hey everyone!
it has been a pretty crazy week this last week. its so different actually being out in the field over sitting in a class room. but i love it here, im in the benson hill ward and it is awesome i love my ward so much. it is definately the best ward i have ever been in they way they function is amazing like they do most of our work for us we just have to go and visit people. our ward mission leader bro lim is awesome we spend alot of time with him, most of the time i wonder if he even has a job because of how much he helps us and talks to us. like today he took us bike shoping and out to lunch a baja fresh which was awesome! the ward is so great though i love it. there is about to be alot of good stuff going on here the work is about to take off and im so excited for that.
we have done alot of tracting this week. we are supposed to tract for 4 hours each day. there is alot of appartments in our area so that makes it nice and easy, but its pretty fun cause we see some pretty crazy people. this last week we tracted into an eskimo, a pirate, and my personal favorie a witch( a real live practicing witch not a wicken) there are some crazy people but i love it! im so excited tht i finally got a bike to so that way we dont have to walk anymore and we will be able to be alot more effective. my bike is pretty sweet though i love it.
tomorrow is new missionary training so its going to be a long day but it should be good and help alot. cause i feel like everything they tought me in the mtc doesnt count! everything is so much different out here but im learnig pretty quick. well im actually about out of time so ill have to write more next week but things are great here and i hope that everything i going good there
love you
elder berry
Monday, January 31, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
January 26, 2011
hey everyone!
so today has been my frist full day in the mission field. im serving in renton washington. so far i love it here i still cant get over how green it is here and i love it. it makes me happy and especially it has been sunny today and should be suny for a few more days.
my trainer is elder bonnett he is from provo and he has been out for a year and a half. the renton area that we are in is a very succesful area ao im really excited to be serving here, there is already someone on date here from the last elders so we got a free baptism basicly! its pretty cool she is set for feb 20 so im really excited i cant wait. today in zone meeting we set a goal for 2 baptism in feburary so we have some work to do but with the area it shouldnt be to bad. there is also a family of 5 that comes to church alot but they wont get baptised so we are going to go meet with them tonight and try to work with them and see what we can get done its going to be awesome to try to work with them.
oh and im in a biking area but it will be nice though its a beautiful area. also i cant drive those 2 tickets kinda messed me up but its a good thing im in a biking area then!. but to get my driving priviliges back i just have to go to the mission office and watch a move so it wont be bad at all.
we have an awesome ward mission leader bro lim he basicly does our job for us. he helps us out alot and knows like everything about all the people wich is good cause we got whitewashed into the area so me and elder bonnet are both lost. all the time. but bro lim is awesome he set up rides for us so we have rides every tuesday- thursday nights from 7-9 so im excited for that we wont have to be on bikes then.
its realy nive to be out of the mtc but weird caue actually talking to real people is alot different than talking to fake investigators that are already mormon but it will get easier as it goes.
oh and my address is 11100 petrovitsky # r 106 Renton, WA 98055.
i got to meet with pres larkin last night which was way cool. im so glad i can work with him there is going to be alot of great stuff going on in the mission, there has been alot of changes and everything too which i think wil help alot but its going to be great to work with him.
well i hope everyone is good there and give hank good scratch for me ( and no i will not stop putting this because he needs a good scratch everyonce in a while!!!)
love you guys
elder berry
so today has been my frist full day in the mission field. im serving in renton washington. so far i love it here i still cant get over how green it is here and i love it. it makes me happy and especially it has been sunny today and should be suny for a few more days.
my trainer is elder bonnett he is from provo and he has been out for a year and a half. the renton area that we are in is a very succesful area ao im really excited to be serving here, there is already someone on date here from the last elders so we got a free baptism basicly! its pretty cool she is set for feb 20 so im really excited i cant wait. today in zone meeting we set a goal for 2 baptism in feburary so we have some work to do but with the area it shouldnt be to bad. there is also a family of 5 that comes to church alot but they wont get baptised so we are going to go meet with them tonight and try to work with them and see what we can get done its going to be awesome to try to work with them.
oh and im in a biking area but it will be nice though its a beautiful area. also i cant drive those 2 tickets kinda messed me up but its a good thing im in a biking area then!. but to get my driving priviliges back i just have to go to the mission office and watch a move so it wont be bad at all.
we have an awesome ward mission leader bro lim he basicly does our job for us. he helps us out alot and knows like everything about all the people wich is good cause we got whitewashed into the area so me and elder bonnet are both lost. all the time. but bro lim is awesome he set up rides for us so we have rides every tuesday- thursday nights from 7-9 so im excited for that we wont have to be on bikes then.
its realy nive to be out of the mtc but weird caue actually talking to real people is alot different than talking to fake investigators that are already mormon but it will get easier as it goes.
