February 6, 2012

Hey Mom!

Elder Kim and I get along great! The only issue we had is I had a little heart to heart conversation about manners we are good now! He probably thinks I’m a bit ocd but it’s ok! I told him that is how we do it in America! I love sister Shumate! She is so cool. The kids always want me to hold them but I can! Dang mission rules! She has a little red head baby that is fatter that all get out I want to hold that baby! It makes me miss Maddox! Tell Diff she should have another in the oven so that when I get home I can have a 6- 8 month old baby to hold! Idk how she would like that idea! lol

The last few weeks have been great! We have 3 people set for baptism! And we found a couple new families this last week that we will be teaching now! The last few weeks total we have found 10 new investigators and all but two of them were from knocking doors! So I’m really excited! The cool story of the week, me and Elder Kim were finding in a really rich area and we talked to a lady and she was nice and all but she gave us some direction on where we should go! She said we shouldn’t go down the one way cuz no one will want to talk to us down there so we went the way she told us to! Well, a few houses later we decided we needed to go back the way she told us not to! The third house we knocked on where she told us not to the lady that came to the door said “We are so glad you came by! We met with missionaries before we moved and haven’t been able to get back in contact with them!" so we will be teaching a family of 4 Now! Potential Eternal family! My entire reason for serving a mission!!!!! They have lots of family that is LDS and she said they want to know why they are always so happy!!!! It totally made our day! And then we set another guy for baptism on Saturday night! He is really cool! He says Amen a lot and it kind of funny but I like it! Amen!! But that’s what my week consisted of! O my Bishop hasn’t had the greatest week! last Thursday he was driving his 1930 hot rod car that is a 80,000 car and the tie rod broke and he totaled the car :( he drove us around in it the night before, then a few days later one of his rental houses burnt to the ground! It a good thing he has insurance!

It’s ok you are a teacher not a postman cuz if u were a postman u wouldn’t be able to keep me out on the mission! And plus you’re a Mormon so it’s just Mormon standard time!

But it is crazy it your 20th! I bet that makes you feel old! :) I hope not cuz your not! You only have a son that will be 20 in 4 months you daughter will be dating in a year and o ya it your 20th anniversary! Hahaha love you! Have a good week!

Love you forever

Like you for always
Love Twark

January 30, 2012

SO interesting fact! I stayed in Richmond on Wednesday with ELDER BERRY! He said his dad has talked a lot about my aunt! So that was cool! He is companions with my old companion Elder Hunsaker. I hope Madona stays with it! It will change her life.

 So what’s Jan’s problem? Just think what would Jesus do? But it sounds like a great week! As for the mission it’s going great! I can’t believe I have been out over 6 months! Holy crap time goes by fast! I have been in Yorktown forever now and I will be here another 3 months! I’m a trainer now and I’m kind of nervous about it cuz it’s the most important job in a mission. If the trainer sucks then the trainee will too so I have been upping my game more and more. My new companion is straight out of the MTC and is from Seoul, Korea and there is a little language problem there and it tests my patience but it’s going great! We have seen lots of miracles this last week! We set 2 people for baptism and found 5 new investigators plus I had the craziest night of my mission this last week to! We were in Richmond for the training meeting and we stayed in down town Richmond! Holy crap! GhETTO!!!!!!!!!! People here are freaking funny! And we had dinner with a member had a little bit of a crush on Elder Clark! I wanted to get the h311 out of there! Lol but I’m still alive so it’s ok. And me and my comp get along good! It’s just hard with the language issue. But it’s good.

Have a great week!

Love you forever
Like you for always
Love Twark

 

January 23, 2012

Hey dad
your week sounds ........ Exciting! I guess! I hope all goes well at the baptism this weekend! Wish them the best and my love! You’re not old enough to be falling apart! Lol it will all get better it always does! Just take it a little easier. I hope you get it all figured out! It sounds like it’s a major pain in the ... ummm knee! :) I thought that the church pays for my medical expenses out here! My ankle is doing better but I still can’t point my toes all the way, but I don’t have to have my brace anymore. I would talk to someone about the insurance but I don’t know who maybe Sister Perry would know.
Well as for my week so yesterday I found out that I’m staying in Yorktown for 12 more weeks, I'm excited because I will be training a new missionary! I’m kind of nervous cuz it’s the most important stage of a mission. It will either make him the best missionary he can be or it will not. It’s all on my shoulders to make sure he is the best missionary he can be and teach him everything he needs to know so that he can be a good missionary for the rest of his mission. I think I will do fine but it makes me nervous. But that’s the big news of the week. This last week kind of sucked we only taught 3 lessons. No one wanted to meet with us, and we had some really rude people this week more so than usual, and the kid that we had set for baptism doesn't want us to meet with him anymore cuz he doesn’t have time!  Me and elder Sevy we almost to the breaking point and we decided to just pull the car over and read some scriptures. And it’s a good thing we did. we read from Alma 32 I think and it talks about the Book of Mormon prophet Alma and everything he had to go through and when we read that it talked about, maybe things are crappy right now but look at all the good you have done, you’re not wasting time cuz we are changing people’s lives even if we don't know it. So that made our day better and picked us up and we actually ended up with A okay day! There is just such a spirit that comes from the scriptures its crazy!
I finished reading the Doctrine and Covenants today and I will start reading the bible this next week. It’s crazy! I hated reading back home and I still so! But the scriptures have got me sucked in! Who would have ever thought it! The scriptures are powerful and that’s something I have learned on my mission. And it because it’s the word of God. But that’s about it for my week!
Love you dad
love Twark

