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!!!!!!!

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.

E-Mail #29 of 2011

Hola familia!

You're going on vacation without me?! I'm just kidding. That sounds like it will be a blast. Ok, so one of the highlights for this week is that there was another emergency transfer and... I'm still in Dalton! On monday evening Elder Phippen went to Knoxville to be whitewash and be one of the zone leaders up there. I was made senior comp to Elder Taggart. This is his third transfer not including the MTC. He is from Tooele and he is a great guy and missionary. He's really into music and art and stuff like that. It should be a good transfer!

We saw the E. family this week. The oldest daughter, E., seems to be progressing the most right now. But, they are all awesome. They didn't make it to church again. But, we are going to be having a FHE with them tonight. They were the ones who asked us about it when we were there one time with Hna. Torres. That was pretty cool We have some pretty sweet teaching activities for the kids. Please pray for them!

The Elder family moved from our area to East's area this past week. So, we'll still see them at church and everything but we won't be teaching them any more. S. R. is still doing very well. He passed the sacrament again yesterday! We are seeing him again this tuesday. I might have forgotten to tell you this because she moved from our area but M. was baptized a while ago. We were still able to see the baptism and everything. Then, I was asked to confirm her which was pretty cool She has come to church on and off.

Ok, so in the English ward there is a less active named J. D. that we are teaching. We just started this past week. He was having a hard time at first but he's doing better now. He brought his sons to church this week. We are going to start teaching them but only one can be baptized right now. Things are looking pretty well there. The B. are still doing well. We stopped by and taught them the doctrine of Christ and asked them for a referral. The have someone in mind. We are just waiting to get their info. We may have them invite them to a lesson this week.

Well, that's about everything this week. It's been pretty exciting and eventful! I know the church and the work are true! I love being a missionary!!! I love y'all and hope y'all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Kreyling

And here we go again with the weekly question from Mom!

Q. ¿Cómo les fue en la cena el martes pasado en la case del hermano Cox?

A. Muy bien. Le ensenamos sobre el plan de salvacion.

Q. ¿Cómo les fue con la noche de hogar con la familia E.?

A. Ellos no asistieron. Pero, vamos a tener otra esta noche.

Q. ¿Está progresando U.?

A. Mas o menos. Esta leyendo y orando. Tuvimos una buena leccion sobre las familias eternas. Ella quiere una familia eterna y quiere bautizarse. El obispo le hablo dos domingos atras y ella le dijo que va a "propose" a su novio si el no lo hace! Lo creo haha.

Q. ¿Fueron a ver a la familia hispana en Chattanooga?

A. No, ellos fueron a Atlanta y van a regresar manana. Las hermanas alla van a hablarnos pronto.

Q. ¿Cuáles son las palaras nuevas que aprendiste esta semana?

A. I did learn muddy but I can't really remember it right now haha.

Q. ¿Encontraron nuevos investigadores esta semana?

A. No.

Q. ¿Cuántas veces a la semana cocinas?

A. Unas.

Q. ¿Te llego el dear elder?

A. He recibido uno durante las semanas pasadas. Me han mandado otro?

Q. Hay algo en particular que necesitas que te mande?

A. Un DVD de la iglesia. Tiene las peliculas "Joseph Smith Prophet of the Restoration", "Mountain of the Lord", "The Testaments" y una cosa mas creo. Tambien un libro de picturas. The one that has pictures from the standard works. I just thought it would be good to have sometimes for teaching children.

Q. ¿Cómo te va con manejar?

A. Esta bien. Esta semane tenemos el carro.

E-mail #28 of 2011 7/11/2011 Week 64

Hola familia!

Como estan uds? Aqui todo esta bien. Sorry to hear about Walter. Tell grandma she's in my prayers. It's good to hear that Mckay's doing good with his new comp. Tell the Wrights I said hi! Yes, you really found the memory card?! I thought I had sent it. I was getting worried for a while. That was an answer to my prayers btw

Well, this week has been good. S. passed the sacrament on Sunday. He's doing really well. We are going to have dinner and a lesson with him at Bro. Cox's "ward mission leader" house on tuesday.

