Most wonderful time of the year

Hello Family and Friends who peruse this blog,

Well it's less then a week till Christmas which is and forever will be the most wonderful time of the year. I thought as a missionary Christmas would be a little less materialistic and commercial as a normal Christmas spent at home. For the most part it's true but still you guys sent me a lot of stuff! I received a care package from Mom and Dad and another from Clarke and Cecilia. some highlights of each package was. Canada stuff: mittens, scarves, mini hockey sticks ect. lot's of Chocolate happy days cause i was dying for a mars bar. There were a few games to play Elder Lora and me are really addicted to monopoly deal. Mom sent her cookie recipe and i can't wait to make a batch. Just one question about that mom did you mean baking soda or baking powder cause you wrote down both?

I felt very loved by family thank you guys so much. The winner though for most amazing thing sent to me was Grandpa Dyers tags from the war... Thank you Dad that blew me away.

I love hearing from you guys so much. Clarke talked about Halo and how he's gonna school me when i get home. Guess again Clarke i'll always be the better halo player two years away won't stop me just you wait. Cecilia sent me a letter on a Hello Kitty stationary that made me laugh a lot. Today I got Dad's i hate Christmas talk. I read the first part to Elder Lora and he then asked if Dad was a J-Dub cause they are quite against Christmas. It was hilarious. Grandma Dyer sent me a letter to. I'm happy to hear you are all taking good care of her. it sounds like your doing well Grandma i think about you a ton. It's really nice to hear from you guys your letters give me lot's of strength. It's nice to know i have such good support back home.

This has been a great week Santa came to town and we got pictures i can't wait to send some of those pictures. Apparently being a missionary you automaticaly make the nice list says Santa. That took a load of my mind. It's been especially nice though to be able to focus on the true meaning of Christmas. It's been great talking in sacrament meetings and getting to speak about Jesus Christ at this time of the year. We went to a choir Cristmas concert last night with some of our investigators and really got to enjoy the spirit of Christmas with them. The Concert was amazing and Dad i wish you were there. The concert was entitled "I heard the bells." The Choir director explained the sad and meaningful origin of that Carol. They sang it beautifully to. Today while i was reading the I hate Christmas talk. Dad talks about Lockwells poem turned Dad's favorite Carol. I was taken back reading it cause it made me think about things that really mattered. Of course my main thought was my family. I'm especially thankful and blessed to have never been without a Merry Christmas cause i have such an a great amazing loving family. i can't ever thank Heavenly Father enough for you guys

I love this place. I'm spending Christmas with the Clarks this year and for the time being they are a good sub for the Dyer's. I can't wait to get a call from you on saturday. 11 O clock sharp cause i'm not the most patient person waiting for a phone call.

The Church is true
Merry Christmas
Elder Ian Dyer

Ps all i want for Christmas is some more investigators.

Week 6

Hello Everyone,

Alright so i had to count and i figured out it's week 6... Where the heck did this transfer go! This is the last week of my second transfer. Transfers were supposed to be one the 22nd but president is keeping us in our areas till Christmas so everyone get's to stay where they are for Christmas. That's really good in my case cause i like Loa a lot! the Clarks were really excited that Elder Lora and me are staying. I know that They have been emailing mom though and i know there is some plotting against me going on. they recieved a pretty bad picture of me wearing a he man shirt and spock ears as a toddler. Just so everyone knows all the nerdieness i have is cause of my brother... i'm sure whatever happens i'll still love you mom.

Alison thanks for your letter telling me about the new walking dead series. I'm sure it's awesome cause the comics are amazing. Clarke has them all if you ever want to read them.

Yesterday i gave my first Christmas talk in Chrurch. i started by talking about Dad's i hate Christmas talk. that got quite a few laughs. Don't worry though Dad i then continued on to talk about what your talk really meant the true meaning of the season. I really like that talk dad. can you send it to me by any chance?

Alright so this week was my first convert baptism! Elder Lora got to teach most of the lessons all by himself but Susana understans english. I was able just to bear testimony at the end of every lesson but it's still nice to see how the Gospel touched her life and how happy she was to become of member of the Church. It's both of our first investigator who's been baptized.

