September 10, 2010
Dear Brother and Sister Lerwill:
We are pleased to inform you that your son, Elder Dalan Lerwill, has been called to be a District Leader. We are grateful for Elder Lerwill's desire to serve and set an example to the other missionaries in his district. The position of district leader is one of responsibility and trust, requiring the utmost diligence, faithfulness, and obedience. A district leader must work in close association with all of the missionaries in his district to find, teach, and prepare individuals for baptism. One of the the most sacred and trusted responsibilities your son will have will be to interview candidates for baptism. In doing so, he will represent the Lord as He outlined in Doctrine and Covenants 20:37.
As a district leader your son will be responsible for the spiritual welfare and all aspects of missionary work in his district, as he serves with all of his heart, might, mind and strength. This experience will provide many opportunities for learning and growth as he works hard to fulfill these responsibilities.
In addition your son has been called to be a trainer for one of our new missionaries. The calling of a trainer is the most important leadership position in the mission and one that is extended only to our trusted and effective missionaries. The role of a trainer has more influence on the future success of the missionary than any other single factor, including their experience at the Missionary Training Center. For this reason your son has been selected to play a key part in laying a firm foundation for this new missionary.
We are grateful for Elder Lerwill's service in the Arizona Mesa Mission and we thank you for raising such a fine missionary. Your encouragement and support is important and we urge you to continue sending letters that uplift and inspire your missionary in this important work. Thank you again for sharing your son with us.
Very truly yours,
R. Spence Ellsworth
Mission President
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Fall is here
We put up our fall, Halloween, harvest, even some Thanksgiving decorations up. (Don't pumpkins get to count til Thanksgiving?) I made harvest blocks with wheat on the scrapbook paper. Sure wish we could cut our grain! We finished Monday on the home place, green or not we did it. We did have one truck of wet grain that did heat up and Stacy dumped it on the ground. He is trying to cool it off and then we will sell it for feed hopefully. Stacy thinks the rest will all be o.k., we will keep the fans running for sure. We got things moved up to the mountain but it is still so GREEN even to the eye. Patience is not an easy thing to work on when who knows what the weather will do tomorrow. Sure wish we wouldn't have to cut into October (AGAIN) but what are our options. Yes have patience is our option. Can't believe that a couple of years ago we didn't even cut grain in Sept. we had it all done in Aug. The last two years we have finished on the 14th and 19th of October. I think that was the first time since I have been married that I remember cutting in October. It is crazy weired how things work out. We always have tried to be done by Garry's birthday which is today. We sure have been thinking a lot about him today. Happy Birthday Garry, we miss you.
I guess that "Harvest" can mean our crops and also the harvest of an deer or elk as that season approaches. We have been seeing the elk and hearing them. They bedded down in front of our house the other night. When Stacy cut the grain on Monday he saw their beds. The other morning I woke up at 5 and heard the bull bugling, it was way cool.
Homecoming Parade
Bailey had a great homecoming I think. She always has fun when she is with Jessica and her friends. It was really fun to win the football game. Wow they have won 3 now.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
P-day e-mail 9-21-10 Yeah!!
Hey all!
How are you doing? it sure feels like forever sence i have written you guys! sounds like things are going well there and they are moving along, not as fast as hoped for but cant complain right!? :) thats so good that you got done with the home place! how did the grain go?! :) i sure hope that you can get running on the moutain soon! that makes me get real excited to hear that the elk are going there! i hope bailey can get a big one! that would be sooo sweet! it was way kool! last week wen we were in Heber i actually got to hear them bugle as well! there are some MONSTER world class bull down here that come off all the reservations! crazy big! but thats great that things are going well there!
Ya i did get your mail while i was in scottsdale! they didnt forward any of it while i was there and we were able to pick it up at the end of each day! and ya our mission home is a church! pres and sis ellsworth live in a house right there on the grounds to the north of the church! it was such a amzing week! so powerful. it was pretty much a 4 day zone confrence except better! pres just gave trainings the whole time and it was so powerful! :) the meetings got out at 4 and then we went out with other missionaries in the area! i went with the mountain view zone leaders! thats in a part of mesa! it was 107-110 degrees all the days i was there andi was on a bike one of those days! wow thats a killer! haha, but it was a blast and i learned so much!!! it was really hard to be away from my area for 4 days, but we are being so blessed for the sacrifice!! we are finding new ppl to teach left and right! its so amaizng! :)
I have my first district meeting tomarro! i am kinda nervous but it will be awesome! we have a lot of new and exciting things happening in the mission! :) Me and elder edwards are doing good! its always hard to live with another random guy for a extensive period of time, but the Lord defently qualifys! haha, he is having some issues with the missionary schedual...but i am beating it out of him! Haha, jk! he is doing well and WOW, what a learning expirence this is! lots on my shoulders, but things are going so well and i am growing so much!
