oh hello every one! i have had one of the most amazing weeks ever and hope that i have time to fill you in on it all. but it was great to read your emails and hear how every thing is going there! sounds like things are staying white and busy! so good to hear about Shelby, i really hope that she is happy and i really hope that they can both get active and i will hear from them! thanks for getting them my address! that is soo exciting about samantha!! i have had such a strong feeling that she is reseptive and ready! she is a great girl and would really make a strong member! :) thats great that dad has all of his simplot points and i dont blame him, i would go get a free meal as well! :) so what going on with this spring? have you go any contracts set up? what are you doing on darwins place? hopfully everything keeps going smoothly! Well i was sitting here reading all the emails sent to me today and i was reading baileys and i busted up laughing when she was talking about the green bean joke! i dont know if it is really as funny as it sounded or if i have just been away from baileys joking personalitly for too long but it made me laugh! sounds like everyone is keeping busy and running different directions. good to hear! that was a awesome miricle about dad giving you a blessing mom, the priestood is real and i have the opertunity to see that often! what a wonderful blessing it is to have in the home and at all times! we are teaching a few families right now who are single mothers and a few kids and they comment on how good it feels to have the priestood in the home! :) O.K. now i will fill you in on my sweet week!
So i we were at transfers helping missionaries get to and from the mission home and elder hiatt came up to me and he asked me if i had heard? i was like heard what?! he told me that he wanted to be the one to tell me, Alma, Jackie, Cynthia, and Erik Hueartas are getting baptised! i worked with this family the whole time i was in that area and they would always come to church and read and pray but were never too thrilled about the thought of getting baptised, but right before i left the area we set a date for them on the 5th of febuary, Alma needed to be interview by president so they pushed it back and it made them all even stronger! they asked me to be a witness and i got to go back for it on saturday! it was so amazing to see a whole family get baptised! they were all so excited and nervous and there were lots of tears and hugs! HaHa, so sweet to see. they are such a sweet family and threatened to hunt me down if i didnt come back and visit with my family! ha so there we go! automaticly a awesome weekend! so blessed! :)
Lee passed her baptismal interview with flying colors and is good to go for this coming saturday and then they are actually getting married on april 8th! :) so exciting, she is so prepared, one of the most prepared people i have tuaght on my mission so far and i feel so blessed to have been able to get to know her and work with them!
then for the next weekend there is a kid named Tedd who is getting baptised. way awesome and has come such a long ways, we are teaching him tonight! hopfully he told his parents about everything that is happening, he is 20 so they leagally cant do anything but it sure makes it a lot easier if they are chill! so we have been praying for a softened heart, he says they are kinda anti, so we will find out tonight!
the next weekend Sarah is getting baptised on the 18th and then she is getting married to Nathan on the 19th so it will be a crazy weekend! she is so ready and comes to church every week. they are already talking about going to the temple in a year! so that will be a awesome expirence!
I got a letter from Aaron Nichols and they are doing great, he got the melkezidek priestood and month of so back and they are doing great! they have had another kid, thats hard to believe! but it is so awesome to hear from these people and how i affected their lives! i am so appreciative for this expirence! they are set and good to go through the temple in July!!!! so i get to travle back up to Zion (Snowflake) to go through with them! and it actually isnt that far off! :) AWESOME
So today we have some fun stuff planned! we are with the spanish elders, Mills and Williams and we are going to go shopping and then we are taking off for a few hours to watch the Cubs play a spring training game! it will be a lot of fun. if nothing else i will get a hot dog! ;) we arent sure who they are playing but it will be enjoyable! :)
my voice is back now and i am feeling lots better, still have stuff in my lungs but it is going away fast! elder paiz has been having these seering head akes and it has just been really missreable for him and he noticed that his tooth is getting a little tender so he went to the dentist and we found out that his root cannal that he got done a year and half ago is infected so we are going to a specialty doctor tomarro and he is going to get it redone...fun fun...NOT! we do get to go out side the mission though and there is a in and out burger right next to the doc so we may have to conviently pick up a burger! haha :)
we are being so blessed here right now, there are so many people who have been prepared and waiting for the gospel! the church is true because if it wasnt missionaries would have ruined it along time ago, but some how the work keeps moving forward. and it will continue to do so till it has filled the whole earth. we are so blessed as members to have the knowlage we do. brings so much comfort and peace into our lives and people notice the differnece through example. you never know who you are effecting by just being and doing what you are suppost to! thanks for all you do and your love and support! keep it up there and keep in touch! your always in my prayers and hope you healthy and happy! :) have a wonderful week!
Love
Elder Dalan Lerwill
P.S. my BG's are doing good, i am cracking down again and getting tighter control and with that comes a few more lows but i am doing good, always prepared for whats next! :) thanks for all you do! take care :)
Monday, February 28, 2011
Priesthood Miracles
We had our own Priesthood miracle here on Saturday night. It was fun to write Dalan and tell him about it. We love all of his miracles.
