Scripture
"And any man that shall go and preach this gospel of the kingdom, and fail not to continue faithful in all things, shall not be weary in mind, neither darkened, neither in body, limb, nor joint; and a hair of his head shall not fall to the ground unnoticed. And they shall not go hungry, neither athirst." - Doctrine and Covenants 84:80
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
May 19, 2014
What up Dad?
It was way good to see you guys over skype, too. Only 72 days though. I'm way stoked. Actually, things are going well here and the work's starting to pick up a bit. We have a baptism this week too, so we're pretty excited. It's this 17 year old kid, and he's way dope. It's funny because he's changed a lot over the past few weeks since he's been coming to church. He has stopped drinking and smoking, and no more problems with the law of chastity. He already has a kid though, but he and his girlfriend split up a while back. It's always funny. We're just like, how old are you man? You've got the problems of a 40 year old! He is way chill though, and we've been teaching him and his family, every day. His dad's not a member, but they're all way dope and we should be getting them soon, too.
We also have another kid that we're teaching, who's way chill. He's 21 and it's cool teaching him cause we're the same age and he draws, likes rap, and has a girlfriend and stuff, so we can relate. His dad's the only member in that family and they own a resort. Also, his dad's an actor on TV, but he's way chill and his baptism is planned the end of June.
We went to a new part in our area and tracted a bit, and met this one lady who's waaaay nice. She had some Mormon friends back in the day, but doesn't really want us to teach her. We talked her in to feeding us lunch though, so we went back and ate there and she went all out! Ahhh! Tons of real homemade lasagna, some pinoy food, egg rolls, and ahh just tons of good food.
Also, can you share my week with mom this time? Thanks!
Love ya dad! See ya in 72 days!
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Transfers
' Sup Dad?
Everything's going good here.Yea, when you are a District Leader, it's just you, but when you're a Zone Leader its you and your companion. But yea, I'm way bummed we have transfers tomorrow and and my comp is leaving me.
Skype on Saturday for me, Friday night for you. Mom will get an email of my flight plans before I do, so keep an eye out and let me know.
I hope all is going well. I'll keep this short so we still have stuff to talk about over Skype. I can't wait! Ah, I am way stoked.
Love ya Dad!
Mom,
Hey, I will shoot you a quick email tomorrow, with details for Skyping on Friday. I love you! Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Everything's going good here.Yea, when you are a District Leader, it's just you, but when you're a Zone Leader its you and your companion. But yea, I'm way bummed we have transfers tomorrow and and my comp is leaving me.
Skype on Saturday for me, Friday night for you. Mom will get an email of my flight plans before I do, so keep an eye out and let me know.
I hope all is going well. I'll keep this short so we still have stuff to talk about over Skype. I can't wait! Ah, I am way stoked.
Love ya Dad!
Mom,
Hey, I will shoot you a quick email tomorrow, with details for Skyping on Friday. I love you! Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Sunday, May 4, 2014
April 27, 2014
Mom:
Just a short update for the week since I'm running out of time. We had a
great baptism for the week for a sisters. It went really well. She told her
conversion story at the baptism of how she and her husband used to
fight and drink and smoke, and now how much better life is now that
they're following Christ. Pretty cool. We also have another family who should be getting their paper work for their marriage
this week, so we just got get brother to quit smoking and we can get them
married and baptized.
Also, I heard all my investigators from my last area are getting baptized now too, so that's good to hear.
My
birthday was pretty dope. My old ward mission leader from my last
area came and worked with us. Then my companion pulled this whole,
freak I gotta take go to the bathroom, lets go home real quick before our last
appointment. We got home and the other 4 elders in my zone all
surprised me for my birthday. It was way fun. We had cake and played root beer
pong with punishments of the bottom of the cups you have to do after you
drink. 21st birthday. Check!
All is going good! I cant wait to see you all soon via Skype! Love ya!
Hey Dad:
Nah, i havent gotten my flight plans yet but hopefully soon! How was
park city? Ah, I miss that place so bad. P-days have been chill. We just went
to that one waterfall last week and today we're at SM Mall in Fairview,
my old area, where we went bowling as a zone. I'm still trying to
find a nice place to Skype.
Our baptism went well. The lady we baptized, told her conversion story at her baptism and
it was way dope to see her and her husbands change from chain smoking
and drinking and always fighting to how much the gospel has blessed
them. Love it.
Aight, love ya dad! Skype ya soon!
April 20, 2014
Only 100 Days!
Mom:
Hey, so just a quick update 'cause you already got a bunch of pics and
stuff. We're doing good out here. It's only been a few days since I
last wrote. We have a baptism on Saturday! Pretty exciting. We're
baptizing the wife of this guy that got baptized last month. Sister was way easy. We've only been teaching her for about a
month now, but she saw things with her husband when he was taught by
the missionaries, and loves the Word of Wisdom so she was pretty easy to
catch. :-)
I'll write more next week. Just enjoy the pics for now!
Love ya!
Dad:
haa nahh, he got sustained in sacrament and then had to go and never
actually got ordained. So we're just having the same guy that baptized
him, baptize his wife. It's kind of a bummer. but today we went to this
waterfall. Way dope, except the water wasn't falling today, but it's still
cool. I sent mom some pics.
Yea, everyone's going home way soon. For
the most part, we keep in touch, especially me, and Spencer, Taylor and Jesse. No worries, we'll make plans so we'll have some family
time, friend time, and Brittany time and all that. I'm stoked to catch up
with everyone again.
My area is like half city, half fields and stuff, but so hot all
the time. Even with fans on us, we still wake up every morning sweaty. But its all good. It makes the cold shower feel better. I also sent mom a
few pics of a part of my area.
Yea, I'm down for a Saturday session of Conference. I've heard city creek has lots of
new shops so I'm down. But freak, I miss moms cooking. We tried buying
some salmon the other day and it just turned out like burnt
french fries.
Pretty soon! Only 100 days!
Friday, April 18, 2014
April 16, 2014
Hey Mom!
Things are going good here. The first day I got here, we went to a recent converts house. His wife was talking that maybe she wanted to get baptized too so we've been teaching her and yup, she'll get baptized next week. we're hoping to help brother get the priesthood in time so he can baptize his wife, that'd be soooo dope.
General Conference was really good. I think one of my favorite talks was President Uchtdorf's about having a good attitude in days of tribulation. Also, I liked the quote from priesthood session, "if you try to chase two rabbits, you won't catch either one." I've been pondering that as I've been thinking and praying about what I want to do for work when I get home.
I can't wait to Skype you on the 11th of May. We'll figure out plans for that soon. We might try to Skype at this one member's house. We finally got to teach him because the dad's the only one who's a member, but he was less active so we're helping him return. They're chill though. Their son's my age and we're trying to become friends with him so we can teach him. I felt like I was back at home when I went up to his room. It is covered with skate stuff and his artwork. He's going to school to study the fine arts and so I'm hoping that he might let us teach him since we've got a lot in common. but The dad that's a member is an "artista" as they call it, a TV star. That's his job and they also own a resort, so it should be a good place to Skype maybe.
Hey Dad,
Ya, I'll leave at the beginning of rainy season, but I should be fine because it doesn't get bad until the end of August. That's when all the big floods always hit.
The work here is okay. It'a a lot slower than my last zone, but things are slowly improving. There are 6 elders and 8 sisters in our zone, Montalban Zone, which also is hopefully my last area. But ya, we just had our temple day earlier today and things are going good. We have a baptism next week. I got my update letter, so once my batch turns those in, we can get our flight plans!
Well, that's it! Love ya! See ya in 105 days!
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