Elder Lerwill, Nora, Thressa (10) and Raymond (7)Monday, October 31, 2011
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
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
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Dalan Sighting!
Fun Pictures from Arizona from the Smaellie's
Last night close to eleven my phone started beeping telling me that I had a text message. Really strange, no one except my family hardly ever calls that phone, let a lone text's me. I heard it once and just thought it was probably a deal that I have texted to my phone. And yes, I didn't even know where my phone was. (ha ha Bailey) But it kept beeping so we got up and it was from Mitch Smaellie. He told me to check my e-mail. Oh how exciting. They are in AZ visiting family and Juli's parent's live in Dalan's ward he is serving in. So great, Dalan looks good. I am getting really home sick for him! Feels like he will never come home. But I know that time is flying by and it won't be long now.
Last night close to eleven my phone started beeping telling me that I had a text message. Really strange, no one except my family hardly ever calls that phone, let a lone text's me. I heard it once and just thought it was probably a deal that I have texted to my phone. And yes, I didn't even know where my phone was. (ha ha Bailey) But it kept beeping so we got up and it was from Mitch Smaellie. He told me to check my e-mail. Oh how exciting. They are in AZ visiting family and Juli's parent's live in Dalan's ward he is serving in. So great, Dalan looks good. I am getting really home sick for him! Feels like he will never come home. But I know that time is flying by and it won't be long now.
Elder Lerwill and Elder Ricks
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Missionary Work
What an amazing evening we have had here tonight. The spirit of missionary work is awesome. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Saints is true, we have a living Prophet who teaches us today, our loving Heavenly Father loves us, loves us so much he sent his Son, Jesus Christ to suffer for us so that we may return and live in heaven with our families forever. We are so blessed.
I am so thankful for our sweet Bailey and the spirit she possess and for her prayer being answered. Since school started she has prayed for a missionary experience. Not only has she prayed for this but she has lived her life lifting others and being aware of people and their needs. She has opened the door for lots of different people to join her group of friends. I am so proud of her. In Seminary she is the "Mother" and her "Daughter" is Hailey Becker. Hailey is not a member but is taking seminary. Bailey found out that Hailey lives in our ward boundaries. She has invited Hailey to YW. Then on Sunday she showed up at church. It was an amazing day. The missionaries were actually speaking in our ward. I'm not sure how but they have had some minimal contact with Hailey. Bailey walked around the chapel after following a prompting to walk the way that she never does and ran into Hailey and the missionaries. She heard her name and went over and talked to them. They asked if they could give Hailey the discussions in our home. Bailey didn't hesitate at all and that is how we came to tonight's event. The missionaries just left our house with Stacy, and Bailey just took Hailey home. Hailey is so prepared. The missionaries committed her to baptism and she accepted. (November 19) Wow. The spirit was so strong and it was so awesome to feel a little of what Elder Dalan Lerwill has been doing, serving in Arizona. Different state, different people, different time, different circumstances but the exact same spirit and feeling. Bailey has had some awesome talks with Hailey. Bailey is so excited to be part of this. She can't hardly believe how it is coming together. She asks "What did I do?" We told her that this is the best part that you are just being you and living your life like you should and are setting an awesome example. She has been watched and I know that the spirit radiates from her. She is a good girl. We love her so much. We will help Hailey any way we can and pray for her. She can use all of your prayers too.
