Dad,
how are things going for you! i hope so well. i love your emails and letters, you are always in my prayer and i think about you all the time! please be safe while working around the trucks and things! :) i know you are! i miss being able to talk to you about things in real time and face to face, but it will be ok, keep keepin in touch! i love to hear how things are going there on the farm and in all the other crazy parts of life!
thanks for always being there for me! it means so much to me! i love you and miss you so much! you are always in my prayers! take care and have a wonderful week! :)
Your best friend,
elder Dalan
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
To Mom From Dalan
Happy birth day mom! have a good one and enjoy your self! :) i wrote you a letter today and it should be coming in the package i am sending, so look for it! :) Love you and miss youtonz, have a good one and be safe,
Love you son,
elder Dalan Lerwill:):):)
Love you son,
elder Dalan Lerwill:):):)
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Dalan's E-Mail Oct. 12, 2010 Doing so good, so Proud of him!
Hello hello! wow sounds like things are busy and going well there! :) so good to hear that you are starting to grain gone. dont get to itchy in all the wonderful grain dust dad! ;) haha, thats way good you can get that process going! how are things going with the insurance adj?! hope that all works out the best it can.
sounds like you had a good time at lagoon and thanks for the great pics! :) hopefully the weather has made its annual change, it sure has here! it has been getting into the low 30's at night fairly often! we will probley be getting a car next transfer because every one is saying snow soon! i am hoping like crazy i get to stay for one more transfer! i want to see some snow so much! haha, also we are going to have such a amazing transfer coming up! we have 5 bap scheduled for the next 6 weeks! :) seeing so many miracles! but what ever happens it will be for the best...but if i have any say in the matter, i want to stay in snowflake! :) we get transfer news Saturday night, so we'll see!? :)
this morning has been great! we got to go through the temple at 8 then after that we went to Heber for our zone activity! we played dodgeball with tennis balls! it was way intense and i am so sore! haha
so this week we got a referal for some one in 4th ward and we contacted then yesterday and they are so golden, they invited us back that night at 5 (which was a miracle that we even had any time open cause we are so booked) and so we came back and taught them, the parents are less active members and they have a 17 year old daughter who wants to be baptised! we taught her about the restoration and set a bap date with her for Nov. 6th! so exciting! last week we found 3 new inv. and they are all pretty solid! things are going so well here and the work is moving so fast!
I am getting a package put together with my shoes in it and a few other things that i dont really need or i want to send to ya so they dont break between transfers! so be looking for that some time this week. also there are somethings in it for moms birthday!!! happy day:) haha, i really hope that you have agood one and do something fun! :)
Bailey i am so excited for you to go to the dance! sounds like you are getting everything put together and organized! :) that will be a blast for you! Remember, "safety in Numbers" ;) haha, have a good time and enjoy it!
Nathan is doing really well. ya its crazy , he is about done and that just blows my mind! goes by so fast! and can you believe that James hits his year mark in Dec!!!!! that is so crazy, it seemed that right after he left, Luke left, then i did, its so insane how time goes by!
i am not sure what else is going on here that is new and exciting besides missionary work, which is always exciting, haha, but we are teaching lots of people, staying busy thats for sure! thanks for all the support from home and every one there. means a lot and defently helps!! Elder Edwards is doing well, he is really stuggling with his matters at home, which is understandable, but its really hard for him to stay focused! he hasn't caught the full vision of a mission yet and still dreads going out and work hard every day, but that will change at about 4 months! :) its just getting to there that is the hardest... i think haha! i am so glad i am where i am now and doing the things that i am doing!
its weird how your perspective changes, you come to love those people that you serve, being transferred out of this area will feel like leaving home again, maybe not quite so emotional, but that feeling of leaving people you love is hard! but its all a growing experience, and one thing that i have learned it that you don't realize how you have changed or grown till its over with then you can look back and see what you have accomplished, so there is no use in complaining, it does no good and only hinders your growth, take what the Lord gives you and run with it! :)
I love you all so much. you help me get through the trails in life and you always have, so thank you so much! keep up the good work, be safe, and keep in touch! :) i love and miss you all, take care and have a wonderful evening, night, day, week, ;) haha, your always in my prayers!
Love,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
sounds like you had a good time at lagoon and thanks for the great pics! :) hopefully the weather has made its annual change, it sure has here! it has been getting into the low 30's at night fairly often! we will probley be getting a car next transfer because every one is saying snow soon! i am hoping like crazy i get to stay for one more transfer! i want to see some snow so much! haha, also we are going to have such a amazing transfer coming up! we have 5 bap scheduled for the next 6 weeks! :) seeing so many miracles! but what ever happens it will be for the best...but if i have any say in the matter, i want to stay in snowflake! :) we get transfer news Saturday night, so we'll see!? :)
this morning has been great! we got to go through the temple at 8 then after that we went to Heber for our zone activity! we played dodgeball with tennis balls! it was way intense and i am so sore! haha
so this week we got a referal for some one in 4th ward and we contacted then yesterday and they are so golden, they invited us back that night at 5 (which was a miracle that we even had any time open cause we are so booked) and so we came back and taught them, the parents are less active members and they have a 17 year old daughter who wants to be baptised! we taught her about the restoration and set a bap date with her for Nov. 6th! so exciting! last week we found 3 new inv. and they are all pretty solid! things are going so well here and the work is moving so fast!
