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
Monday, November 29, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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
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
Monday, November 15, 2010
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
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
Monday, November 8, 2010
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.
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.
Monday, November 1, 2010
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.
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.
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