Chester, Virginia

Dear Mom and all y'all, 

Man I can't hardly believe that I'm in Virginia it all feels so unreal.  At times I'll totally forget that I'm actually in Virginia and then I'll catch myself and it's like whoa.... I'm in Virginia.  I have some pictures that I want to send to you, but they need some explaining so I think I'm going to print them out at Wal Mart and write on the back of them and then send them to you and that will be my letter.  Man the last four days have been so crazy I don't even know where to start.  When I first got to the transfer meeting I was so nervous to meet my new companion, but I saw Elder Holman, (Jordan Holman) it was so crazy and so nice to see a familiar face.  So Anyways (Nacho Libre accent) I was sitting with my district at the transfer meeting and all of the new trainers were sitting up in the stand, and one by one all of the friends I had made in the past two weeks were off with a new companion in a new area.  It was kinda sad, but I have an awesome companion that has helped me so much, he's actually kinda like me, he's into sports, he likes music, he didn't study a lot in high school and didn't enjoy the work.  His name is Elder Kay, kinda cool because in Men In Black Will Smiths Trainer's name is Agent K and Elder Kay is my trainer ha ha i just thought that was funny.  We get along really well, and I've been super homesick these past couple of days and he's been so cool about it and really helped me through it.  So my area is  Chester, Virginia and I am serving in the Swift Creek Ward, and man I just love the ward already.  My first Sunday I was sitting in the congregation and without warning the second counselor announced that I would be giving the opening prayer, I guess it's their new missionary "initiation" or at least that's what Brother Buis told me.  My first night one of the brothers in my ward Brother Harris took us out to dinner to this nice Italian restaurant.  Brother Harris kinda resembles John Goodman, if you know who that is, he has the biggest heart though and I just love him and our ward.  So I am living in an apartment with four other Elders at the time being.  It's kinda crazy having six missionaries in one place, but in about a week and a half I think me and Elder Kay are moving into a nice missionary home with the Zone Leaders.  That will be nice. So if you want to send a letter any time between now and then just send it to the mission home (the address in my missionary packet) and they will forward it to me.  I'll give you my new address when I'm in a more permanent location.  We have some investigators but we haven't been able to meet them yet because where we are living is 8 miles away from where they live so we can't bike there and back so we've just been going around with our zone leaders that we are rooming with.  Well tell everyone that I love them and that I miss them for me. I really wish I could come home and be with y'all but I am on the Lord's errand for the next two years.  I Love you Muchly and I hope to hear from you soon.

Love,

Elder Sahagun 

Week Two-Virginia or BUST!!

So I got a call today from the Atlanta,GA. Airport from Elder Sahagun! he sounded great! He said he woke up at 4:00 a.m. to leave for the salt Lake Airport. He told me that there were 27 missionaries on their way to Virginia. (17 Elders and 10 Sisters) He was super excited to be on his way! He said it was hard to get all his stuff in his suitcase. (Refer to Heather's Blog) It's a funny story. It was great to talk to him for that brief time. I later got a phone call from Sis. Burton who is a missionary in the office in Virginia! She just called to let me know that all of  the missionaries had arrived safely, that they had been fed, and were having interviews with their mission president. They'll be meeting their trainers and then heading out to their new areas in the morning! Sis. Burton was super sweet. Her son is the principal of East Elementary where Ray taught. Her grandsons went to high school with Nick and they told her to watch for Elder Sahagun and to say, "Hello" for them. Such a small world!  I will post more pictures and letters from Elder Sahagun  as I get them!
It's so great to have two missionaries serving! Such a blessing for our family!

I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go!

MTC Week One

Dear Family,               Feb. 27, 2013
Ahhhh!! Man this is so crazy I can't believe I'm out here it's so exciting!! Okay so pretty much the most overwhelming day of my life. There is so much to take in and so little time. So after you guys left my host got me all set up. I got my badges (Which are awesome by the way) and took me to my classroom that my district will be for the two weeks that I'm here. My district is awesome. My companion Elder Moffett is so chill. He's from Idaho and kind of likes the same stuff that Jared does. I'm really excited to get to know him better. We are also pretty cool with the other Elders that we are rooming with. Elder Crawford is a basketball guy and Elder Bothell is just Elder Bothell, haha! They're all great. The spirit here is just amazing. We had a little demo lesson thing where we have a pretend investigator and the class takes turns taking over the lesson and our instructor (This awesome French guy , who made a Star Wars reference which makes him even awesomer) just talked to us after each one. At the end he told us that we were terrible teachers, haha, it was kind of true. So I'm kind of running out of time...One more thing, our room had a pull up contest with a missionary backpack on. I got eight but Elder Crawford totally showed me up and got like 12 ha! Well I hope all is well . I love you all very much, the Church is awesome!!
Love, 
Elder Sahagun

                                 P.S. I SAW HEATHER RIGHT WHEN I WALKED IN!

The Mission Begins Here....Provo,Utah- Missionary Training Center

Today is the day! Elder Nick Sahagun reports to the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah! There was a knock on the door of our home in Cedar city at about 8:30. Nick's friends,Spencer Crankshaw and his little brother Andersen, and Jared Delaigle were her to see Nick off. Nick was taking one last opportunity to sleep in before his missionary schedule of waking up at 6:30 every morning for the next two years began. His friends were very excited to be able to be the ones to "motivate"  him to get out of bed one last time before he left!! They've been great friends and they'll each be leaving soon to serve their own missions.
Our family took the three hour drive to Provo from Enoch as a family. We listened to the sounds of hymns being played with an acoustic guitar per Nick's request. Tyler, Jessica, and Nick entertained themselves with Tic-Tac-Toe championships, thumbs wars, drawing pictures, and twenty questions. Nick stumped us with his choice of a missionary name tag. We had a quick lunch, drove to the temple took some family pictures and then it was time to drop him off. We said a quick goodbye and he was off!  I know that he will be a wonderful missionary and that his testimony of Jesus Christ will be a blessing to many.

Go Forth with Faith!

The Call Arrived!

Now if everyone else would get here so I could open it!

Called to serve in the Richmond Virginia  Mission!

So happy for her brother!

Serving Siblings!