Update On Sean --- Final Posting ---

Sean returned home on June 16th. The doctors in Mexico felt that he needed to have surgery on the herniated disc in his back. We were all thrilled to greet him at the airport. He was in quite a bit of pain but managed big smiles and hugs for everyone...as you can see from the photos above.

We were able to get him in quickly to see a back specialist. The specialist felt that Sean would probably need surgery but wanted to have him get cortisone shots in his back first...to see if the disc's swelling could be relieved and not have to have surgery. The doctors felt that even if the swelling got under control, it could be easily aggravated again if he were to return to the mission-field. With this in mind, Sean decided not to return to the field and was given an honorable release by his Stake President...President Roberts.

As of today, August 23nd, Sean has been doing really well. He got the cortisone shots and they have helped a lot. He has not had to have the surgery up to this point and his back, though sometimes sore, is doing really well. He is also going to physical therapy twice a week to strengthen his back muscles. Sean is going to start working with his dad this coming week, doing medical recruiting. Sean has a great positive attitude and is moving forward with his life.

Thanks again for all of your support of Sean while he served his mission for the Lord.

CONGRATULATIONS Sean on a great mission...you affected the lives of many many people.

Mike, Donna, & Family

Information on Sean...June 10, 2009

Sean has been in Merida for a few days having his back evaulated. Several weeks ago we had the opportunity to talk to Sean on Mother's Day. He mentioned that his back had been bothering him a lot. A couple of weeks ago his right leg began having pain as well.

Over the past few days, Sean has had xrays, a nerve test, and an MRI. The MRI showed a badly herniated disc that the doctors determined may need surgery. Since surgery is not performed within the mission-field, Sean will need to come home and have further evaluations to see if surgery is needed, and if so, he will have it here. The good news is that a lot of people have herniated discs and are able to rest and return to good health. We are praying that this will be the case with Sean.

We spoke with the Mission Office last night and Sean will be flying back, probably this coming Tuesday. We will update this site as we receive more information.

Thanks everyone for your support of Sean.

Mike & Donna

Sean's E-Mail....June 1, 2009

Hey Everyone,

Sorry that I didn't write to you all sooner but I am in Merida right now because we will be having our Zone Conference tomorrow. I don't have much time to write because we are in the offices of the mission and its almost 10:00 PM.

I just wanted to tell you all that I love you and that the things are going good in Tizimin. We are going to have the baptism this Saturday....it is the boy that was going to get baptized last Saturday. He is ready to go and is excited.

I wish I could write more but we are getting ready to go to the house to sleep. I love you all and everything is going great. I hope that you have a great week and that you are all happy. Keep the commandments and watch the blessings come

I know that it's true, I have lived it. I love you all, thanks for the letters this week.

Love,

Sean

Sean's E-Mail & Pics....May 25, 2009

Hey Everyone,

Well another week gone by here in Tizimin. Things are picking up a little bit. We should be having a baptism this Saturday. We are still trying to get to know all of the members here. This Ward is not really very stable. It has over 200 inactive families. We are having trouble figuring out where to start. The Ward does not really help us out very much.

My companion and I gave talks in Sacrament meeting this week. We both kinda laid-into the members in a loving way of course, haha. We have made a plan that we are going to start doing this week. Hopefully we will be able to help the less active families and find new people to teach at the same time. We will see how it goes. We just have to put our trust in the Lord and work our hardest. We will be blessed.

I am glad to hear that everyone is doing good with work and is staying busy. I am always a little concerned about that whole thing. I'm glad that everyone has work.

I know that this letter is short but I don't really have much more to write about this week. Thanks so much for the letters that you all sent me this week. I love you all very much and I know that the Church is true, Jesus is the Christ and it is only through Him that we can return to live with God again.

Have a wonderfull week.

Love,

Sean

Hey Sean!

Just a few pictures of what I've been doing lately -Brooke

Playing with Aleah, Cory, Kelli and mom at that park!

dying my hair brown...

Going to a friends farewell dinner...

Going to baseball games with friends...this is my new friend Lauren. She just joined the church, see I'm doing my missionary duty too, Sean!! :)

Sean's E-Mail....May 18, 2009

Hey Everyone,

Well, the first week has gone by here in my new area. I have to say that this week was pretty hard for me. We came in not knowing anyone, not knowing the area and having zero investigators. This week was really long because we didn't teach very much. We have gotten to know some of the members and we got a list this week of the less active members also. We will be doing a lot of work with the less active members to get us started. We will be looking to find new investigators through the less active families. We knocked on doors for a little bit this week but I quickly remembered why we don't knock on doors, it is not effective at all.

