Changes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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