oh and my address is 11100 petrovitsky # r 106 Renton, WA 98055.
i got to meet with pres larkin last night which was way cool. im so glad i can work with him there is going to be alot of great stuff going on in the mission, there has been alot of changes and everything too which i think wil help alot but its going to be great to work with him.
well i hope everyone is good there and give hank good scratch for me ( and no i will not stop putting this because he needs a good scratch everyonce in a while!!!)
love you guys
elder berry
January 26, 2011
hey everyone!
so today has been my frist full day in the mission field. im serving in renton washington. so far i love it here i still cant get over how green it is here and i love it. it makes me happy and especially it has been sunny today and should be suny for a few more days.
my trainer is elder bonnett he is from provo and he has been out for a year and a half. the renton area that we are in is a very succesful area ao im really excited to be serving here, there is already someone on date here from the last elders so we got a free baptism basicly! its pretty cool she is set for feb 20 so im really excited i cant wait. today in zone meeting we set a goal for 2 baptism in feburary so we have some work to do but with the area it shouldnt be to bad. there is also a family of 5 that comes to church alot but they wont get baptised so we are going to go meet with them tonight and try to work with them and see what we can get done its going to be awesome to try to work with them.
oh and im in a biking area but it will be nice though its a beautiful area. also i cant drive those 2 tickets kinda messed me up but its a good thing im in a biking area then!. but to get my driving priviliges back i just have to go to the mission office and watch a move so it wont be bad at all.
we have an awesome ward mission leader bro lim he basicly does our job for us. he helps us out alot and knows like everything about all the people wich is good cause we got whitewashed into the area so me and elder bonnet are both lost. all the time. but bro lim is awesome he set up rides for us so we have rides every tuesday- thursday nights from 7-9 so im excited for that we wont have to be on bikes then.
its realy nive to be out of the mtc but weird caue actually talking to real people is alot different than talking to fake investigators that are already mormon but it will get easier as it goes.
oh and my address is 11100 petrovistsky # r 106 Renton, WA 98055.
i got to meet with pres larkin last night which was way cool. im so glad i can work with him there is going to be alot of great stuff going on in the mission, there has been alot of changes and everything too which i think wil help alot but its going to be great to work with him.
well i hope everyone is good there and give hank good scratch for me ( and no i will not stop putting this because he needs a good scratch everyonce in a while!!!)
love you guys
elder berry
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
January 19, 2011
hola everyone,
im glad to hear hank is back to his old self and is just like his mom i think thats way funny. guess the apple didnt fall to far from the tree. well my day just got ruined i just found out its snowing outside!!! it has been beautiful here and all the snow was almost gone and you could see color again but now its snowing and its gonna be cold again.
but other than that things have been going great.
i'm loving having p day its pretty nice to not be in a suit haha but its not so bad wearing a suit anymore i'm used to it so it doesnt really matter at all. class has been going great i have been learning so much but i cant wait to get out and go to seattle we have less than a week left and im excited to go . in class we have been teaching progressing investigators which is actors that are investigators and we get to teach them. its awesome i love it its so much fun teaching them for real and i learn so much from it. this one guy we are teaching is awesome me and elder lindamen were teaching him monday and our discussion went awesome, the spirit was so strong and we invited him to be baptized and he accepted we though that was awesome we were so excited after it was a great day. we are also teaching a guy named bill but he his totally different. he shows no emotion and is very hard to work with so we have to try really hard and dig alot its so hard elder lindeman always comes out of the lessons all depressed cause he thinks we didnt do well but in reality we made alot of progress with him. im excited to teach him again cause it is such a challange and it is fun to learn and grow from having such a hard person to work with. everything else is going great though class isnt too bad it goes by so fast now and the days just fly by so its pretty nice
we got our travel plans the other day and i am the travel leader so i am responsible for 11 elders to get to seattle. this should be an adventure, its going to be a crazy day though. oh and we get to call at the air port so i'll be calling sometime tuseday morning it will probably be pretty early though cause our flight leaves at 8 25 in the morning.
today should be an adventure though me and elder lindeman get to leave and go to the urologist becaue his blood tests came back so its going to be weird to be on the outside world haha but it will be nice.
well i hope tht everything is going well there give hank a scratch for me. and happy birthday blake.
love you
elder berry
im glad to hear hank is back to his old self and is just like his mom i think thats way funny. guess the apple didnt fall to far from the tree. well my day just got ruined i just found out its snowing outside!!! it has been beautiful here and all the snow was almost gone and you could see color again but now its snowing and its gonna be cold again.
but other than that things have been going great.
