A little story

So, Austin has been gone for a month now. I can't believe it. Since he has been in the MTC he had to have knee surgery. My parents have got to see him four times since they first said goodbye. I think that that would be the hardest. He is doing well, and is cleared to go to Peru. He was supposed to leave the 15th of April, but he wont be leaving until Tuesday, which is tommorrow. He sent me a letter that I wan't to share. He talks about how having a mission companion is a love/hate relationship. He then proceeds to tell me how jealous I am going to be because Jeffery R. Holland went to the MTC to speak. Here is the story that Elder Holland told them, about Elder Toronto in Czech Republic. The Elders were going door to door adn they went to this one house and the lady was mean and slammed the door in their faces. The missionaries were persistant and knocked again. The woman answered and the missionaires told her that they didn't need to be treated that way adn that they had prayed this morning and they knew they needed to be there. The woman then asked if they were ministers? When they answered yeS she told them she wanted nothing to do with religion. The missionaries asked her why and she replied, "My husband died in the war, leaving me with a child to take care of by myself, and then my child 3 years old died." The woman broken hearted went to her pastor/minister for comfort and the preist said, " I've never seen you in my church before, and now you come to me when you're in despair. YOur child is in Hell and your going too because you didn't get her baptised. GET OUT!" The woman then asked the missionaries if that is what they wanted to know, and told them to get off her porch. Elder Toronto told her, "I know where your daughter is" The woman stopped dead in her tracks, and the missionaires pulled out Moroni 8 which talks about children adn baptism. Thank you Austin, for sharing this stroy.

Yay, I got a letter today!

I was so happy to see a letter from my lil' brother in the mail today! He writes,
"Dear Jamee,
Thanks for the letter, it is great to hear from the outside world. I had no idea what the MTC was going to be like. From 6:30a.m. to 10:30p.m. I'm either in class or studying, I didn't realize I was never going to be left alone. I'm with my companion 24/7 but we're becoming friends. I can only write on Wednesdays I would suggest you use DearElder.com it's free and same-day delivery. Tell EVERYONE I miss them and they have to write me cause I don't know their adresses. Sorry for a short letter, but I'm in a hurry mail leaves at four.
Love ya,
~Austin"

I won't always put everything he wrote me, but I didn't see any reason why I shouldn't have put the whole letter in today. Well you heard the Elder(hehe) WRITE!

Favorite Pictures

Two of my favorite photos from his farewell parties. Just shows how goofy we all are!!

Dear Elder? How do I write to Austin?

So as you can see Austin has told us that we can use DearElder.com to write to him, this is some ways you can use it...

Some of the benefits of having a DearElder.com account include the following:
1. You can check the status of your letters.
2. You can deposit money in your account and write missionaries in all missions.
3. You can read, print, and delete letters after you have submitted them.
4. You can save your missionary's address information.
5. You can write multiple missionaries at once.

Thank you for using DearElder.com. We hope that this service will help you more actively support the missionaries you love. Be sure to let your let your friends and family know about the great Free service you've found.
Sincerely, Peter HenrieSite
Administratorautomated_response@dearelder.com

Also you can write him letters and they print them out and give them to your missionary, without the cost of postage and the hassle of getting to the post office. If you are interested in using it you'll just need to go to the website DearElder.com and they will walk you through the rest. Austin's still in the Provo MTC, mailbox # 232, departure 0415.

Also if you wish to send him packages you can go to Lehi Pioneer Party Place, on Lehi center street. They do same day delivery as long as they have the package before noon. And the cost is pretty descent.

Please check out the bottom of this blog for all of Austins information on how to write, and get packages to him. Thank you again for your support!

1 week down

Austin has been in the MTC for a week now, and we are all missing him. He hurt his knee about a week before he went in and it is still bothering him, so they sent him in for an MRI today. Other than that he is doing well, we haven't really heard much. Here is some news from him
"Hi mom, My email address is austinperu@myldsmail.net tell only close family though, because they only give me 30 mins a week on Wednesdays, so use dearelder.com ok love ya a lot. P.S had a M.R.I today doctor might think i tore my meniscus again so if i have to have surgery i could be delayed but, stay here I'll let you know any updates.
Tell everyone I miss them but, I'm having a blast. Love ya.
-Austin"

"Hi Dad, sorry for the short letter but, we can send letters and send and
receive emails on Wednesdays. I love you too and miss you but, your right I'm
having a great experience and I'm having a blast the first three days sucked
but now it's fun my companion is cool too he is from southern California, so Wednesdays
only it would be better for you to use dearelder.com its free and it doesn't
take my email time
- Austin"