Busy week everywhere it sounds like! good to hear that everyone is doing well and getting a lot accomplished. so i will start off by answering some of your questions as well as asking a few! :)
My ankle has really been hurting and aching and keeping me up at nights so i called sister Ellsworth and she made some phone calls and got me some pain meds, they are helping me a lot! help me sleep at night and during the day they aren't so powerful that they knock me out so we are still out working. still hurts i just don't care about it as much when i am on them so it is going well! My doctors apt is on Friday morning. i have to go in on Thursday and get the x-ray done at the radiology place and then meet with the doctor on Friday. i will let sis Ellsworth know and she can give you a call and fill you in! :) all will be good, it feels good, i think it is still set in place and the pain i am feeling is just from the broken bone. thanks for all your prayers, they are defiantly felt and appreciated! everyone here has been super awesome with supporting and helping us out. i feel really blessed for sure. thanks!
So you informed me about the report to the high council. i have heard about it before but have no idea what it entails. what is it? purpose? how long will it take and is there anything i need to prepare? absolutely crazy that it is scheduled and things like that are already set up! doesn't feel real but it is starting to hit me. we are setting baptismal dates for after i am gone and that was a little bit of a reality shock. this next week is going to be a little crazy as well. this weekend i have my departure interview with president. Next Monday i have dinner in the mission office with all the elders and sisters that are going home with me and a testimony meeting. this Friday i will start to pack my bags and get things put together so that the new elder coming in to be with elder Hyrkas can get settled while i am still here. we will be getting transfer news this Saturday and so we will know more on how to prepare depending on what happens there.
We should be having a baptism this Saturday. Caleb Foster, he is doing really well and we are teaching him tonight and depending on some issues it will either be this Saturday or the next. hopefully everything will be good to go and it will work for this Saturday! he is such a awesome kid and has a lot of potential but other than his grandparents he doesn't have too much immediate family support. So hopefully it all will work out for him, he has got a sweet testimony and great friends in the church who are motivating and encouraging him. should all work out. :) He will probley be my last baptism unless God answers so prayers fast which could very easyly happen. we have 3 people who are pretty close, just need that extra little push. Raymond, Tyler, and Teresa will all be baptised some time in march for sure so we will see how it all falls in place. :)
Well elder Hykas is sick this morning, he just threw up at the compture here at the library and ran to the bathroom, hopfully its a 24 hour flu deal and i dont get it. it came on really fast and hope it goes away the same.
i dont really know what else is new. all is well and i am doing good. thanks for your emails and support. i hope you have a great week and all goes as planned. take care and keep happy! love you and we will talk soon!
Love,
Elder Lerwill
Monday, February 27, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Picture of Elder Thomas and Elder Lerwill
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Feb. 22, 2012 Good, Bad, and Ugly
wow what a week it has been. good and bad all around, i don't even know where to start. Glad that you had a good weekend with Cary's family in town and doing some winter sports! sounds like a lot of fun! so i am sure you are all wondering how i am doing so i will get straight to the point...it sucks! haha
Sunday morning i slept walk and i vaguely remember it happening but i stepped wrong on my ankle and it just gave out. i crashed on the floor and it hurt really bad. i bore through it Sunday and Monday and finally got into the doctors yesterday. They did a x-ray and i broke the outside bone on my right foot. it is a pretty bad brake but it is still in place, which is a huge blessing. i also tore a ligament that runs on the inside of the ankle. they put me in a bright orange, hard, non-weight baring cast from the knee down and crutches. I have to go and get it re-x-rayed in one week to make sure it is still in place, if it has moved i will probley need some screws to keep it all together but i feel good that it will stay the way it is! I am being a really good boy and not putting any weight on it at all. :) yes, lots of pain but not as much as before i was in the cast. what good timing huh!? it freaking sucks...last few weeks i am hobbling around and going to come home in a cast probley! kind of depressing but i am hoping for the best! maybe if the new x-rays look good next week by the end of week 3 they will but off the cast and let me get away with a walking boot, but i don't really want to cut too many corners with this one because if something goes wrong it wouldn't be good! but hey, look at the bright side, i am going to get cut abs from pulling myself around on the crutches going up stairs and every where else! haha ill be fine. i will call and let sis ellsworth know how my next apt goes and tell her to call you so you can have a update. :) good? call her if you have any questions! Keep me in prayer!
