Hi family!
This is going to have to be short. President asked for a way long email this week and I had to fill out a bunch of stuff. So my apologies.
Helen got baptized yesterday inbetween sessions of conference. She was so happy! It was great. We found out Wanda had a stroke and they didn't even know it. She is in the hospital right now. Pray for her please.
General Conference was SO good! I loved it. It was a little hard for me to pay attention because I was pretty wiped out while I was watching. So I can't wait for the Ensign to come out. Then I can get deep in them.
Thursday was crazy. It POURED all day. Huge rain drops coming down hard all day. We had a really busy day because we had our day filled with appointments (those days are the best). So we biked around in the rain. It was so fun. Soaked all day. We found a family of 4 that we are teaching right now too. 3 baptismal age. The Mateo's. They are so cool. We're excited to teach them.
The Orta's are kind of on the back burner right now. They aren't really committed. We might drop them. It's hard to see people's potential and then they don't do anything to move forward in the gospel. We can only do so much. They are a great family though. Things here are wonderful. I'm learning so much each day. The things I'm learning and applying are totally changing my life. I feel like I've grown so much since I was home. I LOVE YOU! Have a great week.
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Elder Austin Gable Engemann
Friday, April 8, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
March 28, 2011
Hey family!
This week went by too fast. I feel like there is never enough time to get the things done that we need to get done haha. Ah. We helped the Orta's with their sweet 16 party on Tuesday and Wednesday. We set up for it with them and it went well. They appreciated the help. (See photos!)
We went to the hospital a lot this week to visit Wanda. She's doing alright. She'll be out next week hopefully. Helen set her date for April 7th. So that will be wonderful. Thursday, Elder Bennett and I both left our area to go on exchanges with two different district leaders. We usually have 2 exchanges a week. On Tuesdays and Thursdays. But we just did it in one day this week and left our area. I went to Hunter's Creek West. My olddd area. So fresh. We went to see Sebastian (my recent convert) and it was super good to see him. We also saw a cool family that I love a lot. The Orantes.
Other than that we're just trying to find more people to teach right now. Please pray for us to find the elect :). It would be much appreciated. We talk to way cool people every day but we want to find people who are ready to be baptized. Everything is going really well though. Especially since I won monopoly two times in a row this morning hahaha. It was great. We did zumba this morning again too. And it's a rainy day. The sun needs to come out. But that's it for nowwww! I LOVE YOU!
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Elder Austin Gable Engemann aka dubEE fresh
This week went by too fast. I feel like there is never enough time to get the things done that we need to get done haha. Ah. We helped the Orta's with their sweet 16 party on Tuesday and Wednesday. We set up for it with them and it went well. They appreciated the help. (See photos!)
We went to the hospital a lot this week to visit Wanda. She's doing alright. She'll be out next week hopefully. Helen set her date for April 7th. So that will be wonderful. Thursday, Elder Bennett and I both left our area to go on exchanges with two different district leaders. We usually have 2 exchanges a week. On Tuesdays and Thursdays. But we just did it in one day this week and left our area. I went to Hunter's Creek West. My olddd area. So fresh. We went to see Sebastian (my recent convert) and it was super good to see him. We also saw a cool family that I love a lot. The Orantes.
Other than that we're just trying to find more people to teach right now. Please pray for us to find the elect :). It would be much appreciated. We talk to way cool people every day but we want to find people who are ready to be baptized. Everything is going really well though. Especially since I won monopoly two times in a row this morning hahaha. It was great. We did zumba this morning again too. And it's a rainy day. The sun needs to come out. But that's it for nowwww! I LOVE YOU!
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Elder Austin Gable Engemann aka dubEE fresh
Photos, March 28, 2011
The party. Check out those beautiful napkins :)
Our creation.
Elder Bennett, V, and Me
Elders Bennett, Me, Jonson, White
Sunday, March 27, 2011
March 21, 2011
Hey Moms and Pops. What's up?
This week was another good one. I can't believe it's Monday again though. I literally feel like I was just barely at this computer emailing you last week. Fast week. On Tuesday I was on an exchange and we sang at the Relief Society birthday party. It was four of us and a guitar. It was pretty cool. We practiced it right before and it actually turned out pretty good. We were wanting to make all the sisters feel special and I think it went well :)
Thursday I spent the day in Poinciana on an exchange and we had some cool experiences teaching some of their investigators. We taught this really cool family of 6 and the mom has a sister who is a member and she's read the BOM before. Pretty cool. God prepares people little by little. Line upon line, precept upon precept. That day we also found out that Wanda (who is a recent convert and lives with Helen, who was supposed to get baptized this last weekend) went to the hospital because of some kidney and heart problems. She has such strong faith though. And she is sharing the gospel with the workers at the hospital. She says "Are you affiliated with the church?" to everyone that walks in hahaha. She's great. So yeah Helen wants Wanda to be there so we're putting it off until she is out.
