Crazy Teton Valley Weather

Winter is getting very long. But what is new, typical Teton Valley winter. On Sunday the wind had blown all night long. Stacy got up and got ready for his early meetings. He called us a ways down the road and told us not to come to church because the wind was blowing the roads in and the plows were not out. He came home right before Sacrament meeting and was lucky to get home. Our drive way wasn't bad but from the corner over to the mail box was horrible. Then on Tuesday it was such a beautiful, beautiful, sunny spring like day. Wednesday it was o.k. in the morning, and the snow just looked so spring like and then by evening it all began. It started snowing and the wind blowing. Verna had a very scary trip home from Rexburg. So thankful she made it o.k. Our high school boys were out in Rexburg for district basketball. Wow, what a game, we listened to it on the radio. We won with a 3 pointer in the last 3.1 seconds. After the game was over they closed Hwy 33. So all of the team and people spent the night out there. The wind blew all night and there was no school today. Tomorrow is teacher inservice and there is not school on Monday for President's Day. So Bailey gets another long week-end. We won't complain about that. We are going to go to Twin this week end if the weather will be good. Tomorrow we are going to another funeral. So sad. Bailey has experience suicide more in the last year than I have until I was an adult. This is 3 in the last year. What does Satan have on these kids. I wish they could realize how special and loved they really are. Pray for all of our youth!

Fudge covered strawberries!

I made Alana's yummy fudge and I wanted to also do some chocolate covered strawberries. Well the fudge was done and I thought why not just put fudge on them and save myself time. It turned out good and yummy and they are so pretty. I made them for Bailey and her friends who are having a party at our house tonight. It is the matching t shirt dance at school but they all came here instead. I know they will have more fun here than the dance. Plus guys are dumb and don't ask the girls!  Glad to have them over. We ate pizza and they are in the hot tub and then will play games, wii, and probably watch a movie. Lots of giggling going on too.

Eagle & Winter

Cute Bowling Shirts

Bailey is doing bowling this year for winter sports. She is excited to be doing it with her best friends. So they wanted to make bowling shirts and this is what we came up with. They turned out really cute. Hope they don't get kicked out of school for such innuendos. We even made one for Coach Berry.

Mormon.org

Hi, I'm Dalan

I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am from a small town in Idaho. I grew up on our family farm and love working with my family. My hobbies are riding dirtbikes, hunting, camping, skiing, listening to music, and hanging out with family and friends! My family and I are really close. My sister and I have Type 1 Diabetes and have both struggled through the years together to be able to control and manage it. We have been there for each other and have a wonderful relationship. Along with my sister, i have my wonderful parents who have always been there for me and have provided so much love and support to me through all the years! I have been so blessed to be able to be brought up in the Gospel and see all the blessings that it brings to me and my family! It has changed my entire aspect of life and brought me so much joy.

Why I am a Mormon

I have been a member of the church my whole life and have had so many wonderful examples to help show me the way. Being raised in the church i always went to church with my family and did all the things that are expected of me but there came a time in my life when i had to find out for my self that it was true. It did not just come over night and i never had a miraculous expirence but as i honestly searched for truth and it came. I began to realize all of the tender mercies of the Lord in my life as well as in my family, all the blessings, everything that has been givin to us as we have been obediant to what has been asked of us as children of God. There is no doubt in my mind that God lives and that he has a plan for us. There can be so much comfort and peace found in our lives as we come to the realization that God is there and that we have the ability to talk to him through prayer, that Christ lives today and has suffered for each and every one of us, and that through him we can some day prove ourselves worthy and return to live in his presence. When we relize this, life takes on a whole new perspective. As lifes trials confront us we will find greater happiness and comfort that all will be ok. We may not understand why, but we will relize that God has his hand in ever phase of our life and is testing, guiding, and supporting us through our struggles. So many blessings are simply hinged upon the simle principle of Obediance. God loves us and wants us to be happy!

Frequently Asked Questions

What blessings can we receive through the gift of the Holy Ghost?

We have a loving father in heaven who wants the very best for us and has givin us so many tools to be able to find all that he has to offer. After proper and authorized baptism, a worthy male who holds the priesthood will lay their hands on your head and give you the gift of the Holy Ghost. From that time forward he will be there to be a constant companion, as long as you are living worth of his presents. As we go through out life there will be unavoidable stuggles and challanges that arise, leaving us scared, doubting, and alone, but through the Holy Ghost we can find the comfort and direction needed at that time and forever. The Holy Ghost has blessed me so much though out my life. He has always been there for me when i needed it the most.

How I live my faith

Living the Gospel is daily effort that brings me closer to my savior each day! Through constant prayer for strength and guidance i find comfort and greater ease following the spirit, alowing me to grow each day more and more! I have the opertunity to serve others everyday and see the happiness that the Gospel brings to them. What a joy it is to help those around you follow the example of Jesus Christ!

