And so the stories begin:

Thanks for the email! and so story time! 


Last night (sunday) my companion and I were walking around the hood ( where all the gangsters live ) and we
were about to call a church member to come pick us up cause it was far from our apartment so after dinner at a members house they droped us off at that area of my area. And this guy pulled up next to us and said hows it going
elders! 


We started talking to him he isnt part of our church but he was really friendly, he asked if he could give us a ride home so we said sure and he took us home we didnt go to our apartment cause we were not sure what his intentions were, but we went down the street a little bit and walked around our building and into our apartment, but we were having weird feelings after he droped us off so we decided to lock all the doors and windows and we said a prayer for comfort and then like 15 mins later someone knocked on the door like hard. and we were like WHAT THE!!!!


And so my companion ran over to the door and looked through the peep hole cause this
was at 9.35 at night and no one from our wards would be coming so late so he
looked through and he saw a guy that was in a simular outfit to the one that
we thought gave us a ride home so we were really sketched out cause after
elder mcmillin looked through the peep hole he walked away! 


So we ran into our room cause we have a back porch type thing and we didnt want him to break in so we ran to our bedroom, and i swear i heard someone try to open our sliding door.... so we said a more specific prayer that our house would be safe and that all evil things and feelings would leave.. but we laid on our floor in our room for probably 30 mins just waiting eventually we got over ourselves, but it was way scary!


I thought I should let you know! haha
I'll keep emailing you, writing is hard cause im always so busy but ill try!
love ya!

See ya later alligator:

Our Elder Man starting out! GO GREENIE DAHL!

He's landed! Officially in the Mission Field:

yeah im sorry bout that mom! i tried calling a few people in the family i only got a hold of katie though! but my mission is awesome! on the airplane i sat next to a guy in his 30's?? maybe.. his name is thomas! we talked about the scriptures the entire plane ride! i told him about our church and a few beliefs we have that no other churches do.. he isnt a member of any church,  he just one day wanted to know more about God! and i sat next to him on the plane! but so we still had so many things to talk about when the plane landed, he had so many questions. so i gave him a pass along card along with the only copy of the book of mormon i had! i wasnt going to bring it, cause our teacher in the MTC said that we would have plenty out in the mission field but im glad i brought it! so i gave him a B.O.M and a pass along and said that in georgia ( where he lives ) there are missionaries just like me who can tell him more about god and our purpose on this world, i cant remember the specific words i said but something to that extent, so he is super solid! i know that he had so many more questions and he knew that we had the answers, so hopefully he calls or goes online and meets with them. when i got off the plane i saw him put the B.O.M and the card in his suitcase! so i think he is going to read it! 


i also have so many awesome investigators right now! we met with this women named vernel Morgan last night, cause a few days ago we tracted into her husband, he didnt seem interested but we told him we wanted to give him a book of mormon, he said we could stop by the house in a few days, but he probably woulndt be there, so we stoped by last night, he wasnt there.. but its ok cause we sat on their front porch and talked with his wife! she had this look about her that i knew she was interested! so she asked us to come in! she is a 9-12th grade teacher for science and she is a reader! she had so many books! she mentioned that she met with the missionaries along time ago.. but at the time she had 3 deaths in her family so i think she was to worried about those things to remember what the missionaries said.. she has a book of mormon but we left her our copy for her husband. we talked for awhile, it was about 9 when we realized we better head off. it was a great first meeting.. we didnt get to teach to much about the restoration or any other lessons, but we asked her if we could come back! she said cause of their work schedules it was hard, but she said if we ever saw her blue car in the driveway or infront of her house to come right up cause she wanted to learn more about our church!


 there are hard times in my missions like when people drop our appointments but the joys that come from sharing the gospel out weigh the bad in a heartbeat! let the family know i love em! and look forward to there letters! i cant remember my zip code but my address is 505 N. Rock Rd. wichita, KS... i dont see the problem with sending mail strait to me. but if you want to send it to the mission home thats fine also! i just thought you should have my strait address! Love you all!!!!!!!!! Elder Dahl!

Lovey Lady in Missouri

This is a letter from the lady in spencers mission. I thought it would be a perfect to share with the family, it has a lot information about his companion and the area and town  that he is serving in.
 Love ya. Dad


Hello Brother Dahl,

I live here in Wichita, in the ward (or one of the wards) where your son is serving. I haven't had the chance to spend a lot of time getting to know him yet, but we are down for a dinner appointment next week. :) I was able to meet Elder Dahl at church yesterday and he seemed very happy and cheerful and comfortable. I asked him for your email address. I hope that is ok.

I just wanted you to know that we are so happy to have your son here! My husband and I have 2 sons on missions right now. So I thought I would share some of the kinds of things that I would love to hear about areas where my sons are serving.

We live in the Andover Ward, Derby Stake (which includes the eastern half of Wichita and areas to the northeast and southeast of Wichita). Andover Ward is a great ward. Our ward sees a lot of growth. We were recently split - sending a part of our ward to an existing ward and another part to help create a new ward. Your son covers both our ward and the newly created College Hill ward. So we are rather small at the moment, but we will grow again. Over 50% of our active membership is under 12. :) Our ward covers a small part of downtown, but the majority is in the outskirts of Wichita, particularly a large part of the community of Andover. Our ward is predominately middle and upper middle class, but there is a mix. There are a fair number of engineers, air force personnel, and attorneys in our boundaries - mostly working for one of the aerospace companies, the air force base, or Koch Industries. The members are highly active in the church and the atmosphere in the ward is very friendly and inviting. The bishop is absolutely wonderful, as is the stake president. And Brother Colt is a great ward mission leader, too. Brother Colt is a dentist and has 4 young sons.

The weather in Wichita is ... very windy! All the time! :) We have 4 seasons of weather. Spring and fall are very nice here. Summer can get very hot (we usually have quite a few days over 100) but that level of heat only lasts several weeks. Winter can get very cold, especially with the wind, and we will get very low wind chills. This past winter was especially cold, with school closed several times due to the low wind chill (too cold to safely be outside waiting for buses and/or icy conditions on the roads). There is more rain here than I had expected (I've lived here 3 years - I spent most of my life before this in the south) and more trees. There is some prairie, too. The terrain is very flat.

The missionary work in our ward has picked up recently and I believe they have several good investigators. I've had the opportunity to be of a little help with a few of the investigators and have enjoyed that a lot.

Your son's companion is Elder McMillan. He is a wonderful missionary and will be a great trainer! I've been very impressed with him. He is always positive and enthusiastic, works hard, and is very personable.

Thank you for sharing your son with us!

Denise McIntire