Hmm sorry guys other then picking up some awesome new investigators and running into some Bible bashing J Dubs( Jehovas witnesses) i got nothing really to report. They wanted to argue but we were not up for it. It was kind of annoying cause they really were not polite. We just bore testimony and left

Well that's been my week more or less. the church is true.
Elder Ian Dyer

Weird i'm almost in my 3rd transfer. it doesn't feel real. I almost forgot one other cool thing Missionaries can do now. We can TEXT!!! haha it's awesome we get to text our investigators now

week... I dunno what week it is

Hello Family,

This week was a lot more exciting then last week. Well I'm just gonna start typing and i'll see what comes out.

One of the families we teach the Mom is a nonmember and we've been teaching her and she wanted to be Baptized. Unfortunately she and her significant other are not married. That's cause she isn't exactly a legal citizen! Happy days though cause with the help of brother Van Orman they were able to get a marriage license. Apparently not every question needs to be asked to get one of those! anyways Elder Lora and me got to go to a wedding last Wednesday. it was really small but still awesome cause now she is gonna get baptized this Saturday!

Cal Clarke wasn't able to be Baptized this week hopefully in about a month he will be able to. His daughter just turned 8 and got baptized last Saturday. We went to that though and very last minute Brooklyn(Cal's Daughter) asked me to confirm her and give her the Holy Ghost AHHH!!! I did my very best to pretend i wasn't scared to do it cause i've never done it before. It went over fine though cause Heavenly Father Definitely took over. that was the most amazing baptizimal service ever though! such a strong spirit there. I love the Clarks! I can see how the gospel is infuencing there lives for the better and the changes they are making. I can't wait for Cal to get Baptized cause that will be epic!

Those are the two really cool things that happend. Some other cool stuff is
- I play hacky sack a lot and i got to 11 my goal today is 15
- cooked egg mcmuffins twice for Elder Lora and me
- got my ukulele strings!
- Bought the Prophet of the restoration dvd
- Ate lot's of food at the Clarks. Lisa cooks like mom. her lasagna last night tasted like yours mom! it was amazing
- The best thing though we found 3 more people to teach! We found one guy named Dave and he's the only Black guy in Wayne County and we teach him haha! He's 51 and from Philidelpia. He is super Golden

Anyways this has been a really great week testimony strengthing everyday.
The Church is true i love these people
143 Everyone
Elder Ian Dyer.

ps Mom sister Anderson emailed you! Her Family says 143 to. They had a picture on the wall and it was 143. I asked what it meant and it meant the same thing

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from Loa Utah,

Finally we got Thanksgiving this past week. I missed Canadian Thanksgiving cause i really have no patience when it comes to turkey. The turkey sub last month in Huntington just didn't cut it and actually made me miss it more. However we ate at the Clarks this is the family where the dad is getting Baptized on Saturday. Oh man this family new how to cook a bird. the dessert was the best part though. Pumpkin pie, apple pie, and pumpkin cheesecake. It was heaven. We only had one dinner appointment to so we were able to fully commit to the Clarks for a Thanksgiving feast.

This was a pretty solid week. Elder Lora and i bought matching winter coats they look pretty snazy. We found some more people to teach and 2 of them are only spanish speakers so i need to learn me some spanish quick! We got a ket to the Church so we are getting up at 6:15 to fit in some early morning basketball. I miss sleep not gonna lie. Yesterday we found these cows that evryone here calls the oreo cows. they are black and white in the middle just like an oreo. Elder Lora was really excited. We speak just about every sunday in sacrament meeting to. It gets less frightening everytime.

Hmm what else have we done this week. Well we just got haircuts and this is defintely the shortest my hair has ever been but who cares i'm on a mission. I got the prophet of the restoration DVD in the mail todayit's funny what you get excited about on a mission a movie about Joseph Smith is one of those things.

This week though other then Thanksgiving was same old we just are doing our best to keep busy and keep teaching people. Things are going good here i like it.

Sorry this email wasn't more exciting hopefully I'll have some crazy stories next week
Church is true
Elder Ian Dyer

Shorter

Hello,

Sorry i didn't budget my email time to wisely so this letter has the potential to be shorter.

