Baptism!

Email - April 7, 2014

This was a great week! Last Monday, we had the chance to ride the London Eye! That was amazing!! Really cool. Then Thursday, I went on exchange with one of the Zone leaders, Elder Alejandre from Barcelona, Spain! He is a great missionary. I like him a lot. We worked really hard and found a new investigator! 

Also, I got a call on Friday from the sister missionaries in our ward. They have an investigator named George, and he has been investigating since Elder Cangas was here with me. We have been helping out to teach him cause he is a single male and such. But, basically they called and said that George wanted me to baptize him, so I was like WOAH, of course! It was such an honor! Seriously! It made me feel so good to help someone make that special covenant with God! It was a great weekend! 

We watched the Saturday morning session live Saturday evening here. Then Sunday morning, we watched the Priesthood session, then we watched the Saturday afternoon session, then had a break, and that's when George got baptized. Then, we watched the Sunday morning session live in the evening here. We'll probably watch the Sunday afternoon session online by ourselves sometime this week. :) 

I loved Elder Scott's talk from the Saturday afternoon session! It was so good, I thought. Also, President Uchtdorf's was really good talking about the points we can look to improve ourselves! It was great! I took like 5 pages of notes this conference, it was all so good!  

I can't believe that Mum and Peyton are coming this month!! Sooo weird! Just a couple more weeks! You will love it. 

Today, we are going to play sports at the chapel as a zone so that will be really fun! I can't wait! Haven't got to do that for quite a while. The weather has been a lot warmer, still cloudy and rainy but SO much warmer, so that is nice! 

I'm so happy and thankful for the blessing of General Conference! I love hearing from our Church leaders and the guidance that they give is the guidance that the LORD is giving to us. I know that!! The Gospel is just amazing and it has not ceased to amaze me time after time on my mission! It's great! 

I love you all and I'm so grateful for the love and support!! I hope everything is going well! Things are going very well here. :) 

Love, Elder Munson 

 "George Boakye (Bo-wah-chee) from Ghana. :)"

"On the London Eye.  It was so cool."

"There were some members in the pod next to us from California! 

They took this picture of us and sent it to us! So, that was nice!" 

April already!

Email - March 31, 2014

Woah! That's a crazy final 4! Wasn't UK and UCONN lower than 5 seeds? Good for them! Sorry to hear Michigan let you down though, Dad. ;)

This week has been alright. I really don't know what to say this week. Just been another week in the mission field. Not much happened. 

Today, we are going to ride the London Eye. The senior couple in our district is really nice and got us coupons for half priced tickets! So, that will be cool. :) 

I'm excited for Conference this weekend though! It should be really good! It will be a long long day Sunday, but I know that it will be so good to hear from the Lord's Apostles and get guidance from them. On Sunday, we will watch the Priesthood session, the Saturday afternoon session, and the Sunday morning session. On Saturday, we just watch the Saturday morning session. 

Sister Welch seems really excited to have Peyton and Mum coming here! That will be fun. Tim, Pauline's husband is one of my favorite people I have met on my mission...member, non member, missionary - it doesn't matter, Tim is in the top of that list! haha You guys will love them.

I seriously can not believe that tomorrow is the start of April already! It's been such a long crazy journey to get here and now it's just flying by once I'm here. Well, some days it's flying by, others it's brutal! But, overall, I can't believe I have been out longer than nine months now!! 

We have zone training tomorrow which will be really good. I always learn a lot from them, so I am looking forward to learning a lot tomorrow and start applying it all in the work!!

Elder Mecham and I taught a Gospel Principles class yesterday all about prayer. It went well. It helped me to realize how cool and crucial prayer is in our life! It's cool that we have a way to communicate with God. 

We have a few investigators who are hopefully going to start keeping some commitments! We got a referral from some other missionaries this last week. It's a guy who has told the other missionary that he wants to be baptized but he lives in the Mitcham Ward boundaries, so we are going to start teaching him! So, that should be really cool. Hopefully, he will be able to feel of the truthfulness of the message we will share with him this week and we can commit him to be baptized in a few weeks:)

Anyway, sorry this isn't much...really not much to say!! I guess happy English Mothers Day yesterday, Mum!! I love you!!

haha Oh, and no, I can't think of anything else from America that I really want at this moment, maybe something will pop in my head over the week!!!

