Feb 22nd - feb 29th


Monday - Another PDay, nothing crazy. Had dinner with the Craguns and also went to the Hafens for FHE. That was a load of fun! We played games and sung and had a blast with everyone there too

Tuesday - We where able to see Helen and Sister Bock with Brothers Scarbrough and Drennon! Those are awesome people! Melissa is being difficult, she says she hates church because of the way some people present themselves... Anywho, we also saw Helen, she's a very skeptical person. She is so skeptical, She has a oiuji board that she said she played around with and it didn't work with her.. Which is scary and a huge no no, but we felt impressed to keep teaching her so we will see how this goes. We where able to have dinner and see the Gogans, so much fun! Love them so much!!

Wednesday - We had Zone Meeting and that went great!! Love the zone. So many great missionaries full of potential, can't wait to know them better. We didn't do a lot but we had dinner with the Webbs and talked to them. Sister Webb is from England, thick English accent haha their kids are super awesome and super funny, they all love missionaries. After that, we went and saw Chris , Chris is a beast haha and looking for a companion. He says there's not much here but he's working with it until he is transferred with the Navy.

Thursday - We went and saw Vinnie and the Regans. Vinnie was a neat stop, we had fun talking to him about goals and the future. The Regans and Chris was here also and they made an amazing dinner and we talked a lot about the church and what we really liked about it and how we can grow our faith and build as a family. Awesome

Friday - We had a lot of planing to do. We saw the Drennons for dinner. They are very energetic and they love having us over. Their girls love having us over haha lots of laughs and lots of joking and a great spiritual message about the Atonement. We then made the trek over to Derry.

Saturday - We had our exchange with the Derry Elders and Elder Lilejenquist and we went to London Derry! Saw some awesome peple and got talking with each other. So a funny story, we had to pee really bad and we parked in a closed lot and journeyed deep into the forest and relieved ourselves. . It was bad haha. We stopped and had Wendy's and we exchanged back and went home haha it was such a fun day.

Sunday - We had a wonderful church meeting and we loved seeing everyone there. I met the founder of the "Morgan horse" breed at the Bacas. I told them that I rode horses back home a little and they told me that the foundation and his place is a couple miles up the road from them!! Super sweet!!


Pretty busy and crazy week. We got a text Saturday morning that Sister Ritzo passed away from, cancer. She was an amazing lady and had so much faith. I had the chance to hear her testimony about the plan of salvation and it was so powerful I cried hard. This next week we are cleaning up the remains of her house and tending to her family. So super hard. It took me right back to June when brother Aurich passed away.


Death isn't the end. It's another step to a whole new chapter in our salvation. Why God calls his children home earlier than others is beyond my understanding, but they are chose for something in the next life for something very special. Makes me ponder on the precious moments in life. How in a blink of an eye it could be gone. A song verse from Picture Perfect (Escape the Fate) came to my mind. "I'd give up my eyes, to see you one last time and I'd give all my fingertips to touch you and I can paint you picture perfect even if I was blinded, but you had to die for me to to see how to live"

I can still paint a perfect picture of brother Aurich, my friends, family, even faces I don't see on the mission and my short time with them has to have a lasting impact.


I love you all. Find someone to say I love you and cherish those precious moments.


Elder Vogel