Okay so week 2 in Loa. it's fun things are slow we are working on finding more people to teach. I'm betting this week things will pick up lot's more for Elder Lora and me. We have had some really good experiences though and the members here who help us find people are awesome. Wayne County has very good looking scenic everything. there is red rock and mountains everywhere. The drive to Hanksville is amazing. when i'm not in the Boonies i'll have lots of pictures to send

The was an unfortunate accident this week though. it wasn't all good. Elder Lora broke the D string on my Uke... the only one a didn't have a replacment for. don't worry new ones are on the way.

One really great experience happened this week i want to tell you about. We have been teaching this family where the Father is a nomember. He was going to join the Church about four years ago. He wasn't able to however caus his family had some slight trouble with the law nothing serious but enough to put his wife and him on probation for 4 whole years. They say the Policman was having a bad day cause how it was explained to Elder Lora and I it didn't seem very serious. Anyways because so he wasn't able to be Baptized. He almost decided to say that's it and never join. He didn't however he goes to Church every sunday with hos family and he even has a calling! He works in the Library. He has a strong testimony and knows this Church is true that's why he never fell away even though he is a nonmember. Elder Lora and me called Mission President and told him the situation. President agreed it wasn't to serious only a misdimeanor. He told us teach him the lessons again and President Leonard or one of his councilers will interview him when we're done.

The Father Cal is his name is on date for December 4th. after waiting more then 3 years he'll be able to be Baptized. Heavenly Father has prepared him and he and his wife now have a temple goal. One year and they want to be there. It;s been amazing teaching him his family is amazing i love them all. Cal is getting bapized the same day as his 8 year old daughter and Cal asked me to baptize him. Heavenly Father always has a way to make things work out. Elder Lora and i are in Loa for a reason. This place is special

The Church is True
Elder Ian Dyer

PS Happy aniversary Mom and Dad

Not Ephraim

Hi family and all faithful readers of my blog,

First of i'm not serving in Ephriam. Shortly after writing my last email the assistants called me and told me i would be serving somewhere else instead. I'm serving in the booming metropolis of Wayne county. I'm covering the Loa stake with my new companion Elder Lora. The Loa stake has never had Elders of there own and so it has been up to Elder Lora and I to open up this new area. I'm really happy to be serving in small towns again and not doing YSA stakes. It's hard opening up a new area especially since Elder Lora has only been out just under 4 months and me only about 2 and a half. it's a real learing experience so far. the Stake is very nice and really excited to have us. we stay in an log cabin motel that some members own. It's pretty neat, kind of small but it's alright. The family that lives there to is really nice they bring us cookies quite often. speaking of cookies mom can you send me your cookie recipie? we live in Loa right down main street. there is a lot of snow here at the moment.

Elder Lora is originally from the Dominican Republic but for the last 2 years has lived in New Jersy the garden state. He is very good at english so communtication is not a problem. He's a cool guy and i'm picking up a little spanish from him. In two days it will be his 3 year anniversary as a convert to the church. he told me he was a J Dub before. His favorite TV shows growing up were Power Rangers and Dragonball Z so we have things in common to bond over.

I did get to serve one day in Ephriam with Elder Gilmore from Horse Head New York. It was an interesting experience serving where it was mostly college kids. However i didn't really like it but i won't go into that. that area has sisters now so i don't have to worry about going back there. I wish i new Elder Salanoa was there though i would've looked for him but oh well maybe we'll run into eachother later.

I'm thankful to be serving in Loa cause it's a lot like Castle Dale but a bit more difficult cause we are opening the area. I still like it lots so far though and it has the coolest stake center i've ever seen! we got a tour and were able to climb up the bell tower and ring it.

We got to talk in a ward yesterday where an Elder just returned home from Edmonton. His name was Elder Chappel and just like me he was wearing a poppey cool eh? He was a nice guy and some other Elders who served in Edmonton was there and one of the Ward Mission Leaders served there to. Lots of people here to talk about Canada with.

We're doing our best to get the work going over here and i know things are going to be great here real soon. The members are a huge help.

