Hello Dear Family!!  

Sorry for such short e-mails, I feel like I was really good about giving you good updates when I was in Chippenham, and it was easy because there was a lot of exciting fun things happening that I could share and I had all the time in the world to share them. It's a lot different here.  There is a lot less exciting stuff going on but also I don't get a lot of time to read and write you back good responses and it's really frustrating.  So the 11 year Old twins Tamba & Aiah didn't get baptized this week, their original date was the 22nd, but we had to change it to the 29th so their parents could attend.  This week has been pretty average.  It is getting super cold, but my jackets and gloves are working out nicely.  We are just biking around to everyone that we know and teaching the people that will let us in.  We've taught a total of 14 lessons so far this transfer!!  That is so good for this area!!  things are really picking up!!  I'm excited to keep working diligently here.  It's been a lot harder, but that just means more growth, and I am never opposed to some good old growth through opposition.  Tyler is driving?  Holy freak that just gave me anxiety and I'm not even his mother.. good luck with that.  Sounds like Jessica is having some fun with dance and Talon fair stuff :) I can't wait to get all of the letters that are coming.  My new address is:  5486 Rector Dr. , Woodbridge, VA 22193.  That's a good Idea with the pants!  I'll see what I can do with them to make someones Christmas!  Can't believe it's coming up again! So crazy!  Sorry there are no pictures this week.  I'll make an effort to take some pictures, even if I have to take a picture with some random person that we know into! hahaha yeahh... the funny thing is that is the only kind of pictures I could take for you guys.  I love you all so much and miss you like crazy!  Being a missionary is the best.  I love the Gospel even when it's hard and that is something that I've learned to do on my mission for sure. To praise God and be thankful for all that he has given me even at times when those things aren't so apparent.   Church is true!!  Hope you all have a great week!!

Love, Elder Sahagun  

FAMILY!!! 

I have like no time at all!!! :\  BLEEHHH emailing is super stressful sometimes..  Those are some sweet pics!! You should definitely save those!!  My companion Elder White is the one with the yellow tie.  He is goofy dude I love him!  We're doing a lot of good work here!!  We have some baptisms coming up next saturday the 22nd, they are two little African kids named Tamba and Aiah Farmah they are 11 year old twins. They live in a big house with a lot of their extended family.  Two of their aunts are LDS semi active, but their parents are non members.  We started teaching them when I got here and now they want to be baptized!! Super Exciting I'll have to take a picture with them this week so you can see them, they are way tight.  

Yeah so it was suppose to be social media day, but no one in our ward volunteered to come out with us so we didn't get any of the blessing from that, which is really stressful.  It would of been a great opportunity for us!!  

I'll try my best to get them sent back..it's just super hard because we don't have any post office close by and the only way that we can get around to do anything on P-Day is with member rides which happen sometimes and if they do they are very limited to the amount of time that they can help us for!! 

AHHH I have to go!! I love you all so very much and hope that you have a great week!!

Love Elder Sahagun

FAMILY!!! I have like no time this week :\ super stressfull!!!!

This week was good!!!! A lot of biking around in the cold.. so it's great!! :) It's been really hard to talk to people lately, no one likes opening their door and having a freezing cold wind blow right in their face... it's weird.  We are still able to teach a few people but it's definitely been hard, but I'm doing good I'm not letting it get me down.  So no worries there!! Halloween was great, we weren't allowed to proselyte and we could only go to set appointments, so we set an appointment to be with a member who sets up a candy/hot cider/chili stand in her driveway with camping chairs and a fire to roast mallows on and talked to people as they came up and got food! fun stuff, then we went home and carved pumpkins and I carved one of the best pumpkins of my life.. pretty great!!  