I am so thankful for our sweet Bailey and the spirit she possess and for her prayer being answered. Since school started she has prayed for a missionary experience. Not only has she prayed for this but she has lived her life lifting others and being aware of people and their needs. She has opened the door for lots of different people to join her group of friends. I am so proud of her. In Seminary she is the "Mother" and her "Daughter" is Hailey Becker. Hailey is not a member but is taking seminary. Bailey found out that Hailey lives in our ward boundaries. She has invited Hailey to YW. Then on Sunday she showed up at church. It was an amazing day. The missionaries were actually speaking in our ward. I'm not sure how but they have had some minimal contact with Hailey. Bailey walked around the chapel after following a prompting to walk the way that she never does and ran into Hailey and the missionaries. She heard her name and went over and talked to them. They asked if they could give Hailey the discussions in our home. Bailey didn't hesitate at all and that is how we came to tonight's event. The missionaries just left our house with Stacy, and Bailey just took Hailey home. Hailey is so prepared. The missionaries committed her to baptism and she accepted. (November 19) Wow. The spirit was so strong and it was so awesome to feel a little of what Elder Dalan Lerwill has been doing, serving in Arizona. Different state, different people, different time, different circumstances but the exact same spirit and feeling. Bailey has had some awesome talks with Hailey. Bailey is so excited to be part of this. She can't hardly believe how it is coming together. She asks "What did I do?" We told her that this is the best part that you are just being you and living your life like you should and are setting an awesome example. She has been watched and I know that the spirit radiates from her. She is a good girl. We love her so much. We will help Hailey any way we can and pray for her. She can use all of your prayers too.
Monday, October 24, 2011
E-Mail October 24, 2011
Family! it was so good to hear from you all today and how things are going there. you have had quite the busy and exciting week there! Free tV, new camper, new auger and sounds like you got a free ride on the auger! I am happy to hear that you didn't get hurt! :) I am glad that you had a happy birthday mom and did something fun. i was thinking about you and hoping that you were enjoying your day. You will have to send me pics of the new camper and auger. that is so exciting. have you put the old camper on craigslist or anything? speaking of craigslist, depending on what happens with my transfers i am going to either try to sell my bike on there or sell it to a new missionary. it has held up great and is still in really good condition so i am hoping to be able and get so money out of it. :)
we have had a fun day today. this moring we had a zone activity and we met up with everyone at the salt river stake center and we had a zone breakfast. we had egg-in-a-hole. it was a lot of fun, no one had ever had them before so it was fun to do something new, and i hadn't had it in forever either so it was good. then we had enough people there to play Chicago Fire. so we played ball until 11:30 and now we are here emailing. it was relaxing and good to just not have anywhere to be.
This week has been crazy. we went on exchanges with 2 companionship's of our district leaders and i was able to go back to my old area and see everyone there. it was a blast, i saw the Butlers, they are doing well and it was fun to visit with them again. Lots of good people everywhere you go.
So i am exhausted. in dieing need for a nap! i am having a hard time making my fingers work with my mind!
We have had a busy week. transfer news comes in this Saturday. i cannot believe that it is that time already. crazy how fast it slips by. i am excited for a change and something new. it will be good what ever happens. :) it is easy to get stressed out wondering where i will be going and what will happen but its pointless. I have full confidence in President Ellsworth and what needs to happen will happen. kinda nerve racking though.
well i hope that you have a great week and keep safe and happy. your always in my prayers and i wish the very best to you all there. i haven't heard anything from the mission home about tiff but if they have the info i am sure it will be this week some time that i will. that will be awesome and i am excited for it so we will keep in touch and talk soon. take care and have a good week!
Love Elder Lerwill
we have had a fun day today. this moring we had a zone activity and we met up with everyone at the salt river stake center and we had a zone breakfast. we had egg-in-a-hole. it was a lot of fun, no one had ever had them before so it was fun to do something new, and i hadn't had it in forever either so it was good. then we had enough people there to play Chicago Fire. so we played ball until 11:30 and now we are here emailing. it was relaxing and good to just not have anywhere to be.
This week has been crazy. we went on exchanges with 2 companionship's of our district leaders and i was able to go back to my old area and see everyone there. it was a blast, i saw the Butlers, they are doing well and it was fun to visit with them again. Lots of good people everywhere you go.
So i am exhausted. in dieing need for a nap! i am having a hard time making my fingers work with my mind!
We have had a busy week. transfer news comes in this Saturday. i cannot believe that it is that time already. crazy how fast it slips by. i am excited for a change and something new. it will be good what ever happens. :) it is easy to get stressed out wondering where i will be going and what will happen but its pointless. I have full confidence in President Ellsworth and what needs to happen will happen. kinda nerve racking though.
well i hope that you have a great week and keep safe and happy. your always in my prayers and i wish the very best to you all there. i haven't heard anything from the mission home about tiff but if they have the info i am sure it will be this week some time that i will. that will be awesome and i am excited for it so we will keep in touch and talk soon. take care and have a good week!
