hey everyone!
well this last week has definately been one of the greatest weeks of my life! we have been blessed so much and had the opportunity to see many miracles. we have seen the lords hand in all things this week.
well i think my letter last week was about how brittnay was supposed to get baptized this last weekend but she fell off date, but me and elder bonnett still prayed for a way that we could keep president larkins promise of baptising at least one person in march and the lord provided a way! he might have had to fly someone up from califonia but we still provoded us a way to baptise some one in the month of march. this last saturday we were able to baptise melissa, it was such a cool experience especially since it was a miracle baptism and i was the one that was able to baptise her!
it all started a few weeks ago when a lady in our ward came up to us on a sunday and told us her sister was coming in town for 2 weeks on vacation, so we had 2 weeks to convince her to get baptised, but a week was all it took! we met with melissa last saturday for the first time and tought her the first lesson, then monday night we invited her to be baptised and we werent really sure about if she wanted to or not. then on wednesday during our district meeting that we had we got a text from her sister alma that said " its a great day elders! my sister wants to get baptised and she wants it done before april." when we saw this me and e bonnett flipped so we texted back and put her ondate over a text! we set up her baptism for the coming satuday the 26th. so we had like 3 days to teach her everything! it was a crazy process but we got it all done. so we held her baptisimal service this last saturday, exactly one week from when we first met her!
president larkin promised all the missionaries that the lord would put someone in their path to baptise in the month of march and after brittnay fell of date we kept praying and knew the lord would provide a way. he waited till the last week of the month but he still provided a way to baptise someone this month! her baptism was amazing though we had a lot of the ward show up, which was great becaue it was such short notice and no one knew her but it was a great service.
i had the privelige to baptise her! it ws one of the greatest things i have done in my life! i loved seeing the pure joy that the gospel brought into her life. i will never forget how happy she looked after she was baptised, it was really a blessing to be able to take part in such an experience and have the lord bless us with such a great miracle.
last night me and e bonnett got a call from president larkin. he congratulated us on our baptism and then he talked to us for a bit and at the end of our conversation he promissed us 3 batisms in april! so we have alot of work to do but i know that we will be able to acomplish this promise. then this morning on my email i also got a letter from pres larking it has been such a great week. and this was hardly a part of what has happened this week! i wish i could tell you more but i could go on for along time, its been great and the lord has truely been blessing us with miracles and i love beig part of them!
i hope everything is going good ther and i hope everyone gets better soon. im sad my puppy is finally growing up. well have a great week
love you
elder berry
Monday, March 28, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Benson Hill Transfer Two Week Three
hey everyone!
well its been another busy week and a long one too. we went to the temple today, thats why im emailing so late but it was way cool pres larkin was in my sesion so it was cool for him to be there with us.
so much has been happening here i cant even remember really what has been going on it kinda just all blends together but i had probably one of the most stressfull weekends of my life this last weekend. our investigator brittnay was on date for the 26th and she just had to come to church one more time before. then saturday she was supposed to come and watch another baptism in the ward but she just like totally dissapeared all weekend. we couldnt find her, no one would answer her phone or door so she missed church and isnt getting baptised this saturday anymore but we found her monday she said her and her family were all really sick. but it was along weekend worring about them and trying to find them. she is still way legit though she is really excited to get baptised and im way excited for her.
the rest of the week was pretty crazy though like we have so many people we are teaching it gets pretty crazy sometimes, we teach alot. which im starting to like more an more as i get better at it.
the weather has been really nice lately it hasnt been raining to much! and its actually been pretty sunny too! im still working on the bike situation though like today we just dont have time to get to the bike shop so im trying to work it out still. but things are great and the lord is still pouring out his blessings! we have been blessed so much our area is amazing and i love it.
well i hope that everything is still going well there.
love you
elder berry
well its been another busy week and a long one too. we went to the temple today, thats why im emailing so late but it was way cool pres larkin was in my sesion so it was cool for him to be there with us.
