My Travel List

Here is a list of ten places I want to visit throughout my life, just for fun. Again, these are not in order of importance to me:

1. The Savannah in Africa and go on a Safari. .
2. Travel to Iceland, explore, hike, and enjoy!
3. Germany. I have to visit the homeland.
4. Italy. It is Italy, you have to love the history and culture.
5. Greece. So far the list is pretty normal for most people, but normal is alright and so is Greece!
6. Jerusalem. Lots of history and religious significance.
7. Egypt. The pyramids would be spectacular and well, there are more than just pyramids there!
8. Australia. Its a land unlike any other place on Earth.
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Now these last two are left blank because I am not sure yet. I want to find two places that will be fun for many reasons, so I will have to do my research on the matter and I will post them sometime!

A Mission And A Life

So my blog has been dying the last few months from lack of substance and posts! I will have to spill my heart out on these pages so that I can make up for lost time.

So recently everybody has been going on missions, that is everybody besides those who haven't, myself included. But life is strange for me right now. It is sort of like I am in a freeze frame while everybody else is moving on with their lives. Its not that I don't like this, it is just different. I enjoy looking at other people and seeing them plan for their lives and for next semester and their lives just carry on, but mine will be spend studying Russian, the gospel, and living in Provo for three months. I really am so excited to go, it just still seems forever away. But everyday it draws nearer, the shadow of a relatively unknown lifestyle looms larger. I am excited to go to Ukraine for mulitple reasons and these are them in no order of importance, just as they pop into my head. First, I have never been out of the country and this will be a great experience for me. Second, I know relatively little about Ukraine and I will become a pretty good expert on it by thye time I return. Third, I get to learn Russian, a challenging language, but a skill that will stick with me the rest of my life. Fourth, I get to be a missionary! This has been a goal of mine since I can remember, well actually maybe since I was about ten. Before that, the prospect of leaving my family for two years seemed unimaginable. Fifth, I get to teach a message that will bring true joy to others and that I love with all my heart. This could probably fit into number four, but I decided that it deserved its own number. Sixth, I will get to learn skills that will help me throughout my life. Cooking, studying, working hard, living on my own, living with other roommates so to say, having responsibilities, gaining social skills, and having to be obedient. Seventh, I get to live away from home! This has been a great desire of mine recently, not that I don't love my family and parents, but I see my friends who are living in apartments for college and they are having great experiences that I just cannot have at home. And I know I will be on a mission, but still, it will be living away from home, and when I come back I plan on getting an apartment as soon as I have saved up some money.

So there are seven great things to look forward to on my mission. I also look forward to hearing about people and how their lives are going back here in the States. Laina and Thane could move, Rudi could get married, Mieken and Mike could buy a house, mom and dad could move, friends could go to different schools, get married, etc! But I know that I am doing the right thing by going on a mission and I would not trade this upcoming experience for anything!

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So I wrote a post but then the internet signed me off right as I was about to press publish post. I don't really feel like writing all of what I said before on here, and it really wasn't anything worth reading so its not like you are missing much.

I will say that it has been quite rainy the last week which is good because I love the rain, but I am also looking forward to nice weather and sitting outside. I enjoy the sun and its warmth.

The Three Month Count-Down

Today is May 26, 2009. This means that in three months, from right now, I will have entered the MTC about an hour ago. For those of you who don't know what the MTC stands for, it stands for Missionary Training Center. While there I will learn Russian, study scriptures, eat, sleep, exercise, pray, and study study study some more! I am excited for this and I remember a month ago thinking, "wow, I still have four months." Not much has changed. Now I think "wow, I still have three months." Sometimes it seems like it will never come and that my life will just carry out in this state of limbo forever.

Also, to make note of, my missionary farewell will be the 23rd of August. I think this is great because as most of you know, I was born on the 23rd at 7:23. So there are lots of important 23's in my life. I sometimes think this is foreshadowing of some great sports achievement in my life. Jordan, Lebron, Colin.

I don't really have much more to say besides that I am sure the three months will fly by faster than I expect. Before you know it, there will be no more "The Wolfgang Story." Instead it will be Letters of Solice written by Elder Matthes as scribed from the MTC and Ukraine.

Ta ta!

Short Post

I haven't written on here in weeks! Not that a lot has been going on recently. Amberlee moved away, school ended, Laina had a baby, Rudi had a birthday, and tomorrow is pay day.

I actually don't really know what to say besides the last two weeks I have felt down and its for a few reasons I guess. I am starting to feel better now so life will be well in time! That is all I have to say.

Mission Call!

And the winner is... Ukraine! Ta da! How excited am I to go to Ukraine? Well if you want to put it in terms of analogies you could compare my excitement to that of the soul of a shoe about to be worn for the first time! Which, you say, might not sound very excited, but honestly, it is one of the greatest examples of excitement anybody in the history of the world could come up with! So my mission is the Kyiv Ukraine mission, or for you native english speakers, Kiev. I will be learning the language of love, Russian! Apparently the majority of people there speak Russian, but sometimes people are discouraged from learning it and are encouraged to learn Ukrainian. So some fun facts:

Ukraine is slightly smaller than Texas, my least favorite state, but Ukraine is now my favorite European Country! (sorry Germany, you lost your spot at number one a week ago!) How ironic!

There are about 47 million people in THE Ukraine. I will be serving in the western half.

The temperature is actually quite moderate, not as cold as one would suspect. Highs reach about 78 in the peak of summer and during the winter the highs are abuot 30 degrees. Not bad if you ask me! Or Jim.

The Ukrainian people are very friendly, though they don't smile much in public.

There are just over 10,000 LDS members in Ukraine according to the LDS Church Website.

A temple is under construction in Kyiv and is expected to be completed in 2010! How excited would that be if I was there for that!

I leave August 26th.

Anticipation...

Happy April 7th! What a fantastic time I am having in my life right now! Currently I have very mixed feelings. I am very anxious and excited to receive my mission call, which maybe will be coming tomorrow. But at the same time, I don't want to keep waiting for Wednesday's because each passing day draws closer to Amberlee's departure date. I am very saddened by this. She has made me a much better person and I feel the happiest I have ever felt in my life when I am with her. So these past three months have been amazing. So yes, I am excited to get my mission call, and I hope it comes tomorrow, but as for now, I am happy that it's Tuesday, and that I get this day to be with Amberlee. This was a very unorganized blog, but I just had to get some items off my mind.