Tuesday, January 18, 2011
I Want Off the List!!
O.K. are you asking yourself what list I want off of. Well the Senior Citizen List, I guess. I already feel old but this makes me feel even older. My kids think it is so funny that I get all kinds of mail for hearing aids and social security. I have even called the social security office a few years ago to make sure they had all the right information and they did. Don't know how it happened but I am on the list.... Today I got an offer to help me and my family with the winter driving and walking by looking into the River Rock Assisted Living in Jackson Hole Wyoming. Stacy thought it was quite funny, ha ha, I am not laughing. I am really not that old!
1-18-2011 E-mail
Hello! it is so good to hear from all of you there and the new and exciting things happening with you all! Thats cool that you are getting the tractor fixed and building cabnets for the down stairs! that will look great and help alot with being organized and neat, you will have to keep me informed with some pics! sounds like you are getting lots of snow there and it is keeping you all busy and on you feet. those winter roads are defently a challange, be careful! :) There has been lots of new stuff happening here so i will try and fill you in in a organized manner! :)
This week has been really crazy! running around like crazy, planning zone meetings, trying to get to know a new area, meeting lots of new people and teaching alot! my area is awesome! the members are incredible! we cover 4 wards the Elmwood, Harris 1 and 2 and Grandview wards, and they are all so missionary minded! they go out and make visits to our investigators and non members every week and set up apts for us, in members homes, with new investigators! so amazing! i havnt worked in a area that is so proactive till now! it is amazing and things are going to take off even more! I am back to full english again, it is way different and kinda sad to leave behind, so many wonderful people! but alls good and i am being so blessed! i love the wards, the zone and my companion! his name is elder paiz, pernounced pies, he is from south jordan Utah, he has been our 22 months so i will send him home in 2 transfers! crazy, that will be the 3 companion that i have killed! but he is awesome and wont get trunky. super solid missionionary and we are working really well together!! having lots and lots of fun! being a zone leaders isnt much different but there is alot of prosiliting time that is spent running around from missionarys to meetings to supplies and there and back! haha, kinda crazy, so ya it is a little different to not be able to pay full attention to just my area! but it is way sweet! we have a sweet zone, there are 18 of us and for themost part they are all awesome missionaries! its awesome because i get to know them all alot better that if i were just a regular missionary so that is a fun thing! i went on exchanges last night with one of the district leaders, elder peirsen, he is from canada and we came out together so it was alot of fun! he is a spanish elder so i got to go back to mexico! :) there are so many hispanics down here it is crazy! some parts of Mesa are 98% brown! it is prety crazy. my area now is in the northern end of the zone and so it is a little bit more upper end homes and people so it makes the work a little bit more difficult but the members make up for it! :) its awesome! we live in the upstairs of a members back garage. it is really nice and i will give you our addresss so you can google it and see! that will be kinda fun for ya. still send my mail to the mission home though please! thanks a ton. i got your package this week! thanks, it made my day! i love all the monkey butt stuff! thanks bailey! :) and i have been listening and enjoying the cassette! so thanks for that! my address is 1640 E Jensen, Mesa AZ 85203! You mentioned in the cassette somthing about bishop coming down for spring training and that would be awesome! president is way awesome about stuff like that so just give him presidents phone # and then call him and he will get him my phone and we can get something set up! but ya that would be alot of fun!!
One of my WML's is brother Rudd and i got asking him if he is realted to any of the Rudds in Rexburg and he said yes then i asked him about Melvin and he said that it was his 2 cousin of nephew or someing!? but you will have to let him know that i have his relitive as a ward misison leader! :) Small world!
Brother Butlers baptism was amazing! i got a call from elder hiatt on sunday and he said that the rest of the family is geting baptised on the 5 of Feb, so i will be able to go back for that! :) so exciting! also the Huertas family will be getting bap in my last area here soon so i will go ing for that one too! :) awesome to see! our area is doing good here and we are workign wiht alot of people and will be seeing lots of good stuff coming together here soon!
