The Lerwill Quad Adventures

Wow how time flies by, i cannot believe that it is Halloween. crazy to think that one year ago i was in this same zone. it slips away all too quickly! well i have a lot that i need to fill you in on here and it was so great to get and read your emails. i am so happy for you all there and the missionary experiences your having. it is so fulfilling to see people come to the gospel and change. That is also so exciting for me to hear that you have a good relationship with the missionaries and they are doing a good job with teaching Hailey. Bailey i am so happy that you are being a missionary!! you will be amazed and i am sure that you already are that if you pray for and actively search for missionary opportunities they WILL happen. :) you guys are the best, keep it up and keep me posted on her progress as she continues on this amazing journey. Complete support and unconditional love will open doors that no amount of knowledge can do! Keep it up.


Good luck with the hunting stuff too, have you been getting close at all or are they giving you the complete run around?! hopefully you will be able to get into them good and get a shot! that would be so much fun for you both! :) keep me posted

It was a lot of fun to see Mitch and Julie on Saturday. i had some boxes of stuff put together and ready to drop off at her parents but they were still at the apt and at 11ish we had just finished correlating with one of our WML's and Mitch called. so we went home and grabbed my box and ran it up there for about 10mins. it was so sweet to see them and hear that all is going well. i got big extended hugs from the both of you! :) I thought that it might make me a little trunky to see them but it just did the opposite, i realize that life is going on there fine without me and ill be there soon enough so it has helped me focus and realize how limited and important my time here really is. great experience to see and visit with them!

That is so exciting for Justin. Keep it up man and you can accomplish anything you want. i have some works of advise for you so i will write you a letter today. Love you buddy!

Well we have been so busy this week! we had 2 baps. this week end and they went awesome. Shelby Smith was baptized after lots of trials. she told her parents that she was going to get baptized and at first they took it really good and she was happy with the result of telling them, then a few days later she finds out they got into all her bank accounts and wiped them out, took her off their car and health insurance, and pretty much took everything they could away from her. so sad and she was really struggling with it all but has so much ward support and love. i was able to talk with her 2 hours before her actual baptism and she was so stressed because her parents had purposely planned all kinds of stuff on that night to try and keep her from getting baptized but nothing was going to stop this girl. she is so determined and has a sweet testimony. she knows exactly what she wants and will get it in time. it was a really emotional baptism and there was lots of support there. Elder Davis had taught here about 8months ago and he was able to come and do the baptism. it was sweet! :)

Then Rachel got baptized as well. it was a late baptism because of her work schedule. Sat. at 8:30. she has been so prepared and everything has just fallen into place. Elder Davis had taught her as well so he was able to come back and be there. it was cool to have him there. great baptism and sweet testimony! :)

Elder Davis sure has been following me around. He served in the salt river stake, same area as I. he got transferred from there to Pueblo and covered a few of the same wards that i did. and now he is getting transferred to my area in Snowflake!! crazy. we will have to come back to the mission together, we have all the same areas! haha, we have a lot of fun together.

So kind of a shocker with our transfers. really unexpected but it will be good. I am staying here and getting elder Hancey. he was in pueblo the whole time i was there so we know each other really well. it will be a blast. he is from Utah and played collage soccer. really athletic and works hard! we will get along great! Really stressful though, its all hitting me! ha, he has been out 1year and this will be his first time being a zone leader so he will be picking up on all of that stuff, and to add to it all....I am going to be training a new missionary. he will only be here 1-2 transfers because he is waiting on his visa to go to another country. it will be fun, i am just feeling all the weight on my shoulders. Elder Ricks is going to Payson, he is going to be with a struggling missionary and he has mixed emotions as well. he will do great. we have had a lot of fun together and its sad to see it end but there are lots of blessings that come through change. :) so it will be good and stressful and learning and all the above, pray for me. :)

You all always in my prayers and hope that all is going well for you. keep it up and keep in touch. thanks for all you do and your service and love. i hope that you all have a great week and keep safe, happy, and healthy!

Love,

Elder Lerwill

Shelby

Rachel