Love Elder Lerwill
BAILEY GOT HER ANSWER
So Bailey got her answer from Riley on Friday. He did good. Really cute.
This is what she got this jar filled with hole punch pieces and this note:
Your message in a paint can jarred me
Into typing a reply in verse,
Finding your name was taxing
But this will be much worse :)
I've written an answer in here
... it may take you a while to find.
Make sure to check each little dot,
Be patient, it will take time!
You may think you know my answer,
But please still play my game!
It'll be fun and you know it!
Besides, I did find your name.:p
Bailey looked through and found this little dot with the answer Yes on it. She taped it to the top so she wouldn't loose it again. Really cute.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
OCTOBER CAMPING-NEW CAMPER
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Bailey asked a boy to the Drill Team Dance
Hunting Season 2011
Hunting Season is up and going. Stacy and Bailey have tried hard to get into the elk but have not been able to get where Bailey can get a shot. They have seen, heard, and smelled them. Neat experience's in themselves! A bull even was out in the middle of the field one day early, like around 5. It just happened to be the evening we went a different direction. So they still have a few more day's of bull, so hopefully we will post a kill soon. Keep your finger's crossed.
Birthday
October 18, 2011
I had a great birthday. I was able to hear from both my brothers, my sister, and my awesome Dad & Mom. Verna also stopped by with a card and birthday wishes. Stacy and Bailey treated me well. They bought me a new camera bag that I have been wanting, a new purse, perfume, necklace and ear rings, and Nicholas Sparks new book. Awesome! Bailey had YW and went out to the corn maze so Stacy took me and we went with our friends Scot and Dani Green and went to O'Rourkes to eat. Bagged the diet (hey it's your birthday only once a year, right?) and ate yummy food. Even ate onion rings! I also got the most awesome letter in the mail from Dalan. Perfect timing, it was the only thing in the mail box! How cool is that!
Mom,
Hey I am writing you a letter to wish you happy birthday. It just dawned on me and caught me off guard that its coming up fast! Can not hardly believe how time slips away! We have been so busy and just get caught up with everything going on that you loose track.
I hope that you have an enjoyable day and get to do something fun!:) Sounds like you been pretty busy there as well! Glad to hear that you had a good time with the Warburton's @ Lagoon. Sure it was good to just get away. I wish sometimes I could do that for a weekend and just forget about everything going on and come back and go back to work. But... that's not going to happen for a while.
I can't tell you how much I enjoy reading your emails and all the exciting stuff that's going on there Your unconditional love and support has been a real strength to me over the years. I couldn't ask for a better mom. Being out here I see so many examples of what not to do and I have began to realize how blessed I was growing up. Your example is amazing!
I hope someday I can be the husband and father that Dad is. He is incredible. I have told some people that I never seen my parents argue growing up, besides the one time you were trying to make a point and they do not believe me. The world has gone so far from what it should be it's scary. I admire you and Dad and your relationship. It's something I want to copy in my own!
I miss you all a lot actually. I try not to let it show ha ha, but I love my mission. I am so thankful for you and your support. I hope and wish you a happy birthday and a great week. Love you mom! Keep safe and healthy! Take care,
Love your Son
Elder Dalan J. Lerwill
We are all enlisted, happy are we, happy are we!
I had a great birthday. I was able to hear from both my brothers, my sister, and my awesome Dad & Mom. Verna also stopped by with a card and birthday wishes. Stacy and Bailey treated me well. They bought me a new camera bag that I have been wanting, a new purse, perfume, necklace and ear rings, and Nicholas Sparks new book. Awesome! Bailey had YW and went out to the corn maze so Stacy took me and we went with our friends Scot and Dani Green and went to O'Rourkes to eat. Bagged the diet (hey it's your birthday only once a year, right?) and ate yummy food. Even ate onion rings! I also got the most awesome letter in the mail from Dalan. Perfect timing, it was the only thing in the mail box! How cool is that!
