Mtn Dew Heaven!

Dear All Of you from near and far! 

I think one day before I go home I will run out of creative ways to start these emails....lets pray that doesn't happen :) No one likes a boring email haha

This week was a pretty good week! Elder Wankier and I are having a lot of fun and we are also working hard! I have to tell you a story real quick that happened to us on Tuesday Morning. It does deal with why the title of this email is the way it is. 

Tuesday Morning, we were getting ready and waiting for a guy named Pastor Yost to come pick us up so that we could help him at his food pantry at his church. Now Quick back ground on Pastor Yost, He is a Lutheran Pastor at a church in our area, missionaries met him, he started taking the lessons and is not currently being taught by our Zone Leaders because he lives in their area. So in short, he loves having us help him whenever we can with service and what not. We get a text from him saying, "Hey boys, I have your Mt. Dew Fix for the Week in the back of my car if you wanna come out and get it." Elder Wankier and Look at one another and are like, "DUDE! SICK!!!" We went out to his car and gave him a hug, and then he opened his trunk and there sitting in the back of his car are 9 twelve packs of Mt. Dew for Elder Wankier and I ....0.0 We just about passed out in the parking lot seeing this! haha We then carried it upstairs to our fridge and stuffed our fridge with all of it! haha We also have two 2 liters of Mt. Dew in our fridge now as well. They are also from Pastor Yost who calls the 2 liters our "I.V's" haha yeah this guy is my hero he rocks my socks! haha you will pleased to know that as of today we have drinkin about 2 and a half twelve packs together with in the last 5-6 days haha :D

Other than that things have been the same old same old! My companions Birthday was on Saturday and we totally forgot about it. ( i know sad right?) until we got a text from the Assistants saying "Happy Birthday Elder Wankier!" Then we were like, oh yeah, hmmm thats cool you want another Mt. Dew? haha yeah we are awesome and partying it up here in Liverpool! Hope everyone else had a sweet week! I miss Partying with so many of you through out my mission and you back home as well! 

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Love Ya's! 

-Elder Zenger

'Cusen It... Take 3!

WHY HEEELLLOOO!!!! (mrs. doubtfire's voice) 

As you know last week was transfer week and I am now in Liverpool New York! I am back in Syracuse for the 3rd time. There must be something or someone here that I keep avoiding and have to keep coming back for. But I have feeling that this might be my last stop on my mission, since my new companion Elder Wankier goes home at the end of this transfer, so I will have a new companion next transfer for sure! But who knows, I might be able to go 1 more place before I go home! 

Other than that, Liverpool is pretty good! I love being here so far! It is weird being in a HUGE ward that had youth, bishopric, a huge building, tons of active members, I about passes out walking into the chapel on sunday from seeing all these people! haha I am so used to being in small units like Massena, Owego, and Greenwich! But I will admit that as much as I love the big ward, I miss the small branches a lot more because you get to become a lot closer with everyone. We get to hang out/do service with a guy named Pastor Yost! Who is a Lutheran Pastor here in Liverpool who has actually been taking lessons from the missionaries since last year and is thinking about becoming a member! Pretty cool eh? He is literally like the Trimms, and Dennis Elliot from back in Massena put together! This man is awesome haha we got to help him with some service this last week and he gave us a tour of his church building and went through and explained all the different little things on what they mean and why they are there. It was really cool!

I was going to send ya'll pictures from last transfer... but I forgot my camera cord! -.- I now have a computer I can send pictures with and I forget my cord haha but I will PROMISE to send you all pictures next week because I know you all want to see and not just read/hear what is going on haha 

I love you all and miss you all where ever you may be very much! I hope that the Lord will be with you and bless you all through out this week and always till we meet again someday!

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Love Ya's! 

-Elder Zenger

Transfers Week Son!

Dear you peoples of the Earth! (or the people of back west..haha)

SO this week  was transfer call week and I have to tell ya it was a mind blowing transfer call week! I am getting transfered to Liverpool to be with Elder Wankier for his last transfer and Elder Maxwell is staying and getting a new 2nd transfer trainer! The Huffs (Senior Couple) went home this morning and there was a ton of tears shed from the members of the Massena Branch yesterday during church. It was both of Joy and sorrow. Tears of joy were shed for they now have a new Branch President who is not a missionary and soon will have a full Branch Presidency in the up coming week. They also received a Branch mission leader as well who is not a missionary. The tear that were shed for joy, were for how much this branch has grown and how many blessing and miracles the Lord has given to the people of the Massena Branch.