its way kool cause me and President get along really well and he really likes me so that helps a ton! we had lots of good talks this past week and i love it went ppl feel like they can trust you and want to work with ya! :)
It is kinda hard though, we have some missionaries in my district that are really struggling with being obediant, so i am involved with all that crap along with the zone leaders...so it is always exciting and keeps me on my toes!
we are starting to get some of the small effects of fall here! it is dropping down into the 40's at night and it feels amazing! as far as changing trees, not so much, i dont see to much of a difference in the sage brush! haha, there are alot of pines though! so thats a nice little touch of home! ;)
That is really crazy that elder Rowbury knows bro robison!! elder rowbury is awesome! he has only been out a little longer than me but we get along so so well! we have a blast together! we will be comps someday for sure....i hope! haha ;) he is great though and we would have so much fun together! :)
I forgot my stuff to send pics so i will send you the pic of my shoe next weeek for sure! thanks for that! i really do appreciate all that you do for me and the support i have! it helps out so much! and i am looking forward to my package! mail is soo good! haha, i got cary's package when i was in scottsdale and i will for sure try to include who they go to and how things go there in my emails! :) that was way kool of them! :)
so i figured out that we have alot of family down in mesa area, because i had several missionaries come up to me and told me that they have ppl ask about me intheir wards! haha thats so crazy! i am sure that at some point i will be in if not really close to on of their wards and ill have dinner with them! haha that will be kool!
so ya it has defently been a different week but we are being so blessed here! i love this area and all the ppl...even the ones who yell at me!;) ha, it is so rewarding and and a incrdible learning and growing expirece! i feel so strongly that because i am serving a mission it will help me out though all of life! and not only in church related things! so i am happy and having a blast!
I love and appreciate all that you do for me and all the support you show! it really means a lot! keep up the good work their and good luck with the grain and all that fun stuff! you all are always inmy prayers! be safe and keep healthy! I love and miss you so much! take care for the week.
Love,
ElderDalanLerwill
How are you doing? it sure feels like forever sence i have written you guys! sounds like things are going well there and they are moving along, not as fast as hoped for but cant complain right!? :) thats so good that you got done with the home place! how did the grain go?! :) i sure hope that you can get running on the moutain soon! that makes me get real excited to hear that the elk are going there! i hope bailey can get a big one! that would be sooo sweet! it was way kool! last week wen we were in Heber i actually got to hear them bugle as well! there are some MONSTER world class bull down here that come off all the reservations! crazy big! but thats great that things are going well there!
Ya i did get your mail while i was in scottsdale! they didnt forward any of it while i was there and we were able to pick it up at the end of each day! and ya our mission home is a church! pres and sis ellsworth live in a house right there on the grounds to the north of the church! it was such a amzing week! so powerful. it was pretty much a 4 day zone confrence except better! pres just gave trainings the whole time and it was so powerful! :) the meetings got out at 4 and then we went out with other missionaries in the area! i went with the mountain view zone leaders! thats in a part of mesa! it was 107-110 degrees all the days i was there andi was on a bike one of those days! wow thats a killer! haha, but it was a blast and i learned so much!!! it was really hard to be away from my area for 4 days, but we are being so blessed for the sacrifice!! we are finding new ppl to teach left and right! its so amaizng! :)
I have my first district meeting tomarro! i am kinda nervous but it will be awesome! we have a lot of new and exciting things happening in the mission! :) Me and elder edwards are doing good! its always hard to live with another random guy for a extensive period of time, but the Lord defently qualifys! haha, he is having some issues with the missionary schedual...but i am beating it out of him! Haha, jk! he is doing well and WOW, what a learning expirence this is! lots on my shoulders, but things are going so well and i am growing so much!
its way kool cause me and President get along really well and he really likes me so that helps a ton! we had lots of good talks this past week and i love it went ppl feel like they can trust you and want to work with ya! :)
It is kinda hard though, we have some missionaries in my district that are really struggling with being obediant, so i am involved with all that crap along with the zone leaders...so it is always exciting and keeps me on my toes!
