Elder Zenger is forgetful, here's a snippet from mine.

I did not get transferred! And neither did my companion Elder Cosman. In fact, he is now our new district leader for our district since our district leader is going home concluding his mission for the lord. Funny enough, even though he is the district leader, I am still the senior compaion for our companionship. This kind of situation has never happend that I know of. So it will be a little wierd. 

Haha The knitting isnt going as well as I thought it was going to go. Haha infact I have decided that knitting isnt for me haha I am going to however start learning how to croshea (I cant spell dont judge) haha (crochet)
 

Yesterday on our way home and to church, it was 17 freakin degrees! There is little snow here like maybe a very thin layer, but it is now all ice cause of the temprature. Haha otherbthan that things are going great.
 
Love yas!
Elder Zenger

I am such a HORRIBLE person! (he's so dramatic, lol)

Dear Ere'one who reads my emails/Facebook posts/ where ever else this is posted! haha

I have to admit that I have been slacking in Emails since I got to Owego. Which is weird because we use the computers at the church building in the Family History Center instead of the Library. (which is good cause that means I am not timed on the computer haha) But I have repented and am going to write to all of the happenings that have happened here in the Land of Owego! (Newark Valley) I also have pictures this week as well! haha

This past week has been a pretty good and uplifting week! I have to tell you first off of an adventure that my companion and I went on this week as we walked home from the top of a road (hill) called Silk. We went and visited a family up at the tippy top of this hill called Silk Rd. The area we were in is literally all farm, trees, and just a whole bunch of nature looking stuff! haha On the way down the hill, we decided to take a short cut across what looked like someones ATV course (homemade) and through an empty field, and down to the main road. The reason we thought this was a good idea, was because the road was steep, but through the field, it wasn't as steep. So Elder Cosman and I took off on an adventure down to the main road. To all you Cartoon Network fans, I did indeed say to my companion, "It's ADVENTURE TIME!" He thought I was crazy and weird. haha 

On the way down through this ATV course, we got mud on our shoes, panets, and socks. I felt so epic! When we got to the field, it was a cotton field, so my jacket and parts of my pants were completely covered in little pieces of cotton. By the time, we got back to our apartment, we looked like we were homeless missionaries begging for food. (which if you think about that....that defines a missionary right there haha) We told one another that we should probably stick to the road next time unless there is dry and clear ground. haha 

In closing I want to share with ya'll the compliment I got from a member at a dinner appointment the other day, she looked at me (she is older) and told me that she noticed that I was loosing weight! :D This got me so excited! I did feel and see that I have gotten a little thinner but not to much. I jumped on the scale the next day, and to my surprise, I gained 6-10 pounds in the past 10 months of my mission. Which is actually really good, but I don't want the extra weight! haha How does it work that I am loosing body fat but yet gaining weight? This boggles my mind! haha I know what you are all going to say, " That means you are gaining muscle! Muscle weighs more!" Which is true, but I still have the same sissy muscles I had before I left haha I can promise you that. ;) 

Anyways in closing, I wanted to let you all know that I love you! and that today, Monday, the 18th of November, I am learning how to knit from a member! and yes it is a manly thing to do! xD haha Well kinda....I am still going to learn though! haha 

Love yas! 

Elder Zenger

**Side note from his mom - These pictures make him look HUGE, his shirt is way too big that he is wearing.  Since he mentions his weight in this email, I had to side note that - he has lost weight, these pictures look the opposite.  Sigh.

Short Note 11/11/13

Elder Anthony Zenger didn't have time to send his normal letter so I've done a composite between his responses to his dad and I. =]

Greetings!

Things here have been good, I feel like I am not lost in the dark in this area any more and my companion still hates the fact he left Liverpool (north of the 'cuse) and that he is here. He was trained there and has been their for 5 months, so I think its a good thing he was the one that traded places with Elder Jensen because it is super obvious, (especially for what president has been telling him) that he was way to comfortable there. I think this is funny, My companion, Elder Cosman, who is from Canada (new brunswick) says it is cold in our appartment when it is 64 degrees -.- haha he lives in colder and he acts like it is like below 0 in our apartment! haha he hasn't had a winter out here on his mission yet, so this is his first He will have to get used to it, cause ere' one says that this winter is going to be a bad one since the past couple years have been super mild. I am excited! but yet I am not at the same time haha Good thing for sweaters, long sleeves, and blankets! haha

In my area Owego (technically Newark Valley, We don't cover Owego at all, that's the sisters area) we have a ton of seasonal roads we have to travel on that get us places quicker and use less miles (until there is snow then we cannot use them) and since at about 5:45-6pm it gets literally pitch black outside.

Well much love and blessing to ya this week, and I will talk to you soon!

Love,
Elder Zenger

Week of UPS, Downs and All Arounds

Dear all who read my emails to the WORLD! (ok, not the world, just a few places here and there haha)

This past week has been the most interesting week since I got here to Owego! This past week we have had the temprature drop quite quickly! In fact, on the way home from church yesterday it snowed a little bit! 0.0 Not enough to stay on the ground though, We did also have everything frost over when we got up this morning. It was freakin cold! I hate the winter, but love the snow, its a love hate relationship. ;D haha

Now I am going to tell you a story of what happened to Elder Jensen and I last Friday. We got home early from doing missionary work, and decided that we would make some phone calls while one of us was swinging on the swing outside. So when it was my turn to swing on the swing, we get a phone call, as Elder Jensen is making phone calls. This phone call was from President Wirthlin. Now, ever since I got here, Elder Jensen and I have always joked around saying that president was going to call us and some one would get Emergency Transferred to another area. We ran up stairs into our apartment where it was warmer and were we could get a better signal. Sure enough, the phone call was for Elder Jensen, he was getting Emergency Transferred to Liverpool in Syracuse the next day.