The Chuch is true i'm so glad for this mission it's stellar!
143 Family
Elder Ian Dyer

Transferred

Hi Anyone who gets this email or looks at the Blog my sister made for me,

So i'm getting Transferred... Not gonna lie it sucks cause i love this area. Elder Doane will now have been here for 6 months and he kind of rubed it in my face when he was told he gets to stay here and train again. that's the third missionary he's trained. It's hard not to be somewhat bitter at the moment. However I am getting sent to part of his old area which i'm told will be a blast. I'm getting sent to Ephriam and sounds like i'll be covering Snow college. I'm going to be teaching mostly student singles. YSA sounds intimidating right now so we'll see how it goes. My companion is Elder Gilmore and everyone says he's cool. Haven't met him yet though i will tomorrow.

Casltle Dale is such an amazing area it was a hard pill to swallow knowing that i'm getting sent out. the members and investigators here are going to be hard to say goodbye to. Saying goodbye to Brother Bott one of the ward mission leaders in Castle Dale isn't going to be fun. He served a mission a long long time ago in England and he is a perfect example of someone who magnifies there calling. He helps us out almost everyday. He loves working with us and we love working with him. Man i love Brother Bott i'll send you a picture of him from my next area. He's the coolest

We have so many amazing people to teach here i don't know how i can leave them. Elder Doane and i set a record for most lssons taught in our area. We tought 31 lessons! that's the most in our whole zone. We worked are butts of for it though. i hope we'll be able to make Ephriam this productive.In total we have 12 people on date for baptism.

This being my first area has been a great blessing. I had so many amazing and stellar experiences here. I've started saying my goodbyes and i'm not good at those. It's two years of saying goodbye!

Today Elder Doane and i are headed to Price to hang out with the other Elders for P day. we are going to go eat lot's of food and possibly fight eachother with nerf guns. it's going to be a good day

Church is definitely true and i'm happy to be serving the Lord right now.

Elder Ian Dyer

PS

Dad the Manti temple is so awesome! it's my favorite temple now to. We got to meet with the Temple President and his wife in a chaple session there. it was really neat.

Week 6

Hi Everyone,

Well i'm not going to lie this transfer has flown right bye. it feel like i was in the MTC just a few days ago. I'll take this time flying as a good thing though cause it means i'm having fun right and working hard. as of yesterday we have 12 on date for baptism! whoever is in Castle Dale next transfer will have a lot of people to dunk. we had one baptism on saturday for an 8 year old girl named Kailey. it was such a good time the spirit was very strong. Next saturday we are baptizing a 70 year old man named Edd. he's awesome and had probably one of the best lessons ever with him last night. yesterday was fun cause i got to give two talks one at 9 and one at 11 but it was actually a lot of fun. i talked on sacrament for one and missionary work for the other.

This week i went to the Jorginson's for dinner. and the first thing the wife said to me was "Elder Dyer we've heard you speak." i was really confused cause i hadn't given a talk in church or even attended there ward yet. this couple served a senior mission in Grand Praire and they came back to edmonton for a wedding they were invited to attend. they went to church when they were there about two months ago. Guess where they went to church... Forest Heights the same day i gave my farewell talk. Isn't that amazing? they were probably the only people from utah in the congregation that day. what are the odds huh. my first area and exactly one month out that day. the same day to that i got a package from mom with Clarke's missionary tag. It was a really good day tuesday.

i'm excited for today cause we get to go check out some Museums with Dinosaurs! it's like another dumheller down here. It's going to be a good day.

Well i have to go now

the church is true!
Elder Ian Dyer

ps
it's weird cause the weeks just seem to blend into days here. i can't believe i've been gone for 2 months.

Almost

Hi Everyone,

It's Elder Dyer here coming at you from week 5 in the mission field.

this has been a week with it's ups and downs though. i think this has definitely been my "i miss my family so much week." also to go along this week i got a migrane on friday and that put me out most of the day. one of the worse ones i've ever had to. let's just say i had a lot of pizza before it kicked in to. migranes make me sick and so i'm guessing everyone can fill in the lovely picture from there. for some reason to i woke up the other day and my eye is all swollen. i'm getting all my mission sickness for the next 2 years out in one transfer. i'll send you a picture soon. i could barely open my eye!

however we did teach the most lessons we have ever taught in one week for us this week. So that is good. I'm getting more confident in teaching but it's still hard and awkward sometimes.

