Elder Jason Elquist - August 24th, 2014

Hey Guys,

So I finish my online test and class early so I get to email. Life in the MTC is going really well now, when I finally get use to the MTC I have to leave for the mission field. A Elder in my zone is suffering from some serious sin and he is still doing in it the MTC. He can't feel the spirit and he is blaming everyone around him because he can't feel the spirit. So my spiritual thought this week is repent now before you go on a mission because without the spirit with you on a mission you are just wasting the lord time and your own time. in the scriptures it says "For I the lord will not be mock" to me that means if you try to the lord work and you're sinning you are just making fun of the lord. I strongly suggest that anyone who is suffering from any sins that you should repent now. Saying you are going to repent later is just making fun of how the Lord Jesus Christ suffered for our sins. To me repentance is the biggest gift and blessing that Jesus Christ gave anyone and who ever is wasting that gift is the biggest idiot ever. 

On a happy note I leave for airport at 4:30 in the morning for a flight that leaves at 8:40 am... OK that is not really a happy thought for me but I know the lord will bless me because I serving him.

Who ever is going on mission should prepare now to better serve the lord. I strongly suggest that you guys should study the scriptures and the bible because my TRC investigator really knows the bible. You should study the bible not to bible bash but to best be able to tie bible stories to book of Mormon stories.

Love you guys,

Elder Jason Elquist( Big J)

Editorial note:  We had a chance to talk with Jason on Tuesday, both when he was at the Salt Lake airport and again when he arrived in San Diego.  He is doing amazingly well now!

A New Beginning - Elder Jason Elquist, August 18th, 2014

Brief note from Mike (Dad).  Jason has had a rough start, with a lot of being homesick, but things are looking up for him now.  This is his first group email from the MTC.

"Hello the MTC is kicking my butt, the food is destroying me, lets just say I have spent a lot of time in the bathroom. I keep on Having to tight my belt a little each day. Last Thursday it was really hard and I was thinking about calling dad and telling him to pick me up. But I decide that I should get down on my knees and pray for help. The next morning when I woke up I felt this feeling of peace come over me and I knew i'm where Heavenly farther wants me. I know I have a lot of weakness but if i turn to the lord he will make my weak things become strong. love you guys

Love

Elder Elquist"

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