Week Seventeen

I took some questions to church this Sunday and they were all answered. It’s funny because we always tell people to come to church with a question in mind but I have never done it until now. It WORKS! I even got chastened through the words in hymn #221 it says, “Will you not seek for my lost ones, out in the dessert astray?” Try it out :) Love Elder Onychuk

Week Sixteen

Things are going well. Elder Halaphi (from Cape Town South Africa) and I are acquiring more investigators and some of them look pretty good for baptism but we will see how things turn out. One of our investigators said not to come by again because a “very learned” person at her Baptist church told her not to see us. She blindly followed his advice… sometimes I don’t like people. Actually a lot of time I don’t like people, but that is beside the point. I still have been sharing a lot of the December 2010 talk “Fear Not” it’s so good and has become one of my most favorite talks on my mission so far. You should read it. I have been doing a lot of walking. Fun fun. It is good for me (I suppose) I have been slipping a bit in the exercising every morning goal but sometimes I reason that a set of push ups is enough, I hope to hear from you all soon. I’m alive everyone! -Elder Onychuk

Week Fifteen

Ello!! How art thou. well we got the calls for transfers and such and I am staying put, Elder Silva is moving on and becoming a Zone Leader, and I am getting a new companion Elder Halappie (I do not know how to spell it) he is South African so it should be fun. That’s about all that is happening with me but it’s pretty exciting. umm not really much to say not much progress with any investigators, it has been difficult to get in contact with them, oh we do have one new investigator we taught yesterday she is also south African so that will be fun for her and Elder halappie to chat I cant remember her name but I am sure it will pop out when I see it I know it starts with a j... well in closed is a picture of unbaked cookies that I have made last week, enjoy!! :D but ya everything is going fairly well I read the December 2010 ensign and enjoyed it thoroughly it has many great stories and lessons in it my favorite one was "fear not" I think it was called it talked about Mary and Joseph and what the angels advised them and such it was really good. Anyways I’ll be off to write Doug or someone I suppose so have a great week and enjoy yourself! -Elder Onychuk

Week Fourteen

May 8, 2012 Yo how art thou? Things aren’t to shabby now for my I got to talk to President Patch (interviews) and got some solid advice that I will apply to the best of my ability. I got a letter from Travis and Robin and 2 from Malawnie so that was cool hate having to wait for someone to go to London to pick them up but it’s alright for me... I suppose. I didn’t know wards took turns cleaning the Temple :P shows how much I know but it sounds like a wonderful experience. Well I kind of expected that my little nieces and nephews would grow up a bit on my mission :P but that is pretty cool that Ben will receive the priesthood soon :D I shall try to take more pictures but I am trying not to be touristy. Chelmsford is a little ways away from London I would quite explain it as Kelowna and west bank ish because everything is close together here. Things are trudging along time always seems to go by fast for me maybe it’s just the way I think of it. hmm any noteworthy stories this week... hmmmm... ummm... ughhhh!! My brain!! (extreme thinking face!!) UMMMMMMM........ oh well I suppose that we have 2 baptisms on the way one is a less actives daughter who is turning 8 soon and wants to be baptized (her mom has recently become active but it’s not recognized as such till 6months or so I think), and another is also a less activeish family that has a 10 year old daughter who wants to be baptized. sooooo thats kool kinda free bees but meh I’ll take what I can get ;) haha just joking they are awesome people I love their family. You didn’t give me any details about mother’s day calls mummy!!! ummm so the 13th is a Sunday I have a dinner appointment after church with an American family that has calling to the states ish area soo I will try to call you at about, oh wait ugh you have church at 10...... ummm I’ll be at the family at 5ish till 6ish so around 6-7 I can give you a call ugh how about I give you a call at 7 (12 for you) that should give you chance for sacrament and such but then I suppose you have young women’s to go to.... gah... whatever special occasion! So I will call home at 7 (12) so I’ll try the home phone first then your if no answer. Hope that is good for you! If not then I suppose I will try at a better time. Well I suppose I will say good bye :P oh had work over with 2 of the three zone leaders which was fun they ate all the unbaked cookies I made though... >:( one of them played WOW so we had a little chat about that :B and yep! Love you bunches MOM AND DADDY thank you for your prayers!!! -Elder Onychuk