The tears of Sorrow where from of course those who are leaving the Massena Branch and are saying Good-byre for now, but not forever. For all of those who are reading this that are members of the Massena Branch, the Syracuse Ward, the Owego Ward, and the Greenwich Branch, I have grown to love each of you so much! The Lord knows when I start getting to comfortable and that is when I need to go and be comfortable with others and help them as I hope and pray that I have helped each of you in some way or another. If you all think that I am not going to come back after my mission is over to visit and do stuff with all of you... all I can say is if you don't believe me, talk to mom the coordinator! :) I know that most of you if not all of you who read this have her on facebook and chat with her all the time. haha 

Change is good, the Gospel is the Gospel of change! Life is all about change, but you are the only one who gets to decide if it is going to be a good change or a bad change, but I can promise you all that if you trust in the Lord our God, and our savior Jesus Christ, the change that will happen if your life no matter what it is, will always be a change for the good. That is one thing I have learned on my mission and in the last 6-12 weeks being in Massena, is to trust in the Savior above any one else and to make sure I do my best for him and all will be well. I know this to be true and I know this Gospel to be true with all my heart! Nothing will be able to change that, I so testify in the name of our friend and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. 

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Love Ya's! 

-Elder Zenger

The Impossible Happened!! Jul 7th

Dear Family and Friends,

This week has literally been awesome and horrible at the same time. The beginning of this week was really good until yesterday.....the impossible literally has happened. Yesterday I got in a small accident with the car....Not with anyone...with a telephone pole....yeah smart right? I was backing up out of the drive way and we were being disobedient and my trainee didn't back me up and I didn't back into the Drive way like I was supposed to and I dented the and driver side car door and scratched pretty bad. We don't have to pay for as far as we know of yet cause I am doing all the insurance stuff and he told me that I am not allowed to drive for a little bit because I was disobedient. "Its an expensive way to learn Elder but I hope you have learned yer lesson!" is what president told me on the phone. So I feel like dirt like I should so oh well.

That literally was my week, the 4th was pretty good we spent time with the trimms (a recent convert family) and we had a blast!

I don't have much to say because I feel like crap but life moves on!

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Love Ya's! 

-Elder Zenger

Believe in Yourself - Jul 14th

Dear those who I care about and think about daily,

This past week has been an amazing week! So much has happened it has made literally so full of joy, I cannot express in words the least I feel.

This week we did not have very many lessons we taught. We taught a total of 2 lessons. 1 with Syd Trimm (Investigator) and to her parents Debbie and Tracey Trimm ( Recent Converts) Which is as always a grand ol' time! Especially since all of them have come a very very long way since the day the Church had entered into their lives. We sadly had a ton of people to see and other appointments that did not even go through. We have done a lot of finding since Elder Maxwell (My son/Trainee) Which means a lot of phone calls, visiting, and tracting. Which has been good for the both of us to get out and know the area a little better and to see more opprotunites that can lie ahead for those who are "searching to know the truth, but don't know where to find it."

Here is the spin on all of this! This week is what I consider a great and marvelous week because I have been blessed to progress and move forward with faith Mentally and Emotionally with all things. I have been doing my best this week (with the Help of my blessed compaion and the Lord) to not dwel on the negitive, sad, and unecessary things that was surrounding me for not just the last year and a half, but for the Last 19 years of my life. The little nick, picky things that I skipped over as I have come on a mission that I thought to myself, "Those aren't a big deal! They will go away on its own." When they didn't. my mind set is a new when it comes to "JUST DOING IT!" and not worrying about the many out comes that stop me from doing things that I am totally capable of doing. It has not only made me happier, but it has fully made me trust in the Lord more and act upon my faith as a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. I feel happy, my mind is more clear, I don't feel worried about things that I shouldn't! and I know that it is a true blessing from God as he has helped me get to this point by putting people and opportunities in my path to help me continue forward doing what he would have me do.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is a true Gospel of change. Change menatly, emotionally, and spiritually for the better!  The Lord designed this gospel for us to become the best of who we can become! And he is willing to hlep us and guide us all along the way if we let him and "Just Do It!" It will help us in ways that we can even imagine they will help. All you got to do is:

"Believe in Yourself, Trust in the Lord, Knowing that he did all of this for you!"

