New Area

FAMILY!!!!

 

There is so much stuff going through my head right now at like a million miles an hour!! This past week has been AWESOME!!!  I'm super excited but I'm going to try really hard to be organized with this e-mail, cause If I told you everything that was going through my brain right now I don't think you could handle it..  So for the sake of being organized I'm just going to calmly answer all of your questions.

 

How is your new area? AHHHHHH my new area is the best!!!!!  I'm serving in the Chippenham YSA ward It's so much different, I'm gonna have to stop teaching people younger than the age of 18 or older than the age of 30 but I'm super excited!!!! and my district is awesome, it consists of AP's the Sister Training Leaders and another set of awesome sisters, and we all serve in the same ward!!!  I don't know if you remember Elder Collie form when I first came out.. but he one of my favorite missionaries and he is AP and the other AP is Elder Unga and he is just the most awesome person ever he plays football for BYU he's the nicest person you'll ever meet, he's a good looking Tongan and Heather should marry him :)  The only downfall of this area is that we don't get dinners at all, so we have to eat out a lott. ;/  where we prosy VCU/Downtown is like 20 mins away from our house so we leave the apartment and don't come back until 9 or 9:30.

  

What is your new companion's name? My new companion is Elder Kurt Hathcock!! HE IS AWESOME!!! He's been out for like 7 months or so and he is just down to work hard!! It's like we are the same person..

 

 Where is he from? He is form South Jordan OOOTAAAAHHHH

 

 What is your new area like? It includes 3 stakes!! including 2 that I have already served in previously. VCU campus is in our area and that is where we pick up all of the people that we work with, we just walk around campus all day and invite people and I LOVE IT!! School doesn't start till the 21st so the campus is kinda like a ghost town right now, so we just go walking around Downtown Richmond, which is crazy!!!  More crazy stuff has happened to me in the last week than has happened to me on my whole mission!! I have so many stories to tell about this place!! It is so fun!!  We talk to so many people and it's super suprising how many people are willing to listen to us!! We teach a lot more and that is always good :)  

 

What is your new address?

2028 B Timbershill Rd. Richmond, VA 23235 :)

 

 How are you feeling thus far about your mission?

I feel like I wasted a lot of time being homesick, I really wish a lot that I could go back to my first area the missionary that I am now, but I know that's something I'll never be able to change so I don't worry about it.  I feel like my mission has been perfectly tailored to stretch me to my furthest limits without breaking me.  There have been a lot of times where I've been in slower areas where I just felt like I couldn't do anything to improve the work, but when I did what I knew was right anyways, things always picked up and improved.  I really feel like thusfar on my mission the thing that I've learned the most is having the faith to fail.  To be able to have the faith to do everything you can the way you know is right and to fail miserabley but then to get right back up to find success.  That is something I feel like I have never have been able to do before and it was super hard but I'm super greatful that I learned that lesson out here instead of in real life. I feel super grateful for my mission so far.  The rest of my mission (I hope) will probably be spent here in Chippenham. President just announced how he's all about longevity.  Which is cool with me I'd love to die in chippy.  I'll send yall some cool pics of Downtown and VCU next week my camera died :(  I love you all so much!! Hope you have an awesome week!! :)

 

Love, Elder Sahagun  

Transfers

Family!!

Well I was right about transfers, right when things start picking up and the ward figures out what it means to be missionary minded and nothing seems like it could go wrong, they tell me to leave hahaha but that's just how it works!  And I really am excited to go to a new area and meet new people there!!  I've got a really bad feeling that I will be in a car.. but whatever the Lord wants.  

 I will be leaving Massaponax tomorrow and I still haven't packed any of my stuff... Looks like it's going to be a late night and an early morning.  We have been going around these last two days just saying goodbye to my favorite members and investigators and it's just super sad.  I've been on my mission for 17 months now and I'm still really bad at goodbyes.  I never thought, especially when I first got here, that I would be sad to leave, but there are a lot of people/things that I am going to miss, but I am definitely ready for a new challenge and a new phase of my mission!!  I love this work so much, and no matter where I go there will be people who need to hear the restored gospel of Jesus Christ!!!  I love and miss you guys a lot!!  I hope you all have a great week!!  I'll let you know my new address next week.

Love Elder Sahagun 

Me out Tracting in the suburban Forest  Straight up trees for DAYZZZ!!!!!  

Exhausted in the Work of the Lord

My Wonderful Family!! 

WOW!!  You guys have no idea how crazy this last week has been!! Pretty much, it's been the most busy week of my mission, hands down!!  It's been so great!!  This is the most I've been able to teach in one week and it's definitely the most teaching that this area has seen in like a year and a half!!  And I'm straight up EXHASTED!!!  Things are going really well!!! The ward has really stepped it up!!  We are being fed regularly,  Members are coming out and teaching with us every day, and we just got a new bishop and he is super missionary minded!!  That's why I'm pretty sure I'm leaving this next transfer, well that and the fact that I've been here for 7 1/2 months. We find out if we'll be leaving on Saturday of this week and then we'll leave next Tuesday if we get a call, I'll let yall know for sure!!  I'd feel good about leaving the area the way it is. I always want to leave an area better than I found it, and it's been really rough and challenging but I think this area has really improved since I've been here!! 

