Bellefontaine #18

Hello Family,

Sorry for the lateness of the email this week but I have a good excuse and that is that we had a meeting yesterday. We met as a zone and President Daines taught us how to find contact more powerfully and to do it in a creative way. We get into one way of contacting and it's boring for us and for those we talk to. So Elder Anderson and I were called to stand in front of the zone and to role play contacting. It was fun and I took it seriously but I of course was my self and President Daines didn't say anything about me being goofy so I guess he approved. He asked me to do a lot more at his zone conference probably because I'm starting to be one of the older missionaries in the mission.

Weather has been a little cold this last week and it snowed a couple of inches for 3 days and I slide once and it was cool to lose control like that. I went sideways through an intersection but I got control pretty fast and made the turn with out getting close to anything. I almost hitting a deer on Monday night because it was really foggy but other than that it's been a good safe week. No need to worry😀

I can't really tell you what happened this week but that we worked hard and we try to meet with people but it doesn't always happen. We also had to park our car on Friday because we didn't send in our mile log on time. Luckily we had weekly planning and it took all day because of what President Daines has told us how he wants it done. Also it was really snowing that day so we would have been able to get anywhere fast especially because there are not many sidewalks in is town or anywhere in Ohio.

I don't what to say other than that it was a good week full of good lessons and I had a good time. I will have another meeting on Monday and I will have to email you on Tuesday again instead of Monday. This week we have a challenge by President Daines to accomplish some goals that he had us set for our selfs on Monday. So this week will be full of contacting people and getting new   Investigators. We have to give what he has dubbed "millennial moments", which means to give a one minute powerful lesson on a gospel principle. Which is what Preach my Gospel tells us to do when we contact or when we teach. To give brief powerful messages so that we don't lose attention and so that you can be out of a lesson in 44 minutes which is also a Preach my Gospel guideline which is a hard one to live.

I love you all and I hope you all stay safe and that none of you will get sick this week and that you all are safe at work. Hope you all have good missionary moments and that Emma has fun in the mini MTC. Always ask the missionaries how you can help them and keep them accountable by asking them who they are working with. Know that I love you and that I think of you often and your safety. Have a good week and I will talk to you on Tuesday.

Love Elder Young 

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Elder Young and his District having a good time :)

Bellefontaine Ohio #17

Hello Family,

Thank you for the package and the cookies that came in it were very much appreciated and loved. Elder Anderson's eyes almost popped out of his head when he say how many cookies you sent me. Anyway glad to hear that your week was normal and that nothing bad happen. My weather actually has just made a turn and it is snowing out side and the temperature is dropping, so later today we will have ice.

But today was a fun day because we had a district activity and I didn't have to plan it which was a bonus. What we did was we played a game called chair soccer which was a blast but man I am out of shape when it comes to running. Chair soccer is were you everyone has a chair that is your goal you have to defend. You can leave you chair and try and kick the ball into someone else chair then if you hit it they have to sit down. So I'm very tired.

This week we have been working hard to get Alexander, Christina, David, and Daisy to church. We were blessed and Alexander and Christina came but David's son oldest son went missing so that has been a little concerning. But we hope to continue to meet with them and that all goes well with David's son. We hope to continue to find new people to meet. 

One thing that has been a hard thing that has come up is that Elder Anderson has been in a lot of pain and we have not found the cause. So we have been taking it easy and we may be going to a doctor soon to get some test run to find the problem. Keep in your prayers though because it has been very hard for him because if it doesn't get better fast or they have problems finding what's wrong he may have to go home. So keep him in your prayers please.

Lot of cool things happening and I am staying busy with doing what I know is right. Hope you have a great week and that you know I love you all and think about you often. You are my strength and you keep me going. The gospel has become my guide and my confidante and what gives me peace. The Atonement has become the biggest power in my life because I have no strength anymore I'm very tired. But the savior is my driving force that gives me the strength that I need because I make to many mistakes and have to many short comings to do what the lord wants of me. I know though that what I am doing is the will of our loving Heavenly Father and that as long as I go out of my apartment he will guide me. Turn to our savior and or lord because he will guide you and you will be surrounded by his love. Have a great week.

Love Elder Young

Bellefontaine Ohio #16

Hello Family,

Sorry that I forgot to tell you that this week was transfer week and that I would not be able to email till today. All is well over here and I will spend most likely one more transfer here with Elder Anderson. He is actually not done yet with his training yet he still has 4 more weeks of training and he will be good. Anyway glad to hear that you had a good week last week.

Our week was really good and we have been meeting a lot of nice people who are interested and are telling us to come back. So with luck we will be able to meet with them and teach them the Restoration. We have got several new investigators and we are excited to work with them and see them come closer to our Heavenly Father. One of new investigators is a son of a less active that will be fun to teach because he is very autistic but he wants to be baptized so we will do what we can. Our other new investigators are Alexander and Christina. They are a interesting couple but they are open and interested so we can't ask for more.