I also found out today that i will be shopping at the same walmart so i wont have to switch locations! :) one more thing i wont have to mess with! :) but everything went well with the move and i only forgot one thing! did pretty good! :) haha
All the citrus is on the trees and ready and our front yard is full of oranges and grapefruit so i having been eating a lot of it and it is so good! the members we live with have a huge back yard and green grass! grass is a rareity here and only those who have the time and money have it! it was way fun to get here and lay in grass! :) but things are going really well and i am loving it up! there is so much to take in and so much i am learning! Growing every day! there is nothing that i need now, i am doing well on every thing and taken care of! the only thing i could use is a few more pretty girls to write me...so keep that in mind! haha ;)
I hope and pray that all is going well there for you all and you are having a wonderful January! it is almost over can you blieve that!? time is flying by! give everyone there my love. i apreciate all that is sacrificed and done for me! sorry i havent been very good at writing everyone back but there are never enough mins. in a day! but you all are in my prayer and hope the very best for you! keep safe and healthy! I love and miss you tons. have a wonderful week and take care!
Love Elder Dalan Lerwill
This week has been really crazy! running around like crazy, planning zone meetings, trying to get to know a new area, meeting lots of new people and teaching alot! my area is awesome! the members are incredible! we cover 4 wards the Elmwood, Harris 1 and 2 and Grandview wards, and they are all so missionary minded! they go out and make visits to our investigators and non members every week and set up apts for us, in members homes, with new investigators! so amazing! i havnt worked in a area that is so proactive till now! it is amazing and things are going to take off even more! I am back to full english again, it is way different and kinda sad to leave behind, so many wonderful people! but alls good and i am being so blessed! i love the wards, the zone and my companion! his name is elder paiz, pernounced pies, he is from south jordan Utah, he has been our 22 months so i will send him home in 2 transfers! crazy, that will be the 3 companion that i have killed! but he is awesome and wont get trunky. super solid missionionary and we are working really well together!! having lots and lots of fun! being a zone leaders isnt much different but there is alot of prosiliting time that is spent running around from missionarys to meetings to supplies and there and back! haha, kinda crazy, so ya it is a little different to not be able to pay full attention to just my area! but it is way sweet! we have a sweet zone, there are 18 of us and for themost part they are all awesome missionaries! its awesome because i get to know them all alot better that if i were just a regular missionary so that is a fun thing! i went on exchanges last night with one of the district leaders, elder peirsen, he is from canada and we came out together so it was alot of fun! he is a spanish elder so i got to go back to mexico! :) there are so many hispanics down here it is crazy! some parts of Mesa are 98% brown! it is prety crazy. my area now is in the northern end of the zone and so it is a little bit more upper end homes and people so it makes the work a little bit more difficult but the members make up for it! :) its awesome! we live in the upstairs of a members back garage. it is really nice and i will give you our addresss so you can google it and see! that will be kinda fun for ya. still send my mail to the mission home though please! thanks a ton. i got your package this week! thanks, it made my day! i love all the monkey butt stuff! thanks bailey! :) and i have been listening and enjoying the cassette! so thanks for that! my address is 1640 E Jensen, Mesa AZ 85203! You mentioned in the cassette somthing about bishop coming down for spring training and that would be awesome! president is way awesome about stuff like that so just give him presidents phone # and then call him and he will get him my phone and we can get something set up! but ya that would be alot of fun!!
One of my WML's is brother Rudd and i got asking him if he is realted to any of the Rudds in Rexburg and he said yes then i asked him about Melvin and he said that it was his 2 cousin of nephew or someing!? but you will have to let him know that i have his relitive as a ward misison leader! :) Small world!
Brother Butlers baptism was amazing! i got a call from elder hiatt on sunday and he said that the rest of the family is geting baptised on the 5 of Feb, so i will be able to go back for that! :) so exciting! also the Huertas family will be getting bap in my last area here soon so i will go ing for that one too! :) awesome to see! our area is doing good here and we are workign wiht alot of people and will be seeing lots of good stuff coming together here soon!
