Words from Elder Garrett Davis in Thailnd

KALASIN!:) and monkeys:)

so this week was great but it flew by fast!!:) so this week i had the chance to go see some monkeys on pday and so we are going long and i see this monkey with a beer can i had to take the picture it was pretty funny:) but and the week goes on we had the chance to teach some investigators and recent converts which i love doing my favorite lesson to teach would probably have to be the plan of salvation:) i love it. but as the week went on church came around and we talk about fasting and everyone gave how they thought about fasting and everything and it was great i learned a lot and believe it or not i love fasting after realizing how much we can gain when we fast:) but my favorite answer is that is helps us over come the natural man:) and it helps us grow spiritual as well:) but i am sorry for a short letter but i am running out of time:) i will talk more next week:) i love you guys and thank you so much for your letters i love them:) Love 

Elder Davis:)

 

 

Words from Elder Bradon Day in

Hello Everyone!!

So I'm in my new area in Oklahoma City, its so awesome here! I hated saying goodbye to everyone in Blackwell but its been a great time here in the city. My new ward has 300+ active members so its totally different and exciting!! We don't have many investigators here yet but we are working on it, great things are going to happen here! Its so different trying to get use to an area, especially one this big. There are so many names to learn, and so many big neighborhoods, I'm going to get lost so much! My new companion is Elder Rumsey, and he is from Phoenix! So we have 2 Arizona kids running around the streets of Oklahoma City! I'll only be with him for 6 weeks though, he gets to go home then! But we've been having a great time here, and I'm so excited to serve in the city!

My new address is

3101 NW 150th ST

Apt. 35G

Oklahoma City, OK

74134

Time is running short so I'll write more next week and give more info!!

Love, Elder Day!

Words from Elder Eli Frazier in Peru

Well another week in paradise! The people here are all out in the streets getting everyone wet<! this time is when everybody has huge water fights everyday and it doesn't matter who you are you get wet! we were in a little bus going to district meeting and someone threw a big bucket of water through t the bus window and soaked me! haha but its awesome! we have a scheduled baptism for this Saturday so ill write about it next week! Love you all , all is well i am well enough off. as Joseph would say hahhah

a few pics of a service project, an exchange with elder manning from Oregon, and a sunset! 

Elder Frazier

 

Words from Sister Hannah Platt in Honduras

Well I am still here in my good ole area of Country!! I love it so much and i am so grateful i get to be here another transfer. I have a new companion named Hermana Cruz. She is from Columbia and is 29. She is seriously the most amazing missionary i have ever met. I am learning so much from her and she is teaching me how to work hard. She truly was an answer to my prayers and i know the Lord inspires mission presidents when transfers come. She spent a year in the states so she knows a little bit of English which for me is a blessing. :) she is like my older sister and i am soo grateful for the chance i have to work with her! We worked our tails off this week and it felt so good. Our zone has a goal of 40 baptisms this month, so we seriously have been running around like crazy trying to find new people to teach. I can just testify that the Lord has been preparing the hearts of the people here to recieve this message of the restored gospel. 

We had a baptism on Saturday. His name is Dennis Lagos and is truly a golden investigator. He found us and set up an appointment to meet with us about 4 weeks ago. He read every single passage we left him and kept every single commitment. Seeing him get baptized and recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost was someting i won´t forget. I am so grateful to be a missinoary. There trluy is no great joy in the world than helping someone discover their Savior Jesus Christ. The change that this gospel can make in the lives of people is amazing. I know with my whole heart that this gospel is true. There is no doubt in my mind that this Chruch is true. I don´t have a lot to offer, but how grateful i am that the Lord has allowed me to help in the work of Salvation. This mission is teh greatest blessing of my life. I wouldn´t trade it for the world. Every single experience and trial i have had, have been worth it. THank you all for you prayers. They have helpe me to get trhough the hard times. 

Well that´s all i have time for! But i love you all! Have an amzing week!!!

