28 Mayo 2012
Hey family...
love you all! write me!
love, Mb
Hey family,
How´s it going? Another transfer is coming to a close. Wow! I canñt believe how fast time passes.
Kyle,
thanks a lot for your email. I liked it a lot. I feel lonely
sometimes, but I do enjoy a lot of what we do. I feel really inadequate
and like a failure a lot because we aren´t cumpliendo con las metas de
la mision. But people are changing and we don´t see all the fruits of
what we do. Y vamos a mejorar. I have a list of people that I want to
look up when I get back home. on facebook. Haha in Sociedad de Socorro
this sunday we learned that facebook is of the devil. I felt the
spirit really strongly (that´s sarcasm by the way. I`m going to refrain
from talking more about relief society in Nicaragua...)
Mom, thanks for the emails always. I got the first two packages.
Thanks for being so awesome. I tore off the label thing you had to
write out so I don´t know what´s inside.
Thanks for writing Hna Silva. I know she appreciates it.
Dad, thanks for the letters. Good job on completing your goal of going to the temple every month.
Doug
congratulations on graduating. I realized last week that I said
congrats to Kevin for his progress in school but I never said anything
to you! Que barbaridad!
Dani, congratulations because you have lots of faith! And good luck. Give my mom a hug for me!
Kevin, good job passing your written exams!!!!! That´s awesome.
Tanner and Nani and Scotty and Adam and David, start practicing being missionaries.
Yesterday was kind of a bad day.
Um... Enrique feels pressured to
get baptized but doesn't feel ready. The lesson this Sunday in
Principles of the Gospel was on agency and afterwards he had his
interview. hahaha. But he missed sacrament meeting when someone quoted
Mosiah 18 Que os impide? Anyway, he has changed a ton. His family has
changed a ton and he´s going to get baptized at some point.
A less active came to church yesterday that hadnñt come in 6 weeks.
Also, the husband of one of our pilas investigators wants to change.
He had to do something yesterday morning and was going to church at 11,
for the last hour. But, he met his wife who was going home from church,
and didn't want to be in church by himself so he went home. He´s going
to be in Costa Rica for the next two weeks. We are working with about 5
people with really strong addictions to alcohol. President Monestel
sent us an addiction recovery book and we are starting to read it. IT´s
awesome. Also, you all should be proud to find out that you daughter
slash sister and her companion won 2nd place in the zone for cleanest
apartment. More importantly, we won chocolate!
WE are also working with another part member family, Marlon and Rosa
Aura. He isn´t a member. He has gone to church twice. He is reading
the ldm and believes that it is true. They are praying together at
night. I have a way stronger testimony of family prayer. People feel a
HUGE DIFFERENCE when they start praying as a family.
Love to all. Congrats to Mallory and Daniel for graduating! Say hi to
Charlotte. I wrote her a letter the other day. Just have to send it...
Love love love
hna tew
Monday, May 28, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
21 May 2012
Hey family,
here´s my letter to President Monestel. The pouch finally came so I got a ton of letters and dear elders. Thanks.! I got one from Charlotte, Doug and Dani, a ton from Grandma Campbell, and from Mom. Thanks!
I need the addresses of Grandma and Grandpa Tew, Sarah Cotton, Regan Baker, and Mary Katherine. Mary Katherine can help me out with Regan´s address I think.
Hope everything is good with you all. Pray that Enrique gets baptized this weekend!
Love, Hna Tew
Hey Family,
Thanks for the letter Cheryl, Doug, Dani, and Dad. I liked the comic too. I think mom sent it?
Sounds like everyone is busy. Good luck with moving, Doug and Dani. I hope the job interviews go well, Doug. and that you move to Gillette :)
I hope everything goes well with the fam, work, and relief society, Cheryl. Good job, Kevin! Sounds like you are working really hard in your school work.
Dad. thanks for your letter. I think your sense of humor is getting dry er. Go run that marathon! and write your book. I like your thoughts. This morning Hna Silva shared her thoughts about the paralytic man. She said that sometimes we´re like the man when we don´t actually answer the questions we recieve, we just start making excuses. I liked your thoughts about Jesus washing the disciples´ feet.
Grandma Campbell, thanks for the letters. I like recieving the written bits that you add on. I am not near the ocean (I don´t think so, anyway) but I am a little bit near the big lake. The cousin reunion sounds like it went really well. I really liked the picture I got of everyone by the temple. Cool! Congratulations on your bowling successes! :)
Last monday we went on a walk slash hike to a nature reserve. It´s about 7 km to get the the reserve and then you walk around the reserve. It was all really beautiful. There was a waterfall there and a ton of chocoyos live there but we didn´t see any. We didn´t see any monkeys either, but we heard them! We saw some really beautiful butterflies. It was fun to go, but it was kind of long. We took a moto for most of the ride home.
Well, the rainy season has started her.