I also found out today that i will be shopping at the same walmart so i wont have to switch locations! :) one more thing i wont have to mess with! :) but everything went well with the move and i only forgot one thing! did pretty good! :) haha
All the citrus is on the trees and ready and our front yard is full of oranges and grapefruit so i having been eating a lot of it and it is so good! the members we live with have a huge back yard and green grass! grass is a rareity here and only those who have the time and money have it! it was way fun to get here and lay in grass! :) but things are going really well and i am loving it up! there is so much to take in and so much i am learning! Growing every day! there is nothing that i need now, i am doing well on every thing and taken care of! the only thing i could use is a few more pretty girls to write me...so keep that in mind! haha ;)
I hope and pray that all is going well there for you all and you are having a wonderful January! it is almost over can you blieve that!? time is flying by! give everyone there my love. i apreciate all that is sacrificed and done for me! sorry i havent been very good at writing everyone back but there are never enough mins. in a day! but you all are in my prayer and hope the very best for you! keep safe and healthy! I love and miss you tons. have a wonderful week and take care!
Love Elder Dalan Lerwill
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Swans
These are such amazing animals. We love looking at the swans at the river every year. I always wonder how they don't just freeze to death. Look how big their feet are and to think that these amazing birds can also fly!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Great People
Hello parents of Elder Lerwill,
My name is Sandy Braddock and I have been a surrogate mom while he was
In our area. Sweet boys!
I took some pictures that I would like to send you.
He is doing well. It was pretty cool to see him baptize Bro. Butler.
Know that he is well taken care of.
The pictures,
1st one – My husband Bill, your son, and Elder Hiatt.
2nd one – Your son, my husband Bill, and me, right before I am to get my hair cut. And I have been babysitting so I am pretty tired. Ughh.
The other pictures were Christmas day, while waiting for dinner to start, he caught a few winks. Awwww.
The kids I am babysitting for a week and I put together a care sack for him for his new area. (apple, sunflower seeds, popcorn)
He has been so fun.
Sincerely,
Sandy Braddock
My name is Sandy Braddock and I have been a surrogate mom while he was
In our area. Sweet boys!
I took some pictures that I would like to send you.
He is doing well. It was pretty cool to see him baptize Bro. Butler.
Know that he is well taken care of.
The pictures,
1st one – My husband Bill, your son, and Elder Hiatt.
2nd one – Your son, my husband Bill, and me, right before I am to get my hair cut. And I have been babysitting so I am pretty tired. Ughh.
The other pictures were Christmas day, while waiting for dinner to start, he caught a few winks. Awwww.
The kids I am babysitting for a week and I put together a care sack for him for his new area. (apple, sunflower seeds, popcorn)
He has been so fun.
Sincerely,
Sandy Braddock
E-Mail 1-11-11
Hello how are you all doing!? is so good to hear from you all and how things are going there in the white oasis of Idaho! haha, the weather has been wonderful here this week! blue skys, no wind and staying right in the mid 60's day and night! pretty nice! Sounds like dad needs a new gun to help keep the shop clean! sounds like a farm expence to me... :) good to hear that bailey is doing well on her finals and is enjoying skool. will she be skiing for winter sports? it is so crazy that it is that time of the year again. i am way jelous of dad...so he better be havnig fun!
WOW it sure has been quite the eventful week here! lots of unexpected things and changes, haha! first off we had a awesome weekend, Brother Butler got baptised on Sunday! it was such an amazing baptism! there was so much ward support and love. the whole family didnt all get bap because they are still getting over coffee, but brother buter was going to get baptised weather we wanted him to or not! he was so excited and so ready! after the whole family seeing their dad get baptised and feeling the spirit they are all alot more excited and ready! the rest of them will be getting baptised in 2-3 weeks! so exciting! he had asked me to baptism him and it was such a sweet expirence! he came up out of the water and gave me a big huge and cryed! it was way sweet to be with him after in the dressing room! to hear him talk about how he felt and his testimony! the whole service was amazing! at the end bishop invited him to stand up and bare his testimony andit was so powerful! he had everyone there crying! it was aweosme! :) there was about 50 ppl there, it was way full, tons of support! Ill send pics!