Mom,
Hey I am writing you a letter to wish you happy birthday. It just dawned on me and caught me off guard that its coming up fast! Can not hardly believe how time slips away! We have been so busy and just get caught up with everything going on that you loose track.
I hope that you have an enjoyable day and get to do something fun!:) Sounds like you been pretty busy there as well! Glad to hear that you had a good time with the Warburton's @ Lagoon. Sure it was good to just get away. I wish sometimes I could do that for a weekend and just forget about everything going on and come back and go back to work. But... that's not going to happen for a while.
I can't tell you how much I enjoy reading your emails and all the exciting stuff that's going on there Your unconditional love and support has been a real strength to me over the years. I couldn't ask for a better mom. Being out here I see so many examples of what not to do and I have began to realize how blessed I was growing up. Your example is amazing!
I hope someday I can be the husband and father that Dad is. He is incredible. I have told some people that I never seen my parents argue growing up, besides the one time you were trying to make a point and they do not believe me. The world has gone so far from what it should be it's scary. I admire you and Dad and your relationship. It's something I want to copy in my own!
I miss you all a lot actually. I try not to let it show ha ha, but I love my mission. I am so thankful for you and your support. I hope and wish you a happy birthday and a great week. Love you mom! Keep safe and healthy! Take care,
Love your Son
Elder Dalan J. Lerwill
We are all enlisted, happy are we, happy are we!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Oct. 17, 2011 Loving his mission. Letter from Stonburg Family
Hello all there. sounds like you have had quite the week there and have been keep busy. that is great that they are getting on the grain fast and your getting it where it really needs to be! :) hope that it all goes smoothly and you keep safe. Wow i cannot believe that it is elk season already!! when you said that it hit me like a ton of bricks! i never thought that this time in my mission experience would come. so crazy, loving ever min. of it though! I hope that you will be able and get into the elk and get Bailey a shot. that would be so fun for the two of you. just be sure and drop him where you can get a 4wheeler there because that would really suck to have him in a whole. Or Bailey, just shoot a spike yearling that doesn't have any ivory's yet, those are easy to pull! haha, i hope you get one and if not, still have a blast in the process!
Hey you talked about Julie and Mitch coming down at the end of this month. that will be so awesome. i have some things that i want to get home and just haven't been wanting to pay to send them so i will get a box put together and give it to Bro and Sis Mac (Julie's parents) Transfers are November 1-2 so if they get hear before then i will probley still be here! looking forward to maybe seeing them. the macs have my number so let them know that i will have a box for them to take back from this Valley to the real Valley! :)
Mom happy birthday tomorrow!! i hope that you have a wonderful day and you get my letter either today or tomorrow! :) go do something fun and enjoy the day! I love you and will be thinking about you! HAVE A HAPPY ONE!
well we have had a really good week here. we have been on exchanges with other missionaries for 2 days this week so it has been kinda crazy but good. we got a lot accomplished. Our zone meeting went exactly as planned. it was awesome and feels so good to have some thing happen the way you have imagined in your head! so that was successful and everyone was touched. so by the time that we got done with all the interviews and got the building locked up it took up most of our day.
Thursday we had district meetings with all 3 of our districts so it was kinda stressful trying to get to all of them. we have 2 of them that meet at the same building and one that meetings about 5 miles away and we each had talks and trainings that we were asked to give in each so we were running. That evening we found a new investigator. his name is Daniel and he was a member referral. awesome man who has been prepared. he lives in a huge retirement community so finding him and getting into the park was the first obstacle. finally got in with him and within the first 5 mins. of our conversation we could tell that he was ready and looking. we shared with him the restoration of the gospel and then before leaving we asked him to say the closing prayer. in his prayer he thanked heavenly father for appearing to Joseph Smith and restoring what was once lost. so cool. he will make good progress and be baptised soon. great guy!
