Email #42
Area: Grange area of the Firle Zone
Companion: Elder Touti
Excerpts from Mom's email:
Hey Mom!
The rest of the week has been really good! We have been able to get a lot done the last couple of days! Swear we have just been running everywhere and urgency is at a high right now! It is also getting really pretty here, but pretty hot and only getting hotter.
This past week we were able to have a trade off with Prospect Zone Leaders again which was really good! They have two zone leaders and two new missionaries in their area at the moment. So I went over to their area with two of them and Elder Tauti stayed here with two of them and lead out! It was so funny how nervous he was for it lol! I have had him lead out the area with me a few times, but he has never had to fully do it. It is really preparing him for the future because soon enough he will be finishing his training. Anyway, so Prospect is always a really good experience and always learn something new! It is crazy how much we are able to get done if we are urgent with everything! The days go even faster to when we do that, but we can get so much done and see so many people. We even would run after or run to people on the streets and almost run door to door. It has been a great learning opportunity for me and has helped our area as well! This next week we are shooting for 10 new investigators, a really high number for our area, but we know we can do it with the Lords help! The missions sights are aiming higher now that it is getting close to the end of the year! Because of that, we are feeling it as well, but just this past week we were able to get 4 new Baptismal Dates which is again high for us. So the work is hastening a lot here and I am finding more joy in the work every day!
I was able to go and see F... and his wife yesterday and starting to see just how great of a convert F... really is. He has a talk this next week at the missionary fireside and like 3 other things he has planned to do these next few weeks! His son is all well and good now, was a bit of a scare for them, but he is totally fine now. Turns out nothing bit him, it was just an infection that he got. Kind of weird, but he had a small surgery to get all the fluid out of his face and he's all good now.
Excerpts from Dad's email:
Hey Dad!
Yeah thanksgiving was really good this year! Had it twice! Once at the Smith's and once at the Tutors!
With experiences, ummm....
Well met a lot of cool people this week and many new investigators, but guess what... All of them are single women so we had to refer all of them to the sisters... but I am sure they love us for that lol.
November 27, 2017
November 24, 2017
Thanksgiving dinner
Area: Grange area of the Firle Zone
Companion: Elder Touti
We received a wonderful email from Brother Smith in Australia. Email said "We had some great company for Thanksgiving dinner tonight."
We are so thankful for wonderful people that always take care of Elder Bryner and the other missionaries.
Companion: Elder Touti
We received a wonderful email from Brother Smith in Australia. Email said "We had some great company for Thanksgiving dinner tonight."
We are so thankful for wonderful people that always take care of Elder Bryner and the other missionaries.
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| Elder Touti and Elder Bryner, Thanksgiving dinner |
November 23, 2017
Invitation to be baptised
Email #41
Area: Grange area of the Firle Zone
Companion: Elder Touti
Excerpts from Mom's email:
So today was pretty great! The temple is always a great experience and I always receive an answer to a question, every time! Been so blessed to have that! As well this past week we were able to witness many miracles so I will share a few with you. Last Sunday, F... was confirmed a member of the Church and received the Holy Ghost! However did not go as smooth as the baptism. His son B.. got bit by something they think and he had an allergic reaction to whatever it was on his face. So he was late to sacrament meeting, but we knew in advance so we planned it to be in Priesthood instead. Then later he called again that they are taking B.. to the hospital because it was getting worse. So we had an emergency confirmation in the bishop's office. The good news is that the spirit was really strong during it and turned out really great. He has been keeping us up to date with B.. and all I know really is that he had a small surgery, but he will be fine. Hopefully we will be able to see them this weekend.
Week has been a good one with many ups and downs, but looking forward to the next! Will send lots of pics so no worries!
Love you!
Excerpts from Dad's email:
Hey Dad!
My week was fantastic! Haha went fast for me as well! Yeah F... is the coolest guy ever and his family is really cool too! Not all his family were there in the photo, like his son B.. and his daughter M.....