The next big news is that i am getting transfered...my least favorite thing aboout the mission. its exciting to go some where new and meet new ppl and get a new companion but it freakin sucks to leave all the amaizng people that i have grown so close too. but alls good! This transfer has been kinda shock for me because i really thought that i was going to be the one staying, but i had no idea. i am getting transfered to more central Mesa. i am not sure exaclty where my area lays but i know that the zone covers south to North from the 60 to Mckellips and then around Stapley RD. thats about all i know so far! haha, transfers are tomarro so i have been busy packing up all my junk and getting ready! saying good byes and eating alot because every one wants to feed me before i leave! haha. I am going to be a zone leader with elder piaz! he is a really good missionary! i served around him up north so we already know each other and we are really excited! i am a little nervous about it all but it will great! It was saturday at 5:00 that president called me to ask me if i would do that and it really shocked me! haha! it will be good and i am excited! I will be in a car so that will be really nice as well! :) i feel really good with what has happend here in the salt river stake in the past 3 months and believe that things will pick up even more! elder hiatt will do great and is excited to be taking over his first area! :) we have 9 people that are solid and schedualed for baptism coming up in the rest of january and febuary and he will do great! i will be able to come back and be a part of the baptisms when that time comes so that makes leaving a little easier! lots of amaizng people, miricles, and memories here, sad to leave but i will some how love my new area just as much if not more! exciting times for sure! :)...so that is about all that is new here haha! and i am excited for it all!
I will have to transfers all my perscriptions over to a nearer Walmart! shouldnt be a big deal at all but i wont have the time to get my perscriptions filled today! but i am good for a while so alls good! :) thank you so much for all that you have and are doing for me and making it all possible! what a amazing expirence this is and it cannot be found or bought any where else! so thank you! I love and miss you all so much, but i am doing really well! i hope that you all have a wonderful week and enjoy the snow and all the fun activites that come along with it! haha. love you all a ton! have a good one!!
Love,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
WOW it sure has been quite the eventful week here! lots of unexpected things and changes, haha! first off we had a awesome weekend, Brother Butler got baptised on Sunday! it was such an amazing baptism! there was so much ward support and love. the whole family didnt all get bap because they are still getting over coffee, but brother buter was going to get baptised weather we wanted him to or not! he was so excited and so ready! after the whole family seeing their dad get baptised and feeling the spirit they are all alot more excited and ready! the rest of them will be getting baptised in 2-3 weeks! so exciting! he had asked me to baptism him and it was such a sweet expirence! he came up out of the water and gave me a big huge and cryed! it was way sweet to be with him after in the dressing room! to hear him talk about how he felt and his testimony! the whole service was amazing! at the end bishop invited him to stand up and bare his testimony andit was so powerful! he had everyone there crying! it was aweosme! :) there was about 50 ppl there, it was way full, tons of support! Ill send pics!
The next big news is that i am getting transfered...my least favorite thing aboout the mission. its exciting to go some where new and meet new ppl and get a new companion but it freakin sucks to leave all the amaizng people that i have grown so close too. but alls good! This transfer has been kinda shock for me because i really thought that i was going to be the one staying, but i had no idea. i am getting transfered to more central Mesa. i am not sure exaclty where my area lays but i know that the zone covers south to North from the 60 to Mckellips and then around Stapley RD. thats about all i know so far! haha, transfers are tomarro so i have been busy packing up all my junk and getting ready! saying good byes and eating alot because every one wants to feed me before i leave! haha. I am going to be a zone leader with elder piaz! he is a really good missionary! i served around him up north so we already know each other and we are really excited! i am a little nervous about it all but it will great! It was saturday at 5:00 that president called me to ask me if i would do that and it really shocked me! haha! it will be good and i am excited! I will be in a car so that will be really nice as well! :) i feel really good with what has happend here in the salt river stake in the past 3 months and believe that things will pick up even more! elder hiatt will do great and is excited to be taking over his first area! :) we have 9 people that are solid and schedualed for baptism coming up in the rest of january and febuary and he will do great! i will be able to come back and be a part of the baptisms when that time comes so that makes leaving a little easier! lots of amaizng people, miricles, and memories here, sad to leave but i will some how love my new area just as much if not more! exciting times for sure! :)...so that is about all that is new here haha! and i am excited for it all!