We will be working a lot with the members. The Ward here has in the lists about 700 members and the ward has an attendance of 40 or 50. We have a lot of work to do with reactivation. My companion is pretty interesting, he is a nerd but it's all good. We get along pretty well. Our area is huge, we got hooked up this week with some bikes, we did a lot of riding this last week. It is pretty hot though, riding in the sun. The house that we live in is pretty big....two bedrooms, a living room and a little study area, kitchen and bathroom. There are a lot of cockroaches in the house though. Well not a lot but we kill one or two every day.

As for the package goes dad, I can always use new ties, my socks are doing fine. If you do get some ties, I like the polyester ties (thick).

Thanks a lot for everything. I love you all and hope that you are all happy. Keep the commandments and always have in mind that we are preparing here to live in the Celestial Kingdom, not the Terrestrial or Telestial, so live a celestial life and enjoy the celestial happiness NOW.

Love,
Sean

Sean's E-Mail....May 12, 2009

Hey Everyone,

It is really weird to say that I have been out for a year already. The time has gone by so so fast. I can only imagine how fast the second year will go by. I am not looking forward to that, but at the same time I am kinda wishing it to slow down a bit. I know that won't happen though.

I dont really have too much to write about because I talked to you all on the phone yesterday. I think this letter will be more for all the people that I didn't get to talk to. This last week was really good. We were working a lot with the investigators set up to get baptized this week. It should be really good for the new missionary that comes into that area. I finally left Cancun and am now in a little city named Tizimin. I also went to Merida yesterday to pick up my ¨kid¨ (new companion). In the last interviews, my Mission President told me that I would be getting an American companion, but when I got to the offices, I found out that I was going to be getting one of the new Mexican Elders. I was a little dissappointed but at the same time a little glad. These last two weeks of speaking nothing but English have taken a tole on my Spanish skills. I am glad that I will be getting back into the habbit of speaking Spanish.

So everyone that I have talked to has told me that Tizimin is a really hard area to baptize in. We will see how that goes. I am a firm believer that we only put our own limits on what we can and can't do. Its all about the faith and good works that make anything possible.

My new companion's name is Elder Fuentez, he is from the state of Morelos. He is a pretty cool missionary from what I can tell. He has been a member his whole life and knows the scriptures really well. I am pretty excited to teach with him and help him learn the "ropes". I had to get up at 3:30 Monday morning to go get him from Merida. We were there with the new Elders and the President untill about 8PM and then we got on our bus and came to Tizimin. We have just been trying to get to know some of the members and stuff today. We have a lot of work to do here because there were not very many investigators waiting for us here. But we are ready to work hard and have success.

I know that the church is true and I know that the Lord will help us in His work. I know that we could baptize this whole town if we just have the faith and work hard. I love you all very much and I hope that you are all happy and being good. I will send a picture of my new companion with this e-mail and maybe some other random ones.

I love you and have a great week!
Elder Sean Wood

Sean's E-Mail....May 4, 2009

Hello Everyone,

Well here I am again another week gone by. I can't believe that I will be going over the hump here in a week or so.

This week was really good. We had a baptism and we have put a lot of baptismal dates for this month. We have at least 10 people that will be getting baptized this month here in this area. The Lord really is blessing us and we are really enjoying the work. My companion Elder Juhasz is a really cool Elder from Idaho. We get along really good and like to joke around a lot. I have to say that it is a little more fun having an American companion. He is just easier to connect with than the other companions I have had. We are teaching a family of 6 right now that are really interested in the church. They have come to church once and come to two baptisms. They are really progressing good. They have a baptismal date set for the 17th. We are really excited for them. They are not married but they are going to get married in a week or so.

Well I'm sorry that I don't really have much to write about this week and I can't check my Gmail because its not working for some reason. Hopefully it will start working again before I get off so I can check my mail.

I hope you are all doing well and are all happy.

We don't know when the new missionaries will get here but it will probably be this week sometime. We will see what happens.

Love You All,

Elder Sean Wood

Sean's E-Mail....April 27, 2009

*** First, Sean is fully informed on the Swine Flu problem in Mexico. His Mission President and Mission doctors have also been contacted by the Missionary Department of the Church. As of Tuesday, April 28th, no missionaries in Mexico had been diagnosed with the Swine Flu. Further, all missionaries in Mexico have been given specific instructions on how to protect themselves from exposure to the flu.

