hey there family, sorry about last week we didn’t have much time on the computer and I had alot to say in my presidents letter so ya. Well sounds like you had fun in Utah that’s cool. The weather here has been way weird too, it will randomly snow its crazy lol you never know what to expect. But ya hav

So ya my comp right now is Elder Welch. He is from Vegas lol so he drives on the same side of the road as us I think. lol jk So transfers is this next Thursday like the 6th I think, so that is crazy I’m thinking me and Elder Welch will both stay but idk we will see.

Oh ya I sent Britt a letter and wrote the whole thing with my left hand cuz I "broke" my right arm. It was pretty cool. It’s way hard to write with my left hand lol.

So is winter pretty much done over there? I think it should be wrapping up here soon, but ya no flowers are out yet here, lol and uh I’m not to sure if there are the same trees here I don’t really notice I guess but I do remember in the fall all the awesome colors which we do have in Medford so ya. Well ya things are still going good. We have a pretty decent teaching pool right now lots of re-activating in this ward. But things are going good, that’s still crazy Clara is driving that’s weird lol. Well I hope you’re all doing good and know that I love you! Have a good week!

Elder Dunn

Full Sunday

2009-03-12T09:01:00.001-07:00

Hey there! Sounds like you’re all doing good and keeping busy. Dang that is so crazy, Clara is 16, and still crazy that Syd is 14, dang is that right? Man. Time flies when you’re having fun. I hit my 8 month mark on Monday, that means I’m 1/3 of the way done. It’s so crazy, it feels like I just got here last month. It makes me realize how fast time goes and how short my time here in Colorado really is, and that I need to do my best and make every minute worth while so I can look back on my mission without any regrets.

Anyways, sounds like your way busy mom and that’s cool, it’s good to get food dropped off every once in a while for dinner. Dang I haven’t had Chinese in forever.

So me and Elder Welch are doing good, we get along great. He is super sarcastic like me, lol so its fun. Today is his b-day, he is 20, so we are celebrating by going to Chickfillet. lol Pretty fancy huh? lol

Oh, so on Sunday me and Elder Welch spoke. We were supposed to speak with this guy Travis that is going to Denmark on his mission he is really cool, I like him a lot. So it was suppose to be his farewell. He was supposed to go into the MTC today but on Friday he got a call from Salt Lake saying he doesn’t report to the MTC till May 13. So he has to wait like 9 more weeks. Isn’t that a bummer! They didn’t say why either, so now he is just chillen. So we were supposed to speak with him, but since he didn’t leave, it was just me and Elder Welch! And of course they didn’t let us know we had to fill the whole time until after PEC, with about 20 mins till sacrament. lol So that was cool, but it went really well. I enjoyed speaking. I spoke on prayer, it was cool. lol Then we had to teach the Gospel Essentials class that day too. lol So it was a fun Sunday.

Well everything is going good here in Junction. I’m staying busy of course. Hope you’re all hanging in there and have a good week!

Elder Dunn

Answer to Prayer

2009-03-04T15:20:00.000-08:00

Hey there! Well not a lot new here in the GJ5th Ward things are still going good. I got my new comp, his name is Elder Welch. He is from Las Vegas. He has been out about five months. He is a good kid and good missionary; he is really goofy like me so we get along great, so that is good.

But let’s see, so it was really cool, on Monday Elder Welch and I were riding our bikes to go tracting and this truck was pulled over and these two Mexican guys were there and they were like telling us to stop. One guy about my age was like really excited to see us and you could tell he really wanted to just talk with us but he didn’t know English and lol I don’t know Spanish. But he told us he is Mormon and just moved here from Mexico and didn’t know where the church was around here. It was funny and he was talking to someone on the phone, in Mexico I think, and he was like here she is Mormon too, say hi. lol So we were like uh hi lol to the phone. But anyways, so I gave him the phone number to the Spanish Elders in our area and told him to call them and then we went on our way. But then the next day I talked to the Spanish Elders and asked if they got a call from him and they were like oh that was you, ya. I guess the guy from Mexico has been trying to find the church here but didn’t know where it was, so the night before he ran into us he knelt down and said a prayer, asking our Heavenly Father to lead him to the church or help him find it, and the next day he finds us. He is 20 and preparing to serve a mission. It was really awesome to be an answer to someone else’s prayer, its amazing how the Lord uses us as a tool to bless others. Well I better get going. I love you all and hope you’re all doing good!

LoveElder Dunn

First Baptismal Interview

2009-02-25T11:12:00.000-08:00

Hey there family! Well, so we got our transfer calls last night. Elder Qaravanua is getting transferred and I am staying here, so I will get a new companion tomorrow pretty crazy stuff. I will still be the district leader, so that’s cool too, I like doing that. Last night I had the opportunity to give my first baptismal interview, so that was a cool experience. Oh man, so we will see if I get a car tomorrow or not lol. I’m kinda doubting I will get one but I don’t know we will see, if not its cool cuz the weather has been awesome the last couple of days. There is a number you can call and put in your zip code and they tell you the weather, so I always check it here to see what to expect and I always check Medford just to see how it is there, and it sounds like it’s usually about the same. It has been sunny, clear skies and like 50's so ya its perfect weather to bike and tract and all that in so that’s pretty cool.

It was fun yesterday, me and Elder Q had the chance to go out with this guy named Travis, he reports to the MTC in two weeks. He is going to Denmark, pretty cool, so he spent a few hours with us tracting and checking on potentials and stuff, it was really cool to have him there and to see him getting all excited and nervous. It was fun.

So ya with the apartment, its like I try to get it clean and like I will do all the dishes in the sink that is like way over flowing and then unload the dishwasher and tell the elders to “load as you go” lol but of course they don’t! lol So it just piles up again, but ya it kinda gets to the point of why even try. lol But since it is transfers this week we got it all looking good, so we will see how long it lasts. lol

But anyways things are going good here, excited to meet my new comp. But I better get going, Elder Q has lots to pack. I love you all very much. Hope you’re all doing good!

Elder Dunn

Great Learning Experience

2009-02-23T13:21:00.001-08:00

Hey, so nope, no sign of a car yet, but transfers are this next Thursday so I will know then. So ya this transfer went by way fast! It’s crazy! So this is the end of my 5th transfer pretty crazy. There are 17 transfers in the two years. Craziness. But I’m really enjoying being on a mission. It’s fun and hard work, but a great learning experience and a wonderful opportunity to further my own personal knowledge of the gospel. So ya district meetings are fun, well a recent thing we have been talking alot about and trying to focus more on is L. Tom Perry gave a training to mission presidents and said every companionship should be having 20 sit down lessons a week so that is a goal we are trying to hit, whether it’s with members, less actives or investigators. So we discuss different ways to make that happen. That’s about three formal lessons a day, it’s pretty tough. This last week we had 15 and that felt like a lot, but its going really well.

