The Lerwill Quad Adventures

Monday, June 20, 2011


June 20, 2011 E-mail Casey Ribble's Baptism Pictures

Hello hello, how is everything going there for you all? sounds like you had a good fathers day and got some fun new toys! mom told me about this new gun and how sweet it is and i got no picture...haha, i think i know what your talking about but i would like to see a pic if you want to share a little! :) haha. that is so crazy about the weather there!!! snow, really?! that is not even comprehensible. to think of any weather under 90 degrees right now sounds so nice! its staying in the high 90's in the night now and it hit 110 this past week so it is looking like our summer is coming fast! everyone is saying that by next week we'll be up in the teens! fun fun fun...its like nothing i have EVER felt before. i am praying really hard that if i do get transferred that it will be a car area! haha. :) I got your pics you sent me...WOW, you are getting really good, i am going to buy a little frame today at walmart and put the wind mill picture on my desk. it is so amazing! turned out so awesome! good job! the bird pics are really cool as well! :) hope you had a good fathers day and did some fun stuff. it wasn't the best night for proselyting, everyone had family over and or were gone for the weekend! haha so it was kinda of hard but we have a crazy week!

on wed. night we had our mission blitz and i exchanged with a elder from Virginia, his name is elder hill and he has been out 3 months. when he first came to the mission he came with me on his first night exchange so it was fun to be back with him for a day and see all his progress as a missionary. his area is in west mesa...Country Club Rd. and 6th St....haha, ask some one who knows mesa and they'll let you know what kinda of area it is! haha, its really ruff. Projects, half way houses, the whole 9 yards! pretty crazy for sure! haha we had a really effective day and taught a whole bunch of people. the only down fall to it was we had to shut down our area for the day because we were both on exchanges, but we were blessed for the sacrifice! i had to go back on a bike for that day and so i had to take it and last min. get it fixed. it has a few small things wrong with it so i had to put it on the card. hopefully it will hold up for the rest of my mission! :) it does great but when your not on it for 8months its kinda hard on them! it was a crazy day or so. we finish the exchange on Thursday at 6 pm and i was so nasty! it was 108 all day and we were biking around! haha, so sweaty and gross then right after that we drove to east mesa for Casey Ribble's baptism at 7! couldn't ask for a better way to end the day! it went incredible. she turned 18 on Tues and against everything she finally got it done! her parents have pretty much disowned her and they are now getting a divorce. she was pretty emotional to start off with. i was able to give the talk on baptism and it was so humbling to be able to stand in front of her and promise her that everything will work out. she is incredible, so strong and is a rock to all she knows. it as great to be back with the Perkins family. they are incredible and told me that i have to keep in touch with them throughout the rest of my mission and if i come back to visit and don't see them they will be offended! haha. they are great. after the baptism Casey was invited to come forward and bare her testimony...sweetest moment ever. she was crying and really the only thing she could say was "i feel whole now" wasn't a dry eye in the whole room. absolutely wonderful!

I cant believe how fast time is flying by. June is almost over and it is almost bailey's birthday! i will remember to get her a card! haha :) Freaks me out every time we wake up and see the date and it feels like it just has fast forward 5 days! crazy how it is all working out!

We get our transfer news on Saturday night and we will find out what is happening. i cannot believe that i have been here in this area for 6months!!! i really want to stay here for another 6 weeks but i kinda have a feeling that i will be taking off! this is going to be one of my hardest areas to leave! i have made so many life time friends here. Bro wheeler in the elmwood ward is so amazing and he shared somethings with us on Saturday that made me so happy. he said how he has got other missionaries info before but elder Thomas and I are the only ones that he really wants to keep in touch with! he is incredible and does so much for us! some one you should be really excited to meet some day! there are so many wonderful families here. so many wonderful converts who are solid in their faith and progressing like crazy! i have been so blessed here in this area. with my companions and with the work. i have been humbled and i am excited to work hard for this last year. i feel like i am just getting the vision of it all and how it needs to work and i hope i can improve my effectiveness. its so great to be a missionary and see peoples lives change on a daily basis! it is great!

We are having our zone activity next Monday, it will be in the morning so i will be a Little later in the day emailing. we are going to do a breakfast and just relax! omelets in a bag! :) should be kinda fun and easy! :) we have a awesome zone, 2 of them are going home next week and they are still doing really well. sad to see them leave but there are just as good if not better missionaries coming in every transfer! in 6 weeks there is a missionary who i have become really good friends with who will be going home. hes from Idaho falls. i am going to send you his info and if it works for you it would be a awesome home coming to attend. if nothing else you should call and talk to his parents! he is incredible. i will write you a letter today. we have nothing planned and are hoping to just kick it and not do anything!! :) it will be enjoyable.

Well i hope that you all have a good week and be safe and see some sun shine! :) you are more than welcome to take 20 degrees of mine down here! that would nice! haha, i hope that it works and you can get the weeds sprayed and have a great week! take care and share my love with all there! thanks so much for all you do! :)

Love,

Elder Dalan Lerwill

Elder Davis (from Victor) Casey Ribble, Andrew Perkins, and Elder Lerwill