BABY ITS COLD OUTSIDE!!  (Hahaha! This was is e-mail title, I think it might be cold.)

HEY EVERYONE!!! 

Since it was a holiday yesterday we couldn't email. Oh well we played dodge-ball and then by the time I got a computer at the church we had to get home cause of the snow. 

Well this is what has happened this week on the mission!!!

Monday- We went to Bill's place and he told us that he would not go to church because of Tom he didn't want anything to do with Tom at all, so we asked him is that a good enough reason for you to not receive blessings from God? Bill said yes, so we now have to drop him cause we cant keep coming if  he is not going to progress and we cant waste our time and the Lords time by coming here every Tuesday and Thursday. We went to Sister Fabricis and had chili and its was great. We talked to her father and picked him up as a new investigator!!! WHOOT!! 

Tuesday- We went to our district meeting and talked about "weekly planning" went through all the indicators and the specific points that we needed to go thrrough to make our weekly planning a successful planning period. Then we did a 24 hour exchange with the Spanish Elders. I went with E. Jones and we went to 5 appointments and all I did was sit there and look Pretty. Lol it was pretty great. I learned Poketo Spanish and I don't think that's how you spell it!!! The day went on and we went back to the apartment and planned for the next day and then went straight to bed! My head hurt so bad from listening to all this Spanish that I thought I was going to be sick!! 

Wednesday- We went to a meeting called "Specialized Training" for all us newbies. It was from 11-2. We learned how to better use our planner, but E. Hintze already has been teaching me how to do it this way so it really was just a review. Sister Taggart then talked to us and she started off with "I know you all have had a hard time copping with your new companion and this missionary life still" and I shook my head no and she saw and Elder Hintze yelled "that's my boy" everyone started laughing.  Then we split from our trainers and the 21 newbies were in one room and then the trainers were in another. We went through each-one of us and told about experiences and problems we are having. For the first half hour was all the good things and I shared a couple and added to a couple other things that others said and it was great. Then President Taggart said now lets talk about things that are going bad or not the way you want them to go. Well they started with the sisters and then the elders and everyone up to me had problems with the companion and when it got to me I was silent. I had no complaints, no problems, nothing. President Taggart then said my name and I said "I pass I don't have anything bad about Elder Hintze. He asked me really, and I said I am not looking for things that irritate me at all so therefore nothing he has done for the past 3 weeks has irritated me. We talk like we are buds, we are comfortable with each other, we are open, we take advice from each other granted all the advice given is from Elder Hintze. We agreed that if there was something wrong with what we were doing we would tell each other to fix or do a different way then we told each other but he hasn't told me anything. I really have nothing at all to say about E. Hintze other then I am blessed to have him as my Mission dad!" Then they continued and we went to our appointments and gave Juanita Brown a blessing for health and stuff. Then went home and went to bed after planning for the day!!

Thursday- We had interviews with the Mission President and I of course had to be first. Oh well, we talked about how I was doing and how I was doing physically, mentally, and spiritually, and I was like good nothing at all. He said, I figured I have been hearing good things about you from Elder Hintze and Elder Maddox the zone-leader and President Taggart said "I am expecting great things from you Elder Hennen" and then my stomach went sick because in my Patriarchal Blessing it says I will be a great mission leader and in my mind I was like man I don't want to know what is going to happen in my future!!! After the interviews we went to this girl named Alisia and her grandpa is the coolest black guy ever, he's sixty years old and dances like hes 20. It was the funniest thing to watch and laugh and relax and have a great time, we taught his granddaughter. She is committed to baptism and same with William Suvchuck (FYI), went home planned and bedtime!!

Friday- We got up, did studies till 10, then went shopping, took our laundry to Brother mosses apartment and did laundry and while we waited we played pool, stayed and had lunch then took him with us to see a potential investigator at 1. We then went back to companion study and then went to less actives in the ward and then went to the Handy's home and taught them. Elder Hintze and I gave Sista Handy a blessing and then again went home! 

Saturday - VALENTINES DAY. We went to Toms taught him and then that day was another Less Active and Potential investigator finding day. Home at 2100 bed at 2200

Sunday- We had Stake Conference and it was a blast. Tom came!!! Big whoot, it was his third time at church !!!!!! The assistants to the President came up to me cause we are really close! Elder Welborn and Elder Wilcox said they wouldn't be surprised if half we through my mission I was called to be the assistant to the President! I was like man that would be awesome!!! Then one of the brothers in the Morristown ward gave me the handouts for the meeting and told me to stand where I was in the doorway and hand them out and wait till the first speaker talks for 10 minutes and then sit down. So while I was standing there these older women just kept coming and asking me questions and like they wouldn't leave and at one point I think I had 10 older women talking to me and asking questions on how long have you been out? How old are you?, things like that and sports and school and where in Utah. Then President Taggart walks in and sees me and comes in and puts his arm around me and tells the older women they have to wait 2 years and they all laughed and he said cause he's mine and the Lords for now!! Lol Sister Taggart came out of nowhere and said yes he is and I just started chuckling and turned as red as President Taggarts tie!! I just think is was hilarious that I had so many old women around me and talking to me, it was the funniest thing! That night we went to the Hoveys for dinner and the Ponds came and we played darts till din din was ready and then after din we had a lesson and it was awesome!! This ends my 4th week and it's insane how long I have been in Dirty Jerz, man its flying by!!!! hahah. Love all ya'll very much and cant wait till next week!!!!

OH AND I CAN'T FORGET, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUMMER, LOVE YOU TONS. WISH I WAS THERE TO TELL YOU IN PERSON!! HOPE IT WAS A GOOD ONE AND YA.