Email from Aug 27

hey mom,

wow go jaren! how is he doing? is he just dead all the time? hes got a lot of things going on. how often does he work now that hes in school and has practice? haha wow. thats so cool i wish i was able to see him play. haha do you think he will do it again?

woop woop! octavio is getting baptized! i bet jennies excited to get them all into the church. i hope that all goes well and that they dont have any problems. ha but i guess their not in ghana so they wont run into to much trouble.;)

so everything here is going great. i love cape and i dont have any problems with my companion. so were ok. um this week i didnt spend too much time in my own area. we went on splits twice this week. once with cape coast 2 and once with bakaano. they both had baptismal interviews that i got the opportunity to do. so i got to interview 7 candidates this week. they were all awesome people. its really cool being able to see missionary work on a bigger scale. instead of seeing just my area i get to see everyones and how they are moving the work along. our ward had ward confrence yesterday. it was cool. me and elder saili got to sing in the choir for the special number. their were no other guys that would sing for it. it was just us.

thanks for the package. i love you! so i just called sis. shulz. she said something was wrong with the site so she had to change it. but i gave her your email so she will send the site to you.

ok well i dont have anything else either so i guess i will talk to you next week. i love you!!!

love,
Trevin

Email from Aug 13

hey mom,

so i got transfer news on saturday. im not going anywhere and im
staying with my companion. i have another 9 weeks with this guy.
wait... sorry that was last transfer. ;) guess what im going to cape
coast! rogers was right. i got a call on saturday from prez. shulz and
he asked me to be a zone leader in cape. my new companion is elder
sieli. hes from american samoa. ive known sieli pretty much my whole
mission. hes a really cool guy i think that i will have a lot of fun
with him. me and my companion are both leaving though. hes going to be
in swedru. so in mankessim there will only be 2 elders for a little
while. haha in they will still be in my zone so if i come on splits
here i will still be able to see some of my investigators and members.
but i really dont remember the rest of the week it went by to fast and
after i got the call it all just kinda got erased. im excited to go to
cape but im kinda nervous too. i dont feel ready to be a zone leader.
i skipped being a district leader and went straight. prez hasnt done
that while ive been here. he usually puts you as a district leader
for at least a transfer. sieli is going to have to teach me well. but
i guess if pres. thinks im reeady then i guess i am. i just have to do
my best.

yes! go jennie! is it everyone? octavio and andrew? wow thats
exciting. prayer and fasting really does work huh? tell her congrats
for me.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARSEN!!! happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CARSEN!!! happy birthday to you! shoot everyone is
getting older. even those pics that you sent last time i could see
everyone growing. eveyone is going to look so different when i get
home.

jury duty? wow thats a nasty case to be a part of. im glad that
something will happen to him.

schools starting already. i thought it just ended. that was fast. does
the middle school have a dance class? the cheerleaders arnt the best
people in rv. but the dance club is sweet. they have a lot more fun
and do a lot more things. haha sorry mom i knoww you dont need more;)

so moving from Round Valley. well mom that one is up to you and dad.
for me im just coming home to my family no matter where you are. and
your right. if i came home their isnt any colleges close by. i will
need something. if your in az i will have to go to the valley there
are colleges and jobs that will help me pay for it. but then i also
leave the family right when i get home. i love arizona but do what you
think is good for the family i support you in whatever you decide.
heck move to alaska i dont care haha i'll just follow you around;)

yeah so it been a good week for us both. but i guess i'll go. i dont
have anything else. i love you! you guys are AWESOME!!!

love,
Trevin

Email from Aug 20

hey mom!

so cape coast is awesome i love it here. me and elder saili are having
a lot of fun here. we dont have many people to teach right now but we
are working on it. elder rogers and saili baptized most of the
investigators that they had right before i got here. so were just
walking around cape talking to people. being a zone leader isnt any
different then being a normal missionary really. you just have a lot
more things that you have to do and you have to fix everyones
problems. but i like it. cape coast has 2 wards here. we're in 1st
ward. haha this is the first ward that i have been in so far. we have
a lot of awesome members here. on saturday we had an all africa
sercice project that i met a lot of the members at. their is a lot of
youth here that help us so we are doing good.

im excited for jennie and her family. it will be cool to see how much
they have grown in the gospel in a year.

haha i thought that you would've gone nuts a while ago. im surprised
that you have lasted this long in the cabin. i do feel good about
going to texas. it seems right.

its so cool to hear others leaving on their mission. it seems like
eveyone will be gone that i know. i can only think of a few guys that
havent left yet or arnt planning on going.

yeah i got jennies package 2 days ago. THANKS JENNIE!!! in the package
you send can you send some candy. im a little sugar deprived and ate
her package in like 2 days;) and the tie she sent was sweet. its one
of my favorites. and yeah i got your package and carsens letter thank
you again!

well ok i guess im gonna go so that i can write to everyone. i love you!!!

love,
Trevin

Email from Aug 6

hey mom,

ONE YEAR!!! holy cow i cant believe it has been that long it doesnt
feel like it. i havent heard anything on transfers yet. the other
night pres. called me. he wanted to know what was going on. all i know
is that me or my companion is going somewhere but we wont find out
until saterday. elder rogers is leaving next week and hes dead set on
me going to cape to be the new zone leader. but i dont think that that
is going to happen. it is supposed to be a small transfer. not to many
changes so we'll see what happens. haha for our year mark me and
martin made ourselves sick on junk. ha we thought that we could eat a
lot more then did. we were miserable.