so much has been happening here i cant even remember really what has been going on it kinda just all blends together but i had probably one of the most stressfull weekends of my life this last weekend. our investigator brittnay was on date for the 26th and she just had to come to church one more time before. then saturday she was supposed to come and watch another baptism in the ward but she just like totally dissapeared all weekend. we couldnt find her, no one would answer her phone or door so she missed church and isnt getting baptised this saturday anymore but we found her monday she said her and her family were all really sick. but it was along weekend worring about them and trying to find them. she is still way legit though she is really excited to get baptised and im way excited for her.
the rest of the week was pretty crazy though like we have so many people we are teaching it gets pretty crazy sometimes, we teach alot. which im starting to like more an more as i get better at it.
the weather has been really nice lately it hasnt been raining to much! and its actually been pretty sunny too! im still working on the bike situation though like today we just dont have time to get to the bike shop so im trying to work it out still. but things are great and the lord is still pouring out his blessings! we have been blessed so much our area is amazing and i love it.
well i hope that everything is still going well there.
love you
elder berry
Monday, March 14, 2011
Benson Hill Transfer Two Week Two
hey everyone!
this last week has been another crazy one, it seems like they are always crazy haha but its been good. we have been seeing so many miracles going on in my area im just loving it.
oh i got a replacement bike, the mission had some bikes laying around so they let me and elder bonnett borrow some but i need to find a new bike and fast cause my bike is literally falling apart piece by piece. like i was riding down the road the other day and my fender just broke and fell off in the middle of the sidewalk, its just things like this. that bike is a disaster just waiting to happen!
this weekend was crazy it started out pretty rough. friday night we had a priest out with us cause we were having lessons with some single moms that we are teaching, the first lesson went great with him and then we went to our next appointment. this lady we were going to was very prommising and she was a former investigator and had already been to church a few times so we definately though she could be our baptism for march. when we got to the lesson we sat down with her and she tried to give us our book of mormon back. she told us she didnt want anything to do with the book because she was scared that she would be tempting god and the bible was all she needed. it was a pretty rough lesson. the kid that was with us deffinately got to see both sides of missionary work it, it was so sad though. but then saturday was alot better we put someone on date for april 9th. it was pretty sweet. then sunday was even better, the lord was truely blessing us because we had a lady show up to the sacrament meeting after us but she was looking for our ward. she lived in our ward bounderies but she showed up at the wrong time so her bishop took her to ours and they set up an appointment with her for us to stop by this week! we were so excited, i tracted into this lady over a month ago while we were on exchanges and i gave this lady a map to our church and then i just totally forgot about her and never went back but then she showed up to church by her self! it truely was a miracle! everyone is so excited like our bishopric member that set up the lesson purposfully set it up so he could be there too and asked us if he could come. it totally made up for my bike being stolen!
it was a pretty crazy week and i have been loving it.
well i hope everything is good there and give hank good scratch for me!
love you
elder berry
this last week has been another crazy one, it seems like they are always crazy haha but its been good. we have been seeing so many miracles going on in my area im just loving it.
oh i got a replacement bike, the mission had some bikes laying around so they let me and elder bonnett borrow some but i need to find a new bike and fast cause my bike is literally falling apart piece by piece. like i was riding down the road the other day and my fender just broke and fell off in the middle of the sidewalk, its just things like this. that bike is a disaster just waiting to happen!
this weekend was crazy it started out pretty rough. friday night we had a priest out with us cause we were having lessons with some single moms that we are teaching, the first lesson went great with him and then we went to our next appointment. this lady we were going to was very prommising and she was a former investigator and had already been to church a few times so we definately though she could be our baptism for march. when we got to the lesson we sat down with her and she tried to give us our book of mormon back. she told us she didnt want anything to do with the book because she was scared that she would be tempting god and the bible was all she needed. it was a pretty rough lesson. the kid that was with us deffinately got to see both sides of missionary work it, it was so sad though. but then saturday was alot better we put someone on date for april 9th. it was pretty sweet. then sunday was even better, the lord was truely blessing us because we had a lady show up to the sacrament meeting after us but she was looking for our ward. she lived in our ward bounderies but she showed up at the wrong time so her bishop took her to ours and they set up an appointment with her for us to stop by this week! we were so excited, i tracted into this lady over a month ago while we were on exchanges and i gave this lady a map to our church and then i just totally forgot about her and never went back but then she showed up to church by her self! it truely was a miracle! everyone is so excited like our bishopric member that set up the lesson purposfully set it up so he could be there too and asked us if he could come. it totally made up for my bike being stolen!