Love,

Hermana Platt

 

Words from Elder Jared Anderson in Brazil

Dear Family,

It is crazy how fast the weeks pass. I feel like i am dreaming. I still have so much to learn and time is coming to an end. But things are going great this week was a little tougher. One of our recent converts has fallen away for the moment. Because her testimony was not firmly planted in our Saviour Jesus Christ. We continue striving to help her but until now to no avail. I beg each of you to head the counsel in Helaman 5:12. I was asked by an investigator if this is the true and chosen church why are there people falling away. i thought a lot of this this past week and we are taught that we must have our testimony planted firmly in Christ that WE as members of the church must help those who are in need of our help, love and support. Also we MUST strengthen ourselves daily through scripture study and prayer and through our weekly church meetings. I have truly seen being a mission that it is the "small and simple things" (1'nefi 16:29) that really make the BIGGEST difference. a little effort gives great outcomes. our constant effort changes lives and will change this world. I love you all and be happy :)

-Elder Anderson

Words from Elder Adam Otto in Idaho

So this week has probably been one of the hardest weeks of my life! And I didn't even realize it until today. So it's good to stay busy and forget yourself in the work!

Found out Elder Jones and I will be staying here in Old Town for another transfer! Don't know if I can survive another six weeks in crazy town, but I know the Lord knows I can!

This week the weather has been pretty icky. We woke up one morning and there was snow everywhere! But it all melted a few hours later...so yeah. Then later it started hailing/snowing, and it looked like Dippin dots! I ate them and they tasted like snow :)

We went to the Idaho Falls temple on friday, and I was so excited. I had never been so excited to go to the temple before! I felt like a huge chunk of me was missing, and I knew I could find it at the temple. Peace. Just peace in the House of the Lord! I love it so much, and there are so many blessings that come from the temple. I am so blessed to have gone before it closes in march until october 2016. My last time in that temple as a missionary! 

We have had so many trials, and it's not worth it to write them all down, because we can't focus on the negative! But I know the Lord has a plan for each and everyone of us, even though it may be difficult to see at the moment. 

I just want to share my testimony of how much I love being a missionary. I may not be the best, in fact, not even close, but I love it so much. I can't say that I love every moment of my mission, but I love how every moment makes me grow! I love the people here, like truly! They can get sooo frustrating at times, but I just pray for charity, and things work out. These are my brothers and sisters, and it makes me so sad when they choose not to follow Christ. We all make mistakes, and so that's always important to remember! I loooovveee the Atonement!

Thanks so much for all you do! I love you all, and make sure you help out the missionary work in your wards!!! PLEASE! It's tough when the ward members don't cooperate...I love you all! :)

Elder Otto

Words from Elder Kyle James in Gemany

Liebe Familie,

This week was just amazing. So much has happened. I don't know where to begin. 

Friday, Elder Bader and I got a call from Präsident. Danger day was very dangerous for us. I will tell you about that later though.

Montag- We played soccer in the morning. It sucked. I actually won though.... I guess I am better than I thought. Haha we then played some games and ate together. It was Fasching and there was people everywhere... dressed like freaks, all over the city... the buses stopped running... due to the mass amounts of drunk partiers. We decided to stay inside that night... haha. 

Dienstag- We played soccer with some kids of the guy who got baptized. We invited lots of people... but they didn't come. Schade. I scored at least 10 goals. Not bad! I still hate soccer though. Maybe I will learn to like it in my next area! Spoiler Alert! We also met with Domingo. He is a midget in our ward. He has a pellet gun in his house... and he shoots rats. I saw a dead rat that he had shot. It was really cool. I really like that guy. We also met with Sky. 

Mittwoch- Very good day... though I can't remember much... sorry.... my thoughts are centered on the future... like where I am going. what I am doing... and so on. We interviewed Sky for his taufe and he passed with flying colors. He was ready for his taufe. I am so excited for him. 

Thursday-- we had like 3 lessons with less actives and Sky. It was also a very good day and we got a lot done. 