the baptisms went awesome and both were well attended and went smooth as anyone could ask for. we had investigators at both of them and they are all on track now after seeing a baptism and feeling the spirit that is there. Heathers was so sweet because her long lost cousin that Heather found through ancestry.com gave the talk on Baptism and it was so powerful as she shared their pioneer ancestor stories and what their family had gone through so we could have what we do today. both of them were really powerful and a good experience for everyone in attendance. I will send pics!
to throw onto the stress of the 2 baptisms and a broken ankle we got a call on Saturday night saying the their speaker for sacrament had canceled and they needed us to speak. so that we night we stayed up later and got it for the most part prepared. woke up the next morning to a broken ankle, and then got to go talk at 9! it was awesome haha, to add to that, it was only Elder Hyrkas and myself talking and no intermediate hymn. Elder Hyrkas talked for 8 mins and left the rest to me, haha and away i went. 26 mins and i think it made sense, no one fell asleep either so that was good! :) crazy week end!
as far as this up coming week i am not too sure whats going to happen? the less time i spend on my leg the less chance of it moving so i will do all i can but i am not going to push it. so as for the ski trip when i get home.....ill have to ski on one leg! ;) ha, man this sucks but i am trying to be optimistic
I am glad that you had a good week and got a lot done. keep happy and safe and we will be in contact soon. not very long until another Monday is here! I got your Vday package, thanks so much i really enjoyed it and have loved the snacks! keep safe and healthy and i will keep you posted with everything here! Love you tons.
Elder Lerwill
Sunday morning i slept walk and i vaguely remember it happening but i stepped wrong on my ankle and it just gave out. i crashed on the floor and it hurt really bad. i bore through it Sunday and Monday and finally got into the doctors yesterday. They did a x-ray and i broke the outside bone on my right foot. it is a pretty bad brake but it is still in place, which is a huge blessing. i also tore a ligament that runs on the inside of the ankle. they put me in a bright orange, hard, non-weight baring cast from the knee down and crutches. I have to go and get it re-x-rayed in one week to make sure it is still in place, if it has moved i will probley need some screws to keep it all together but i feel good that it will stay the way it is! I am being a really good boy and not putting any weight on it at all. :) yes, lots of pain but not as much as before i was in the cast. what good timing huh!? it freaking sucks...last few weeks i am hobbling around and going to come home in a cast probley! kind of depressing but i am hoping for the best! maybe if the new x-rays look good next week by the end of week 3 they will but off the cast and let me get away with a walking boot, but i don't really want to cut too many corners with this one because if something goes wrong it wouldn't be good! but hey, look at the bright side, i am going to get cut abs from pulling myself around on the crutches going up stairs and every where else! haha ill be fine. i will call and let sis ellsworth know how my next apt goes and tell her to call you so you can have a update. :) good? call her if you have any questions! Keep me in prayer!
the baptisms went awesome and both were well attended and went smooth as anyone could ask for. we had investigators at both of them and they are all on track now after seeing a baptism and feeling the spirit that is there. Heathers was so sweet because her long lost cousin that Heather found through ancestry.com gave the talk on Baptism and it was so powerful as she shared their pioneer ancestor stories and what their family had gone through so we could have what we do today. both of them were really powerful and a good experience for everyone in attendance. I will send pics!
to throw onto the stress of the 2 baptisms and a broken ankle we got a call on Saturday night saying the their speaker for sacrament had canceled and they needed us to speak. so that we night we stayed up later and got it for the most part prepared. woke up the next morning to a broken ankle, and then got to go talk at 9! it was awesome haha, to add to that, it was only Elder Hyrkas and myself talking and no intermediate hymn. Elder Hyrkas talked for 8 mins and left the rest to me, haha and away i went. 26 mins and i think it made sense, no one fell asleep either so that was good! :) crazy week end!
as far as this up coming week i am not too sure whats going to happen? the less time i spend on my leg the less chance of it moving so i will do all i can but i am not going to push it. so as for the ski trip when i get home.....ill have to ski on one leg! ;) ha, man this sucks but i am trying to be optimistic
I am glad that you had a good week and got a lot done. keep happy and safe and we will be in contact soon. not very long until another Monday is here! I got your Vday package, thanks so much i really enjoyed it and have loved the snacks! keep safe and healthy and i will keep you posted with everything here! Love you tons.