I am getting a package put together with my shoes in it and a few other things that i dont really need or i want to send to ya so they dont break between transfers! so be looking for that some time this week. also there are somethings in it for moms birthday!!! happy day:) haha, i really hope that you have agood one and do something fun! :)
Bailey i am so excited for you to go to the dance! sounds like you are getting everything put together and organized! :) that will be a blast for you! Remember, "safety in Numbers" ;) haha, have a good time and enjoy it!
Nathan is doing really well. ya its crazy , he is about done and that just blows my mind! goes by so fast! and can you believe that James hits his year mark in Dec!!!!! that is so crazy, it seemed that right after he left, Luke left, then i did, its so insane how time goes by!
i am not sure what else is going on here that is new and exciting besides missionary work, which is always exciting, haha, but we are teaching lots of people, staying busy thats for sure! thanks for all the support from home and every one there. means a lot and defently helps!! Elder Edwards is doing well, he is really stuggling with his matters at home, which is understandable, but its really hard for him to stay focused! he hasn't caught the full vision of a mission yet and still dreads going out and work hard every day, but that will change at about 4 months! :) its just getting to there that is the hardest... i think haha! i am so glad i am where i am now and doing the things that i am doing!
its weird how your perspective changes, you come to love those people that you serve, being transferred out of this area will feel like leaving home again, maybe not quite so emotional, but that feeling of leaving people you love is hard! but its all a growing experience, and one thing that i have learned it that you don't realize how you have changed or grown till its over with then you can look back and see what you have accomplished, so there is no use in complaining, it does no good and only hinders your growth, take what the Lord gives you and run with it! :)
I love you all so much. you help me get through the trails in life and you always have, so thank you so much! keep up the good work, be safe, and keep in touch! :) i love and miss you all, take care and have a wonderful evening, night, day, week, ;) haha, your always in my prayers!
Love,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
Monday, October 11, 2010
Lagoon
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| We had a great time at Lagoon with the Warburton Families. |
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| Bailey was missing Dalan, this was their ride! But Jess and her had fun. |
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| David Wilkey on the ground. |
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| David Wilkey up in the air. Wow! |
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| Jessica and Bailey getting a little scrambled. |
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| Stacy and Bailey doing the haunted house. |
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| Stacy and Bailey on the log ride. They didn't get too wet. |
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| One of the favorite rides all day Rattlesnake Rapids. Sorry not a good picture Bailey's camera was giving us fits. The kids went on this ride about 5 times and it was getting dark and they got really wet and chilly but they all had huge grins on their faces. |
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Dalan's e-mail Oct. 5, 2010
Good morning everyone!! how are you all doing!? i have loved your emails and it is so good to here that you are finishing up with the grain! i love dads victorious pic on top of the grain! :) so good to see!
so we woke up this morning and wow...the weather has changed! its 45 degrees and chances of rain! i love it, it feels so good! i think that that calculator is in my closet some where...idk, its been too long haha, but pretty sure some where in my room! :) that is so exciting for micheal!!! i am so glad that he is getting gone and i totally agree with you dad, i am so glad that that point of my adventure is behind me! not to fond of memories! haha, but at the same time great! :)
confrence was amazing!! i loved it! so powerful! the first session when elder holland talked i just bawled through the whole thing! haha, it was way good and the priestood session was so awesome! i hope that dad was able to make it to that! :)so inspiring and motivating! i have so much i need to work on and improve with! confrece seems to add a whole new vigor to everything! gives us hope! :)
things are going really well here! we have Gwen and Dom who are getting bap. on the 16th and Shaun and Shawna who are getting bap on the 30th so we have a awesome month coming up! there is so much good stuff going on here. the work is moving forward so fast and we are having LOTS of success, no its not all in #'s :) everyone is doing well here and i am keeping up on my sugars. not very many lows and highs! the lord is taking care of me and sounds like you all as well! ;) so comforting to here!
I got my buckle this week! it turned out so well and i am really pleased! its such a sweet keep sake! haha i ll try and send some pics!
the sunrise in that pic was so pretty! its weird to see such huge mnts! haha, so pretty! we have been gettting lots of good sun sets here so thats always fun! :)
there is really not to much new here. today we are going to go back out to caldwell canyon and hike down into it and start a fire and have hot dogs and smores so that will be alot of fun as well!
transfers are coming up in 2 weeks and i really dont have any idea with weather i am staying or going?! so who knows...haha
we had our ZDM meeting on friday and we had interviews with pres! he is amazing and helped me out so much! elder edwards parents are going through a NASTY divorce right now so he is struglling with that aalot which i can imagine, so yesterday was the final court date thing so he got to call home! that was way hard for me to watch just cause i cant...but at the same time i am thankful cause i have a wonderfull family at home! :) so comforting!! love you all so much and i am so thankful for all you do for me so i can have this expirence! :)
thanks for all the emails and support from that neck of the woods! i love hearing about how things are going there! WOW how time flys! it will be done and gone b4 i know it! crazy how me perspective on EVERYTHING has changed! :)keep up the good work and i pray that every thing continues to go well there! be sure to get bailey something to shoot at and let me know! :) how exciting! i love and miss you guys so much! take care and have a wonderful week!
