Austin's Missionary Journal

  HEEEEEy EEverYYbOOOdy... On that note, it's great to hear the cruise was a blast and everyone had fun, even if it seemed Dad got the short stick a few times. It still looked fun, and I kind  of  miss being able to swim or be on the water. Oh, well. At this rate, the time I have left will be gone before I know it. Today marks the start  of  a new transfer for me. But I'll be staying here  in  Mountain View for another six weeks with Elder Jensen. Neither  of  us are going anywhere, so that's great. Since my trainer, Elder Hansen, is flying home tomorrow (ohmygosh,where' dthepastsevenmonthsgo!Idon' tevenknow!), that leaves Jensen as my favorite companion still  in  the mission. So,  Yay ! Anyways, I'm excited to be out here for longer than my past areas, both because I love the people and the area out here, but also because I don't have nearly enough pictures  of  this place yet... So you know how I mentioned last wee...

  Letter home, number thirty... out   of   104... strange. So yeah, went to the temple this last week, up at the Seattle Temple (Bellevue, Washington ). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see Ben while I was there, but I saw all  of  Seattle Mission's cars parked around the temple parking lot. Apparently, since our bus ran late  in  traffic, Seattle went into a session already, and they got out while we went  in  for ours... but oh well, there's always next year! This week sounds like it's going to be fun. Have fun on your vaction, everyone! (It's basically for everyone, Brandon @ Hayden's, little kids at friends' house, everyone else on cruise, etc.) As for me, this coming week is going to be very busy. We have a few scheduled appointments with two  of  our investigators, and we've got plans to do service for three different members throughout the week, so it should be fun. Not to mention it's the last week  of  the transfer...

Everything going on back home sounds super exciting! There was a lot to read about this week, which I'm super thankful for. I got emails  from  Mom, Dad, Krista, Robin, and Ben, and I've found it's so much more fun when you get to see a big picture surrounding everybody else's lives. Glad to see your first week has gone well, Ben! Though I'm surprised that Seattle has as much green up there as we do down here. I guess I just figured your mission was mostly city, seeing as your mission boudaries are so small. Seriously, I looked up your area's size and it's smaller than any  of  my past areas! The one I'm  in  now is about ten times as big! But the most exciting part about this week is the fact that the Mission Temple Trip is tommorrow, and I'll be heading up to Seattle Temple tomorrow morning. But the absolute best part, I think personally, is that Ben says he's heading to the temple tomorrow as well. I'm gonna be keeping an eye out for him, ...

  Hey everybody! Sorry I don't have much time this week for emails, because today we have a zone activity after we all finish emailing. But I don't think I have too much to write about since I talked to everybody except the newly weds yesterday. Happy Mother's Day, again! The pictures  of  the wedding looked great, and it seems like Krista and Josh are having a blast together down  in  Mexico! Oh yeah, and does my new brother- in -law, Josh, want to get my letters now, too? Krista, send me his email if he does, so I can keep  in  touch with the whole  of  the family. It looks like Ben Heuer's flying out to Seattle tomorrow, so it'll be awesome knowing he isn't too far... But I doubt I'll really see him here  in  Washington, mostly because  of  the fact missions don't interact much between each other besides sending referrals betwixt them... and also because the area I'm  in  is the farthest south possible  i...

  First   of   all... BETHANY AND ETHAN GOT MARRIED?!?!?! WHEN DID THIS BECOME A THING?!?! Second  of  all... I must have either missed it, or nobody gave me an actual date for Krista's wedding, because I had no idea that was happening this week, this Thursday no less! That'll be super exciting! I hope I get to talk to the newly weds on Mother's Day, too! (The miracle  of  technology shall bypass the distance  of  the Honeymoon. --Elder R. Austin Moe) Anyways, speaking  of  which: Mother's Day! So , I'm not too sure about details right now. I believe the time frame we'll be doing it  in  will be between 1 to 4 (2-5 Utah Time). Just be prepared to be flexible around then, but I'll be sure to call as soon as possible on Sunday... I seriously hope the ward time y'all are going to isn't the 1 to 4 block because that'll screw with my plans. But we'll most likely make the call earlier  in  that time frame. Oh yeah, so ...