Donita still won't accept a baptism date. She is so elect though. She doesn't even realize it. We've done all we can but it's just not right right now for some reason. She will definitely get baptized up in New York though. She says she will and we're positive it will happen. I wish she would just do it now though haha she's ready.
Friday was our mission conference with Elder Bednar and let me just tell you...IT WAS SO UNBELIEVABLE. Before he got there we all were setting up to take pictures as zones with Elder Bednar in the cultural hall and it was crazy. Because everyone was talking and then all of a sudden it just went dead silent. No one said shh or anything it just happened. Then like 20 seconds later Elder Bednar walked in the President and Sister Hall and the assistants. No one even knew he was walking in but everyone just went silent. Right when he walked in the building it happened. So crazy. I hope that made sense. Sorry if it was confusing ha. But he told us soooo many awesome things. It was just a huge question/answer type experience for both the missionaries and Elder Bednar. I can't even really explain it but it was sweet. 3 hours. I got to see Elder Mullen too! It was so good to see him. He's doing great. I also got a package from Karolyn Castro (my recent convert in Stuart) while I was there. The Sisters that are serving there now brought it to me. She gave me a bunch of junk food haha. And some wet wipes. Haha she's so funny. I love them.
Then the next day we had ANOTHER meeting with Elder Bednar. It was just him, 18 missionaries, and President and Sister Hall. It was all about leadership and how we can help the mission by creating a sustained improvement based off of spiritual experiences (like the one with Elder Bednar). It was awesome to just sit in a Relief Society room with an Apostle of Jesus Christ. And when he would answer our questions he would just look you straight in the eye and man...it's just so powerful haha. He's legit. And one of the other Elders gave him a tie and asked him if he'd wear it in General Conference hahahaha. It was hilarious. So if he wears a light blue tie you'll know it was from the Florida Orlando Mission hahaha.
Yesterday at church, only Donita came. But it's ok because the Orta's (family of five) have been super busy planning this sweet 16 birthday party for their daughter this Wednesday. But they pinky promised us that they would get really committed after this party. And pinky promises are serious...you know. You can't break those.
This morning we did zumba again. It was intense. She works us pretty hard hahaha. It feels great though. Elder Bennett and I decided we want to do it when we get home hahahaha. So that's all. I love you so much. Have a great week!
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Elder Austin Gable Engemann aka dubEE fresh
This week was another good one. I can't believe it's Monday again though. I literally feel like I was just barely at this computer emailing you last week. Fast week. On Tuesday I was on an exchange and we sang at the Relief Society birthday party. It was four of us and a guitar. It was pretty cool. We practiced it right before and it actually turned out pretty good. We were wanting to make all the sisters feel special and I think it went well :)
Thursday I spent the day in Poinciana on an exchange and we had some cool experiences teaching some of their investigators. We taught this really cool family of 6 and the mom has a sister who is a member and she's read the BOM before. Pretty cool. God prepares people little by little. Line upon line, precept upon precept. That day we also found out that Wanda (who is a recent convert and lives with Helen, who was supposed to get baptized this last weekend) went to the hospital because of some kidney and heart problems. She has such strong faith though. And she is sharing the gospel with the workers at the hospital. She says "Are you affiliated with the church?" to everyone that walks in hahaha. She's great. So yeah Helen wants Wanda to be there so we're putting it off until she is out.
Donita still won't accept a baptism date. She is so elect though. She doesn't even realize it. We've done all we can but it's just not right right now for some reason. She will definitely get baptized up in New York though. She says she will and we're positive it will happen. I wish she would just do it now though haha she's ready.
Friday was our mission conference with Elder Bednar and let me just tell you...IT WAS SO UNBELIEVABLE. Before he got there we all were setting up to take pictures as zones with Elder Bednar in the cultural hall and it was crazy. Because everyone was talking and then all of a sudden it just went dead silent. No one said shh or anything it just happened. Then like 20 seconds later Elder Bednar walked in the President and Sister Hall and the assistants. No one even knew he was walking in but everyone just went silent. Right when he walked in the building it happened. So crazy. I hope that made sense. Sorry if it was confusing ha. But he told us soooo many awesome things. It was just a huge question/answer type experience for both the missionaries and Elder Bednar. I can't even really explain it but it was sweet. 3 hours. I got to see Elder Mullen too! It was so good to see him. He's doing great. I also got a package from Karolyn Castro (my recent convert in Stuart) while I was there. The Sisters that are serving there now brought it to me. She gave me a bunch of junk food haha. And some wet wipes. Haha she's so funny. I love them.
Then the next day we had ANOTHER meeting with Elder Bednar. It was just him, 18 missionaries, and President and Sister Hall. It was all about leadership and how we can help the mission by creating a sustained improvement based off of spiritual experiences (like the one with Elder Bednar). It was awesome to just sit in a Relief Society room with an Apostle of Jesus Christ. And when he would answer our questions he would just look you straight in the eye and man...it's just so powerful haha. He's legit. And one of the other Elders gave him a tie and asked him if he'd wear it in General Conference hahahaha. It was hilarious. So if he wears a light blue tie you'll know it was from the Florida Orlando Mission hahaha.