We did some service this week for a less active lady and it was so much fun. we got to drywall her bedroom and do some electrical work in her house. it was fun to just do that kind of work and not have to worry about anything else for a few hours. :)
I just today received the sweetest email ever from Sister Stoneburg and family. it made me cry and really makes me thankful for the choice i made to come on a mission. there are people who are changed as a direct consequence of your doing as you live worthily and are guided by the spirit! i wanted to include it in my email:
"Elder Lerwill
When do you go home and are you still coming back to go through the temple with us? We want you and Elder Thomas to be with us when we go!!!! Olin and the kids all say hi, miss, and Love you!!!!! All the kids did testimonies this past Sunday you would have been proud of them. We pray for you often. Ok here is what I have been wanting you to know.
First I want to thank you for being an Elder and being on your mission here. My family has been searching for a place to call home in the perfect church. I know it was Hattie that got me to come to church that day. You worked so hard to keep my family on track and I thank you for that from the bottom of my heart. I'm so glad we got to know you as our Elder and as a friend. It is so funny to me that you, Elder Thomas, and Matthew are all born April 9th,10th, & 17th of 1991. Both of you Elders are the same age as Matthew. I have grown to love you both like my own kids. I worry about you both. I miss you both also. My heart was torn into pieces when you both got your new orders. I was happy for you both but my heart hurt so much cause you both had to go different ways and you guys didn't get to stay together. I love ya! If it was not for you both my family would still be lost. I thank you for the happiness you have given and showed us and how to keep our family together happy. I'm glad you can't see me as you read this cause you would see me crying. Please don't forget Sat. June 2, 2012 we are going to the Temple!!!!! We hope you get sent back over this way. If not maybe we could come out there to see you and get a few more pictures of you and our family together or we can run into you at the temple and watch a movie together and do pictures before or after. Let me know or if you can call do that.
Lots of Love,
Kim, Olin, MJ, Hattie, Kaitlin, and the two dogs Daisy and Jaws."
That is what it is all about! I couldn't be happier. :)
Today we get to go to Scottsdale at 2 and pick up a new car. we don't know what we are getting but we got the phone call today so we will have to go do that. there is some swapping in the zone so the Spanish elders will be getting our old car and the mission will be selling theirs that has 50,000miles on it and we get the replacement! good deal, ya!?we are kind of excited! other than that we are hoping to lay low today and get some sleep and letters in. i am in dyer need of a nap so with any luck ill get that done!
I hope that you are all doing great, happy, healthy, and getting lots done there. your always in my prayers. have a good week and take care.
Love you tons,
Elder Lerwill
Hey you talked about Julie and Mitch coming down at the end of this month. that will be so awesome. i have some things that i want to get home and just haven't been wanting to pay to send them so i will get a box put together and give it to Bro and Sis Mac (Julie's parents) Transfers are November 1-2 so if they get hear before then i will probley still be here! looking forward to maybe seeing them. the macs have my number so let them know that i will have a box for them to take back from this Valley to the real Valley! :)
Mom happy birthday tomorrow!! i hope that you have a wonderful day and you get my letter either today or tomorrow! :) go do something fun and enjoy the day! I love you and will be thinking about you! HAVE A HAPPY ONE!
well we have had a really good week here. we have been on exchanges with other missionaries for 2 days this week so it has been kinda crazy but good. we got a lot accomplished. Our zone meeting went exactly as planned. it was awesome and feels so good to have some thing happen the way you have imagined in your head! so that was successful and everyone was touched. so by the time that we got done with all the interviews and got the building locked up it took up most of our day.
Thursday we had district meetings with all 3 of our districts so it was kinda stressful trying to get to all of them. we have 2 of them that meet at the same building and one that meetings about 5 miles away and we each had talks and trainings that we were asked to give in each so we were running. That evening we found a new investigator. his name is Daniel and he was a member referral. awesome man who has been prepared. he lives in a huge retirement community so finding him and getting into the park was the first obstacle. finally got in with him and within the first 5 mins. of our conversation we could tell that he was ready and looking. we shared with him the restoration of the gospel and then before leaving we asked him to say the closing prayer. in his prayer he thanked heavenly father for appearing to Joseph Smith and restoring what was once lost. so cool. he will make good progress and be baptised soon. great guy!
