Happy Anniversary Mom and
Dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (In a couple of days!!!!!!) :)
We received so many trainings this week end. We had a Mission
Conference on Friday and then District Conference on Saturday and Sunday. One
thing I leaned the most about was love! Elder Cook was so happy and you could
tell he really cared and loved us even though he did not know us personally and
becasue of that literally every missionary is trying to do exactly what he said
because of that love that we all felt from him. One thing we learned was that
our personal study should be focused on
our investigators. He said when he was a mission president he would ask his
missionaries, what are you studying and they would respond oh the Old Testament
and Elder Cook would respond, “Oh how selfish of you!” :) Then we all practiced
doing a little personal study and focusing on an investigator and practicing.
This is something that I definitely need to do better. So my gift to the Savior
this year instead of being reading the Book of Mormon focusing on the Savior, I
am going to read and study and look for
specific scriptures through out the Book of Mormon focusing on my
investigators. (So if you could change that for me that would be great!)
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| 4 of 5 Arizona Elders: Montgomery, Tilley, Wilhelm, Chatwin |
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| Top- Elders Montgomery,Tilley, Wilhelm, Chatwin Second - Moms- Montgomery, Wilhelm, Tilley, Chatwin Third- Elders-Montgomery, Clifford, Hyde Fourth - Moms- Clifford , Chatwin , Tilley, Wilhelm |
Yep I got to see Elder Montgomery and all the Arizona boys, our entire Mission even the missionaries from Huambo and Lubango were there which never happens. That was the first time that all the missionaries in our mission had been together since anyone can remember! So that was a lot of fun! It was a lot of fun to see Elder Borden, he is still in Lubango and has about one transfer left on his mission, so it was fun to be able to see and talk with him again.
I got the Christmas package you sent with the scripture covers and
that stuff! Thanks!!! I stiff have not gotten the other one for my
birthday yet though!
This is a video for bec to pump her up before her game and DURING
THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One story that Elder Cook told us that was really awesome was (he
was speaking in the Adult Session of District Conference) and he told us about
how one time General Conference was about to start and everybody was in their
seats, but President Monson was still not there and he said he wondered if they
would start without the prophet, so the time came for the conference to start
and it started right on time without President Monson. He then said about half
way through the meeting President Monson came through one of the side doors and
took his place. Afterwards they said they were wondering where he was and after
conference they found out that President Monson and his wife were getting ready
and Sister Monson fell and so President Monson waited with her for a while
until he made sure she was ok and then he came to conference afterwards. Then Elder
Cook said, "Even for the Prophet
his wife was more important then General Conference!" Wow I thought
that that was really powerful!! I am not sure if you have already heard that
story, It sounded a little bit familiar to me, but I can not remember! Also he
said that one time before general conference all the seventy were gathered and receiving
training from the prophet and apostles a day or two before general conference
and President Packer said "Oh there
is one more thing that you need to do better!" He then said all of the
seventy pulled out their notebooks again and were ready for more instruction and
then President Packer said "You are
not treating your wives well enough" Then he said no matter how good
you treat your wives, your wife deserves better!!! Definitely some powerful instructions I
felt!
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| Violin's (Lubango couple missionaries) Kretly's (Mozambique Mission President), Abdo's (Luanda couple missionaries), Thompsons (Mission President Counselor over Angola) |
Elder Cook makes up part of the Area Seventy of this part of
Africa and he said that they received a call the other day from Elder Holland
and Elder Holland asked specifically about Angola! And he said they talked
for along time about Angola, then he just told us that the twelve are definitely aware
of Angola and the people here and they are aware of the number of
missionaries that are here in Angola as well! That is all he said about their
conversation, but it was really cool to hear that Elder Holland talked with them specifically about us, the people and
missionaries, here in Angola!
So this week we had one of those crazy missionary stories! So we
went and taught Stela and we talked a little bit about temples and the
importance of families and things like that! At one point she asked us what we
thought about dreams. I responded and told her that me personally I have not
had a dream that I really felt really came from God, but I said that there are a
lot of people who do. She then told us that the morning of the same
day that we knocked on her door (we found her knocking doors) she had a
dream and in this dream she said that
she knew that she would encounter some "foreigners". Then she
said that that afternoon we knocked on her door. She then explained and
reminded us that when we knocked on her door we explained a little bit about
the Book of Mormon and she told us that she had heard of the Book of Mormon
before, but she did not know where from, she thought she may have heard
about it when she was in South Africa, but she was not sure. She then said she
thought about it for a while a remembered that
somebody in her dream told her about the Book of Mormon in the dream she had!!!
Pretty awesome! We did not give her a baptismal date then, but the next
time we visited we gave her one. It is still very interesting though because
she believes the Book of Mormon is true and she believes Joseph Smith was a
prophet, but she does not know if this is the ONLY true church here on the earth
today! Hmm a little bit interesting... so we have to help her understand that
if Joseph Smith was a prophet and the Book or Mormon is true then this is the
only true church here on the Earth! But it was so awesome with the dream because
she said that normally she would have shut her door for people who believed in
things other then the Bible, but she let us come back because of the dream she
had!
Hey Bec I just want you to know that I am your number one fan!!!
Literally!!!! I know you already know, but if I could be there I would be in
the stands yelling so loud cheering my hardest for you and your team, probably
to the point where I would make a fool of myself and Mom and Dad would make me
sit a way from them :) But that is ok that is what Older Brothers are for
right!!! :) I sent you two videos Mom said that she got one of them, but I do
not know if the other one went through. If it didn’t here is your pre game
talk!
Here you go Bec!!! State tournament!!!! Right from the tip off,
go as hard as you can!!! Give it all that you can! No regrets! Leave it all on
the court!!! Do your very best!!! Eye of the Tiger!!! Go rip them apart!!!!
Fist on top of the head... Remember!! :)
And Have Fun!
Good Luck I will be Praying For you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elder
Tilley
Bye Love you
Logging Off
I hope you have a fantastic week!!!!!!!!!!
Tell the fam I love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a video for bec to pump her up before her game and DURING THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a video for bec to pump her up before her game and DURING THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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