Saturday night I went to bed and woke up around 11:00 coughing so hard. I thought I was going to blow my head off. I could not stop and if it would settle for a minute the second I would lay down it would start all over. I finally asked Stacy to give me a blessing. I have never had a prayer or blessing answered so quickly in my life. Stacy blessed me that I would not cough and that I would be able to sleep and let my body heal. He finished and I coughed a couple quick times, went to bed and didn't make another peep all night long. I felt such sweetness knowing that my Heavenly Father truly hears and answers our prayers. I am so thankful that Stacy lives worthily to uphold his Priesthood responsibilities. I love him so much. I am so thankful. Pretty crazy that my Primary lesson on Sunday was about Priesthood Blessings. I had my very own story to tell my 5 year olds. Too bad 5 years olds are well, you know, 5 years old.
Saturday night I went to bed and woke up around 11:00 coughing so hard. I thought I was going to blow my head off. I could not stop and if it would settle for a minute the second I would lay down it would start all over. I finally asked Stacy to give me a blessing. I have never had a prayer or blessing answered so quickly in my life. Stacy blessed me that I would not cough and that I would be able to sleep and let my body heal. He finished and I coughed a couple quick times, went to bed and didn't make another peep all night long. I felt such sweetness knowing that my Heavenly Father truly hears and answers our prayers. I am so thankful that Stacy lives worthily to uphold his Priesthood responsibilities. I love him so much. I am so thankful. Pretty crazy that my Primary lesson on Sunday was about Priesthood Blessings. I had my very own story to tell my 5 year olds. Too bad 5 years olds are well, you know, 5 years old.
Needed something Spring
Thursday, February 24, 2011
e-Mail 2-22-11
hello how are things going there for youall? sounds like you have had quite the white week end there, it has been buitiful here, really nice weather and awesome sunsets latly! :) sounds like you all had a great time in twin for the long weekend! sounds like there was alot to talk about and you all enjoyed it! it has been a crazy week here, lots of running like crazy trying to get it all done! transfers are tomarrow so we have have been dealing with all that, missionaries going home, coming in, Davids baptizm, and still teaching people! haha, so i will do my best to fill you in on it all! but first off, that is so heart breaking to hear about cody fullmer, i send my love. please do get my address to Shelby and Mariah. i thought about them a while back and wondered how they were!? or get me their addresses and i will get them a letter! thanks. so on more of a uplifting note...Davids baptizm went awesome! there were alot of people who turned up for it and it went just as planned. his son who was baptized in September, Chris, baptized him and he got it done on the first try! :) relief. Elder piaz and i gave a restoration presentation while he was getting dressed and there were several non-members there so it was good to fill them in a little! that family is so awesome. David has changed so much in the past few months it is awesome to see, the confirmation on sunday was good as well. he is a really funny guy and loves messing around so you never know what your going to get when your around him so it is always eventful! :) i feel so blessed to have been able to be a part and work with them!
We dont have any baptisms coming up this weekend but Lee is getting baptised on the 5th and she is so ready! Chris, her son in law to be, is getting back active and Lee wants him to do the baptizm and he got interviewed on sunday and he is going to be able to do that! we are so excited for them both! she already has her program lined out on who she wants to do what and is ready to go! she came to Davids baptism and loved it. she loves church and is so prepared! everytime we teach her we end up learning more from her than she learns from us it feels like! she has quite the story and is goign to be a awesome missionary! she brought her mom to church on sunday and also to a relief society social thing and they both loved it! :) so great to see people accept the gosepl and see their lives change. Every time we teach her she gives us both big hugs and tell us how much she appreciates us. it makes me feel like i am doing somthing right. we are being so blessed here.
the leadership in this stake is incredible! they are helping us so much and all of our wards are exploding! Our high councilmen over missionary work just got released as a bishop and knows how things are suppost to work and is detirmend to have every ward in our stake to baptize every month and it looks like he is gettting the job done because we have dates set in each ward for the next 2 months. it is so different to work in wards who help you and work with you and have a desire to do missionary work as well! this is one of the best stakes we have in this misson as far as leadership and members go. what a blessing this is! :)
Oh i havnt even told you about transfers...I am staying here. so i will send elder paiz home in 6 weeks and get a new comp and hopfully be here for 2 more transfers after that! :) our zone is have a few changes, some missionaries are getting white washed out because they arent doing much and the area need a boost so we will be having some aweosme missionaries coming in so we are excited about that! there are going to be 2 companionships training so that will be fun! I remember my first day in the field and all the excitment and meeting my 1st zone leaders and thinking how amazing they were and just how they were the coolest thing sence sliced bread, but now that i am in their situation i relize that we are no different than anyother missonary. but it is wonderful because we get to have such a impact on them. just as i looked up to mine, they are looking up to us and it is really humbling to be a part of and see. one of my first zone leaders, elder Jenkins, flys home today and we had to take a missionary inour zone to the mission home yesterday because he is going home too and so i got to see him there and it was awesome. i look up to him so much and he helped me at so many times on my mission! with elder mace, myself, and just other things he was and is some one i look up to so much. it really sucked to see him go, but i learned so much from him! it is so wonderful to have great example through out life! helps a lot and i have been really blessed with many. thank you all!
