8.24.15 - No hay tanto tiempo como querria

Elder Cruz was transfered to mission creek and Elder Bertelsen stayed. We knew that was what would happen, and they knew that we knew, so we resisted their probing questions and everyone found out by email their transfer results last tuesday. Elder Masters and I are the only area leaders for the mission this transfer so while he received his new trainee (Elder Batier, who we love) Elder Bertelsen and I administered the spanish tets before the san antonio and austin transfer meetings at 6:30am and 10:30 am respectively. There were numerous people who passed, and we know that because we graded ALL of the tests in the mission. It took a good 9 hours to get through them but now we have time to move on to less repetitive things.

 

A few TSAM legends came back to visit during the transfer meetings. Elder McMurry and Elder and Sister Tuft, (Formerly sister King, but seeing as they're married now...)

 

They bore a powerful testimony and showed themselves as terrific examples of faithful post mission lives. The Tufts are also pregnant and working in the MTC together. I was especially interested in the MTC part of that and tried to get a few application tips.

 

The Vargas and the Muller families came to church again and are progressing very well. A man named brother muller who works on the air force base near by has also been bringing his non-member wife. She has quite a bit of experience coming to the church, I think she was a primary teacher in former ward. She's shy and has strong religious ties back through her own family that keeps her from really opening up to the church. However this week she came to an FHE we did at the gonzalez home, our ward mission leader, and she accepted the invitation to do service in the food bank with everyone else in attendance. That was a great step! Our sunday school class yesterday not too surprisingly was also on service and I think she had a good impression that we try live the things we preach.

 

While studying charity, I learned that charity is developed as we make sacrifices of ourselves for others. I learned while studying the acts of service Christ did for others, He served in ways only he could. When raising lazarus, he did what only Christ could do. If we were put into that same situation, each one of us has been given gifts and talents from God to bless other's lives. We can find unique ways that we're able to serve others, as we take time to learn and think about what matters to them most. Most importantly, as you pray for the gift of Charity, and the opportunity to become more like Christ, be ready for a lot of opportunities to get started from the moment you get off your knees!

 

I love you!

 

Stay Salty!

 

Elder Tyler Meidell