I wrote a little bit about Enrique in the letter to President Monestel. He´s happy and his family is happy. They have four boys and one girl too. The girl is the youngest! He hasn´t received an answer if the book of mormon is true or not, but he´s been really happy living the gospel, having family prayers, reading the scriptures, and going to church. The Elders in Ticuantepe are teaching a cool family that is hopefully getting baptized this weekend too. The branch is going to grow!!!! it is growing!!!
Oh yeah, I got the letter with Scotty´s drawings and the picture of the family. I really liked the picture. It is on the wall. David is cute!
We´re teaching another part member family. Marlon and Rosa Aura. Marlon isn´t a member. He´s gone to church at least twice before. He´s really cool. He didn´t want to join us the first lesson, but we invited him the second lesson and he came! Last night he was going to leave and we asked him to join us and he did. He must want to change a little bit because he´s getting a little softer. He told us that there is more peace when they pray as a family. Family prayer is magical, folks. Actually, it´s a commandment, so we receive blessings of peace when we obey it. He is going to get baptized soon too.
Carmen is reading her book of mormon and she says that she feels peace when she reads it. COOL!!! Her husband is a really nice guy, but he works a lot and hasn´t been reading. But at least he tells us the truth. I like that.
the husband of one of our awesome investigators told us that he wants to change too. but this sunday he didn´t go to church and he wasn´t home for the appoinment. I think he´s probably just scared. He´s going to getbaptized too. :)
Well, I love you all. Pray for me! and my investigators. we want to start addiction recovery program here becuase there are a ton of problems here. Love, love, love, Hna Tew
Hey family,
here´s my letter to President Monestel. The pouch finally came so I got a ton of letters and dear elders. Thanks.! I got one from Charlotte, Doug and Dani, a ton from Grandma Campbell, and from Mom. Thanks!
I need the addresses of Grandma and Grandpa Tew, Sarah Cotton, Regan Baker, and Mary Katherine. Mary Katherine can help me out with Regan´s address I think.
Hope everything is good with you all. Pray that Enrique gets baptized this weekend!
Love, Hna Tew
Hey Family,
Thanks for the letter Cheryl, Doug, Dani, and Dad. I liked the comic too. I think mom sent it?
Sounds like everyone is busy. Good luck with moving, Doug and Dani. I hope the job interviews go well, Doug. and that you move to Gillette :)
I hope everything goes well with the fam, work, and relief society, Cheryl. Good job, Kevin! Sounds like you are working really hard in your school work.
Dad. thanks for your letter. I think your sense of humor is getting dry er. Go run that marathon! and write your book. I like your thoughts. This morning Hna Silva shared her thoughts about the paralytic man. She said that sometimes we´re like the man when we don´t actually answer the questions we recieve, we just start making excuses. I liked your thoughts about Jesus washing the disciples´ feet.
Grandma Campbell, thanks for the letters. I like recieving the written bits that you add on. I am not near the ocean (I don´t think so, anyway) but I am a little bit near the big lake. The cousin reunion sounds like it went really well. I really liked the picture I got of everyone by the temple. Cool! Congratulations on your bowling successes! :)
Last monday we went on a walk slash hike to a nature reserve. It´s about 7 km to get the the reserve and then you walk around the reserve. It was all really beautiful. There was a waterfall there and a ton of chocoyos live there but we didn´t see any. We didn´t see any monkeys either, but we heard them! We saw some really beautiful butterflies. It was fun to go, but it was kind of long. We took a moto for most of the ride home.
Well, the rainy season has started her.
I wrote a little bit about Enrique in the letter to President Monestel. He´s happy and his family is happy. They have four boys and one girl too. The girl is the youngest! He hasn´t received an answer if the book of mormon is true or not, but he´s been really happy living the gospel, having family prayers, reading the scriptures, and going to church. The Elders in Ticuantepe are teaching a cool family that is hopefully getting baptized this weekend too. The branch is going to grow!!!! it is growing!!!
Oh yeah, I got the letter with Scotty´s drawings and the picture of the family. I really liked the picture. It is on the wall. David is cute!
We´re teaching another part member family. Marlon and Rosa Aura. Marlon isn´t a member. He´s gone to church at least twice before. He´s really cool. He didn´t want to join us the first lesson, but we invited him the second lesson and he came! Last night he was going to leave and we asked him to join us and he did. He must want to change a little bit because he´s getting a little softer. He told us that there is more peace when they pray as a family. Family prayer is magical, folks. Actually, it´s a commandment, so we receive blessings of peace when we obey it. He is going to get baptized soon too.