January 19, 2012

Hey mom
    Yes the shirt I want is in the casual section. It has the lines in it. And it’s not casual it’s fitted! :) I can’t thin of anything else I will need besides the Family history book and the card. If I think of something I will let u know.
    This next week I will find out if I stay or not! I kind of hope I do! We found another kid this last week and he is set for baptism on the 4th of Feb. so that was a nice little miracle. He is only 13 and said he needs more God in his life. His family doesn’t go to church and he wants God to be a part of his life. He lives right by our church so last Sunday he and his friend just decided they were going to come to church! It’s cool to see how people are prepared for the gospel. Transfers are this next week so idk if I will go or not! We find out Sunday!
I hope y’all get some snow!!! Lots of it to!
Hey I was thinking if you put my memory card in your camera, made a video sent it to me I can watch it on my camera! I can’t video but I can get them! Just an idea! It would be cool! Idk what u would video though! We could try it!
    Well mom not much else to share!
   Love you forever
   Like you for always
   Love Twark

   I forgot to tell you I also had to talk in church Sunday! We found that out sat night at about 9:30. It was cool though. We were asked to talk on temples and missionary work! It must have gone well cuz by the end of the talk half the congregation was in tears! I took a pic of our whole family and a pic of the temple and shared how I have an eternal family and that’s why I’m out on a mission. Then related it to missionary work and how that’s where it all starts! It was cool! The spirit was there for sure! And it went for about 15 min! Longest talk ever!

January 9, 2012

Hey Mom,
   FYI I have been and will keep praying for all that. :) I’m glad you liked the pics. Its sounds like y'alls week was full of fun stuff! I was told that grandma stole your sweater and Scotty wore black all day! Got to love our family! You’re not old! You’re just wise :) so the good to hear Grandpa Reynolds is doing better. Had me nervous for a while.

So the guy that played Santa in the pics I sent you died this last week. We went out with him at least once or twice a week. His wife has asked us to be pall bearers at his funeral on Wednesday. So that what my week consisted of this last week we found 2 more investigators and we are planning a huge missionary night for the youth of our ward on the 19th and we are also doing it for the adults on the 22nd during the 3rd hour of church. We created a new ward mission plan that will make missionary work spike in the Yorktown ward. But that’s what my week consisted of.

We also had our interviews with President Perry. Did I ever tell you his is a former 70? Well, he is and he is a man of god! It’s so cool to just sit and talk with him for 20 min. it’s sweet. Well, he told me I will probably be a trainer or a district leader this next transfer so I’m excited for that. I hope I stay in Yorktown for the training we have so many solid potentials that I don’t want to up and leave right in the middle of all this. But if it happens o well he knows what he is doing.
I hope it snows soon!
Love you forever like you for always
love Twark

January 3, 2012

Hey Mom,

     Madona is getting baptized!!!!!! That is great! Out off all dads’ family she was one that I didn’t see making the change! Wow good day good day.
Well I will get a letter sent to her soon but I don’t think I have her address! Can you get that for me??? And I also need Drew Matsen’s address. I want to write him to. Can you send me my Osterhout family history book it’s on my desk on the top shelf and also could you send me my white shirt I got our family pics taken in?
    I wrote tucker, Levi, and Grandpa Reynolds this week but if he is in the hospital can you try to get it to him a read it to him, if things get to serious and they know the outcome call Pres. Perry and he will call me and tell me what I can and can’t do.
    I’m glad you got to talk in church! Sounds like much fun! I’m so glad I have running water and a pot to crap in! I don’t think I could handle that for longer than a few weeks. Elk hunting is like that and by the time that is over I want my bathroom!
    Well, my week has been fairly dull. Not much going on cuz of the holidays and stuff but I’m hoping things will pick up since people only have a year to learn about the truth before the world ends! (jk 2012 world ends do you get it??? jk I think I’m funny sorry.) But we have just been trying to find some more people to teach. Always interesting. But that’s what my life has consisted of this last week. I went to bed early on New Year’s Eve! It was fantastic! We had to be in by 8 so we had some time to just chill and I took full advantage of that! But that’s about all we did. Great fun! We play basketball every Monday for about 4 hrs! I’m getting lots better than when I started! Its kind of fun! I still just want to sleep but I need to burn some of that chub that collecting on my mid section! It’s great.
    I hope you have a fantastic week! I sent you a letter today with something in it! I couldn’t think of anything else to send. Have a fantastic 40th birthday!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) You’re not old your still 29 at heart. Send dad and pee wee my love
    Y'all are in my prayers
    Love you forever
    Like you for always
    Love Twark

December 27, 2011

Hey Mom,

It was so great to see you on Sunday! O my lanta it was sweet!

The rest of the day we went to breakfast, church, to a members house and watched Despicable Me, then went to the Ashby’s for dinner and played games and watched Madagascar. It was fun! Then on Monday we played basket ball from like 10- 2 I was so stinking tired! I slept until 5! It was great!

Thanks so much for all the stuff y'all got me! It was great! I love it all! We got so much food from everywhere idk what we are gonna do! I really enjoyed the 12 days of Christmas! It the first thing I did as soon as I woke up every morning!

Elder Sevy is a strong amigo. He lost his grandpa on Christmas Eve and I didn’t see a tear. They all knew it was coming though. So it wasn’t a surprise. He is doing good though.

I can’t think of anything I need at the moment but if I think of something I will let you know!

Thanks again!

Love you forever

Love Twark