Have a great April Fools Day tomorrow! I hope all is well!! Love you all!!

Love, Elder Munson  

"Madi White's older sister or twin or something!
Sister Welch's daughter, Caroline."

English Mothers Day flowers given out in the Mitcham Ward.

March Madness

Email - March 24, 2014

AHHHH! Ok seriously! There isn't a sporting even I miss more than March Madness. Super Bowl, I was fine. Bowl season, I was fine. But, March Madness...FREAKING KILLIN ME! It's the greatest two couple of weeks in all of sport!! Thank you so much for the bracket, Dad! I filled it out!!! I'll send you a picture of it!! 

Things are going well here! We had a few days of good weather this week and a few days of bad! But, over all it was a good week. We had a big focus this week of getting less actives to church and it payed off!! We had a lot of less actives in Sacrament Meeting this week. It was good. 

Anyway! Mum, that is CRAZY that you guys are coming here next month!!! Woah! That would be way cool if you met up with Sister Welch!! Oh, but by the way, this transfer is going to be a 5 week transfer!! So, we will get our next moves calls on April 21st. So, we will see what happens! But YES! Attend at the Catford Ward!! But to answer your questions...

1 - I really don't know anything that I really miss besides food.. like Costa Vida. Gatorade. Or, stuff like that...just the little things like that that I can't get here. Mike&Ikes? I really don't know. Fruity candy like Mike&Ikes, Trolli Eggs, is really all I can think of. I'm just used to the stuff here. I don't really need anything!

2 - A must see is probably the sights that I can't see, like Buckingham Palace and stuff like that. I thought Cutty Sark and the things around it in Greenwich were really cool. But, it's hard for me to say. I've seen so little of the famous places here. haha

3 - See Sister Welch! 

4 - ATTEND CATFORD!! haha fun place. 

5 - And.. no nothing else!! 

Things are going well!! With a little break in the weather, we had the chance to do some digging up in a member's garden and we also helped a less active family move some furniture out this week! That was good. 

I cant believe its 9 months already this week! Time is flying!! 

I was reading in Matthew this week.. and holy, Jesus' parables are freaking amazing! There are so many things I understand from them now that I just had no idea what it meant in the past! I'll leave it up to you guys to look into the parables or not, but I love them! The Pharisees get burned...

I love you and miss you all!! Thank you for everything!! I hope all is well!!!

Love, Elder Munson

"Nice little river we passed the other day."

Elders Quorum President

Email - March 17, 2014

OH MY DAYS!! Selection Sunday already!! PLEASE SEND ME A BRACKET!!! or two. I need to fill one out! I love March Madness!!! Good for BYU and Weber making it in though!! So sick!! 

And go Tanner!!! Keep up the sick work back in the box! And, congrats to Peyton!! THAT IS INCREDIBLE!!!

Things here are going well...suspenseful. We haven't had moves calls yet and we usually have them by this time on Mondays! So, we are trying to be patient and wait to see what happens! Both of us think we will stay though!  But, we had a good week weather wise! A lot of sun, so that's nice! My nose actually got kinda burnt this week, so I was happy about that! 

That is cool that Nate is working on the KPGR studio. That camo picture is a CLASSIC!! Kenzey Miles emailed me and said that I'm talked about a lot in Radio class, so at least I left my mark somewhere in the school! I love Russ. 

We FINALLY actually saw V____ this week! That was nuts. After three weeks of like not even talking to us we saw him and he acted like nothing even happened! haha It was so weird! But, hopefully, we'll continue to see him more often! 

Ah, sweet home teachers! Tell them that I say HI! I miss Brother Munoa loads! He is the man! He had a huge impact on me going through Young Mens, even though he wasn't ever one of my leaders, just him being there was sick.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH! I got a couple of letters this week and money. You guys are the best! I finally wrote a letter back as well! So, hopefully that will get there soon. It has another memory card with it! 