my week was ok just a normal mission week. i did go on splits on
friday in cape with elder rogers. it was really nice to get away from
my companion. we had a few crazy things happen. i now have a huge
testimony of the power of satan. we were teaching a lesson and bearing
witness of the book of mormon and so many things happened during that
one lesson. their were a lot of distractions the whole time and once
we gave him the book he looked at it and said ''i dont think that my
parents will let me keep this.'' haha and what do you know right after
he said this his mom comes walking down the street and sees us. she
took the book of mormon and told us that we werent allowed to see her
son. this kid was 23 years old and isnt living in their house. why did
she come walking up the street right then?!?!

im praying for jennies family also. i want to see them in the church.
haha andrew kinda reminds me of jaren. not really knowing what he
wants.

hey and yeah i did get ruthies packages last tuesday. but i only got 2
out of 3. thank her for me the clif bars she sent were amazing. haha
and mom i crave EVERYTHING! but right now i cant think of anything
that i really need.

being a year is kinda like having your birthday. its really exciting
before it comes and after it does nothing has changed. i still feel
like i am only a few moths old. the best part of being a year is
seeing the old men go home. elder rogers and elder briggs my old zone
leaders are going home and its crazy. pretty soon my mt group is going
to be one of the oldest on mission. their are 18 missionaries ahead of
us but 7 of those go home in the next 3 or 4 transfers. that just
makes me want to do better. at some point in the next few transfers i
might be called to do something and if im not doing my best i dont
want that.

tell danny i said hi also. i could see that happening to danny a
couple of my mts were big guys when they came and now their not to
big. i hope its the opposite for me.

well i dont have anything else so i guess i will talk to you later. i
love you!!!

love,
Trevin

Email from July 23

hey mom,

hope you guys have fun at glenns thing without me! haha so im doing
good. not much has changed here. but we did have our baptism on
saturday. we only had 2 of the 5 planned come. the end of this week
has been to stressful im beat right now. we had a problem with getting
peple to the inteviews and then we had problems getting people too the
church so it wasnt the best week. i didnt see prez at all he just told
me to keep writing him letter keeping him updated on how we are doing.
right now it just settled down. we havent had our companionship study
in like 2 weeks so its been difficult keeping on the same page. he
just likes his bed so much that he wants to stay in it until we have
to go to our appointments in the morning. haha and i cant drag him out
of bed anymore. i really need a transfer. nothing is happening to us
yet only that elder martin and elder baird got an emergency transfer.
martin is getting a problem companion to try and straighten out. so we
get to add more problems to the apartment so this week is going to be
fun;) transfers are in three weeks and i cant wait to see what
happens.

i got your package already it came really fast. thank you!!! those
drink mixes were awesome.

wow thats crazy danny shouldnt be home yet. its crazy how time flies.

i would love more pictures by the way thats a great idea.

ok well i dont have anything else that i can think of. i hope you have
a great week. i love you!!!

love,
Trevin

Email from July 16

hey mom,
 so this week was good. it was a really fast week. we didnt meet with
prez shulz on tuesday it looked like he was having other more serious
problems then ours so he was busy. so right now i dont have any new
news. all that i know right now is tha this is supposed to be the last
week of the transfer but i still have three weeks. but this transfer
should be really exciting. there should be a lot of new changes this
transfer.
man a week at sun splash sounds really good right now. i need to get
rid of my tie and collar tan.
im glad that jennies family is doing good. im sure that they will all
know the truth in time. i dont think that its as easy in the u.s. as
it is here. here they just except it they dont really fight against it
to much. but i think people in the states will think about it a lot
more. haha but i know how jennie feels it is hard to be patient when
someone just isnt understanding. tell her its ok. just let him read it
and pray about it himself. that is the only way that he will know its
true. by himself.
so right now we are planning on a baptism for this saturday. we are
supposed to have 5 people but we will see what happens. we are finding
some new investigators right now but we dont have anyone really
serious right now. some are showing interest and some are not serious
at all. but we'll find some good people soon. but other then those
things nothing really exciting happening. its just the normal mission
stuff.
tell grandma thank you i will make sure to write her this evening. its
been a while since i sent her anything. and thank you for the stuff
again it is very much appreciated.
well i dont really have anything else but i love you very very much
you guys are awesome and knowing that i have your love and support
helps me everyday. i love you!!!
love,
Trevin

Email from July 9

hey mom,
haha so yeah ummmm.... we didnt have any of our baptisms this week. ha
this week has been something else. first we had a problem get the
district leader to come to mankessim to interview our candidates and
then when he did come we olny got 3 of them interviewed. so we were
one short. and then i was calling the other elders to fill up the
fount in yamoransa and they had no water so i called our ZL in cape
and there fount was being r tiled. but the ola elders had a baptism
scheduled for sat also in ola so we tried to get in with them but then
the cancelled their baptism. so we decided to cancel it. so right now
we are looking for a date. but we are going to have 5 baptisms with
our next baptism whenever that is.
the rest of the week was ok. we got our phone chips. so we all have
new numbers and were trying to figure everyone's numbers. me and my
companion are just going. prez. said that he wanted to talk to us on
tuesday so we will see what happens. im pretty sure that we will not
be together next transfer.
thanks for getting that for me. i got elder mortensens old guitar. he
gave it to his first son elder rosquist and he gave it to his brother!
ME! to its just being passed through the family. but the only tab that
i can think of is if you could high to kolob. other then that just
anything.
sound like everything at home is going good. i really wish that they
had 4th of july here. i missed it a lot. but not to much more time
until i get to be their again.
well i dont have much more to write so i guress i will go. but i love
you guys!!! talk to you later.
love,
Trevin