Well I hope everything is going well for everyone, things are going well here, we are just working as hard as we can, I am just trying to enjoy all the time I have left, and it has been awesome things are going well, we actually just got a ton of work done in are own area in the past day, which has been awesome. I have just enjoyed being here, I have also just loved being with the Porters they are awesome.

This past week we had to deal with a lot of crap and so that makes it fun and tiring, we had it by Saturday and then we actually got to take a Preparation day which was nice. Well I have to get going but I love you all and hope you have a wonderful day.

Love

Elder Elquist

I hope everyone is having a good day this wonderful February Morning and I hope that things are going well for everyone, things here are going amazing, I am loving life and just working as hard as I can. I wish I had more time in my area but that is the only thing that I can say. But I am busy which is good. Thanks everyone for the happy birthday wishes and for the prayers. I don't have tons of time this morning but just wanted to get on and tell everyone hi and that I am still alive. Take care.

Love

Elder Elquist

Elder Elquist, January 27th, 2013

Well this past week was really fun. To start off the week we ended up going to Dayton on Tuesday for zone conferences which was really fun to see my old zone and catch up on how are some of the people I taught were doing, so that was good stuff. Then Tuesday we were with the Cincinnnati North stake, and it went really well. Then Thursday finishing them up in Cincinnati East Stake, it went really well and we were able to get a lot of training done. It was super long though, it went until 5:30 that day.

Friday we had to go to a zone weekly planning session and it was really good, we had a lot of great stuff happen, in being able to see how the missionaries are doing there planning sessions. So that was good.

Saturday we met with President and ran errands and then Sunday we have had several people to stop by and then we were able to get a lot of stuff done today, that was pretty much all the stuff we were able to get done this week. Things have been really good though, just getting lots of work done and trying to stay as busy as possible.

The work in the mission is going awesome there is a lot of amazing things happening all over the place and it is going to be an awesome year for the mission this year.

Well I love you all tons and miss you.

 

Love

Elder Elquist

Well how is everyone doing this lovely December morning, everything is going really well here. I have been all over the place this last week, we didn't get time to work in are own area but it has been a blast. This past week the miracle that has happened is being able to pull off the Zone Conferences. It was a little shaky at first but we have been able to get them down, we still have 3 more to go but it is going to be a blast. Everything is going really well and we are just getting things done. Things are going well and we are just getting things done and trying to get as much done in the time we have. We never have time in the day to get everything done we need to. But we have to keep on moving forward. Well I love you all tons and miss you.

Love

Elder Elquist

January 13th, 2014

Well hello family, I don't have tons of time to write right now but I want to send you a quick email and just let you all know that I am alive and well, we have just been super busy with a bunch of stuff going. These next 2 weeks are going to be gone everyday except Saturday through Monday and then the same the next week. So it will be a lot of fun. So I have been getting questions a lot about when I email and stuff and when my preparation day is. The truth is we don't really get one, so when ever we have time to do stuff we do it. So I email occasionally during the week to get it all done and what not. But for the most part we are constantly busy doing something, we have about 24 exchanges to do and 4 weeks of traveling and trainings. So we are super busy. So it will be a lot of fun and time just flies.

I was going to try and email everyone but I just don't have the time, I will try to email everyone a little bit but for the most part I will email later in the week, when I have a chance.

But it has been amazing being here, it is sweet getting to watch President Porter work and just seeing how much the spirit guides him and helps him to guide the mission.

Well I love you all and miss you. Take care.

Love
Elder Elquist

December 30th, 2013

So how have you all been these past few days? I have been enjoying life and just loving everything. It was good to get to talk to a few of you on Christmas. Sorry for not being able to talk to you all of you, I was supposed to be done calling by about 12ish are time. So I will just talk to the rest of you all in person when I get home.
 

This past week has been insane, we had a super busy week of exchanges and Christmas stuff going on.
 

So Monday we were able to get a lot of stuff done and we had to be done with Preparation day at 1 so we could take the rest of it on Christmas. So we went on exchanges with the greenville which was good we got a lot of things done.
 

Tuesday was Christmas Eve and we went and had a good dinner with a great member family, really good food and it was good company.
 

Christmas day we woke up a little early and went down to dayton for breakfast and then made calls and played basketball and then went to appointments and then we had Brownies at a members house in Dayton which was a blast. Got to love Dayton.

Thursday we were on exchanges in Dayton and got to see a lot of people with the two different sets and get work done with them, try to get things moving more smoothly down there.
 

Friday we were told by the assistants to try to go round up one more baptism in the zone, so we went to Dayton again and couldn't get anyone on date. So the was a bummer.
 

Saturday more exchanges and soccer with the spanish branch. Then Sunday was calm, got to go give a blessing.
 

One thing that has been really cool is I have been working with a family that has a really bad addiction to drugs. What has been really cool is they are cleaning themselves up and making a lot of progress on that front. They are now 4 days clean and pushing strong and getting there lifes in order. The Dad actually came to church and it was awesome.
 

That was pretty much my week. Kind of packed full of exchanges and stuff not a ton of time in are own area. So that was pretty much it for us.
 

Well I love you all and hope you have a great rest of your day and happy New Years.

Love

Elder Elquist

Elder Braden Elquist, December 23, 2013

Wow how insane is it that it is pretty much Christmas again and we are getting to talk on Wednesday, it has been insane here with us, we have been super busy with the work just cruzing and getting things done. I can't believe how quick time is flying and we are just super busy with tons of stuff going on.

So one miracle that has been happening here is as a zone we have been struggling to get member present lessons and people at church and so we have been working really hard at changing patterns and getting stuff done. So this past week we actually were at the top of the mission for all of those except one. So we are doing a lot better and it has been awesome to see everything progress.

So Monday was a good day I am trying to think of what we did and I am having a brain fart right now so I am going to cheat and look in my planner. So Monday was preparation day and we got to get a lot of stuff done with that. We spent like 3 hours working out I am not going to lie and so I was getting ripped or attempting to. I actually ran a consistent 3 miles in 25 minutes. So I am pretty proud of that so I am going to continue to step that up and see how quick I can get it down. So Dad get ready to run when I get home.

Tuesday we had a pretty good day we were down in Dayton on exchanges and it is always a fun experience doing that and helping them out. I love working with the Elders down there and I get to see lots of cool people.

Then Wednesday we had a fun day with lots of stuff going on with Christmas conference in the next day. We got a call from President Porter telling us that Elder Thompson was leaving because another missionary went home so they needed him to go to muncie for 2 weeks then he is going to get transferred again.

Thursday was Christmas Conference and got to see a ton of missionaries and so that was tons of fun and had a lot of things happen.

Friday was the ward Christmas party and it was fun.

Saturday I went down to dayton again for and exchange on Sunday. So that was fun. The weather has also been treating us nice, it got up to 68 yesterday and it was awesome. So needless to say it has been a good week. Then to top things off I get to have a way awesome week this next week and we will see how it goes over the next little bit I am sure it will be awesome.

So yeah it has been and awesome few days and the work is going really well and things are taking off and heading in the right direction and getting stuff done. Well I look forward to talking with you some of you on Wednesday and others other times. Love you all and take care.

Love
Elder Elquist