Second Letter Home

The Church is true. I just had to say that, I wish I could tell you more, but the stories will have to wait. I’ll be honest, I think I didn’t really have a good understanding of the Gospel and I think that I’ve really changed here. By the time you read this I’ll be in Washington (probably) and I’ll already have my first real experience with real investigators. I think what our teacher, Bro. Christensen, said about how the longer you’re in the mission the funnier things “seem” to be, since I think I can see that in the jokes we laugh at now. For example Elder Dees wrote in a letter home “And it came to pass, in the first year of the reign of the Zone Leader Elders Dees & Elder Metz... And it came to pass that I close this epistle.” And Elder Thomas created a verse “Thou shalt not be a thief in the night lest thou shalt be smitten with a curse, yea even the same curse which brought destruction upon the wild dinosaur beasts in ancient times of old.” And everyone thought those were both hilarious.


The teacher’s we’ve had were amazing and we finally got to get feedback on how we had been teaching them as investigators as a teacher, and how we should respond. One of them also said that Elder Thomas & I were the best listeners in our district. I saw Elder Ormsby and Elder Gregory.

My Mission Home Address is:

Elder Lance Mullen

8565 West Gage Blvd. Suite 205

Kennewick, WA 99336

Love,

Elder Lance Mullen

Here are some of Lance's pictures that he took.

Missionaries walking from the MTC.

The Elders having a Harry Potter Party with Krispie Kreme doughnuts. Lance is on the upper right bunk bed.

Elder Dutson is on the left looking a little off guard.

Lance and Elder Pereira

Lance with his new haircut!

The MTC Mission President. I hope Lance isn't in trouble ;)

I think this picture is self-explanatory. :)

From left to right, Elder Gwynn, Elder Dutson, and Elder Thomas.

Meet the Elders

I'm having a blast here and my time's almost done since I got my travel itenerary on Wed. the 14th and we're leaving on the 26th. Our district's amazing and now I have a chance to tell you about them all. My district is made up of 11 Elders (One triple companionship & 4 regulars), They're names are Elder Kendrick, Pacham, Dees, Mete, Periera, Moon, Dutson, McCleare, Gwynn, Thomas (my comp.) & me.

Elder Kendrick is the "excersice guru" and is an excellent goalie and has done Javelin before in high school. He is a great soccer goalie, especially kicking the ball. Pacham is the most dilligent studier and he makes sure that we're in line when we're supposed to be studying. Dees is in the reserves for the Marine Corp. (He has 4-5 years of service after his mission), but is a happy & joking person. Metz never loses his cool and he always has hilarious stories that make us laugh. He's the "rich kid" of the group (mostly because of his watch and the teacher saying he'd be mugged because of his fancy watch). Periera is the District Leader and he loves the gospel and learning more about it. Moon is a quiet guy (sometimes more than me) but he's talkative & joking when he gets comfortable with you. He is also an excellent note taker. Dutson is a music fanatic. He can quote movies and plays all the time. McCleave is actually someone I met in college in my choir class & him, & Gwynn are our roomates. Gwynn likes to joke and goof off, but he really cares about the gospel and his mission. My companion, Elder Thomas, is like Dutson. He loves movies, musicals, films and he wants to be a film maker. He is from Highland, UT and loves singing, acting, and talking in a russian accent. He's a great guy and he's been helping me get over my shyness in talking and our lessons have been going well (it's when I teach by myself that things fall apart). I've been having a great time here and I've run into a few friends: Sean King, Sean Johanson (E. school), Jacob Lythgoe (BYU), Roger Chu (BYU), Michael Chamberlain (BYU), Bishop Steward and others that you might not know.

Tell anyone that they can write me if they wish and if they send me a letter I promise I'll write them a letter back. Time really is flying by here and I think that I'm changing and becoming more like a missionary each day. Before leaving I wanted my mission to take place in-between chapters in my life (like it happens but it happens instantly and I'll be able to move on), but I think now I want my mission to be a book by itself. The two years will fly by but each day will be different and each one will help me become the person the Lord would have me be.

Have fun at HP7.2. We had our own party with doughnuts, and HP napkins & plates. It was amazingly fun. I can't think of anything else to say besides, "I'm almost done with the MTC!! Whoo!!!"

Love you all,
Elder Lance Mullen

First P-day

Greetings familia and bonjour.

My companion's name is Elder Thomas and my district is super amazing awesome. I've enjoyed my time here and I'm so glad that I am here and are having the experiences. I've started using the camera, the only problem I noticed is that I still have 1500 pictures left before my card is full so that means you won't get to see the pics for a while, and I will still need your address once I do take the pictures.

I've been here almost a week and I already can't wait to leave and get to Washington. I haven't had much time to miss home with how busy they keep us here but I still love all of you and I'm looking forward for two years to meeting up with you again.

The experiences here have been spiritual and funny, and others interesting. Our fireside on Sunday about repentance and how it's a positive experience was a wonderful thing to listen to. I've seen my friends here and I enjoy seeing them around the MTC. There have been funny quotes while here, for example, Elder Dees says, "I think I fell in love, oh wait there goes another one." as he looks at another sister missionary passing by. My interesting Experience for the week was at gym time and I learned that defenders in soccer need to stop the ball one way and get out of the way for the ball going the other way, aka, I got in the head by a soccer ball that my team's goalie kicked trying to get it into the field.

This will be my letter for the week. If you or anyone else reading this wants to write me a letter that could be better because I might have more time to write during the week than the 30 minutes I have of computer time on P-day.

Take care and keep sending me stuff.

Sincerly

Elder Mullen