So ya I basically just email you guys and Britt each week so that’s all :) I know sorry I haven’t sent pictures yet, I bought a new sd card so I will be sending your pics this week for sure!

But I don’t think I have gained any weight yet. I go between 135 and 140 and lol I don’t know if I have grown lol. Let’s see my favorite meal I cook, well its normally cereal or instant oatmeal for breakfast and pb&j or top roman. I bought some hot pockets last week so that was a treat lol. Oh man and I got mom’s package on Valentine day that was awesome thanks so much. Oh man I can’t believe you remembered about that dip stuff and wheat thins, that is so good! Dang! lol Thanks.

That’s crazy about Bear Creek, the main job here is in the oil field, like that’s what keeps this town going and there have been alot of people getting laid off. It’s hitting this town pretty hard.

Oh soooo, a new mission rule… we are a suit mission now, so suits all the time, lessons, church, tracting, everything sooo lol I think I need that other suit. Do you still have that one brown one? I have the blue one I wear all the time and the black one but I think I have only worn the black one like twice but that would be cool if you could send that. Well I better get going. Sounds like you’re all doing good. Love you all.

Elder Dunn

Work still Progressing

2009-02-23T13:00:00.001-08:00

Hey there! Sounds like you’re all doing good and staying busy! That’s way cool mom about the sprint triathlon, that would be way intense, that sounds hard. So ya transfers are coming up on the like Feb 26, I think and president said we would be getting a car here in this area, so we will see if that prophecy comes true. lol and if I’m still here. So that will be way weird to have a car. lol

And no it doesn’t bother me if you call me coop lol its fine. That’s cool about the landscape design class, that sounds fun. Dang I can’t believe you guys haven’t gone skiing yet, man I sure would love to go lol. Oh hey, I had a few questions about Medford that people keep asking me and I don’t really know the answers lol. So how big is Medford, what’s the population, and how much rain does it get a year? Like inches and stuff lol cuz everyone that asks about Medford those are the two things they ask. lol So usually I just make up some numbers.

But everything is going good here in Grand Junction. The weather has been kinda weird the last couple of days its been sunny and low 50’s but the last two days there has been like 15 minutes of crazy wind and snow it’s weird, and not very fun to bike in.

But anyways the work is still progressing here we have a couple people that are progressing and I think are almost ready for baptism so that is good. The ward here is good, I like it, and it’s crazy its only 2 weeks till transfers again. It went really fast and I have been out 7 months now way crazy! Well I better get going, at 3:30 I guess we are going to play rugby with the Mesa State(local college) team so that should be interesting. lol I love you all.

Elder Dunn

I like Grand Junction

2009-02-04T15:48:00.000-08:00

Hey there family! How are things in Medford? Well everything is going good here in Grand Junction! Ya it is a nice place here, I like it. It’s so funny cuz everyone I tell that lives here that I have been in Denver the last six months says, Oh I’m sorry and stuff like that. lol And the weather has been perfect here, it’s like in the 50's and sunny and blue skies! It’s way nice perfect when you’re on a bike.

So the work here is good, we have a couple of people that we are working with and hopefully we will have an investigator with a baptismal date here soon, but the work is progressing. It’s great to see how if we are obedient and do our part the Lord will bless us with success.

So, last week I put on our first district meeting, so that was cool and it went well. So far I’m enjoying being a district leader, it’s cool cuz I get to know the elders and sisters in my district better. So ya it’s going good, and our apartment is definitely looking better, now it has been cleaned, so that is good.

That’s awesome dad how involved you are with the missionary work in our ward, that’s really cool.

So how is everyone else doing, anything exciting happen lately? Well I’m just about out of time so I better get going. Love you all and hope everything is going good back in Medford. Oh and wow I heard Seth is driving my truck?? What! lol Just kidding! Well have a good day.

Elder Dunn

The Church is True

2009-01-28T16:16:00.000-08:00

Hey there fam! Dang tell Sydney happy late b-day! So she is 14 now, that’s so crazy! So ya, the street is 25 1/2 sorry, did I put a fifth? lol my bad. Geez that’s crazy mom, about your sleeping. lol If I was dad I would be scared at night to sleep with you. lol

But ya, things are going good out here, I’m starting to get the hang of the area now and all that, so it’s cool. So no I’m just the district leader and Elder Qaravanua is the jr companion, but we are still on bikes! lame huh? lol and our area is huge. They had a car here in this ward last transfer but now I’m here, they took it away. lol But we had our zone conference and interviews last Friday and Pres said that we will have a car here next transfer, so that’s cool. The teaching pool here is good. We have four or so investigators that are progressing, and let’s see, two that are "soft set" for baptism, meaning they said once they receive an answer about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith they would be baptized, so that is cool.

So it’s all going good, I like the area. Our district only has three sets of companions including me, so only two sets for me to follow up with each night. lol One is sisters and that follow takes a little longer. But on man, I’ve got one minute before this comp logs me out, so I better wrap it up. I love you all and I’m doing good. The work here is great, I love teaching the gospel and feeling the spirit daily! The church is true!

Elder Dunn

Grand Junction

2009-01-21T13:38:00.001-08:00

Hey there guys, how is everything going? So I totally got transferred! To Grand Junction! Crazy huh? It’s like a 4 hour drive from here to Denver, so ya I’m way out here in the mountains. Grand Junction is the biggest town out west. It’s like 120,000 I think, so it’s not too small, but it’s way different then Denver. It’s a lot colder and snows alot more! And I am now serving as a District Leader! Pretty crazy! So that is exciting and new so that is going good.

My new companion’s name is, ok ready for this? lol It’s Elder Qaravanua lol I just learned how to say it the other day. But ya he is from Fiji, pretty cool huh? He is way funny, I like him alot. He plays professional rugby for Fiji cool huh? So he loves that and he is always talking about the Tongans and Fijians and Samoans and Australia and New Zealand and all that, it’s cool. He travels to play other countries and stuff. So where were you dad in New Zealand? So he doesn’t speak English to well, well its good English, it’s just hard to understand what he is saying because of his accent, but its cool. I’m getting better at understanding him now. lol

It’s pretty cool I live in an apartment, we share it with the zone leaders so that is cool. It’s a pretty nice apartment but it’s way dirty and gross like ya way bad. lol But I look out my window of my room and I can see Utah! Crazy huh? It’s 25 1/2 miles away, that’s the road I live on, they do the roads by how far from the boarder you are. But ya its cool, so I’m here in the Grand Junction 5th Ward. They seem really awesome, the whole ward seems way on top with the missionary work, so it should be good.