The Family reunion!!!  Holy cow!!  I am incredibly jealous.  It looks like it was soo much fun!! I can't wait for next year to see all of the cousins and everyone!! It's so crazy to think that the last family reunion Heather and I went to was 2 years ago!!  How does the time go by so fast!?!?  

I love you all so much!!  I hope that you have a great week,  be grateful for the dryness.  Virginia is freaking unreal sometimes. 

The Church is true!!! 

Love Elder Sahagun 

Spotsylvania

Dear Family,

Such a crazy fast week!!  I can't believe I already get to email you guys again!!! 

 Mom that's way cool story!!  That lady is going to get baptized!!!!  Hahaha that is really cool how that all worked out so that she could hear about the gospel.  AHHHH I can't believe that Heather is going home soon!!  I can't believe it's already been almost 18 months!!!!  Time goes by way to fast to just be complacent!!!! 

It's been a good busy week!!  We've been teaching a lot more than usual this week!! We set a goal as a district to teach 20 Member Present lessons and we were able to get that plus 12 other lessons!!  That is really good for our district!!  I love serving with these incredible missionaries and helping them in anyway I can!!! Transfers are coming up pretty soon, We do them every six weeks.  I find out if i'm leaving on the 26th and then Transfer day is the 29th.  I'm guessing I will probably be leaving Spotsylvania. I've been here ever since the 1st of January!!!  It sounds like forever but it's felt way faster!  I'm just super excited to be serving with these missionaries!!  I have made so many lifelong friends on my mission.  I love the Elders that I'm serving around right now!! Missionary work is the best!! I love you all so very much and hope that you all have a great week!!  Make sure to tell everyone at the family reunion that I miss them!! but people would miss their families for eternity more, so it's totally worth it!! Love you alll!!!  The Book is blue and the Church is true!! 

Love, Elder Sahagun

Role playing with Elder Gambles

 

This is Elder Thomas and Elder Hansen, my fearless Zone Leaders.  They live right upstairs from us!!! They tear it up, they are my favorite (only) elders in my district!

Happy Fourth of July

Family!!!

You went to Lupitas!!!!!! AHHHHHH  well I'm officially kinda jealous.  Can you send me some? is that possible?

Anyways, 

This week was really hot, super tiring, and pretty slow... but it was a blast!! I love doing missionary work and talking to people about the gospel even when they don't really want to hear it!! It's great and we are about to find a bunch of miracle people who are prepared and elect!! This next week we will have interviews with President Wilson!! I'm super excited!! I love having interviews!!  I always feel super edified after talking to President Wilson! He is probably going to be an Apostle one day.  

For the 4th of July we went and had a ward Cup match!!  It was way fun!! and we even got Peter (a non-member) to come with his sister!! It was super fun!! also that night we went and ate at the Mechams, and they invited some other families in the ward and we watched some fireworks and had some fun!!! It was pretty sweet.

It sounds like the your 4th was pretty crazy,  I hope Grandpa doesn't get any worse. He looked pretty good in his pics! I will be praying that he will be able to recover and get back to normal!! You guys have been super busy lately!! I hope that you guys keep having a great summer!!  I miss you tons

Elder Sahagun 

Missionary Life

MY FAMILY!!!! 

It's been a pretty good week, we had some pretty good success having member present lessons this week, and we got 3 new investigators!! Sadly 2 of those 3 told us that they were no longer interested when we went back for our return appointment, but hey that's missionary life.  We're just sifting out the wheat from the tares!!  Finding and teaching those who are ready!!  The ward has really been stepping it up lately as well!! We've had 4 dinners this week with 3 more planned for next week as of right now!!! Elders and High Priests are coming out on exchanges with us and it's super exciting!! Two of the dinners we had this week were with families who have their own missionaries out right now, it's super weird to see the other side of the mission!!  It made me think of how blessed our family is to have two missionaries out serving!! It's awesome to hear your stories of how you are being everyday missionaries!!  It just goes to show that we've had wonderful examples growing up that have inspired us to be where we are at!!!  I love that pic of Heather and I wearing dad's old missionary stuff.  I'm so blessed to have been born as Nephi of old.  Tyler and Jessica!! I love you and can't wait for the day when you can have this incredible experience prepare now!!! It'll come so much quicker than you anticipate!! I love you all so very much and hope you have an incredible week!!

Love, Elder Sahagun 

Went on a split with Brother Palimino 

Keepin' On

Family!!! 

It has been a pretty normal week.  I am pretty ridiculously tired right now!!! I don't think I have ever been as exhausted in my whole life as I have been on my mission!  It has been SUPER hot and humid this week!! we get pretty wet riding around on bikes all day.  It looks like everyone is doing good and is having fun. This week has been really slow and we've been going around to everyone we can think of to see and no one wants to hear it, but that's okay because that means we are weeding it out!  Some people eventually have to say yes at some point.  I'm glad to be in this area right now to hasten the work and help the people here come closer to their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!! I miss you all and hope you have a great week!! I love you all!! 

Elder Sahagun