I am now Senior Companion in an area where I don't know ere' one, and with a new companion, Elder Cosman from New Brunswark Canada. My world got flipped upside down and am now doing the same thing I did when I got to Greenwich with Elder Dalton on another Emergency Transfer, except this time, I am the one taking over the area instead of the one being transferred. 

I am going to the best I can to make the best of it and Elder Cosman and I have both agreed that we will do our best with what we have in the 3 weeks left of this transfer and with this whole situation. Other than that things have been pretty good and I will keep in touch and try and do the best I can to write these emails each week and not be lazy like I did last week xD haha 

I love you all and know that I am not upset or depressed about this whole situation. I am just still in shock that it happened (again). The Lord knows what he is doing and according to president, it helped with what he and the Lord has planned for this next upcoming transfers. So, I guess everything workes out in the end and we all live and move on! :D

Love yas! 

Elder Zenger

Hello Again

Hello Again-

My companion's name is Elder Jensen. It's only been a week and a half I have been here in this area 2 weeks on Tuesday, I am getting used to the change, we do have investigators, but I have only been able to meet 2 of them and they are a couple who have no religious backgrounds. But we have been doing a lot of walking lately because we have absolutely no miles to use this month for the car so we have no choice. The other day we walked up and down what is called "Boswell Hill" like 4 different times from top to bottom and went in 5 circles in 2 different neighborhoods. It was one heck of a walk! haha But we did get to meet a couple that invited us back and hopefully we can teach them! I am not senior companion, I am Junior companion again and Elder Jensen has been here for 4 months before I got here. We have a ward, which is kinda small but our building is the stake house and its design is called the Legacy. You should look it up, its so freakin cool! I would also like you to try an make an email, or put this one as the community email because I have no time nor pictures to do it and so yeah....I hope that things are going well and continue to do so!

Elder Zenger

Transfers!!

Dear All Family and Friends,

As you have noticed, I have did not send out an email last week. I do have a reason for it, Last week was transfers as you know and they moved back transfers from wednesday to tuesday. Since Monday was a holiday, everything was closed so I didn't get a chance to email because I did indeed get transferred. I did find out though at transfers that President did send out a text to everyone that he gave us permission to use members computers to email on monday, and we never got the text which didn't please me to much... haha oh well, all is well! 

So I am now in a place called Owego, with my new companion Elder Jensen! I have now been on every boarder of the mission except up north by Canada! Which I hope doesn't happen (if it happens) during winter. We have been so busy this past week with teaching, getting to know members and what not that I am just blown away that it is already monday! 0.0 I will make a more detailed email next week but we have stuff to do and I just got done emailing all yalls (before I wrote and sent this) which was about 20 emails.....I feel skilled haha just kidding, but I do have pictures from when I left Greenwich and will send them with this email if I can! I love you all and hope that the Lord will bless you all this up coming week! 

Love,

Elder Zenger

Peace, Comfort, and Guidance through the Lord's Servants

My Dear Family and Friends,

This week has been an incredible week for me personally and my spirit is full with love, comfort, peace, and assurance. I defiantly feel like a new person, a new man, and a new servant of the Lord.

This past weekend we had the 183rd Annual General Conference, where we got to hear from Prophets, seers, and revelators in this dispensation. What a blessing it has been to be able to hear from these men who have been called of God to speak to us the things which the Lord has need us to hear. I have been so uplifted in all the things which the speakers in General Conference have spoken about. I have been uplifted, to a point where words cannot truly describe. I hope that all of you who have either missed parts of conference, watched only a few sessions, or didn't get to hear or watch any of it, to go online and watch, listen, and read the things which the Lord have need us to hear at this time through his servants which he has truly called and ordained. For the Lord has said to the prophet Joseph Smith in a revelation in the Doctrine and Covenants,"For whether it be my voice, or the voice of my servants, it is the same." When Elder David A. Bednar came to our mission at the beginning of this year, an Elder asked him a question on what we should do when to prepare for conference, he said, (this is not a direct quotation) "Never write down anything anyone says at the pulpit. When you do so, you are making Large Plates that won't mean anything to you in month or a year from now. Instead write down what the spirit tells to you. When you do this you are making Small Plates in which you are writing down things that the spirit prompts you to write down during those talks." By taking his advice this General Conference, I have indeed felt more engaged in what the speaker had to say and I found myself looking for what the spirit had to teach me about what the person was saying, and it had more meaning to me. I know and can testify, that as you read, ponder, and apply the things which you have read, listened to, or watched this conference, and apply them into our daily lives, that we can and will become closer to our father in heaven, and it will become easier to stay on the path of righteousness we have so graciously placed our feet upon. I promise you that the Lord lives, and that he wants to do all he can to help you, to let you know that he loves you, and that he is there at anytime that you need him, even in the times you think you don't need him. 

I love you all and hope that this week will bring you all happiness, joy, and peace, as you go about  your daily lives doing the things which you do. I love you all and may be the Lord bless you and your families for ever and ever.

Love,

Elder Zenger

P.S Sorry no pictures this week, My camera died and I have been to lazy to charge it yet haha Next week might be different!