I will have to transfers all my perscriptions over to a nearer Walmart! shouldnt be a big deal at all but i wont have the time to get my perscriptions filled today! but i am good for a while so alls good! :) thank you so much for all that you have and are doing for me and making it all possible! what a amazing expirence this is and it cannot be found or bought any where else! so thank you! I love and miss you all so much, but i am doing really well! i hope that you all have a wonderful week and enjoy the snow and all the fun activites that come along with it! haha. love you all a ton! have a good one!!
Love,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
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| Elder Hiatt, Brother Butler, Elder Lerwill |
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
E-Mail 1-4-2011
Hello! how is everything going there?! :) hope all is well and youare enjoying the wonderful weather there! things have changed here this past week! it has been getting down into the low 30's! really unheard of... we finally had to turn our AC over to heat! pretty crazy, on wedsday it actually snowed here!! none stuck but it was falling from the sky! it was really cold and the wind was blowing so it made it even worse but it was so fun to see some white stuff! everyone has been telling us that it hasnt done that sence 2001! we got some pics of it so i will try and send some of those! :)
On saturday me and elder hiatt, cornilles, crawford, rowbury, and green got up really early and drove to scottsdale and hiked camelback mnt! it was crazy sweet! hard hike and really steep, my legs were a little sore and my foot started to hurt again but alls good! we got some amazing pics from up top! you can see everything from up there! so thats what we did for our new years day fun! we had a great time! elder Crawford almost didnt make it to the top just from not being in too good of shape but we all made it! georgous sun rise and morning! it was a bout 27 degrees when we left the car! havnt felt that in a long time! :) haha
This week has been pretty crazy! there has been lots of stuff that has been happening and keeping us on our toes. i just got a phone call from the ap's a few mins ago and they were asking about the area and concidering spilting in again and making 1 full set of Spanish and 3 full sets of English just in our stake! crazy if they do but we are teaching enough that it is very possible and would probley work! we are being so blessed! we find out transfers this saturday and then transfers will be on wed. so it will be another crazy week! who knows what all will happen!
the butlers were all sick on sunday with the flu and so they couldnt go to church so we will have to push their bap back one week, but hopfully we can get them better and they still can be interviewed this week so they can be ready to go the following week! they are doing really great! Alma and her whole family was at church again this past week! they are doing awesome and all have a bap date for the 22nd of January! way exciting! :)
we had kinda crazy expirence the other night! we were pulling back into our apt at about 9 and there was 8 cop cars, ambulance, and a fire truck all parked in front of our apt with cops running everywhere so we had to park some where else! as we were getting back to our apt we seen some one go out to the ambulance ona streacher. come to find out later that a drug deal went bad and there was a fight that broke out and we wernt sure what all happend but they had our whole apt swarming with cops and people hand cuffed everywhere! there were some guys running drugs out of the apt just across and above us! but not any more! haha so alls good!
I dont think i told you all this but like 4 weeks ago i found out that a lady that i had taught when i first got to the area in our apt complex had OD'ed on Heroine and died...so sad to see some ones life totally dictated by a drug! it is a powerful thing and 90% of everyone that i teach that is on Drugs at the time says that it all started really inosently and they never would have imagined it getting to the point where they are! prettysad to see! Small and simple...
I got my new montier in the mail! thanks for that, i love it! :) when i get test strips next week i will be sure and let you know if everything works out good! I am sure that it will! :) thanks a ton!
So me and elder hiatt have been going to the temple and making phone calls for the VC to confirm all the referals that we have got from xmas lights and yesterday when we were down there elder hiatt decided that he needed some new garments so we went over to the distribution center and we were getting everything and looking through all the options and we both decieded to try somehting new...we both got one piece garment! haha they are hilarious!! im not so sure that i am compleatly sold on the whole idea but we'll see! we both couldnt stop laughing when we changed into them! haha good times!
so ya things are going really well here! lots of blessing and wonderful ppl we are working with! thanks for all you emails and the information and has been passed on to this part of the world! i love and appreciate all you there and all that youdo for me! I will get some pics sent after this email! hope you enjoy! i cant believe how much wes andkaties kids are growing up! crazy how time flys! hope you all have a wonderful week and are safe and stay warm! i love and miss you all a ton and pray for you always! have a good one and take care!