the reason this email is happening on a tuesday is cause we had zone conference yeaterday. Elder Richards of the 70 came and talked to our zone. he brought a long with him many mind blowing and uplifting thoughts and messages. It was really cool and i got o see my MTC companion Elder Curlee to! I took lots of notes and had a great day yesterday

Dad i get to go to Manti temple on thursday with the Zone so it's going to be exciting. Also you asked about the trailer. we live in one of those permanent placed trailers. it doesn't have any wheels. just mice haha.

we go on splits just about everynight so i'm learing a lot and trying to be a better teacher. i still have a really long way to go though.

i'll leave you with the highlight of my week. Mom sent me a care package and it had Clarke's Missionary tag in it. it just reminded me that i have the best family ever and i'm so happy i get to be the last missionary out of the Dyer's. i miss you guys lots however I've been called to serve.

the church is true
Elder Ian Dyer.

ps sorry the email is kind of short i had to write some emails to specific emails to other people today.

week 3

Can you guys believe it it's been a month and a half already! time has been flying

this week has been fun. i'm feeling a lot more comfortable. today Elder Doane and i are going on splits so we'll be without eachother. i'm going and teaching 3 lessons with a 17 year old preist. that forces me to be the season veteran out of us 2. i'm a little worried i'm hoping the spirit will do most of the work. Elder Doane never sent his last companion on splits but he feels i can handle myself so we'll see. i've only done one lesson without him so far.

sounds like the weather back home is pretty nice that's definitely not the case here. it's been really rainy lately and everyone thinks it's really cold. i like it though but then again we don't have to spend much time in it cause we have a car. it's nice though this place is beautiful? mountains on one side and 20 minutes away there is desert. Dad you said it was like an old western movie and you are right. that goes for the people out here to. there are no shortage of cowboy boots and hats here. everyone here hunts to. it's the start of deer and elk hunting season. kids even get school out for it. the problem with that is half our investigators leave to go shoot some of them. no one has been home. for this area it would be nice to have a hunting calender or something so we know why people have been missing.

it's been really busy here this past week. we have 8 progressing investigators and 5 on date to be baptized! there is a chance between Elder Doane and our splits tonight we'll have 3 more on date!

sorry again there are no pictures. next week i'm going to the big city of price so i'll make sure to print some off

one thing i really didn't expect when coming on a mission and teaching people all days was just how much love there is in teaching investigators. i love them they are such good people and you can feel such a strong spirit from them. Elder Mckay always said "love everyone." i've really learned this to be true.

i love you guys so much the church is true. i can't wait to write home and tell you guys about the first baptism i can attened.
Elder Ian Dyer

ps our mice count as of this morning is 3. we need 6 more to catch up with the moab elders

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! Unless your in the states cause then it is colunbus day here instead. i still have to wait a month for a turkey dinner.

okay so this is my 12th day here and i think i'm catching on to things. i've met most of our investigators and am learning the area a lot better. i'm thankful i get to drive it helps when trying to learn the place. Elder Doane has been in this area for 3 moths so he's pretty convinced that he's going to get transferred and i'm going to be Senior Companion in this area. we'll see though i'd deffinitely like to stay here. there are many people to teach and lots of really awesome members who go on exchanges with us.

this week has been lots of fun and really productive. we taught a lot of lessons and even tracked. we got a couple new investigators from it. we get so many refferals to it's stellar cause there is always someone to teach.

the weather got pretty intense here this last week. we don't get to watch the news but we heard about tornados in the area! i'm not sure if this is true but the wind was definitely blowing. lots of missing trampolines and blown down trees and what not. it made me think of Alisons mission when she had to hang out in the tub till the storm past.

