Hello,
Oh wow where do I start? Well I will start with Albertino. Okay, so Albertino is the friend of J-lo. He came to his baptism and that is how we started teaching him. He is a very different kid. Super shy and a little weird but he is humble and ready. He was baptized by J-lo last saturday. Its increadible how the Lord is blessing us in Périgueux. Me and Elder Baret got along so well together.
That brings us to the next subject. Elder Baret is getting transfered. Well now he is transfered. I am in Toulouse waiting for my new comp to arrive from the MTC. Yes, I am training. I am super excited but at the same time super nervous! Along with my new call as trainer I have also been called as District Leader. I am so nervous to train. It was hard saying goodbye to Elder Baret. One of the hardest things I've had to do on my mission. We did some serious work together and he made me realize that the mission can be fun. It should be fun! Oh well, I gotta teach that same principle at my new greenie or "blue" as we say here in France. Since I am here in Toulouse I can finally get my camera. YAY!! Ugh... transfer days are so stressful.
So my schedule here in Toulouse is that I chill here like it was a normal pday. At 6 I have no clue what me and the other 16 trainers are going to do. Tonight I dont know where I am sleeping. Tomorrow I will surely meet my new comp sometime during the day and for the rest of the day I am not too sure. I am not sure if I am coming home tomorrow or wednesday. So yeah, I am kinda just going with the flow.
Sounds like the mountains are beautiful and colorful. So cool! I miss that! Sounds like Jord and TY are dominating the missionary work. Crazy that TY comes home soon! So weird! The mission is so crazy. Each time life start getting easy the Lord switches something up and EVERYTHING changes! But each and everytime it makes us grow. Its crazy because before I know it I will be in the same position as TY getting ready to go home. But for now, I have a mission to do. I have people to teach, new people to meet. Thanks for all that you guys do. I love you all!
Elder Wimmer
9.27.2010
jordan 9.27.10
ok well this week was a ok week. it was kindof stress full.
maggie lost her house this week due to friends that are not so much friends any more. but she found a new one and moves in on sat. she has lost pretty much everything its really sad but she just keeps on pushin through. she is as tough as nails. i sent a letter home mom to tell you all about it.
well today is transfers and me and my comp are staying together for our third here. poupina is doing good we meet with her today. have i said anything about alena yet?? she is one of my favorite investigators i have found. we found her on the door and she is a mother of three. she is rad. she is always so happy and laughing. she is going to come to general conf. i have a good feeling about her. we have an appointment on friday with her.
this week we had zone conf in utrecht a gen auth spoke to us elder sterri. it was pretty cool.
we have been out of money for about 2 and half weeks. our money is supposed to be coming in but it has been taking forever. when is t.y. coming home? weird. i cant believe you get to hang out with harry! he is the biggest stud. tell him hi for me! tell him i say "beware of pride boy" and "i will pop you" he will know what im talking about.
well thanks for all the juicy emails fam. it makes my week.
later skater e robert
maggie lost her house this week due to friends that are not so much friends any more. but she found a new one and moves in on sat. she has lost pretty much everything its really sad but she just keeps on pushin through. she is as tough as nails. i sent a letter home mom to tell you all about it.
well today is transfers and me and my comp are staying together for our third here. poupina is doing good we meet with her today. have i said anything about alena yet?? she is one of my favorite investigators i have found. we found her on the door and she is a mother of three. she is rad. she is always so happy and laughing. she is going to come to general conf. i have a good feeling about her. we have an appointment on friday with her.
this week we had zone conf in utrecht a gen auth spoke to us elder sterri. it was pretty cool.
we have been out of money for about 2 and half weeks. our money is supposed to be coming in but it has been taking forever. when is t.y. coming home? weird. i cant believe you get to hang out with harry! he is the biggest stud. tell him hi for me! tell him i say "beware of pride boy" and "i will pop you" he will know what im talking about.
well thanks for all the juicy emails fam. it makes my week.
later skater e robert
taryn 9.27.10
Hi!
well, I cant believe that september is over. crazy.
the area is still doing so well, we're trying to place Heavenly Father at the head of everything we do. it can be hard sometimes, we as humans rely so much on ourselves. i think if we could remember to turn to Chrst and our loving Heavenly Father more, life would be so much better. the spirit would be incorperated into our lives. its a constant, lifelong struggle. haha maybe by the end ill have it figured out.
As we were leaving the church the other night there was an elephant on the lawn! our church has a big nice grassy area and trees, the 2 men decided to let their elephant have a break from the city on our lawn. only in thailand. im gonna miss this place.
We have a baptismal interview scheduled this week with pong and noi, a couple in their 50s weve been teaching for a few months now. missionary work in thailand is amazing, but much slower that most of the world. its such a different thing, it takes awhile. hopefully in the next couple of months they will be having a ton of baptisms! pong and noi will hopefully be getting baptized next week, the 10th:) they are awesome, they have started to sell things on different days so that they can go to church. they both drank a lot of coffee and 2 weeks ago we taught them the word of wisdom (we gave her a box of hot chocolate, her friend from taiwan gave her some and she loved it-hard to find here..). they both stopped that day, had horrible headaches the last time we saw them, but then by thursday it was gone, ma noi says because Heavenly Father helped them. These people are full of faith.
khaawfaang, the girl that is waiting a few months to get baptized because her aunt has to work a few things out first, has so much faith. she is 9 years old. her primary teacher told me that she told her she was at the zoo the other day and a little boy got lost. she prayed and then she was the one that found him.
saturday we taught another family, naam and dechaa. at the beginning of the lesson they were hesitant to go to church- they sell on the side of the street all day every day. at the end of the lesson naam, the mom said "if we work 6 days and give 1 to the Lord we will be blessed." the spirit works miracles. then she, her husband and 2 daughters showed up to church in their cute karian hill tribe dresses. during relief society as people were sharing stories, she started bawling so loudly. when she finally got control of herself she stood up and shared how much having us go over has helped their family and how they are going to give up sundays working. she loved church. missionary work is wonderful, getting to take a small part in these miracles wrought by the Lord everyday.
i read a talk last week, it fit perfectly with you dad. you mentioned how you took your 10 yr boards last week. the talk was from e cook about his brother who has taken the boards 6xs, (hes old) and how every 10 years the questions are the same, but the answers are different. it helped me realize how much the world changes, and how we have to constantly learn, study, and prepare ourselves our whole life. never finish learning, never finish growing.
