Hello,
Sounds like Tennis is the sport to be playing. You get dates and salsa!! Have you made salsa yet? That’s the one thing I'm really going to miss this fall. Stealing salsa from the Tennis team. It was so good!!! Congrats Megan on your continuing winning streak. Sounds like you're bouncing in and out of...well...everything. I remember when Dave would move me from position to position. I didn't like it at all, but maybe you enjoy getting to know all of the girls. :)
Man, I thought Kristen would last longer than a week. Oh, well, I guess dates are good. Did she give her REAL number or someone else’s?
Shannon's getting to dance the solo again? Is that fair? Is she that good? Maybe. ;) I know you're good Shannon. Sounds like all of you are having fun without me. Moving on in life to bigger and better things.
College is crazy. I'm not in college nor a part of college, but Tallahassee comes to life when school is in. It is definitely a college town. FSU football is about to be here. Next e-mail I send you will be game day. They are playing Miami and all the locals are getting ready for it. Some have been getting ready for weeks. Apparently football is big here. :)We've been told that College Game Day will be here at Florida State. That’s going to be fun. I'm not sure what we're going to do during a football game yet. I've been told that it becomes our P-day. We'll find out soon.
So this week has been great and bad. Bad first. Elder Perkins and I have been separated a lot this week. Mostly weekend. He is the District Leader and has had to go on splits with the other missionaries. There have been some problems between the Elders and Sisters in our district. He has been taking some of the Elders out for the day or night to talk with them and hear their story. Its been very weird being on the other end. I can't tell you what goes on, but I get to be the one to let them 'vent'. Its not very fun just listening, but whatever.
Hilary did not see us during the week. She has started school and is taking extra dance classes. about 7-10 each night. That’s about 15 hours a week. She also has school and hasn't made room for us yet. She is still working on her schedule and hopefully we can meet with her on Sunday and figure it all out. She is reading Our Search for Happiness. I love that book and I thought it would help her out too. She's only at the introduction, so I'm not sure how she likes it yet.
Alan is our new investigator. We met him on Sunday at Stake Conference. He is
from Orlando and is very very interested in the Church. He has been to sacrament before, he's met with the missionaries before and he has taken an institute class before. We were both thinking in our heads, 'Why aren't you baptized yet? You've gone to more things than most members.' Well we started teaching him and found out that Families is very important to him. So we taught him the Plan of Salvation, focusing on Families. It was so cool to teach and then here him testify. We gave him a commitment to read Moroni 10 and he said that by reading that chapter it didn't give him an answer, it re-assured his answer he got before he met us. By the end of our meeting we invited him to be baptized. Not only did he accept, his answer was, Absolutely.' It was amazing and I'm so excited for Alan. The Former Elder Renshaw might have met him before. He was meeting with missionaries down there. I think his last name is Rodriguez. Alan 'De Jesus' Rodriguez. He has a cool story about his name. But back to business, Alan is getting baptized on the 19th of Sept. Do you know what day that is? All of you who are reading this e-mail should know. I mean ALL of you. Especially Brother Whiting. Something about a football and two teams. ;) Its going to be a very spiritual day for us missionaries. Haha.
Well other than that we are just chillin' and staying dry. Its good to hear from you all and I think both Grandparents, Call and Clement got my previous trivia right. Methuselah, or however you spell it, was the oldest recorded man in the Bible. Good job.
Florida is awesome and a little wet, but no hurricanes. Thanks for all your
prayers back home. I know they've definitely helped.
I love you all and I love hearing each of your individual stories from your
letters.
I love you
Elder Call
Elder Call
Off to the MTC
Monday, August 31, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
The Students Are Back!!!!!
Hey Y'all
I'm sorry my e-mail was late. I didn't even know it did that. haha. WHERE IS CAMERON GOING?!? That was on my mind all week. I want to know where that boy is going. I got a letter from him and I'll send him an e-mail, but now I have to wait until Monday to find out. :( I'm glad Clark is doing great and 'Who is this Girl?' Someone from his ward? Someone he met?
