"Ammon said unto him: I am a man; and man in the beginning was created after the image of God, and I am called by his Holy Spirit to teach these things unto this people, that they may be brought to a knowledge of that which is just and true; And a portion of that Spirit dwelleth in me, which giveth me knowledge and also power according to my faith and desires which are in God."
Alma 18:34-35
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
E-mail #33 of 2011 8/15/2011 Week 69
Monday, August 8, 2011
E-mail #32 of 2011 8/8/2011 Week 68
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
E-mail #31 of 2011 8/2/2011 Week 67
Monday, July 25, 2011
E-mail #30 of 2011 7/25/2011 Week 66
Hola familia!
This week has been really great! We had a FHE with the E. family at Obispo Torres' house on monday evening. We had the activity where we would hid a piece of candy and they would have to find it. The rest of us acted as the spirit and we would quietly whisper if they were hot or cold. Then, if they paid attention to the "whisperings of the spirit" they would find the candy. We related that to how they can get their own testimonies about the Book of Mormon and these things as they read, pray, go to church and listen to the spirit. Then, later on in the week we met with them again. The mom isn't able to read the words in a regular Book of Mormon. So, we showed her how she can read it in larger print on lds.org. We also started over with the Restoration because it's hard to catch them when they're all together. Also, the mom hasn't heard it from the beginning and we felt that it would just be best to start over. But, overall they're doing really well. We celebrated Pioneer day at a members home on saturday. Both the english and spanish wards were there and we were also allowed to invite our investigators. There were a lot of people there and quite a few investigators. And guess what... The E. went also! It was really sweet! Elder Taggart went around to different members of the spanish ward, and some from the english who can speak spanish, asking them to introduce themselves and help fellowship the E. Family. Oh, I forgot to mention that the dad wasn't there but the rest of the family was. He works most days so sometimes we don't teach him when we go to teach the family. Anyways, there were several activities and the kids looked like they were really enjoying themselves. Then, as pioneer day was ending we committed them to come to church and they said yes. The next morning we were waiting out in the foyer for them. Sacrament meeting had already started. Then, I went over to the door during the sacramental hymn to look outside and there they were walking up to the church! I excitedly whispered to Elder Taggart, "They're hear they're here!" Not only did the whole E. family come but E., the oldest, brought two of her friends!
They came inside and stayed for all of the meetings. The Gospel Principles class was on eternal families and the member who taught it was sealed to his family in the Temple the day before! It was pretty awesome. They got good fellowship and seemed to enjoy themselves. After church we tried committing them for baptism because we have been told to commit them at church. They didn't say yes or no. They said they want to learn a bit more first. But, we are having another FHE with them tonight. Please continue to pray for them. They are a sweet family!![]()
We saw U. this week and read 2 Nephi 32. She committed to go to church but she didn't show. We are going to follow up on that this week.
Oh, the sisters had a baptism this week. That went well. Then we taught the B. family. They also fed us while we were there![]()
Bro. J. D. is doing well now. He brought his boys to church again and we are hopefully going to start teaching them the lessons this week.
We also saw Bro. S. R. He is still doing really well. This week he is going on a teamup with us!
Well, hopefully this has been long enough for y'all. These are all the highlights I can think of at the moment. Things are going really well here and we pray that things will continue like this. Tell grandma happy birthday and congrats on their anniversary of being sealed! I love y'all and hope y'all have a great week!![]()
Love,
Elder Barry Kreyling
Las Preguntas semanales de mamá
Q. ¿Como estas?
A. Muy bien gracias.
Q. ¿Nuevas palabras esta semana?
A. Did I already tell you about sobrenadar: to float.
Q. ¿Te llego el Dear Elder?
A. Si. Dos de hecho!
Q. ¿Te llego la caja?
A. The box or the envelope thing? I got the envelope with the fourth missionary thing. I haven't had a chance to do that yet but I will read it soon.
Q. ¿Tienes algo que contarnos?
A. La familia E. asistio a la iglesia ayer!!!!!!!![]()
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Q. ¿Encontraron nuevos investigadores esta semana?
A. Si, dos. Una se llama Gina. Vamos a visitarle esta noche. El otro se llama J. G. El es esposo de una miembro de la iglesia. Ella es menos activa y esta en el plan de rescate. Les visitamos y les compartimos un mensage pequeno sobre la oracion familiar. El hizo la ultima oracion![]()
Q. ¿Tienes preguntas para nosotros esta semana?
A. Hey did you really find the memory card that I sent you or did you just buy a new one? Both of the ones you have sent are empty.
Monday, July 18, 2011
E-Mail #29 of 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
E-mail #28 of 2011 7/11/2011 Week 64
A. Que padre. It's slang for "how cool". O, es una familia muy padre. It's a very cool family Los cuetes. I think that's what the member said. It's fireworks
Hey have you ever heard of the verb "desopilar"? I found it in my dictionary and it means to roar with laughter haha
A. Jugamos con the llamas. Y luego fuimos con el hermano valdez a tratar de visitar a unas personas. Invitamos una familia a tomar las charlas otra ves y ellos dijeron que si.
Q. ¿Cómo va la obra?
A. Bien.
A. Just tracting into the E. It was pretty sweet.
A. Se llama Thad. El es el hijo del obispo White del barrio ingles.
Q. ¿Quién le confirmo?
A. Se llama Cody . El y Thad tienen poco tiempo de ser elderes.
A. El obispo White.
A. Si!
A. Mas o menos. Encontramos una familia esta semana pasada! Es una familia muy padre Les hemos ensenado sobre la restauracion al usar una actividad y el DVD de la Restauracion. Vamos a tener la noche de hogar con ellos en la casa del Obispo Torres! Tambien tenemos una referencia para una familia que vive en Chattanooga. Vamos a hablar con las hermanas alli para fijar una cita. Luego necesitamos encontrar un "teamup".
A. Bien. Tuvimos entrevistas el sabado pasado. El es doctor! El es muy amable y comico
A. Si. Esta mas o menos por el momento. Vamos a verle otra vez esta semana.
A. Miren arriba. Tambien encontramos un hombre que se llama A. Pero cuando fuimos de regreso el no estuvo en casa. Vamos a pasar otra vez esta semana.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
E-mail #27 of 2011 7/5/2011 Week 63
This week we had a baptism!!!