I love you so much. stay safe. CTR and stay happy!
love, sister young
well, I cant believe that september is over. crazy.
the area is still doing so well, we're trying to place Heavenly Father at the head of everything we do. it can be hard sometimes, we as humans rely so much on ourselves. i think if we could remember to turn to Chrst and our loving Heavenly Father more, life would be so much better. the spirit would be incorperated into our lives. its a constant, lifelong struggle. haha maybe by the end ill have it figured out.
As we were leaving the church the other night there was an elephant on the lawn! our church has a big nice grassy area and trees, the 2 men decided to let their elephant have a break from the city on our lawn. only in thailand. im gonna miss this place.
We have a baptismal interview scheduled this week with pong and noi, a couple in their 50s weve been teaching for a few months now. missionary work in thailand is amazing, but much slower that most of the world. its such a different thing, it takes awhile. hopefully in the next couple of months they will be having a ton of baptisms! pong and noi will hopefully be getting baptized next week, the 10th:) they are awesome, they have started to sell things on different days so that they can go to church. they both drank a lot of coffee and 2 weeks ago we taught them the word of wisdom (we gave her a box of hot chocolate, her friend from taiwan gave her some and she loved it-hard to find here..). they both stopped that day, had horrible headaches the last time we saw them, but then by thursday it was gone, ma noi says because Heavenly Father helped them. These people are full of faith.
khaawfaang, the girl that is waiting a few months to get baptized because her aunt has to work a few things out first, has so much faith. she is 9 years old. her primary teacher told me that she told her she was at the zoo the other day and a little boy got lost. she prayed and then she was the one that found him.
saturday we taught another family, naam and dechaa. at the beginning of the lesson they were hesitant to go to church- they sell on the side of the street all day every day. at the end of the lesson naam, the mom said "if we work 6 days and give 1 to the Lord we will be blessed." the spirit works miracles. then she, her husband and 2 daughters showed up to church in their cute karian hill tribe dresses. during relief society as people were sharing stories, she started bawling so loudly. when she finally got control of herself she stood up and shared how much having us go over has helped their family and how they are going to give up sundays working. she loved church. missionary work is wonderful, getting to take a small part in these miracles wrought by the Lord everyday.
i read a talk last week, it fit perfectly with you dad. you mentioned how you took your 10 yr boards last week. the talk was from e cook about his brother who has taken the boards 6xs, (hes old) and how every 10 years the questions are the same, but the answers are different. it helped me realize how much the world changes, and how we have to constantly learn, study, and prepare ourselves our whole life. never finish learning, never finish growing.
I love you so much. stay safe. CTR and stay happy!
love, sister young
9.20.2010
jordan 9.20.10
ok this week was a good one, poupina is dominating she will be baptized. she is rad.
so monday was another success we had a lot of people and a lot of fun. tonight we are making pankakes for family night. its nice because maggie and poupina are helping us so much we are teaching poupina 5 times a week. she is soaking it up.
on thursday before the other young adult activity we were giving a lesson to melissa. we had a member there to help us. 5 min into the lesson we hear a knock on the door it was another investigator named tim who we are now teaching so he sits down and we explained a little bit of what we had talked about. 2 min later another knock on the door. its another investigator, her name is ananda she is now a new investigator, so she sits down. i was like oh man, 2 min later another knock on the door it was poupina and maggie they sat down. so there i was teaching 4 different investigators with 2 members it was so awesome because you had maggie testifying about how awesome it is to be baptized and poupina talking about how much she has changed already. the spirit was so strong. there were also a lot of investigators that night.
so on sunday we rode all the way down to zwolle for stake conference. poupina came and maggie it was really good the area president was there and our mission pres along with another gen authority. i guess the day before they had a meeting about the work and one of our members from the ward was there and he said the area authority got word about how good groningen was doing and how they had 10 members and 10 investigators at there jovo centrum and he talked about it. The hauge is supposed to be the model ward here and they only had 3 investigators. after the stake conf on sunday the mission pres came up and i thought he was going to tell me to cut my hair or something, but he sais yeah everybody keeps telling me how great the work is going in groningen. then we talked to another member yesterday and he said that he has never seen the work go so good the whole time hes lived there. Taryn still makes me look like a little girl with her 18 investigators in church! how is that possible. i want to be companions with her for a few days i think it would be so fun. then i could see how she dominates.
well i hope all is good thanks for the letters mom and everybody thanks for the emails. have a great week
love you all. blijf sterk! e robert
so monday was another success we had a lot of people and a lot of fun. tonight we are making pankakes for family night. its nice because maggie and poupina are helping us so much we are teaching poupina 5 times a week. she is soaking it up.
on thursday before the other young adult activity we were giving a lesson to melissa. we had a member there to help us. 5 min into the lesson we hear a knock on the door it was another investigator named tim who we are now teaching so he sits down and we explained a little bit of what we had talked about. 2 min later another knock on the door. its another investigator, her name is ananda she is now a new investigator, so she sits down. i was like oh man, 2 min later another knock on the door it was poupina and maggie they sat down. so there i was teaching 4 different investigators with 2 members it was so awesome because you had maggie testifying about how awesome it is to be baptized and poupina talking about how much she has changed already. the spirit was so strong. there were also a lot of investigators that night.
so on sunday we rode all the way down to zwolle for stake conference. poupina came and maggie it was really good the area president was there and our mission pres along with another gen authority. i guess the day before they had a meeting about the work and one of our members from the ward was there and he said the area authority got word about how good groningen was doing and how they had 10 members and 10 investigators at there jovo centrum and he talked about it. The hauge is supposed to be the model ward here and they only had 3 investigators. after the stake conf on sunday the mission pres came up and i thought he was going to tell me to cut my hair or something, but he sais yeah everybody keeps telling me how great the work is going in groningen. then we talked to another member yesterday and he said that he has never seen the work go so good the whole time hes lived there. Taryn still makes me look like a little girl with her 18 investigators in church! how is that possible. i want to be companions with her for a few days i think it would be so fun. then i could see how she dominates.
well i hope all is good thanks for the letters mom and everybody thanks for the emails. have a great week
love you all. blijf sterk! e robert
morgan 9.20.10
Hello Everybody,
Well geeze, sounds like Brighams football team is doing some serious work! how is Orem High doing? probably not as well? Sounds like Sages team was doing work too. What is Sadie doing? and Tay what are you up to? and Ash and Sandy? Well I guess the Federer of the family (Chris) did work in the Robert Open the other day. haha Chris I laughed so hard at your email! So Cole is doing work in football I heard. What about the Wimmer side though... Nick. what is up with Nick? Well keep me updated!
