Aug 27, 2012

Hey mom! yeah I know what you mean when you say I can't believe you are turning 20. I can't believe it either. It is really weird. thank you for the CD. I don't really like country but I like the blue grass style that they use in the lower lights CD. But I really enjoyed the package it was great! THANK YOU! I think i might be sending a package home soon. I need to get rid of a lot of books we are only allowed a few (scriptures, gospel library, pmg) and that is pretty much it so I think I will send the rest home so it saves me room. i have a ton of junk that I dont need with me so I will just send it to you to put in my room.

so this week was so-so. we had dinner last monday with this crazy navy seal guy who went nuts in the restaurant swearing and stuff. He loves to talk about military but I learned that if he starts you change the topic immediately! I was surprised we didn't get kicked out. so we set another baptismal date with a girl named Karina but she called today unsure about meeting with us again but luckily we have another appointment with her. we had dinner with some investigators that went well. he is a minister at the jail but he is very friendly. we talked about the plan of salvation and everything. it went good and we are going to go back soon.

 so we were basically out of miles so we had to walk everywhere. I loved it! we got to talk to a lot of people which was cool. So there are whats called "rainbow people" here in town which are basically just a ton of hippies. The town seems to hate them but I love it! Its like a splash of Ashland in Prineville. So I almost got to try goat this week but we had to leave the kids birthday party before it got there. so that was a bummer. but who knows I will probably get a chance another time. anyways I actually got to get going but thanks again! Love You!

Aug 20, 2012

Hey mom!

thanks for the email. this week has been pretty crazy. we went to Eugene on Wednesday as well as Saturday for general authority visits. first on wednesday Elder Snow of the Seventy toured the mission with his wife on Wednesday and Thursday so we got to meet them and shake their hand. They were a lot of fun and they taught us a ton. We had to drive our own car there which was a beast because it killed our miles. but it was a lot of fun. it was about a 3 to 3.5 hour drive so it took basically all day. we left at about 9 and didnt get back till 10:30. but it was good. we had a good meeting and afterwards they had dinner for us. at the dinner it was super weird because this 60 something year old guy came up and started talking to elder moua. it was fine at first because he was just asking about his ethnicity and explained that he just got back from china. then he started crying telling him that when he looks at him he sees all the kids that he taught. which was fine except he kept stroking the back of his head. then he kissed elder moua on the forehead which was incredibly awkward for everyone at the table. i thought i would have to protect my companions from the young ladies, not really old guys who love asians. so we had a really slow week because of the meetings but Elder Anderson came to the mission on Saturday with Elder Stevenson head bishop of the church, Elder Rasband, and Elder Hansen. It was awesome to be able to shake their hands. Elder Anderson is actually really funny so we had a good time. the whole mission was together for that so it was awesome to be able to see all the missionaries. I found out that Angela, a investigator down in Ashland that I with Elder Gamez and later Elder Jackman taught went through with her baptismal date that we set for the 28th of July. so that was awesome. btw i finally found someone to give that book of mormon away to that sister starr gave me. it was the first family that i found that had anyone close to the ctr5 class. their names are Sergio, Sherry, Morriah(6), and  Victoria. so I when i have time will write up the story so i can give it to you to get to her. 

There was also a baptism last night for a kid named Tanner that the Birts (the senior couple here) were teaching. I got to interview him for baptism and while we were filling out his address i realized that he was in our ward. so they were poaching which i wouldnt suspect a senior couple to do but oh well. we love them anyway. they are super awesome. they just bought us tie clips and they are taking us out to post later to get milkshakes. I am pretty much adopting them to by my 3rd set of grandparents. they can be my utah grandparents. anyways that is pretty much all that happened this week! love you all!

Elder Berg

PS how is my dummy bob doing? and tell Allen to send me that Dominican style chicken recipe and rice. and beans too. 

Aug 6, 2012

Hey Mom!

Everything is still going good. we just had transfers and everyone stayed the same in the district except one of our zone leaders elder thompson went down to medford. so i am in prineville another transfer. so when i got on today i was expecting to see pictures of baby noah but i guess not. how was it seeing my on google maps? that is pretty much the top of my bucket list checked off right there. This week went pretty good. we didnt talk to too many people however the people we did talk to said we could come back which was pretty good. Elder Moua made a Vietnamese dish called Pho for some members. um not much else happened this week other then that. we went on exchanges and i went to redmond to be with Elder Shipley. we had a pretty good time but walked all over the place because we didnt have the car. I almost got on a bike but thought that it probably wouldnt be a good idea. during the exchange i had to meet with the stake president to talk about the district. it actually was pretty good we had dinner with him and talked about how the district is doing. currently it is doing really good! 

So i have no idea what is going on in peoples head to make them think that they need to answer the door when they arent dressed. i guess we are that important or something. but it makes for really awkward conversations. anyways that is pretty much everything that happened this week!

8/6/12

July 30, 2012

Hey mom,

thanks for the email. this week was so so. we were told that we would have a baptism here because someone was coming over from sweethome to get baptized. his name is tarrence. his family lives here so we got everything set up here for him. it doesnt count towards this area but oh well. Diane is getting baptized this weekend though and she seems really excited for it. she personally invited pretty much everyone. she is so involved in ward activities and events that everyone basically thinks that she is just a member from first ward. she even helped in the kitchen for a funeral we had here.

Elder Wells and I went over to Eugene for District Leader training. we had a pretty good time over there. I learned a ton. but that day was kinda tiring. the morning of the trip we had to wake up at 5 so we would be there on time. but i didnt sleep too much. we had a storm in the middle of the night and a cat fight right out side of our window. but the day was still pretty good. we spent most the day tuesday traveling to eugene, sitting in the meeting, and traveling to bend from eugene. then tuesday evening and wednesday day we were on exchanges and i was in bend with elder wells. anyways thats pretty much everything that happened this week. love you!

July 23, 2012

Hey mom,

thanks for the email. this week was so so. we were told that we would have a baptism here because someone was coming over from sweethome to get baptized. his name is tarrence. his family lives here so we got everything set up here for him. it doesnt count towards this area but oh well. Diane is getting baptized this weekend though and she seems really excited for it. she personally invited pretty much everyone. she is so involved in ward activities and events that everyone basically thinks that she is just a member from first ward. she even helped in the kitchen for a funeral we had here.

Elder Wells and I went over to Eugene for District Leader training. we had a pretty good time over there. I learned a ton. but that day was kinda tiring. the morning of the trip we had to wake up at 5 so we would be there on time. but i didnt sleep too much. we had a storm in the middle of the night and a cat fight right out side of our window. but the day was still pretty good. we spent most the day tuesday traveling to eugene, sitting in the meeting, and traveling to bend from eugene. then tuesday evening and wednesday day we were on exchanges and i was in bend with elder wells. anyways thats pretty much everything that happened this week. love you!

June 11th 2012

Hey Mom,

Sounds like everyone has been super busy recently. i loved the package you sent especially the pictures. it looks like a blast. Thanks for getting Eriks CD to me it came just in time. i wanted to give it to him for his birthday which is today so that works out. everything is going good in the mission. Naomi was blessed in Sunday which was great. we had a few investigators at church, and some good lessons this week.

we had interviews with president on wednesday and thursday morning we went on a 2 or so mile run with president and sister young. it was really nice we had a good devotional and afterwards they got the entire zone oatmeal with blueberries from McDonalds. its was pretty cool. thats pretty much everything that we did this week that really stands out. in interviews i was told that it was time for me to move so on the 25th i will be leaving Ashland.  so after wednesday the 20th if anyone is going to send me a letter send it to the mission office until i get my new address.