We had Ward Conference yesterday. That went really really well!! We had like 5 less-active people come and the chapel was more full than ever! I also got the sustaining as Elders Quorum President. So, that was kinda weird/cool. I then had a meeting after church with a Stake High Council member to give me a little "training" on what I'm supposed to do as Elders Quorum President and such. So, that was a BIG help! I now sort of feel like I know what to do. haha! 

I've been studying the New Testament very intently for a few weeks now and HOLY FREAKING HECK, how sick is that book!? I have been loving every second of studying it! Nothing better than learning from the way and the words that our Savior taught! It makes my study something to really look forward to every morning!!! 

I wish I knew that plans of transfers and such! But, I just don't! I'll let you know though as soon as I know!! I hope you all had a great week!! I love you all!! 

Love, Elder Munson

"Elder Fredrickson and my MTC companion!! Elder Ganta!"

"Remember Elder Allen that we went to eat with at Los Hermanos?!!"

"Elder Bognar!!"

"Love the Kool-aid. :) Goes perfectly with my cold pizza for breakfast!"

I feel amazing!

Email - March 10, 2014

WOAH! WE HAD SUN THIS WEEK!! It was so nice all week! For real! Congrats to Tanner though!! That is sick!!!

And congrats to the PG basketball team! That is so sick for them! Good 'ol Ry guy leading them to the SHIP!! They really could have used the real 6th man for that game, I bet! That's cool that you guys got to see a few of my friends! I'm so proud of Sam! She will be such a good missionary!! Speaking of sister missionaries, yes mum, those books did come for her! Thank you so much!!! She was very grateful! Oh and I got your little package this week too with the tie and candy and the memory card!! Thank you so much. :) I ate up that candy so fast!! haha It was so good:)

I feel amazing! I'm a full time servant of the Lord and I get to study and learn doctrine everyday! It's been amazing!! I never ever though I could learn so much about the Gospel. So, how have I felt? Well, spiritually uplifted I guess? Yeah, it's hard, but it's amazing. The real question is how haven't I felt since being on a mission? I have felt every emotion in the book out here. haha!!! It's just crazy! But, things really are going so well!! Like I'm fine...obviously not well success wise, but I'm learning a lot and I have such good family and friends that have my back and support me! Sawyer is the man.. and we stay in very good contact and as well as Bailee Cook. She really is great! And the fam obviously. :)

V____ dropped off the face of the earth, but we did hear from him last week. Then, he didn't show up to our appointment. So, basically, contacting and trying to find new people to teach has been the name of the game for the last two weeks! Hopefully, all the hard work will pay off soon!!! 

Last night we had an appointment with a guy named T____. Basically, he is the most anti guy I have ever met! He is from Czech. He had a super strong accent and he was the rudest, most closed minded guy I have ever met in my life!!! haha He was destroying our religion!! But, Elder Mecham and I handled him well. Needless to say, it was just a huge debate and he just threw anti stuff in our faces all night. But, we set an appointment with him on Tuesday to be able to see him. He likes Elder Mecham and I, just not the church.

Despite all the crazy things that people say though, it just doesn't matter, the Church is true and why people target our Church so badly, I don't get it. But, oh well. This gospel is so amazing and I feel bad for people who can't open their eyes and soften their hearts to it! 

I hope all is well!!! Thank you for everything and all the support!!!  I LOVE YOU ALL!!

Have a great week!

Love, Elder Munson

P.S. Sorry I sucked at pictures this week. I didn't realize I didn't take any until I plugged the camera in just this morning, haha my bad!

Can you believe that it is March already?!

Email - March 3, 2014

The weather here this last week was MUCH better! We actually saw the sun 2 or 3 of the days! Alllll day Saturday was so nice! So that was the best! We taught loads of lessons that day and it was nice to be out! Plus we got to go to Sister Welch's house for dinner, so that's always the best! She cooks great meals. 

