The Lerwill Quad Adventures: E-Mail 1-4-2011

Hello! how is everything going there?! :) hope all is well and youare enjoying the wonderful weather there! things have changed here this past week! it has been getting down into the low 30's! really unheard of... we finally had to turn our AC over to heat! pretty crazy, on wedsday it actually snowed here!! none stuck but it was falling from the sky! it was really cold and the wind was blowing so it made it even worse but it was so fun to see some white stuff! everyone has been telling us that it hasnt done that sence 2001! we got some pics of it so i will try and send some of those! :)

On saturday me and elder hiatt, cornilles, crawford, rowbury, and green got up really early and drove to scottsdale and hiked camelback mnt! it was crazy sweet! hard hike and really steep, my legs were a little sore and my foot started to hurt again but alls good! we got some amazing pics from up top! you can see everything from up there! so thats what we did for our new years day fun! we had a great time! elder Crawford almost didnt make it to the top just from not being in too good of shape but we all made it! georgous sun rise and morning! it was a bout 27 degrees when we left the car! havnt felt that in a long time! :) haha

This week has been pretty crazy! there has been lots of stuff that has been happening and keeping us on our toes. i just got a phone call from the ap's a few mins ago and they were asking about the area and concidering spilting in again and making 1 full set of Spanish and 3 full sets of English just in our stake! crazy if they do but we are teaching enough that it is very possible and would probley work! we are being so blessed! we find out transfers this saturday and then transfers will be on wed. so it will be another crazy week! who knows what all will happen!

the butlers were all sick on sunday with the flu and so they couldnt go to church so we will have to push their bap back one week, but hopfully we can get them better and they still can be interviewed this week so they can be ready to go the following week! they are doing really great! Alma and her whole family was at church again this past week! they are doing awesome and all have a bap date for the 22nd of January! way exciting! :)

we had kinda crazy expirence the other night! we were pulling back into our apt at about 9 and there was 8 cop cars, ambulance, and a fire truck all parked in front of our apt with cops running everywhere so we had to park some where else! as we were getting back to our apt we seen some one go out to the ambulance ona streacher. come to find out later that a drug deal went bad and there was a fight that broke out and we wernt sure what all happend but they had our whole apt swarming with cops and people hand cuffed everywhere! there were some guys running drugs out of the apt just across and above us! but not any more! haha so alls good!

I dont think i told you all this but like 4 weeks ago i found out that a lady that i had taught when i first got to the area in our apt complex had OD'ed on Heroine and died...so sad to see some ones life totally dictated by a drug! it is a powerful thing and 90% of everyone that i teach that is on Drugs at the time says that it all started really inosently and they never would have imagined it getting to the point where they are! prettysad to see! Small and simple...

I got my new montier in the mail! thanks for that, i love it! :) when i get test strips next week i will be sure and let you know if everything works out good! I am sure that it will! :) thanks a ton!

So me and elder hiatt have been going to the temple and making phone calls for the VC to confirm all the referals that we have got from xmas lights and yesterday when we were down there elder hiatt decided that he needed some new garments so we went over to the distribution center and we were getting everything and looking through all the options and we both decieded to try somehting new...we both got one piece garment! haha they are hilarious!! im not so sure that i am compleatly sold on the whole idea but we'll see! we both couldnt stop laughing when we changed into them! haha good times!

so ya things are going really well here! lots of blessing and wonderful ppl we are working with! thanks for all you emails and the information and has been passed on to this part of the world! i love and appreciate all you there and all that youdo for me! I will get some pics sent after this email! hope you enjoy! i cant believe how much wes andkaties kids are growing up! crazy how time flys! hope you all have a wonderful week and are safe and stay warm! i love and miss you all a ton and pray for you always! have a good one and take care!

Love

Elder Dalan Lerwill