New investigators are doing good, most of them! In fact have a cool story about two of them. So we found this family of four: M...... and M... and there kids, B..... (around 6) and J...... (1). Such a nice family and when we found them I did not expect just how nice they are. We just helped some members move and afterward we decided to knock some doors on the street they moved to and turns out that right next door is this family. So just yesterday we taught them the restoration in a new way that the sisters showed us. It is with stacking these specially made cups (by the sisters) that shows the foundation of Christ's church and the importance of the priesthood. Illustrates the apostasy really well and it got the kids a little involved. I had B..... remove the cup on the bottom and it all falls. I'll have to video us doing it in comp study so maybe you can get what I mean. Anyways so by the end of the lesson, I could tell M...... was really thinking! She then asks probably the best questions she possible could have: how can I know, how do you baptize, ect. We invited them to baptism and she committed to Dec 24 and says she has a lot of reading to do in the Book of Mormon. M... still is not sure, but is fully supportive of finding out.
The mission over all has been doing really well recently! The work is surely hastening with over 100 new investigators as a mission last week and 12 of those were in our district alone. It is exciting to see and with the year coming to a close soon, we are always praying for our goal of 264 Baptisms in the year 2017! Miracles are happening and so blessed to be a part of it!
Man the heat has been getting up there already! The other day was 41 in the sun. Been doing really good with that though, have not been burnt at all yet and am in the sun constantly it seems like. Partially because I always am applying sun screen, but I think a lot because the lord protects his servants!
Love you and have a good week!
Area: Grange area of the Firle Zone
Companion: Elder Touti
Excerpts from Mom's email:
So today was pretty great! The temple is always a great experience and I always receive an answer to a question, every time! Been so blessed to have that! As well this past week we were able to witness many miracles so I will share a few with you. Last Sunday, F... was confirmed a member of the Church and received the Holy Ghost! However did not go as smooth as the baptism. His son B.. got bit by something they think and he had an allergic reaction to whatever it was on his face. So he was late to sacrament meeting, but we knew in advance so we planned it to be in Priesthood instead. Then later he called again that they are taking B.. to the hospital because it was getting worse. So we had an emergency confirmation in the bishop's office. The good news is that the spirit was really strong during it and turned out really great. He has been keeping us up to date with B.. and all I know really is that he had a small surgery, but he will be fine. Hopefully we will be able to see them this weekend.
Week has been a good one with many ups and downs, but looking forward to the next! Will send lots of pics so no worries!
Love you!
Excerpts from Dad's email:
Hey Dad!
My week was fantastic! Haha went fast for me as well! Yeah F... is the coolest guy ever and his family is really cool too! Not all his family were there in the photo, like his son B.. and his daughter M.....
New investigators are doing good, most of them! In fact have a cool story about two of them. So we found this family of four: M...... and M... and there kids, B..... (around 6) and J...... (1). Such a nice family and when we found them I did not expect just how nice they are. We just helped some members move and afterward we decided to knock some doors on the street they moved to and turns out that right next door is this family. So just yesterday we taught them the restoration in a new way that the sisters showed us. It is with stacking these specially made cups (by the sisters) that shows the foundation of Christ's church and the importance of the priesthood. Illustrates the apostasy really well and it got the kids a little involved. I had B..... remove the cup on the bottom and it all falls. I'll have to video us doing it in comp study so maybe you can get what I mean. Anyways so by the end of the lesson, I could tell M...... was really thinking! She then asks probably the best questions she possible could have: how can I know, how do you baptize, ect. We invited them to baptism and she committed to Dec 24 and says she has a lot of reading to do in the Book of Mormon. M... still is not sure, but is fully supportive of finding out.
The mission over all has been doing really well recently! The work is surely hastening with over 100 new investigators as a mission last week and 12 of those were in our district alone. It is exciting to see and with the year coming to a close soon, we are always praying for our goal of 264 Baptisms in the year 2017! Miracles are happening and so blessed to be a part of it!
Man the heat has been getting up there already! The other day was 41 in the sun. Been doing really good with that though, have not been burnt at all yet and am in the sun constantly it seems like. Partially because I always am applying sun screen, but I think a lot because the lord protects his servants!
