Turkey week! 🦃🍠🍴

 Good morning! Thank you again so much, for asking us to visit Regina! It went super well! She thought we were JW’s at first, but after that, she let us in and we started talking. She was super nice, and after talking for a while, she asked “What exactly do Mormons believe in?” So we gave her, and her daughter a copy of the Book of Mormon, and she invited us to come next Wednesday! It was such an awesome experience! 

     As for Thanksgiving, we’re pretty set! We’re going to play basketball with some members, then have dinner with another family! We also were invited to a youth turkey dinner last week, and they gave us leftovers, so I’ve been living off of Turkey, the past week. It freaks be out a bit, realizing I’ll be home, this time next year. 

     

Thank you again! Heavenly Father’s blessed me, to have a Mother like you! I love you!

Love,

Elder Mattinson

Our day in Cynthiana

First (Mission) Anniversary!

     Morning! Good to hear both the address, and videos got a laugh. We live in Bourbon county, as well, in case you couldn’t get enough bourbon. I’ll have to keep an eye out for Elder McHenry. Things are great, here in Paris, right now! The ward is super supportive of missionaries, as you saw. This is Elder Webster’s first area, so he’s been here for about 4 months. We do have one person especially to pray for, her name is Anahi. She’s 19, and is planning on a baptism for the 9th of Dec. she’s such a sweet girl, and already knows the Book of Mormon is true, so we’re just praying for her, that nothing comes up. 

     As for Christmas, I’m still good on clothes,  maybe just some black socks, and a solid color sweater? Even just an Amazon gift card would do the trick, I’m just thankful for anything! 

I love you too, and hope your week’s great! Here’s to the next year!

Love,

Elder Mattinson

Details Incoming!

Good morning!  First off, it’s great to be in Kentucky again! Paris reminds me a lot of Mt. Sterling, I like it. My new companion’s Elder Webster, who just finished training last transfer. He’s a great missionary, we get along well. 

     As a matter of fact, our area does cover Cynthianna! We would love to teach her, if you can send her info, and let her know, that’d be stellar!  3 Nephi is definitely one of the best parts of the BOM for me, too. I especially love how it shows how God hasn’t changed. He spoke to the Israelites, he spoke to the Nephites, and he will speak to us.

     Halloween was pretty crazy. First off, the Elder who left Paris accidentally took the car keys, so we couldn’t do too much. Even then, we can’t proselyte after 6 on Halloween, so we spent the night with members. 

Thank you so much for everything! It’s so great to know you’re practicing what we preach, and sharing the gospel! I love you!

Love,

Elder Mattinson

Should I stay, or should I Go?

     Good morning!  Hope your weekend was nice, mine was a bit hectic. We got transfer calls, late last night, and I'm going to Paris!...Kentucky. Still pretty good, though.  Thank you again for the package, the pumpkin overload was appreciated! Saturday, I got a package from Aunt Nenie, as well, so I guess great minds think alike! Turns out we're allowed to do family history, after prostelyting hours, so I took some time to learn to index. Worked pretty well, on the Ipad. I honestly can't belive it's been a year. It feels like just yesterday, walking into the MTC. Fast or not, it's been worth every minute. You stay warm this week, I love you!

Love,

Elder Mattinson

District Service Project

Crazy, wet hike

Good afternoon! It's only one, but we've already had a heck of a day.  We got up at 5:30 am, to go hike Clifty Falls, with the District. It was pouring rain, so we were soaked, by the end of it. I think we hiked about 3 miles, up & down the canyon. It was nuts. We did get a chance to play that game last week, that was pretty fun, too. Transfers are coming up this Saturday, and it sounds like there's a chance I'm leaving. I'll let you know if I do. I'm excited for the package, and I'll send pictures soon!

-love,

Elder Mattinson

Rainy Trip to Clifty Falls

     Good evening! Sorry about taking so long, and not being able to write personal emails, we spent all day doing service in Madison. We helped build a pit, for a game called Gagaball. It's kinda like dodgeball. It was pretty fun! We spent a lot of time hitting the pavement, this week. Tracting a bunch. It went really well, we found 7 new investigators, this week!  We're also planning for a service activity, in Scottsburg, helping a member on his farm. Again, I'm really sorry about not writing everybody, I promise I will next week!

I love you all,
Elder Mattinson

Good afternoon! 

General  conference was great! I really liked Elder Renlund's talk, about how there's no coincidences, with God. Our week was pretty good, we didn't have too much luck with investigators, but we did meet some new less actives! One of them, was a pretty interesting experience. She had been manipulated into baptism, and didn't know anything about the church. Her husband passed away recently, and wanted to know where he is. We taught her the Plan of Salvation, and she was so happy! It was great! I hope we can help her return to the fold. We only had one less-active member come to conference, but he came to three sessions, so that was great! 

Anyhow, I think I'm pretty good on stuff, so anything you send is appreciated! Thank you so much!

Many much Love,

Elder Mattinson