Freitag--- Dun dun dun. So..... right before comp study at 9 in the morning.. we get a call from president. He talked to me first. He called me as a district leader. A DISTRICT LEADER? I am only in my 5th transfer! I am still in my first area! Everyone is gonna be way older that me. hahaha Elder Bader got a call too. He is going to train in Solingen. Lucky. I love Solingen. We were both way excited. I am going to get a grandson!! Already! I will be in my 6th srea when I get a grandson!! Whoohoo!! I was the only one in my mtc group to be called as district leader. First one. But yeah... I got transferred too... but that is on Saturday.

Saturday-- We listend to transfer calls with the rest of the Solingen brotherhood. We had breakfast and listened very closely. Elder DeMass and Ashton are staying with Bader in Solingen.  I, however, got called to be District leader in the Wetzlar district. There are 10 members of my new district. 4 sister and 6 elders. I live in the nicest Appt in the mission in Gießen. The sisters live in Wetzlar. Darn it. I don't want sisters in my area. We can't hang out with them like we could with the 4 elders in Solingen haha. But yeah. I am way excited to be a leader. DL life here I come. I talked to someone here and they said I would be zone leader in a few transfers. That would be hard haha. But yeah! I will get to go to the Temple! I will be pretty close to it!! Sweet! I am really sad to leave Solingen. I leave the brotherhood behind. :( I love those guys. I love elder Bader. I love Ashton and DeMass. Dang. Oh well. I will see them again. 

I heard Wetzlar has a sweet Castle and a cool church. We shall see though. I bet you guys will look it up. I have to learn a new Dialect too. Jawohl. Hahah 

Sonntag. What a wonderful day. We got to the church and there were a lot of people there. A popular family in our ward had a baby blessing. It was very nice. Lots of non members there. I packed all of my baptisim stuff and I was all ready. The bischofschaft asked me to give a leavers testimony. I did it no problem. My German has gotten so much better. I can speak my mind now. I am so thankful for the Gelegenheit to learn a new language. It is really cool!

After the Meeting... we filled the font. Printed off baptisim flyers. Found Sky a baptisim suit... and then I changed as well. The meeting was great. I gave my testimony... and his dad gave his.... still crazy... but it works. Then we went to the baptismal font. I baptized him in perfect German...thank goodness. I was so happy. Everything went great. His non member mom came too! Maybe she will take the lessons now!! She is coming next week, too!! I won't be here though.

What a miracle. I baptize him.. and leave the area 3 days afterwards. That Is such a miracle. I am so thankful for the chance to do that. It just strengthens my testimony. 

After the baptism, everyone gave me hugs, saying good luck. All the members were so thankful for my service. They said I did a great job. Even our bischof. He hugged me like 4 times... and told me that he was so, so, so thankful for everything. Everything I did, everyone I helped. Our GML said that Bischof Pauly doesnt do stuff like that normally. I  will miss that man. 

I am so thankful for everything I learned here. All the friends I made. All of the souls I helped save. I am so thankful for Solingen. It was hard at times, it was amazing mostly. But over all, It was just awesome. I am so thankful for the people here. The members. For everything.

I believe in Miracles. I know that I, Kyle James, Was put in Solingen to baptize Sky. I know I was. I am so thankful. I can't even describe. Elder Bader was a great comp... and his funny Englisch helped my German out a lot! He had a father and Son baptisim... and I couldn't ask for anymore.

Well... Off to Wetzlar/Gießen. Off to an Awesome aparment. Off to my own car!! Thats right... I get a car now! When Frankfurt gets my license translate!!!!!! HURRY UP!!! I am so excited. If I can't drive.... I blame it on Frankfurt. I passed my test 5 months ago! But yeah. I have heard crazy good things about our appartment. Heated floors. Elavator for the car. I am over three areas. Hanau. Wederau, und Wetzlar. I am so excited!!

I love you guys so much!! Have an awesome week! I get a car... hopefully... hahaha

Oh yeah... it snowed hard last night. We got blanketed. And.. I am wearing shorts. I leave on Thursday to Frankfurt HBH and then to Wetzlar. 

Today we are hanging out with our district. Saying goodbye to me hahhaha.

Well... I need to pack and sign Tschüss books! Love you all!

Elder James.