Elder Lerwill
Heather Montez Baptism
Destiny Bradley Baptism
Yellow Lambo (wishful thinking)
OUCH!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Valentine's from the cute Panter kids.
For You Valentine!
Love, Macie
I'm a "sucker" for you Valentine!
Love, Stockton
These are so cute! Way to go Katie!
Mission President Letter and Travel Plans!
As your son's mission draws to a close, we express to you our gratitude for your sacrifice and for the time we spent with Elder Lerwill. Sister Ellsworth and I have come to love Elder Lerwill and we are grateful for the privilege of serving with him. He has been a wonderful missionary and has served faithfully in the Arizona Mesa Mission. While serving he has been instrumental in touching may lives through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Because of his diligent and devoted efforts, Elder Lerwill has become a mature, effective, ad disciplined servant of the Lord. We are confident that the Lord is pleased with his service.
The missionary department has set the release date for Elder Lerwill as March 15, 2012. We have enclosed a copy of your missionary's itinerary for your information. It will be a memorable experience for you and Elder Lerwill as he steps off the plane to greet family and friends, knowing that he has completed a successful ad honorable mission.
We thank you again for the sacred opportunity of serving with your son. We know that he will continue to serve and bless all who come in contact with his love and warmth.
May the Lord's choicest blessings always be with you and your wonderful son.
Sincerely,
R. Spence Ellsworth
President, Arizona Mesa Mission
Your son has been a a wonderful missionary. He maintains a great attitude and has a work ethic to match it. He has learned many valuable lessons while serving. He has a very wonderful spirit about him and is always anxious to bless others. We will miss him.
E-Mail Feb. 13, 2012 "I should have knocked harder!"
Wow what a week both here in AZ and there! sounds like you have had a lot going on and have been really busy with all the unexpected things happening there. you all will be in my prayers. :) Crazy to think that basketball season is on the whined down and that will be ending soon. doesn't seem like that time of the year. the whole no season thing kinda throughs me off! I am so glad that you are enjoying the Book of Mormon with me. it has been fun to read it through again! :) learn something new every time! Ill be looking for your package at the beginning of this week. Crazy you got my travel plans...I did as well. it has been the first time that it has actually hit me hard and it was kind of a ruff night/day. We had zone con that day and i was among the group that will be going home and so we had to bare our testimony and i was a wreck, haha, i don't remember anything that i said really but i guess it went good. the "dying testimony" is one of those things you never do or ever happens. always others, never your self. so that happened that afternoon and then in the mail that night i got my trunky papers. talk about a slap to the face. i laid in bed and lamented for 30 mins. haha, kind of a hard day but, luckily i woke up the next morning, went to work and saw some sweet miracles. that's whats keeping me going now! :) so no worries, i am doing good. Kind of sucks that i will have 1 1/2 hr lay over in Denver, at the same time it is good! 1) i get to take off 2 times and 2) give me a little time to ponder and think alone! so it will be good. be still got a few more emails, so let me fill you in on my week...
Heathers in laws have been in town this week so we have not been able to teach them as much this week but she is doing awesome! their whole family came to church on Sunday and she is getting interviewed for baptism on Tuesday night. after church we got together all the info for her baptism and she had it all written up on what she wanted and she has asked me to baptise her! will be a great experience and i couldn't be happier. so she will be getting baptised on Saturday at 2:30 in the afternoon. So prepared and we are hoping and praying that i will be here to see Ray and Tyler baptised. hopefully seeing Heathers baptism will be the deal maker! :) they are doing great.
Destiny will be getting interviews tonight. she is such a great young lady and has changed so much. its so different teaching a teenager. the way you teach, feel and interact is so different that with anyone else. partly because i have been there so recently and have experience very similar thing as she is going through so we can relate and it is especially cool because with them you are not just changing them or their spouse, but you are changing generations! cant wait to see the ripple effect many years from now. so rewarding. she will be getting baptised on Friday at 7:00 pm.