Carmen is reading her book of mormon and she says that she feels peace when she reads it. COOL!!! Her husband is a really nice guy, but he works a lot and hasn´t been reading. But at least he tells us the truth. I like that.
the husband of one of our awesome investigators told us that he wants to change too. but this sunday he didn´t go to church and he wasn´t home for the appoinment. I think he´s probably just scared. He´s going to getbaptized too. :)
Well, I love you all. Pray for me! and my investigators. we want to start addiction recovery program here becuase there are a ton of problems here. Love, love, love, Hna Tew
Monday, May 14, 2012
14 May 2012
Hey family,
I haven´t read any emails yet, and I haven´t written president either, but I wanted to ask a few questions.
my companion hardly ever gets mail from her family. Maybe you could write her a short note? She speaks perfect English, so anyone can write her. She´s really nice. her email is blanca.silva at myldsmail.net
Dale Helfer? and Andrew?
Sarah`s address?
G and G tew`s new address?
And I am also requesting the missionary moments.
It was great to talk to you yesterday. Thanks for being a great family!
Love, Mb
Hey hey hey
Cheryl, Thanks for the pictures! I loved them. The kids really look different. They´re so big! Nani looks different. I don't think I got all of your letter. So, maybe you can send on the rest of it this week! I hope you are Kevin and doing well. Thanks for writing me. I always like to hear from you.
Kevin, I really liked hearing that you are reading to your kids. I just feel good every time I think of you reading to them because I remember Dad reading to me. and mom too.
Mom, Happy mothers day again. I kind of talked a lot yesterday without saying thanks. ingrata. Thanks for being a great mom. Yesterday we visited a mom who hit her son with a twig while we were there. Thanks for always being a good example of love and patience and forgiveness.
Dad, thanks for your letter and thanks for your advice yesterday. I will try to think a little more positively. Sounds like you´re developing lots of talents. Good luck with your trombone.
Good luck in the garden, mom. Tell the tulips hi for me! I was also glad to hear about the miracle ash. There are always miracles!!!
Well, Enrique went to church this Sunday with almost all of his family. Only one son stayed in the house to make sure it was safe. His family was really happy that he went! They have 4 sons and then a daughter, like us. And the daughter stays up late until everyone gets home to say prayers, even though she´s tired. The dad, Enrique, told us that she asked him over and over Sunday morning if he was going to go to church with them. Si, hombre! he said. haha.
Well, we are hoping that Enrique will get baptized this month. he has 6 days without smoking or drinking. And he really wants to change. He wants to get baptized.
Well, we have to get going now. I´m sorry this is short but I don´t have time to write more. I love you all!
Thanks for writing me.
Love hna tew
Hey family,
I haven´t read any emails yet, and I haven´t written president either, but I wanted to ask a few questions.
my companion hardly ever gets mail from her family. Maybe you could write her a short note? She speaks perfect English, so anyone can write her. She´s really nice. her email is blanca.silva at myldsmail.net
Dale Helfer? and Andrew?
Sarah`s address?
G and G tew`s new address?
And I am also requesting the missionary moments.
It was great to talk to you yesterday. Thanks for being a great family!
Love, Mb
Hey hey hey
Cheryl, Thanks for the pictures! I loved them. The kids really look different. They´re so big! Nani looks different. I don't think I got all of your letter. So, maybe you can send on the rest of it this week! I hope you are Kevin and doing well. Thanks for writing me. I always like to hear from you.
Kevin, I really liked hearing that you are reading to your kids. I just feel good every time I think of you reading to them because I remember Dad reading to me. and mom too.
Mom, Happy mothers day again. I kind of talked a lot yesterday without saying thanks. ingrata. Thanks for being a great mom. Yesterday we visited a mom who hit her son with a twig while we were there. Thanks for always being a good example of love and patience and forgiveness.
Dad, thanks for your letter and thanks for your advice yesterday. I will try to think a little more positively. Sounds like you´re developing lots of talents. Good luck with your trombone.
Good luck in the garden, mom. Tell the tulips hi for me! I was also glad to hear about the miracle ash. There are always miracles!!!
Well, Enrique went to church this Sunday with almost all of his family. Only one son stayed in the house to make sure it was safe. His family was really happy that he went! They have 4 sons and then a daughter, like us. And the daughter stays up late until everyone gets home to say prayers, even though she´s tired. The dad, Enrique, told us that she asked him over and over Sunday morning if he was going to go to church with them. Si, hombre! he said. haha.
Well, we are hoping that Enrique will get baptized this month. he has 6 days without smoking or drinking. And he really wants to change. He wants to get baptized.
Well, we have to get going now. I´m sorry this is short but I don´t have time to write more. I love you all!
Thanks for writing me.
Love hna tew
Monday, May 7, 2012
7 May 2012
Hey everyone,
I haven´t read your emails yet. Dad I don´t get the missionary moments from church history, but I would like to. What time should I call this Sunday? I´m really excited to talk to you!
love, mb
Hello Family,
Well, I`m going to call in 6 days. I haven`t figured out a place where I can call... but I guess I`ll be calling the home phone.
Kevin: I approve of your reading selection. Sigue adelante, hijo. How did your written qualifiers turn out?