I got the letter with the camera cards. I'm sorry the pictures didn't turn out so well, I tried to change the setting yesterday and I think I got it. There was no 'fine' or 'best' on my camera, but there was high sensitivity. Maybe that will work. Anyways I'll keep trying to get that right. I wore my tie for Nate today. I hope he's doing well in the MTC. Its always rough the first couple of days, no matter how prepared you are.
Well students are finally back on campus. Last week was the last week of the break. We did a lot of service including cleaning the church. We also had our Zone Conference on Friday. I love zone conference. It’s so refreshing to hear President Summerhays talk to us. It feels as if he gives us new life each time we hear his voice. We went over some surveys that each missionary took in preparation for Zone Conference. There was a 'remember this' and a 'missionary hand book' survey. Each of which we rated ourselves on how we did in each category. I felt pretty good about mine and I talked a little about it during my interview. But during the meeting he went on this crazy tangent, but then it ended up being the coolest thing ever.
We talked about what the Lord expects of us and if he has anything prepared for us. Some thought that our lives were already planned out for us and that it didn't matter what we did certain things would happen. I disagreed to some extent claiming that God had in store for us callings, priesthood responsibilities, blessings, family, temple and other topics. I also included a verse from Doctrine and Covenants that states that a man must be 'anxiously engaged in a good cause'. The Lord cares what we do with our live but at the same time he doesn't. He wants us to live and learn from our mistakes and become like him. 'This time is a probationary state to prepare to meet God.' (Off the top of my head I'm not sure where that is, but my guess is Alma 7.) President thought it was interesting, but proved me wrong. Kindly. :) He said the Lord knows all things. Past, Present and Future. So if he knows all things he knows what we've done, what we're doing and what we're going to do in our lives and certain situations. He knows all. He has a plan for each of us whether(??) it be stake president or just a home teacher he has something in store for us. He knows how our mission will be, he knows who we will marry, he knows how much our families will love each other and he knows when he will take us up to rest. He knows all. However, he in no way what-so-ever takes away our free agency. EVER. We still have the ability to choose, to learn, to grow, and to progress toward him, but he knows which path we will choose. He has to, if he's going to prepare us for a family, calling or some responsibility that may at the time seem unimportant, but in time we will be able to see his hand in every step of our life. It was the coolest tangent ever. When he stops going by the book and just teaches from the heart. Those thoughts and feelings the spirit puts into him, you can feel and hear angels encircled about him. It’s the most incredible thing I've ever seen.
President also spoke at our stake conference, but it wasn't nearly as cool as Zone conference. But he did say this. "A man is given a calling based on the capabilities of his wife." Haha. I thought it was funny and so true. Those men who we look up to have amazing wives. Adam couldn't do it without Eve. She knew the consequences of her actions, but she also knew what it would take to find happiness and joy. Without Eve there is no human race. Anyways. This week was somewhat productive, but like I said the students are back and I'm excited.
I love you all and I'm praying for you.
Love Elder Call
I'm sorry my e-mail was late. I didn't even know it did that. haha. WHERE IS CAMERON GOING?!? That was on my mind all week. I want to know where that boy is going. I got a letter from him and I'll send him an e-mail, but now I have to wait until Monday to find out. :( I'm glad Clark is doing great and 'Who is this Girl?' Someone from his ward? Someone he met?
I got the letter with the camera cards. I'm sorry the pictures didn't turn out so well, I tried to change the setting yesterday and I think I got it. There was no 'fine' or 'best' on my camera, but there was high sensitivity. Maybe that will work. Anyways I'll keep trying to get that right. I wore my tie for Nate today. I hope he's doing well in the MTC. Its always rough the first couple of days, no matter how prepared you are.
Well students are finally back on campus. Last week was the last week of the break. We did a lot of service including cleaning the church. We also had our Zone Conference on Friday. I love zone conference. It’s so refreshing to hear President Summerhays talk to us. It feels as if he gives us new life each time we hear his voice. We went over some surveys that each missionary took in preparation for Zone Conference. There was a 'remember this' and a 'missionary hand book' survey. Each of which we rated ourselves on how we did in each category. I felt pretty good about mine and I talked a little about it during my interview. But during the meeting he went on this crazy tangent, but then it ended up being the coolest thing ever.