Sean's E-Mail:

Hey Everyone,

Well first off before I forget to tell you dad, I won't be able to do a video call. I will just be able to call you like normal. I will let you know the week before what time and stuff I will be calling. It will probably be in the evening that Sunday.

This week was a pretty interesting week. It was a normal week like any other week until Thursday night when the other elders came over to our house at like 10:30PM. They told us that the zone leaders wanted to talk to us. So we called them and they told us that we had transfers. They told me that I was going to be getting transferred out of my area and I would be going to another area in Cancun to wait for my "kid" to get here. Ya, I will be training again this next transfer. I am only here in Cancun for one more week and then I will be going to Merida to pick up my new companion and then we will be going to Tizimin. Tizimin is a little town that's between Cancun and Merida. I am excited to see another area of the mission. The even cooler thing is that its really close to the ruins of Chitzenitza. So I will probably be going to visit there one of these Mondays.

We had interviews this week and president told me that I will be training an American Elder. I am pretty excited about that. So ya, this week has been pretty interesting and different but really good. We will be having a baptism this week in the area that I am in right now.

I just want you all to know that I know that the church is true! There is no doubt in my mind about that. I know that if we pray and read EVERY DAY, we will have the spirit with us to guide us to help us make good decisions. Read the Book of Mormon. If we are not reading it everyday we are not growing spiritually. If we are not growing spiritually we are falling spiritually. There is no way we can grow spiritually if we are not studying the Book of Mormon. I love that book. It really has changed my life and how I look at the world.

I love you all and hope that you have a wonderful week! I probably won't write again till next Tuesday because I will be in Merida on Monday. So don't freak out if I don't write on Monday.

Love,

Elder Sean Wood

Sean's E-mail....April 20, 2009

Hey Everyone,

Wow I can't believe that this week is already over.

This week was really busy for us. We had a baptism this Thursday and also one on Saturday. The family that got baptized on Thursday is a married couple and the sister of the lady that got baptized. They are really awesome. The husband got ordained as a Priest this Sunday and as I was leaving the church, I saw them in one of the classrooms paying their tithing. It was really special for me to see how strong they are. The baptism that we had on Saturday was the daughter of a part member family. It was a good baptism. I got the opportunity to baptize her and also the husband of the family that got baptized.

We have been really blessed with a lot of people to teach and baptize. We are now focusing more in looking for new investigators. We found a few this week that we can work with. We are hoping to have 2 more baptisms with the group of people that we are teaching right now, one this coming week and another the week after that.

Things are going really good with my companion. He is a little different but he is cool. We get along good. The weather here is still hot, as usual. It is always hot here. I have gotten used to it.

I don't really feel like I am training, I mean I don't really feel like it's much different from having a normal companion. He is learning as he goes and is learning really well. Well, in two weeks we have transfers. The Zone Leader was talking to me the other day and told me that if not in this transfer, then the next transfer, I will be made a District Leader. I was pretty surprised to hear that. I hope that if I do get called to be a District Leader that I will be able to fulfill the calling.

Thanks so much for all of the pictures and for writing me this week. I can really see the Lord blessing our family when we are obedient and do his will. I was studying a bit in the book of James this week. It talks a lot about faith and works. I know that this is true. Our faith is nothing without good works.

I love this gospel and I love being a missionary. I was talking to one of the other Elders the other day and I told him how excited I will be when it comes time to go home, but at the same time how sad it will be to leave the mission.

I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!!

Love,

Elder Sean Wood

Sean's E-mail.....April 13, 2009

Hey Everyone,

Well another week come and gone. The weeks really just seem to fly by. I can't believe that I will be talking to you all in just a few weeks. I am glad to hear that all is going well and that you all had a good Easter weekend.

Yesterday we had our big baptismal program, it was really cool. Elder Mickelson, the area authority of Mexico, came and talked to us. He talked during the baptismal service and then talked to all the missionaries after the service. It was really good. We had two people that got baptized from our area. We were hoping to have 5 but 3 of them changed the day to this week. This coming week we are hoping to have 6 baptisms. We are excited about that. We have our work cut out for us this week. The time goes by fast when we are busy all day.