here's my new address

5486 Rector Dr.

Woodbridge VA, 22193

I miss you all so much and hope that you have a great week 

Transfer to Woodbridge

Well transfers happened, and this first week has been really hard.  I have no regrets serving in Chippenham, It's just super sad to say goodbye to so many people I got close to!! No area ever will be, or ever could be like Chippenham I've accepted that and I'm over it.  Now I'm just trying to figure out why I am where I'm at and what I need to do for the Lord.  This will probably be my last area.. I'm up in Woodbridge again, this time I'm serving in the Prince William ward.  It's pretty good, it's such an adjustment coming back into a family ward.. but I feel like I'm getting back into the swing of it.  As far as the area goes..... well let me put is this way, this area hasn't had over 10 lessons total in one transfer for over 6 months.. VERY slow so much different from the fast pace  of VCU...teach 10 people a day type of lifestyle that I was a part of in Chippenham. That's one of the things I'm looking to change.   Probably a reason why I got moved.  Elder White is my new companion, he's from the Salt lake Valley, he's been out for like 3 months haha pretty fresh.. he's weird but funny and I love him to death!  I did get that package!!!  
Right before I left!!  I loved that quote in there about commitment, so much that I wrote it in red sharpie on my new planner haha :)  hahaha the clothes.. I love the windbreaker and it works out great!!  I liked them but the sizes were backwards, the sweaters were a little to small and the pants were way to big, but mom I'm very flattered that you think that I'm a 34 waist now haha :)  that's definitely what I needed!!  I'll just have to exchange them on a P-Day soon.  and YES I'm on a bike ... AGAIN!! if I stay in this area till i die then I will have been on bike for 20 out of the 24 months of my mission.. Also I haven't ridden my bike in a LONG time, even when I was biking in Massaponax I was borrowing a members cause my bike needs fixing, but I need money for that :( and I hate asking for money and I feel like I do it all the time blehhh  It's been great I hope that You all have a great week!! I miss you like crazy!!! 

Elder Sahagun 

Me and Elder Hathcock!!   

Best companion ever!! I'm gonna miss him like crazy!!!

Me and Elder Kay!!! Remember him? my TRAINER!!  I saw him at transfers!! this is his last one!! CRAZY!! 

Goodbye VCU

Well this week has been really interesting.  First of all, it was Fall Break for everyone on campus so everyone went home to be with family and friends.  Which made it near impossible to meet up with our investigators or find new ones, it was literally like a ghost town, but we still had Kristi's baptism!!

which was awesome!!! :)  She asked me to do a special musical number for her and that was fun.  But then transfer calls came... and I'm leaving..  and I'm REALLY REALLY bummed, borderline depressed.  I feel like I'm leaving home all over again!  This has by far been my favorite area.  I've felt like I could be an effective missionary in an area that fit my personality there are so many people here that I'm going to miss like crazy, Especially Elder Hathcock!!!!  Hands down my favorite missionary in the VRM!!  We had some of the most memorable experiences of my mission here and I'll never forget it!!  Soooo yeahhh,  I really hope that package gets here either Monday or Tuesday before I leave :(  This next area will probably be my last!!  Scary Stuff!! I love being a missionary, I'm going to miss being a YSA missionary but I know that I'm leaving for a reason... even thought I'm really curious to what that reason could be.  You all sound like you are doing so good!!  TYLER!!! HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY!!!!!  I can't believe that you're turning 15!  I'll be missing you this week!  I miss you all!! I hope you all have a great week, and I'll let you know where I get transferred to when I'm there next week.

Love, Elder Sahagun

FAMILY!!!

             It's been a great week!! Started off good with some interviews with President Wilson.  This was probably one of my favorite interviews!  It was really personal and we got to talk about a lot of things, not even like missionary things but like real talk, life and future things.  It was great!! I love President Wilson! We did get to see Meet the Mormons!! The first Presidency gave President Wilson permission to show it to missionaries early and they streamed it at one of the nearby stake centers.  It was sick!!!  It might just be becasue it's the only full length featured presentation that I've seen in like 19 months but I thought it was a great movie!!!   It made me cry, of course the very end segment about the missionary mom.  I don't want to spoil anything.... but you'll understand when you see it!!  I loved it. 

             KRISTI IS GETTING BAPTIZED!!!!!  On Friday this week Kristi is going to be baptized!  It's so great, she had her baptismal interview and after she was done she was just telling us how excited she was to be getting baptized!  It was so good to see how happy she was.  She has come such a long way since I've met her and come even further from when the elders first found her in the compass 6 months ago!  Super excited for that, you'll definitely be getting some pictures for that. 