So this week we invited this 17 year old kid from Congo to be baptized Oct. 9. He said yes. So that makes 2 baptism dates that we have been blessed to see for Oct. 9. I hope they go through. it is Junior (kid from congo) and Arturo (18 year old from Salvador). We did have another one with someone named Albertino (the friend of J lo) but we moved his to this weekend. I hope it goes through! Albertino is pretty strange. He doesnt talk much but is really nice. He is willing to respect all the commandments and he has a good knowledge of the gospel. Its just he forgets really easily. He definately isnt a J lo, but he is ready.
We are continuing to do our Sunday night Film and our Saturday Sport. The Films that we have watched are The Testaments, The Other Side of Heaven and lastnight we watched The Prince of Egypt. That is about all the films we are aloud to watch apart from all the films of the church. Mom, do you think you can try and see if Joseph Smith the prophet of the restoration is available to buy yet. There are 2 Restoration films one that is like 30 min, I have that one. And one that is like 1hr and a half, thats the one I want. If you know of any other films made by the church give me some ideas. I already have like 10. but some are a little too cheesy to show in public. haha like 70's style. We get quite a bit of people to come to those. Less actives, Investigators, members and recent converts. We are going to try and put together a FHE here.
Transfers is next week. I think I will stay. But dont be expecting an email on monday because if I am not changing villes I am most likely training. We have 17 new missionnaries coming in!! That is alot for here!! Our mission decreased from like 140 to 62 and now we are going to rise back up. We have a lot of new villes opening up.
Thanks for all you do Mom and Dad! Dad get better soon! and Mom I got the package with shoes. thanks so much I really like them!! Oh yeah, and lastnight i made your caramel popcorn, they all loved it!!
Elder Wimmer
Well geeze, sounds like Brighams football team is doing some serious work! how is Orem High doing? probably not as well? Sounds like Sages team was doing work too. What is Sadie doing? and Tay what are you up to? and Ash and Sandy? Well I guess the Federer of the family (Chris) did work in the Robert Open the other day. haha Chris I laughed so hard at your email! So Cole is doing work in football I heard. What about the Wimmer side though... Nick. what is up with Nick? Well keep me updated!
So this week we invited this 17 year old kid from Congo to be baptized Oct. 9. He said yes. So that makes 2 baptism dates that we have been blessed to see for Oct. 9. I hope they go through. it is Junior (kid from congo) and Arturo (18 year old from Salvador). We did have another one with someone named Albertino (the friend of J lo) but we moved his to this weekend. I hope it goes through! Albertino is pretty strange. He doesnt talk much but is really nice. He is willing to respect all the commandments and he has a good knowledge of the gospel. Its just he forgets really easily. He definately isnt a J lo, but he is ready.
We are continuing to do our Sunday night Film and our Saturday Sport. The Films that we have watched are The Testaments, The Other Side of Heaven and lastnight we watched The Prince of Egypt. That is about all the films we are aloud to watch apart from all the films of the church. Mom, do you think you can try and see if Joseph Smith the prophet of the restoration is available to buy yet. There are 2 Restoration films one that is like 30 min, I have that one. And one that is like 1hr and a half, thats the one I want. If you know of any other films made by the church give me some ideas. I already have like 10. but some are a little too cheesy to show in public. haha like 70's style. We get quite a bit of people to come to those. Less actives, Investigators, members and recent converts. We are going to try and put together a FHE here.
Transfers is next week. I think I will stay. But dont be expecting an email on monday because if I am not changing villes I am most likely training. We have 17 new missionnaries coming in!! That is alot for here!! Our mission decreased from like 140 to 62 and now we are going to rise back up. We have a lot of new villes opening up.
Thanks for all you do Mom and Dad! Dad get better soon! and Mom I got the package with shoes. thanks so much I really like them!! Oh yeah, and lastnight i made your caramel popcorn, they all loved it!!
Elder Wimmer
taryn 9.20.10
Hey! Great week again, busy as usual.
Monday we went with a few of our investigators to a big farwell family home evening for an awesome member that is going on a mission. next month we are having 13 Thai missionaries come in!! the record for Thailand. Seeing him and his excitement made me a little jealous that he is just starting out. The end is coming so fast.
On wednesday we taught 8 lessons, almost nine but we didnt have an opening and closing prayer with her so it doesn't count. My new record! We were so tired mentally, physically, and spiritually be the end of the night. Missionary work is so much fun, but stressful and exhausting as well!
We have to sort through our investigators this week and see who is the very most ready for the message because we dont have the time right now to teach those that arent quite ready. Its hard to drop people, but i like to think about it as putting them on the shelf and they will be picked up again in the future when they are ready. I love them, all of them. Im sad, Im not going to be able to see many of them baptized. We were hoping for a lot of them to make that special covenant in the next few weeks, but it looks like they arent quite ready, and a lot of them have to get special interviews because of question 4. Its so sad how Satan has taken the world to a level that evil things are just the norm in the world. how grateful i am that we have the knowledge and direction and help from Heavenly Father to be lifted out of the world!
Thursday we drove in a songtaw and hour our to serve a member that the branch assigned us to. We got there, the middle of nowhere, surrounded by tons of tropical trees and rice. To serve them we helped them prepare the treats that they sell every morning at the market. We chopped open coconuts off the tree, drained the milk out, and then shaved the insides into little strips, and then sugar and fried them in a big pan over a fire in the backyard. Another one of those moments that makes me realize just where I am, what a special opportunity it is, and how much i love it here.