Well I better get going, times up. But everything is good here, oh and ya I bought some gifts, I just haven’t had the chance to send them yet. Sorry I will do it soon though and send you my pics at the same time. So I hope all is well, I miss you all and love you!

Elder Dunn

My new address is

Elder Dunn
620 25 1/5 Rd. #27
Grand Junction, CO 81505

Getting Transferred

2009-01-14T13:59:00.000-08:00

Hey there so ya, I’m getting transferred! Pretty crazy, not to sure how I feel about that. It’s kinda exciting but at the same time I don’t want to leave like the Margaritas and I have gotten close with some families here in the ward, but it will be fun.

So I got the call last night and it was President that called, and he told me that I’m going to be serving as a District Leader in my new area! So that is kinda crazy, it’s going to be a lot more work and more time and responsibility, so we will see how that goes. lol I don’t know how to lead a district lol but I’m sure it will be a good experience and all that.

So today I forgot my wallet and my library card was in there soo, I had to wait till another Elder was done so I could get on, now they are like all waiting on me, lame! So ya sorry, this is kinda short, but all is well I’ll let you know my new address and about my new comp and all that soon. I still have to pack everything tonight and be at transfers at 6:45 and it’s a half hour drive so basically I’m not going to get any sleep. lol

But ya French dip is a good idea that sounds good!! Well I gotta get going love you all!

Elder Dunn

Good Here in Denver

2009-01-07T11:25:00.000-08:00

So ya, unfortunately I fell a little short too. I’m still in the last bit of Alma. But ya I’m still reading and will hopefully be done here shortly. Ya I’m not the best at writing in my journal, I was actually kinda making that a new years resolution to do it each night, so I will let you know how that goes for me.

But things are going good here in Denver, and our investigators are still doing well and progressing. The Margaritas are awesome. I really enjoy being in their home and teaching them. Last night we went over there for dinner and had Pasole, its a pork stew thing and Agua do Jamica, its these little dried up flowers that you let soak in water over night then drain the flowers, add more water and add sugar. It was pretty good, and I can totally keep up with all the spiciness that they are throwing at us. Lol Elder Luce on the other hand has a harder time when it come to spicy food. lol It’s funny, but they are doing good and coming pretty close to baptism. The only bummer thing is transfers are next week (so hold off on any mail until I let you know what happens) and I have been here 3 transfers now so I could get transferred, so I would miss out of the Margaritas baptism. But It’s all good, I know the Lord has a plan and it will all work out either way.

The weather is here weird, one week it’s in the single digits and the next it’s like 55, its way weird. But its cool, and gas here I have seen it as low as 1.35! How crazy is that?

Well, I got to go through the temple today and that was a blessing as usual. And I got to talk with Elder Bragg so that’s cool. Well I’m outa time so I will talk to you later love ya!
Elder Dunn

Half Day P-Day

2009-01-04T21:15:00.001-08:00

Hey there fam! Thanks for all the emails and to Lucy, thanks. Sorry I’m pretty short on time today cuz it’s a half p-day today from 10 to 1. Then work the rest of the day. But tomorrow (New Years Day) is a full p-day because basically everyone will be hung over and tired tomorrow, so ya. We helped a guy move this morning and it ended up cutting into our p-day time and we have to help this single older man at 1 with raking his leaves, so ya, pretty short on time.

It was really cool to talk to you all last week! It sounds like you’re all doing good.We will be going to the temple next Wednesday morning, so that’s cool.

Yes Britt did get me a scarf so I think I’m good with just one, so that is cool too. lol But ya and she sent me a cool tie with a lama on it, lol and some really nice church shoes and some cool moccasins too. So that was cool.

Well the computer is shutting down in 2 minutes so I better rap this up. Well I love you all. I’m doing great and still having fun. Happy New Year!

Elder Dunn

Christmas is coming.

2008-12-18T10:18:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! Hey cool, so ya our Thanksgiving went well, it wasn’t like home, but it was good. We went over to an older couple’s apartment and had turkey dinner. It was good. We had turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing and salad. It was pretty good. lol Oh and they totally had the celery with cheese wiz on it. lol So that was cool, it totally reminded me of mom:)

But ya, I finished the Turkey Trot. I ran the whole time too! It was a four mile run and I did it in about 37 minutes, so ya not too shabby for an out
of shape missionary. lol But it was fun, I got a cool shirt and other stuff that has a cool turkey on it. Over 8000 people ran it! Pretty crazy huh! It was fun.

The work is going good here. Right now we have 3 really solid investigators, Sham, the man from Kashmir. He is doing good. He is moving slowly through the gospel but has been to church like 8 times in a row, so that is awesome. We have talked with him about baptism but he doesn’t have a date yet, but he is doing good.

Then we have Margarita and her daughter Margarita. lol They are like late forties and twenty one. We started teaching them about 3 weeks ago and they have been to church the last 3 weeks. They are Mexican, they moved here from Mexico about 2 years ago now, so they speak pretty good English and I get to practice up on my Spanish so that is cool. lol They are way solid and progressing wonderfully. We have taught them the first lesson about the restoration of the church, the second lesson, the plan of salvation, and pieces of the third, the gospel of Jesus Christ. Margarita’s son is 19 and was baptized about 1 1/2 years ago. He lives a few hours from Denver, so I have never met him, but they are doing good and we just last Thursday soft set them for baptism. Basically saying once you receive an answer to your prayers that this is Jesus Christ’s church will you be baptized and they both said yes, so that is cool. They are having us over for dinner on Christmas Eve so that will be awesome. They said they are going to make us a real Mexican dinner! I’m pretty excited. Lol

So ya, we have an appointment with Sham on Friday and with the Margaritas on Thursday. So yup, oh and on Sunday this older man in the ward Bro. Berry brought his granddaughter up to us. Her name is Mya, she is 10, and said this is Mya she wants to be baptized! Pretty cool so ya we have an appointment with her on Sat. So yup, it’s all looking good and I’m staying busy. The Lord has definitely blessed me and Elder Luce by preparing people here in the Crestmoor ward for us to teach. We are very blessed.

