May 9th - May 14th
pavement monsters, flying Book of Mormons and ward mission leaders

Monday - So today for P-Day, we went with Chase to Five Guys in Seabrook and after, we went "car shopping" we went to the Hampton Porsche dealership and there was a Nissan GTR R36 and it was amazing. We drove around and saw all the different cars haha later, we drove around to a little "memory lane" with him and he was telling stories from his mission and from before we left and mission advice and all that fun stuff. Later, we went with the Smarts to help a lady move. After, we went home for the night.

Tuesday - We want to Walmart. Elder Peterson had a terrible migraine so we stayed inside all day. I was able to practico mucho español. Mucho. So much I got a headache too haha hopefully mañana will be better!
Wednesday - Today in district meeting we talked about planning. It was awesome to see Elder Pace again and to serve with him! It's kinda strange, but I'm sure I'll get over it soon haha. Afterwords, we went and hunted down some less actives and tried to set appointments. On our way to McDonald's, a Hellcat SRT Challenger and a Porsche 911 Carrera S raced on the highway. As the sound of the European V8 and the American muscle of the 6.8l V8 bellowed down the street, the Challenger pulled through and ate the Porsche for breakfast. Let me tell you all something, 3rd gear is monsterous and rude. It's a bad deal, but worth it. After McDonald's, there was a teenage boy driving a 90s jaguar. He looked about 17ish, he asked me if he could have some of my chocolate shake and I said naa, but you can have this and I tossed a Book of Mormon to him after he said "alright!" And was reaching, with both hands, to try and get it from me. I gave out a copy of the Book of Mormon from the passenger seat of our car. Our day was absolutely made. Fantastic!!! Good spirits all day!!! We went to the apartment to prepare for a meeting with the Elders of the Derry Ward and they canceled the meeting without telling us on accident haha so we where hanging out with Isaac and Gage for a while and talked and told stories. That's about our day.


Thursday - So my lack attendance and focus in high school made me unaware of the definition of deity...(mom says it was the lack of attention at church) When I asked Elder Peterson what it meant, he stared at me for a solid minute with the look on his face that clearly showed that I was a half wit... After his menacing stare, he shouted "ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!? IT JUST MEANS GOD!! Jeez.." And continued to stare at me and gave me the definition of half wit... After a couple more min, while I was writing scriptures in my Spanish Preach my Gospel, I heard him say "I know what I'm getting you for your birthday.." The rest of the hour studying, he asked me what each word I said meant... Today is his Dentist appointment, I hope they hop him up on drugs so his IQ is still above mine, but almost equal.. We'll see what happens! It was a long long wait.. I was starting to go crazy in the office alone.. I tried studying more Spanish, but after an hour and a half, I was done and couldn't do anymore. His face is pretty numb which is funny haha we then got a text from the Gish's and they invited us over for dinner, when we got there, Chase and Bro Gish where not there so we played with Ryker haha I've never seen a Great Dane get so energetic. He's 3 so he still is a puppy but he was running around having a grand ol time. Dylan was with Chase! Awesome, we had a wonderful dinner and we where able to talk and connect better. Kaylee wanted me to unplug her battery in her car so I did to restart the computers. Hope it worked haha she left early for the night and the boys where all hanging together. It was awesome, afterwords we went home for the night. Pretty good day!


Friday - All day of service! We started at 9 sharp at zions camp! We got a great workout in tossing and moving big cement blocks! Way fun! Brother Westwood says President Stoker is getting waves of people saying how much they love us and said he could get us another 6 weeks here. We told them that's the last one if it is because we would then be together for 6 months, which is a long time. So at the end of this transfer, we will see what happens! A lot of change is coming in the next couple of months! Afterwards, we rushed home to give a member some soda cans, which we had a lot of, then we went to Saint Vincent de Paul food pantry to help out for about an hour. After that, my allergies hit me upside the noggin and I wasn't feeling good at all. I took a couple things to try and help, but we ended up staying inside and planning and studying the rest of the day.


Saturday - We did service again all day! We went to the Saint Vincent de Paul again to help with unloading food, later, we went to the Gish's to help with some home repairs. We ate some Taco Bell and we cut wood, pressure washed, had a great time! After we had dinner with Brother Ward and his daughter Emma. It was funny, loved seeing them and getting to know his story and the spirit was way strong as we shared the flecks of gold video. Super awesome.


Sunday -So today we had a new Ward mission leader called. It's CHASE GISH!!! The returned missionary from New Zealand! So stoked!! My mind was completely blown away!! We are going to have so much fun! The Ward pretty much changed almost all the branches of leadership in the Ward, it was big changes. Something is setting up for something good! I can't wait to see what happens! After church we talked with people for a while and headed home to do some studies. Later, we went to the Soucy's and we were with the BYC (bishops youth Committee) and then stayed for Chase to talk about his mission with everyone! Way cool! After that, we talked with people, got to meet some new faces and we where able to have a little fun too haha all around great day !




The lord works in many ways. Ways we won't ever know, but it's all out of love and the benefit of our salvation to live with Him again, otherwise, God wouldn't have kept trying to bring the gospel on the earth, He loves us so much that He always continues to help us, even when we don't think so.

As I remember a talk from Elder Holland titled "None where with Him" a point stuck to me when he talked about Christ's suffering all the way to death. He said that the Father couldn't have been more closer to him, His son Jesus Christ, then when He was enduring that hardship for us.

I look at that with my own life, Christ doesn't get more love than us. At our worst struggles is when Heavenly Father is the closest to us. That's when He is there on His knees pleading for us to allow Him to help. We need to use it, everyday. I know it's there, I know there's a special power when I use it, and I never look back.


Talk to you all again next week!!

Con amor deElder Vogel