Saturday Elder Perkins of the 70- our area President came and spoke to our zone- haha all 10 of us that are up in the north..It was soooo good. So inpirational, made me want to be such a better missionary and person. Also, it made me want to really get to know the scriptures, i wonder if i can ever get to his level? President Smith said to him in front of everyone, "i wish i could clone this companionship. Sister Youngs parents dont know, but im not going to let her go home." I love him. It feels good to know that we are doing our best and helping President Smith along with the thai people.
Well, an investigator just called and asked if we could see her in 20 minutes because she cant later- got to go.. i love you all and miss you.stay safe, CTR, and be happy!
love sister young
ps the other day i had an "ive been in thailand too long" experience. first, 1/2 way through eating my food i found a huge caterpillar cooked in it, i just pulled it out and kept eating. then we went to the church and a HUGE spider was on the wall and i just pulled off my shoe and tried to smash it. I didnt realize how unusual this was for me until later that night when i really thought about it!
Monday we went with a few of our investigators to a big farwell family home evening for an awesome member that is going on a mission. next month we are having 13 Thai missionaries come in!! the record for Thailand. Seeing him and his excitement made me a little jealous that he is just starting out. The end is coming so fast.
On wednesday we taught 8 lessons, almost nine but we didnt have an opening and closing prayer with her so it doesn't count. My new record! We were so tired mentally, physically, and spiritually be the end of the night. Missionary work is so much fun, but stressful and exhausting as well!
We have to sort through our investigators this week and see who is the very most ready for the message because we dont have the time right now to teach those that arent quite ready. Its hard to drop people, but i like to think about it as putting them on the shelf and they will be picked up again in the future when they are ready. I love them, all of them. Im sad, Im not going to be able to see many of them baptized. We were hoping for a lot of them to make that special covenant in the next few weeks, but it looks like they arent quite ready, and a lot of them have to get special interviews because of question 4. Its so sad how Satan has taken the world to a level that evil things are just the norm in the world. how grateful i am that we have the knowledge and direction and help from Heavenly Father to be lifted out of the world!
Thursday we drove in a songtaw and hour our to serve a member that the branch assigned us to. We got there, the middle of nowhere, surrounded by tons of tropical trees and rice. To serve them we helped them prepare the treats that they sell every morning at the market. We chopped open coconuts off the tree, drained the milk out, and then shaved the insides into little strips, and then sugar and fried them in a big pan over a fire in the backyard. Another one of those moments that makes me realize just where I am, what a special opportunity it is, and how much i love it here.
Saturday Elder Perkins of the 70- our area President came and spoke to our zone- haha all 10 of us that are up in the north..It was soooo good. So inpirational, made me want to be such a better missionary and person. Also, it made me want to really get to know the scriptures, i wonder if i can ever get to his level? President Smith said to him in front of everyone, "i wish i could clone this companionship. Sister Youngs parents dont know, but im not going to let her go home." I love him. It feels good to know that we are doing our best and helping President Smith along with the thai people.
Well, an investigator just called and asked if we could see her in 20 minutes because she cant later- got to go.. i love you all and miss you.stay safe, CTR, and be happy!
love sister young
ps the other day i had an "ive been in thailand too long" experience. first, 1/2 way through eating my food i found a huge caterpillar cooked in it, i just pulled it out and kept eating. then we went to the church and a HUGE spider was on the wall and i just pulled off my shoe and tried to smash it. I didnt realize how unusual this was for me until later that night when i really thought about it!
9.14.2010
taryn 9.13.10
Well, Im not sure what is going on, but Heavenly Father is blessing us so much. We are keeping a flow of new investigators coming in, but also still have many of our old ones. We are racing from appointment to appointment, when we get home we are both so tired mentally, physically, and spiritually.
ha, Saturday night we were having issues trying to speak english while planning. We had 18 investigators at church yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Church started off with only a couple, which is the norm for the mission, the average companionship has about 1-2 investigators at church each week. but then right as the meeting started they just kept coming in. It was fun, but hectic as well trying to help them all sit by members or getting members to sit by them, while trying to be quite as the meeting was going. Luckily on saturday the spirit whispered to me so awesome. i dont know how or why Heavenly Father is blessing us so much, but He truly is pouring them out. We are finally getting investigators that are close to baptism, it takes quite awhile here because they have no background in any of this. Ive never had investigators that have had problems with question number four, but so far 3 of the 4 who we were hoping to be baptized by the end of the month have or have had issues with the question, the one on any serious crimes, homosexual relationships, or abortion. Im not exactly sure what to do for them, i asked president today in my email/letter what to do, im sure he will have good advice, he always does. He is an amazing president, i am so lucky to be able to serve with him and learn from him. he has done so much for me.
our investigator Gang called me last week almost in tears, she had just got in a little arguement with her mom about going to church. her mom says she needs her and A's help instead of going to church. (gang is 17 and read the bom in a month, A is a 12 year old cousin who comes into town on the weekends- she just finished the bom- a month and a half...) we prayed and prayed and prayed and studied a prayed some more, and then moved some appts around and went out there. it worked out perfectly that her mom didnt have any customers and we were able to talk with her. then on saturday we went and served them to help them prepare for the sunday sales- they sell food outside a protestant church for when the services get over- sounds alittle funny right?? cant go to church because have to sell stuff outside another church on sunday? anyway, we worked it out so that they can at least go to sacrament meeting for now.
well, sorry, another short letter. i had the intent of writing more today but had a surpise mom and grandma that were emailing and are more fun to talk to back and forth with than writing an email.. :) i love you all so much. thank you for all that you do for me. i am so lucky. Life is so good. i love this gospel. it is 100% true.