Ok, so for Christmas, we are going over to one of our kinda investigators house, the Plusses, for breakfast and stuff so we are going to be calling from there at like 11 or 12 Denver time, so 10 or 11 for you guys. I think that’s all you need to know. I guess I’ll just call the home phone, and I think Britt is going to be going over there so I can talk to her for a bit. Pretty exciting stuff :) So ya they are making us a big breakfast , so that will be fun. They are a cool family, I don’t think there will be any eggs benedict though! Sad day. lol But I think I will manage. :) Then we have a dinner at the Green’s house. They are recent converts, I think like 2 years or so. It will be good to have nice people and good conversations, so ya it will be fun.

Well let’s see, Friday I think it was, at night it got down to minus 18!!!!! Crazy huh? It was like minus 10 when we were still out, it was wicked cold. Pretty crazy stuff, but today it finally let up, it got up to like 40 I think. But the last few days have been brutal.

Oh I saw I had some money, so of course I had to spend it as soon as possible. lol Just kidding. But I did buy a bike yesterday, so thanks a bunch for the money. It’s basically my same bike but an upgrade, so it’s a little nicer. Mine was the GT Avalanche 3.0. lol Then Elder Bragg had to one up me, so he bought the one nicer model the 2.0 and I couldn’t let that happen. lol So I bought the 1.0 lol So ya pretty funny, but it’s nice, thanks a bunch!

Well I think that’s it guys, hope you’re all doing well. Love you all. I’ll talk to ya soon!

Elder Dunn

Snow

2008-12-15T13:22:00.001-08:00

I know pretty lame huh! Ya that is what we...well my companion has started doing now bringing his bike up in the apartment at night. Well, Elder Anderson, the elder on the other side of my ward, actually bought a bike at Wal-Mart when he first came out. Then after riding it for 2 weeks, found out it is a piece of junk and worth it to buy a nice one, so he bought a nice bike and he is letting me use wall-e, the Wal-Mart bike. lol It’s pretty bad. lol But I think I will need one pretty soon cuz it snows here but then 3 days later it’s all gone, and we have been doing some walking but its really less effective. But I have been doing a little shopping around and found some really nice ones for some pretty good deals too, so I think it would just be best to transfer some money in my account.

But about calling home, I’m not exactly sure yet. We have a couple of places we will be going on Christmas, but not to sure about calling. So we will try to find out this week and I’ll let you know next p-day.

It did snow a lot on transfer day last week and just the other night we went into dinner and it had just barley started snowing but not sticking and came out of dinner and there was like 3 inches on the ground. It was pretty crazy. The snow here is so dry and fluffy, it’s awesome. It really makes me wanna go snowboarding. lol It’s tough! But ya its cool. I like the snow, ya hopefully they get enough snow there in Oregon to get up a few times. That’s cool that Dave is going up there, that will be fun.

Tell Nicole she is too young to be getting married! That’s way weird. lol Is the guy cool at least? Well sorry, I’m like way short on time today, so I better get going. But I hope your all doing well and I wish I could be there with you going to all the fun activities, but I know this is where I’m supposed to be, and I having fun too :) It’s all going good. Happy holidays and I will talk to you later! Love you allElder Dunn

Totally Stolen!!

2008-12-15T13:05:00.000-08:00

Ok, well let’s see where do I start? Well I guess I’ll start with my bike, IT TOTALLY GOT STOLEN!!!! I was so mad. Last Wednesday night I had it locked up behind our apartment and they just cut my lock and left it on the ground and took the bike! How lame huh? Sooooo ya, pretty crazy. So we have been walking alot this week. I guess all I want/need for Christmas is a bike. So if anyone wants to send me a Christmas present, just tell them to send me money so I can buy a bike.

Another sad thing, my companions girlfriend’s mom passed away the day after Thanksgiving, so that was pretty tough on him. So it has been a kinda rough week, but we found out both Elder Luce and I will be staying here in the Crestmoor ward, so my address will stay the same.

It has snowed here a bit, but where I am it has all melted. It was there two or three days though so it was fun, but today the high is supposed to be 34 and the low 13. Pretty crazy. So snow should be on its way again, uhh but ya I think I’m good on all the weather stuff. I’m a tough kid. lol I just need a bike. lol

But ya I’m glad I’ll be staying, we have some pretty awesome investigators that have really started progressing, so that is awesome. We have been doing alot of tracting lately. The standard of excellence has been raised here in our mission and they want us tracting 20 hours a week, but it is tough when you go tracting 4½ hours and only have like 3 or 4 quality gospel conversations. But when you find that one person who is really listening to us on the door step and wants to learn more it is way worth it! I love it!

Well, I better get going. I got to go to the temple today and saw Elder Bragg and Pond, so it was cool. But I will talk to you all soon.
Love you all!

Elder Dunn

Thanksgiving 2008

2008-11-28T15:45:00.001-08:00

Well today is a short p-day just till 1:00, then tomorrow is a p-day, so ya its cool. In the morning me and the other 3 elders in our ward are running the Turkey Trot! It’s kinda like the Pear Blossom I think. We get a cool shirt and everything that has a little turkey on it. But it’s 4 miles! I don’t know if I can do that. We will see. It will be fun! An investigator signed us up and paid for it all for us. The whole Plus family is doing it, so they invited us to do it too. It will be fun. Then we have a dinner/lunch with an empty nester couple at 1:00, then going to another member family’s in the evening, so it should be a pretty good day. I hope the food is good. lol But I doubt it will be like home, but it should still be fun.

Oh man, so there was a Turkey Bowl last Saturday, it wasn’t on Thanksgiving, but ya and they announced it in priesthood and said, “Oh ya, and no missionaries allowed!!! Lame huh? We were way mad about it cuz I guess like 2 years ago a missionary got hurt at the Turkey Bowl, so ya I was pretty bummed. But after the Turkey Bowl they had a chili cook-off, so we went and watched them play then got a free lunch. So it was cool. There was some pretty good chili and some really, really hot chili too, it was cool. One guy just had a full habanero just sitting on the top on his chili, for looks, and his was pretty hot. Towards the end he told me to eat this raw habanero, and me being me…said uh ok. So he got everyone’s attention and was like, “Dunns gonna eat a habanero,” so ya that was fun! lol At first it wasn’t that hot then after like 45 secs it was burning! lol It was pretty intense. It was fun. Needless to say the rest of the day my stomach was mad at me! lol It was fun though.

Well I better get going we have a lesson with a member at two with these two single moms and their kids so it should be a good first lesson.

Love you all. Eat a turkey leg and tackle someone in the mud for me!