Our Mission President challenged us this week to start reading the Book of Mormon again and read it as a mission. I am excited to start over and find some new things this time that I read it. I have such a strong testimony of the Book of Mormon. I am blown away when some people have the Book of Mormon in their hands and they don't realize how much worth it has. I have realized that a lot of members of the church are the same way. They think that they don't have to read the Book of Mormon because they have read it once or twice. We will always find something new in the Book of Mormon when we read it because our lives are constantly changing and we find new things that apply to our lives in this moment. We are SO SO blessed to have to Book of Mormon as a part of our lives. So why do we not read it like we should? I challenge you all, no matter what your situation is right now, to pick up the Book of Mormon and read the most valuable thing that we have in this life. The Book of Mormon is powerful and it can change lives. It has changed my life 100%. I used to take it for granted. Here in the mission I have realized the real power it can have in our lives. It's simple, read it and watch how your life will change.

We were teaching a lesson this week to one of our investigators and we challenged him to get baptized this week. He told us that he didn't think he was ready. He told us that he needed more time to change some bad habits that he has. I got the feeling that I should read Ether 12:27 with him. We read it and he just sat back and said ¨wow you're right, I will get baptized this week.¨ I felt the spirit so strong at this moment and was so grateful that the Lord could use me to help our investigator progress.

I love you all and I know with all my heard that the Book of Mormon is true. It has the gospel in the fullness. I hope you all have a great week, and if you are not reading the Book of Mormon like you should be, I challenge you to start.

Love,

Sean

Sean's E-Mail....April 6, 2009

Hey Everyone,

I'm sorry that this is going to be really short but the computer that I am on is really bad and it's being stupid.

Wow, this week was such a great week! Conference was really really good , even though I only got to watch 4 of the 5 sessions. I think that my favorite talk from conference was the Sunday talk from Elder Holland. His talk about the atonement was amazing! We had 5 new investigators that came and watched conference this week in the church, they all said it was really wonderfull.

We have 8 people that we are hoping to get baptized this week in the baptismal service of 50 or more. We are really excited.

The time with my new companion is really good. He is learning a lot and I can really feel his spirit when we teach. He is a good Elder.

I want you all to know that I love you and I think about you all the time. I know that the Church is true and everything that we heard this weekend was from the mouths of the living prophets of our days. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. I love Him.

Thanks for all of your letters and support. Have a wonderful week!!

Love,

Elder Sean Wood

GO HEELS !!!!!!!

Sean's E-Mail.....Mar. 31, 2009

Hey Everyone,

Well another week come and gone. The weeks just seem to fly by so fast. We are working really hard and trying to find as many people as we can for our baptism this coming month. I am really excited about the baptism, it is going to be really cool. I can really see how the Lord prepares the way for His children to receive the gospel. I have also learned a lot about how my own faith and obedience is helping a lot of people receive the gospel through me. We have put a goal for 10 baptisms this month and the Lord really is preparing the way and putting people into our paths to complete that goal. We received 11 references this last week from the ward members. It is now up to us to teach these people that the Lord has put in our paths and help them come unto Christ.

My new companion's name is Elder Esparza, he is from Acapulco, Mexico. We did meet with the mission president this last Monday while we were in Merida, we took the bus to get there. We left Cancun at 6 in the morning on a 4 hour trip by bus to Merida, we were there until like 7pm and then we got back on the bus and came home. We were in the bus for a really long time. It was good though, I got to know my companion a little bit better. He has only been a member of the church for 2 years. He is really excited to be here and to teach the people.

I learned a lot about the power of prayer this week. How it is that, when we pray, we need to really talk to God and not just say the same things over and over again. I was reading a lot about how to recognize the spirit through prayer and how to receive answers.

I hope that everything is going good for everyone there. Sorry that this letter is short, I will send a few pictures. I love you all and thank you so much for the letters and the support. You are always in my prayers and thoughts. Remember that the work will never stop, we are always missionaries. This whole life is about missionary work. The whole church is centered on missionary work. Don't ever stop doing the work.

Love,

Elder Sean Wood

Sean's e-mail Mar. 24,

Hey Everyone,

Hey there everyone. Well first off, we had transfers yesterday that's why I couldn't write. I didnt get transferred from my area but I had to go to Merida to pick up my ¨kid¨. I am going to be training a new missionary. I am really excited to have the opportunity to train. I am still in Cancun and I am really excited about that.