             We found this super awesome girl this week named Taylor Conrad, she was raised Roman Catholic but her parents divorced and now she doesn't really practice so she is SUPER open to finding out the truth!!  We had our first lesson with her on Thursday and it went so great!!  She understood everything super well and has such great desire and this is how I know she has such great desire.  We invited her to church and she said she was going to come, she doesn't have a car but said she wouldn't need us to get her a ride so we didn't.  5 minutes after church starts no Taylor and we started to get a little bummed, we shot her a text.. no answer.  So we go outside to the foyer call her and no answer.  We are super sad.   Then like five minutes later we get a call from Taylor and she says sorry guys I'm almost there.  We are like yeah for sure just let us know when you're close so we can meet ya outside.  She calls us we go out side and see her walking up monument with a bike..  and we were in shock...  This girl had biked 5 miles, in the rain, in a skirt to come to church. It was crazy and surprisingly enough she loved it and wants to come to Kristi's baptism and then do the same thing next Sunday!!  It's awesome!! She is my hero, I don't even know of many life time members of this church who would be willing to do that!!  Such an awesome miracle!! 

 Mom!!!  It looks like you had a way fun week!!!  those are some awesome pics!!  the Brigham City Temple is beautiful!!  Soo my new address is  6737 Dartmouth  Richmond VA 23235,  but before you send it, if you could you should include some dress sweaters and maybe a black wind breaker rain jacket thing.. cause I have no idea where any of my winter stuff in and it's getting cold and rainy :(

Dad-  Thanks for those.... words of wisdom? hahaha :) jokes pops, I miss you. I miss our conversations and your counsel!! 

Tyler- Yooo BRUHH, did you say there was a letter coming?  Let me know what's up man, love 

ya!!

Jessica-  It sounds like you are having so much fun with dance!!!  You are looking so grown up it's scary!!!! 
Keep me updated!!  I really love hearing about your life!!!

I love you all so very much and hope you have a great week!!!!!

Love,
Elder Sahagun

REEEEDDUUUHHHHTHOON!

Dear Family,

An Epistle to the Sahagun Family form Elder Sahagun at the end of a week preaching amoungst his bretheran the Virginianites.  A record of his dealings from the past week.  Mainly a record of his feelings and revelations whilest reading the record of Jesus Christ's ministry among the people of the ancient Americas, also known as the Book of Mormon.. 

1. And it came to pass, that Elder Sahagun being sorely tired and ridden down with exhaustion, both of the body and of the mind and of the spirit, did speaketh many things unto his beloved family

2. Behold, these are the things which he did speak, (or rather the things that he did type out) unto his family, his family being: his father Ray, who was the son of Raymon Sahagun who was a decendent of the land Mexico, and also his Mother Linda, who was the daughter of Bob and Roma, who were decendents of the Knudsenites and the Johnsonites.  His Eldest Sister Heather who had recently returned form many moons of preaching to the people in the land of Thailand. His younger brother Tyler, who had gained much height in the space of a short time.  and his youngest sister Jessica, being full of energy and having a bright countenance most of the time.  

3.  and yea, These are the words which he did email unto them  

I wouldn't of thought that it was possible, but after 7 days of diligent, some what undistracted, Book of Mormon reading I have finished the Book of Mormon!! For the 2nd time in my life,  I'm gonna be straight with yall...  Reading the BOM in a week was probably the hardest thing I've done in about 5 months...  We were really behind when it came down to the wire, but one buzzer beating all nighter and a couple of sugary drinks later we had done it!!  What a week. In all honesty I truly feel like this experience really helped me to gain a greater appreciation and build a stronger testimony of the Book of Mormon.  I can't deny the divinity or the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.  It's truly the most correct book on the face of the earth, and " a man may come closer to God by abiding by it's precepts" and truly gain the fullest measure of peace and joy in this life by daily scripture study and by applying the principles learned.

I really didn't think that I would be able to stay awake during conference after a late night of reading, but I was able to get a lot out of the wonderful opportunity to hear form our Apostles and our beloved Prophet.  I'm pretty sure that Dieter gave one of my favorites but I really feel like there weren't any bad talks, just an all around good conference.  I'm really looking forward to re-reading a lot of those talks. 

Okay....... I'm feeling a bit out of the loop and have recieved many miscommunications on the matter of this guy...  Mom said that he was just a "friend" Jessica said that he was just some boy and Heather only said " I like him. His name is Keenan. Keenan Larsen." ...................... SOMEONE needs to use some good adjective and describing words with me!!! maybe a picture?  hahaha just jokes :) , but seriously...

I love you all so much!!! Here are some great pics from our read a thon!!!  Richmond is beautiful!!!!!! THE Church is true!!!! 

Elder Sahagun

Richmond is beautiful!