Thursday, September 6, 2012


Hey So this is my Letter to Everyone! Send it to everyone please. Okay so I only have a certain amount of time so if the email just cuts off well that's because I had to send it and excuse the grammar in some places. So the first week was so cool! I love my district they are all really cool guys and we come from all very different backgrounds. Though I think I connect with Elder Birtch and Elder Radmall the most. Birtch is from Washington, Federal Way and Radmall is from here in Utah. So the first week I was really excited to start teaching and I thought I kinda knew what I was doing. I was wrong. I've had a lot of growth and what we call it here as growing pains. haha For most of the lessons that my companion and i teach i take the lead and i am talking most of the time because my companion is kinda quiet and still getting use to mission life. But he has a great testimony and he comes from more adversity than in my life and im really happy hes here. I'm really trying to make this transition for him a smooth as possible. So I've started writing in my journal every day mom and i hang up all my shirts, and i fold my pants up and put them in a drawer. i need more hangers but ill get those when i leave from people who leave and stuff. people are always leaving hangers and i can travel easier with them. And mom i keep my room clean. but i haven't made my bed everyday. The days are all planned out for me and it seems like we only have time to just eat and sleep between studying and teaching. I have Brother Ang and Sister Brinkerhoff and they are both so amazing. Great teachers and both return missionaries and they have just a great way of teaching us the gospel. The days seem so life times. its hard to remember exactly what happened since i feel like I've learned so much. In a good way the days seem long but then its amazing that I've already been here a week. Ive been really happy. I was stressed out and i didn't really know what to do about it. we had a lesson and i was talking to our sub Brother Yamada and at first i didnt like him. but he was my teacher so i decided to give him a chance. he actually really really helped me. while he was talking to me i literally had an inspiration. It was amazing. I thought, as long as im doing my best, as long as i forget myself and my needs and my expectations i can go to my heavenly father and say I've done my best and thats all that he expects of me. and if more things need to be done than i will need help and he will help me. i know he will and i know he has. I can't count how many times ive had words given to me in lesson devine inspiration from the lord. to say things that really touch them. Im almost out of time so i will tell you about Barbara. She is a nice lady about 50 and we got a referall to teach her. In real life she is eaither a member or nonmeber we dont know but we teach her as if shes not. anyways the first lesson did not go well. some of the other elders i was with made some mistakes and really confused her. so i made a deal that if she prayed to see if there was a God i would come back with scriptures to answer her questions. the next lesson went so well. we had limited time. she said she felt something when she prayed. she believes the bible so i showed her the scripture in galatians. we then proceeded to teach about enos and moses who saw God and she figured it out. it was so great so see it. then i gave the first vision and it was amazing seeing the spirit work. We gave her a book of mormon. its great seeing the joy of the spirit work on her. i hope she wants to be baptized. times up! ahhh I love you all i wish i had more time. ill write you. i got all your letters by the way. Love you bye!

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