Man we are being blessed here in the area! We had a referral this last week from Mormon.org and man are they ever prepared to hear the gospel. It was a girl named Hannah and she is only 13 but she is like the most mature 13 year old person boy or girl that i have ever met!! So the whole back story to this is that two Sundays ago we got the referral and we just dropped everything and ran over there to contact her. When we got there it was just the greatest thing in the world! Hannah was just so excited to see that the Book of Mormon was actually given to her and her dad showed a little interest in learning more about the church as well and every thing just seemed to be happening to well for these parts. So we finished talking to them made a return appointment with them. So we walked back to the car and once we got in the car both Elder Ginos and i just had this overwhelming feeling that we just need to pray and thank the Lord for this wonderful experience. As we were praying the thought came to mind to pray for them to have the strength to overcome any kind of anti material or anti talking from anyone that they meet with in between our visits. So we said another prayer and corrected that cause we asked in our prayer that the Lord would take away all trials. And at that point we decided that sometime during the week we would fast for them as well. So it came to the day of the fast and it was the coldest day that we have had so far, and everything was just off that day. But we kept going, we actually had a really good day planned out lots of lessons and all that jazz,, so we went through studies planned and studied for all these people. On our way to our first appointment the person called and canceled on us and we were like ah okay lets go just contact people. And with in 10 mins after that all our lessons for the day canceled on us. We had nothing! It was a day full of just contacting and trials! But we held on strong to our fast and tried to keep good spirits. At the end of the day it felt good even with all those trials. So it came to the day of our lesson with Hannah!! All day long Elder Ginos was saying that our lesson was at 6:30, and i kept thinking to myself i thought we planned that for 6.... But i never said anything i kept looking at my planner and that is when i had it written down for but just thought it was me writing things down wrong. But it came down to like 30 mins before our lesson with them and elder Ginos kept saying that it was at 630 so i finally spoke up and asked him if it was at 630 or 6. So it took a minute to convince him to look at his planner and check for himself, it ended up that he also had it written down at 6. So we made it there on time, her dad was sitting in on the lesson and he was pretty knowledgeable about our church. It was a little interesting... Cause he would throw out all the faults of our church but not really like in a rude way but just pointing everything out... So i was a little worried about it all. So there was a little bit of anti coming from her dad, as well she told us about she talked to one of her teachers and she totally went off and told her that we didnt believe in Christ and all these crazy other things!! But she ended up saying that she didnt care cause she just wanted to learn more from people that actually knew what they were talking about! So we kept going through our lesson and all through out it kind of seemed that the dad was just kinda sitting there to watch over us and just learn about the history of our church. But when we started talking about the apostasy and the restoration of the gospel he totally changed! Everything about him just started to work on him! The spirit was there so so strong! We have a return appointment with them this week and the dad wanted us to come back! The Lord was watching over us and blessing us with so so much!

The rest of the week has been a blur... Its all just going by so fast! Its week 6 and that means next week are transfers and i am like sitting on the fence on whether i want to stay or get transferred. Cause if i stay that means i will be here for the rest of my mission and be in MLC for 14 months of my mission... Ha and i just kinda want to go get doubled in to an area and train for my last two transfers. That is a weird thought though that i only have two transfers left on my mission... It is a little weird to think. Kinda scary haha. 

Man i love you all!! I miss you all so so much! And i hope that you all know that i pray for you all every single day in almost every single prayer that i say! I am doing really well right now just enjoying life and living it up. I have this annoying little cough but hey its all good nothing to much :)  I will keep everyone in my prayers!! 

Elder Dennison  

Well this week was a good one! We have seen miracles here in the area! Lots and lots of them! We have been finding so many prepared people and the weird part is that they are all really young people like high school age... Its really different talking to younger people, i find it easier to talk to like 40 year old men then younger people... Ha that is just the way the cookie crumbles now days. 

We do have a guy set for baptism on November 22nd! that is pretty sweet! He was studying with the Jehovah Witness most of his family is Jehovah witness and they all hate the fact that he is studying with us. It is just an awesome story i will have to tell yall more when i have more time. But he came to church for the first time yesterday and ah man it was just so stinking awesome! We had a media referral this last week as well, and we went over and it was this whole family that wants to be taught. We are thinking that they went and seen Meet the Mormons. Man that movie was just an amazing thing! I am super happy to hear that you all went and seen it! Cause it really does have a very special spirit with it! We had one guy from our ward go and after he was saying that all the none members there were just asking everyone how they got in contact with the church and learn more about it! Man that movie ha ah i just love it!

Well thanks to everyone for all the packages n'at! I loved them all! Not to many new things every week is kinda the same, i get up i actually go running a lot now days which i am oddly enough starting to like... I thought i would never say that but i just did so yeah. But yeah i get up wok out study go and do missionary work haha that is about it ;). 

