Elder Dahl Live in 3...2...1...

"I'd like to thank my producers, Pepe and Maria from the South Bronx."

-Fame Jr. (Maxwell Dahl was the lead role!!)

The rumors are true, I am helping out with a podcast for the mission. Cool stuff I know-- not my idea. Shoutout out to Elder Pittard who came up with it and is also teaching me how to swish 3 pointers like nobody's business. 🏀

It's been a long time coming-- our friends are progressing, and we are working! Our friend Diamond is #elect so she has been meeting with us and working towards Baptism!

I am so good at running the front desk for English classes for the Espanol missionaries. We had to do that for like 4 hours last week.

I just say "Que Pasa!" and fist bump Mexican guys as they go to class. It's actually so fun. One time I said this guy smelled bueno, then he pulled out this vial and motioned for me to show my wrist. Then he proceeded to put some black tar on my wrist and tell me to rub it on my neck too.

I smelled bueno for days.

Pablo got ordained to the Priesthood! So excited for him. 

We went to this food bank to volunteer and that has been so cool every time we do it.

Alas I digress. It's been fun out here. Lots of memories made for sure.

I've been trying to change a lot. Change to be better all around. Sometimes it feels overwhelming when I feel like I'm not making progress. Christ allows for miracles to happen in our lives according to His time. This last week was a miracle. I felt myself changing in ways that I couldn't do by myself. God's timing is different than ours, but His is also perfect; ours is not. The scriptures teach us to be patient, and there is huge value in that quality.

Love you all! 

Keep the emails coming! I might not respond every time but i will try my best!

Elder Dahl

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Teaching a Drug Lord

It's true, his name will remain a mystery, but we'll call him G. Medrano for now. He's so cool now don't worry that was his old self.

It's been a good week! Grinding for sure. This week I wanted to focus really hard on working super hard during work time and resting hard during rest time. It's been fulfilling that's for sure.

We are working towards baptism with some friends, others have been AFK for a bit which is lame. In general, though, we are finding, teaching and trying to baptize!

I'm gonna be a host on a podcast-- I made all the music for it, so that's sweet. The mission president is super excited about the idea so it'll be awesome, me and some of my mission friends are hosting it.

Time to make it out of the suburbs everyone. 🤝🔥🔥

There's this funny Elder named Elder Hansen who I'm good friends with-- he always asks me how I do things, like: 

"Elder Dahl, what do you do when you get sick?"

He just messages me that and other questions randomly, so I make videos about what I do in various scenarios. I put one in my photos album. He's so funny.

I've learned hope really is one of the most important things in this life, without hope, there's no progression. Whenever I feel like there's no hope for me, I always try and remember Christ has given me hope regardless of my circumstance. I need to access that hope and cling to it. It's blessed me so much this past week to know that my Savior saves me from a hopeless future to one where I can have hope through Him.

I love you all! 

Send me emails!! I'm losing my touch on response time I know and I apologize. 🙏

Elder Dahl

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