This past week we found a really great spanish family! La familia E. We taught them using the Restoration DVD and a cup activity where we build the church of Jesus Christ. Then, to represent the wicked people and the great apostasy we have a ball and we throw it at the cups and they fall just like the church did. Then, we talk about the Restoration through Joseph Smith and rebuild the original and true church of Jesus Christ. We used the activity because there are four kids in the family. And we heard that another child is in Mexico. Anyways, we wanted to have something to get the kids involved so we used this activity. It went well. Oh, we saw them with sis Torres, the bishop's wife, and her kids. We brought the kids too because they know the kids from this family. It all worked out quite well. Then, sis Torres invited the E. to family home evening tonight! So, we are having FHE with them tonight and we are hoping all goes well with it

We saw U. and she is doing ok. She didn't go to church yesterday. When we saw her we talked about the importance of the Book of Mormon. We left her with an assignment to read Alma 32.

We also have a spanish family in Chattanooga that we are going to see. The sisters there have been teaching while the kids translate. But, they called us up and asked if we could go. So, we are going to try to set an appointment and get a ride there.

We met President and Sis Irion this week! They are awesome and quite funny He is a doctor I forgot what it's called but he delivered babies. Are a lot of mission Presidents doctors? Anyway, he hasn't served a mission before. So, in my interview he said he's new to this so I'll be learning to be patient and forgiving haha

That's about it for the work this week. It was mostly in spanish. We will have two spanish families to teach once we can set something up for the fam in Chattanooga

Well, I know the church is true. I love y'all! And have a great week! I'll talk to y'all next week!

Love,

Elder Barry Kreyling

La lista de preguntas de mamá de esta semana:

Q. ¿Cuáles son las palabras nuevas que aprendiste esta semana?

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

Q. ¿Qué hicieron el 4 de Julio?

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.

Q. ¿Tienes alguna experiencia para compartir esta semana?

A. Just tracting into the E. It was pretty sweet.

Q. ¿Quién bautizo a Stephen?

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.

Q. ¿Quién le confirió y ordeno al sacerdocio?

A. El obispo White.

Q. ¿Stephen paso el sacramento este domingo?

A. Si!

Q. ¿Tienen otros listos para el agua?

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".

Q. ¿Cómo les va con el nuevo presidente?

A. Bien. Tuvimos entrevistas el sabado pasado. El es doctor! El es muy amable y comico

Q. ¿Vieron a U. esta semana?

A. Si. Esta mas o menos por el momento. Vamos a verle otra vez esta semana.

Q. ¿Encontraron nuevos investigadores 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.

E-mail #27 of 2011 7/5/2011 Week 63

This Week We Had a Baptism!!!

Hola familia!
This week we had a baptism!!!

This past week S.R. was baptized! In our PEC meeting before church with the ward leaders the Bishop asked if S. could come early to be interviewed to receive the Aaronic Priesthood. So, we called S. and he came a little early. We confirmed him during Sacrament meeting. Then, after church we gave him the Priesthood and ordained him a Priest. I believe he will be passing the Sacrament this Sunday and shortly he will be blessing it. He is doing really well with everything!

President and Sister Griffin went home this past week. It just seems strange that they aren't here any more. But, we now have President and Sister Irion! They are from Murray, Utah. He is a doctor! We haven't actually met them yet so I don't know much about them. We will be having interviews with him this weekend so I'll tell you a little more about him next week.

Oh, so this week we have the car. Since Elder P. was behind the wheel when we wrecked I've been assigned to be the driver. It was a bit weird driving at first. The only time I've driven in the Mission was my first transfer out. But, it's going well. I've been driving super cautiously haha

We saw U. this past week. She is on vacation in Texas. We will be seeing her on Thursday. We want to focus on how she can be with her family forever. I think it's something that she wants but we need to talk with her boyfriend about them getting married.

Overall the work here is going quite well. I'm loving the mission life! It really is awesome. That's everything I can think of this week. The Church is True! I love y'all!