That is so scary about Peyton driving. One thing I have learned more of since being in London is that women should not be allowed behind the wheel. Hahaha at least here! London drivers are crazy anyway...but the women are just reckless! It's crazy! Oh my especially the women bus drivers! hahah it's so scary! The double deckers are so big and they treat them like a rally car! hahah It's hilarious! I swear the bus drivers here are 20 times better drivers than NASCAR drivers, it's incredible.

Congrats to Tanner for making the team. I wish I could be there to watch Lehi soccer when he is playing now!! 

You're right that the weeks do cruise by - for me as well!! The days can be slow, but then all of a sudden its Sunday night and it's like,... what the heck!? But, I guess it means we are working hard.

On Tuesday, we had a Zone Conference! It was really good! It was good to see the other missionaries there! Some I haven't seen since the MTC and some I just love to see every once in a while...like Elder Sparks! haha He is the man.

The work is going well. Elder Mecham and I taught more lessons this week than I have my entire mission! We found a few new investigators, but it is still just brutal getting people to come to church! It's just an hour on a Sunday morning to come to Sacrament Meeting! I don't get it! We invite everyone but NO one came on Sunday. Hopefully, we can start getting people there once we see them more often! 

Can you believe that it is March already?! I can't. This transfer is half way over as well!! Crazy. There's no way I have been with Elder Mecham for 3 weeks already! 

I really appreciate all of the support that I feel from friends and family! It seriously means the world to me! I am thankful for everyone! Especially you mum and dad! You are the best! 

This Gospel is so sick! I'm so thankful for you guys raising me in it! I love and miss you all!!! I hope you have a good week!!!

Love from London,

Elder Munson 

"Me and Elder Romney! Spencer's cousin! He goes home after this transfer."

"Elder Yu!"

"Sister Laineenkare, from my MTC district!"

"Nikita had her baby!! Zoe. She was 5 lb. 15 oz. Soooo tiny!"

"Nikita"

Agency is an ETERNAL principle!

Email - February 24, 2014

Hello!!! 

Elder Mecham and I are still having loads of fun!! hahah  

We have been unable to reach V____ for over a week now! so that has been rough! But we do have another investigator named M____! She is Sister Welch's friend and she has been showing a lot of real interest in the Gospel and Sister Welch is a great support to her! 

This Thursday we planned a ward reach out evening! So, we invited the whole ward to meet at the chapel on Thursday night and we are going to go out and visit all the less active people that live in the ward boundaries and let them know that the new chapel is open!! Hopefully, it'll b

e a great experience and we will be able to get a few people to come back to church!!

I miss football and being in good good shape so much!! haha We had to run to church yesterday cause we missed the bus, and I was so winded! haha It was a proper depressing time for me being so winded just from jogging to church! Yeah, it was a far run but I was way more tired than I should have been! haha My body is in good shape, I think but cardio wise I am sooooo bad! haahhah Yikes. 

Anyway! The scriptures are amazing! I love finding hidden treasures in them! Having daily scripture study has made the biggest difference in my life! Not only as a missionary, but just as a person! It's cool to read scriptures! 

I'm sorry there is just not much to share! Week after week things are so repetitive! I don't want to be sending like the same email week after week cause that's just boring!!  

I guess yesterday Elder Mecham and I taught a lesson in gospel principles class on agency and it was so good! I think agency is amazing! It is so cool to learn about it and how important it is!! Agency is an ETERNAL principle and it is something definitely ordained of God. He wants us to ALWAYS have the right to choose for ourselves, and I know that that is the way that Christ and Heavenly Father wants it to be! It was a good experience to be able to teach about it in a lot of depth! Even though sometimes we may make bad choices, that's what the Atonement is for!! So, that's pretty sick.

I hope you guys all had a good week! MUM thank you so much for the Kool-Aid! Ahhhh, I was so happy and excited when I got that!! So sweet!! I love it!!! Thanks for all the support and the love!! 

I love you all so much! I'm so glad to be out here doing what I'm doing!

Love, Elder Munson!

"The London Eye"

"Cool cloud the other day!"