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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Elder Thomas and Elder Lerwill
Elder Thomas and Elder Lerwill in the MTC. April 2010
Elder Thomas at Provo Temple 2010
Elder Thomas and Elder Lerwill, April 2011, in Mesa AZ, Zone Leader Companions
e-mail 4-19-2011
Hello, wow i am going to have to type really fast to get all of my awesome new info in so mom please edit this before you post! :) we have had such a great week here and seen so many amazing things happen! it has been great! sounds like the sun is staying away from Idaho.. it sure isn't here, it has been in the high 90's and warming up everyday, and it is really different because the sun goes down and it is still 75-80! pretty crazy! hope you can get all the parts and equipment ready for the spring go and all goes smoothly, you're in my prayers! That is so excited for Kayla that she got baptised! ya i remember her, that is so great and thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes and support! thanks so much. well i will get you all filled in on the kool stuff that has happened here in AZ.
Well to start off my testimony has been strengthened so much this past week. 2 weeks ago Brody Arrington got baptised and that was such a sweet experience, his father Tony was bap when he was 8 and had never gone back, he wouldn't sit in on the lessons with us and just was a little shady when ever we would come over. well he came to the bap and it was his first time in a church in over 30 years and he was really touched. it was a very emotional bap. he has had a complete change of heart. we were able to set a apt with him and the bishop and unlike all the other times he has had apts...he actually came. we were able to visit with him for just a second before his interview and you could tell that he was really nervous but had a lot on his mind that he needed to get off. he was in there meeting with bishop for 1 1/2 hours! bishop called us after and was so excited, he said that he had a great visit with Tony and a lot of progress was made. Tony expressed sincere desire to come back into full fellowship in the church meet with us with Denice, get married, get the priesthood, baptise his wife and some day go through the temple! this is such a answered prayer, when i heard this i just started to cry. there is no one that is too far off the path that they cant make it back! it has been really humbling to see this all transpire and take shape. it hasn't been easy but they have so much family and ward support. we are so blessed to be able to work with them and be a part of their lives! great people and we are really excited for them, we are going to the Easter pageant with them on Thursday! it will be great and they will come along great! :) So exciting
This is another answered prayer. Tedd Buchert was going to get baptised 3 weeks ago but told his parents and they disowned him and have been really hostile toward him, he has been beat up by parents and has such a strong spirit though. well the good news is he finally got moved out of the house and got a place living with some members and is now really ready to get baptised! he called us on Sunday and was ready to get baptised this Saturday! :) so great for him. so that will be happening on Saturday! what a great person and example of enduring! hopefully he can stick through the first ruff months of being a new member and i have complete faith that he will! :)
Nathan Graham got ordained on Sunday and he asked me to do it. so i did and it was a great opportunity. very powerful and i am so appreciative that he gave me that opportunity and he has made these choices for himself and for his family!
Our zone meetings went really well. all who were involved did great and we even planned it all to where we ended right on time, which was partly lucky because you never know how long president is going to be in interviews! :) it was awesome. we have a few small companionship issues in our zone that we will be having to deal with. always hard to know how to do what and when! haha, president has so much trust in us, its great. a very enjoyable day and we all learned so much! :)
The Easter pageant is the sweetest thing ever! we are so blessed to have that in our mission! i will be going every night this week with investigators and we are working at it and talking to people on Wed. so we are going to have another busy week! the spirit is so strong there on temple grounds and the pageant is so well put together and choreographed! i cant wait till you all can come down some year and see it! its incredible! :)
This week has been so rewarding and at the beginning of it, on Monday night, we got dropped by 2 people 2 visits in a row so we were pretty down on all that was happening but we just kept working hard and being obedient and look what happens, God really must love all of his children or else this work would really suck! haha such a blessing to be here at this time and have a great companion that i get along with.
we are doing really well together and are working really hard! seen so many blessings. it was kinda crazy but the other night we were laying in bed just talking before we went to sleep and come to find out, we actually met each other at collage!! CRAZY huh, we hung out one night at the dorms together because he was dating a girl that lived there and i was with a girl who lived there as well! as we talked we put it all together! small world! elder Thomas is great and we are doing awesome and having a blast!