Love,

Elder Kreyling

Tiempo para las preguntas de mamá

Q. ¿Ya tienes un presidente nuevo? Si la respuesta es sí, has tenido cita con él?

A. Si. Es el Presidente Irion. I think that's how it's spelled.

Q. ¿Se bautizo S.R. el jueves pasado?

A. Si!!! Y fue confirmado en la reunion sacramental este domingo pasado. Tambien, el recibio el sacerdocio Aaronico.

Q. ¿Tienen nuevos bautizos planeados esta semana?

A. Esta semana no. Pero vamos a comprometer todos a bautizarse!

Q. ¿Han visitado a los otros investigadores? Están progresando?

A. Hemos tratado de visitarles pero la mayoria no estan progresando. Tenemos que dejarles.

Q. ¿Tienes alguna experiencia interesante, divertida, triste, frustrante, o espiritual que compartir con nosotros?

A. Elder P. was stung by a bee! We were driving in a members car and the windows were rolled down. Elder P. was in the front passenger seat and I was right behind him. As we were driving a bee smacked Elder P. right on the middle of his forehead. After the bee hit him it stung him. We had to take a few minutes to get him some ibuprofen and something cold to help with the swelling. We chilled with some llamas for p day yesterday. I have pics of it. The llamas belong to a member. Spiritual experience= S's Baptism!

Q. ¿y por fin, que ha pasado con los zapatos que te mande?

A. Well, first of all a member in the spanish ward gave me a nice pair of shoes so I don't need to buy a new pair anymore. Another member has brought his friend to church a couple of times and I'm going to see if he wants the shoes you sent.

Q. ¿todavía ayudan con la clase de Ingles?

A. Si.

Q. ¿Quieres que te mande las noticias de los misioneros del barrio y de Wade por dear elder?

A. Como no? Por supuesto.

Las siguientes preguntas son porque tú, eres un mensajero/representante del Señor:

Q. ¿Te cepillas los dientes por lo menos dos veces al día? En las mañanas y en las noches?

A. Claro que si.

Q. ¿Te bañas todos los días?

A. Otra vez, claro que si.

Q. ¿Usas ropa interior y calcetines limpios todos los días?

A. Lo mismo.

Q. ¿Has llevado tus trajes a la tintorería (Dry cleaner)?

A. No, vamos a hacer eso este dia de preparacion que viene.

Q. ¿Usas perfume y desodorante todos los días?

A. Claro que si.

Q. ¿Tienes preguntas para nosotros?

A. Ryan sent me a little email. Can you find out if he got the letter I sent to him a while ago? I got a letter from Sam saying she got my letter. I thought I sent that letter to her around the same time I sent one of the memory cards to ya'll. So, could it have been lost somehow as it was being sent to ya'll?

E-mail #26 of 2011 6/27/2011 Week 62

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?)

A. Si, gracias.(Yes, thank you)

E-mail #25 of 2011 6/21/2011 Week 61

He knows the church is true

Hola Familia,

Happy Late Fathers Day Dad!!!

Hey I don't have a lot of time again. Sorry! This past weekend we had a pretty bad storm. The power is off in several areas. That's why I didn't email yesterday. But, the work is going well. S. R. finally came to church! U. is doing well. She didn't come to church because the power was off but she still wants to learn and receive these blessings. The English class is still going well. More members are coming and U. said she will start coming too. We saw the E. family and taught them a couple of commandments. W. E. is still doing great and he has told us several times that he knows that the church is true! We haven't been able to contact H. D. for a while. I don't know what's happened with her. We are going to continue trying to contact her and set something up. But, overall the work is going well. President Griffin only has about another week and a half left and then we are getting President Irion. I think that's how it's spelled haha. I'm sad to see President Griffin go but I'm also looking forward to having President Irion. Well, that's about everything for this week. I know it's a short one again but hopefully it will be longer in the future. I love y'all and hope y'all have a great week!!!

Love,

Elder Kreyling

Las preguntas semanales de mom:

Q. ¿Ya arreglaron el carro? (Have you fixed the car?)

A. No.

Q. ¿Cómo esta S. R.? (How is S.R.?)

A. Bien! El asistio a la iglesia! Su fecha bautismal es el 2 de Julio. (Good! He attended church! His baptismal date is July 2.)

