Hey everyone!
Its that time unfortunately, this is going to be my last email home from the blessed land of Alaska. Since Im coming home in a couple days I wont make this too long. I had my exit interview with my President Beesley last night and it went pretty well, I got him to trade ties with me haha. I was pretty happy about it :) The interview went well, alot of knowledge and useful tips and information flowed into my mind last night. Its definitely a bitter sweet time for me, Im sad to leave the mish but excited to see what the future holds and everything after the mission. I dont even know how many times this week Ive been asked, So what are you going to do when you get home? haha. We flew in from Nome on Saturday and weve been staying with Elder Merrill in Anchorage while weve been back, and Ive gotten to go around and say bye to some people in Eagle River, its been fun. The missions been an awesome experience, and something Ill always remember.
Well, sorry its not very long, Ill see you in two days so I didnt worry too much about it. Love you guys and thanks for everything!
Love Elder Ashton Roney
Monday, July 22, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
Hey
Hey everyone!
This week was good, definitely better than last week. For pday we went out with the member of the branch and went beach mining with him for about an hour or two, we got a little bit of gold haha. It was fun, but it made me realize that I definitely dont want to be a beach miner and do that for a living.
We went to Teller again this week. We werent able to see Willie because he had some things come up but we were able to talk to another lady named Sheryl and taught her the restoration and invited her to be baptized, she said yes. So it was a good trip, we saw her and William Topsekok, the one member who lives there. Williams doing awesome, hes such a solid member in a place you wouldnt expect. He told us that for the first time in 10 years there will be a police officer stationed in Teller. Which is good because he was saying that theres one of his neighbors whos super sketch, and does things like aims his rifle at you as you walk past his house and acts like hes going to get you with his knife and threatened to shoot Williams brother haha. Pretty sketchy for sure, William and a couple guys he works with was telling us about all this crazy stuff that happens there.
We werent able to see Angela this week, when we went over the first time she was pretty busy and the second time we went over there she was sick. But were going to try to see her in the next day or two.
Carol left town, I cant remember where shes traveling to but she left Nome for a few weeks.
We tracted into a lady who at the time just woke up and she told us we could come back another time. So we went back yesterday and taught her and her boyfriend the restoration. They paid really good attention and listened really intently for people who were intoxicated a bit haha. but were going back today so it should be good.
Anyways, Ill keep it pretty short since Im going to be home in a week or so. I got my flight info, you guys should get one pretty soon too if you already havent. let me know if you got it or not and if you didnt Ill give you the info next week. Love you guys!
Love Elder Ashton Roney
This week was good, definitely better than last week. For pday we went out with the member of the branch and went beach mining with him for about an hour or two, we got a little bit of gold haha. It was fun, but it made me realize that I definitely dont want to be a beach miner and do that for a living.
We went to Teller again this week. We werent able to see Willie because he had some things come up but we were able to talk to another lady named Sheryl and taught her the restoration and invited her to be baptized, she said yes. So it was a good trip, we saw her and William Topsekok, the one member who lives there. Williams doing awesome, hes such a solid member in a place you wouldnt expect. He told us that for the first time in 10 years there will be a police officer stationed in Teller. Which is good because he was saying that theres one of his neighbors whos super sketch, and does things like aims his rifle at you as you walk past his house and acts like hes going to get you with his knife and threatened to shoot Williams brother haha. Pretty sketchy for sure, William and a couple guys he works with was telling us about all this crazy stuff that happens there.
We werent able to see Angela this week, when we went over the first time she was pretty busy and the second time we went over there she was sick. But were going to try to see her in the next day or two.
Carol left town, I cant remember where shes traveling to but she left Nome for a few weeks.
We tracted into a lady who at the time just woke up and she told us we could come back another time. So we went back yesterday and taught her and her boyfriend the restoration. They paid really good attention and listened really intently for people who were intoxicated a bit haha. but were going back today so it should be good.
Anyways, Ill keep it pretty short since Im going to be home in a week or so. I got my flight info, you guys should get one pretty soon too if you already havent. let me know if you got it or not and if you didnt Ill give you the info next week. Love you guys!
Love Elder Ashton Roney
Monday, July 8, 2013
Pics from home
Hey there!
So Im going to have to keep this email shorter today, sorry. We're meeting up with a member who's going to take us to his mining camp way out of town. We're meeting with him at noon and having lunch at a restaurant then going to his camp. Yesterday he said that we're going to be doing gold panning and all that fun stuff. Then he's taking us out to dinner tonight to a pizza place that we never really eat at very often because its too expensive for our budget haha. The 4th of July was good though, they had some fun stuff happen down town. They had a parade, then once the parade finished (in like 20 minutes) they had a bunch of street games. They had bike races, foot races and a slowest bike race, where the person who finished last won, haha. The 73 years and older foot race was pretty awesome. There was this old miner guy that we see around town all the time who ran in it. He has this giant beard that goes down to his belly, big old thick rim glasses & he was all decked out in red and white striped everything and a baseball cap. I definitely should of gotten a picture with him, it was pretty awesome.
We were able to find a new investigator this week, she's actually a former investigators wife. We were going to go see if the former investigator was still interested and while we were there his wife wanted to learn. So we taught her about the restoration and gave her a book of mormon, she also told us that she's been thinking about being baptized for a while but hasn't decided which church to join. We invited her to be baptized and she said yes, haha it was pretty sweet.
