August 29, 2011

Thank you so much for being willing to pray for kim and put her the temple prayer roll. THank you Mom. You are so awesome. I love you. She is doing good. THe spirit is working on her. She unfortunately hasn't made it to church still yet. We gotta get her to church this weekend. Wow Scott and Brad are going to College already? thats crazy. I haven't gone to college yet. Im getting old! hahaha just kidding. Time really does fly. Things are going good in our area. We set two investigators on baptismal date recently. And we felt like we should teach one of them the word of wisedom the following visit so we did and turns out he has a chewing tobacco problem. But we are going to work with him now to really help him grow in Faith and gain a Testimony of the Book of Mormon and also Obedience. So it was probaably good that we found that out as soon as we did. We got to go to a big meeting last week that was about a media blitz the church is doing here in the denver mtro area starting in October. There were some general authorities there and they taught us about it. There are going to be mormon.org tv comercials, bilboards, radio commercials, etc.. There are already internet adds. it is going to be huge. Really cool. They have already done this in other cities in the U.S. Its a six month add Campeign. Where they have already done it there has been explosions in the work. It is really amazing! so huge. Members of the church are going to be approached with people asking about the church. 98% of the youth will be asked about the church. And statisticly many people will want to go to church with us after seeing the adds. And the rest will all want to do something. Like go to mormon.org, request a free Book of Mormon or Bible, want to meet with missionaries, etc... it will be really cool. I love it! The spirit was really strong at this meeting. The only sad part is at the end of the meeting our Mission President. Walked up to Elder Christensen and told him that he was going to be emergency transferred. And that he was going to be his next assistant. So that night he had to pack and say good bye to a few of the people we teach and then 830 the next morning the assitants came and got him. It was quick. All three of us were really sad that he was getting emergency transferred. We love eachother and we love serving together. And we got to see alot of miracles together in the 4.5 weeks we were together. He is from washington and turns out we both entered the Mtc the sameday but didnt really meet eachother until earlier this year haha. I miss him but I know the work will keep moving forward. Elder George and I are still together and we hope we get to stay together another transfer. Right now its only Elder George's third transfer in the mission so if he bcame a zone leader next transfer that would be really cool but unheard of hahaha. Or who knows maybe we will be put into a tripanionship again next transfer. But I got to go. I love you mom! and have great week.

August 8, 2011

I do miss Elder Beberger but I really love my two new companions. That's right. I am in a tripanionship. the computer just underlined that word in read telling me that is not a word or it is misspelled haha. I have Elder George and Elder Christensen who are serving with me. They are bother really great Elders and they are both from Washington. Elder Christensen entered the mtc the same day i did but he was there nine weeks learning spanish. Although now he is in an english area. He is my zone leader companion. And Elder George is like our assistant zone leader-Assistant to the zone leaders. hahaha. He is really funny and really loves to work. We have some great hings happening in our area. We have three baptisms this week. And we have several investigators that could get baptized very soon. Two are newer investigators that have had really hard childhoods. One was in foster care but whats cool is for a little while growing up she lived in an lds home. The other girl never really had a good father growing up so they do have problems but they are progressing so well right now. The second one has never really been religious but she can really feel the spirit when we meet, and when she reads the book of mormon and prays. I have faith that they will be healed as the come unto The Savior. And they will be able to change and have a so much more happy life and receive so many more blessings. Also We took an investigator to tour the temple grounds outside the temple on saturday and it went really well. The spirit was really strong and he really wants to get baptized and get married in the temple. More so then he did before. It was awesome. I had never done that with some one we teach before. We need to do it a lot more! Also another lady we recently started teaching told us she wants to get baptized without us even asking! It was really awesome. That was the second time this has happened on my mission. There are wonderful things happening. I love it! I am still in the same area and I love it a lot. The ward is called SMoky Hill and it is in the Arapahoe Stake. It is so awesome. I hope I get to stay here for at least another transfer. I love the temple. I know The Temple truly is a House of The Lord. It is so special to me. I have grown a much deeper appreciation for it. I love you Mom and I love your prayers, love , and support. How are the missionaries over there? are they good missionaries? Have you sent them to teach Jared? you should. How about Liz's Boyfriend? you should or it may even be better to have them in your home when the missionaries meet them and begin teaching them. Actually this would probably be the best. Just let the missionaries do the teaching and you can ask them and work with them so you will know what the missionaries want you to do when they teach them. THank you Mom! You're awesome