Cheryl: good luck with work and church and home. Have you heard anything about you adoption papers? How´s that going?
Kyle: hi! I hope you`re doing well.
Doug and Dani: Where are you guys going to move? How is school going?
Pablito: I hope you´re feeling well and that work is happy. Say hi to the munchkins for me.
Mom: Thanks for the email. I want to go to New York! It sounds like you´re having a great time. How was Dale?
Grandma Campbell: Thanks for your letters, I love to hear from you and you´re a very faithful writer!
Grandma and Grandpa Tew: I hope you like your new place! Do you ever play games?
Dad: Hey there. I was planning on calling at 7:00... I don´t know what is going to work for you. I think it would be better to call at night so I´m not completely distracted the rest of the day haha.
This is what Pres. Monestel said about the call: Disfruten y aprovechen esta oportunidad para animar, elevar y agradecer a su familia, especialmente a su madre. He´s so cool.
Well, Rafael is going to get married and baptized this Saturday. It´s been really cool to teach him. Friday he showed up at our house to tell us that he couldn´t get married or baptized because he had problems with his kids. Someone told them that he was going to get married and they said you lived with our mo for 38 years and never got married. Why are you gogn to get married in the Mormon church to someone that you´ve been with for four months. So, he just told us no. Thanks for everything, you´re always welcome at my house, but it´s not going to work out. about 30 minutes later hnos Narvaes stopped by to tell us that Rafael isn´t married (he got married when he was about 20). There is no record of his marriage. Nicaragua writes down legal stuff in books, and when there isn´t any more room for any more books, they burn the old records. It´s a blessing for us! :) So, Saturday we went to talk to him. We taught the plan of salvation and we were talkign about baptism and he started again, no I cant´ get baptized because of my kids. He said, we can´t keep living in sin, so we´re going to separate. Maria Magdalena started to cry, just quietly, but she was really sad. I just wanted to kick them because there was nothing to impede them! His kids just want to inherit his land, so they don´t want him to get married. Hno, la quiere? Hna, lo quiere? se quieren, pues. CASENSE!!! Hna Silva went in the house to give magdalena a hug and I said, Hno Rafael, I´m going to scold you because you know exactly what you should do. Anyway... he said, I`m going to talk with you two privately. He was talking and talking with us about his kids and how he felt sad to see Magdalena sad, he was talking and talking and finally Hna Silva said, wait, are you saying that you want to get married? yes. Pase lo que pase, me voy a casar. We´ll put the date tomorrow. So, we went yesterday and talked with them. And with a little coaxing from Hna Silva, Rafael, got down on his knees and asked Magdalena to marry him. And she said yes. So, this Saturday, we´re going to have a wedding! woo hoo! He prayed for his crops, that he could have a harvest so he could pay tithing in thy church. Wow! He really wants to change. He was just afraid of his kids.
Something funny. In the buses, when you need to get off and you want to bus to give you a little more time to get off you say suave. And almost always, you say suave chele to the bus driver. Chele means whitey. It doesn´t matter what color the bus driver is, you always say chele. The drunks here call me chelita. So, anyway, you yell suave, suave, suave chele. And if you want to make sure they hear you hit the side or the top of the bus as you yell. It basically means, slow down, give me some time. Anyway, one day we were walking and I was saying to Hna Silva that if I walk too fast she can tell me because I have long legs and I walk fast. She was chuckling and said, suave. She didn't sya chela because she knows I don´t like being called chela, but afterwards she couldn't help herself and she started saying suave chela. It´s pretty funny.
We started teaching another hno, Marlon, whose wife is a member. He´s really positive. I´m feeling happy as a missionary because I feel like I actually am helping people come to Christ and be happy. It´s really great to be a missionary and witness so many evidences of God´s love. Also, Hna Silva is awesome. she´s really happy and positive.
Well, I´m going to call this Sunday at 7 or 7 30 and if you aren't there I guess I´ll call another day.
I love you all, be good, be happy!
Love, Hna Tew
Hey everyone,
I haven´t read your emails yet. Dad I don´t get the missionary moments from church history, but I would like to. What time should I call this Sunday? I´m really excited to talk to you!
love, mb
Hello Family,
Well, I`m going to call in 6 days. I haven`t figured out a place where I can call... but I guess I`ll be calling the home phone.
Kevin: I approve of your reading selection. Sigue adelante, hijo. How did your written qualifiers turn out?
Cheryl: good luck with work and church and home. Have you heard anything about you adoption papers? How´s that going?
Kyle: hi! I hope you`re doing well.
Doug and Dani: Where are you guys going to move? How is school going?
Pablito: I hope you´re feeling well and that work is happy. Say hi to the munchkins for me.
Mom: Thanks for the email. I want to go to New York! It sounds like you´re having a great time. How was Dale?
