New Address

Josh got transferred to a new area.  His new address is:
7501 Ulmerton Rd. #2122
Largo, FL 33771

This past week was good. Last Monday, didn't do to much for p-day. We started to teach the girl from Germany  Her name is Tabitha. We had a great lesson with her. She felt the spirit for sure that lesson. Tuesday, we had a great day. We went and saw some referrals but most of them weren't home. Wednesday, we had a great D.M. the object lesson didn't turn out as good as me and my comp thought it would but then we made it work. Then we had a meeting with our ward mission leader and the ward missionaries. They are getting trained on teaching the lessons for PMG. That went well. Thursday, we went and saw one of our gators. We went and saw Ariel. She is doing great and still wants to get married and then get baptized. Then we went and saw a son of a active member who is in the hospital. He is doing great and he likes having us coming over and seeing him. Friday, went and tried to see some more referrals but they weren't home. We saw a L.A. Bro Wagner. He is doing great. He loves to have us over and we always have a great time there. Saturday, we helped a member move. That took longer than we thought but we got it done. Then we went and saw some more L.A. but cant remember who we did see. Yesterday, we had a great sacrament meeting. Had a farewell talk. His name is Taz Smith. He will be going to the Denver, Colorado North Mission. He leaves for Utah May 10 and reports the the MTC on May 15. So he gave a great talk. Then we went and said hi to Ariel and Cory. They are doing great and they are saying they are going to come to church this coming Sunday which is great. Then we had a lesson with Tabitha. That was a great lesson. Today, at 10:30 we will be helping a member replace lower ball joints. More like I will since my comp doesn't know anything about that so its more like I am helping him. At least i still get to use my knowledge of working on cars so that is always fun.

Hi Family and Friends,

This past week has been great. We got our Transfer call on Saturday and...... I am staying here in Hudson and Elder Grimmett is going to Lake Hamilton. Its weird because we are just switching Companions with them. Also Elder Grimmett will be serving with my Companion that I had in the MTC. Crazy. And I will be serving with his Companion.(my MTC companion's companion if that makes sense) So it will be Elder Simonson and Elder Hargan. My new companion will be the new District Leader and Elder Grimmett will be the District Leader down there. We will be exchanging companions tomorrow.

Anyways, this week was great. Last week, we went and hung out with our D.L. and our Z.L.'s. We went to home depot and bought some PVC Pipe and cut them to 3 feet long and then went to Wal-Mart and bought some nerf bullets and went to the park that we go to and had a dart war with the PVC Pipe and the nerf darts. That was a Blast!!!!! Things we do on a mission ;) Tuesday, we went and saw some gators and had some great lessons with them. Wednesday, we had a great District Meeting. Very Spiritual. Then taught some gators and had spiritual lessons with them. Then played some Basketball. Always fun!!! Thursday, we went and saw one of our R.C. Andromeda. She is doing great and she and her sister are moving to a new place still within our area so that is good. Then saw some more gators and then we had Splits that night. That went well. I went with our Ward Mission Leader. His name is Rocky Martinez. He is a Nice guy and he is also a Broncos fan!!!! Then Friday, did the same thing we do every day, taught some more gators and saw some inactives. Saturday, we got the call to see who is going or who is staying. I'm staying like I said earlier. Then the rest of the day we went around and saw some people that Elder Grimmett wanted to say good bye to and take pictures with them. Yesterday, we had a very spiritual fast and testimony meeting. Then we went and had dinner with one of the members of the bishopric. The Allens. They are a nice family. Then went and saw our other R.C. Evan. He is doing great as well and then after we had our lesson with him, went back to the church and saw the broadcast of the CES Fireside that was on last night. Elder David A. Bednar talked in that fireside. I learned a lot from him and am applying what I learned. Then Today, we are going to our D.L. and Z.L.'s church building in Palm Harbor and having a Zone Get together to have our last day with one of our Z.L.'s Elder Parady. He is leaving to go home this Wednesday so that is why we are having a zone get together and we will be having lunch there and will play some basketball. 

This weeks Scripture is 1 Nephi 3:7.

Hope everything is going well for all of you guys and hope to hear from some of you sometime in the future.

Love you all and be safe and may the Lord bless all of you.