Last week we went to Columbus for what is called new missionary follow up training. It was fun and I got to talk to President Daines and we went to the temple which was really nice. Elder Anderson got a chance to go out and talk to people at OSU campus and hand out copies of the Book of Mormon. Really just a cool experience even though I was inside all day being trained. It's really just trainers follow up training.

I don't know what else to say other than I am happy that we are finally being blessed with new people to teach. It's been touch and go but we have been diligent in finding so we are seeing the benefits from that work. I love being here with Elder Anderson and love serving the lord. I hope that you all have a great week and that you stay safe. I will talk to you again on Monday, love you tons.

Love 

Elder Young

P.S could dad send me some of his seasoning for meats so I can make some good chicken. Please and Thank you!

Bellefontaine Ohio #15

Wow,

Sounds like you all had some really full weeks and I can hardly remember what has happened in my week. They days are really starting to blur together and it makes me feel bad because I can't write an in depth letter. But I am happy that all is well back home with you all and that there is no more sickness.

So this week has been a busy one full of meetings that kind of took up some time. So on Monday its P-day until 6 and then it's dark and everyone in Ohio is asleep. Then on Tuesday we had a district meeting in the morning which is held in the Pique building and that is an hour drive away one way. So a large portion of the morning was gone that day. Then on Wednesday we went with the Rasmussen's to a world wide mission broadcast in Columbus which went from 11 to 4 plus and hour drive there and back. We went early though because the Rasmussen's wanted to take us to a restaurant called Dur Duchman, which was really good. That was all our meetings

Then on Thursday was Weekly Planning which we started at 10 and went to 6. And that was all the long stuff that made it so we couldn't go out and be missionaries. Despite all this though we got a new Investigator named Hunter. He is a cool guy that is a boyfriend of a less actives non member daughter. We tried to teach them both but she was not really wanting to engaged so that's why we didn't have two new investigators. But then drama set in and he was supposed to be kicked out of the less active part members house, he was living there. But we learned last night that he is still there trying to hide from the daughters parents in the daughters bedroom. So ya it didn't last long but made for a good laugh.

That's really the only other lesson we taught to a member the rest were to less active members. Was a good week though and the mission broadcast from salt lake was awesome and relearned so good stuff. Elder Anderson and I are doing good and he is really funny and full of energy. He is adapting really quickly to mission life and I can tell the members like him, because he knows sports a little to well. I like a couple of families here. The Hollands are a really cool couple that are really funny and nice. Then there is the Ruggieri's who are by far the most missionary minded family I have ever met. Brother Ruggieri is a surgeon and served a mission a couple years back and is the one who is the most mission minded. They have 5 kids though that are really loud and crazy and I am so thankful that you taught me respect and how to behave, because those kids don't. Love this branch and the work but this is by far the hardest area I have been in yet. 

Love you all very much and don't worry about my interviews with President Daines because I look forward to them. I know that he only means the best and I really have grown to love and appreciate his service as a Mission President. He can be intimidating at times but he is also socially awkward at times, to smart for his own good. He also got us new phones! We are now with AT&T instead of sprint, thank you President Daines for being a CEO at AT&T. Better service but worse phones.

Love you all very much and hope you have a great week!

Love 

Elder Young

Making Fire :)

Elder Young trying to make fire!

Bellefontaine #14

Hello Family,

Well this last week was very cold and full of long trips all over the zone and good stuff like that. This week we went on exchanges and I went to Sidney with Elder Ledingham who is in our district. It was very cold and then we went to interviews with the President Daines on Thursday. It was a full day thing were they taught us how to do weekly Planning, which was good but it was all review because all you have to do is read preach my gospel and it tells you what to do. Plus this week for training was centered on planning and setting goals so Elder Anderson and I were really burnt out by the end of it all. Interviews were good and I wasn't broken down by him this time which was a big relief, I'm not a bad missionary but he will get you on some small things and will make you feel like the scum of the earth with out really saying much of anything.

Really good week though and we worked hard but didn't meet our goals this week. Don't usually make my goals here because people have there agency and all, makes life harder than it needs to be. Anyway today was a good p-day because we went to the Ohio Caverns which was nice because it was 54 degrees in the cavern. Nicer then the 8 degrees with a -17 wind chill factor. Went with a dry Mormon named Mike Davis who takes us out to eat once a week, he lives in Kenton which is about 17 miles away. Was really cool to see all the crystals and for the warmth.

Our heater has been on the fritz the past couple of days, woke up this morning and it was 60 in the apartment! We are going to to get to the bottom of it all soon so that we can be warm. Anyway hope you are all well back home and stay healthy and don't get sick, take your vitamins that mom gives you. I miss you all very much but not the 10 pills mom gave me every morning 😋. Stay warm! Love y'all.

Elder Young