it was a pretty crazy week and i have been loving it.
well i hope everything is good there and give hank good scratch for me!
love you
elder berry
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Benson Hill Transfer Two Week One
hey everyone!
well we have had another pretty busy week. there has been so much that has happened. but to start off today is transfers and im staying in renton in the benson hill ward. im excited that i have another transfer here.
well i feel like a piece of me is missing. yesterday mine and e bonnetts bikes were stolen! it was a sad day. we were tracting an appartment complex and we had our bikes locked up on a the road out front. we were only gone for like an hour but i guess thats all it takes. it was crazy though we were tracting and i had to go to the bathroom really bad so we were just going to ride over to a bathroom really quick so we walked outside of the apartment complex where we had our bikes locked up on a pole. we were really confused for a sec because we went to where our bikes were and they werent there anymore, but there was a bike lock and our helments laying on the ground. we didnt really know what to say. some one cut through my lock and stole our bikes. it was pretty sad i loved that bike and elder bonnetts bike wasnt even his it was another missionaries bike so we still have to call him and tell him his bike was stolen. so now we are walking until we figure something out.
well besides that we had two investigators fall off date. they still will get baptised but just not this month it is just a matter of time. but our other on date brittnay is still doing great she came to church for the first time sunday and she loved it! it was awesome im excited for her she is ondate for the 26th.
well i guess thats about it for now. i hope everything is going well for everyone. give hankers a scratch for me!
love you
elder berry
well we have had another pretty busy week. there has been so much that has happened. but to start off today is transfers and im staying in renton in the benson hill ward. im excited that i have another transfer here.
well i feel like a piece of me is missing. yesterday mine and e bonnetts bikes were stolen! it was a sad day. we were tracting an appartment complex and we had our bikes locked up on a the road out front. we were only gone for like an hour but i guess thats all it takes. it was crazy though we were tracting and i had to go to the bathroom really bad so we were just going to ride over to a bathroom really quick so we walked outside of the apartment complex where we had our bikes locked up on a pole. we were really confused for a sec because we went to where our bikes were and they werent there anymore, but there was a bike lock and our helments laying on the ground. we didnt really know what to say. some one cut through my lock and stole our bikes. it was pretty sad i loved that bike and elder bonnetts bike wasnt even his it was another missionaries bike so we still have to call him and tell him his bike was stolen. so now we are walking until we figure something out.
well besides that we had two investigators fall off date. they still will get baptised but just not this month it is just a matter of time. but our other on date brittnay is still doing great she came to church for the first time sunday and she loved it! it was awesome im excited for her she is ondate for the 26th.
well i guess thats about it for now. i hope everything is going well for everyone. give hankers a scratch for me!
love you
elder berry
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Benson Hill Transfer One Week Six
hey everyone!
well i never thought i would be happy for it to rain again, but its finally raining instead of snowing! it has snowed all this last week and it has been cold i dont like the snow haha missionary work gets alot harder when its cold like that. other than the snow it has been a great week we had zone conference yesterday thats why im emailing on tuesday again and next week is transfers so ill be emailing tuesday then too. but zone conference was supposed to be last thursday but they canceled it because the snow got to bad and they parked all the cars in the mission, so its a good thing i dont have a car anyway! so it got moved to yesterday.
