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Landon’s Letter

Hey Fam!

This week was sweet!

Rachel you sound like you are having a great time this summer with the rodeos, hanging out with friends, and mowing lawns ;) Don't worry me and Elder Sparks have to mow the lawn every week because the Hatts are gone and they asked us to. On the plus side we get to enjoy the garden! I can't believe that family. Holy cow!

Natalie I can't believe all you do is work, work, work. That's crazy. Do something else that is fun for a change. Oh and Jon I am really jelous that you are playing softball. There is no softball here and it is driving me crazy this time of year.

Annie You Are Doing Amazing. I can't believe how much of a stud you are. If you continue to keep this up you will have all of Springfield being taught in no time. You are such a great example to me!

Megan & Justin, I hope things are going great with you guys and your dogs. How big are they now? They have to be much bigger then from when I last saw them. (Well Orion anyways).

Mom you have been really busy wow I hope you do send pictures soon. I am excited to see how they turn out. I am also excited to see how the new house looks. That is a really smart investment.

Dad I almost know how you feel but I don't know how it actually is. It must be absolutely hecktic down in Las Vegas. But keep an eye out for the missionaries. I made a few friends with some of them who went to L.V. while in the MTC our districts were close.

So not much happened this week sorry. We taught our 3 investigators and thats about it. 2 are 9 year olds so it's interesting teaching them. They are absolutley crazy. But they are pretty sweet. Also we went on splits this week. I went with Elder Ruttan. He has 2 weeks left on the miss. Crazy but he is an awesome guy. I learned alot from him during that day and hopefully me and Elder Sparks will continue to work harder and be more productive. I am still learning how to become a better missionary and am learning more about being a missionary and the work that takes place.

We'll there is not much more for this week but I will continue to write letters. Sorry I didn't do that last week. It was crazy on P-Day. I will write back this week. But I did get 4 letters this week! From Mom, Dad, Rachel, and Peter so I am pretty happy. Thank you. Well I am running out of time so I will try to write more next week. The power went out during my hour so I lost about 10 minutes of time. Ya the time kept going dumb huh. We'll tell Hi to everyone for me. I miss the valley but it's also pretty out here to.

I love you all and keep up all the hard work. Have a fantastic week.

Love your favorite Elder, Brother, and Son

Landon Webb

P.S. Natalie did Jarom send in his papers already? Tell him to write a letter soon so I can hear how he is doing and so when he gets his call! Even if there not in yet you should tell him to still write a letter.

Annie’s Letter

Hello family… from the city of MARYSVILLE! That's right, I got transferred. Before I forget, Landon please tell President and Sister Scott hello from President and Sister Nilsen in Columbus, OH. They are good friends :-)

Okay, so Tuesday (when they normally tell us about transfers) we got a voice mail from the APs saying "we'll tell you about transferrs TOMORROW night. It's going to be a tiny transfer, don't worry about it." So I was irritated. Well, Wednesday we get a call from President saying that Sister Finefeuiaki will be training. So now I'm certain that I will be transferred ( I had a feeling I would be) so I'm even more irritate with the APs. That night at 10:10 PM we get the call from our District Leader "Sister Webb will be transferred" no big shock, but still I hadn't started packing because I didn't want to start packing and then not get transferred and have to unpack. So now I'm quite irritated with the APs. But I got everything packed quickly (but not very prettily) and went to bed. The next day we show up at transfers and it is the BIGGEST transfer that President and Sister Nilsen have ever had in the YEAR they have been on their mission. Silly, lying APs. What are we going to do with them? I just don't know.

anyway, I am in Marysville now. It is closer to Columbus and in the Columbus North Stake. My address is 270 Stocksdale Dr Apt 6B Marysville, OH 43040 ( don't post that it's just for you, my wonderful family) Marysville is really different. THe ward is a lot smaller (only about 140 families) and they aren't as involved as Springfield. We are definitely going to change that! There hasn't been a member present lesson in the last 6 weeks. We'll change that STAT! We do have a couple of investigators here but none are really progressing. I will tell you one story though... Thursday after we got home from transfers we were tracting. We tracted into Kenny. He told us to come back in an hour. We did. We went in to teach and he had a friend over who was definitely more interested in playing their game of Magic. And it was Sister Richardson and my first lesson together...so it was kind of awkward all the way around. But he is willing for us to come back and hopefully then we will see if he is really interested in learning about the gospel or not. So we do A LOT of tracing. I wonder how many miles we have walked so far in just 3 days. We walked about 3.5 one day and definitely another couple yesterday... it's been great though. We have a goal to meet 50% or the ward at their homes and have a for real conversation (preferably a lesson) with them by the end of the transfer. That's 70 people/lessons! I have no doubt we can do it because in the last 3 days we have met with 10. It will get harder the more we begin to meet though because we'll start doubling up and have to try harder to get to the others. we can do it though. Sister Richardson is from Stafford Arizona. She goes to EAC and knows... BROTHER PALMER!! She loves him and his family! It's a small world after all! I love Sister Richardson! We get along great and have a lot of crazy fun! She is really shy (except when it's just us) and so it is really good for both of us. I am learning to shut my mouth and let her talk and she is definitely coming out of her comfort zone while we're tracting! We work together great! :-) I also found another family here who used to live in Green River, only for a year and they left Wyoming. Their last name was Maze but I doubt anyone knows them there because they haven't been there for years and years like the Lowell's.

Oh, Marysville (you may have recognized the name) is where I went on my very first transfer. This also means... I GET TO DO TRANSFERS IN SPRINGFIELD!!!!!! WITH SISTER FINEFEUIAKI!!! I'm super stoked!

Medically speaking... I'm okay, still same old same old. The only test that didn't come back perfect was my vitamin D. I am slightly deficient. I asked Dr. Kellar if that could be causing pain and she said probably not but I am now taking a supplement anyway. I'll call her in a week and let her know how I'm doing. If no change or worse she has thought of more blood tests she could order. But if I haven't changed I"ll probably end up going to another Doctor in Marysville. Dayton is 1.5 hours away from here so I can't go to Dr. Kellar anymore. C'est la vie. I was reading in the Book of Mormon today, 1 Nephi 17: 1-2. I decided if these women could walk for 8 years and have kids in the wilderness... I can take a little (or a lotta) pain! At least I'm not in labor in the desert 600 years BC! See... it can always be worse. Haha.

It sounds like everyone has been having a great summer. Sorry the rodeo was a bust. But there should be some in Lyman this week right!? So go to those! They'll be awesome I"m sure! Dad, sorry you're not having any fun in Vegas. I don't think I'll ever visit there in the summer. It's definitely a winter vacation spot. "Be a happy little camper" you'll be home soon enough :-) Well, I love you! Thanks so much for the letters and emials! They are super awesome and much appreciated. Oh, there is a conference talk I would like you all to read... It is "Was it Worth it?" by David F. Evans in the April General Conference edition. There is one particular paragraph that Landon and I would very much appreciate if you would take counsel from it. You'll know which one it is :-)

Well, have a wonderful week! I love you all and I can't wait to hear more about how everyone is doing! Have a fantabulous day!

Annie

PS did Ryan ever get his mission call? Where is he going? I always forget to ask but I remembered today!