Elder Josh Simonson

P.S. one thing we do as missionaries is we decorate our Missionary planner with pictures and this is what mine looks like for this transfer

Josh address in Florida

For those who want Josh address here it is:

Elder Josh Simonson
13303 Whaler Dr.
Hudson Fl 34667

His Email address is:

joshua.simonson@myldsmail.net

This week was great. We had Exchanges last week. We did exchanges with our District leaders. Our District leader is training a Greeny.(Greenys are brand new missionaries from the MTC, that is what they call them.) So, I  stayed up here and Elder Grimmett went down there. I served with Elder Chamberlain. He is a cousin to Seth Clark. I don't know if you remember on Facebook that Seths dad was talking to him about me. But exchanges went from Monday night to Wednesday morning before Z.C. Tuesday we just went and saw some Gators and had dinner with a member. That was really good. Then on Wednesday, Zone Conference!!!! That was a great time. We did a lot of role plays as investigators and Missionaries. That has helped me become more comfortable with them. Then we played Basketball like we do every Wednesday night. On Thursday we didn't do to much because it was Valentines Day. Then Friday we just taught some Gators. On Saturday we went to help our D.L. help a member move and then we went and played Football with our whole zone. That was a blast!!!! I got some amazing catches and scored some of our points. Then we had a lesson with Jon. He is progressing slowly but he is almost ready to be baptized!!!! He just has to overcome some challenges and then he can be Baptized!!!! Yesterday we had church of course. That is always a great time to reflect on the Savior. After church we just went and saw some people that weren't there yesterday and said hi. The scripture for this week is D&C 100:5-8

Elder Simonson

Hi Family and Friends,

This past week has been great. On Monday last week, me and my companion hung out with our District and Zone Leaders and went to a park and had fun there. Then, on Tuesday, we just went and saw some gators. Wednesday, we had zone meeting. that went good. learned a lot from that. On Thursday we went and saw some L.A. and then went on splits like we do every Thursday night. Then Friday, we had the Baptismal Interview for Evan. That was awesome!!! Then we saw some gators and some L.A. On Saturday Evan got baptized in his pool. I will have pictures at the end of this email. After he got baptized we confirmed him at his house because he wasn't going to be at church that following Sunday which was yesterday, so we confirmed him there at his house with the Bishop. Yesterday we had church. Church was very spiritual as always. Then we had dinner with the Ernest II family. That was great. Today, we might be going to hang out with our zone but not to sure. But, this coming Wednesday, will be my first Zone Conference!!!!! Super Excited.The Scripture for this week is 3 Nephi 18:21. I will also attach some pictures of what my scriptures used to be like and what they look like now.  You will see a difference of how they use to be and what i am doing now. 

Love you all so much,

Elder Simonson

This past week has been great. I did get a haircut on Wednesday. I will tell you that it is a lot better seeing short hair instead of long hair lol. Last week I had a great p-day. Why you may ask?  Because I went to the BEACH!!!!! Saw the Gulf Coast, Fished off the Pier. I will include pictures at the end of this email. 

Other than that, things have been the same. Seeing people and teaching people. This Saturday, we will be having a Baptism. His name is Evan Nagy. He is a unbaptized member so we have to teach him the 4 lessons and we will be finishing the 4 lessons early this week and then having him baptized this Saturday by his dad. Even though he isn't a gator, Its still good to have someone be baptized.

This weeks scripture is D&C 121:45.

Last night was awesome. We had a fireside about the addiction of bad things on the internet. But one of the things that made it easy to understand was that he related it to a battleship called the U.S.S Nevada. Now the U.S.S. Nevada was attacked when pearl harbor got attacked. So it had some holes in the ship. It was able to make it to a repair place and the holes were covered and it was able to go and be in many other fights.  Even though it had holes it was made whole and able to keep on fighting for so many years after. What does that have to do with this sin that is very addictive? We are all like the U.S.S. Nevada. When we get attacked from Satan, and give into that temptation, we receive the holes. We must go to the lord and ask for his help to repair the holes. Then, if we get over that addiction, and don't give into that temptation again, we will become the Strongest person to fight against enemies of God. We will be able to fight for so many years after and will always be the leader of the pack. So that is how it relates.

I hope that all of you will become as the U.S.S. Nevada.

Love yall so much,

Elder Simonson