March 21, 2010

                                                    Where in the World is Elder Pizzey?

Hello FAMILY!

Ok what a wild week! Thinks are starting to work out. I'll get this out before I start, I only get an hour on the computer to read all emails, send email home, and write a detailed email to mission president. So I don't have time to read any of the emails I got from Breanne and Kamry but I tried to print them. I really hope it worked. I'll respond with a letter as soon as I can! But I did see the pictures Breanne sent, adorable. But thank you so much for writing me sisters! We will write in letters though.

OK this week things really started to take off, hard work pays off. I believe I told you that we came into a dead area with a "white wash" and last week our numbers were all zeros! SAD, Elder England has never had that yet, but we knew it wasn't our fault and we would work our hardest to turn things around.

Here's brief overview of my week.
I'll just skip to friday, not that nothing good happened earlier just few lessons and what not. Anyways friday! It's so funny that you had an apostle speak to you becuase I did too! Thats right ELDER BEDNAR! Insane! I know! He's a good looking guy too. Can't believe Lindsay shook Elder Nelson's hand though, he didn't shake ours. Well first day here President Laney gave us two talks of Elder Bednar's to study, the whole mission got them. I thought nothing of it. Then last monday we were told not to plan anything from 10-2 on friday because we were having a meeting and they wouldn't tell us anything about it. Me and Elder England were so curious, we thought they were opening a China mission and we were getting called to go there! But we peiced together that maybe he gave us Elder Bednar talks because he's coming but we didn't want to get our hopes up. Then on Wednesday the Assistants called and told us it was Elder Bednar but we coudln't tell anyone (other than mishy's) for security reasons! We were so excited, he came to the meeting with no talk prepared. OK I'm giving way to much detail at this rate I won't even be able to talk about anything else but Elder Bednar. Well we all met in a stake center (our whole mission, 200-300 people) and he just asked us what we learned from his talks, and we would raise our hand and he would call on us. Ohh and he made a big point about how wrong the "guess what is in my head?" game everyone in the church plays and how bad it is! Well if he called on you, I never did but Elder England got called on. He would comment on what you said and follow up with a question or just add to what you said. Then he opened it up to questions! It was insane, we were learning so much, he taught so many different princibles. Main point was about trying to get conversation happening in your lessons, just as he was in his talk. There are so many different things I learned as to all the questions asked but I just don't have time to tell! His testimony was unreal, he was testifing of himself! But in like a humble way, it was great. He gave us is apostolic witness and gave all of us a blessing! Ohh mom and Elain S. Dalton, the relief society general president also attended the meeting! It was a reveletory exerpience!

Sunday morning after we attended the Wasatch Stake Leadership Meeting to meet everyone we both gave 10 minute talks in sacrement in the Wasatch 7th ward (our home ward). I gave a talk on finding a testimony, or helping someone find a testimony. Went really good I think, first talk I prepared in one hour. Only had some scriptures and few bullet points going up there, really scary at first. We give another one next week at this old folks ward lol and after conference in another ward. That talk was a big step for me.

We then attended sacrement meeting of the Willow Creek YSA. It was outrageous. About 300 single adults packed back to the gym. It was basically a fasion show, so many inmodest girls there holy cakes! Like cover up. And down here for YSA they don't care if your over 30 so you got people who look like moms trying to be 21 and caked up 20 year old girls. So many guys look like they work out 24/7 and half them are going to church for the wrong reasons! A little bizare.

Then that night we were packed with lessons about four or three. Elder England taught this girl Mary whos 21 about 9 months ago in a different area. Then yesterday we got a call from a ward mission leader saying Mary so and so is here at the Wasatch YSA ward (not the fasioin show one) and wants to be taught! It's crazy because Elder England arleady taught her but she stopped having lessons because she felt it was just for her boyfriend and they broke up. Now she's back and she has such a strong testimony and I gave my first baptisam date question thing to her during our lesson and she accepted! I also recited the Joseph Smith vison by memory for the first time to her and I asked a follow up question and she said I feel the spirit so much right now, I know what you told me is true! Best lesson yet!

OK I have to wrap this up I don't have enought time. So we had zero investigators and now we have five! Four of them have a baptismal date, all around April 10th! I really like this Luke guy we are teaching, he's turning 14 and plays lacrosse. He's a sweet little guy. Well we are working our butt off, tracting during free time, running through the unbaptized list, going throught the part member family list and keeping up with refferrals from bishops and ward mission leaders.

And the way we got time for our talks was the Stake President gave up his talking time so we could speak (gains trust with the members for us) and after he bore amazing testimony of us and our roles as missionaries. He said during it now when my son was on mission I prayed everyday that the members would help out my son and provide him with non members to teach. He said I bet there parents are doing the same now please follow through and help them.

AHHH NO TIME AND I HAVE TO WRITE MISSION PRESIDENT!

Ok address of house I'm at is 7961 Mountain Oaks Drive, its in the Wasatch 7th ward. Don't write letters to that address. Write them to the mission home and I get them once a week. The address is

Elder Pizzey
8060 S. 615 E.
Sandy Utah 84070

And dad we have so many addresses and the maps are terrible they gave us here so its so hard to navigate sometimes. What do you think about sending the GPS with the charger and stand in a box? Please it would help the Lords work ;) seriously, I'll send iPod home in the box. Up to you though.

Mom I bought you mothers day present already, you will love it, you wanted it before and we never got it or found it. (its from dessert books)

I haven't got a bike yet, I might get a old free one from missionairy and after Elder England leaves he's gonna leave me his nice one. We use the truck all the time there are way to many hills and its huge area comepared to others! OK I hope I addressed everything! Things are picking up here, more and more lessons everyday. Only about 7 last week but thats alot better than zero before. OK LOVE EVERYONE

I pray for everyone by name at night! Love all love you.