It sounds like every one is having fun and is doing well back home and i am happy to hear that :) I am doing pretty good out here not to much to complain about just got to continue to stay focused and keep my mind on the mission. I do need some new dress shoes.... I seem to go through them like there is no tomorrow so i am gonna look for some new ones today cause i have pushed that off until they are falling apart, so yeah :). I love you all!

Elder Dennison 

Man this week was crazy! Probably one of the most memorable weeks on my mission! Got to see Meet the Mormons, went to the Temple, and it was my birthday. Just a week full of amazingness! First thing though Meet the Mormons one of the greatest movies that i have seen in a long time.... Like almost two years ;). But really it was one of the most touching movies that i have seen in a long long time, I pretty much cried at the end.... probably not one of my most proudest moments but i just bawled after the movie haha! The Temple.... So i went in to the temple just waiting for one of the most amazing spiritual blow ups that i have ever had. But none of that happened! All i could feel was just the overwhelming feeling of peace and all that came to mind was that i was home! When i get home i am just gonna live in the Temple! Like no joke if they let me i would sleep there and just do work all day long! But i was able to get the answers to a lot of questions! I went to the Columbus Temple and that has to be one of the smallest temple i have ever seen but that didnt stop the spirit from baring witness to me that everything done in the temple is true and that it is the house of the Lord! Man i want to go there so stinking bad! And my birthday it honestly didnt feel like my birthday but it was still a really good day! I go to go to the Longs he is my ward mission leader he is the one that sends pics to you all the time! I love that guy and his family! Coolest people in the world!

Well anyways besides that the week was pretty normal... Just another week full of missionary work. I feel like every time i come to email you all i think through the week and think man that was a pretty normal week like nothing big happened haha so i think that is why my emails are slowly getting shorter and shorter cause i feel like i have no cool stories besides that one that i already told ya about the temple and everything...

But thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes!! I really like reading all the birthday wishes they all make me feel super happy! IZZY had her babies!! SWEET!!! They all look so small! I am jealous that you all get to chill with all them little puppies! That all just sounds super fun! Sounds like you all will have fun going camping! Well i hope that you will have a super great week! I love you all!

Elder Dennison 

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Well that is all i have to say about conference. BOSS!!! Man i was for sure edified and i just felt the spirit like a slap in the face! I honestly just loved every aspect of conference the music the spirit all of it! President Monson is the Prophet that is for sure! The talk when he quoted that scripture "Ponder the path of thy feet". Oh man that talk was the greatest! It really goes along perfectly with my studies of the Book of Mormon lately! I had restarted reading the Book of Mormon with the intent of looking for every time it talks about the Heart, and i have been learning some of the coolest things! Today i studied Chapter 12 of 1 Nephi and it is when Nephi is asking to see the vision that his father Lehi saw, it is a great chapter that and 13. But anyways it talks in depth of the Tree of Life and the dark mist that is covering the path between where they start and the tree of life. And i got to thinking about that talk of President Monsons, the hardening of hearts as it talks about in the scriptures comes down to two parties those who voluntarily harden their hearts and those whos harts are hardened over time almost unaware of the situation. So now think of the dream of Lehi, he was at the tree and he partook of the fruit and was watching people try to make their way there. As he watched i am sure that he was not only happy to see the progression but also saddened at the distinct difference in the people. In my head i narrowed it to 3 parties. First one is those in the dream that saw the rod and the great and spacious building and voluntarily walked away from the rod and headed over to the great and special building. The second group are those who are holding to the rod walking through the mist, and think that its okay to just walk close to the rod but not necessarily holing to the rod, and hours later find themselves miles away from the rod and have to fight to find their way back to the rod and continue their journey. And lastly those who hold to the rod and make it there. The council that President Monson gave is perfect "ponder the path of thy feet." Is our heart voluntarily being hardened or is it with out us even being aware being hardened?

Well yeah i guess 21 is just around the corner and its kinda crazy to think that i am getting that old, i kinda just want to go back to being like 16 and stay there for life. We are headed over to our Ward mission leader bro long, that is the guy that has sent you all them pics of me through text message stuff. He is the coolest ward mission leader that i have ever had. I dont really need anything for my birthday. I heard this cool story of President Johnsons mission pres. and how he emailed all the missionaries and their families and told them not to send them anything for christmas but instead spend that money you would spend on them to the poor and needy. So i kinda like that idea :) I dont really need anything or want anything really, so please give it to someone that does need it :). But i mean like a birthday card would be nice that is it ;). Nothing really new this week just a quiet week, this week though i go to the TEMPLE!!!! AHHH YEAH!!! and we get to see Meet the Mormons. Last friday we had MLC and we got a sneak peek at it! I am so excited to watch it!!! Uh teaching wise we are trying to find new people to teach but for now we just got the same people finding new investigators are far and few between for this guy here so we are working hard ha. 

Well family i love you all so so much! 

Elder Dennison