E Mace is from San Antonio
E Vigil is from Wichita Kansas
E weaver is from Georgia some where, i kinda have forced that 3 weeks out of my head...i hope to never again go through anything like that, haha but it was a great learning experience
E Fairbanks actually went home with elder paiz, he came back out for a few months but was still having lots of health issues so they sent him home for good, honorable release! great guy and hope all is well for him! :)
well i have to get a few other thing wrote to president and have little time left so i gotta go but thank you so much for all your love and support and your letters and emails. thanks for all you do for me in making this wonderful opportunity possible! keep the faith and be safe, your always in my prayers and i hope the very best for you this week. ill talk to you soon!!
All my Love,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
Well to start off my testimony has been strengthened so much this past week. 2 weeks ago Brody Arrington got baptised and that was such a sweet experience, his father Tony was bap when he was 8 and had never gone back, he wouldn't sit in on the lessons with us and just was a little shady when ever we would come over. well he came to the bap and it was his first time in a church in over 30 years and he was really touched. it was a very emotional bap. he has had a complete change of heart. we were able to set a apt with him and the bishop and unlike all the other times he has had apts...he actually came. we were able to visit with him for just a second before his interview and you could tell that he was really nervous but had a lot on his mind that he needed to get off. he was in there meeting with bishop for 1 1/2 hours! bishop called us after and was so excited, he said that he had a great visit with Tony and a lot of progress was made. Tony expressed sincere desire to come back into full fellowship in the church meet with us with Denice, get married, get the priesthood, baptise his wife and some day go through the temple! this is such a answered prayer, when i heard this i just started to cry. there is no one that is too far off the path that they cant make it back! it has been really humbling to see this all transpire and take shape. it hasn't been easy but they have so much family and ward support. we are so blessed to be able to work with them and be a part of their lives! great people and we are really excited for them, we are going to the Easter pageant with them on Thursday! it will be great and they will come along great! :) So exciting
This is another answered prayer. Tedd Buchert was going to get baptised 3 weeks ago but told his parents and they disowned him and have been really hostile toward him, he has been beat up by parents and has such a strong spirit though. well the good news is he finally got moved out of the house and got a place living with some members and is now really ready to get baptised! he called us on Sunday and was ready to get baptised this Saturday! :) so great for him. so that will be happening on Saturday! what a great person and example of enduring! hopefully he can stick through the first ruff months of being a new member and i have complete faith that he will! :)
Nathan Graham got ordained on Sunday and he asked me to do it. so i did and it was a great opportunity. very powerful and i am so appreciative that he gave me that opportunity and he has made these choices for himself and for his family!
Our zone meetings went really well. all who were involved did great and we even planned it all to where we ended right on time, which was partly lucky because you never know how long president is going to be in interviews! :) it was awesome. we have a few small companionship issues in our zone that we will be having to deal with. always hard to know how to do what and when! haha, president has so much trust in us, its great. a very enjoyable day and we all learned so much! :)
The Easter pageant is the sweetest thing ever! we are so blessed to have that in our mission! i will be going every night this week with investigators and we are working at it and talking to people on Wed. so we are going to have another busy week! the spirit is so strong there on temple grounds and the pageant is so well put together and choreographed! i cant wait till you all can come down some year and see it! its incredible! :)
This week has been so rewarding and at the beginning of it, on Monday night, we got dropped by 2 people 2 visits in a row so we were pretty down on all that was happening but we just kept working hard and being obedient and look what happens, God really must love all of his children or else this work would really suck! haha such a blessing to be here at this time and have a great companion that i get along with.
we are doing really well together and are working really hard! seen so many blessings. it was kinda crazy but the other night we were laying in bed just talking before we went to sleep and come to find out, we actually met each other at collage!! CRAZY huh, we hung out one night at the dorms together because he was dating a girl that lived there and i was with a girl who lived there as well! as we talked we put it all together! small world! elder Thomas is great and we are doing awesome and having a blast!
E Mace is from San Antonio
E Vigil is from Wichita Kansas
E weaver is from Georgia some where, i kinda have forced that 3 weeks out of my head...i hope to never again go through anything like that, haha but it was a great learning experience
E Fairbanks actually went home with elder paiz, he came back out for a few months but was still having lots of health issues so they sent him home for good, honorable release! great guy and hope all is well for him! :)
well i have to get a few other thing wrote to president and have little time left so i gotta go but thank you so much for all your love and support and your letters and emails. thanks for all you do for me in making this wonderful opportunity possible! keep the faith and be safe, your always in my prayers and i hope the very best for you this week. ill talk to you soon!!