we are starting to get some of the small effects of fall here! it is dropping down into the 40's at night and it feels amazing! as far as changing trees, not so much, i dont see to much of a difference in the sage brush! haha, there are alot of pines though! so thats a nice little touch of home! ;)
That is really crazy that elder Rowbury knows bro robison!! elder rowbury is awesome! he has only been out a little longer than me but we get along so so well! we have a blast together! we will be comps someday for sure....i hope! haha ;) he is great though and we would have so much fun together! :)
I forgot my stuff to send pics so i will send you the pic of my shoe next weeek for sure! thanks for that! i really do appreciate all that you do for me and the support i have! it helps out so much! and i am looking forward to my package! mail is soo good! haha, i got cary's package when i was in scottsdale and i will for sure try to include who they go to and how things go there in my emails! :) that was way kool of them! :)
so i figured out that we have alot of family down in mesa area, because i had several missionaries come up to me and told me that they have ppl ask about me intheir wards! haha thats so crazy! i am sure that at some point i will be in if not really close to on of their wards and ill have dinner with them! haha that will be kool!
so ya it has defently been a different week but we are being so blessed here! i love this area and all the ppl...even the ones who yell at me!;) ha, it is so rewarding and and a incrdible learning and growing expirece! i feel so strongly that because i am serving a mission it will help me out though all of life! and not only in church related things! so i am happy and having a blast!
I love and appreciate all that you do for me and all the support you show! it really means a lot! keep up the good work their and good luck with the grain and all that fun stuff! you all are always inmy prayers! be safe and keep healthy! I love and miss you so much! take care for the week.
Love,
ElderDalanLerwill
Monday, September 13, 2010
New Photos
Elder Lerwill and Elder Edwards at the mission home in scottsdale :)
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| so a little back ground:Me, Kenyon, and Jordan Bryant! :) cutest kids! they are so much fun!! |
Left To Right (Linday Webb, Me, Vanessa Brimhall) ppl say me and vanessa look like bro and sis....i dont see it?!?!.... haha
Coolest gift EVER!!! i have been teaching the woodside family for about 3 1/2 months! they have been less active but have a real desire to get to the temple! they have been to church for the past 2 months and are doing so well! me and Nate(Brother woodside) have got along really well and have a sweet friend ship! i LOVE the ppl i work with SOOOO much its incredible, elder edwards always gives me a hard time cause i am always saying how much i love ppl and they are my favorite(when they allare my favorite i say it a lot!) haha, but any ways, last night after our lesson he gave this scorpion to me! its is hand made out of aluminum electrical wire! he is a electrition at trade! it was so sweet of him and it means so much to me! haha, amazing!
Surprise E-mail
I feel so bad, I checked the e-mail today and I had an e-mail from Dalan. But why?? Well he will explain, I just feel SO BAD he didn't get any from us this week. Will have to write to him tonight and send to mission home and maybe he can get one there. We love hearing from him. He is doing so well, we miss him so much but are so proud of where he is and what he is doing. Here is Dalan latest and greatest news:
3 Nephi 18:24
hey how is it all going! wow, i got on today and i have no emails! haha, but alls good! there is some crazy stuff going on this week! pres. moved our pday this week to monday because tonight at 6 i am leaving with the zone leaders to go down to Scottsdale for 5 days!! president is doing a leader ship training meeting for zone leaders, district leaders, and trainers! it is going to be such an amazing expirence! we have heard that there are going to be some really amazing inspiring people there who will be giving trainings and talks! its a really rare sweet expirence! hopfully there will be a apostle there or some one of the sort, i am sure some one will be, probley our area 70! that willstill be way sweet! :)
so my new companions name is elder Edwards, he is from San Antonio TX. we are getting along great and having a blast! its pretty sweet and scary at the same time because everything is up to me compleatly! i am learning and growing so much its crazy! :) its kinda sad cause this coming week we will have to kill our area for a week while elder edwards goes with other missionaries in Bellybutton, but wen i get back and we can get going on our area agian it will explode! :) its way fun and exciting, i cant believe that not too long ago i was new and no idea what was going on!haha, i have grown so much! :) its a blast
things with the work is going extreamly well! we taught lindsay last night, she is so amazing! :) i got a few pics ill send ya, but everyone says that Vannessa Brimhall and i look like we could be bro/sis! kinda creepy, so i got a pic to send to ya so you can tell me! haha, we have been teaching lots of lessons latly and elder edwards is defently...a new missionary! haha, he does really well, but its super hard cause he teaches all over the place and is hard to follow, but he is improving so much! we are doing alot of practicing during comp study and trying improve! its so much fun having a new fresh missionary! he has so much faith and a stong desire to serve so we are getting along! :)
Shaun and Shauna made it to church yesterday and they have a date for the 9th of october so that is exciting! and we have lots of other ppl who are right on the edge of a date, we just need to catch up with them! haha, ppl are always gone it seems like! But we'lll get them someday soon! :)
Thank youso much for the wonderful package! i love the music! if you want to buy a good cd some time and send me a copy its the nashville one, but its about the pioneers! its way good! ;) thanks so much!
