Jarrett Weekly Letter 3.30.2014

Whats up!!!

 

Well basically you won't believe the news that I have for you guys this week! Here in Kitami we have 6 baptism dates... yeah we made 4 this last week. Too bad they are all for after I leave! I am just glad that I have been able to leave this place better then when I am came to it!

Well not much really has been going down besides that we are working our booty off everyday and it is a great feeling!! The only other thhing is that I am starting to become really sick of this area. I need a change I feel like I have been here too long! But it is okay I just need to keep doing work for a little longer!!  I really think that I will be transfered this next transfer!

Well I am out!

 

Elder N duces!!

WEEK 2 Elder Gillett 3.27.14

week 2 in the MTC was pretty crazy! i was getting ready to leave just a few days before the day  i was supposed to, got all my bags, packed and a box ready to ship back home with the stuff that i wouldn't need that Elder Cragun said he would ship back for me but then i got the airport and they didnt have my passport for me so i couldn't fly out to of the country so we made a few calls and they said it was a mistake and that i don't leave until April 21st! MOMS BIRTHDAY! haha but i had to ride back home in the truck that carried all the luggage up to the airport and i just slept on the way home so that was really nice! But i got back and joined back in the district i had left so they were all surprised to see me again! and they had already re arranged some of the rooms so that my stuff wouldn't fit! haha but this week has gone by super fast! I learned tons about spanish and i feel like i could speak it pretty dang close to fluently! haha not really but i am probably just really confident! the only 2 hard things about the mtc are the food(only on west campus) because we get the left overs of main campus and the same schedule of sitting listening to how we should teach all the time! But we got a ton of inverstigators we are teaching now and that is honestly the most amazing part of being out on a mission! it makes everything worth it and i love teaching them! Even though they are just my teachers acting as people they baptized i feel like i really know the people! its super cool! So i saw Hermana Bree Guerrerro up on main campus this week so it was really cool to see her because i have missed talking to some friends! 

I'm so glad to hear about Brad and Elder VawdSquad! Vawd got his first baptism and so i'm sure he is loving the mission right now! How could you not after baptizing someone? haha But i am super pumped to hear brads talk went so good! He will be one of the best missionaries i know it for sure! Im so grateful for all the friends, soccer bros, and family that i have had! I want to thank all you have helped donate to my mission funds and what not as well too! Love you all!

Con Amor (with love)

Elder TGILLY3

Jarrett Weekly letter 3.24.2014

Whats up family! It hasn't been too bad of a week!

So we found this super nice lady her name is Okajima San she is a super super nice and I feel like she has a lot of interest and I really feel good about her! I really felt a strong desire in her when we first met her! We are actually meeting with her today!

So this week we made another baptism date which is super cool! His name is Mito San and you slowly see his heart opening up it is freakin awesome! We taught him about the Jesus Christ and his Gospel and we taught him about baptism! So we asked if he would be baptized and he said yes it was a freakin unreal experience! SO his date is on the 24 of may! SO still a while away but I honestly feel like we could push it up to next month! So I asked him after we committed him what he felt and I kinda was like do you have a warm feeling in your heart he is like yeah  I like this feeling and then after we prayed he is like WOW I feel really warm inside we are like bro! That is the spirit!! It is telling you this gospel is true!!

Also I went on splits twice this week once with Elder Knighton and once with Elder Fujisaka! Well Fujisaka choro is the new bean and so he is fresh out of the MTC so that day I was straight up senior companion! And it went really well I was super happy with how it went! He honestly didn't say much but I for sure taught two lessons and made three appointments it really helped me realize that I could be senior companion and be just fine! I still just feel like there is so many better missionaries then me so why wouldn't they become senior companion first!

We went to Obihiro yesterday for Zone conference it was really good I liked it and learned a lot! And how important it is to talk about the restoration when you are contacting... I normally just talk about God...

Well that is about all that went down this week Love you guys!

Mom dad hope you had a good time on your cruise!

Elder N out!

This Week... Elder Frampton

Dear Family and Friends, 

So I normally ask (How are all of you doing?) but today i wanted to start with the question of . . . What did you get out of church yesterday? You all better answer!