All my Love,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Great Members watching over Missionaries
Hello Lerwill, and Thomas families,
Tonight we had the wonderful chance to host two good young men, and great missionaries for dinner.
We had a good time as we talked family history and trying to connect other folks in Arizona that they know from this mission.
They both wouldn't leave the table without clearing their plates. Especially because Elder Thomas told us that his mom told him " Never leave your plate!"
We wish we had someone for them to teach. Still working on that.
If you ever want to come to the amazing Easter Pageant - or just Mesa - be our guests.
contact us, and if no one is in the guest house, it's yours.
Karen Reidhead
Hope you enjoy the photo
Tonight we had the wonderful chance to host two good young men, and great missionaries for dinner.
We had a good time as we talked family history and trying to connect other folks in Arizona that they know from this mission.
They both wouldn't leave the table without clearing their plates. Especially because Elder Thomas told us that his mom told him " Never leave your plate!"
We wish we had someone for them to teach. Still working on that.
If you ever want to come to the amazing Easter Pageant - or just Mesa - be our guests.
contact us, and if no one is in the guest house, it's yours.
Karen Reidhead
Hope you enjoy the photo
Oh Baby.....
Friday, April 15, 2011
One Year Down
We are so excited that Dalan has hit his 1 year mark!!! (April 14, 2011) We sure thought a lot about that day a year ago and are so glad that it is over. What a hard day! In Dalan's words he said "with time it is all down hill from here". I am sure it will go by quickly! We are hoping for that. Can't wait to talk to him in a few weeks. Yeah!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Happy Birthday Elder Lerwill, Happy Birthday Elder Thomas (how crazy is that!) The best present ever a baptism=Brody
Hello how are you all doing on this wonderful monday morning! Bailey your book shelf looks awesome and it was fun to see all the pics of your branding weekend! :) looks like it was a little chilly! it actually rained here Friday Saturday and Sunday so that was nice to be able to enjoy that nice weather! So i have so much to fill you in on! this week has been crazy, we have been running aroung like crazy trying to get everything taken care of and in line for this up coming transfer. It was so good to hear from you, either from email or by letter. I have had such a awesome birthday week and it has been even funner because elder thomas' birthday was on Sunday the 10th! crazy right. we had a great time celebrating our 20th birthdays together! and the rudds took really good care of us! we ate cosco hot dogs and other things then funfetti cake! it was really chill and low key but a lot of fun. they gave us a big box of junk food! M&M's salt and vinagar chips diet coke and lots of other favorites, i love them so much, they do so much for us its awesome! They made us the SWEETEST cake ever! i will send you pics but it was a huge name badge cake haha, it was sweet and we had a really enjoyable time with them! I relaly enjoyed those pics that you sent to the Rudds, i got to see them and it is crazy how fast time goes by, seems just like yesterday that we were at those differnt parties. time goes by fast thats for sure!
Me and elder thomas are prety much brothers! we are getting along and working really well together and really excited for the next few months we will hopfully be together for! he is from medford oregon and is way chill. we are really excited. we are seeing so many miricles and have some really prepare people who we are getting really close to start teaching! the members are helping us out so much and give us referals often! it is so great to have the wards trust and let us help them share the gospel with their friends! :) We have lots of lessons planned for this coming week and some of them are new investigators so that is exciting for us and for our wards. we have a ward who hasnt had a baptism in 3 years. there are lots of members in their ward boundry and everyone has been approched so it is kind of a difficult area but we are going to work really hard and get a baptism there for them, that will be a great motivator to do missionary work! :)
Brody got baptised on my birthday! it was awesome and the spirit was so strong. Tony got up and said a few words and it was really touching because he is making some great changes in their lives and i can see denice getting baptised in a short time so we are really excited for that! :) Brody is such a awesome example and has play such a huge roll in the convertion of his mom and the returning of his dad, tony! it is really awesome that at such a young age, he can have such a great testimony. awesome family and we are really excited for them!