We talked about what the Lord expects of us and if he has anything prepared for us. Some thought that our lives were already planned out for us and that it didn't matter what we did certain things would happen. I disagreed to some extent claiming that God had in store for us callings, priesthood responsibilities, blessings, family, temple and other topics. I also included a verse from Doctrine and Covenants that states that a man must be 'anxiously engaged in a good cause'. The Lord cares what we do with our live but at the same time he doesn't. He wants us to live and learn from our mistakes and become like him. 'This time is a probationary state to prepare to meet God.' (Off the top of my head I'm not sure where that is, but my guess is Alma 7.) President thought it was interesting, but proved me wrong. Kindly. :) He said the Lord knows all things. Past, Present and Future. So if he knows all things he knows what we've done, what we're doing and what we're going to do in our lives and certain situations. He knows all. He has a plan for each of us whether(??) it be stake president or just a home teacher he has something in store for us. He knows how our mission will be, he knows who we will marry, he knows how much our families will love each other and he knows when he will take us up to rest. He knows all. However, he in no way what-so-ever takes away our free agency. EVER. We still have the ability to choose, to learn, to grow, and to progress toward him, but he knows which path we will choose. He has to, if he's going to prepare us for a family, calling or some responsibility that may at the time seem unimportant, but in time we will be able to see his hand in every step of our life. It was the coolest tangent ever. When he stops going by the book and just teaches from the heart. Those thoughts and feelings the spirit puts into him, you can feel and hear angels encircled about him. It’s the most incredible thing I've ever seen.
President also spoke at our stake conference, but it wasn't nearly as cool as Zone conference. But he did say this. "A man is given a calling based on the capabilities of his wife." Haha. I thought it was funny and so true. Those men who we look up to have amazing wives. Adam couldn't do it without Eve. She knew the consequences of her actions, but she also knew what it would take to find happiness and joy. Without Eve there is no human race. Anyways. This week was somewhat productive, but like I said the students are back and I'm excited.
I love you all and I'm praying for you.
Love Elder Call
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Tallahassee Community College - Week 8
Hello Everyone!!
This week has been suprisingly productive. We haven't really been able to focus on Key Indicators, but we have done a lot of service and activities to help us with the fall semester coming up. All the appartments are still empty, but we've been told that they'll fill up within the next week.
Um. We were told yesterday over the pulpit that there is a tropical storm here and two hurricanes on the way. In other words, service is right around the corner. :) I've never been in an extreme storm like a Hurricane before. It rains like crazy here just on regular storms. Even the small storms dump more water than a big storm in Utah. Its insane how big the rain drops get. Its not raining today, but it feels like we walked into a shower. There are clouds everywhere and it is so humid.
Hilary is doing awesome. She still doesn't have a baptisimal date, but she comes every sunday, goes to other activites like FHE and TNT and is there for all of our appointments. She doesn't know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God yet, but she will. Until then we'll keep teaching her and encouraging her to read. She is starting Dance in a week. She just had a big dance weekend where she danced for about 9 hours a day. Shannon would get along great with her. She said the dance she did was a mix between ballet and african. ??? Not sure what that would look like, but she loved it!!
As for me everything is great. My companion, Elder Perkins is awesome and
patient. Especially since we have no one to teach. I'm eating fine, except for the fact that the members only feed us maybe once a week and we're in a biking area. All of my money goes to food. But don't worry. I eat a lot and i'm eating healthy too. Chicken, Vegatables, Eggs, Fruits, PB&J's hmmmm, mac and cheese, granola and yogurt. Its just that I don't have money to spend on other items,like m&m's, candy, subway, t-shirts and other non-important stuff. :)
Cameron - My guess is . . . Ecuador.
Rooster + Bear = Good Times. hahahaha
So is Megan on JV or Varsity. Or does it even matter?