I am way excited for this saturday when we get back! i get to do my first bap interview! its for a baptism that is happening in our district so i get to give the intv! it will be way good and i am way excited! :)
last night i was up later than ushuall because i had to call all the companionships in the district and get numbers from them, set goals, and then call and report it all back to the zone leaders! haha, it is crazy all the stuff i just had put on my sholders! but the Lord is providing! :) and everything is going really well!
there is a high possiblitly that i will get transfered onthe 19th of oct i think it is when transfers are!? but ya idk, it depends on weather pres. feels if elder edwards can take over the area or not!? we'll see! :) but i absoulutly love snowflake!!! the people are amazing and i love them so much! but what ever happens i will be excited! its been a blast having a companion who will talk with me though! haha, we have got to know each other pretty well and it helps out so much just having some one to ask and talk to who will talk back! haha :) its been good!
Thats about all that is going on here, this week will be crazy busy and sweet! sorry i am emailing on mon. and not tomarro! it will make your day i am sure to check your email and unexpectedly get a email from me! haha, i sure hope all is going well there for you all with harvest and all that fun stuff! i am always praying for you all and miss you tonz!
Keep the faith and the good work going!
Love you so much,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
3 Nephi 18:24
hey how is it all going! wow, i got on today and i have no emails! haha, but alls good! there is some crazy stuff going on this week! pres. moved our pday this week to monday because tonight at 6 i am leaving with the zone leaders to go down to Scottsdale for 5 days!! president is doing a leader ship training meeting for zone leaders, district leaders, and trainers! it is going to be such an amazing expirence! we have heard that there are going to be some really amazing inspiring people there who will be giving trainings and talks! its a really rare sweet expirence! hopfully there will be a apostle there or some one of the sort, i am sure some one will be, probley our area 70! that willstill be way sweet! :)
so my new companions name is elder Edwards, he is from San Antonio TX. we are getting along great and having a blast! its pretty sweet and scary at the same time because everything is up to me compleatly! i am learning and growing so much its crazy! :) its kinda sad cause this coming week we will have to kill our area for a week while elder edwards goes with other missionaries in Bellybutton, but wen i get back and we can get going on our area agian it will explode! :) its way fun and exciting, i cant believe that not too long ago i was new and no idea what was going on!haha, i have grown so much! :) its a blast
things with the work is going extreamly well! we taught lindsay last night, she is so amazing! :) i got a few pics ill send ya, but everyone says that Vannessa Brimhall and i look like we could be bro/sis! kinda creepy, so i got a pic to send to ya so you can tell me! haha, we have been teaching lots of lessons latly and elder edwards is defently...a new missionary! haha, he does really well, but its super hard cause he teaches all over the place and is hard to follow, but he is improving so much! we are doing alot of practicing during comp study and trying improve! its so much fun having a new fresh missionary! he has so much faith and a stong desire to serve so we are getting along! :)
Shaun and Shauna made it to church yesterday and they have a date for the 9th of october so that is exciting! and we have lots of other ppl who are right on the edge of a date, we just need to catch up with them! haha, ppl are always gone it seems like! But we'lll get them someday soon! :)
Thank youso much for the wonderful package! i love the music! if you want to buy a good cd some time and send me a copy its the nashville one, but its about the pioneers! its way good! ;) thanks so much!
I am way excited for this saturday when we get back! i get to do my first bap interview! its for a baptism that is happening in our district so i get to give the intv! it will be way good and i am way excited! :)
last night i was up later than ushuall because i had to call all the companionships in the district and get numbers from them, set goals, and then call and report it all back to the zone leaders! haha, it is crazy all the stuff i just had put on my sholders! but the Lord is providing! :) and everything is going really well!
there is a high possiblitly that i will get transfered onthe 19th of oct i think it is when transfers are!? but ya idk, it depends on weather pres. feels if elder edwards can take over the area or not!? we'll see! :) but i absoulutly love snowflake!!! the people are amazing and i love them so much! but what ever happens i will be excited! its been a blast having a companion who will talk with me though! haha, we have got to know each other pretty well and it helps out so much just having some one to ask and talk to who will talk back! haha :) its been good!
Thats about all that is going on here, this week will be crazy busy and sweet! sorry i am emailing on mon. and not tomarro! it will make your day i am sure to check your email and unexpectedly get a email from me! haha, i sure hope all is going well there for you all with harvest and all that fun stuff! i am always praying for you all and miss you tonz!
Keep the faith and the good work going!
Love you so much,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Homecoming Week @ THS
Bailey and I made cute t-shirts for her and Jessica to wear this week for homecoming. Hope they have a great week and we win the football game. Teton won their first two games of the season, the first wins in 3 years. These shirts turned out so good and lots of fun. Love freezer paper stenciling. So cool.
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