Caleb is doing awesome as well. yesterday in the opening exercises of priesthood when they asked if there were any other announced he stood up and said that he started meeting with the missionaries and he will be getting baptised on March 3. so awesome to see him so dedicated and ready. totally willing to stand up for what he knows to friends and family and is ready to fulfill and magnify his responsibility as a priesthood holder and is excited to learn. love teaching him and seeing his faith and knowledge. smart young man!
we are working with 3 other people who have potential of getting baptised before i leave if all the stars align! :) we are being really blessed. on Saturday night E. Hyrkas was talking to the Spanish elders about all the people who will be in church tomorrow and i was like elder don't say all that because then they wont show up for some reason or another. we taught him the idiom of knocking on wood. and then Sunday morning we only had 1 investigator for our 1st ward so we were banking on Eldordao ward pulling through. we were sitting there at the close of the opening hymn and still no one was there, elder Hyrkas looked at me and said "i should have knocked harder!" haha then the miracle. after the opening prayer, 4 of our investigators walked in! Awesome day and week. We have been seeing so many things just fall in our lap. Friday we were walking down the street and lady turned around her car, rolled down her window and said, "I need you to come teach me and my mother." mom isn't member but has started asking questions so we are going to be teaching them this week! over and over these things happen it is not by happen chance or luck, this is truly Gods work and i love being a part of it. it has changed my life and i feel so blessed. it has provided me with a hope that i can accomplish anything if i look at it and pursue it with the right tools and help. i know that as long as we live faithfully and keep the covenants which we have made, we have a direct promise from God. we are so blessed to be a part and have a knowledge of this glorious gospel. keep strong, faithful, and sharp and we can stand with assurance. i pray for you always and hope you have a wonderful week. keep safe and happy, thanks for the support and love.
Love,
Elder Lerwill
Heathers in laws have been in town this week so we have not been able to teach them as much this week but she is doing awesome! their whole family came to church on Sunday and she is getting interviewed for baptism on Tuesday night. after church we got together all the info for her baptism and she had it all written up on what she wanted and she has asked me to baptise her! will be a great experience and i couldn't be happier. so she will be getting baptised on Saturday at 2:30 in the afternoon. So prepared and we are hoping and praying that i will be here to see Ray and Tyler baptised. hopefully seeing Heathers baptism will be the deal maker! :) they are doing great.
Destiny will be getting interviews tonight. she is such a great young lady and has changed so much. its so different teaching a teenager. the way you teach, feel and interact is so different that with anyone else. partly because i have been there so recently and have experience very similar thing as she is going through so we can relate and it is especially cool because with them you are not just changing them or their spouse, but you are changing generations! cant wait to see the ripple effect many years from now. so rewarding. she will be getting baptised on Friday at 7:00 pm.
Caleb is doing awesome as well. yesterday in the opening exercises of priesthood when they asked if there were any other announced he stood up and said that he started meeting with the missionaries and he will be getting baptised on March 3. so awesome to see him so dedicated and ready. totally willing to stand up for what he knows to friends and family and is ready to fulfill and magnify his responsibility as a priesthood holder and is excited to learn. love teaching him and seeing his faith and knowledge. smart young man!
we are working with 3 other people who have potential of getting baptised before i leave if all the stars align! :) we are being really blessed. on Saturday night E. Hyrkas was talking to the Spanish elders about all the people who will be in church tomorrow and i was like elder don't say all that because then they wont show up for some reason or another. we taught him the idiom of knocking on wood. and then Sunday morning we only had 1 investigator for our 1st ward so we were banking on Eldordao ward pulling through. we were sitting there at the close of the opening hymn and still no one was there, elder Hyrkas looked at me and said "i should have knocked harder!" haha then the miracle. after the opening prayer, 4 of our investigators walked in! Awesome day and week. We have been seeing so many things just fall in our lap. Friday we were walking down the street and lady turned around her car, rolled down her window and said, "I need you to come teach me and my mother." mom isn't member but has started asking questions so we are going to be teaching them this week! over and over these things happen it is not by happen chance or luck, this is truly Gods work and i love being a part of it. it has changed my life and i feel so blessed. it has provided me with a hope that i can accomplish anything if i look at it and pursue it with the right tools and help. i know that as long as we live faithfully and keep the covenants which we have made, we have a direct promise from God. we are so blessed to be a part and have a knowledge of this glorious gospel. keep strong, faithful, and sharp and we can stand with assurance. i pray for you always and hope you have a wonderful week. keep safe and happy, thanks for the support and love.
Love,
Elder Lerwill
Friday, February 10, 2012
Cute Bailey with her new ring (class ring Lerwill style)
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