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Elder Berry and Elder C

Boys from BYU Hawaii

Two of the four cousins serving... Sister Parrish and Elder Berry

Some of Lone Peaks Finest...

 

 

 

The District...

A room with a view...

 

Grandpa and Grandma were lucky to see him coming out of the Devotional on Tuesday night.

My companion, his name is Elder Craven!!

So My companion, his name is Elder Craven!! I call him Cramer tho!! He is from Cedar City.  He is way chill kid! We are the exact opposite, like I got the sports covered when we play and hes got the music down!! so its just perfect!!

Umm ya so I still don't know how to upload pictures the MTC has this computer on lock down and its like I don't know how to use it! But ya I think I'm just going to send the little chip home in the mail! have you guys been getting the letters that I sent home? ha cause I've been worried that I put like the wrong address or the stamp on the wrong side or something so I hope you have got them!! Thanks for the packages and everything in them!! Loved them!! if you went to send the rice crispy treats that have chocolate on the top or the raspberry cinnamon things that would be totally fine as well!! Like I wouldn't be mad at all if you did!! so feel free!! But this week has been a little bit better! like if feels like I've been here forever but at the same time its like I've already been here for 12 days so ya its better but Ill be on again around 2ish so that's when Ill try and write the good letter!!

So do you guys miss me at all?  So ya I'm still not getting the language at all every time I go to class I feel like I'm back working with Tyler because all my teacher says is Spanish stuff and I don't know what is going on and now I feel like I don't know English either, which isn't very good at all!! But good news is I found my MTC crush!! haha she is really pretty!! but I haven't said a word to her and I don't think I'm going to cause I guess that's considered flirting and that's against the rules and you know me how I never break any of the rules!! The funniest thing ever happened!! So my first investigator is someone I knew!! The first time I went and was teaching him I kept thinking to myself, like what was his name because I knew I knew him and finally on the last meeting with him I figured out who is was and I was just like Brother Alworth how you doing!! He was trying to play it off like he didn't know me but I got it out of him so it was pretty cool!! But yesterday we watched a talk by Bednard it was like the charity of Christ!! awe it was so good!! it was all about being Christ like and then when we got back I bore my testimony about how amazing my mom is and how she is just like Christ because she is always looking to help other people like it was all just a freakin good day besides the food that stuff probably will kill me!! I had a lot of scriptures that I was going to share with you but I forgot my BOM so I don't have them so you'll just have to wait until next week!! There's was a quote that he shared that really stuck out to me and it was "The church is true, it's you that not being true to the church"! and he was talking about how as human when something happens we always turn inwards when Christ would turn outward, I wish I had more time to say everything but these MTC police are crazy and are always on me and Im pretty sure they have like cameras just for me!! But I just want everyone to know that I love you all!! and miss you like crazy Ill be back soon!!

I Blessed The Sacrament

Alright so The Gospel is true, and I hope everyone knows that!! So I'm struggling way bad with the language right now, it feels like I'm in first grade again trying to read, but everyone else in my district is speaking like they've spoke Spanish there whole lives.  But I've been praying like crazy asking the Lord to help me and give me the gift of tongues, and some days it feels like he hates me because I can't speak a word but then some days its like I'm his favorite and that's all I do speak!!  Sunday was probably the best day since I've been here, I blessed the sacrament for the first time in my life and if that's not cool enough I had to do it in Spanish, which was pretty much the scariest thing that I have had to do. But don't worry, I didn't mess up!!  Personally I think it was better then the other elders prayer that's been here for 3 weeks.

We had a devotional where brother Heaton spoke to us about missionary work.  It was really a good talk, the main thing that stuck out to me, was that we usually think that as missionaries we are looking for the lost people of Israel and in some cases its true but the way he put it it wasn't.  The people aren't lost at all, actually we as missionaries are the ones that are lost God knows exactly where his people are and it is up to us to find them, were the ones looking for them so we wont be lost anymore!!  Things don't just happen, If we find someone to share the gospel with it didn't have anything to do with us, God mad it happen, the way he shared it was just amazing!!

I have seen pretty much everyone here its like every other elder or sister I see is from LP or somewhere its crazy how many there are.  My companion is pretty cool!! We've been getting along so far, but I don't know if I'm going to be able to make it 6 weeks, like there are some parts of the day that I just want to be alone and hear my own thoughts!! I know that's kind of selfish but serious there are times I want to be alone so I just go sit on the pot and act like I'm you know.. But my district is pretty cool but my zone is not.. I don;t think I've done one thing right since I got here, there always telling me how Im not doing this right or that and just talking down to me like there so much better then me. We have 4 sisters that are here and you can just tell that there 19, by how they act there so immature and all they do is try an flirt with the elders.. its so annoying!!  But I'll make it through hopefully.
   Oh and another bad thing about this place is there aren't that many cute girls here, and its probably the lord just making me think that, but it would probably make it a lot better if there was! It would make me feel a lot more comfortable!! Do we know any Melville's from Filmore?  My district leader is from there and he knows like Uncle Randy and everyone!! So its pretty cool to talk to him about down there!! So my new favorite movie is the Testament!! I know we have watched it before but we watched it last night and it was the most amazing thing ever the spirit was so strong and I actually got hella emotional and started to cry and the end. I don't know what to say it was just so amazing!! Mom I just want you to know that I did join the choir and I hope your happy about that!! My comp is a musical freak that's all he does piano violin sing everything so all we do is sing all day.  And with my voice you get probably guess how much people love me doing that!!  So ya loving it here for the most part!! the gospel is true but I can't wait to get down to Mexico the church is true!! Sorry if this email isn't as good as Braids he set the bar freaking high, so I'm trying my best!!! Clear eyes, Full hearts, Can't Lose!!!

Elder Berry

A Special Evening...He is Official - Elder Berry

Grandparents and Special friends came to his setting apart.

Mason and Brady

Zain and Ryno

Brother Boren greeting everyone

Excited Brothers

President Hadlock had a hard time saying Grandpa Parrish's name "Lafe"

After the Beautiful Blessing

Brody has a huge amount of Love and Support.