But this week was good. We finally got to see The Ball family and they accepted to hearing the discussions! They openly said that they didn't think there was necessarily one true church which we will have to be careful on how we teach that ours is the only church with the authority on the earth but they at least said yes ha ha. We also went on exchanges this week. I left Elder Miles and went with Elder Carlile to the sunnyside ward. It was cool to teach people who were actually interested in learning! they have a couple investigators and on dates for baptism which is super awesome. We went to this burger place and they had a 44oz. shake haha! So of course i bought one and drank it all. It was so good. I don't know if that breaking the word of wisdom though because i definitely feel addicted. But other then to be honest this week was really plain, It was good but it felt like we were just kind of stalled, like there was no movement in either direction. But i found out that a 7 year old that's about to be baptized has a crush on me ha ha she picks on me like crazy! Why do girls do that when they are young to show they have a crush? I will never understand. But we are doing the best we can and just trying, if nothing else strengthen ourselves and the members of this ward. I love this ward. It is almost starting to feel like home which has been awesome but also tough because I just want the best for all of them and i feel like i have so many restrictions as a missionary. But we are trying for sure. I love being out here and doing the best i can. Anyone that is thinking about a mission and is not sure, try and help them the best you can. I would love to hear missionary stories from home so please tell me how your being a missionary day by day.

Love you all :),

- Elder Frampton

Elder Morrin

Hi All, Today is one of those days.....running a little too fast.  Here are both boys' letters.  I know that not all of you are interested in both so read what you like.  I hope you have a great day. Laura Well..............we had the most amazing week ever with the Solis Family!!!!!! But to start off I wanna talk about some of the other moments that happened. We were able to find some new investigators this past week and most of the lessons went pretty well but in one of the lessons we went and visited a evangelical lady and I made the mistake of inviting her to say the closing prayer haha and so what happened as a result of this is we all kneeled down on the ground and held hands and she yelled the prayer while her husband chanted. Its safe to say that we are going to go over how we should pray the next lesson that we have with them haha but it was honestly one of the strangest prayers ive ever been a part of. I went on mini divisions with Elder Harris this past week to do some tasks and we were walking in the street and a man walked up to us and asked us if our church helped marry people and we said yes and then he told us "oh great because my boyfriend and I want to get married". pretty much Elder Harris and I were stunned out of our socks haha but we recovered enough to tell him that we believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ and we invited him to come to church. Super funny experience haha. now onto the important things that happened this past week.....Friday morning we had the wedding of Marcella and Oscar!!! I lent my pants and suit to Oscar and so he looked super good and Marcella looked spectacular and it was great to be able to join the family together. We made a cake for them and so we ate that after and we ate choripan and empanadas and then the happiness didnt stop there because the very next day we were able to have their baptism! This was an absolute miracle because Oscar had work and he didnt think that he could get work off but by a miracle he found a new job and was able to leave for Goya and so we brought the whole family to Goya and had their baptism along with three other people from the area of the zone leaders. Elder Castillo baptized Marcella and I got to baptize Oscar and the only thing that didnt go smoothly is that the water was ice cold because the heater wasnt working haha but besides that the baptism went so well! They had their confirmation on Sunday in Lavalle and that was super cool to do and we had all three melchizedek priesthood holders (Hermano calarco and the missionaries haha) participate in it. This family is honestly such amazing people and they are already excited to go to the temple and so we are working on that with them and helping Oscar prepare to recieve the Aaronic priesthood. This past week we worked hard with the less active members in the group because there are a lot and we really need to work to get the attendance up with the group and so we went by and we felt like we should share Mosiah 2:41 with them and it talks about how blessed is the state of those who keep the commandments of God and that they are blessed both spiritually and temporally and we didnt do it so much to drop the cane on them but to help them see that they really can recieve so many blessings if they can keep the commandments and make it an effort to attend church everysunday. Yesterday I think I might have gotten Dengue haha so im feeling a little bit woozy right now and im getting the stuff I need to feel better but I hope that this wont affect the work this week but I know that the Lord can strengthen me and that I can work through it. Thank you so much for all of your thoughts and prayers and for the inspiration that you are for me. I hope that you all have such a fantastic last week of March and that you are enjoying the warmer weather of spring Love Elder Morrin (Ryan)

Elder Gillett 3.24.14

Instead of getting a phone call, like I had HOPED for today, this email from Elder Gillett is what we received instead-  

so i woke up today thinking i was headed to buenos aires but i'm not going anymore. For whatever reason they said that i was good going up to the airport and then i get up there and they never gave me my passport so i couldnt go. so i packed all my bags and everything for nothing. hahah a little frustrated but there isn't anything i can do about it. had to ride in a truck that they stuck all our bags in back to the mtc and now im back in my normal classes. don't know my exact departure date but im assuming its the same as the others in my district which is April 21st! Anyways kinda dissappointed but oh well. Anyways just wanted to let you know im safe and back at the MTC in provo.


