All is Well

Things are going great for Elder Hoggan, of course. His week flew by with exchanges, changes, and other happenings.

His washing machine problems are almost over. Price checking was done and the new one should be delivered on Wednesday. No more going to the laundromat.

Exchanges took place in Neuotting so Elder Hoggan could conduct his first baptismal interview. It was a cool experience! Tanja was baptized last Saturday and that was very special. Baptisms always are. Elders Hoggan and Quilter were in attendance on her big, extraordinary day.

Elder Hoggan had his first district meeting in Rosenheim with zone leaders. It was a review of their last zone conference and went really well. Elder Hoggan was pleased with how it went and he has a great district. His exchange was with Elder Morril, his zone leader, from Logan. They know some of the same people in Cache Valley. An appointment with a LA was missed due to getting on the wrong train, but they managed to set up a new one in that area with someone else. Who knows? Maybe something cool will happen there?

An MTC moment or movie experience took place on a different day with a member of the church who invited a friend over. They sat in a circle, taught this individual about the restoration, and he asked all of the right questions. He wants to meet with the missionaries again and wants to read the Book of Mormon. That day got even better! The Elders went to the church building to email some investigators and "just happened" to run into Hu, their chinese investigator. Contacting him has been hard due to Hu's technical difficulties/trouble with emails. An appointment was set up and this is another miracle!

Elder Hoggan's mission fasted on fast Sunday for the youth of the church to stay strong and that more would come to the fold. There were a ton of people, including non members, to Sacrament meeting due to a baby blessing. "If only we had this many every Sunday," thought Elder Hoggan. One day! One day!

Elder Quilter is super funny and always has a joke to tell. He grew up in Smithfield, Utah, but moved to Wales when he was 5 years old. Welsh is the craziest language ever and is super old, one of the oldest in the world. Elder  Quilter loves missionary work and Elder Hoggan loves him as a companion!

Elder Hoggan's last piece of good news was that his release date is 3/4/15!!!!!! WOW!!!!!