Kristen better go to the BYU vs FSU game. Its on the 19th. I think I said 29th last time, but its on the 19th of Sept. I'll be watching it. While teaching an investigator of course. :)
Shannon. Hey would you write a letter for Hilary for me? It would be nice if you could intertwine dance and the gospel. :) How has Dance helped you with life, young womens, school, church etc. That would be fantastic. I think Hilary would enjoy that and maybe I can get her to send something to you.
Dad, Thanks for the letters. I was almost reading along with you, but I started the Book of Mormon over because our mission President asked us to. So now I'm behind trying to catch up.
Mom. I'm eating, I'm healthy, I have a little trouble sleeping, but its getting better. I drink gatorade every morning and night. I haven't gotten hurt yet. I think thats everything. :) Oh! we found some bible flash cards at the dollar store. Who was the oldest person in the Bible?
Love you all and I'm praying for you. Have fun in school!! haha
Love Elder Call
This week has been suprisingly productive. We haven't really been able to focus on Key Indicators, but we have done a lot of service and activities to help us with the fall semester coming up. All the appartments are still empty, but we've been told that they'll fill up within the next week.
Um. We were told yesterday over the pulpit that there is a tropical storm here and two hurricanes on the way. In other words, service is right around the corner. :) I've never been in an extreme storm like a Hurricane before. It rains like crazy here just on regular storms. Even the small storms dump more water than a big storm in Utah. Its insane how big the rain drops get. Its not raining today, but it feels like we walked into a shower. There are clouds everywhere and it is so humid.
Hilary is doing awesome. She still doesn't have a baptisimal date, but she comes every sunday, goes to other activites like FHE and TNT and is there for all of our appointments. She doesn't know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God yet, but she will. Until then we'll keep teaching her and encouraging her to read. She is starting Dance in a week. She just had a big dance weekend where she danced for about 9 hours a day. Shannon would get along great with her. She said the dance she did was a mix between ballet and african. ??? Not sure what that would look like, but she loved it!!
As for me everything is great. My companion, Elder Perkins is awesome and
patient. Especially since we have no one to teach. I'm eating fine, except for the fact that the members only feed us maybe once a week and we're in a biking area. All of my money goes to food. But don't worry. I eat a lot and i'm eating healthy too. Chicken, Vegatables, Eggs, Fruits, PB&J's hmmmm, mac and cheese, granola and yogurt. Its just that I don't have money to spend on other items,like m&m's, candy, subway, t-shirts and other non-important stuff. :)
Cameron - My guess is . . . Ecuador.
Rooster + Bear = Good Times. hahahaha
So is Megan on JV or Varsity. Or does it even matter?
Kristen better go to the BYU vs FSU game. Its on the 19th. I think I said 29th last time, but its on the 19th of Sept. I'll be watching it. While teaching an investigator of course. :)
Shannon. Hey would you write a letter for Hilary for me? It would be nice if you could intertwine dance and the gospel. :) How has Dance helped you with life, young womens, school, church etc. That would be fantastic. I think Hilary would enjoy that and maybe I can get her to send something to you.
Dad, Thanks for the letters. I was almost reading along with you, but I started the Book of Mormon over because our mission President asked us to. So now I'm behind trying to catch up.
Mom. I'm eating, I'm healthy, I have a little trouble sleeping, but its getting better. I drink gatorade every morning and night. I haven't gotten hurt yet. I think thats everything. :) Oh! we found some bible flash cards at the dollar store. Who was the oldest person in the Bible?
Love you all and I'm praying for you. Have fun in school!! haha
Love Elder Call
Monday, August 10, 2009
Tallahassee Community College - Week 7
Hello Y'all
This week was crazy. Elder Krieser and Elder Gates (FSU Elder) both got transferred. They were very sad and moped around Monday and Tuesday. We woke up early, early Wednesday morning and the Zone Leaders came and picked us up. I stayed with Elders O'Niones and Hill. Elder Hill is from Woodscross and grew up with Tyler Miller. They're both great missionaries and we contacted on FSU until we had to go inside because of a lightening warning. My new companion, Elder Perkins, came later that night and we dropped off his stuff and went straight to work. We helped Rich, a member, move into his new place. Then he took us out to dinner. By the time we got home it was 8:30 and Elder Perkins' stuff was still packed in his bags. He finished unpacking the next day and we were off to work.