July 25, 2011

My companion Elder Beberger absolutely loves talks. He has read and listened to more talks than anyone I have ever met. And he uses them to a lot in teaching which is really awesome. I really love my companion a lot. And I am actually really sad that he is getting transferred tomorrow. He is a great missionary. He is a convert and he joined when he was 16 and is just really solid. He has a solid testimony, a lot of Faith, and a lot of love. I wish I could keep serving with him. But He is being transferred to a different Zone where he is going to be in a split zone leadership. Which means his companion isnt going to be a zone leader but the zone leader he'll be working with will be in a different area and he;ll be trainning him to be a new zone leader and also Elder Beberger will be follow up trainning a new missionary. Which means its the new missionaries second transfer and he's his second companion in the field. So President has definately thrown Elder Beberger a curveball. Haha. He has taught me a lot. He has belped me to increase my Faith and attitude a lot. And we have seen miracles in the work together. He is from Oregon too and he said he is going to come visit you after he goes home. And he will hopefully be there when I get home. that would be really cool. The first transfer I was with him he told me his goal for me was for me to drive in Nascar in the future. Hahaha. But it is amazing so so so amazing being able to be a missionary. Lives are changing forever. Even for all Eternity, for the better. And you can't measure the worth of a soul anymore than you can span the measure of the universe. Thank you Mom for you and Dad and all your prayers, love, and Support. It is so grealty appreciated. I know my life has changed forever. Thank you Mom. I love you.

July 11, 2011

We had some more great things happen last week. On tuesday we went to go teach one of our investigators and when we were teaching her, her sister, brother in law and his kids came over also (they were having a get together). And we found out her sister also wants to be baptized and her husband (our investigator's brother in law) is a member but less active. They live in the Heather Ridge ward and have gone through a bunch of missionaries. When we left hid daughter who is seventeen came out after us to talk to us. She told us that she is a member and has been less active and when she had gone to church before she saw a light around the bishop and his councilors. A light like a halo. And she said she hadnt seen that light in a while but she said she saw it around us when we were teaching and she said it kind of freaked her out and she didnt know what to do but she wanted to tell us and get our phone number to talk to us later. The next day we got to go to the temple which was amazing. I love the Temple. And later that day we got a call from them. They wanted us to come over and give them a blessing. When we got to their home I could feel that something was wrong. Elder Beberger felt that also when we talked about it later. And We found out that last night and Evil Spirit that she could see was in her room and really scared her. And she told us that before that She prayed b4 she went to bed asking God to help her know that this was true and that she wants to follow him with all her heart and go on a mission also. and then later she felt something touching her leg and woke up to that awfull experience. And we went over The 1st vision account with her about how satan came upon Joseph and she said it felt like that. So we Kneeled down together With Alfredo (her father) and her brother who's 5 and her and Elder Beberger Dedicated their home and during the prayer we felt something leave and the spirit come and it felt much better there then. And afte rthat we gave both Carlie (the 17 year old girl) and Alfredo jr. blessings and that felt much better. They felt the spirit. Next day Carlie told us she felt 100% better and Safe. And that her brother said "they gave me the force" which was pretty awesome. We also found out that Carlie has had a pretty hard life. She was living with her Mom (Alfredo's first wife) and that she was abused by her and her mom also treated her like she was crazy and put her in institutes when she really isn't crazy she just didnt want to take care of her. So she has had a hard time growing up and she just recently moved in with her dad. It was so amazing to see Heavenly Father help his children and use us as instruments. It made me really happy. I love it. We are going to go over there with Heather Ridge North on wednesday cause they should be teaching them regularly and helping Monica (our investigator's sister) get baptized. Also Alfredo said if Monica wants to get baptized he'll get active and do everything. It was a great miracle. It was really special. They are an awesome Family.

May 9, 2011

Looks like we talked about a lot of the same stuff yesterday. I really enjoyed talking with you. It was really good to talk to everyone. Things are going really well. The area I am in it does have a lot of potential. And it is a pretty big ward for a smaller area geographically, There is always good things happening in the work of the Lord. The area/ward we are in is called Smoky Hill. And it is the Arapahoe Stake I think. Something pretty cool is we got to go on exchanges with our district leader and his companion. They are spanish speaking missionaries and their area is pretty much two Zones/Stakes. They cover all of the Araphoe Stake and the Denver Stake, including the downtown area. But I got to spend a little bit of time in one of my old Areas, Bible Park. We didnt get to see anyone I already knew from there, but we did get to talk to some random people and it felt nice being htere again. I think I will request from President Maynes that he sends me there for my last Area, cause it is so Awesome. We have a few investigators on baptismal date, and I think the Lord will bless us with more success. Elder Beberger and I both want to work and we have already talked and planned what we are going to do to help eachother become better missionaries! So I am really looking forward to this transfer now, It should be awesome! I love it! Take care mom And I will keep praying for you. Elder Beberger said he would too. I love you mom. I will talk to you again later.