love,
sister young
ha, Saturday night we were having issues trying to speak english while planning. We had 18 investigators at church yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Church started off with only a couple, which is the norm for the mission, the average companionship has about 1-2 investigators at church each week. but then right as the meeting started they just kept coming in. It was fun, but hectic as well trying to help them all sit by members or getting members to sit by them, while trying to be quite as the meeting was going. Luckily on saturday the spirit whispered to me so awesome. i dont know how or why Heavenly Father is blessing us so much, but He truly is pouring them out. We are finally getting investigators that are close to baptism, it takes quite awhile here because they have no background in any of this. Ive never had investigators that have had problems with question number four, but so far 3 of the 4 who we were hoping to be baptized by the end of the month have or have had issues with the question, the one on any serious crimes, homosexual relationships, or abortion. Im not exactly sure what to do for them, i asked president today in my email/letter what to do, im sure he will have good advice, he always does. He is an amazing president, i am so lucky to be able to serve with him and learn from him. he has done so much for me.
our investigator Gang called me last week almost in tears, she had just got in a little arguement with her mom about going to church. her mom says she needs her and A's help instead of going to church. (gang is 17 and read the bom in a month, A is a 12 year old cousin who comes into town on the weekends- she just finished the bom- a month and a half...) we prayed and prayed and prayed and studied a prayed some more, and then moved some appts around and went out there. it worked out perfectly that her mom didnt have any customers and we were able to talk with her. then on saturday we went and served them to help them prepare for the sunday sales- they sell food outside a protestant church for when the services get over- sounds alittle funny right?? cant go to church because have to sell stuff outside another church on sunday? anyway, we worked it out so that they can at least go to sacrament meeting for now.
well, sorry, another short letter. i had the intent of writing more today but had a surpise mom and grandma that were emailing and are more fun to talk to back and forth with than writing an email.. :) i love you all so much. thank you for all that you do for me. i am so lucky. Life is so good. i love this gospel. it is 100% true.
love,
sister young
jordan 9.13.10
ok well this week was good. we got to go to brussels and listen to elder ballard talk. it was awesome to hear him talk. he talked about teaching. he said teach teach teach! if we dont have an appointment he said to call a member and go teach them. we are to master teachers. man i have a long way to go. i went home that night with a good feeling.
well we have a bunch of new investigators this week. and the young adult centrum is dominating more than it ever has. on thursday we had at least 20 young adults and half were non members. sorry about that one! and monday for family home evening was a sucsess! tonight we are making pizzas, home made and playing volleyball.
ok so we were at maggies and one of her friends came over. her name is poupina. she is from cameroon but has lived here for 6 yrs. she is in 2 months 18. and she is amazing. plus she looks like beyonce. she is really prepared plus we connected really good. she wants to be baptized so we set up a baptismal date for her on the 9th of october. she came to church yesterday and said she now wants to come every week. we meet with her 3 times a week . tonight she is coming to family home evening. she is coming an hour early so we can teach her. pray for her that she will make her baptismal date!
we also met with a dutch lady we met knocking doors a month ago. she is really enthusiastic and happy. she has 3 kids. we taught her then the doorbell rang and she sais oh i hope you dont mind i invited a friend to come listen too. ha ha ilove it when that happens. so we are meeting with them on thur. again. the guy that came in when we told him we were mormon. he said all ive heard is bad things about the mormons, we cleared that up and now he is really interested. if you say mormon it has a bad connotation out here.
maggie is doing really good. same with yulie. well thats all i can remember about this week. chandler! whats going on? how you doin?
oh yeah this week we walked past a skate park and i happened to know the kid skating and i happened to have my skate shoes in my back pack. before i knew it i had 7 kids watching and wanting to talk to me( i still had my church clothes on) then some old dutch couple that would never listen to us in a million years came up to me and started to talk to me asked me all about what im doing here and about the church. it was a great contacting tool.we couldnt get a person to talk to us all day. then all the sudden we had people coming up to us. it was fun.
cameron! whats going down son? talk to me. grandpa chris candy paint drippin off the frame son! dad! i hear you are pumping iron! so am i. i think i am in the best shape of my life. im getting pretty ripped. i love to work out because its the only time i get to use my ding dang body.
well mom thank you for being the amazing person you are. you keep me going!
love elder robert
well we have a bunch of new investigators this week. and the young adult centrum is dominating more than it ever has. on thursday we had at least 20 young adults and half were non members. sorry about that one! and monday for family home evening was a sucsess! tonight we are making pizzas, home made and playing volleyball.
ok so we were at maggies and one of her friends came over. her name is poupina. she is from cameroon but has lived here for 6 yrs. she is in 2 months 18. and she is amazing. plus she looks like beyonce. she is really prepared plus we connected really good. she wants to be baptized so we set up a baptismal date for her on the 9th of october. she came to church yesterday and said she now wants to come every week. we meet with her 3 times a week . tonight she is coming to family home evening. she is coming an hour early so we can teach her. pray for her that she will make her baptismal date!
we also met with a dutch lady we met knocking doors a month ago. she is really enthusiastic and happy. she has 3 kids. we taught her then the doorbell rang and she sais oh i hope you dont mind i invited a friend to come listen too. ha ha ilove it when that happens. so we are meeting with them on thur. again. the guy that came in when we told him we were mormon. he said all ive heard is bad things about the mormons, we cleared that up and now he is really interested. if you say mormon it has a bad connotation out here.
maggie is doing really good. same with yulie. well thats all i can remember about this week. chandler! whats going on? how you doin?
oh yeah this week we walked past a skate park and i happened to know the kid skating and i happened to have my skate shoes in my back pack. before i knew it i had 7 kids watching and wanting to talk to me( i still had my church clothes on) then some old dutch couple that would never listen to us in a million years came up to me and started to talk to me asked me all about what im doing here and about the church. it was a great contacting tool.we couldnt get a person to talk to us all day. then all the sudden we had people coming up to us. it was fun.
cameron! whats going down son? talk to me. grandpa chris candy paint drippin off the frame son! dad! i hear you are pumping iron! so am i. i think i am in the best shape of my life. im getting pretty ripped. i love to work out because its the only time i get to use my ding dang body.
well mom thank you for being the amazing person you are. you keep me going!
love elder robert
morgan 9.13.10
Hello Everybody!
