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.
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.
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.
Bring Back The Lost Sheep
Hola Familia!
Well, this week has been great! We have been working hard and it's paying off. This past Thursday the assistants brought us a car! It's not brand new like we had before but it's a car. Yay! This week we had a cottage meeting with the E. Family at the Beasley's home. We taught them the Ten Commandments. W.E. is still doing really well. We saw SR a few times this week. The other Elders had a baptism on Tuesday and he came to that. Before the baptism we taught S. the Law of Chastity. Then, we saw the baptism which was really awesome. We saw S. another day and taught him about Tithes and Fast Offerings. Then, he went to church yesterday! After church we sat down with him and Bro. Cox, our ward mission leader, and planned out his baptism. He's getting baptized this Thursday! He's doing really great. We just have to teach him a couple more commandments and have his interview and he'll be good to go! That's our main highlight for this week
We had the English class again. It went well but U. didn't come. We are going to try to see her soon. I'll let y'all know what happens.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but President Monson for a while now has had "the Rescue" program going. The ward council selects 15 less active or recent convert families and we missionaries teach them the lessons. The program is to help bring back the lost sheep and also to have more baptisms. The families have a goal like coming back to church or going to the temple. They are ordinance based goals. The E family is on it. We are also having success with the B family. They have been coming to church and are doing quite well! There is also a brother, J D, who is starting to come back because of the rescue program. It's exciting! Well, that's about all of the highlights for the week.
Thanks for the package! I thought I had sent you both memory cards but we'll get things straightened out there. I'll try sending a letter this week. But, I think that's about everything this week. The Church is True!!! I love y'all thanks for everything!
Love,
Elder Kreyling
Las preguntas semanales de mamá:
Q. Qué tal? (What's up?)
A. Nada mucho. (Notthing much)
Q. Cómo va la obra?(How is the work going?)
A. Muy bien! (Very well)
Q. Qué hay de Nuevo con todos los investigadores con los que estaban trabajando? ( How is everything going with the investigators)
A. S. va a bautizarse este jueves que viene! (S. is getting baptized Thursday!)
Q. En qué forma te afecto los cambios la semana pasada? (In what way did transfers effect you?)
A. Nada se cambio entonces ninguna forma. (We didn't get transferred so no effect)
Q. Te cambiaron de zona? (Did they change your area?)
A. No, todavia estoy en Dalton! (No I'm still in Dalton!)
Q. Todavía estas trabajando en español? (Are you still working in Spanish?)
A. Si (Yes)
Q. Siempre estudias Español por una hora diaria? (Do you still study Spanish for an hour a day?)
A. Si (Yes)
Q. Estas aprendiendo nuevas palabras cada día? Cuantas ? ( Are you learning new words each day? How many?)
A. Si, no se cuantas. Algo asi. (Yes but I don't know how many.)
Q. Quales son las nuevas palabras que aprendiste esta semana? (What are the words you have learned this week?)
A. No me acuerdo en este momento. ( I don't remember at this moment.)
Q. Recibiste el paquete? (Did you get the package?)