Friday we did 'chalk walk' again. It was great. We talked with a lot of people. One man was once part of the RLDS group. But he broke away from that and is no longer religious. He asked me how I knew that the Book of Mormon was true. I got to bear my testimony to him right there on campus. That the Book of Mormon is more than a really cool story book, with wars and amazing men like Captain Moroni. Its a gift from God. As we read it and search for the deeper meanings by applying it to our own lives we come to understand that these men were prophets of God teaching to people how to reach to him through Jesus Christ. Prophets like Nephi, Jarom, Alma, Abinidi, Alma the Younger, Sons of Mosiah, Captain Moroni, Nephi and Lehi, Brother of Jacob, Mormon and Moroni. Every time they wrote it was for OUR profit and learning. We can learn from their words and receive the blessings they promise as we give heed to what they wrote. Its an amazing blessing to have the Book of Mormon.
Well, after that fantastic day we found out some very distressing news. All campuses, FSU TCC and FAMU, are closed for the next two weeks. Its the break between summer and fall semester and all students are going home for the break. Dorms have been cleaned out. Leases and contracts are ending in apartments and everyone seems to be moving somewhere new. We are truggling to find stuff to do. Tracting is useless because no one is there. Contacting is the same. We've planned a couple of activities to do over the next two weeks, but we're still left with a lot of time. We have a couple of ideas like malls, flea markets and scouting out different apartments around our area, but I'll have to let you know how that works out.
I'm glad you all are doing great and that summer has been fun for all. I'm really jealous of Shannon and Kristen, but I think my tan can beat theirs. Sounds like Megan is kicking trash once again and enjoying it. I wasn't going to get any jewelry, but then I saw the Tennis shoes and I knew I had to get them. Then I couldn't leave out Kristen and Shannon so I got them some too. I'm thinking Megan should wear those on match days. :) jk.
I love you all and I hope you're excited for the new school year. Oh! BYU is
playing FSU on the 29th of Sept I think. That's way cool that Kristen will be at that game. A bunch of members from here are going up to watch it. Next year BYU will come to Seminole town. haha
I love you and I'm praying for you.
Love Elder Call
This week was crazy. Elder Krieser and Elder Gates (FSU Elder) both got transferred. They were very sad and moped around Monday and Tuesday. We woke up early, early Wednesday morning and the Zone Leaders came and picked us up. I stayed with Elders O'Niones and Hill. Elder Hill is from Woodscross and grew up with Tyler Miller. They're both great missionaries and we contacted on FSU until we had to go inside because of a lightening warning. My new companion, Elder Perkins, came later that night and we dropped off his stuff and went straight to work. We helped Rich, a member, move into his new place. Then he took us out to dinner. By the time we got home it was 8:30 and Elder Perkins' stuff was still packed in his bags. He finished unpacking the next day and we were off to work.
Friday we did 'chalk walk' again. It was great. We talked with a lot of people. One man was once part of the RLDS group. But he broke away from that and is no longer religious. He asked me how I knew that the Book of Mormon was true. I got to bear my testimony to him right there on campus. That the Book of Mormon is more than a really cool story book, with wars and amazing men like Captain Moroni. Its a gift from God. As we read it and search for the deeper meanings by applying it to our own lives we come to understand that these men were prophets of God teaching to people how to reach to him through Jesus Christ. Prophets like Nephi, Jarom, Alma, Abinidi, Alma the Younger, Sons of Mosiah, Captain Moroni, Nephi and Lehi, Brother of Jacob, Mormon and Moroni. Every time they wrote it was for OUR profit and learning. We can learn from their words and receive the blessings they promise as we give heed to what they wrote. Its an amazing blessing to have the Book of Mormon.