Okay so this week was a good week. The girl that we set the baptismal date for the 25th of sept. isnt going to work because she still hasnt came to church so we are going to have to move it back. But we found 2 new people who want to get baptized Oct.9. One is named Albertino, he is 20 and super shy. He is the neighbor of J lo and we met him at j lo's baptism. The other is a contact we had a few weeks ago, his name is Arturo, he is mexican or something of the sort. He is also super nice but has some weird beliefs.
So we are continuing to do our activities. They are really working here. Last night we watched the other side of heaven and we had 2 recent converts there, 3 less actives (2 of which are reactivated if they come to church one more time and have a church calling), and 3 investigators. It is so cool to see everyone just have fun together. The bad thing is, is that we dont have very many more movies in french we are allowed to watch. If you have any ideas please let me know.
So last week we spent 2 hours of p day cleaning the apt. It is so nice looking now. It still can use some work though. We have been playing quite a bit of basketball lately. I taught Elder Baret how to play whiteball. Its not as fun when we arent at the Youngs. Speaking of the Youngs, T.Y. is coming home so soon! That is crazy!! But anyways, we have a soccer game this saturday against Brive (the branch not too far from here). I am so excited! we just have to find an investigator to come and we can go. We are probably gunna bring Arturo.
Right now we do not have that many people to teach. We are working on finding people. When we were contacting I contacted this black woman with her daughter. They kinda flipped the contact around and started contacting me. They were talking to me about some crazy religion. I thought they were Jehovah's Witness' by the way they were contantly reciting scriptures and all that. They want us to come over to talk to them and their family (the dad is a pastor). So they took down our name and number and we took down thiers and we will see what happens from there. haha.
So every freaking night I wake up to the buzzing of a freakin mosquito in my ear. SO ANNOYING! Elder Baret said the same thing happens with him. so every morning we wake up and there are 20 mosquitos inside and we go crazy killing them all.
Well sorry, boring week nothing else really good to write. So is Cole playing football? he better be! what about Cade? is he on Brigs team again? Keep me updated on all the sports and stuff your kids are doing! Thanks for all you guys do! I love you all!
Elder Wimmer
Okay so this week was a good week. The girl that we set the baptismal date for the 25th of sept. isnt going to work because she still hasnt came to church so we are going to have to move it back. But we found 2 new people who want to get baptized Oct.9. One is named Albertino, he is 20 and super shy. He is the neighbor of J lo and we met him at j lo's baptism. The other is a contact we had a few weeks ago, his name is Arturo, he is mexican or something of the sort. He is also super nice but has some weird beliefs.
So we are continuing to do our activities. They are really working here. Last night we watched the other side of heaven and we had 2 recent converts there, 3 less actives (2 of which are reactivated if they come to church one more time and have a church calling), and 3 investigators. It is so cool to see everyone just have fun together. The bad thing is, is that we dont have very many more movies in french we are allowed to watch. If you have any ideas please let me know.
So last week we spent 2 hours of p day cleaning the apt. It is so nice looking now. It still can use some work though. We have been playing quite a bit of basketball lately. I taught Elder Baret how to play whiteball. Its not as fun when we arent at the Youngs. Speaking of the Youngs, T.Y. is coming home so soon! That is crazy!! But anyways, we have a soccer game this saturday against Brive (the branch not too far from here). I am so excited! we just have to find an investigator to come and we can go. We are probably gunna bring Arturo.
Right now we do not have that many people to teach. We are working on finding people. When we were contacting I contacted this black woman with her daughter. They kinda flipped the contact around and started contacting me. They were talking to me about some crazy religion. I thought they were Jehovah's Witness' by the way they were contantly reciting scriptures and all that. They want us to come over to talk to them and their family (the dad is a pastor). So they took down our name and number and we took down thiers and we will see what happens from there. haha.
So every freaking night I wake up to the buzzing of a freakin mosquito in my ear. SO ANNOYING! Elder Baret said the same thing happens with him. so every morning we wake up and there are 20 mosquitos inside and we go crazy killing them all.
Well sorry, boring week nothing else really good to write. So is Cole playing football? he better be! what about Cade? is he on Brigs team again? Keep me updated on all the sports and stuff your kids are doing! Thanks for all you guys do! I love you all!
Elder Wimmer
9.06.2010
jordan 9.6.10
ok well Maggies baptism went amazing. she is so awesome. she did her best to tell everyone to come to her baptism. she asked her mother and her mother is totally against the baptism. she told her if she gets baptised she will never speak to her again. she got baptised anyway because she knows its true. it was so cool being able to baptize someone. it felt really good. it felt like the most success ive had yet. ive never seen anybody so happy, she was glowing. the ward did better than i thought they would on welcoming her into the ward. this is really a person that had changed her heart, and is putting her whole heart into it. on sunday she recieved the holy ghost and was crying. the spirit was strong. then after that people were bearing there testimonies. and i was sitting next to Maggie and Yulie the other girl we baptized a month ago. maggie told me the night before that she felt like she had to bare her testimony. but when we were sitting down she was so nervous she was shaking. she kept saying next month next month. but she got up the guts anyway and same with yulie. they both went up together. that was one of my favorite moments of my mission so far. hearing them both bare testimony for the first time. maggie started to cry and she said how greatfull she is. and also that she hopes her mom will one day accept the gospel and be sittting next to her in the church. oh man i was on cloud nine.
well tonight is the first family home evening and im in charge of it, i invited everybody i could. maggie is coming its going to be fun. we set 2 more baptismal dates its nothing compared to taryns 12. i felt like a little girl after i heard that. these people out here dont want to listen. its hard, but we fasted this week that the peoples hearts will be softened.
so. mom things that are wearing out. uuuhhhmm every sock i own has at least 2 holes in them. i cant believe you saw jann. crazy i hope she is doing good. tell nathalie hi for me thats cool she has been hangin out with the family. tell her she needs to write me.
school started today. soooooo many students. we are targeting the international student housing! genious. all the foriegn students come in and are humbled dont know there way around and are looking for friends. its perfect we just invite them to the young adult centrum. chinees students are really nice and humble. well i aint got much more time so till next week!
love you all cant wait to hear from you.
well tonight is the first family home evening and im in charge of it, i invited everybody i could. maggie is coming its going to be fun. we set 2 more baptismal dates its nothing compared to taryns 12. i felt like a little girl after i heard that. these people out here dont want to listen. its hard, but we fasted this week that the peoples hearts will be softened.
so. mom things that are wearing out. uuuhhhmm every sock i own has at least 2 holes in them. i cant believe you saw jann. crazy i hope she is doing good. tell nathalie hi for me thats cool she has been hangin out with the family. tell her she needs to write me.
school started today. soooooo many students. we are targeting the international student housing! genious. all the foriegn students come in and are humbled dont know there way around and are looking for friends. its perfect we just invite them to the young adult centrum. chinees students are really nice and humble. well i aint got much more time so till next week!
love you all cant wait to hear from you.
about maggie.......
