Friday, June 19, 2009

6/19/09

Daniel has learned that with the combination of the Harrisburg and Pittsburg Missions, his next transfer will be on July 28. So, he will be in Middletown at least until then. With the Pittsburg Mission they have all the mail go directly to the missionary's address instead of through the mission home. So, use the address under his picture for all letters to him.

In his current location he is serving in the Hershey Ward. That ward also has some sister missionaries. The sisters are actually in Hershey, the elders in Middletown. Daniel says there are currently no members in Middletown. In this area Daniel is finally riding his bike. After doing this for a couple of weeks he is starting to get used to it.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

6/14/09
This week Daniel hits his half way point in his mission.

Last week Daniel was transfered from Johnstown to Middletown. Middletown is a community of about 10,000 people located about 15 miles southeast of Harrisburg. In his first e-mail from his new home he did not give us any information about the place or his new companion. That is at least partially because the computer he had to use at the local library caused him some problems and he did not have time to complete a longer e-mail. He did say he will be riding his bike in this area. The area is hilly so this caused him some concern with his asthma.

This is a small world and church. While in Johnstown Daniel got to know one of the families in that ward. It turned out that the wife in the family is from Mesa and has a sister who works for the City of Mesa. They really enjoyed getting to know Daniel and said he is doing a good job as a missionary.