Grandma Campbell: Thanks for your letters, I love to hear from you and you´re a very faithful writer!
Grandma and Grandpa Tew: I hope you like your new place! Do you ever play games?
Dad: Hey there. I was planning on calling at 7:00... I don´t know what is going to work for you. I think it would be better to call at night so I´m not completely distracted the rest of the day haha.
This is what Pres. Monestel said about the call: Disfruten y aprovechen esta oportunidad para animar, elevar y agradecer a su familia, especialmente a su madre. He´s so cool.
Well, Rafael is going to get married and baptized this Saturday. It´s been really cool to teach him. Friday he showed up at our house to tell us that he couldn´t get married or baptized because he had problems with his kids. Someone told them that he was going to get married and they said you lived with our mo for 38 years and never got married. Why are you gogn to get married in the Mormon church to someone that you´ve been with for four months. So, he just told us no. Thanks for everything, you´re always welcome at my house, but it´s not going to work out. about 30 minutes later hnos Narvaes stopped by to tell us that Rafael isn´t married (he got married when he was about 20). There is no record of his marriage. Nicaragua writes down legal stuff in books, and when there isn´t any more room for any more books, they burn the old records. It´s a blessing for us! :) So, Saturday we went to talk to him. We taught the plan of salvation and we were talkign about baptism and he started again, no I cant´ get baptized because of my kids. He said, we can´t keep living in sin, so we´re going to separate. Maria Magdalena started to cry, just quietly, but she was really sad. I just wanted to kick them because there was nothing to impede them! His kids just want to inherit his land, so they don´t want him to get married. Hno, la quiere? Hna, lo quiere? se quieren, pues. CASENSE!!! Hna Silva went in the house to give magdalena a hug and I said, Hno Rafael, I´m going to scold you because you know exactly what you should do. Anyway... he said, I`m going to talk with you two privately. He was talking and talking with us about his kids and how he felt sad to see Magdalena sad, he was talking and talking and finally Hna Silva said, wait, are you saying that you want to get married? yes. Pase lo que pase, me voy a casar. We´ll put the date tomorrow. So, we went yesterday and talked with them. And with a little coaxing from Hna Silva, Rafael, got down on his knees and asked Magdalena to marry him. And she said yes. So, this Saturday, we´re going to have a wedding! woo hoo! He prayed for his crops, that he could have a harvest so he could pay tithing in thy church. Wow! He really wants to change. He was just afraid of his kids.
Something funny. In the buses, when you need to get off and you want to bus to give you a little more time to get off you say suave. And almost always, you say suave chele to the bus driver. Chele means whitey. It doesn´t matter what color the bus driver is, you always say chele. The drunks here call me chelita. So, anyway, you yell suave, suave, suave chele. And if you want to make sure they hear you hit the side or the top of the bus as you yell. It basically means, slow down, give me some time. Anyway, one day we were walking and I was saying to Hna Silva that if I walk too fast she can tell me because I have long legs and I walk fast. She was chuckling and said, suave. She didn't sya chela because she knows I don´t like being called chela, but afterwards she couldn't help herself and she started saying suave chela. It´s pretty funny.
We started teaching another hno, Marlon, whose wife is a member. He´s really positive. I´m feeling happy as a missionary because I feel like I actually am helping people come to Christ and be happy. It´s really great to be a missionary and witness so many evidences of God´s love. Also, Hna Silva is awesome. she´s really happy and positive.
Well, I´m going to call this Sunday at 7 or 7 30 and if you aren't there I guess I´ll call another day.
I love you all, be good, be happy!
Love, Hna Tew
Monday, April 30, 2012
30 Abril 2012
Hola Familia Tew!
How`s it going? I live in the land of Pineapple. I want to comment on your letters, but first I have something funny to tell you. Yesterday we went to El Eden three times yesterday. The third time the neighbor of one of our investigators (that`s hopefully going to get baptized this Saturday) gave us two huge HUGE pineapples. It`s about a 25 minute walk from his house to La Borgoña and there`s two big hills. haha. So we basically went on a hike with two pineapples! Saturday we went to El Eden and I came back with two mangos, an avacado and a pineapple in my backpack. WE have some sweet investigators in El Eden. I`m going to tell you about them in a minute.
Mom - I really enjoyed your letter. I got two dear elders last week. One took 12 days to get here. That`s about the fastest I`ve seen. It sounds like you`ve been having a good time having people over and doing stuff for English class. Ipm sure the missionaries are really glad to have you! Did Eduardo and Esperanza get baptized? Say hi tothe Spanish group for me! The hymn sing sounds fabulous. I may have almost cried when I read that no one sings in the house anymore. But that sounds great. Tell the Caprons and the Robbins and the Binghams I say hi! And also tell Dale Helfer that I say hi! What is Andrew up to? Is he on his mission? I miss the Helfers. And EVERYONE in gillette. Love to all!
