Josh got to perform his first Baptism on July 28 2013.



Josh also got to sing the national anthem for Mormon night at the Tampa Bay Rays game.   He was super excited about that.

Here is an update from a couple weeks ago.

Monday- Pday and we went and had a lesson with the Lawrence family. We just answered questions that they had.

Tuesday- we meet our new mission president. His name is President Cusick. He is great.

Wednesday- had and zone meeting with the whole zone and it was great. then we went and saw some more gators to set up appointment with them.

Thursday- we planned out for the next week and we went and saw the Lawrence family again and answered more questions that they had.

Friday- we went had saw some potential gators and set up an appointment with them.

Saturday- had transfer calls and of course i stayed and my new comp is elder Flinders.

Sunday- had a great fast and testimony meeting. Then we went and tried to see the people that werent at church.

This week was great.

Monday- Pday as normal and then we went and had dinner with the bishop here. that was really great. we had outback steak house. YUM!!!!!!!

Tuesday- Transfers. i spent most of the day with the zone leaders until my new comp came here. Then we went and did a awesome peace and blessing with a less active member.

Wednesday- my comp is the D.L. and so he had to go to a meeting that all D.L. have to go to and so we just stayed here and went and tried  to see some people but they weren't home. then we went and gave another awesome peace and blessing. That was great.

Thursday- we had district meeting and that was great. Then we went had got 2 new gators!!!!!! their names are Becky and sandy. Then we went and saw some L.A. but they weren't home.

Friday-we went and saw Becky and had a great lesson with her. We are planning to set a date with her this week. She is so ready. Then had dinner with the Heiser family. they are great and we are teaching one of their grand kids. Eddie. Set for baptism on july 28

Saturday- we just went around and saw people on the ward roster that we didnt know so that is all we did that day.

Sunday- we had a great day at church and we had Becky there and she loved it. Then we took her to a baptism that the gulf port sisters were having and she loved that to. Then we went and did blitz the the largo spanish elders. We were tracking in their area and trying to get them new gators but instead we found 2 more new gators for us and we have 4 new gators to start teaching this week super excited. 

Today- Pday. and we are having dinner with a FBI Agent. Agent Draper. The Draper family. Super excited with that. Then we are teaching the Lawrence family tonight and are reading the Book of Mormon with them.

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