There is a lot of work to be done here and we are planning a big baptismal service for the 13th of April, all of the missionaries in Cancun are putting their baptismal dates for the 13th and we are going to have 50 baptisms in one baptismal service. It is going to be really sweet.

I have been studying a lot this week about faith and how we really can do anything if we have the faith. Every miracle or wonder that anyone has ever done or experienced in this world was because of their exceeding faith. I have really changed my whole perspective on my mission. Before, there were always limits in my mind or I thought that if we baptize 2 or 3 we are good. There really is NO limit to the miracles that we can do here in this life. In the Book of Mormon it tells of Nephi and the change that he put into the hearts of the Lamanites and that 8000 were baptized unto repentance. This next month we have set a goal of at least 10 baptisms. We will be putting all of our faith in the Lord and we will be working like everything depends on us. I know that the Lord will help us reach this goal as long as we have the faith and the good works to fulfill the promise that he has given to us. Whatever we ask, that is just, it will be given us if we ask with faith. I know that the church is true and that through faith we can do ANYTHING.

I love you all and thank you for all of your letters this week, sorry that I don't have time to write back to all of them. I pray for you all everyday. Have a great week and be good.

Love
Elder Wood

Sean's E-mail & Pics....Mar. 17, 2009

Hey Everyone,

Wow I can't believe that I have been out for 10 months already. The time really seems to be flying by. I really enjoyed all of the letters this last week that you all sent.

This week was a pretty good week. We had a baptism on Saturday morning. His name is Alberto and he is 23. His wife is a member and he wasn't. We found him in the list of old investigators. We went and visited him one day and he told us that he really wants to get baptized. We worked with him for a few days and he got baptized. I had the opportunity to baptize him. It was really cool.

Dad, to answer your question, I have not heard anything or seen anything or even felt like I have been in danger at all here. I think that a lot of the drug stuff happens at night and we are in the house by 9 so its not a big deal. Dont worry, nothing is going to happen to me. I am on the Lords errand and He will not let anything happen to me as long as I am obedient and faithful.

Other than the baptism that we had this week, nothing much new is going on. We had Stake Conference this Sunday and we got to listen to Elder Eyring talk. I realized that one of the big problems with the members here is tithing. The whole conference was based around paying tithing. It was a really good conference.

We have transfers this coming Monday. I think that I will be getting a new companion but I am really not sure. Me and my companion have been together for 4 and a half months so I think that one of us will be getting moved this change. I hope that I don't leave my area. My area is really good and the Ward is really cooperative with the missionaries. They do a lot for us. We NEVER go hungry!

I know really without a doubt that the Church is true and that we are guided by a true and living prophet today. I know that he receives revelation directly from God. It is weird to see how everything just makes sense when we study and put into practice the things that we study.

Study the scriptures and you really will be given the bigger portion of the word of God. I love you all and hope that you have a GREAT week. Thanks again for all the support. I am sending a picture of the last baptism that we had.

Love,

Sean

Sean's E-Mail....Mar. 9, 2009

Hey Everyone,

Well, as I always say, another week come and gone. Yes I am still here in Cancun. We will be having transfers in two weeks. I don't think that I will be getting transferred out of my area but I do think that my companion will probably get transferred to another area.

This week was really good, we had Zone Conference and it was all focused on having unity with our companions. I really learned a lot this week about how having unity can help us work better and with more of the spirit. We had a really good week. We had a baptism on Saturday of an 11 year old girl. All of her family are members but her dad could not baptize her. We planned a really good lesson for her and I know that she felt the spirit and knew what she needed to do. She made the decision and we baptized her this week.

I am so blessed to be in this area. Our district is the best district in the whole mission, numbers-wise. I know that the numbers really don't mean anything, but it's pretty cool to be a part of that. We are really working hard and the Lord is blessing us a lot. I have a strong testimony that when we are obedient to the commandments of the Lord we are blessed. I can not express the joy that I feel knowing, without a doubt, that the Church of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth. Everything that we need to know to return to live with God and Jesus Christ is written in the scriptures and it is being revealed to living prophets today. I know without a doubt that Thomas S. Monson is a living prophet today, that he receives revelation directly from God and he teaches us what we need to do to return to live with God again.