Elder Doane and I usually write emails at the library but it was closed for clolumbus day. we drove out to the family history center to write them there and on the way we got pulled over by a state trooper. he walks up asked to see my license looks at it waits then askes if we have a dinner appointment on wednesday. apparently his house is having us over on wednesday and he just wanted to mess with us. ugh he freaked us out! it was pretty funny though

this mission is awesome i'm loving the scriptures more and more each day. i really look forward to studying them each morning and being on a mission is so much fun. i hope everyone is reading there scriptures everyday cause it's really important. this transfer i get to go to the temple in manti to! i'm really excited for that cause i know it's your favorite one dad.

i love it here and the missionaries here are defintely well taken care of and it's really appreciated cause there is so much to do. lots of lessons to teach and people to find

i love you guys the church is true!!!
143
Elder Ian Dyer

ps if anyone wants to send me some classical music and efy cd's and any other awesome church music it would be greatly apprieciated. thanks!!!

and sorry there isn't any pictures a photo developer station is hard to come by here. i'll work on it though so you can see some of the daily adventures we have over here

I'm here!!!

sorry it took long to write and email. i left the mtc on wednesday and that's when my p day was so i had to wait until today for my first real in the field p day to write everyone.

so let's see a lot has happened since wednesday.

I got to St George around 8:30 in the morning and was greeted by the AP's then by President Leonard and his wife. Both of the AP's are from Canada one is from Montreal and the other form Cherry Grove. First thing the Elder from Cherry Grove said was "We're in the same stake!" cause he is also from Bonnie Doon stake.

From the airport we got driven to the mission home and were served breakfast. Waffels and real eggs it was amazing! it was nice to eat something other then mtc food. After breakfast we went to the stake center across from the temple and had orientation and interviews with the president. After all that a bunch of Elders and Sisters came in and that's when we got our new companion. All us new missionaries were nervous and all the trainers were super excited. I was called up first and introduced to my Trainer Elder Doane from Mesa Arizona and he told me we are serving in the Castle Dale area. funny thing about that is i flew from Salt Lake just to drive two thirds of the way back to Emery County where the small town of Castle Dale is. the drive was 3 hours long. the scenery is beautiful though so the drive was nice and i had a good car nap to. We got to our apartment at 8 that night. so my apartment is actually a trailer! yep that's right i live in a beat up old trailer and i love it. after i'm done this email Elder Doan and I have to go buy mouse traps. i spotted one in our place yesterday. I guess that's what happens being a missionary in a trailer park. it's really fun though.

Today to of our golden investigators are taking us to the desert to see the wedge. I don't know much about it but it's supposed to look like the grand canyon. Also i'm the driver! five days out and i get to drive the car.

Elder Doane is stellar and a fantastic missionary. he loves the work and i'm learning tonnes from him. he's been out 6 months we get along really well.

So the picture Elder Blake painted for me of what St George would be like is completely false from where I am. I thought it was going to be all rich old people and golf courses but that is not the case. most of the people we teach are living in trailer parks working some sort manual labor at the mines and most of the members live on a farm. It is mostly old people though. Everyone here is super nice and i love the people we teach they are so receptive and kind.

Elder Doane keeps saying this is the best mission in the world and i'm definitely thinking that is true. As much as i miss everyone i know this is where i'm supposed to be. Yesterday we went to Emery to watch conference with the Mailins. when we got there we were advised to take out our notebooks cause they take notes on every talk and then share what they learned from each one. this led to an amazing Gospel conversation and showed me how important the messages shared really are. there was so much substance to all the talks yesterday. taking notes made conference 10 time better!

This place is amazing and the church is true!

Elder Ian Dyer

Email #3. One More Week Left in the MTC!

Hello family and everyone else who get's forwarded this email,

okay here we go this is my last week at the MTC i'm getting up at 4 in the morning to fly to ST George on the 29th. i know flying weird right? i think a bus would make more sense but any ways i'm excited to go to the feild and do some real mission work.

this week has consisted of countless mind blowing classes and a strong spirit felt all around. Brother Strong is one of the most amazing teachers i've ever had. he teaches a religon class at byu.

on sunday i was called up to the up to speak for five minutes in front of our zone during sacrament meeting. usually i wouldn't talking Gospel without notice sweat it but my district leader never got us the topic to speak on. i later learned i was to speak on prophets but i talked about the plan of salvation. it gave my district a bunch of laughs and a very embarassed and sorry district leader. his name is Elder Seager but he is a pretty cool guy still.

i went to the Temple again today and while walking there i hear two guys shout "HEY IAN!" i looked and it was Elder Bryan Sunby and Elder Tyler Boyd. they are the guys from sherwood park who i would hang out with and longboard with all the time. they got word from Elder Max Jaffary that i was going to the temple today and they decided to come with. it was so stellar to see them! we went through a session together and got pictures after. Max clouldn't make it but Tyler called him for me after so we could talk for it bit. they are all loving they're missions. it was so great to see them.

