Got a letter!:)

The man is in WASHINGTON getting his missionary on:) Elder Pedersen is his same, crazy, loveable self, but has also changed in sooo many ways... good ways, of course! (This, in the opinion of his older sister though!;))  But we got our first letter from him whilst out in the mission field!  We got a few from him while he was in the MTC- which he LOVED!  But the letters were a little personal to post.  SO... Here are some pics of him while he was in training AND his first postable letter.  Enjoy!:) :

From left: Scyler, Stefen, DP & Shadlan- infront of the Provo Temple
These are the awesome cousins that dropped him off at the MTC!

DP's way of doing his laundry... :)

Loving the falling snow! 
Behind him, if you take a right at that light,
you'll find where DP spent the first 3 years of his life while Dad was going to school!

...... Nerdy little missionaries! Haha :)

Elder Pedersen & Elder Stout (his MTC companion)

2-27-2011

Family of mine:

  It's Sunday, around 12:30ish, so lunch time. Church has been cancelled due to the icey roads and large amounts of snow we got.  With that again, my companion and I are not allowed to take the car out :( So we can't visit members of the ward or investigators.  We live in a 4-pack.  For those who don't know, there are 2 other Elders living with us.  It's very hard because not only do we split the same ward, but Elder Hanson and I are white washing!!  YAY!  Ha so both of us don't know the area or the people, and past records are useless because they cannot be read. 

  We have branched off just a little bit and gone tracting.  I love it so much; we have 6 return appointments and place 7 Book of Mormons.  Mom, you were right about the Spanish.  Some door's we knock on don't speak English so it's hard to ask if they want Spanish-speaking missionaries.  I'm working very hard on it, and studying certain questions & phrases.

  Side note though: one of the members own's a huge farm and 2 of their barn houses are a basketball & raquetball court!  Needless to say, most every night after planning we go and play, and I have yet to be beaten :)  Don't worry, I'm very humble :)

  I love crazy ties.... You were right again.  My companion got this cool tie from Hawaii and he said I couln't get a better one.  So if you find a really cool New Zealand tie......  Well tomorrow is P-Day!!  I'll send photo's in a week or so.  I love you all!

-Elder Pedersen



Gotta love that kid!  He wants more letters... He LOVES hearing from friends & family!  His new address is:

Elder David A. Pedersen
WA Everett Mission
P.O. Box 13390
Mill Creek, WA 98082-1390

So get those letters to him... I'm sure he'll so appreciate it!:)  And check back again soon. We'll keep updating as more letters from E. Pedersen are received!!!

Until next time...