Elder Dunn

P-Day

2008-11-19T14:54:00.001-08:00

Hey there! So ya my week was good, uhh let’s see, nothing too exciting that I can think of right now, just doing missionary work. lol Every time me and my companion, Elder Luce, finish an appointment or something and he asks what we are going to do now, I say uhh I don’t know I was thinking of doing some missionary work, then he hits me. lol It’s cool.

But lets see well today (P-Day) we played some early morning racket ball, that was cool. I think I could take you Dad! lol Then after study we went and played some ultimate Frisbee. It was cool and really really tiring. It was like seventy degrees today, it was crazy! Hey it snowed on Friday. Just a few inches but it was cool. Then we had haircut appts at this beauty school in downtown Denver that a member owns, so missionaries get free haircuts. But I guess we made reservations at the wrong place. lol So ya we went all the way downtown for nothing, so now we are getting them on Friday.

To answer your questions, I can view pics on here but not too sure if I can print them out. Some libraries I think I can and others I can’t, and yes I got the money thanks mom! Gma and Gpa wrote me and sent some pics of there new horses so that was cool and they threw in 40 bucks too!! Cool cuz lets see I have 21 dollars to last me the rest of the month. lol But I should be fine, all I need are the essentials Ramen and cereal. lol But all is well out here in Denver. Oh clothes, lets see I think I should be ok on shirts for the time being and I think you could send out that other suit, that would be cool, I guess I could use another pair of pants. I only really wear one pair right now, the ones that lady bought me my first transfer. lol But they’re 32's and way big so ya and ties are always awesome, you can never have enough ties. lol But on everything else I think I'm doing good :) Well I best get going. Love you all and hope you’re all doing well. ttyl

Elder Dunn

Dang

2008-11-12T13:57:00.000-08:00

Dang, that’s pretty lame about the computer and stuff. Sounds like a big pain, but that’s good that you finally got it back though.

Dang that’s pretty crazy about Daisy, Ya I've heard that’s what it sounds like when a bunny gets hurt, but I've never heard it myself. That’s good that she is doing ok now.

Oh that’s cool you got to talk to Elder Craft! I really like him, he is a nice guy. We did have alot of fun times together, he is a good kid. That’s cool you got some pics from Brittney. She told me she stopped by and that Elder Craft might get you some pics.

Yesterday or uh Monday, I sent you guys a letter and I put in a whole bunch of pictures I printed off, so ya, you should get them like tomorrow or so, and ya I got your package! Thanks for everything. I really needed stamps and I already had some Ovalteen and hot choc. Really cool thanks a bunch!

Well I'm running out of time so I better rap this up, but everything is going good we are having a good time me and Elder Luce are going on team-ups with the zone leaders tomorrow, so that will be fun. Just for the day so that’s cool.

Oh man, someone stole Elder Luce's bike seat yesterday, pretty crazy huh? So we went to the bike shop and the cheapest one was 70 bucks, pretty lame! Well I've got 40 seconds left on the comp so I better go love you all!

Elder Dunn

The Right Way To Do Things

2008-11-08T13:51:00.000-08:00

Yup pretty crazy about Obama. I have no clue about him or McCain. I'm totally in the dark on their ideas.

So ya we have a mtg with our Ward Mission Leader each week and go to the first part of PEC and give our weekly progress report so that is cool. It’s hard to get our ward missionaries to come to a lesson. Our WML is a really good guy. He is fairly new, only a few months with the calling and he is like 24. I think pretty young and he is recently married going to law school and works. So he is always really busy. But between all of that he tries to fulfill his calling, but it’s hard. So not too much advice. lol Sorry.

Ya the weather here has been beautiful, sunny and high 60's. But today it dropped and this week it might snow. Finally, so that’s cool. I'm ready for it, the only bummer is when there is snow on the ground the bikes and cars are parked, so it’s really less affective to walk around. It takes forever, especially for dinner cuz it can be out of our half of the ward, so like 50-60 blocks away. We will see how it goes and it’s really tough, unfortunately to find a ride from members.

I'm still in the same area, Crestmoor West, and I'm liking it. I would like to stay another transfer after this. And ya, Elder Pond, I love that kid! Ya we roomed together in the MTC. He is hilarious. We went to the temple this morning and him and Elder Bragg were in my session. I'm kinda jealous lol they are having a blast together. Two really cool cats. lol

But ya all is well here in Denver and I'm having fun and definitely working hard. Got to show my greenie the right way to do things. I like training a lot, even though it’s a struggle sometimes, but it makes me be the best I can and really push myself to be a good example, so its cool. I like it, I wouldn’t mind training my whole mission. lol Well I gotta go, we are going to play some bball love you all!Elder Dunn

Ya, I know!

2008-10-31T15:56:00.001-07:00

Alright, so let’s see, my greenies name is Elder Luce like luc-y. lol So he is from Las Vegas, Nevada. Pretty cool uh? Well let’s see, everything is going alright. His personality is a lot different then mine. He doesn’t like to play any sports, he is more of a gamer kinda sword liking Anime cartoon kinda guy. But it is going good. I'm always happy and hard to make angry (I hope) so everything is going pretty good. He is 21 and has done 2 years at BYU Provo. He is a good kid but he is kinda struggling without his family and girlfriend. So we had a long discussion and stuff and I guess he is feeling kina trunky. But everything is cool, we had a long talk and stuff. But I think its going pretty good, but I like training I think its fun.

That’s good that Britt seems to be doing good. Ya she sounds like she is having fun with school and stuff and staying busy, so that’s good. Ya she is pretty tough :) I'm not gonna lie I miss her too but I'm having a great time out here and not letting it distract me so that’s good, this is an "all day everyday mission" that’s our motto out here and mine is "work hard and have fun", so with the two of those everything is going good, and I know what you mean about spiritual growth too.

I will have to write Seth and see how things are going.

So, about 2 or 3 weeks ago my helmet got stolen! Can you believe that? I locked up the bikes but it was raining so I put my helmet on the seat the under side of my helmet wouldn’t get wet or my seat and came back later and it was gone! So I bought a new one yesterday and bought a lock because I was just using my companions. So ya, that’s what I used my debit card for if you saw the recent charges.

Everything is going good out here, just trying to find some more people we can bring unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. Well I better get going we still need to go food shopping. We are way out, all we have is Ramen and instant oatmeal. It’s pretty sad. lol Well all is well here in Denver. Love you all!

Elder Dunn

I'm Training!

2008-10-22T16:29:00.000-07:00

I'm gonna be a daddy!! Transfers are tomorrow and I’m training! Crazy huh I’m still new but I don’t know, I guess the Lord and Pres. Christenson know I can do it. So that’s pretty crazy. We are getting like 25 new elders and I’m the youngest one training, pretty crazy!