Love,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
so we woke up this morning and wow...the weather has changed! its 45 degrees and chances of rain! i love it, it feels so good! i think that that calculator is in my closet some where...idk, its been too long haha, but pretty sure some where in my room! :) that is so exciting for micheal!!! i am so glad that he is getting gone and i totally agree with you dad, i am so glad that that point of my adventure is behind me! not to fond of memories! haha, but at the same time great! :)
confrence was amazing!! i loved it! so powerful! the first session when elder holland talked i just bawled through the whole thing! haha, it was way good and the priestood session was so awesome! i hope that dad was able to make it to that! :)so inspiring and motivating! i have so much i need to work on and improve with! confrece seems to add a whole new vigor to everything! gives us hope! :)
things are going really well here! we have Gwen and Dom who are getting bap. on the 16th and Shaun and Shawna who are getting bap on the 30th so we have a awesome month coming up! there is so much good stuff going on here. the work is moving forward so fast and we are having LOTS of success, no its not all in #'s :) everyone is doing well here and i am keeping up on my sugars. not very many lows and highs! the lord is taking care of me and sounds like you all as well! ;) so comforting to here!
I got my buckle this week! it turned out so well and i am really pleased! its such a sweet keep sake! haha i ll try and send some pics!
the sunrise in that pic was so pretty! its weird to see such huge mnts! haha, so pretty! we have been gettting lots of good sun sets here so thats always fun! :)
there is really not to much new here. today we are going to go back out to caldwell canyon and hike down into it and start a fire and have hot dogs and smores so that will be alot of fun as well!
transfers are coming up in 2 weeks and i really dont have any idea with weather i am staying or going?! so who knows...haha
we had our ZDM meeting on friday and we had interviews with pres! he is amazing and helped me out so much! elder edwards parents are going through a NASTY divorce right now so he is struglling with that aalot which i can imagine, so yesterday was the final court date thing so he got to call home! that was way hard for me to watch just cause i cant...but at the same time i am thankful cause i have a wonderfull family at home! :) so comforting!! love you all so much and i am so thankful for all you do for me so i can have this expirence! :)
thanks for all the emails and support from that neck of the woods! i love hearing about how things are going there! WOW how time flys! it will be done and gone b4 i know it! crazy how me perspective on EVERYTHING has changed! :)keep up the good work and i pray that every thing continues to go well there! be sure to get bailey something to shoot at and let me know! :) how exciting! i love and miss you guys so much! take care and have a wonderful week!
Love,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
Harvest Break
HARVEST Break was exactly that this year. Which is good, don't get me wrong it just has been really different for us grain farmers for the last 3 years. We use to never worry about doing grain during Harvest (Spud) break but we have been just doing that for three years. The only good thing I can say about this year is that it DID NOT snow like the other two. Thank goodness. The break this year is only 2 days, Friday and Monday. On Friday Bailey and I went out to Rexburg to do a few things and ended up having a real great day. She has been thinking about asking someone to the Drill Team Dance (girl choice) that is in November and so she has been looking at dresses online. Well she wanted to look in Rexburg even though they don't have a whole lot for this, just 2 small stores. So anyway we went into the one store and took a look and she found a couple real cute ones. She picked up this pink one and put it back on the rack, she is not a real pink person, but then she came back to it and decided to try it on. It looked so cute on her, except of course there were no sleeves and we have to add them. It looks so feminine and pretty but not like a sixteen year old year trying to look like she is 21. (If you know what I mean?) Well like I said we were not going to buy a dress but the lady went to look at the price tag to see if you should take any off the price and she turned the tag over and the dress was 50 % off. Wow! So how could we resist. It cost 70.00 dollars. We will have some more into it to put sleeves and make a corset in the back, but we thought we got a great deal especially for a formal dress. She is so excited to get it back, she just need to get a date now. I am excited for her, fun time in life. We took the dress to IF to get altered and we picked up Jacee from school and took her with us. I thought these two young girls would have fun doing this. They are really good cousins and friends. We did have a great time.
On Monday for the break we went to Rexburg again with Stacy and picked up parts and did some case lot shopping and then came home and later that night and went to Victor and watched Toy Story Three. OH so so cute, what a good movie, we loved it. It was hard to have to gear up for school this morning.
On Monday for the break we went to Rexburg again with Stacy and picked up parts and did some case lot shopping and then came home and later that night and went to Victor and watched Toy Story Three. OH so so cute, what a good movie, we loved it. It was hard to have to gear up for school this morning.
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