Maggie Chisha is 23 years old. She was born a three days trip from the city in Zambia. She calls it the bush bush. She grew up there until she was 16. Living off of the land and walking 4 hours each day to fetch her very needed water carrying it back on her head. She had never seen so much as a light bulb let alone an airplane, car, house, anything having to do with modern technology, white people, exc... She lived in a mud hut cooking for herself everyday, making fire by hand. In her culture women dont go to school, therefore she never learned to read or write. She was happy. Her mother lived in the city and never had contact with her family, she worked at the hospital. While working at the hospital she met a Dutch man and fell in love. She then moved to the Netherlands. Wanting better for her family she went back to the bush bush to get her family. Maggies little brother and little sister were taken first, they tried to take maggie but her father didnt want her to go. They had to come back another time and forcilbly take Maggie. She was taken to the airport in the city. Having never seen anything like it before she was very scared. While getting on the plane she was startled by the engine and ended up running all the way to the electric fence to meet a new shocking feeling. They had to tranqualize her to get her on the plane. Maggie came into the Netherlands in the freezing cold winter. Everything was new and different, white people everywhere. New things such as lighters, televisions, computers, and houses. She had a hard time adjusting. The first duck she saw she grabbed it broke its neck and took it home to her mother to eat. Her mother then having to explain to her that thats not how we do things here. The years go by and she started to get used to the european lifestyle. Clothing, nightlife, busyness, and bills. One day while in the Center of Groningen two sister missionaries overheard her talking about God. Maggie not knowing these missionaries still gave them her information. The sisters tried contacting her later with not much success. Then the sisters were transfered. They gave her information to us the elders and we gave it a try. Finnally getting contact with her we made an appointment. At the appointment we gave her a book of Mormon, and unfortunately she explained to us that her Father had passed away one week before. The next appointment she was excited about learning more and told us she could not put the book down. Then the next appointment she was even more excited and said that she feels herself changing, she didnt want to do the things she did before, she said she never felt alone anymore. Having already set a baptismal date she was well on her way. She explained that she feels like she is becoming the Maggie she used to be and wants to be. Moving in closer to her baptism she recieved many trials, friends falling away and even turning against her because of the changes she was making. Even down to her own mother telling her that if she were to be baptized she would never speak to her again. But Maggie already having a testimony of Christ and the Book Of Mormon there was no turning back. She was Baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Sep 4. and confirmed the next day. After her confirmation she courageously got up to give her testimony of the things she knows are true, and continued in tears wishing one day her Mother would be sitting next to her with the same testimony of the Book of Mormon. I being a missionary have never felt so much joy then to see someone turn their life to Christ and recieve so much happiness. Im so greatfull for this Gospel and the eternal happiness it brings. The Book of Mormon is true and has the power to bring souls, no matter where you come from or who you are, unto Christ.
taryn 9.6.10
Hey family!
Sister Naegle and i are lucky enough to still be here in Chaing Mai. Were loving it. I love this area, and i love my companion. Im supposed to be training her, but i have learned so much from her as well. Im on my last transfer now, i cant believe it. Time is flying. Im not sure what to write in this email because i feel like i just barely wrote you. sorry you didnt get my email last week, ill try to send it again.
Most of our investigators are doing awesome! tum and khaawfaang will hopefully be interviewed for baptism next week, and maybe a few others, were not sure yet. A few of our investigators are getting scared and some are waivering. we also got some good families last week! we found them both after appointments cancelled. we made a rule for ourselves that when an appt cancels, we have to invite the closest person nearby. we have found some good sucess! sometimes Heavenly Father sends us somewhere for other purposes than we think. both families are very similar, they are both from the hill tribe karian and they are both protestant! we have been teaching quite a few christians lately, its hard the first few lessons, i never know what to say with them, im so used to teaching those that know nothing about Christ, God, or prayer. The families are awesome though and hopefully they can progress and be eternal families some day.We have felt the Hand of the Lord in everything lately. I know that none of this sucess is because of me or because of my companion. Heavenly Father is preparing everything before us, all we have to do is to work hard and do our best and reap in the harvest.
Im sorry, ive been horrible at writing lately, everything just blends together and im not sure what to write about. I want you to know that i know this is the Lords work. 100%. I know that this is the true church of Jesus Christ and i am grateful that i get to be one small instrument in this enormous work. I hope that i can be an instrument in His hands for the rest of my life. I am so deeply grateful to Joseph Smith, for all that he sacrificed to bring forth the Book of Mormon. I love that book. So much. I am excited that i have the opportunity to study it every single day for the rest of my life. It holds the power of God between its pages and all you have to do is open it and read with and open heart and that power will come flowing into you. I am also grateful for the temple. oh how i miss it! seeing members dream of being able to get to go someday, and also not being able to go for over a year has made me appreciate it that much more. before my mission i really took it for granted. i cant wait to go back and enter the house of the Lord often, serving others and also getting filled with knowledge and peace. I am grateful that i have such an incredible family, the best ever, and because of the temple and your good decisions we get to live together forever!!! I love missionary work. I love this gospel. I love Thailand. I love these people. I love the Lord. I love you! I am the luckiest person in the world, i get to serve here and also have such an awesome family at home. please stay safe, ill see you soon!
love,
sister young
Sister Naegle and i are lucky enough to still be here in Chaing Mai. Were loving it. I love this area, and i love my companion. Im supposed to be training her, but i have learned so much from her as well. Im on my last transfer now, i cant believe it. Time is flying. Im not sure what to write in this email because i feel like i just barely wrote you. sorry you didnt get my email last week, ill try to send it again.