Hope you all have a wonderful week and get feeling better and keep safe. i got my perscriptions yesterday and i will try and get them again before the end of the month! :) i need a new pair of gym shoes so i am going to go loook today and i might have to put it on my home card, hope thats ok! :) i love and miss you so much but i am doing so well out here, nothing to worry about! :) hope things are the same there, your always in my prayers and hope you have a wonderuful week! Thanks for allyour support!
Love,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
We dont have any baptisms coming up this weekend but Lee is getting baptised on the 5th and she is so ready! Chris, her son in law to be, is getting back active and Lee wants him to do the baptizm and he got interviewed on sunday and he is going to be able to do that! we are so excited for them both! she already has her program lined out on who she wants to do what and is ready to go! she came to Davids baptism and loved it. she loves church and is so prepared! everytime we teach her we end up learning more from her than she learns from us it feels like! she has quite the story and is goign to be a awesome missionary! she brought her mom to church on sunday and also to a relief society social thing and they both loved it! :) so great to see people accept the gosepl and see their lives change. Every time we teach her she gives us both big hugs and tell us how much she appreciates us. it makes me feel like i am doing somthing right. we are being so blessed here.
the leadership in this stake is incredible! they are helping us so much and all of our wards are exploding! Our high councilmen over missionary work just got released as a bishop and knows how things are suppost to work and is detirmend to have every ward in our stake to baptize every month and it looks like he is gettting the job done because we have dates set in each ward for the next 2 months. it is so different to work in wards who help you and work with you and have a desire to do missionary work as well! this is one of the best stakes we have in this misson as far as leadership and members go. what a blessing this is! :)
Oh i havnt even told you about transfers...I am staying here. so i will send elder paiz home in 6 weeks and get a new comp and hopfully be here for 2 more transfers after that! :) our zone is have a few changes, some missionaries are getting white washed out because they arent doing much and the area need a boost so we will be having some aweosme missionaries coming in so we are excited about that! there are going to be 2 companionships training so that will be fun! I remember my first day in the field and all the excitment and meeting my 1st zone leaders and thinking how amazing they were and just how they were the coolest thing sence sliced bread, but now that i am in their situation i relize that we are no different than anyother missonary. but it is wonderful because we get to have such a impact on them. just as i looked up to mine, they are looking up to us and it is really humbling to be a part of and see. one of my first zone leaders, elder Jenkins, flys home today and we had to take a missionary inour zone to the mission home yesterday because he is going home too and so i got to see him there and it was awesome. i look up to him so much and he helped me at so many times on my mission! with elder mace, myself, and just other things he was and is some one i look up to so much. it really sucked to see him go, but i learned so much from him! it is so wonderful to have great example through out life! helps a lot and i have been really blessed with many. thank you all!
Hope you all have a wonderful week and get feeling better and keep safe. i got my perscriptions yesterday and i will try and get them again before the end of the month! :) i need a new pair of gym shoes so i am going to go loook today and i might have to put it on my home card, hope thats ok! :) i love and miss you so much but i am doing so well out here, nothing to worry about! :) hope things are the same there, your always in my prayers and hope you have a wonderuful week! Thanks for allyour support!
Love,
Elder Dalan Lerwill
Now I know I am not going to die, I will Blog
We had a super great fun week end going to Twin and seeing Wes, Katie, and kids and Grandpa and Grandma. Thursday night though the week end began by Grandpa and Grandma coming and staying with us so they could do their taxes on Friday. Always fun to have them come and stay. Friday morning they took off for Rexburg and we left around noon for Twin. On Saturday we went into town and meet Grandma and Grandpa and Bailey bought her some new boots (with Grandpa's help) and then we went to the CSI girls basketball game. We took Macie with us and Katie, Wes, and Stockton stayed home. Stockton was sick. It was really fun to see the game. Laurel Kearsley a girl Dalan went to school with is one of the main stars. After the game we got to visit with her and her family. It was fun to see her. Sunday we went to Sacrament Meeting and then we thought we would go home that evening. But the roads into the valley were all closed. So we stayed one more night and had a great time visiting with everyone. So sorry we didn't get to see Cary and his family. I think they were on the road some of the time. We tried calling them on our way through but I am sure they will be glad they didn't have to see me. I chilled and fevered all the way home. Tuesday and Wednesday I was so sick. I am feeling much better today, just have the stupid cough and sound like a 85 year old women who smokes. Stacy and Bailey took really good care of me. I still haven't got much done though. Thanks guys.
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| Stockton's little checks were so hot and fevered. He sure does love his Uncle Stacy. He shadowed him all week end. |
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| Breakfast table Monday morning ready to e-mail our missionary! |
Thursday, February 17, 2011
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