Q. ¿Cómo les fue esta semana con los nuevos investigadores? (How did it go this week with the new investigators?)

A. Como U.? Bien, pero ella no asistio a la iglesia. La mayoria de Dalton no tenia la electricidad por causa de la tormenta. (Like U.? Good, but she didn't attend church. Most of Dalton didn't have electricity because of the storm.) We had a severe windstorm that blew trees over and took down power lines. It was intense. I have some pics that I'll send as soon as I get the memory card from ya'll.

Q. ¿Fueron a visitar a M. & S. la semana pasada? (Did you visit M & S this last week?)

A. No.

Q. ¿Como las fue con las familias P. & E.? (How did it go with the family P. & E.?)

A. Mas o menos. El Elder Sexton les enseno mientras el estaba aqui. El es uno de los lideres de la zona. Entonces, vamos a tener un intercambio y el va a venir aqui para visitar y animarles. (OK Elder Sexton taught them while he was her. He is a Zone leader. So, we are going to have an exchange and he is going to come her to visit and encourage them.)

Q. ¿Encontraron nuevos contactos en el libro de área? (Did you find new contacts in the area book?)

A. Todavia no. Pero vamos a continuar a usarlo para encontrar. (Not yet. But we are going to continue to use it to find.)

Q ¿Qué ha pasado con J., el que ora en árabe? (What happened with J. who prayed in Arabic?)

A. Nada. Vamos a visitarle alguna noche. El trabaja mucho. (Nothing. We are going to visit him some night. He works a lot.)

Q. ¿Qué ha pasado con U.? (What has happened with u.?)

A. Miren arriba haha! (Look above, haha!)

Q. ¿Explícame de que hablaron con el pres. Griffin? Dices que les fue bien, pero por qué? (Explain what you talked about with President Griffin? You said it went well, but why?)

A. Solamente hablamos de cosas como la obediencia, la familia, las reglas de la mision y cosas asi. Y tomamos picturas. ( We talked about obedience, the family, mission rules and things like that.)

Q. ¿Cuándo son los cambios otra vez? Te gustaría que te dejen en el mismo lugar, o ya estas listo para conocer otra área? (When are tranfers? Would you like to be left in the same area, or are you ready for another area?)

A. Quiero quedarme aqui. Este miercoles son traslados. (I want to stay here. This Wednesday are transfers.)

Q. ¿Cómo te va con tu compa? (How is it going with your companion? )

A. Bien.

Q. ¿Ya mandaste la tarjeta de memoria para la cámara? (Have you sent the memory card from the camera?)

A. No, estoy esperando la una que viene. (No, I am waiting for the other one to come.)

Only 299 Days Left in Elder Kreyling's Mission

It is hard to believe but there are only 299 days left until Barry is home. Under 10 months.If you haven't written him in a while now would be a good time.

E-mail #24 of 2011 6/13/2011 Week 60

"He prayed in Arabic"

Hola Familia,

Well, another week has flown by. We saw S.R. once. We just found out it's spelled with a ph and not an f haha. He is still doing well with his reading and prayers. But, he didn't make it to church yesterday. He texted us and said he has anxiety, depression and stuff like that. We aren't sure what to do for him. We have promised him blessings and everything. We hope something will be revealed to us so we can help him.

I can't remember if I told you already but this is the area that Elder Sexton was trained in. So, he told us a few people that we could try seeing. We made contact with two of them yesterday. They are the P. family and E. They were both really nice. They said they might take the lessons again.

I also can't remember if I told you but the district meeting trainings this transfer are all on finding. This past training was on using the area book to find. We prayed and then picked several names and we are going to start contacting them. We are really expecting to find some people by doing this.

This past week we met a guy from Lebanon! He lives on the same street as M. and S. His name is J. He was really cool christian guy. We taught him the first lesson and invited him to pray at the end. He prayed in Arabic. It was so cool! The only thing is that he is working a lot right now because so many hispanics are being deported right now. So, we don't have an appointment but we are just going to go by one evening.

We had one spanish lady at church yesterday. Her name is U. We are going to see her on Tuesday. If we can get her married we can baptize her very soon. So, I'll let y'all know how things go with her next week.