In the mail i got two postcards from mom and dad (thanks i'll put them on my wall!) and i yellow slip of paper. this curios yellow slip of paper was an invite to the salt lake temple. being Canadian i count as a foreign missionary and get to go to a session at the Salt Lake Temple on Friday. WOOT! my zone is completely american except for two elders amd a sister. everyone else is pretty jealous haha! i can't wait i'm told it's an amazing temple.that's is on firday

i haven't really talked about the food here..hmm here it goes. the food is really good for the most part with a couple not so good dishes every once in a while. i have one major dissapointment though. THE CHOCOLATE MILK IS TERRIBLE!!! dang Americans don't know how to make a good cup of milk. that was probably the hardest part about the MTC to be honest.

I see Nathan everyday and Kam (sherwood park friend) is supposed to get here today so i'm hoping to see him.

I won't lie a miss you guys a lot. thankfully i know i'm in the right place and that makes it an easier pill to swallow being away from all of you. the church is true and this is such and important work. i love being here and i can't wait to actually be in the field.

143 Family!!!

church is true i know it

Elder Ian Dyer

ps i got my business cards... awesome!!!

Email #2!!!

Hey Family!

so it's my first P day in the mtc and i'ts just as hectic as all the other days here. hmm you only get a very limited time on the computer to so this might be a little bit shorter of a message then you guys expect sorry about that.

The MTC is taking a lot of getting used to i'm doing my best though. the gym floor is getting redone so i'm told i'm probably not going to see any Apostles come through which is kind of annoying. still though i have great teachers who know there stuff. my district is really cool. half of us are going to Dallas and the rest of us are going to St George. my companion's names is Elder Curlee from California and he is convert to the church. he has a really strong testimony and he is growing my testimony to. the one bad thing is i feel like mom sometimes cause i have to nag him a bit to clean his room. haha i know ironic right. Believe it or not i'm the clean one in our room. Thanks for teaching me right Mom.

okay keep emailing me i love hearing from you guys a lot. my computer time is almost expired i only got 15 minutes today.

i'm learing so much the spirit is so strong and i'm learning lots. I went to the temple today and i learn more there everytime i got

i miss you guys so much and i love you all. i'm out here because of the amazing examples of my family. the church is true 143

First Missionary Email!!! September 8, 2010

Okay wow hi guys i'm at the mtc safe and sound. I got here around 9 yesterday. The flight felt way longer then it actually was. When i got to Denver i desperately wanted to find some missionaries. I found a senior couple on there way to Toronto East Mission. There names were elder and sister Mayo they were so nice. i wanted to give them a hug i was so glad to see them cause flying alone is no fun. it was nice when i finally got to the mtc one thing that made me so happy was my room number was 143!

i just got my name tag about an hour ago and putting that on i really felt like a missionary and walking into the mtc the spirit slaps you in the face. it's surprisingly comfortable here to i guess that's cause everyone here can relate to you on some level. i don't have a companion yet i'm told i'll meet him around 2 but for right now i've been handing out with Elder Lopez. he is an early arrival like me.

wow this is a really surreal feeling i'm on a mission!!! being here though i know it's the right thing to do and that's cause my family is so amazing. i got to share my testimony with all the international missionaries(most of them from Korea) and what i talked about was how missionary work blessed my family. if it weren't for missionaries our family wouldn't have the gospel and we wouldn't know the blessing of eternal families. i have a small challenge from my family and anyone else who feels so inclined. can you send me a email of your testimony. i thought it would be something nice to have and something i could keep with me while on the mission.

i love you all so much i have the best family anyone could ask for. all our family is so strong and have such solid testimonies and i can't thank you guys enough for the example you guys set for me. i can't wait to go to the temple with all these other missionaries and feel of the spirit there. i know going on a mission is the rights thing to do and as long as i put my faith in heavenly father and Jesus Christ i know i'll feel closer to my family and not lonely cause i'll be comforted through the spirit. the church is true and i love you guys so much i couldn't ask for a better family.

love always

Elder Ian Dyer