Dani don`t get to wild out there in New York! Congrats Doug for finishing!
Scotty, Happy Birthday my little dragon friend. Please don`t eat my mother.
Kevin Good job finishing your written qualifiers! Woo hoo! I bet you did really well! Congrats!
Dad, Wow sounds like the missionaries in the stake are on fire! That`s great! And rabbit food sounds delicious! Awww... singing in the living room! Sounds fabulous. Congrats on all the great things that are happening.
Well, we are teaching two cool families that live out in El Edén. One is Rafael. He has to get married to his compañera, and we are going to find out wednesday if he can get married this Saturday. Miracles happen because he was scared about getting married before. We went with Elder Tencio, our district leader one day because we didn`t know what else to do with him and Elder Tencio just talked to him about their goals as a couple and Rafael started talking about having fresquito... well basically punch in the house one day, and I was like, wait... are we talking about a wedding? YES!!!! Woo hoo! So, he wants to get married. The cool thing is that he was praying for strength to resist temptations and stuff and a few days later the missionaries found him. He prays like grandpa Tew, because he really talks to God. When we first met him, I didnt think he seemed that interested or positive, but he has a lot of faith, and he wants to follow Gods commandments. He is a really neat guy.
We are also visiting a family where the mom`s sister is a member. They have four kids. Two of them came to church with us this Sunday. Its amazing how receptive kids are to the gospel. They recognize good. They want to be good. Joselyn and Luis came with us. They called us (minutes are expensive here and people don`t call unless they need to) at 6 50 yesterday morning to make sure that we were going to come pick them up. She is reading her book of mormon! They both want to come next week, even though primary was crazy!!!! They were all ready when we went to pick them up. They were dressed up in their nice clothes and had their hair all done nicely. Hopefully they can get their parents excited about church too! They are miracles! I love little kids.
The people here are very receptive. They are more humble than the people in Masatepe, generally speaking. I love my area and Im trying to have more faith that we can baptize a lot here and that the branch can grow into a good ward. I`m also tryign to have more love for the people. A lot of the time I just want to tell them theyre wrong, so patience is important too.
I love you all.
Love, love, love, Hna Tew
ps how is mary katherine doing?
Hola Familia Tew!
How`s it going? I live in the land of Pineapple. I want to comment on your letters, but first I have something funny to tell you. Yesterday we went to El Eden three times yesterday. The third time the neighbor of one of our investigators (that`s hopefully going to get baptized this Saturday) gave us two huge HUGE pineapples. It`s about a 25 minute walk from his house to La Borgoña and there`s two big hills. haha. So we basically went on a hike with two pineapples! Saturday we went to El Eden and I came back with two mangos, an avacado and a pineapple in my backpack. WE have some sweet investigators in El Eden. I`m going to tell you about them in a minute.
Mom - I really enjoyed your letter. I got two dear elders last week. One took 12 days to get here. That`s about the fastest I`ve seen. It sounds like you`ve been having a good time having people over and doing stuff for English class. Ipm sure the missionaries are really glad to have you! Did Eduardo and Esperanza get baptized? Say hi tothe Spanish group for me! The hymn sing sounds fabulous. I may have almost cried when I read that no one sings in the house anymore. But that sounds great. Tell the Caprons and the Robbins and the Binghams I say hi! And also tell Dale Helfer that I say hi! What is Andrew up to? Is he on his mission? I miss the Helfers. And EVERYONE in gillette. Love to all!
Dani don`t get to wild out there in New York! Congrats Doug for finishing!
Scotty, Happy Birthday my little dragon friend. Please don`t eat my mother.
Kevin Good job finishing your written qualifiers! Woo hoo! I bet you did really well! Congrats!
Dad, Wow sounds like the missionaries in the stake are on fire! That`s great! And rabbit food sounds delicious! Awww... singing in the living room! Sounds fabulous. Congrats on all the great things that are happening.
Well, we are teaching two cool families that live out in El Edén. One is Rafael. He has to get married to his compañera, and we are going to find out wednesday if he can get married this Saturday. Miracles happen because he was scared about getting married before. We went with Elder Tencio, our district leader one day because we didn`t know what else to do with him and Elder Tencio just talked to him about their goals as a couple and Rafael started talking about having fresquito... well basically punch in the house one day, and I was like, wait... are we talking about a wedding? YES!!!! Woo hoo! So, he wants to get married. The cool thing is that he was praying for strength to resist temptations and stuff and a few days later the missionaries found him. He prays like grandpa Tew, because he really talks to God. When we first met him, I didnt think he seemed that interested or positive, but he has a lot of faith, and he wants to follow Gods commandments. He is a really neat guy.