We had interviews with President Griffin this week. It went well. That could be the last time we get to see President before he leaves. I got a picture with him! I'll send the memory card as soon as I get the others from y'all.

That's about everything for this week. Everything is going great here! The Church is true! Hope y'all have a great week! I love y'all!

Love,

Elder Kreyling

Carta # 24, de 2011 mayo 12

Mom’s weekly questions.

Q. Quien estaba manejando cuando ocurrió el accidente.

A. El Elder P.

Q. De quien fue la culpa, de ustedes o del otro schauffer?

A. Nosotros

Q. Tomaste foto del carro para tu álbum de recuerdos?

A. Si.

Q. Llego la policía?

A. Si.

Q. Alguien tuvo que ir al hospital?

A. No, todos estamos bien.

Q. Las dos zonas de Dalton comparten un solos carro?

A. Compartiamos uno carro pero no lo tenemos ahora. Tenemos que montar bicicletas.

Q. Fuiste a JcPenney a buscar los zapatos?

A. No, no tenemos carro haha.

Q. Como están M. y S.?

A. Tuvimos cita pero ellos no estuvieron en casa. Les llamamos y vamos a pasar por su casa manana a lo mejor.

Q. Que ha pasado con S. R.?

A. El no asistio la iglesia ayer. He has anxiety and depression and stuff like that... We aren't sure what to do to help him.

E-mail #23 of 2011 6/6/2011 Week 59

We got a new car this week : ) but...

Hola Familia!

She got married?! Well, I guess that answers my question from last week haha. Mom, I looked for shoes today but I didn't find any I liked. I'll have to go back to the mall some time and look there...

Well, this week we saw S. R. again. He's doing really well with his reading and praying. But, something is keeping him from coming to church. He told us that he has anxiety problems sometimes. He may be bipolar but we don't know for sure. We taught Melody and Salomon a couple of times. They are reading and praying but still aren't sure about it. Salomon believes his baptism was valid. They don't understand the great apostasy right now so that is what we are going to help them understand.

The English class is going well. We still haven't had investigators come but we hope they will show up soon! Bro. Collins in the English ward was called to be the teacher. This past week was his first time and he did great. We are using the learning program from the church called the "Daily Dose". It seems to be working really well. This past week we went over lesson one in the program which is "Introducing yourself". It's really fun teaching English.

On Friday we had our district meeting. Like I told y'all Elder Phippen asked me to give the training. So, I did preparation whenever I had free time during the week. I shared Alma 13 :24 with them and talked about how the people being prepared in "our land" are the children of God here in The Great Tennessee Knoxville Mission. Then, I shared Alma 8 where Alma is rejected in Ammonihah. He starts going to another city and an angel appears to him and tells him to go back. He enters the city another way. I talked about how we won't find everyone the Lord is preparing by just using one way to find them. I talked about how another way we can find the elect is through referrals. It seemed to go well and Elder Phippen said he learned a lot. I too learned a lot while I was preparing it.

Oh, I forgot to say that we got a new car this past week Unfortunately, we got into a wreck Friday evening Don't worry everyone is fine. Both Dalton areas are going to be on bikes until it gets repaired. Which isn't too terrible because now we can talk with more people each day!

Well, I think that's about everything this week. Oh, if you haven't already sent the package I heard about these plan of salvation cards at deseret book I believe. That would be really cool. But, if you've already sent it then don't worry about it. I hope everything is going great back home! I love y'all!

Love,

Elder Kreyling

And now for Mom's Questions:

Q. Como te fue con el entrenamiento para encontrar en la reunión de distrito la semana pasada?

A. Bien. Aprendi mucho y espero que el resto del distrito aprendiera algo tambien.

Q. Como les fue en la visita con S. R. el martes pasado y fue a la iglesia ayer?

A. Nos fue bien pero el no asistio ayer. Creemos que el es "bipolar" pero no estamos seguros.

Q. Visitaron a W. y a su familia el martes?

A. Si, el nos ayudo a ensenar a S. R. Pero no le ensenamos algo. Teniamos que ayudarle a otro miembro y su vecino con algo.