I’m excited, pretty cool about Seth. I’m excited for him, and Braden too. I didn’t hear that. So what did Britt say did she seem like she was doing good? Ya, sorry I ran out of stamps! But Britt should be sending me some tomorrow. So ya, I already have pics printed out and labeled for you to send so I’ll do it soon.

The weather here has been pretty good, kinda cool like 40's and sunny. Today it was suppose to snow but didn’t but we should get snow here soon. Its cold on a bike.

We have a lady, Linda, that is single with 5 kids that we found on our own. We have a date with her on Nov 8 but she has some WOW problems with smoking, so we are working with her through that. They only have to be clean for a week, did you know that? Kind of interesting, but ya so we are working towards that and have some other people we are working pretty closely with. Well I’m out of time. All is well. I love you all. I’ll send pics and a letter soon.

Elder Dunn

Cynthia

2008-10-15T15:18:00.000-07:00

To answer some of your questions: Hey it would be cool if you sent that talk in CD and written, but that would be way cool.

For exercise we have a little weight set, a bench press thing and a curl bar, so I usually just do some reps of that and some sit ups. But we recently figured out that the elders that serve on the other side of our ward have a racket ball court! So yesterday for the first time, we got up at like 5:45! Gross! and rode our bikes about 3 miles in the dark and in the cold to their place and played racket ball. Then just stayed there at there place and studied and showered. They have a car, so they drove us to our area and then went to work. So that was really fun. We might start doing that more often!

No I didn’t do either baptism or confirmation at the baptism he had members from the ward do that.

Ya we do yard work and no, it has just confirmed my thoughts on having a rock yard. But I'm still trying to think if I want lava in the front and river in the back or if I should switch it lol:)

Well one thing that happen this week, we got a call from a lady a week or so ago that said we had talked to her one day while she was walking her dog and gave her a pass along card with our number on it. She said she needed some help cleaning out her garage so we did that for her. She said she had talked with some missionaries before. After looking at the area book we found out she had watched the restoration and was taught the first lesson, but she said she was now interested in learning more. She has it really rough. She is in her 60's and so is her husband, but her husband has a lot of medical problems. He worked on cars and got asbestos poisoning, he smokes a lot and has something with his legs where there are these sores all over them and water seeps out through them. They are always bandaged and the bandage has to be changed 5 times a day, and he sits in a chair. He hasn’t been out of the chair in almost a year now except when Cynthia, his wife, walks him to the bathroom and washes him and dresses him and shaves him. But he isn’t expected to live much longer. In the meantime she is left doing everything because he can’t get up. She is a pack rat there is stuff everywhere in here house! It’s crazy and she feels overwhelmed and sad because she doesn’t like to see her husband like this. So we went over and talked with her about what she knew and she pulled out her old Book of Mormon and we went over some scriptures and talked about opposition in life and Joseph Smith. The lesson went really well, she seem very sincere and interested in reading and praying about it, which is awesome! We have a appt with her next week, so that was really cool and we explained the priesthood to her and her husband and told him about blessings, so I had the opportunity to give him a blessing. That was a first for me, but it was a great experience. Cynthia is one tough lady for all the things she has to deal with. I feel bad for her. But ya that was a good experience.

But I'm running out of time so I gotta go. Hey I bought a jacket and gloves from Sports Authority last pday! I was just in time. It’s been getting cold the last few days. It was suppose to snow on Saturday but didn’t. But was definitely cold enough, it got down to 25 on Sunday! Crazy! Well love you all, and I like all the tenets there good!

Love
Elder Dunn

No Email

2008-10-08T14:22:00.000-07:00

Hey guys what no email? What is this lol just kidding, but I have like no time blah! But everything is going good. Hopefully I can buy a jacket today cuz it’s starting to get cold. lol I will write you a letter today and say more and I got some pics developed so I will send you those to love you all!
Elder Dunn

Going Good

2008-10-01T15:29:00.000-07:00

Hey, yup you made it on time. Ya Pres. Christensen challenged us to read the Book of Mormon for the new year, so that will be cool to do it as a mission.

I had a baptism yesterday so that was really awesome! I will have to send you guys some pics soon so you can see Lester and everyone else.

Everything is going good, I’m staying really busy as usual. Ya I’m really excited to listen to Conference, ya I will get to watch the priesthood session and we are asked to go to Stake Centers for the sessions, not at members houses. Hopefully we will be able to bring some of our investigators to some of it.

So, I kinda heard about all the bank stuff going on, crazy! lol I was wondering if I still had money in my account for a while, but that’s pretty crazy.

That’s cool that sis Brumble got her eyes fixed. So today it was awesome, I got two things of toaster strudels for 4 dollars! Awesome huh? lol I was pretty excited.

I got to go to the temple which is always awesome. I’m so blessed as a missionary to be able to go every month. I love being able to be reminded of those sacred covenants we make with our Father in Heaven and to be able to feel the spirit so strong.

Elder Bragg (I am still getting used to calling him that, sometimes like during b-ball it slips and I call him Colton lol) but that was fun and then we played some dodge ball. lol It was fun. Well I gotta go, times up, I love you all and hope all is well!

Elder Dunn

Baptism on Tuesday

2008-09-26T17:38:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-17T14:29:00.001-07:00

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!

Crestmoor

2008-09-10T11:20:00.000-07:00

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

1st Transfer Coming Up

2008-09-03T16:58:00.000-07:00

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

Oooops!

2008-08-27T15:34:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, so all is well here in Denver, that's cool dad that you went to Denver! The Denver airport is way sweet huh? Not sure if you had time to walk around but it's pretty cool.

So lets see, what is new here? The work is going really well. We went on splits with the zone leaders and did tracting on either side of the streets and just worked our way down 7 blocks, So it was a long time but we got alot of new potential investigators, so that's awesome! The ward helps out a lot, they are all doing really good and trying hard to find people for us to teach, so that is awesome.