We are starting the easter pagent this week! we get to go and work on the 13th, the first night! its the night that all the zone leaders from both the mesa and the tempe missions will be there working and it will be great! its only a matter of time before i run into coleman down here! that will be fun! and also tell bishop that i was really sad i didnt get to see them and the next time they come down let me know a time and date and we could mabey just conviently meet at the visitors center! haha, ;) but we are really excited for the pagent! what a great oppertunity it will be to feel of the spirit and get people on temple grounds! it will be huge and LOTS of people attend every year! :) sence we are sharing the working nights with the tempe mission not all of the missionaries will be able to work but i will have the oppertunity to work twice, the 13th and the 20th! it will be great! :)
we have a crazy week coming up, besides all of our apts we are teaching we have ZDM meeting next monday, so our pday will be on Tues, this is the meeting where all the missionaries in the zone have interviews with president! we are in charge of getting all of that put together and planned out so we will be getting that going this week! :)should be fun! we have a great zone and they are alot of fun to work with and serve! really good, hard working missionaries! makes things alot easier thats for sure! haha
We are having alot of fun and are really looking forward to moving the work forward inour area and zone this next few weeks. we are working aweosme together and really enjoy it so it will be great!
thank you so much for all you support and all thaat you all do in making possible for me to be out here and enjoying this expirece! it truly is remakable and i am learning so much! one of the greatest things about being a missionary is being able to interact with so many different families and people. you really learn what you want in life, in a family, in work and pretty much everything else that really matters! thanks for making it work! i love and miss you all so much but think about you often and your always in my prayers! hope you have a wonderful week and get lots done. get some sun and be safe and heathly! take care.
Love
Elder Dalan Lerwill
Me and elder thomas are prety much brothers! we are getting along and working really well together and really excited for the next few months we will hopfully be together for! he is from medford oregon and is way chill. we are really excited. we are seeing so many miricles and have some really prepare people who we are getting really close to start teaching! the members are helping us out so much and give us referals often! it is so great to have the wards trust and let us help them share the gospel with their friends! :) We have lots of lessons planned for this coming week and some of them are new investigators so that is exciting for us and for our wards. we have a ward who hasnt had a baptism in 3 years. there are lots of members in their ward boundry and everyone has been approched so it is kind of a difficult area but we are going to work really hard and get a baptism there for them, that will be a great motivator to do missionary work! :)
Brody got baptised on my birthday! it was awesome and the spirit was so strong. Tony got up and said a few words and it was really touching because he is making some great changes in their lives and i can see denice getting baptised in a short time so we are really excited for that! :) Brody is such a awesome example and has play such a huge roll in the convertion of his mom and the returning of his dad, tony! it is really awesome that at such a young age, he can have such a great testimony. awesome family and we are really excited for them!
We are starting the easter pagent this week! we get to go and work on the 13th, the first night! its the night that all the zone leaders from both the mesa and the tempe missions will be there working and it will be great! its only a matter of time before i run into coleman down here! that will be fun! and also tell bishop that i was really sad i didnt get to see them and the next time they come down let me know a time and date and we could mabey just conviently meet at the visitors center! haha, ;) but we are really excited for the pagent! what a great oppertunity it will be to feel of the spirit and get people on temple grounds! it will be huge and LOTS of people attend every year! :) sence we are sharing the working nights with the tempe mission not all of the missionaries will be able to work but i will have the oppertunity to work twice, the 13th and the 20th! it will be great! :)
we have a crazy week coming up, besides all of our apts we are teaching we have ZDM meeting next monday, so our pday will be on Tues, this is the meeting where all the missionaries in the zone have interviews with president! we are in charge of getting all of that put together and planned out so we will be getting that going this week! :)should be fun! we have a great zone and they are alot of fun to work with and serve! really good, hard working missionaries! makes things alot easier thats for sure! haha
We are having alot of fun and are really looking forward to moving the work forward inour area and zone this next few weeks. we are working aweosme together and really enjoy it so it will be great!
thank you so much for all you support and all thaat you all do in making possible for me to be out here and enjoying this expirece! it truly is remakable and i am learning so much! one of the greatest things about being a missionary is being able to interact with so many different families and people. you really learn what you want in life, in a family, in work and pretty much everything else that really matters! thanks for making it work! i love and miss you all so much but think about you often and your always in my prayers! hope you have a wonderful week and get lots done. get some sun and be safe and heathly! take care.
Love
Elder Dalan Lerwill
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