Torn Pants and a Scraped-up Knee

"On exchanges with Elder Driggs and Elder Keys"

Hello all!  Missionary Mom Des here. Elder Ogden was not able to send a group email this week, but we had a really good Skype session with him on Sunday evening and he posted a lot of pictures on his Google Drive, so I will give you a quick update of how he is doing.

As far as the title of this post goes, Elder Ogden had a little mishap with his bike this week and fought with the ground a little. He miscalculated the angle of a ramp that had a bit of an uneven surface and his bike came to a stop, but he didn't, lol.  Fortunately the only casualties in this situation are a pair of pants and some skin.

Elder Ogden has had the opportunity to go on a few exchanges over that past couple of weeks. (That is where missionary companions switch with each other and work with different companions for a day.) 

"Exchanges with Elder Keys and having a little teppinyaki. Only $5.60 American dollars."

"Exchanges with Elder Bateman"

Here we have some of Elder Ogden's latest P-day adventures....

"I've never been so tempted to buy a useless item."

"With James who is our Bishop's son."

Fun with Tong Oil flowers (The 513 is because the date was 5/13.)

Here are some more random pictures to give you a glimpse at some of the things Elder Ogden has been up to...

"Tracing calligraphy paper so I can practice my Chinese Calligraphy skills"

"The view from our apartment"

"A jack fruit"

"Mark from Hualien came for a visit!"

"His first Mountain Dew. He loved it!"