On Monday and Tuesday we went over to a members place named the Thorpe's to help with a house they are fixing up and are going to rent. They are doing tons of work on it, its looking really good though, but they had a big Russian olive tree that they had cut out a little while ago and our job was to take the stump out. Wow, talk about hard work! It was pretty intense. I'm way sore, but we got it out it two days! That's way fast I guess for a big tree like that. It was kinda cool cuz on the second day the people that work for the Thorpes were saying it looks like a weeks worth of work and MAYBE you could get it out and another one said it looks like your bringing a knife to a gun fight, lol. So this just made us work harder and we got it out. It was way rewarding after all the hard work! It was way cool, but I'm way sore now! lol

Sooo, you know how I bike everywhere right? Well it's pretty fun, I'm getting good at biking, so that's cool, but uh lets see sooo on Friday me and Elder Craft had a BBQ thing we went to at the Stake Pres house and on our way back to our house we took these dirt trails that are all around town. The trails run along a canal and a creek so they go all through the town and it makes it easier to get places faster. But we were up on this little trail and on either side of us was a big steep hill, so we thought it would be way cool to go straight down it. On one side was a little dirt jump-course so we thought we would ride down there and then go through the course because you could cut through it and it would be faster. So my comp goes way fast without any breaks and comes up to the turns but is going too fast to control it and just eats it in the dirt. So I decide to go slow and I get down there and he is pretty messed up on his arm (I got pics) and just like way bloody. But he was OK. So then I go down this little hill and try to ride up this steep one and didn't have enough speed soooo, I started to roll backwards and just fall straight back on my butt/back! lol So that was cool but I ripped my good suit pants in the bottom. I was fine but I was kinda mad about that so that's one story.

Then on Saturday morning we were riding to a members house to do some yard work for them and we were crossing a pretty big busy street but where we were, there was a hill on the right so you couldn't really see the cars coming. On the left was a turn so we waited till we thought it was safe (and when I say waited I mean kept rolling and just went for it), so as we were going on the top of the hill, there was a big semi truck so we speeded up and when I got to the curb I didn't want to slam my back tire on the curb cuz it can pop, so usually I just pull on my front break a little and then do like a stoppy and get up the curb, BUT in this instance I was going a little fast and I was kinda excited so basically I just slammed on my front break and do a huge front flip off my bike. Ya it was pretty cool. My companion thought I was dead, but I wasn't hurt at all. Just hopped up and made sure there were no broken bones or blood so I was good! I just did a huge somersault thing. So I was good. It was really scary but really cool .

Then yesterday on Tuesday we were cruising down this pretty big hill, lol heading to a lady's house in the ward to take my pants to get fixed from the first crash, and my comp went on the little peice of cement between the street and the sidewalk, like it was kinda coned off but it was fine. But I guess the farther he went the cement became more and more fresh so basically he started riding in wet cement and there was a construction guy telling him to get off and while I was watching this I was going pretty fast without hands and I went down to grab my handle bars but I think I only grabbed one side and missed the handle bar in my right hand and that threw me off balance and basically got all wobbly and tipped over and landed on my left arm and back and just slid to a stop. So this time there was some blood, lol but not bad. I got my shirt all dirty and my pants a little scuffed but ya soo those are all my crashes. All three in like 5 days! lol So I am now trying to be more careful! lol But pretty exciting:)

So that's what I have been up to. I'm having a blast and loving it! It's amazing to be able be so absorbed in the gospel. I love it. I hope your all doing well and tell Lucy Happy B-day!

Love you all!

Elder Dunn

I Get To Feel The Spirit Everyday

2008-08-20T14:19:00.000-07:00

The Olympics sound like they are way awesome, every members house we go to for dinner gives us a play by play update of like every event lol so that is way cool.

As we slowly start to get to know our ward better we realize how awesome they all are, there are a lot of families that are way cool and way into missionary work. It's awesome! They are always giving us referrals, the ward mission leader is a really good guy, Bro. Sabey. He was just released as the bishop like two months ago, but he and his family are really helpful with everything from all the missionary work or just giving us rides or food, they have like 6 kids, all home right now from like age 12 to 22, so they are all really cool. This morning actually we went and played racquetball at the ymca with the 22 year old named Bryan. He just got back from his mission in Brazil and is heading to BYU next week. His mom, Sis. Sabey, Bryan and my companion all love racquetball. It's his fav sport so every members house we go to he asks if they play. Its funny but the whole Sabey fam plays so that was cool lol. I stink at it though. Bryan and Elder Craft are way good, but I got pwned by Sis Sabey. But it was really fun we had some intense rallies.

After we are done emailing we are going to the church again to play bball with all the other elders so that should be fun. Scott Bullock, that kid that we have been teaching Lauren with are coming too, so that will be fun. But ya so Lauren, well she didn't make it to church cuz she had family stuff but we met with her on Tuesday. It went really well as usual. We taught her about the word of wisdom which she already lives so that's awesome, tithing and fasting, and she thought that was really cool and committed to doing those things. So it went really well. We also committed her to be baptized three weeks from now and she agreed to that so we were way excited, so but that will happen up at school and its a different mission. It's the Denver North so kinda lame we won't be able to go and all that. But still its way awesome cuz we did all the teaching and all that you know, lol So the missionaries up there are basically having a baptism handed to them. lol So ya its cool.

This next transfer of ours is kinda weird too because of all the elders going to school. They talked with Utah and got it approved to have a 5 week transfer instead of 6 just so those elders could get ready for school and all that. But the bad thing was the message didn't get relayed to the MTC, so they did'nt have the kids coming to our mission come in a week early so they could get here when the other elders leave, soooo we are sending out elders but not getting them for a week or so. There will be some threesomes and areas shut down for a while, kinda crazy. lol Oh ya and Pres. Christisen is going to be out of town. lol So that will be fun.

To answer your question we don't really pass off skills or anything. There are things we have to memorize like D&C 4 and stuff like that. I'm still working on that. I got some stuff like our purpose and the first vision and that so that's cool.

Well we are eating a good breakfast, we are making ourselves breakfast burritos with sausage egg and pepper jack cheese yum! I'm excited. lol Oh I don't know if I told you our diet. lol Basically all we eat is microwave burritos, corn dogs, mac cheese, top raman, Eggo's and otter pops lol That's our whole food supply. It's not to bad actually that's a lot :)

Well I love you guys alot. Hope you're all doing well. I'm still so excited to be out here serving the Lord and spreading the gospel. It's hard work but I love it. I get to feel the spirit everyday its amazing!

Love you all.

Elder Dunn

More Time Today

2008-08-13T18:35:00.000-07:00

Hey there! ya I have more time today, ya last time I was rushed a lot, it seems like most days are busy, well its not to bad but you know kinda busy, ya but there is a library just a couple of miles away from our house so that is were we go, its pretty nice. My trainer is way cool. I like him. We get along really well, but he is kinda a little too chill. It seems like there are a few different types of missionaries, the "chill" kind that work hard, are good missionaries and love doing missionary work, but don't quite follow every single rule, then there are the missionaries that follow every rule, more directly then maybe was intended and kinda makes up their own rules. And there are the "less accountable" missionaries that are basically slackers and don't really care about any of the rules. So ya that's what I've figured out so far. But my trainer is good, he knows a lot about the gospel.

