Missionary Work

What an amazing evening we have had here tonight. The spirit of missionary work is awesome. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Saints is true, we have a living Prophet who teaches us today, our loving Heavenly Father loves us, loves us so much he sent his Son, Jesus Christ to suffer for us so that we may return and live in heaven with our families forever. We are so blessed.
I am so thankful for our sweet Bailey and the spirit she possess and for her prayer being answered. Since school started she has prayed for a missionary experience. Not only has she prayed for this but she has lived her life lifting others and being aware of people and their needs. She has opened the door for lots of different people to join her group of friends. I am so proud of her. In Seminary she is the "Mother" and her "Daughter" is Hailey Becker. Hailey is not a member but is taking seminary. Bailey found out that Hailey lives in our ward boundaries. She has invited Hailey to YW. Then on Sunday she showed up at church. It was an amazing day. The missionaries were actually speaking in our ward. I'm not sure how but they have had some minimal contact with Hailey. Bailey walked around the chapel after following a prompting to walk the way that she never does and ran into Hailey and the missionaries. She heard her name and went over and talked to them. They asked if they could give Hailey the discussions in our home. Bailey didn't hesitate at all and that is how we came to tonight's event. The missionaries just left our house with Stacy, and Bailey just took Hailey home. Hailey is so prepared. The missionaries committed her to baptism and she accepted. (November 19) Wow. The spirit was so strong and it was so awesome to feel a little of what Elder Dalan Lerwill has been doing, serving in Arizona. Different state, different people, different time, different circumstances but the exact same spirit and feeling. Bailey has had some awesome talks with Hailey. Bailey is so excited to be part of this. She can't hardly believe how it is coming together. She asks "What did I do?" We told her that this is the best part that you are just being you and living your life like you should and are setting an awesome example. She has been watched and I know that the spirit radiates from her. She is a good girl. We love her so much. We will help Hailey any way we can and pray for her. She can use all of your prayers too.

E-Mail October 24, 2011

Family! it was so good to hear from you all today and how things are going there. you have had quite the busy and exciting week there! Free tV, new camper, new auger and sounds like you got a free ride on the auger! I am happy to hear that you didn't get hurt! :) I am glad that you had a happy birthday mom and did something fun. i was thinking about you and hoping that you were enjoying your day. You will have to send me pics of the new camper and auger. that is so exciting. have you put the old camper on craigslist or anything? speaking of craigslist, depending on what happens with my transfers i am going to either try to sell my bike on there or sell it to a new missionary. it has held up great and is still in really good condition so i am hoping to be able and get so money out of it. :)


we have had a fun day today. this moring we had a zone activity and we met up with everyone at the salt river stake center and we had a zone breakfast. we had egg-in-a-hole. it was a lot of fun, no one had ever had them before so it was fun to do something new, and i hadn't had it in forever either so it was good. then we had enough people there to play Chicago Fire. so we played ball until 11:30 and now we are here emailing. it was relaxing and good to just not have anywhere to be.

This week has been crazy. we went on exchanges with 2 companionship's of our district leaders and i was able to go back to my old area and see everyone there. it was a blast, i saw the Butlers, they are doing well and it was fun to visit with them again. Lots of good people everywhere you go.

So i am exhausted. in dieing need for a nap! i am having a hard time making my fingers work with my mind!

We have had a busy week. transfer news comes in this Saturday. i cannot believe that it is that time already. crazy how fast it slips by. i am excited for a change and something new. it will be good what ever happens. :) it is easy to get stressed out wondering where i will be going and what will happen but its pointless. I have full confidence in President Ellsworth and what needs to happen will happen. kinda nerve racking though.

well i hope that you have a great week and keep safe and happy. your always in my prayers and i wish the very best to you all there. i haven't heard anything from the mission home about tiff but if they have the info i am sure it will be this week some time that i will. that will be awesome and i am excited for it so we will keep in touch and talk soon. take care and have a good week!

Love Elder Lerwill

BAILEY GOT HER ANSWER

So Bailey got her answer from Riley on Friday. He did good. Really cute.

This is what she got this jar filled with hole punch pieces and this note:

Your message in a paint can jarred me

Into typing a reply in verse,

Finding your name was taxing

But this will be much worse :)

I've written an answer in here

... it may take you a while to find.

Make sure to check each little dot,

Be patient, it will take time!

You may think you know my answer,

But please still play my game!

It'll be fun and you know it!

Besides, I did find your name.:p

Bailey looked through and found this little dot with the answer Yes on it. She taped it to the top so she wouldn't loose it again. Really cute.

OCTOBER CAMPING-NEW CAMPER

We have wanted to buy a new camper with some different features for several years. We have just opted not too though until we came across this good deal and we could not pass it up. We are so excited. So we took it up and went camping this Friday and Saturday before the season of camping is over. We loved it. So much room. We can't wait to get Dalan home and all go together. Scot and Dani and family went up with us and we had a great time visiting in the camper until midnight. We all fit perfectly. Yes we are spoiled. We did wake up really cold, the heater isn't working properly. We will defiently have to get that one look at next spring. We also need to sell our old camper.

Signs of Fall

Bailey asked a boy to the Drill Team Dance

Bailey asked Riley H. to the Drill Team Dance. Can't believe it is that time of the year again. She had bought a paint can at DI awhile back thinking it might come in handy for something like this. So we wrote on the front of it. Riley can you can can. Inside she put a note that asked him to the dance and to search the candy to find who was asking. On a lot of the candy bars she put notes with random sayings on them. But on the bottom of the can she put her name on a nerd box but she taped it to the bottom of the can. Tricky huh! She then sealed the can up good and tight with the hammer, put ribbons on the handle, Wa La. She took it to school and took it to the office and the ladies in the office called him down at lunch time. I think he was pretty puzzled. We haven't heard anything back. But Bailey did hear that Mrs. Green (his mom, and a teacher at the high school) saw it in the office and was dieing to know who it was from. Regina told her it was a good girl, not to worry. But she couldn't handle it so Regina told her Bailey and she was like O.K. , I don't have to worry!

Hunting Season 2011

Hunting Season is up and going. Stacy and Bailey have tried hard to get into the elk but have not been able to get where Bailey can get a shot. They have seen, heard, and smelled them. Neat experience's in themselves! A bull even was out in the middle of the field one day early, like around 5. It just happened to be the evening we went a different direction. So they still have a few more day's of bull, so hopefully we will post a kill soon. Keep your finger's crossed.