The Monk Bunch: Matt's letter for Feb. 27, 2012

Hey Mom!
Monday, February 27, 2012

ok ok crazy week. Zone conference was good but first; let me tell you some stuff!

Monday we were reading scriptures with John and another exchange student from Saudi Arabia came down and asked if he could join! We taught him about the Book of Mormon and Jesus Christ and he said that he wants to learn more! We also got him a BOM in Arabic! :) He is gone to Saudi Arabia for a month, so when he gets home. We'll teach him! But if he converts, I guess he can be killed when he goes home. We talked to president and he said we could teach him though! Woo! His name is Raed.

We got to do a lot of tracting this week. It was AWESOME! It just feels good to go and do good things, even if you don't get to talk to a lot of people. It felt good to work really hard.

We had Zone Conference - Way good! It was a real dumping of spirit. We taught about Teaching for Understanding and then we role-played teaching in front of everyone! Yikes! But it went really good. President talked a lot, and it was super good. He just has such a strong spirit. Love him!

Friday we had dinner with Kristi Eide and her mom, they live in Malibu Lake. Beautiful! They are so sweet. We played our lame board game and then watched the reflections of Christ DVD - Another Testament. Awesome! Kristi is less active, but a sweetie pie. We love her lots!

We also taught Bree. She is so sweet! We talked a lot about her brother Robby on his mission, and her testimony. She is so solid! We love her tons. Then we accidently left our phone at her house, so we had to use our neighbors to call her and get it... it was great! haha! :)

We have little GPS things in our car that track our driving and speed, and at zone conference we got little card, and whenever we drive we have to log in and then if we do something wrong, it tells us and reports it to the president! Yikes. I guess our mission was chosen randomly... It’s crazy though. His name is Tiwi.

Saturday we played ultimate Frisbee with the ward and some non-members. It was way fun! Then Ryan Henley (Our investigator that’s getting baptized April 6) bought us frozen yogurt. We set up with our Ward Mission Leader to watch the Joseph Smith movie at his house that night. We taught Jennica Webb in Agoura (Her dad films NCIS) then headed to Chris' for the movie. While waiting to start we were goofing around and sliding on the wood floor, and I got the BIGGEST splinter in the bottom of my foot. YIKES! Chris' dad pilled it out for me, and him mom saved the evidence (That i taped into my journal). It was NASTY. Now i can't walk at all! It hurts a lot. Haha! But it’s ok :) Crazy times!

Well, that was pretty much our week in a nutshell! Nothing too crazy. Its good to hear from you! I got the newsletter - thanks!! Sounds like everyone is doing great. Sorry that the fence blew over. That sucks! But you'll get through it! :) I love you tons! Have a good week!

Elder Matthew Monk

California Ventura Mission

Jan. 2011 - Jan. 2013