Well, after that fantastic day we found out some very distressing news. All campuses, FSU TCC and FAMU, are closed for the next two weeks. Its the break between summer and fall semester and all students are going home for the break. Dorms have been cleaned out. Leases and contracts are ending in apartments and everyone seems to be moving somewhere new. We are truggling to find stuff to do. Tracting is useless because no one is there. Contacting is the same. We've planned a couple of activities to do over the next two weeks, but we're still left with a lot of time. We have a couple of ideas like malls, flea markets and scouting out different apartments around our area, but I'll have to let you know how that works out.
I'm glad you all are doing great and that summer has been fun for all. I'm really jealous of Shannon and Kristen, but I think my tan can beat theirs. Sounds like Megan is kicking trash once again and enjoying it. I wasn't going to get any jewelry, but then I saw the Tennis shoes and I knew I had to get them. Then I couldn't leave out Kristen and Shannon so I got them some too. I'm thinking Megan should wear those on match days. :) jk.
I love you all and I hope you're excited for the new school year. Oh! BYU is
playing FSU on the 29th of Sept I think. That's way cool that Kristen will be at that game. A bunch of members from here are going up to watch it. Next year BYU will come to Seminole town. haha
I love you and I'm praying for you.
Love Elder Call
Monday, August 3, 2009
Tallahassee Community College - Week 6 - Transfers
First things first.
I got the medicine and the other goodies as well. Thanks!!! I totally forgot to write for the Ties and I sent a letter home but it might get there too late. :( but Rachel’s baptism is good too. maybe you could throw in some other lines like 'hey y'all' or something so it sounds like I really wrote it. :D
I'm going to send you my card and write down all the pictures for you. Then you can have them. If you want to send me a new on, or just send me the old one after you get it. Either way I think I'll just send pictures home every transfer, unless you want them faster than that.
Ok now for my week
Hey Y'all family and friends!!
This week has definitely had its ups and downs. It started off great at the beginning of the week. We had all these lessons planned, we were going to give Hilary a baptismal date and we were going to find more 'gators', but somehow none of that happened. We had a lesson with a guy named Shawn. I'm not sure if I mentioned him before. He was in the Service for six years. He is now going to school at FSU. Ben Pope (member) invited us to dinner with him and Shawn. We taught him about the restoration of the Gospel and he told us about how he feels God will never forgive him. We tried to convince him other wise and tried to explain the Atonement to him, but he wasn't buying any of it. He was nice enough to ask us to come over again though. We went over the next sunday for dinner. Shawn made us dinner this time and he made Corn Beef and Cabbage stew. Oh!! it was so good! and there was so much we couldn't eat all of it. There were eight of us and six were Elders. After the hearty meal we discussed the Plan of Salvation and how we are here to learn and to grow. We are also here to use our body and continue to use it and learn from it. When we slip the atonement is there as our 'safety net'. No unclean thing can stand in God's presence, but through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we can all become clean. He listen to us and understood everything, but he wasn't sure if he believed yet. 'I want to try it out and continue to do research on my own,' is what he kept telling us. We just smiled and said, 'perfect, experiment with the 'word' and see if it works in your own life.' He's a great guy and he'll find what he's looking for someday.
The rest of the week just went south. We met with Hilary on Tuesday. There was a member there too who brought her friend who was a nonmember. So we taught her instead of teaching Hilary. We set up a time to teach her on thursday, but she canceled and set up a time for friday. Friday came and she had to cancel again. We didn't see her until Church on sunday. ugh, we are supposed to meet her on tuesday this week. I hope it works out.