i'm loving having p day its pretty nice to not be in a suit haha but its not so bad wearing a suit anymore i'm used to it so it doesnt really matter at all. class has been going great i have been learning so much but i cant wait to get out and go to seattle we have less than a week left and im excited to go . in class we have been teaching progressing investigators which is actors that are investigators and we get to teach them. its awesome i love it its so much fun teaching them for real and i learn so much from it. this one guy we are teaching is awesome me and elder lindamen were teaching him monday and our discussion went awesome, the spirit was so strong and we invited him to be baptized and he accepted we though that was awesome we were so excited after it was a great day. we are also teaching a guy named bill but he his totally different. he shows no emotion and is very hard to work with so we have to try really hard and dig alot its so hard elder lindeman always comes out of the lessons all depressed cause he thinks we didnt do well but in reality we made alot of progress with him. im excited to teach him again cause it is such a challange and it is fun to learn and grow from having such a hard person to work with. everything else is going great though class isnt too bad it goes by so fast now and the days just fly by so its pretty nice
we got our travel plans the other day and i am the travel leader so i am responsible for 11 elders to get to seattle. this should be an adventure, its going to be a crazy day though. oh and we get to call at the air port so i'll be calling sometime tuseday morning it will probably be pretty early though cause our flight leaves at 8 25 in the morning.
today should be an adventure though me and elder lindeman get to leave and go to the urologist becaue his blood tests came back so its going to be weird to be on the outside world haha but it will be nice.
well i hope tht everything is going well there give hank a scratch for me. and happy birthday blake.
love you
elder berry
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Jan 12, 2011 First Letter from MTC
hey everyone,
well today is my first p-day so its been so nice. we get alot of personal time so its going to be awesome not having to sit in a little class room all day. but things are going great here. class has been going pretty good i have been learning so much and i have been teaching alot too so its pertty cool to actually be able to teach and know what im supposed to be doing before i get into the field. i love teaching the investigators here even though they are members they pretend to be investigators and its way cool cause you still grow to love them and can feel the spirit in the lessons even though everyone is just acting.
last night was probably one of the best nights i have ever had by far. we are getting a new mission presedemcy this week so elder holland came to the fireside and spoke last night. it was amazing he talked alot about missionary work and it was one of the best takls i have ever heard. he talked alot on how that we are in a new era of missionary work with preach my gospel and because of that we have to be the best missionaries the world has ever seen. because we actualy have to know the gospel and teach how the people need instead of telling a memorized lesson. he also talked about how we are the hope of israel and it is our job to bring people unto christ. when he was talking about how we are the hope of isreal i had never realized the importance of my call. i had never realized how important my job is and how important it is for me to study and be the missionary that the invesitgators deserve. then after the meeting we had a district meeting where we all bore our testimonies and talked about the talk and that was also realy good. it was a great night and it was definately something we all needed to hear.
oh and let grandma and grandpa know that we have a great group of guys going to seattle! there is 8 of us in my district that are going to seattle and i love them they are some great guys and will definatley work hard our in the field. i have been learnig alot from them especialy from my comp elder lindamen hes an awesome kid. and thank the haugs for me for the candy it was awesome haha me and my comp are loving it.
well i hope everything is going well there and give hank a good scratch for me!
love you
elder berry
well today is my first p-day so its been so nice. we get alot of personal time so its going to be awesome not having to sit in a little class room all day. but things are going great here. class has been going pretty good i have been learning so much and i have been teaching alot too so its pertty cool to actually be able to teach and know what im supposed to be doing before i get into the field. i love teaching the investigators here even though they are members they pretend to be investigators and its way cool cause you still grow to love them and can feel the spirit in the lessons even though everyone is just acting.
last night was probably one of the best nights i have ever had by far. we are getting a new mission presedemcy this week so elder holland came to the fireside and spoke last night. it was amazing he talked alot about missionary work and it was one of the best takls i have ever heard. he talked alot on how that we are in a new era of missionary work with preach my gospel and because of that we have to be the best missionaries the world has ever seen. because we actualy have to know the gospel and teach how the people need instead of telling a memorized lesson. he also talked about how we are the hope of israel and it is our job to bring people unto christ. when he was talking about how we are the hope of isreal i had never realized the importance of my call. i had never realized how important my job is and how important it is for me to study and be the missionary that the invesitgators deserve. then after the meeting we had a district meeting where we all bore our testimonies and talked about the talk and that was also realy good. it was a great night and it was definately something we all needed to hear.
oh and let grandma and grandpa know that we have a great group of guys going to seattle! there is 8 of us in my district that are going to seattle and i love them they are some great guys and will definatley work hard our in the field. i have been learnig alot from them especialy from my comp elder lindamen hes an awesome kid. and thank the haugs for me for the candy it was awesome haha me and my comp are loving it.
well i hope everything is going well there and give hank a good scratch for me!
love you
elder berry
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
MTC
Elder Garrett Warner Berry reported to the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah today. He has been called to serve in the Washington Seattle Mission.
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