Week Thirteen

April 30th 2012 I had a pretty awesome week, thanks so much for the recipes and a thank you to Auntie Debby as well!!! I have been telling some members about my mother’s hunny curry chicken and they are interested in it. I’ll share the recipe with them and it will be legendary! lol. had a great experience this week, we met an 18 year old girl named Andraia she doesn’t speak a word of English and only understands a little of Elder Silva’s Spanish. (she speaks Italian) so we met her before she was waiting for someone to come pick her up and we thought she was the person who lived in the house she was sitting in front of. She was on the phone so we went up the road a bit and came back after she was finished talking, found out she spoke no English then gave her a pass along card and her ride came. Pretty boring right? well about 2 days later we saw her again she was sitting on some stairs, I didn’t recognize her, we went to a couple drop by’s and taught a lesson then came back (about 2h), she was still there (it was 8:45) so Elder Silva asked her if everything was ok. She was waiting for someone again but they didn’t show up and her phone was dead. we called a member who spoke Italian and she talked to her, she couldn’t remember a phone #, and so we told her to come with us back to our apartment (she waited outside) thinking that she had her phone charger with her, but she didn’t. I brought a map out to see if she could find a street she knew, no luck, and then elder Silva talked some more with her and found out she could find her way back home if we took her to town center. So we escorted her to town center and she recognized how to get home she said thank you and went her way. that’s it :P no conversion but I am pretty sure she will remember that we are good people and maybe the next missionary who comes here will be able to speak Italian :P it was just a cool experience for me, and even though I didn’t do much I was glad to be of service. The food here is awesome by the way! Had some south African food yesterday it was tasty and some wild berry cheese cake for dessert. I should probably prepare more to write, notes or something to make writing emails quicker and easier. Here are some more picks (of me this time :P). Well I love you all!!! Thanks for the messages Dakotah and Hyrum!!!! Miss ya both tons! I’ll try to write more letters :P glad dad is doing better! And I look forward to hearing more from everyone next week!!! Loves you all past space! Cheers! tea and crumpets, and all that gahaha!!! TAH TAH!!! -Elder Onychuk

Week Twelve

April 22, 2012 Hello sounds like the usual around home :P lol Doug and his guns that’s unfortunate, can he get them back somehow? ya I figured that there is a lot of Thomson’s around but I thought I would ask because it would be cool if he was. I got the young women card yesterday, thank you for the candy and card it was entertaining :D the candy didn’t last long though ate it all pretty quick like. Also I got a goody bag from Jerri and a drawing from Emma. The kids around here are all about their scooters even little 4-5 year olds are ripping around on three wheeled scooters, and they get going pretty fast also :P. had stake conference in a theater it was pretty good I enjoyed the talks there is a guy going on his mission to Toronto Canada around here somewhere I don’t know which city he is from. read a bit on developing talents and marriage and such (an investigator wants to know about are standing on marriage and divorce and the such. learned that if you want to discover talents you can pray to have them reveled to you soooo that seemed sorta obvious but something I never tried so I am starting to pray to have my talents reviled to me, of course I know some already but the hidden ones and such, and praying for opportunity’s to develop them. little Chevauna is already a month old? go figure eh? :P time is going by pretty quick and they say it goes even quicker so pretty soon I’ll be home XD made chili this week, twice :D it was good reminded me of dad :P you forgot to get me recipes! I was going to make unbaked cookies this week but you forgot! oh well I love you anyway but don’t forget this week.... yep. That’s about it.. oh it has been raining a lot and there was hail a couple days. Love you bunch you’re the best! -Elder Onychuk

Week Eleven

Hello. It has taking me a while to have a chance to write home this week. We had zone meeting/ pday so everything was kinda gumbled after the libraries computers where not working yesterday morning so we had to do it today. I am doing good, and I still haven’t got the parcel the young women sent but I’ll probably get it this week, the zone leaders are going to London and will pick up the mail when they are there. There is an Elder Thompson here in the zone (he is the new zone leader) I am wondering if he is related to uncle Hugh at all pretty sure that Thompson is a really common last name though. We had a really pleasant lunch/discussion with a catholic lady and her husband their names are Jenny and Terry, they are both really nice and good people and I really hope that they take an interest in the restored gospel, the lady Jenny is a really strong catholic and she shared her conversion to being a catholic with us, I really hope she will read the book of Mormon and ponder and pray about it to know if it is true. Well I have more pictures to send so I’ll do that only got half way through last time. -love you! -Elder Onychuk PS I want the unbaked cookie recipe and any others that are easy to make, oh and the honey curry chicken :D I am going to make chili this week :D

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