Q. Han sabido algo de H.P.?

A. El se fue a otra parte de Georgia. Pero, todavia quiere aprender de la iglesia. Creo que el sera bautizado.

Q. Todavía están ayudando con la clase de Ingles?

A. Si, el maestro es el Hermano Collins. El servio su mision en la Republic Dominical.

Q. Continuas haciendo ejercicio cada día?

A. Por lo general.

Q. Estas cuidando tus dientes?

A. Si.

Q. Estas usando tu retainer para tus dientes cada noche?

A. Si.

E-mail #22 of 2011 5/31/2011 Week 58

She wanted to see us...

Hola familia!

Well, things are going pretty well here in the Great Tennessee Knoxville Mission! We saw Z. and he said he's been feeling the spirit in our meetings. But, he wouldn't commit to be baptized. He said it's like a battle going on inside his head of what he was taught growing up and what we are teaching him. We feel that he will accept it soon though. We saw S. R. this past week. His sister is a member in Gainsville. She is deaf and she called during one of our lessons. She wanted to see us so we were able to see and speak to her via video phone. It was pretty cool. She seemed really excited that he was meeting with us. He hasn't made it out to church yet because he has back problems. So, we are going to see him tonight and promise him that he will feel well enough to make it to church if that is his desire and he shows his effort to do so. Because he hasn't made it to church yet we are going to change his baptismal date to the 18th of June. Other than that he seems solid Do you remember M. and S.? Well, it turns out that they are married. We stopped by a few days ago and she said we could go back yesterday. So, we went with a member and had a pretty good lesson. We are going to see them on Friday. We had a short FHE with the member who went with us to see them and his family. We committed them to invite someone to the next FHE. On of them said they have a friend who is looking for a church! So, we hope that we can find a new investigator this week. Oh, I don't think I told you but the district meeting trainings this transfer are all on finding. Elder Phippen has asked me to give the training this week. I'm excited! Oh, this past thursday there was a district leader training at the stake center. Elder Phippen and I went and it was really good. Let's see... I think that's about everything for this week. Everything is going great. I love being a missionary! The Church is True!!! I love y'all!!!

Love,

Elder Kreyling

Mom's Weekly Questions

Q. Como les fue esta semana con la obra?

A. Bien.

Q. S. R. todavía planea en bautizarse el 11 de junio?

A. No, vamos a visitarle esta noche y vamos a cambiar la fecha al 18 de junio ( el todavia no ha asistido a la iglesia).

Q. Visitaron a W. y H. el viernes?

A. Si, visitamos a H. y su novio Z.. Tratamos de comprometerle pero el no lo acepto. Pero, creemos que con el tiempo el lo acepara. Vamos a visitar a W. y su familia esta noche.

Q. Como está el tiempo? Aquí está un poco frio y con mucho viento.

A. Aqui hace calor.

Q. Que a pasado con H.P.?

A. Nada. Su carro no sirve y por eso el no asistio a la iglesia. El se va a otro lugar de Georgia. Pero , el va a regresar los fines de las semanas.

Q. Visitaron a A.?

A. Fuimos a visitarle pero el no estuvo en casa.

Q. han conseguido nuevos investigadores por medio de las clases de Ingles?

A. Todavia no. Un miembro de la iglesia es el maestro ahora! Todavia vamos a ayudar.

Q. Cuáles son las cosas que le gustan hacer al Elder Phippen y cuantos hermanos y hermanas tiene?

A. El tiene tres hermanos y una hermana. El le gusta jugar al basquetbol.

Q. Como estas de salud? Haz subido o bajado de peso?

A. Estoy bien de salud. Yo no he subido o bajado mucho de peso.

Q. Compraste los zapatos?

A. Todavia no. Espero que vayamos a comprarlos el dia de p que viene.

Q. Tienes más preguntas para nosotros?

A. Uds. todavia tienen las cartas para la camera? No recibieron mis cartas Sam y Michelle? Todavia esta en casa Michelle?

Q. Qué cosas necesitas que te mande?

A. Solamente las cosas que les he pedido