Washington Court House #5

Hello family,

This going to be a short and sweet letter this week. Not much was able to happen this week because my companion sprained his ankle when we were at the mission home. Since then the swelling has gone down but the pain has been getting worse everyday. All is well though and we tried to keep our selves busy in what ever way possible. 

So this week we tried to set up lesson over the phone and to go and see them if it was a solid appointment. Not many of those happened so we just sat in the apartment looking at the four walls. Jk. I read a lot and also re watched several of the conference talks. It was a good study week for me and Elder Porter.

This Sunday was good because it was our stake conference and the talks were really good and helped our member that we teach. They talked a lot on the importance of the Temple and the many blessings that are there for all that are worthy. There was also a talk given on habits and how it takes 10 weeks to form a true good habit. I got a lot out of church this Sunday and was really happy to be out of the apartment.

I love you all very much and can't wait to see you this Sunday, we have dinner at a members house at 4 my time which would mean I would be calling around 2 there when dinner is over. Does that work with you church schedule? I can call later if you have church then. Just let me know. Love you all tons!

Elder Young

Washington Court House #4

Hello family from Powell Ohio,

I am emailing you this morning from the mission home in Powell because we spent the night. This week has been fun and adventurous in my travels. This week I have made several trips to Columbus for various things as well as had some great lessons with investigators. Sounds like we all had good weeks this week.

So this week was fun as we taught Robert and several others and as we worked to continue to grow good relations with the members in the area. We taught several friends of members and gave them blessings. Sadly none of them were able to make it to church this week but we continue to pray for them and hope that they will make it soon. Robert has some anxiety towards coming to church and almost made it before his nerves set in but he almost made it. The changes that these people make are amazing and I have great respect for them as they strive to come closer Jesus Christ.

Now onto the crazy things that happened this week! So we went to the Hilliard which is a small town of Columbus and we did service as a mission. My companion and I painted a chain link fence while others did various maintenance jobs around a park. It was a lot of fun and some of us got interviewed, luckily I was not interviewed nor was my companion. Anyway it was a lot of fun and I to see a lot of my old companions and friends I have made.

Now onto why I am here at the mission home! Last night we got interviews by the mission President and they took a long time. It was a good experience and I feel great after talking to him and confiding in him. I love the Daines and all that they do for this mission to help others as well as me. Anyway we stayed the night because we wouldn't have got home till midnight. This morning they gave me full reign of the kitchen and I made pancakes for my companion and district leader, it was so much fun and hard because I had to find everything.

Love you all so much hope you have a great week!

Washington Court House #3

Hello Family,

It is good to hear from you as always and to hear about what is happening back there. Its cool that Emma is going to attend at BYU-I and that she has a car of her own now to go in. What type of car is it? Also good to hear that you are all working hard and that you seem to all be doing well as far as I can tell. My week has been an adventure an I will tell you why.

So I want so very hard to work and to thrust in my sickle and reap because I feel that this area has a lot of potential. I however have been unable due to the lack of effort on on of my companions which has been really yanking my chain and is pushing my buttons. But finally one of my companions is tired of being lazy as well and we are going to working and just dragging the third wheel along. We will see how it all works out in the end. I am learning things though and that is how not to act as a missionary any optimism is a great and important thing. I am also glad that I have some sort of direction in my life that gives me a greater purpose and motivation. For that I thank you for being my parents and for aiding and giving me the work ethic that I have. I love you so much.

Now onto a happy subject because I am happy and you should be to. My apartment does have a working washer and dryer in the apartment. My apartment is a one floor 2 bed one bath apartment that is very nice and has cleaned up very nicely. The Branch is full of a bunch of good caring people and they love to work with the missionaries by giving us a lot of service.

I'm not going to lie I had a hard timefocusing this last general conference but I really enjoyed President Monson's talk and I liked how he said that we need to choose the harder right way then the easy wrong way. I thought it went well with one of my favorite scriptures 3 Nephi 27: 33. But I have enjoyed going through and reading the talks as I listen to the audio recordings. 

I would worry about this box and bed bugs but if you are worried just open it out side and take the cloths and dry the on high for 20 minutes. Then just throw the box away out side and all should be good. The bed bugs were good and dead when I left Bellefontaine.

Well I hope you all have a good day and that you stay safe. Love you all tons!

Love

Elder Young

Washington Court House #2

Hello Family,

Sounds like you have had a great week and a lot fun times and memories. Glad that you could have a little family reunion and that Dallin is doing so well and kept you all very active. Best workout program ever, little kids. This week was good for me to and it has just flown by, which is a great thing. It also took the time to snow a couple of days ago which surprised us all, and frankly made me a little angry, its spring time dang it! Oh well weather in Ohio.

So I am starting to understand my new area little bit by little bit since it is very large and has several towns. So we drive a lot and will walk a lot since Elder Pytlakowski doesn't have a bike. Its funny because we have a large area but have few miles to cover it all. So we mainly stay in Washington Court House to save miles.

In our area we have so far mainly focused on working with members to rebuild good standing with them which has been lost from past missionaries and to also start to rebuild activity in the church. Also we have been doing work at service place that gives out cloths and also on certain days serves lunch to those who need it. It has been a lot of fun and we have already built a good reputation with them because we have been doing all the hard manual labor that the older ladies that work there cant do. So we are getting cookies on Tuesday at least thats what they all said. 

Been staying busy and have been enjoying my time with my new companions. We have come to a understanding and we are all striving to get along which isn't that hard since we are very similar. Love you all and hope you have a good week and that you don't go through Dallin withdraws. Think about you all the time.

Love Elder Young

Pictures

 Sister Achor from Bellefontaine and Elder Young.  Elder Young and Elder Anderson helped build this structure for her Grandchildren.  He said he will miss this area

 New companions :)  Elder Porter on the far left and Elder Pytlakowski in the middle in the above picture :)

Lunch at a members house.

Washington Court House Ohio #1

Hello Family,

It has been an interesting few days since I emailed you on Wednesday last week. So the update on where I am and everything. I am now in a town called Washington Court House Ohio, which is a very small town and is part of a very small branch. I know have two new companions Elder Porter and Elder Pytlakowski who is leaving at the end of this transfer. Elder Porter and I are what is know as killing him off in mission lingo.

So far I like the area and it will be a lot of hard work because of the interesting dynamic of the branch and also because difficulty in finding people to teach. This area is constantly being opened and closed and has a history in the mission as being a very hard area. So we are going to turn that around and make it just a normal area in the Ohio Columbus Mission.

I have meet a few of the members and one couples that is starting to take the lessons here. So far they are good people and I like them, but what is going to be hard is that I am with some companions that have some bad habits they have developed on the mission but all will be well I think. Anyway you now know what is happening in my life a little. I hope that you continue to have fun with the family and that you are all doing well and that you are staying safe. love you all very much!!!!

Love Elder Young

Pictures

 Elder Young and Elder Anderson modeling a new Jackets

 Elder Young wasn't feeling well so he didn't shave, now he thinks he might possibly grow a beard :)