We are also visiting a family where the mom`s sister is a member. They have four kids. Two of them came to church with us this Sunday. Its amazing how receptive kids are to the gospel. They recognize good. They want to be good. Joselyn and Luis came with us. They called us (minutes are expensive here and people don`t call unless they need to) at 6 50 yesterday morning to make sure that we were going to come pick them up. She is reading her book of mormon! They both want to come next week, even though primary was crazy!!!! They were all ready when we went to pick them up. They were dressed up in their nice clothes and had their hair all done nicely. Hopefully they can get their parents excited about church too! They are miracles! I love little kids.
The people here are very receptive. They are more humble than the people in Masatepe, generally speaking. I love my area and Im trying to have more faith that we can baptize a lot here and that the branch can grow into a good ward. I`m also tryign to have more love for the people. A lot of the time I just want to tell them theyre wrong, so patience is important too.
I love you all.
Love, love, love, Hna Tew
ps how is mary katherine doing?
Monday, April 23, 2012
23 April 2012
Hello Family,
WRITE ME PLEASE!!! I`m dying to hear from you all. I`m in the Borgoña with Hna Silva, she was my Latina companion in the CCM in Guatemala!
Love, Mb
Hey Family
here are two pictures of Claudia and Enrique. They are great. I`m still praying for them! They talked to us about saying no to coffee and cigarrettes at work before I left. Enrique always asked people when they are going to get baptized. I know they`re going to help the missionaries in Masatepe with references! and noww........
I`m in La Borgoña!!!! Wow! It's about 30 minutes away from Masatepe. It`s kind of a suburb of Managua. We live by the highway. It`s not as city-y like Masatepe. The houses are more humble. There are mountains and it`s breathtakingly beautiful. It`s also somewhat fresco! yay! My emotions are definitely connected with the heat, so I am very grateful to be able to in a cool area. Part of our area is far away, we searched for an investigator in El Eden for four hours last Thursday. haha. We eat lunch at a fritanga, a restaurant. Carne asada, tajadas, ensalada, We eat dinner with the family Narvaez and they are super pilas! They have helped us go to Eden everyday because they say that it`s really dangerous. I don`t know if it`s really that dangerous, but they help us.
I am here with Hna Silva. She is from Guatemala. My thrid compañera Guatemalteca! WE were interchange companions in the MTC in Guatemala. So we ate together and we slept in the same dormitory. She`s great. Every companion is more and more like me. She`s very happy and easy to get along with. She`s also very obedient! We are reopening the area. There were two elders in the area before and now there are hermanas! The elders left us with lots of investigators! It`s kind of fun to reopen because neither of us know anything. We live in front of the church. It`s a branch that has been around for about a year and a half. We talked to the president of the rama for about 2 hours yesterday. He served in Guatemala North. Hopefully we can work a lot with him and with the members.
I am trying to get used to La Borgoña and Hna Silva and everything. It`s hard to leave behind an area. It was really painful to say goodbye to the people in Masatepe. I love them so much. When I was saying good bye to Claudia and Enrique, Rodrigo was going to say the closing prayer but he didn`t want to because he said that he was embarrassed (tenia pena) because he was crying. So Enrique prayed and it was so beautiful! Junior said thanks for teaching my family the gospel. It was really hard to say goodbye, and it`s a little hard still. but, I am glad to be in the Borgoña. It`s very different from Masatepe. It`s montainous and most of the streets are dirt. There aren`t any pharmacies or grocery stores or markets.
It`s super beautiful here. There are a ton of pineapple! Fields of pineapple! yum! Mom, I got the package! thanks. I liked the stickers, loved the m and ms and the anti bacterial stuff. I would like some bandaids. I got the picture letter with pictures of when you were in New York.
The investigator that we are visiting that lives a little far away, in El Edén is named Rafael. He is about 70 years old and is a nice guy. He is living with a member of the church and isn`t sure if he wants to get married. He came to church this Sunday all by himself. We just had to call him and he said he was going to show up, and he did. Early! He had a baptismal date for this saturday, and we`re going to see what happens. I have faith.
So, thanks for the letters mom. We just get letters once or twice every month and everyone is always surprised by how many i have.
So I`ve been thinking about the call for Mother`s day, and I`m thinking that I might just want to talk to you two. I`m a little homesick and I want to be able to talk a little more than I was able to at Christmas time. I`m going to send my pictures again because I`m afraid they won`t go through.
The other two pictures are me and hna silva and me, hna zapeta, and presidente mercado.
Sometimes I look in the mirror and I think about the white witch from Narnia because I feel so large and white. But, it`s okay. I`ll get back to America and feel tan.
I love you all a lot, a lot. Thanks for everything. For my birthday it would be nice to have a brown or dark skirt that isn`t very full. It`s kind of windy.
Love, love, love Marybeth
Hello Family,
WRITE ME PLEASE!!! I`m dying to hear from you all. I`m in the Borgoña with Hna Silva, she was my Latina companion in the CCM in Guatemala!