I love you all and hope that as you pray, read, attend church where ever that may be, that the Lord will help you, guide you, and bless you. I also hope and pray that you will allow him to do so, allow him to help you, change you, and have you become who he designed you to become from the beginning! That is what he has done and is continually doing for me each and every day! I hope that you too can one day do the same.

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Love Ya's! 

-Elder Zenger

Dream Big, Work Hard, and Stay Humble.- Jul 28th

Dear all you amazing peoples!

This week has been a kind of a dull week for Elder Maxwell and I. We had 2 major meetings this week that took 2 days out of this week for us to go out and work. I will explain how those days went:

WEDNESDAY:

On wednesday's we have district meeting at 1:00 and we are asked to be there by 12:30 so we have to leave Massena with the other Elders at noon so that we can be in Potsdam by 12:30. District Meeting goes from 1:00-2:30 and then we have to clean up so in all reality we don't leave until 3. this week however we didn't leave at all because we had to go down in the Zone Leaders Truck to Utica (Mission Home) to stay the night because we had whats called return and report for all trainers and trainees on thursday in the morning.So after District meeting we have to wait for the Zone Leaders to come and meet us at the Chapel as well as the Platsburg sisters who are doing down with us in the Truck. Once they all got here and we left, it was about 5:00pm we were told to be in Utica By 8:45. On the way we had to stop for some dinner at subway and we had to pick up another set of elders in Carthage and we got lost cause the mission office gave us the wrong address to their appartment so we didn't get to Utica until 9:45pm.

THURSDAY:

The Next morning we had to be out of the Mission Home by 8am and be over at the chapel to help set up for the meeting. the meeting started at 9am and ended at 4pm. Talk about a long day! We then had to travel all the way back to Carthage to drop off the Carthage Elders which took 2 hours and then to Potsdam which took an hour and a half and then back to Massena which was another 30 min. and we got home to our appartment at 9:30

That is the only epic thing that happened this week on my end haha but I do have pictures to send you all! I am finally on a computer that will let me use my flash drive! :D

I love you all and hope you have a safe, blessed week this week :)

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Love Ya's! 

-Elder Zenger

What do you do in the Summertime? Jul 21st

Dear you folks out there that I love so much!

This week has been a good week! We picked up 3 new investigators and was able to see some miracles happen this week to most of the Branch Members and those who are soon hopefully going to be Branch members as they went on a trip this last weekend with the Senior Couple to the Hill Cumora pagnet and went to the different church sites in Palmyra! I will not mention names or in detail the experiences for they are special to those whom it happened to.

All I am going to say is that all who went on that trip this last weekend came back and had their entire countance change. They came back uplifted, happy, excited, closer to one another and closer to our Savior Jesus Christ. I have seen a lot of these people take big steps forward in things that before they told us and others they would never ever do! And yet after this weekend when they had some amazing experiences with one another and with the Holy Ghost, they were able to over come their fears and trust in God! It makes me over joyed to know that Miracles to happen, and prayers are definatly answered and God still does care and love you! I have seen it many times through out my mission, but I have never seen it happen like this where it has effected so many people in so many different ways. The Gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored by God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ personally along with their heavenly messangers who restored those sacred and eternal priesthood keys and powers to the earth through the Prophet Joseph Smith to help prepare and build the Lords kingdom in these last days before teh 2nd coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. I love him and this gospel so much words and emotions cannot describe what I feel. Not to the least degree.

Keep the faith, stay strong, trust in the Lord your God, and he will bless you and answer your prayers! and I promise that it will be on his time and it will be worth the wait. ever single second of it. I do say this in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, the Savior and Reedeemer of the World, Amen.

P.S sorry no pictures.... the computers that let us send pictures are still off getting fixed :P

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Love Ya's! 

-Elder Zenger