We stopped by Angelas house this week and taught her about the importance of coming to church and she a said that she would try to make it to church. Unfortunately she wasn't able to make it. We stopped by yesterday after church but no one was home. Hopefully she comes to church next week. And we'll definitely suggest those substitutions to Angela. When we stopped by the other day she told us that she's doing super good on quitting smoking. She said that it took her 4 days to smoke one pack of cigarettes where before she was doing almost a pack a day. So she's doing really good.
We have another trip to Teller scheduled for this Wednesday, I'm excited for it. I really like going to Teller, even though it takes 2 hours to get there. And yes, Teller is that little town where there's only 1 member and it's impossible to get there by car during the winter. I'm not sure exactly how Willies (a new investisgator) gonna be able to make it to church, he might have to call into church with the member out there and take the sacrament at the members home. Otherwise church is going to be a very big challenge.
Well I'm glad everyone had a good week and fourth of July! I hope you have an awesome week and I love you guys!
Love Elder Ashton Roney
So Im going to have to keep this email shorter today, sorry. We're meeting up with a member who's going to take us to his mining camp way out of town. We're meeting with him at noon and having lunch at a restaurant then going to his camp. Yesterday he said that we're going to be doing gold panning and all that fun stuff. Then he's taking us out to dinner tonight to a pizza place that we never really eat at very often because its too expensive for our budget haha. The 4th of July was good though, they had some fun stuff happen down town. They had a parade, then once the parade finished (in like 20 minutes) they had a bunch of street games. They had bike races, foot races and a slowest bike race, where the person who finished last won, haha. The 73 years and older foot race was pretty awesome. There was this old miner guy that we see around town all the time who ran in it. He has this giant beard that goes down to his belly, big old thick rim glasses & he was all decked out in red and white striped everything and a baseball cap. I definitely should of gotten a picture with him, it was pretty awesome.
We were able to find a new investigator this week, she's actually a former investigators wife. We were going to go see if the former investigator was still interested and while we were there his wife wanted to learn. So we taught her about the restoration and gave her a book of mormon, she also told us that she's been thinking about being baptized for a while but hasn't decided which church to join. We invited her to be baptized and she said yes, haha it was pretty sweet.
We stopped by Angelas house this week and taught her about the importance of coming to church and she a said that she would try to make it to church. Unfortunately she wasn't able to make it. We stopped by yesterday after church but no one was home. Hopefully she comes to church next week. And we'll definitely suggest those substitutions to Angela. When we stopped by the other day she told us that she's doing super good on quitting smoking. She said that it took her 4 days to smoke one pack of cigarettes where before she was doing almost a pack a day. So she's doing really good.
We have another trip to Teller scheduled for this Wednesday, I'm excited for it. I really like going to Teller, even though it takes 2 hours to get there. And yes, Teller is that little town where there's only 1 member and it's impossible to get there by car during the winter. I'm not sure exactly how Willies (a new investisgator) gonna be able to make it to church, he might have to call into church with the member out there and take the sacrament at the members home. Otherwise church is going to be a very big challenge.
Well I'm glad everyone had a good week and fourth of July! I hope you have an awesome week and I love you guys!
Love Elder Ashton Roney
Monday, July 1, 2013
July already!
Hey everyone!
This week we went out to Teller on wednesday, it was their community clean day that they do twice a year. So we helped pick up trash and fill up garbage bags. While we were walking to go get some trash, a man named W---------- walked up to us and told us that he wants to be baptized! haha it was pretty awesome. He said that 3 years ago he got in a pretty bad accident and ended up in an assisted living home where he met missionaries. He said, I was converted but never baptized, so how do I get baptized? haha it was a pretty good start to the day, so we taught him the restoration and gave him a Book of Mormon which he said that he will read and pray about. And during the lesson he told us again that he wants to be baptized.
We saw A------------- this week twice, we went out to her camp and taught her about the word of wisdom. She told us that she wants to be baptized but thats the only thing holding her back from being baptized, so were working with her on that. I-------------- been good, we helped him move, he's in a small trailer and staying busy. He mines on a dredge in the ocean.
Its crazy that its been over 100* there! Im gonna die haha. Im glad you guys are all doing so good! Its awesome that Brolin got his mini ipad and that you guys saw a moose during your hike! Sorry this isnt a long email at all but I dont have much time today. And Im glad everyones enjoying their summer! They're not having us use facebook yet, probably won't during the time that I'm still on my mission, missionary department will let us know when we can. Anyways, I love you guys!
Love Elder Roney
This week we went out to Teller on wednesday, it was their community clean day that they do twice a year. So we helped pick up trash and fill up garbage bags. While we were walking to go get some trash, a man named W---------- walked up to us and told us that he wants to be baptized! haha it was pretty awesome. He said that 3 years ago he got in a pretty bad accident and ended up in an assisted living home where he met missionaries. He said, I was converted but never baptized, so how do I get baptized? haha it was a pretty good start to the day, so we taught him the restoration and gave him a Book of Mormon which he said that he will read and pray about. And during the lesson he told us again that he wants to be baptized.
We saw A------------- this week twice, we went out to her camp and taught her about the word of wisdom. She told us that she wants to be baptized but thats the only thing holding her back from being baptized, so were working with her on that. I-------------- been good, we helped him move, he's in a small trailer and staying busy. He mines on a dredge in the ocean.
Its crazy that its been over 100* there! Im gonna die haha. Im glad you guys are all doing so good! Its awesome that Brolin got his mini ipad and that you guys saw a moose during your hike! Sorry this isnt a long email at all but I dont have much time today. And Im glad everyones enjoying their summer! They're not having us use facebook yet, probably won't during the time that I'm still on my mission, missionary department will let us know when we can. Anyways, I love you guys!
Love Elder Roney
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