Tuesday's E-mail

2 Corinthians 4:17-18


hey,

sorry that i am emailing so late today. we went and golfed 9 holes this morning with a few of the other elders! it was a lot of fun and i only lost 5 balls! ;) haha, oh man, i am so sick right now because of the grain!! so you have crop ins. on it?! i really hope everything works out really well, it will its just always nerve racking... sorry to hear about dads back! is it getting better? i really hope so. mine was hurting this past week so i went to one of our ward mission leaders who is a chiropractor and he did it for me for free...wow do i ever miss barkdull!! he is absolutely amazing! i didn't leave hurting more but barkdull just does such a good job! i hope yours gets better soon!! ya i got your package this week! it was awesome, thanks so much for all the goodies and everything, wonderful snacks during studies! ;) i also gotta package from Wes and Katie and family! its amazing, they sent some gummy worms that were melted into a big blob and some other goodies along with a sweet summer picture book of the kids! :)way fun to see how much they have changed in the short time i have been gone! My collar bone is all good now! no tenderness or anything so i am back to normal, i can still feel a big ridge of calcium build up around it where it broke, but all good noW! :) This transfer ends on September 5th, they are 6 week transfers so 6 weeks from then and so on! the actual transfer is on the Tues after that date, so this one it is on the 7th, elder mace goes home and i will go down to the valley that Tues and pick up my new comp! :) so that is so exciting!!!

so you asked about all the ppl we are teaching so.... Charlie is doing well, we have a lesson with him this week and we will be teaching tithing witch we know is a big hold up so hopefully we can help him realize that what is holding him back isn't that biga deal, well it is but help him realize the blessings that will come from living the gospel! :) Jenel has not made it to church yet so we have had to drop her for a while but she has lots of active member friends who are still working with her so she will come around in time! Damon and Dillon Ellison are doing really well, their whole family made it out to chrch this past week so if they keep it up they should still be good for their date on the 28th of Aug! we have a lesson with them tonight at 6 so that's way exciting! :) probley my favorite investigator right now is Lindsey Webb, she is absolutely amazing!!! she is 15 and sooo smart! she is so ready for baptism and wants to sooo bad, but the thing is that her mom is not aware that she is meeting with us...which is a problem! haha, so hopefully she will talk to her mom before our next lesson this sat and things will work out. she is at the beginning of Alma and loves reading, knows its true and knows what she needs to do, but is scared spitless to talk to her mom! which i cant imagine doing so ya, she is amazing and doing so well, pray for her and her mom! :)

we have had a crazy week with dinners!! we have had steak like 4 days in a row... that's not so nice on the gut and sucks when your on a bike! haha, we ate at the Hollands on Friday night and they cooked a boneless top sirloin steak that was the biggest steak i have ever seen in my life, bro and sis Holland and there 3 kids all shared one steak then they cooked a whole one for each of us....i was sooo sick and miserable! haha, it was HUGE! ppl are so generous its not even funny, sometimes i wish some one would just cook us some simple hot dogs of cheese burgers rather than getting out the china and cloth napkins! haha :) we are treated all too well! :)

so needless to say, things are going really well here! i hope that everything works out for you with the crops, your in my prayers daily! i hope you have a wonderful time at Wes and Katie's, I'm sure you are, those kids are too cute not to have a blast! :) keep your chin up, rely on the Lord and keep moving forward, that's about all you can do half the time, but the Lord will provide a way, most of the time it is a HUGE test of faith but it will all work out! :) it was wonderful to here from you! have a wonderful day and please be safe! i love and miss you all so much, thanks for all the support!! :) keep healthy and in touch!

Love

Elder Dalan Lerwill