Most of our investigators are doing awesome! tum and khaawfaang will hopefully be interviewed for baptism next week, and maybe a few others, were not sure yet. A few of our investigators are getting scared and some are waivering. we also got some good families last week! we found them both after appointments cancelled. we made a rule for ourselves that when an appt cancels, we have to invite the closest person nearby. we have found some good sucess! sometimes Heavenly Father sends us somewhere for other purposes than we think. both families are very similar, they are both from the hill tribe karian and they are both protestant! we have been teaching quite a few christians lately, its hard the first few lessons, i never know what to say with them, im so used to teaching those that know nothing about Christ, God, or prayer. The families are awesome though and hopefully they can progress and be eternal families some day.We have felt the Hand of the Lord in everything lately. I know that none of this sucess is because of me or because of my companion. Heavenly Father is preparing everything before us, all we have to do is to work hard and do our best and reap in the harvest.
Im sorry, ive been horrible at writing lately, everything just blends together and im not sure what to write about. I want you to know that i know this is the Lords work. 100%. I know that this is the true church of Jesus Christ and i am grateful that i get to be one small instrument in this enormous work. I hope that i can be an instrument in His hands for the rest of my life. I am so deeply grateful to Joseph Smith, for all that he sacrificed to bring forth the Book of Mormon. I love that book. So much. I am excited that i have the opportunity to study it every single day for the rest of my life. It holds the power of God between its pages and all you have to do is open it and read with and open heart and that power will come flowing into you. I am also grateful for the temple. oh how i miss it! seeing members dream of being able to get to go someday, and also not being able to go for over a year has made me appreciate it that much more. before my mission i really took it for granted. i cant wait to go back and enter the house of the Lord often, serving others and also getting filled with knowledge and peace. I am grateful that i have such an incredible family, the best ever, and because of the temple and your good decisions we get to live together forever!!! I love missionary work. I love this gospel. I love Thailand. I love these people. I love the Lord. I love you! I am the luckiest person in the world, i get to serve here and also have such an awesome family at home. please stay safe, ill see you soon!
love,
sister young
morgan 9.6.10
Hello everybody,
Well, yes. The Baptism of J-Lo did go through. It was really good. Although Friday night we had a little scare, we called the brach pres. to ask if he can be a witness. He told us actually he cant go because he got invited to a dinner. Yeah. So we got scared because there has to be someone from the brach presidency there. But the counselor saved us. Yes, the pres. here is a little special. The day of the confirmation he was welcoming Jonathan and he didnt know his name. haha it was bad. Oh well. But the baptism was really good. He is incredible. He is saying he is going to serve a mission now.
So this week we decided we are going to reactivate all the young less actives. so we made some activities such as Saturday sport, sunday night film and we are trying to find more. We had 10 people at the sport and 8 at the movie. it was so cool. There are so many less actives just simply because no one cares. it is so sad. but yeah guess who got the game winning 3 point shot?? yeah, MJ is back baby.
So still no camera. But thats alright. Yes, the baptism stll is on for the 25th. For now. She still hasnt came to church so we might have to move it back. Me and elder baret are still getting along great. We both love sports and just feed eachother compliments all day. it is so funny. I am teaching him english. He can speak it really well now. Our apt. is pretty nasty I am going to clean it this week.
I heard the best talk ever today! it is by Elder Holland. it is called "Safety for the Soul." WOW!! I recommend you all to go on youtube and listen to it. He is so intense! I love him. It is increadible how many people have sacrificed their lives for the book of mormon. How many people have attacked it and tried to disprove it. and it is still here. This cant just be any old book. I know that the book of mormon is the most correct book on earth. It is the most pure testimony of jesus christ. If this book wasnt true why would it recieve so much oposition. and on the other side the thousands of life who have changed their lives for the better. Joseph Smith died for this book. If this book wasnt real and if this church wasnt true wouldnt you think that when he was persecuted and brought to death he would deny it? I know that The Book of Mormon is true. and if you dont know that it is true. Read it. Pray about it. It will change your life.
I Love you all! thanks for all you do.
Elder Wimmer
Well, yes. The Baptism of J-Lo did go through. It was really good. Although Friday night we had a little scare, we called the brach pres. to ask if he can be a witness. He told us actually he cant go because he got invited to a dinner. Yeah. So we got scared because there has to be someone from the brach presidency there. But the counselor saved us. Yes, the pres. here is a little special. The day of the confirmation he was welcoming Jonathan and he didnt know his name. haha it was bad. Oh well. But the baptism was really good. He is incredible. He is saying he is going to serve a mission now.
So this week we decided we are going to reactivate all the young less actives. so we made some activities such as Saturday sport, sunday night film and we are trying to find more. We had 10 people at the sport and 8 at the movie. it was so cool. There are so many less actives just simply because no one cares. it is so sad. but yeah guess who got the game winning 3 point shot?? yeah, MJ is back baby.
So still no camera. But thats alright. Yes, the baptism stll is on for the 25th. For now. She still hasnt came to church so we might have to move it back. Me and elder baret are still getting along great. We both love sports and just feed eachother compliments all day. it is so funny. I am teaching him english. He can speak it really well now. Our apt. is pretty nasty I am going to clean it this week.
I heard the best talk ever today! it is by Elder Holland. it is called "Safety for the Soul." WOW!! I recommend you all to go on youtube and listen to it. He is so intense! I love him. It is increadible how many people have sacrificed their lives for the book of mormon. How many people have attacked it and tried to disprove it. and it is still here. This cant just be any old book. I know that the book of mormon is the most correct book on earth. It is the most pure testimony of jesus christ. If this book wasnt true why would it recieve so much oposition. and on the other side the thousands of life who have changed their lives for the better. Joseph Smith died for this book. If this book wasnt real and if this church wasnt true wouldnt you think that when he was persecuted and brought to death he would deny it? I know that The Book of Mormon is true. and if you dont know that it is true. Read it. Pray about it. It will change your life.
I Love you all! thanks for all you do.
Elder Wimmer
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