And uhh lets see, treats? uh idk like whatever really. Oreos are cool uhhh Gushers lol idk anything expensive that I can't afford that is not healthy lol. But hey in the next package could you send me a few things, I need more just t-shirts just like a couple maybe 2 or 3 would be cool cuz right now I wear like one all week. So ya that would be cool, and like all of my ties too, even the crazy ones. I can like trade lots of them and stuff so ya that would be way cool.

Sunriver sounds fun I bet Syd had fun with Hannah. Sounds like a blast. Ya I did get the email about Colton. That's way funny. I actually saw him today. We hung out at the church building and played b-ball with all the other elders so that was cool. We got to kinda fill each other in on all that's been going on.

But so the work around here is OK . I guess the elders before us were a little less accountable so their book was not up to date. So me and my comp have just been trying to meet all the members and all the other old investigators we know of.

This last week at church there is this kid Scott Bullock (his parents are now the mission pres. in the Manchester England mission as of the beginning of July, so just barely missed Derek pretty crazy though) brought a friend to church. He is a cool kid. We have got to know him pretty well. He just graduated high school and is leaving for BYU for a bit then on his mission. But he brought this girl named Lauren and so we talked to her after church (oh ya and I gave a talk in sacrament this last Sunday. It was on Dispensations. It was fun. It went really well) and she wanted to know more and had lots of questions. So we gave her a book of Mormon and wrote down some good chapters to read and all that and made an appt. to meet with her on the next day, that Monday. So we went over to Scott's house and she read all of the chapters we gave her and had a whole bunch of questions written down and stuff. So it was awesome you could tell she was way interested. So we answered all her questions and gave her the first lesson. It went really well and she wanted to know more and had lots of questions on the plan of salvation. So we said we could teach her more, so she said how about tomorrow so we gave her a plan of salvation pamphlet to read and ya then met with her Tuesday and she read the whole pamphlet and all the references to the BOM we gave her and had a whole list of questions. It was way awesome. So we gave the 2nd lesson and she said her first prayer at the end of the lesson and we commit ed her to pray to know if she should be baptized. It was really cool. She seems really open and understanding about everything, BUT the one thing is she is going to college on like Wednesday! sooooo I'm not to sure. We are meeting with her on Saturday so like if she is OK with everything it would be possible to baptize her like Sunday or Monday. But its all up to her and how she feels. But it has been awesome! We will just have to see, she might go up there and be baptized, but still its cool being able to get her started. Well I gotta go. Love you all!
Elder Dunn

So I made it to Denver!

2008-08-05T20:55:00.000-07:00

7/30/08
Hey family!

So I made it to Denver! How exciting! The flight went well, it was really short, only 54 minutes, but it went well. Right now we are just getting all the info about everything. So transfers are on Thursday, so tonight we are staying at the Mission Home. But when we got off the plane our mission pres. and the assistants were there and we had to walk around the airport and try to give out a Book of Mormon. So, that was fun LOL. Some people are mean! But ya, all is well here in Denver. I love you all. I'll write more soon.
Love ya, Elder Dunn

I cant believe I only have one week left! Wednesday, July 23, 2008

2008-07-23T18:41:00.000-07:00

wow sounds like you guys are all staying busy thats really cool, well ya the MTC is great i cant believe i only have one week left i leave wed. at 6:50 so thats cool im kinda nervousish lol but more excited. i got to go to the temple today that was awesome the temple is really pretty, it was wierd cuz we stayed in the same room the whole time so that was diff. but ya im learning so much soo fast its awesome well i guess when all you do is eat sleep and study the gospel you really start learning lol i took some really cool pictures ill send them today soo you will prob get them in like 4 or 5 days they are pretty cool lol we are having fun so thats good but ya i taught the second lesson the other day it was a little scketchy but after you do it for a while it gets a lot easier well ill write you soon i love you and im so excited to be here serving the lord!
Elder Dunn

Its great I'm learning so much. July 23, 2008 MTC

2008-07-23T18:38:00.000-07:00

ya i heard you listened to Brittney's talk lol and she said it was embarrassing lol but ya she said she really enjoyed it so thats good. well right now i have a district of 7 and 6 of us are headed to denver, the other is going to toronto canada his name is elder wright im bummed cuz i really like him but its all good and we're all elders so ya but one elder in our district already went home, its a bummer he was supposed to go to toronto too. he said he was recieving "promptings" from the spirit that he needed to go home to his girlfriend so ya idk. but its better for him to go home then to not doing anything here. he was holding is companion down so its good for elder wright that he left. but its still a bummer. lol ya one kid in my district is from san antonio so thats cool lol and yes the food is good, but im pretty sure there are only like three different meals lol it feels like i eat the same thing everyday but its good food
well ya im just doing laundry right now its pretty cool but i only have one week left in here i got my flight plan my flight leaves 650 on wednesday so thats pretty crazy this is my last p-day! it seems like ive been here for sooooo long but at the same time it feels way short the mtc is like a time warp i swear, but i love it i have gotten close with alot of elders here. the spirit has been so strong in all of our lessons and devotionals its great im learning soo much. its basically my life now its all i do lol its great well i gottta get going love you and ill write you next week :)
Elder Dunn

2008-07-23T18:30:00.000-07:00

2008-07-23T16:49:00.000-07:00

WO IM HERE

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

hey guys its my first p-day so i finally had a chance to set up my email! right now im in the laundry room waiting for my clothes and they have computers set up its pretty cool. so lets see where to start. ive made it a week and so far it has been way awesome im loving it they really do keep you busy allllll day. its great though ive already learned alot, me and my companion Elder Bevans can teach the first lesson its awesome, there is a place called the TRC the teaching resorce center and there are volunteers that come like all the time so its cool they pretend to be investigators and we taught them it was fun we got it down, we also got to go to the RC refferal center and recieve calls from poeple that like see our commercial and call in for a free book of morman or dvd that was really fun cuz we actually get to talk to real people, but mostly ever day we spend like 10 hours in this one classroom and we have two teachers and when they arent teaching we just have companion study and personal study, but i have having lots of fun i got your package yesterday :) it made me happy! but ya we are having fun we have taken some cool pictures they have a computer here so i can print them out from my camera so i will send you some soon, well i gotta get going my time is almost up, i love you all so much and i love it here i really do have a testimony of the church and cant wait to get out there and do the lords work!
Elder Dunn