May 16, 2011

We had a leadership meeting up in the mountains last week on friday and it was really good. All of the zone leaders, the district leaders, the assistants, and President and Sister Maynes were there and President and the assistants gave us some really good trainnings(lessons "for" missionaries). One of the things President Maynes Talked about was how we need to be on Fire and he used some really good scriptures and it was really powerful. One of the scriptures he used was Luke 12:49 and he also used the firs vision in JSH and some others. It was really awesome. And I really want to be on fire, we each have to set ourelves "on fire" and that happens from having Love for God and really really working, for him, for his chldren, and for it. Forgetting yourself and going to work as well as really praying for it. And me and my companion and I have both talked about it and we are going to do it. And we are going to help eachother do it. Thank you Mom. You are awesome and I love you, take care and I will talk to you again soon.

June 6, 2011

Sorry I didnt hit the send button fast enough last week. I sent the email to you already today. That is good that you can stand! We have had a lot of rain over here in Colorado this spring. It was kind of nice, a nice change. But now it is hot and summer is here. A positive about this though is that more eople will be out and about, or more people to talk to. I love you a lot mom. Thank you so much. This email made my day. I hope you have a great day as well. Thank you for all the prayers. They make such a huge difference. Transfers are next week so it will be interesting to see what happens. I just want to work harder and harder. He is blessing me a lot. I feel like my faith has really grown a lot lately from just realying on Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ to overcome some obstacles. I love them. And I fee like God wants to bless us with a lot of miracles over here, we just need have faith, a positive attitude, and work really hard, then they will happen. I love you Mom and take care!

June 27, 2011

Thank you for the email. I will definately Pray for Uncle Bobby. Let me know of any updates please. I know God is a God of miracles and as long as there is faith miracles will not cease. I miss Oregon Strawberris they are the best. I think that was President Summers who called you. He told me before I left junction that He was going up to Oregon on a trip soon and he wanted to maybe stop by and see my family. I gave him our phone number and address. I dont think I need anything but Meri said she would sen my a pie and I haven't gotten the pie yet. So maybe I could get that soon. haha. But we are doing really well we just had a baptism and confirmation just recently and we have a lot of investigators on date to be baptized. The Lord is really blessing us over here it is awesome. How is Liz doing? How is Everyone doing over there? Let me know please! thank you. Love you Mom.

June 20, 2011

Something Cool though is we had a baptism last night! And it was a miracle baptism. It is so awesome. Also we have another investigator that is really excited to be baptized in July and we had three investigators at church that hadn't been to our ward before and they had a great time! ehich is awesome! there is miracles happening right now in the work of The Lord. and it is fantastic!! I love you Hannah! Thanks again I hope you have a great week.

June 13, 2011

SUmmer should be there now shouldn't it? Its already here in colorado. Its hot, too hot. Luckily we do have a car with AC though. I do miss being in a biking area though. Thank you for the update. Things are going well here. Both me and my companion are staying. so we will be together for another six weeks. I believe it will be an even better transfer than this one was. We have investigators on date and we could help several children of God make the covenants of baptism this transfer which will be really wonderful. I do really miss one of my previous companions a lot. Elder Croft, he was a boss. I do still hope I'll get to serve with him again in the future. You still need to email me those talks. I would really appreciate it if you get those to me soon please. I would really love to have them. Thank you Hannah you're prayers love and support are amazing. I've noticed on my mission that all the people I have helped and I'm helping right now have all had to deal with hard challenges in their life. And Im pretty sure they have all prayed for God to help them at one point or another. And He sent us to them. It is amazing really how much the fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ helps these children of God. I love it. I love to be apart of this. Our Mission President went with us to a lesson last week and afterwards he said "it would nice if we could teach the people in business suits and that are doing well but they won't talk to us. So we'll take those that will listen." Its true, typically those that think they are fine won't listen to us. Those that have hard times know they need help and their hearts have been softened and they have been prepared to hear our message and accept this gospel into their lives. It is so wonderful. I've been told by some of these people that they will always be affected by what God has done for them. They won't go back. It is amazing to think about. Epsecially with all of the crazy things, and really bad things that are spreading and becoming more popular. There is still good here in the world. And we do need to lay hold upon every good gift, and we do that by Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Love you Hannah and thank you for being such an awesome sister. Take care.

May 25, 2011

Some really really good things are happening in our area. We have been teaching a mother and a daughter. The mom is really awesome and loves meeting with us and she has been bothered by evil spirits b4. Not like she was taken over but they would go in her house and scare her. And so we dedicated her home and it did help. She really notices the difference when we are there. She can really feel the spirit, which feels so much better. She has agreed to be baptized and is set on date, she is just really worried about her daughter cause she isnt making the best choices with her life so we are really trying to help change with the gospel and lots and lots of prayer. I have also noticed since I've been on my mission that it seems when you are a missionary you can
become a lot more sensitive to noticing the spirit, and its absence. But also more sensitive to feeling an evil spirit neer. Dont get worried mom. I am fine. But I have noticed in a few of my areas that when people are drinking or under the influence, or are making bad choices with their lives, they dont have the spirit of god with them. I know they don't really know that they have an evil spirit with them but it is true. Another Testament
that God is on our side. I know this work is true, love you im out of time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!