We did some service this week for a less active lady and it was so much fun. we got to drywall her bedroom and do some electrical work in her house. it was fun to just do that kind of work and not have to worry about anything else for a few hours. :)
I just today received the sweetest email ever from Sister Stoneburg and family. it made me cry and really makes me thankful for the choice i made to come on a mission. there are people who are changed as a direct consequence of your doing as you live worthily and are guided by the spirit! i wanted to include it in my email:
"Elder Lerwill
When do you go home and are you still coming back to go through the temple with us? We want you and Elder Thomas to be with us when we go!!!! Olin and the kids all say hi, miss, and Love you!!!!! All the kids did testimonies this past Sunday you would have been proud of them. We pray for you often. Ok here is what I have been wanting you to know.
First I want to thank you for being an Elder and being on your mission here. My family has been searching for a place to call home in the perfect church. I know it was Hattie that got me to come to church that day. You worked so hard to keep my family on track and I thank you for that from the bottom of my heart. I'm so glad we got to know you as our Elder and as a friend. It is so funny to me that you, Elder Thomas, and Matthew are all born April 9th,10th, & 17th of 1991. Both of you Elders are the same age as Matthew. I have grown to love you both like my own kids. I worry about you both. I miss you both also. My heart was torn into pieces when you both got your new orders. I was happy for you both but my heart hurt so much cause you both had to go different ways and you guys didn't get to stay together. I love ya! If it was not for you both my family would still be lost. I thank you for the happiness you have given and showed us and how to keep our family together happy. I'm glad you can't see me as you read this cause you would see me crying. Please don't forget Sat. June 2, 2012 we are going to the Temple!!!!! We hope you get sent back over this way. If not maybe we could come out there to see you and get a few more pictures of you and our family together or we can run into you at the temple and watch a movie together and do pictures before or after. Let me know or if you can call do that.
Lots of Love,
Kim, Olin, MJ, Hattie, Kaitlin, and the two dogs Daisy and Jaws."
That is what it is all about! I couldn't be happier. :)
Today we get to go to Scottsdale at 2 and pick up a new car. we don't know what we are getting but we got the phone call today so we will have to go do that. there is some swapping in the zone so the Spanish elders will be getting our old car and the mission will be selling theirs that has 50,000miles on it and we get the replacement! good deal, ya!?we are kind of excited! other than that we are hoping to lay low today and get some sleep and letters in. i am in dyer need of a nap so with any luck ill get that done!
I hope that you are all doing great, happy, healthy, and getting lots done there. your always in my prayers. have a good week and take care.
Love you tons,
Elder Lerwill
Monday, October 10, 2011
2ND ANNUAL TRIP TO LAGOON WITH THE WARBURTON'S
We took off Friday and met Wes and Katie in Pocky and delivered them their pig meat and then we went on down to Utah. We stopped off at Smith and Edwards. Still a fun store, but it was almost funner when it was a junky, big, and smelly store like it was 25 years ago. The clothes and boots are not cheap any more. We enjoyed it still. We then drove to Woods Cross and got a hotel. We went and had steak and all you can eat shrimp at Sizzler and then hung out in the hotel watching rerun after rerun of Reba. It was awesome. We laughed so hard. We got up Saturday morning and ate breakfast and then made our way to Lagoon. We love the Warburton Families. They are awesome friends. We had a great day hanging out and visiting and riding ride. Bailey has turned into Miss Daredevil. She was not afraid of any thing. Can't wait til her brother gets home and she can amaze him. Stacy and I have become great spectators. Especially me I should say. I was already nauseated so I took it pretty easy. Bailey has been planning on going sky diving after she graduates (just like her brother). But I have wondered if she really would want to do it. Well I have no doubt now and again Stacy and I will have to go take pictures of her and Dalan when the time comes.
This is the ride Wicked. Wow, Bailey loved it!
110 feet high
55 mph
4.5 G's
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