Thursday was when we were going to be in the Booth. At TCC we have a booth on
thursdays where we sit in the Student Union and talk to students who pass by. We were only going to be there for two hours, but Alex canceled his lesson with us and Hilary canceled too. So we sat there for six hours. BOREING!! Friday came excited to do the 'chalk walk' on FSU. We got there and started to draw the plan of salvation. After we got done we started to talk to people. Five minutes later it started to rain. Florida rain sucks. It just comes in bucket loads. It washed away our plan of salvation and the side walk was too wet to draw it back on. We contacted for a couple of hours then went home and ate lunch. We left our place and went to find some potentials. After the first three houses it started to rain again. This time it was insane. I've never seen so much rain. It just kept coming. We decided it would be best to ride home and wait it out (we couldn't see the end). In the ten minutes it took to ride home, everything was soaked. EVERYTHING my pants, my shoes and socks, my shirt and tie (even though it was underneath my jacket) and even a couple pamphlets and books of mormon. It was terrible. We just sat there and waited for it to stop. Saturday came and we were going to help a lady move. Well we got to her house and she didn't have a key for her new place, so we couldn't move. We went home and took an early lunch. Five minutes before we were about to leave it starts to rain. So we weekly planned for an hour and got ready to go to a new member lesson with a girl named Carly. Carly canceled and we finished weekly planning. We did everything we could think of and called anyone who might want to meet with us and nothing happened. Well at this time its only 4:00. We're fasting so were not coming home until 8. We have no idea what to do. We started tracting, but no one is home. They are all moving or haven't moved yet. Every 7th house had someone and it took about 5 people until we found someone interested enough just to listen. It was terrible. There is some good news. We had a mission wide fast for the Book of Mormon. To help us see it work in our lives and the lives of our investigators. Everyone did a 24 hour fast, but don't worry, I did a 12 and 12 hour fast. It was a really cool experience. We are all trying to finish the Book of Mormon by October 3. If anyone would like to join me I challenge you to take time to read the Book of Mormon. Mark it in a way that will help you see the way the lord blesses his children. We use a two colored pencil. RED marks the requirements that we have to do and BLUE marks the blessings, characteristics and anything the Lord will do in return. It helps apply the Book of Mormon to each and everyone of us.
Transfers!!! Guess where I'm going?? Pensacola? Mobile? Thomasville Georgia)? Dothon? Panama City? Ft Walton? Destin? If you have guessed any of these your wrong. haha I'm staying in Tallahassee on TCC. Elder Krieser is leaving for Navarre. Thats over by Pensecola. Elder Perkins is coming to TCC with me as the new District Leader. I've heard good things about him.
Well that’s all the news I have. I think that’s really cool that the MLS vs Everton game was awesome!! did any of you get to see it? I got letters from both grandparents, Sara and Ayrn, Megan, Shannon, Kristen, Dad, Erik’s e-mails, Mikes e-mails, and anyone else I forgot to mention.Well these first six weeks have flown by. Have a fun and safe summer and good luck preparing for school. Someday I'll send that package for Shannon and the Girls. I love y'all and I’m praying for you.
Love Elder Call
I got the medicine and the other goodies as well. Thanks!!! I totally forgot to write for the Ties and I sent a letter home but it might get there too late. :( but Rachel’s baptism is good too. maybe you could throw in some other lines like 'hey y'all' or something so it sounds like I really wrote it. :D
I'm going to send you my card and write down all the pictures for you. Then you can have them. If you want to send me a new on, or just send me the old one after you get it. Either way I think I'll just send pictures home every transfer, unless you want them faster than that.
Ok now for my week
Hey Y'all family and friends!!
This week has definitely had its ups and downs. It started off great at the beginning of the week. We had all these lessons planned, we were going to give Hilary a baptismal date and we were going to find more 'gators', but somehow none of that happened. We had a lesson with a guy named Shawn. I'm not sure if I mentioned him before. He was in the Service for six years. He is now going to school at FSU. Ben Pope (member) invited us to dinner with him and Shawn. We taught him about the restoration of the Gospel and he told us about how he feels God will never forgive him. We tried to convince him other wise and tried to explain the Atonement to him, but he wasn't buying any of it. He was nice enough to ask us to come over again though. We went over the next sunday for dinner. Shawn made us dinner this time and he made Corn Beef and Cabbage stew. Oh!! it was so good! and there was so much we couldn't eat all of it. There were eight of us and six were Elders. After the hearty meal we discussed the Plan of Salvation and how we are here to learn and to grow. We are also here to use our body and continue to use it and learn from it. When we slip the atonement is there as our 'safety net'. No unclean thing can stand in God's presence, but through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we can all become clean. He listen to us and understood everything, but he wasn't sure if he believed yet. 'I want to try it out and continue to do research on my own,' is what he kept telling us. We just smiled and said, 'perfect, experiment with the 'word' and see if it works in your own life.' He's a great guy and he'll find what he's looking for someday.