Live the Gospel of Christ and I promise you that you will be blessed with more than you can imagine in this life and the life to come. I'm not talking about being blessed with things of this world. I am talking about being blessed with such a joy in your soul that you can't explain it. The true happiness in this life is found when we learn to put into practice the Gospel in our lives. If you have not found this true happiness in your life, or you feel like there is something more to this life, I challenge you to pray with all of your might to God to receive the Gospel in your lives. Read the Book of Mormon, it really is another testament of Jesus Christ and really does have the gospel of Christ in the Fullness. I know that if you read in this book, and really pray to know that it is true, you WILL receive an answer to your desires. I say desires because anyone can pray, but when you pray with a true desire to know, that is when you will receive your answer.

I love you all and pray for you everyday. Be safe and find the happiness in this life that you never have imagined before.

Love,

Sean

Happy P-Day From Mom...3/9/09

Picture From Sean....March 2, 2009

Sean's E-Mail....March 2, 2009

Hey Everyone,

Well first off, Dad don't worry, I just had a cold and I bought some medicine from Walmart, the mission pays for the medicine we buy if we need it. The mission also has a doctor that all the missionaries talk to if they are sick. The mission also pays for that. I am fine now. I am feeling a lot better. Trust me if I was really sick I would tell you.

Things are going good, we had a better week this week. We found a family that is not married and the husband is not a member. The other missionaries that were here were teaching her before and they dropped them because they were not married and had some complications getting them married. We found them one day while contacting former investigators. They told us their story and we told them we would see what we could do. We know a person that works in the place where they marry people and the couple went and talked to her. The lady said that they could get married. So hopefully this week they will get married and her husband will get baptized this week or the next. We are pretty excited for that. Other than that we have just been working hard to find new investigators. The other elders that are living with us will be moving out this week and I think that things will be a lot better between me and Elder Martinez.

I'm glad that you got my letter mom.

I don't need any new shoes or anything, my shoes will hold up through my whole mission I'm sure. I am still wearing the first pair and the other 2 are still pretty much brand new.

I just want to tell you all that I know that the church is the only true church of God that has all the authority and Keys of the Priesthood. I know that through Jesus Christ we can overcome the two deaths that keep us from returning to live with God again. I know that families can be together forever and that we have a living Prophet on the earth today.

I love you all and thanks so much for all the letters. Have a great week. I am sending a picture with this letter to show you that I have gained a little weight....ha ha.

Love,

Sean

Brooke's weekend in Oceanside, CA!

I told Sean I would post some of my pictures from last weekend when I went to Oceanside with some friends...here they are!

The view from the condo we stayed in!

Myra, me and Mindy (my roommates)

Myra, Stephanie, me, Mindy and Natalie

After a morning walk on the beach!! Love it!!

Sean's E-Mail....Feb. 16, 2009

Hey Everyone,

Wow, a lot of questions about my new area. My new area is really good, I like it a lot better than my last area. There are a lot more families and houses in this area. We didn't really open a new area, it had Sister missionaries here before but they took them out and put 4 Elders in the area. We are living with 2 other Elders in our house, which is pretty fun and at the same time it is kinda distracting, especially because there are 3 Hispanics and me. So a lot of the time it's them and me solo, but it's all good.

The areas are not that big here because there are a lot of missionaries here in Cancun and a lot of work to do. Cancun is growing fast. They are going to be opening a 4th Stake in Cancun by the end of this year. My new area is not by the beach at all, it's like 10 miles in from the beach. The people in the Ward are really nice. The Ward is really big and all the callings in the Ward are filled. It is really nice to have a Ward that is really excited about missionary work and supports us when we need it. We have a lot of work to do here. The whole area is houses, there are thousands of houses and families.

We found a few new people this week and had 3 new investigators at Church. Two of them are a family that are really interested in the Church and learning more, they participated a lot in the classes. I am really excited for them. Other than that we have just been getting to know the area and the members.

We are working hard, I have to admit that I had a few down moments this week and got really frustrated with my companion one day. But with the Lord's help, and a lot of patience, I was able to get through it all fine.

I used some of the money that you gave me for Christmas to buy the game Monopoly. We play almost every night, after we plan for the next day. There are some perks to having 4 missionaries in 1 house.

Sorry to hear that Cory and family are not feeling good, I will make sure to pray for you this week. Thanks for all the letters that you sent this week and I will try and get some more pictures sent off this next week. Hope that this week is a good one for everyone and everyone is happy.

The Church is true and Joseph Smith really was a prophet of God. Have a great day! Sorry if I didn't answer all of your questions.

Love,

Sean

Pictures From Sean...Feb. 9, 2009