Love you and have a good week!
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November 12, 2017
We were blessed to witness our brother enter into the waters of Baptism!
Email #40
Area: Grange area of the Firle Zone
Companion: Elder Touti
Excerpts from Mom's email:
A few days ago, we had a fund raiser for the youth for YSA that we participated in. It was a simple car wash, but wow it was so successful! Heaps of non members showed up and were wondering what we were raising the money for and things like that! There was one man who pulled up in his BMW and after he paid a large donation, he told us how he has over 10,000 followers and he took pictures of the church and what we were doing to get the word out! Next thing you know about 5 min later, his friend pulls up in his BMW and does the same. Pretty cool guys! F... and his family made that as well! It was handy to have F..., because he could get the roof off the car well haha!
Speaking of F..., just yesterday, we were blessed to witness our brother enter into the waters of Baptism!!! It has been long awaited, especially by his wife! I was blessed to be the one to perform the ordinance for him! Unfortunately we were so excited that we forgot to take pictures in our whites... but that's okay we took pictures afterward!! Was a really powerful day! I haven't felt the spirit that strong in a long time. The peek experience was the baptism itself and I will never forget it! I was a little worried when he asked me to be the one to baptize him, because he is so tall haha. So I didn't know how that would go, but it went well! Only took three tries to get it right lol! He told me how the first time he truly felt it! The other two were more for the records of heaven is how I like to put it haha. Much of his family were able to attend, even his son J..., who is not a member! I hope it was a good experience for him as well! Next week will be his confirmation! They are looking forward to the road ahead, especially to be sealed in the temple one day! Him and his family have been such a blessing to me! I have no doubt in my mind that I was sent here for a purpose and I am sure they are a huge part of the reason! I really really hope I will be able to stay in contact!
That's all I got for you for now!
Love you Mom!
Excerpts from Dad's email:
Hey Dad!
So the baptism was a very special experience for me. F... really reminds me of you a lot, even the fact that he does that fancy stuff at work with computers haha, still don't quite no what it means... I really love his family too! I always look forward to seeing them! I feel his baptism was more special to me for the fact that I see him as family, almost like I have known them my whole life. Before the baptism I was pretty nervous for the fact that he is a really tall guy and I didn't know how it would go. Then his family walked in and I could just see the smiles on everyone's faces and then I totally forgot about my worries. After we were all changed, we went straight into the program! He asked bishop to give a talk and man it was a powerful one! Really brought the spirit and set the rest of the program! It is always funny singing with new converts though because they don't really know the songs, but its okay his wife was right there holding his hand helping him through it. When the time came to move to the font, he looked at his wife and gave her a kiss. It came to heart right there that this is the first step to an eternal family! Then came the Baptism! The spirit was so strong and it meant so much to me that at first I wasn't sure if I could get the words out, but then it came. The first time around was the actual baptism, because that is when we felt it! The next two however were more for the records of heaven to get it done correctly haha. As we changed, it really meant a lot to hear what he felt. I had a flashback to my own baptism where you and I were talking about the same thing when we were changing. Was a very spiritual time and I won't ever forget it! I think it meant more to me especially for the fact to know that in the not so distant future, they will be sealed in the temple for all eternity!
Love you Dad! Have a good week!
Area: Grange area of the Firle Zone
Companion: Elder Touti
Excerpts from Mom's email:
A few days ago, we had a fund raiser for the youth for YSA that we participated in. It was a simple car wash, but wow it was so successful! Heaps of non members showed up and were wondering what we were raising the money for and things like that! There was one man who pulled up in his BMW and after he paid a large donation, he told us how he has over 10,000 followers and he took pictures of the church and what we were doing to get the word out! Next thing you know about 5 min later, his friend pulls up in his BMW and does the same. Pretty cool guys! F... and his family made that as well! It was handy to have F..., because he could get the roof off the car well haha!