Yesterday at church, only Donita came. But it's ok because the Orta's (family of five) have been super busy planning this sweet 16 birthday party for their daughter this Wednesday. But they pinky promised us that they would get really committed after this party. And pinky promises are serious...you know. You can't break those.
This morning we did zumba again. It was intense. She works us pretty hard hahaha. It feels great though. Elder Bennett and I decided we want to do it when we get home hahahaha. So that's all. I love you so much. Have a great week!
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Elder Austin Gable Engemann aka dubEE fresh
Monday, March 14, 2011
March 14, 2011
Hellooooooo. This week was great. It's so awesome serving with Elder Bennett. It's like working with one of my best friends haha I love it. Our area is sick too. The church is right next to our apartment. And our apartment is called "The Gables" haha I thought that was funny.
Wednesday we went to the Temple for a temple tour with an investigator named Donita. She loved it. We're trying to help her receive baptism before she moves to NY in April. We had a baptism on Thursday too. A lady named May. It was an undercover baptism because she didn't want a lot of people there. But the Spirit was so strong there. It was a good baptism. Friday we went to a mosque because we had taught this lady named Efua and she invited us to it. It was definitely different. Really nice people there though. Saturday I spent the day in Elder Whitworth's new area on an exchange. And it was weird because I had been in that area before on exchanges when I was in Hunter's Creek. Brother Dion took us out to eat at Tommy Bahamas so it was good to see him again.
We have 7 people with a baptism date right now. One family of 5. Then two individuals. We had two people come to church. It was just a really good week. Refreshing. We have a baptism this weekend too with a lady named Helen. It's going to be sweeeeet.
This morning we went to the church and did zumba hahaha. This 51 year old sister does it every week. She is a BEAST! Haha she has a lot of endurance. There were 6 of us missionaries there and 2 other people. It was so fun. Definitely a work out.
Alright now to answer some of your questions: 1. The zone has 10 companionships including us, 3 districts. Our job is pretty much to just make sure the district leaders are happy and inspiring their districts. We really don't do a whole lot haha. It's nice. Being a district leader is a tough job. 2. Pleasant Hill North is in Kissimmee, which is just south of Orlando. 3. I didn't see Elder Mullen because our ride down from Daytona was late. But I'll see him Friday because we are having a mission conference with ELDER BEDNAR! SOOOOOO FRESHHHHHH hahaha I'm so stoked. 4. White wash means when the two missionaries in an area are both taken out and two new ones are put in.
Tell aunt Karen that I am so proud of her! She'll be such a great missionary! Anyway that's about it for now. Love you!
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Elder Austin Gable Engemann aka dubEE fresh
Wednesday we went to the Temple for a temple tour with an investigator named Donita. She loved it. We're trying to help her receive baptism before she moves to NY in April. We had a baptism on Thursday too. A lady named May. It was an undercover baptism because she didn't want a lot of people there. But the Spirit was so strong there. It was a good baptism. Friday we went to a mosque because we had taught this lady named Efua and she invited us to it. It was definitely different. Really nice people there though. Saturday I spent the day in Elder Whitworth's new area on an exchange. And it was weird because I had been in that area before on exchanges when I was in Hunter's Creek. Brother Dion took us out to eat at Tommy Bahamas so it was good to see him again.
We have 7 people with a baptism date right now. One family of 5. Then two individuals. We had two people come to church. It was just a really good week. Refreshing. We have a baptism this weekend too with a lady named Helen. It's going to be sweeeeet.
This morning we went to the church and did zumba hahaha. This 51 year old sister does it every week. She is a BEAST! Haha she has a lot of endurance. There were 6 of us missionaries there and 2 other people. It was so fun. Definitely a work out.
Alright now to answer some of your questions: 1. The zone has 10 companionships including us, 3 districts. Our job is pretty much to just make sure the district leaders are happy and inspiring their districts. We really don't do a whole lot haha. It's nice. Being a district leader is a tough job. 2. Pleasant Hill North is in Kissimmee, which is just south of Orlando. 3. I didn't see Elder Mullen because our ride down from Daytona was late. But I'll see him Friday because we are having a mission conference with ELDER BEDNAR! SOOOOOO FRESHHHHHH hahaha I'm so stoked. 4. White wash means when the two missionaries in an area are both taken out and two new ones are put in.
Tell aunt Karen that I am so proud of her! She'll be such a great missionary! Anyway that's about it for now. Love you!
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Elder Austin Gable Engemann aka dubEE fresh
Photos March 14, 2011
May's baptism.
Temple tour with Donita.
Eating tuna, peanut butter, and crushed up Mini Wheats burritos - yum.
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