The rest of the week just went south. We met with Hilary on Tuesday. There was a member there too who brought her friend who was a nonmember. So we taught her instead of teaching Hilary. We set up a time to teach her on thursday, but she canceled and set up a time for friday. Friday came and she had to cancel again. We didn't see her until Church on sunday. ugh, we are supposed to meet her on tuesday this week. I hope it works out.
Thursday was when we were going to be in the Booth. At TCC we have a booth on
thursdays where we sit in the Student Union and talk to students who pass by. We were only going to be there for two hours, but Alex canceled his lesson with us and Hilary canceled too. So we sat there for six hours. BOREING!! Friday came excited to do the 'chalk walk' on FSU. We got there and started to draw the plan of salvation. After we got done we started to talk to people. Five minutes later it started to rain. Florida rain sucks. It just comes in bucket loads. It washed away our plan of salvation and the side walk was too wet to draw it back on. We contacted for a couple of hours then went home and ate lunch. We left our place and went to find some potentials. After the first three houses it started to rain again. This time it was insane. I've never seen so much rain. It just kept coming. We decided it would be best to ride home and wait it out (we couldn't see the end). In the ten minutes it took to ride home, everything was soaked. EVERYTHING my pants, my shoes and socks, my shirt and tie (even though it was underneath my jacket) and even a couple pamphlets and books of mormon. It was terrible. We just sat there and waited for it to stop. Saturday came and we were going to help a lady move. Well we got to her house and she didn't have a key for her new place, so we couldn't move. We went home and took an early lunch. Five minutes before we were about to leave it starts to rain. So we weekly planned for an hour and got ready to go to a new member lesson with a girl named Carly. Carly canceled and we finished weekly planning. We did everything we could think of and called anyone who might want to meet with us and nothing happened. Well at this time its only 4:00. We're fasting so were not coming home until 8. We have no idea what to do. We started tracting, but no one is home. They are all moving or haven't moved yet. Every 7th house had someone and it took about 5 people until we found someone interested enough just to listen. It was terrible. There is some good news. We had a mission wide fast for the Book of Mormon. To help us see it work in our lives and the lives of our investigators. Everyone did a 24 hour fast, but don't worry, I did a 12 and 12 hour fast. It was a really cool experience. We are all trying to finish the Book of Mormon by October 3. If anyone would like to join me I challenge you to take time to read the Book of Mormon. Mark it in a way that will help you see the way the lord blesses his children. We use a two colored pencil. RED marks the requirements that we have to do and BLUE marks the blessings, characteristics and anything the Lord will do in return. It helps apply the Book of Mormon to each and everyone of us.
Transfers!!! Guess where I'm going?? Pensacola? Mobile? Thomasville Georgia)? Dothon? Panama City? Ft Walton? Destin? If you have guessed any of these your wrong. haha I'm staying in Tallahassee on TCC. Elder Krieser is leaving for Navarre. Thats over by Pensecola. Elder Perkins is coming to TCC with me as the new District Leader. I've heard good things about him.
Well that’s all the news I have. I think that’s really cool that the MLS vs Everton game was awesome!! did any of you get to see it? I got letters from both grandparents, Sara and Ayrn, Megan, Shannon, Kristen, Dad, Erik’s e-mails, Mikes e-mails, and anyone else I forgot to mention.Well these first six weeks have flown by. Have a fun and safe summer and good luck preparing for school. Someday I'll send that package for Shannon and the Girls. I love y'all and I’m praying for you.
Love Elder Call
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