We'll hopefully hear from him this week sometime for his pday, not sure if Thursday will be it or not... just wanted to let you all know he is okay & keep him in your prayers. I know he was feeling good & excited about leaving today.  Love, Brooke 

Elder Wilson email

La Laguna, Tenerife = The greatest place on earth!

Missionary Work = The greatest thing on earth! 

How lucky am I to be doing the greatest thing on earth in the greatest place on earth?  I am loving life so much! Things are going amazingly here.  And as you guys probably know, were going to know transfers this coming saturday.... and I already have been here for 6 months..... Im nervous.... but I think I'm staying. 

So just so you know, we have a ward talent show this week! Saturday! the missionaries are doing that thing where you put your arms behind your back and your companion puts his arms through.  So its like my body and face, with my companions arms... or vice versa. hahaha I just explained that terribly.  So anyways all the missionaries are doing that together.  And were doing it to the theme of "The morning of a missionary".... except the Elders are gonna act like Hermanas and the Hermanas like Elders... hahahaha it should be hilarious. 

So this week has been great!!! We are teaching a girl named Pili... and wow is she awesome!! She has a boy friend and he is a member.  He was less active for a ton of time, but is coming back now, and his GF is coming as well.  We started out just teaching them english twice a week. Then we gave Pili a Book of Mormon, and she loved it! We asked if we could teach her, and without even thinking she says "NO!" She has a super strong personality, and speaks her mind.  Which I like.  But yeah, they gave us a ride back to La Laguna, because its like a 40 minute walk to the church, and in the car she was just bombarding us with questions like "You were born in the church, what do you know?" "Have you ever gone to any other church?" "Im just gonna go to church, and learn that way" "You don't know any better, its all you know" and what not.  She wasn't saying those things in a rude way at all.  But was just saying them.  Well.... We invited her to come to a Family Home Evening with Efrain's family.. and she was super hesistant.  She didn't say yes or no.  But she ended up coming!! She said that her family had to basically force her and drag her to come.  Well she came and LOVED it! Ever since that night we have been teaching her, and she has been reading the Book of Mormon.  So we taught her Tuesday this week, and it was elder Wells and Bohne, because I was doing exchanges with Elder Bohnes comp.  They said it went really really well, and she was having so many spiritual experiences with the Book of Mormon.  We then taught her on Saturday... unfortunatley those are the only days she can meet.. and I was there! The lesson that night was incredible.  She was just crying.   Her Boyfriend was on the erge of tears.  She shared so many experiences with us, and the spirit was so strong.  We comitted her to be baptized the 19th of April! Its incredible how if the spirit is present, the investiagors will ALWAYS say yes.  Well we met with her the next day for another family night in Efrain's familys house.  We watched the video of the Restoration, and after the video we had a little testimony meeting.  Pili said she feels like Jose Smith right now.  That she is investigating and really feeling good in the church.  Her little cousin was in the Family Night as well, and he started talking about the BOM and then she hurry and interupts him and says, "Dont say anything! Im still reading!" hahaha! so awesome:)  Its truly incredible the power the Book of Mormon has..  It was incredible.  It was truly so powerful and so spiritual.  Tana (Pili's BF whose a member) and Pili are the GREATEST! I have never cried so much because of laughing and because of the spirit with any other investigator.  They are INCREDIBLE! They are seriously the best! We have such an amazing relationship.  But she is not investigating the church because of the relationship we have. She came to church without even knowing the missionaries... another MIRACLE! So please pray for Pili and Tana!!! 

Well... thats like the highlight of the week.  Please continue to pray for Luis and his family.  Its so dang hard to meet with them.  This week German tourists came to church that speak english and no spanish... so I ended up translating for them. haha! Let me tell you... sunday school.... brutal. We were talking about the 12 tribes of israel and birthrights and all this old testament doctrine... I struggled translating that part.... but it went well.  I survived. haha!

Funny Story:

We have a less active member that we go and visit every now and again.  And they live in a pretty ghetto part of town.  And in this neighborhood theres like a group of 15, 22 year old guys.  We've talked with them before and were just friends.  Friends with the neighborhood punks... haha.  Well we walked by them the other day, and while we were walking by they all arrupted into cheers, yelling and clapping! hahahaha,  I know they were pretty much borderline making fun of us, but i just laughed super hard.  They know we can take it, and they love to joke around with us.  Its super funny! haha! 

So thats about it for the week! please pray for our investigators!! They are all the greatest.  If you could pray for: Pili, Tana, Jesus, Luis y familia, Veronica, Luis Alberto, and Javier that would be awesome.  I love you all so much family!

Love, Elder wEElson.  

..... Next time we email I could be in the peninsula... pray to keep me here!