Love
Elder Dalan Lerwill
On saturday me and elder hiatt, cornilles, crawford, rowbury, and green got up really early and drove to scottsdale and hiked camelback mnt! it was crazy sweet! hard hike and really steep, my legs were a little sore and my foot started to hurt again but alls good! we got some amazing pics from up top! you can see everything from up there! so thats what we did for our new years day fun! we had a great time! elder Crawford almost didnt make it to the top just from not being in too good of shape but we all made it! georgous sun rise and morning! it was a bout 27 degrees when we left the car! havnt felt that in a long time! :) haha
This week has been pretty crazy! there has been lots of stuff that has been happening and keeping us on our toes. i just got a phone call from the ap's a few mins ago and they were asking about the area and concidering spilting in again and making 1 full set of Spanish and 3 full sets of English just in our stake! crazy if they do but we are teaching enough that it is very possible and would probley work! we are being so blessed! we find out transfers this saturday and then transfers will be on wed. so it will be another crazy week! who knows what all will happen!
the butlers were all sick on sunday with the flu and so they couldnt go to church so we will have to push their bap back one week, but hopfully we can get them better and they still can be interviewed this week so they can be ready to go the following week! they are doing really great! Alma and her whole family was at church again this past week! they are doing awesome and all have a bap date for the 22nd of January! way exciting! :)
we had kinda crazy expirence the other night! we were pulling back into our apt at about 9 and there was 8 cop cars, ambulance, and a fire truck all parked in front of our apt with cops running everywhere so we had to park some where else! as we were getting back to our apt we seen some one go out to the ambulance ona streacher. come to find out later that a drug deal went bad and there was a fight that broke out and we wernt sure what all happend but they had our whole apt swarming with cops and people hand cuffed everywhere! there were some guys running drugs out of the apt just across and above us! but not any more! haha so alls good!
I dont think i told you all this but like 4 weeks ago i found out that a lady that i had taught when i first got to the area in our apt complex had OD'ed on Heroine and died...so sad to see some ones life totally dictated by a drug! it is a powerful thing and 90% of everyone that i teach that is on Drugs at the time says that it all started really inosently and they never would have imagined it getting to the point where they are! prettysad to see! Small and simple...
I got my new montier in the mail! thanks for that, i love it! :) when i get test strips next week i will be sure and let you know if everything works out good! I am sure that it will! :) thanks a ton!
So me and elder hiatt have been going to the temple and making phone calls for the VC to confirm all the referals that we have got from xmas lights and yesterday when we were down there elder hiatt decided that he needed some new garments so we went over to the distribution center and we were getting everything and looking through all the options and we both decieded to try somehting new...we both got one piece garment! haha they are hilarious!! im not so sure that i am compleatly sold on the whole idea but we'll see! we both couldnt stop laughing when we changed into them! haha good times!
so ya things are going really well here! lots of blessing and wonderful ppl we are working with! thanks for all you emails and the information and has been passed on to this part of the world! i love and appreciate all you there and all that youdo for me! I will get some pics sent after this email! hope you enjoy! i cant believe how much wes andkaties kids are growing up! crazy how time flys! hope you all have a wonderful week and are safe and stay warm! i love and miss you all a ton and pray for you always! have a good one and take care!
Love
Elder Dalan Lerwill
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| Christmas Card from First Presidency |
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| Christmas Card from Mission President's Family |
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| post card of Nativity at temple |
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| Elder Cornilles, Elder Hiatt, Elder Lerwill |
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| Elder Cornellis, Elder Hiatt, Elder Lerwill |
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| Elder Cornellis, Elder Lerwill |
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| Elder Lerwill, Elder Hiatt |
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011
We hope and pray that 2011 is great for ALL of us!
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