lots of new and exciting stuff going on here and there both! :) its 115 degrees out side right now and as we turned into the parking lot our tires peeled up ribbons of asphalt! haha, pretty ridiculous. it has been a enjoyable week though.
I am sorry to hear about the pick up, hopefully they can get it all put back together fast and the warranty will help you out!
Bailey...Happy birthday tomorrow! i have been thinking all about you this past week and hoping that you are getting some fun plans put together and it sounds like you are! :) i hope you have a enjoyable day and have a blast! :) time flys by so fast it is hard to believe. keep healthy and safe and have a great day! i love you.
so this week has been full of all kinds of emotions. We have had a incredible week of teaching people who are ready and willing to make and keep commitments. so many sweet blessings have been given to us as we have been working hard. unfortunately, this will be my last week in this area! i am so sad and do not want to leave at all! we get transfer news on Saturday night so Saturday was a long day waiting to hear what all was going to happen. At about 4:00 p.m. I got a phone call from president and he told me that i was going to be going back to Superstition Zone (Apache junction) to be a zone leader with Elder Derenthal. so many feelings and thoughts are on my mind now. haha, i am excited to go back over there and serve with a new companion but i really do not want to leave. Sunday during a weekly meeting that we have with bro hiatt(high councilman over missionary work) he asked me to share my testimony and what i have learned in this area and some thoughts, it really sucked... i bawled like a baby, ha. There are so many wonderful people here who i have come to love and respect so much. it is really hard to leave but it will be good! If i ever live back in AZ it is going to be in the mesa central stake!!
this week we found 4 new investigators and taught a whole bunch of lessons. there is this part member family that we found and they are sweet. all the kids are baptised and so is the mom but the soon to be dad is not but has great desire. we taught them once and set a baptismal date with the dad, mike, and then they all came to church on Sunday! it was wonderful. mikes son CJ is going to work towards baptizing his dad in October when he gets off parole. this family is awesome and have such a great desire and attitude. they will go far and do great things! :) its amazing how trusting people are with us after just meeting us a few times. always amazing to me how open and honest they are about there past and the things they are going through now. the only way we can be effective and truly help people is when we know there concerns and in order to know them they need to trust us. what a great blessing that this is to have the full confidence and trust of the members and investigators! :)
there are so many people here in this area who have been prepared with out a doubt. they will reach there goals and do great. elder Thomas promised to keep me in touch with how they are doing and i will be able to come back and attend their baptisms! :) what a blessing it is to be so close! :)
So this time in AJ i will actually be in AJ. i will cover 4 wards and i think that one of them meets at that new solar powered building. there has been a lot of rearranging of wards and stakes sense i have been there so it will all be new. also i am going to be in a three some. Elder Derenthal and I are going to be zone leaders and then we are going to have a 3rd missionary with us who will be a great addition. i don't know him very well but his name is elder hay and i just hope that we can all work well together. :):) it will be good and for a reason no matter how it works out! :)
there have been a lot of changes in this zone and the one i am going to. mission wide there are alot of new changes so it should be exciting. this week is going to be super stressful. we got to be running around with new missionaries coming into the mission and also ones leaving. we are taking elder Scott to the mission home today and 4:30 and he flys home to Tremonton UT in the morning. he has been great to have in the zone and work with! sad to see missionaries leave but great ones always come in and replace! :) so this week will be interesting to see how it all plays out!
i am really looking forward to being with elder derenthal! he was in this zone for 3 months of the 6 i was here and we went on a few exchanges together and get along really well. he has been out 6 weeks less that I have so we are pretty close to the same age mission wise and we will do really great. i feel so blessed with all these wonderful companions. its great to know that you can go and work hard and get along. not always a perfect relationship but it works as you both understand your purpose as a missionary and both are willing to work!
I am excited to go back to that zone. kinda different that i would leave that zone to come to here now i am going back! haha but it will be great and i am really excited. i will fill you in next week with all the details and fun stuff to come.
I hope that you all are continuing to be blessed and keeping healthy. thank you so much for all your love and support, i hope that you can get going and finish up the spraying. what a wonderful time of the year there. i am sure it is beautiful! keep working hard and we will be talking soon! I love you all so much!
Elder Dalan Lerwill
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