Speaking of F..., just yesterday, we were blessed to witness our brother enter into the waters of Baptism!!! It has been long awaited, especially by his wife! I was blessed to be the one to perform the ordinance for him! Unfortunately we were so excited that we forgot to take pictures in our whites... but that's okay we took pictures afterward!! Was a really powerful day! I haven't felt the spirit that strong in a long time. The peek experience was the baptism itself and I will never forget it! I was a little worried when he asked me to be the one to baptize him, because he is so tall haha. So I didn't know how that would go, but it went well! Only took three tries to get it right lol! He told me how the first time he truly felt it! The other two were more for the records of heaven is how I like to put it haha. Much of his family were able to attend, even his son J..., who is not a member! I hope it was a good experience for him as well! Next week will be his confirmation! They are looking forward to the road ahead, especially to be sealed in the temple one day! Him and his family have been such a blessing to me! I have no doubt in my mind that I was sent here for a purpose and I am sure they are a huge part of the reason! I really really hope I will be able to stay in contact!
That's all I got for you for now!
Love you Mom!
Excerpts from Dad's email:
Hey Dad!
So the baptism was a very special experience for me. F... really reminds me of you a lot, even the fact that he does that fancy stuff at work with computers haha, still don't quite no what it means... I really love his family too! I always look forward to seeing them! I feel his baptism was more special to me for the fact that I see him as family, almost like I have known them my whole life. Before the baptism I was pretty nervous for the fact that he is a really tall guy and I didn't know how it would go. Then his family walked in and I could just see the smiles on everyone's faces and then I totally forgot about my worries. After we were all changed, we went straight into the program! He asked bishop to give a talk and man it was a powerful one! Really brought the spirit and set the rest of the program! It is always funny singing with new converts though because they don't really know the songs, but its okay his wife was right there holding his hand helping him through it. When the time came to move to the font, he looked at his wife and gave her a kiss. It came to heart right there that this is the first step to an eternal family! Then came the Baptism! The spirit was so strong and it meant so much to me that at first I wasn't sure if I could get the words out, but then it came. The first time around was the actual baptism, because that is when we felt it! The next two however were more for the records of heaven to get it done correctly haha. As we changed, it really meant a lot to hear what he felt. I had a flashback to my own baptism where you and I were talking about the same thing when we were changing. Was a very spiritual time and I won't ever forget it! I think it meant more to me especially for the fact to know that in the not so distant future, they will be sealed in the temple for all eternity!
Love you Dad! Have a good week!
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November 5, 2017
Crab fishing with Brother Gabehart and our district
Email #39
Area: Grange area of the Firle Zone
Companion: Elder Touti
Excerpts from Mom's email:
Hey Mom!
Wow so much has happened this week it is crazy!! Well I'll start with transfers. I am still in Grange haha, so that's easy. I think I am here one more transfer to finish Elder Tauti's training. He was super worried that I would be shifted out and that he would have to lead the area haha. I think you are right that I am here for a reason! No doubt about that! I am totally fine with staying here one more for many reasons. Now it just will be hard to leave at this point haha. Sent you a lot of videos and pics so hope you like those. Trying to do better with that.
Well there is so much idk what to start with. Well big news first. F... had his baptismal interview last Saturday and all green lights!! Super pumped for that! Not confirmed which day this week it will be, just needs to be arranged. He has been doing so well and when it came down to it, he just needed to pray for an answer! He fits in the ward so well and is probably one of the most converted and dedicated person I have ever taught! So grateful for him and his family!!!
We had a lot of really cool and interesting experiences this past week. One of them being F... and seeing the big text when he told us to arrange the interview! We also had a really good trade off this past week with the Zone Leaders! Elder Lautele is finishing his mission, so it was really good to spend a day with him one last time. He has been here since I arrived and has been an important leader to me! It is pretty funny, his trainee has no idea that he is leaving yet and he leaves tomorrow... He is from Italy and doesn't know English well, so when we talk about it he doesn't know what we mean. Kind of mean, but they are just running with it haha. We also had our district p-day last Monday, which was a really good time! Brother Gabehart took us crab fishing and we caught quite a few with the whole district there. Then we went to the chapel and had another sports night to finish off the day.