E-Mail 2-8-2011

Good morning! how is everything going there? i hope well and warm! :) sounds like things have been a little chilly there! haha, it has been here as well! it actually froze the other night and ppl were out covering their trees and bushes, suprisingly cold for Febuary here, they say by mid march early april it will be hitting mid 90's... not too excited for that! haha but ill love the cool weather while it is here! ;) The cabinents look awesome! you are doing such a good job with them! now just hopfully they will fit! haha ;) they will work great! cant believe that it is fertilizer meeting time of the year again! haha, that was so much fun last year going around with you to all those meetings! that st anthony meeting was really cold!! hopefully it will be a little warmer for you this year! haha wish i could go and be there to keep you entertained! haha! wow, you reminded me that i got my call a year ago... i cannot believe how fast time flys by! nathan wasnt even out a year when i got my call and now he will be home in not very long at all! crazy!


Just to inform you now before i forget this small detail...our mission is moving our pdays to monday starting next week so that will be from now on! mondays not Tuesdays! it will be a little different but it will be a good change, there really isnt a reason why they are doing it besides salt lake has encouraged all missions to be on a monday!? so it will work :)

This past week has been really crazy! I ended up staying in the area while elder paiz went to the meetings so that we could keep our area alive so all week i have been going on exchanges with diferent companionships in the zone and working with them! it has been a amazing week! we have been blessed so much and are seeing so many miricles! on Tues we got a phone call from a man in one of our wards and he told us that he has a friend that has been wantign to take the lessons and wanted to set up a time for us to come over. we went over and taught on Thursday night. her name is Lee, she is in her mid 60's and has been going to church for the past 2 months in another ward and finall desided that she wanted to meet with us. it was the most powerful lesson i have had on my mission so far! it was so amazing. she has been reading the bom and praying and searching for the truth and finally got her answer. she used to attend the Chuch of Christ which teaches anti mormon lit as a sunday skool class and she didnt think that it was right for a christian to put down another, so she quit attending and started looking for somthing new. she has lots of mormon friends who introduced her to the church and thats how it all started! as we were teaching her we asked her to read pray to know if what we had shared with her was true and she said "listen boys, if i hadn't already prayed and got a answer knowing that this is the path i want to take, i wouldnt be sitting here right now, but just to make you happy, ill do it again!" we were all jaw dropped, ever her member friend whos home we were teaching in! haha it was so powerful, we set a bap date with her for the 5 th of March and she is working for that! :) it was so sweet! so SOLID! so we are being so blessed and there are so many ppl that are being prepared now!

David Jordan is getting baptised this next weekend and he is so excited for it, already printed out his programs and is ready to roll! his son Chris is going to be baptising him, he is 17 and was baptised 2 months ago as well so it will be amazing. there will have to be more than one person in the font, David is a really big guy, 300lbs so it should be eventful, hopfully he dont sink or else we are in trouble! haha :)

me and elder paiz are getting along awesome! we have alot in common and work really will together. he goes home the same time as nathan so next transfer! he is doing great and not getting trunky at all so i am thankful for that! makes things alot easier! haha I am not sure why my mormon.org profile hasnt been updated yet!?! it should have been, ill get on and check it right after i finish this up! But ya please do get on my facebook and put my mission address on there!  :) that would be great, mabey i would here from a few more ppl! :) can always use that! :)

I am doing good on all suplies, the only thing that you could send me is some more syringes! i would appreciate that but all is in stock here! :) thanks a ton.

we have a busy day planned here today. me and elder paiz are making a zone t-shirt so we have to go finalize that, we have zone confrence tomarro which we have to set up for and prepare a training,we are having our zone activity today at 1:30, we are going to golf land, it is a miniture golf couse that i guess is prettty fun! :) so we'll see! and we still have to go shopping! :) haha so we will be running around all day! but thats better than being bored!

things are going really good here! lots of sucsess and miricles everyday and that is what makes it all worth it! :) thank you so much for making it all possible! :) i Love and miss you all a ton and pray for you every day! :) hope Dad enjoys his last few days of ski skool and bailey enjoys bowling! that will be fun for her to go and be with all her friends! wish i was there to ski with ya but i will be soon enough! :) hope and pray that all goes smoothly there for you all and you are safe and healthy! :) take care and have a wonderful week!

Love you,

Elder Dalan Lerwill



Happy v-day to you all there! hope you have a good one and do something fun! oh i seen the other day in wal-mart they are coming out with a Pure Country 2!! you will have to let me know if it is worth seeing when i get back! Bailey no kissing the boys either, but have a good one! is there a dance you are going to or some party you are having at some ones house?! exciting times that's for sure! have a happy one and take care of your self's! dad get feeling better! i am just starting to get over my cold! :) take care and keep on keeping on!!! :)


oh and by the way, one of my WML wife bought him a birthday pres that is really sweet!!! i thought of dad when i seen it. it cost $50. i am not sure where they got it, but it is a program for your computer and you just install it and turn on a speaker and you can just talk and it types it out for you! really kool, got to use it at his house and it works really amazing! maybe a somehitng dad can look into to save time with letters and church stuff! haha :)

hope alls well, i'll talk to you soon!

Take care,

Love you Valentine,

Elder Dalan Lerwill

A Great Find

Another of my DI finds from last week. These were so popular several years ago and I wanted one so bad. They were very expensive and could not bring myself to spend that kind of money. Stacy was always going to make me one, but we never got it done. So when I saw this I was so excited. The original price tag is still on it for $39.95 and I got it for $6.00. Not sure if I am going to put a calender in it or do something different. The inspiration hasn't hit, I will have to come back and let you know when it happens.