Zone conference was awesome though pres larkin is amazing. the whole conference was basicly on hollieness. our mission has has a past of disobedience and pres larkin is turning it around and he is trying to make it the most holy mission on earth. it was a great meeting and alot of changes were made to the mission this last week too. we now have to wear suits all the time because before we could just wear slacks and a jacket but its now only suits and they are stressing that we sanctify our selves and become holy people to do the lords work. it was way cool because during one of pres larkins talks he started talking of grandpa and about the love and compasion that he had and an experience that pres larkin had with grandpa in a meeting after grandma was diagnosed with leukiema. it was way cool to hear stories of grandpa. it was an awesome meeting though.
seattle is crazy! like i feel like im in a foreign mission most of the time haha. most people we talk to are from different countries and half of them dont speak english. this week we started teaching a lady named roda. she is from sudan and she has the tribal scars all over her face they are pretty legit. she cant speak english very well and her language is crazy it is only a spoken african language so she cant read or write. we are also teaching a family from congo they are amazing and the dad earnest has already read through enos in two weeks of reading the book of mormon they love it so we are trying to work with them and get them baptised but they dont believe that god only has one church. so its a work in progress.
this week we got threatened to get beat up! it was pretty crazy this little white dude came out of his appartment yelling at us and cussing at us saying that we knocked on his door and woke his grandma up! it was pretty funny im starting to not like white people because they are all mean and everyone else is usually pretty nice to us. but it was funny because that guys neighbor was out side too and he watched us get yelled at so he snuck us into his house after the other guy went inside and we had a good conversation with him. it was pretty funny but we were both kinda scared for a sec.
well things are good here we are going to have an awesome week. i hope everything is great there. love you all and give hank a good rub for me!
love
elder berry
oh and tell the georges thanks for the hot chocolate and stuff
also on packages and letter that get sent to the mission home can you tell people to start putting garrett on it too because there is another elder berry in the mission so they mix it up sometimes
thanks
well i never thought i would be happy for it to rain again, but its finally raining instead of snowing! it has snowed all this last week and it has been cold i dont like the snow haha missionary work gets alot harder when its cold like that. other than the snow it has been a great week we had zone conference yesterday thats why im emailing on tuesday again and next week is transfers so ill be emailing tuesday then too. but zone conference was supposed to be last thursday but they canceled it because the snow got to bad and they parked all the cars in the mission, so its a good thing i dont have a car anyway! so it got moved to yesterday.
Zone conference was awesome though pres larkin is amazing. the whole conference was basicly on hollieness. our mission has has a past of disobedience and pres larkin is turning it around and he is trying to make it the most holy mission on earth. it was a great meeting and alot of changes were made to the mission this last week too. we now have to wear suits all the time because before we could just wear slacks and a jacket but its now only suits and they are stressing that we sanctify our selves and become holy people to do the lords work. it was way cool because during one of pres larkins talks he started talking of grandpa and about the love and compasion that he had and an experience that pres larkin had with grandpa in a meeting after grandma was diagnosed with leukiema. it was way cool to hear stories of grandpa. it was an awesome meeting though.
seattle is crazy! like i feel like im in a foreign mission most of the time haha. most people we talk to are from different countries and half of them dont speak english. this week we started teaching a lady named roda. she is from sudan and she has the tribal scars all over her face they are pretty legit. she cant speak english very well and her language is crazy it is only a spoken african language so she cant read or write. we are also teaching a family from congo they are amazing and the dad earnest has already read through enos in two weeks of reading the book of mormon they love it so we are trying to work with them and get them baptised but they dont believe that god only has one church. so its a work in progress.
this week we got threatened to get beat up! it was pretty crazy this little white dude came out of his appartment yelling at us and cussing at us saying that we knocked on his door and woke his grandma up! it was pretty funny im starting to not like white people because they are all mean and everyone else is usually pretty nice to us. but it was funny because that guys neighbor was out side too and he watched us get yelled at so he snuck us into his house after the other guy went inside and we had a good conversation with him. it was pretty funny but we were both kinda scared for a sec.
well things are good here we are going to have an awesome week. i hope everything is great there. love you all and give hank a good rub for me!
love
elder berry
oh and tell the georges thanks for the hot chocolate and stuff
also on packages and letter that get sent to the mission home can you tell people to start putting garrett on it too because there is another elder berry in the mission so they mix it up sometimes
thanks
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