Well I know a lot happened, but don't have heaps of time today so I can't tell you it all... Just short stories about it all sorry not much detail.
Love you!!
Excerpts from Dad's email:
Hey Dad!
Well since I am messaging you I will get straight to the story to save time:). So we were following up with a few old potentials from before I was even here that I found in the records for the area. One of the guys we went to see is named G..... or gman is what he asked us to call him. So he is one of the most interesting blokes I have ever met. The funny thing was part of the twelve week program, my companion is supposed to lead out on "How to begin teaching and Restoration" lessons, so before we go in I tell him he can lead this one. When we go in I realize that was a mistake because this guy likes to talk... but hey I heard some pretty funny stories that had me cracking up laughing after. Pretty funny stuff. He has seen some crazy stuff like a demon coming out of his body when he flew here from America, seeing little gorilla men in the homes of beautiful blonde girls (he said always a beautiful blonde girl, so beautiful you couldn't believe apparently).
As for our new investigators, been going well, but most return appointments are this week so hopefully will see it go somewhere. Some are more solid then others, but two are awesome! Just busy schedules. Not much time this week so will just have to message you back and forth... sorry.
Love you!!!!
Area: Grange area of the Firle Zone
Companion: Elder Touti
Excerpts from Mom's email:
Hey Mom!
Wow so much has happened this week it is crazy!! Well I'll start with transfers. I am still in Grange haha, so that's easy. I think I am here one more transfer to finish Elder Tauti's training. He was super worried that I would be shifted out and that he would have to lead the area haha. I think you are right that I am here for a reason! No doubt about that! I am totally fine with staying here one more for many reasons. Now it just will be hard to leave at this point haha. Sent you a lot of videos and pics so hope you like those. Trying to do better with that.
Well there is so much idk what to start with. Well big news first. F... had his baptismal interview last Saturday and all green lights!! Super pumped for that! Not confirmed which day this week it will be, just needs to be arranged. He has been doing so well and when it came down to it, he just needed to pray for an answer! He fits in the ward so well and is probably one of the most converted and dedicated person I have ever taught! So grateful for him and his family!!!
We had a lot of really cool and interesting experiences this past week. One of them being F... and seeing the big text when he told us to arrange the interview! We also had a really good trade off this past week with the Zone Leaders! Elder Lautele is finishing his mission, so it was really good to spend a day with him one last time. He has been here since I arrived and has been an important leader to me! It is pretty funny, his trainee has no idea that he is leaving yet and he leaves tomorrow... He is from Italy and doesn't know English well, so when we talk about it he doesn't know what we mean. Kind of mean, but they are just running with it haha. We also had our district p-day last Monday, which was a really good time! Brother Gabehart took us crab fishing and we caught quite a few with the whole district there. Then we went to the chapel and had another sports night to finish off the day.
Well I know a lot happened, but don't have heaps of time today so I can't tell you it all... Just short stories about it all sorry not much detail.
Love you!!
Excerpts from Dad's email:
Hey Dad!
Well since I am messaging you I will get straight to the story to save time:). So we were following up with a few old potentials from before I was even here that I found in the records for the area. One of the guys we went to see is named G..... or gman is what he asked us to call him. So he is one of the most interesting blokes I have ever met. The funny thing was part of the twelve week program, my companion is supposed to lead out on "How to begin teaching and Restoration" lessons, so before we go in I tell him he can lead this one. When we go in I realize that was a mistake because this guy likes to talk... but hey I heard some pretty funny stories that had me cracking up laughing after. Pretty funny stuff. He has seen some crazy stuff like a demon coming out of his body when he flew here from America, seeing little gorilla men in the homes of beautiful blonde girls (he said always a beautiful blonde girl, so beautiful you couldn't believe apparently).
As for our new investigators, been going well, but most return appointments are this week so hopefully will see it go somewhere. Some are more solid then others, but two are awesome! Just busy schedules. Not much time this week so will just have to message you back and forth... sorry.
Love you!!!!
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