Love, Mb
Hey Family
here are two pictures of Claudia and Enrique. They are great. I`m still praying for them! They talked to us about saying no to coffee and cigarrettes at work before I left. Enrique always asked people when they are going to get baptized. I know they`re going to help the missionaries in Masatepe with references! and noww........
I`m in La Borgoña!!!! Wow! It's about 30 minutes away from Masatepe. It`s kind of a suburb of Managua. We live by the highway. It`s not as city-y like Masatepe. The houses are more humble. There are mountains and it`s breathtakingly beautiful. It`s also somewhat fresco! yay! My emotions are definitely connected with the heat, so I am very grateful to be able to in a cool area. Part of our area is far away, we searched for an investigator in El Eden for four hours last Thursday. haha. We eat lunch at a fritanga, a restaurant. Carne asada, tajadas, ensalada, We eat dinner with the family Narvaez and they are super pilas! They have helped us go to Eden everyday because they say that it`s really dangerous. I don`t know if it`s really that dangerous, but they help us.
I am here with Hna Silva. She is from Guatemala. My thrid compañera Guatemalteca! WE were interchange companions in the MTC in Guatemala. So we ate together and we slept in the same dormitory. She`s great. Every companion is more and more like me. She`s very happy and easy to get along with. She`s also very obedient! We are reopening the area. There were two elders in the area before and now there are hermanas! The elders left us with lots of investigators! It`s kind of fun to reopen because neither of us know anything. We live in front of the church. It`s a branch that has been around for about a year and a half. We talked to the president of the rama for about 2 hours yesterday. He served in Guatemala North. Hopefully we can work a lot with him and with the members.
I am trying to get used to La Borgoña and Hna Silva and everything. It`s hard to leave behind an area. It was really painful to say goodbye to the people in Masatepe. I love them so much. When I was saying good bye to Claudia and Enrique, Rodrigo was going to say the closing prayer but he didn`t want to because he said that he was embarrassed (tenia pena) because he was crying. So Enrique prayed and it was so beautiful! Junior said thanks for teaching my family the gospel. It was really hard to say goodbye, and it`s a little hard still. but, I am glad to be in the Borgoña. It`s very different from Masatepe. It`s montainous and most of the streets are dirt. There aren`t any pharmacies or grocery stores or markets.
It`s super beautiful here. There are a ton of pineapple! Fields of pineapple! yum! Mom, I got the package! thanks. I liked the stickers, loved the m and ms and the anti bacterial stuff. I would like some bandaids. I got the picture letter with pictures of when you were in New York.
The investigator that we are visiting that lives a little far away, in El Edén is named Rafael. He is about 70 years old and is a nice guy. He is living with a member of the church and isn`t sure if he wants to get married. He came to church this Sunday all by himself. We just had to call him and he said he was going to show up, and he did. Early! He had a baptismal date for this saturday, and we`re going to see what happens. I have faith.
So, thanks for the letters mom. We just get letters once or twice every month and everyone is always surprised by how many i have.
So I`ve been thinking about the call for Mother`s day, and I`m thinking that I might just want to talk to you two. I`m a little homesick and I want to be able to talk a little more than I was able to at Christmas time. I`m going to send my pictures again because I`m afraid they won`t go through.
The other two pictures are me and hna silva and me, hna zapeta, and presidente mercado.
Sometimes I look in the mirror and I think about the white witch from Narnia because I feel so large and white. But, it`s okay. I`ll get back to America and feel tan.
I love you all a lot, a lot. Thanks for everything. For my birthday it would be nice to have a brown or dark skirt that isn`t very full. It`s kind of windy.
Love, love, love Marybeth
Monday, April 16, 2012
16 April 2012
Hey the letter I sent you all is from last week. Sorry, I tried to send fotos but they were too much. I love you all. Thanks for writing me. I haven`t read the letters yet but l and I`ll respond.
I love you all. ENRIQUE AND CLAUDIA AND THEIR THREE KIDS GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey family,
Can you tell me what`s happening with Pablito. It sounds like something good happened but I don`t know what news he has. But I want to know in the next 25 minutes.
Hey everyone,
Dad congrats on finishing the conferences. Congrats on the missionary moments. The books sound great.
Mom sounds like English class is still going well. Tell the missionaries hi. Good job working on the house with Dad
Doug and Dani good job on your tests! That`s great. I`m excited to hear about where you end up. I like the plan of leaping to Wyoming. I`m glad the munchkins are doing well. Send me a picture of David.
Well, Enrique and Claudia got baptized and confirmed! Kevin, the boy that got baptized last week got confirmed. It was branch conference and our branch is bigger than all the wards in the stake haha. But we`re still a branch. It was cool to see Enrique sustaining the prophet and the quorum of the 12 apostles and the ward leaders. COOL! We have seen soooooo many miracles with this family. God definitely wanted them to get baptized. We found out that Enrique found out that one of his friends at workis a member and has a son on the mission in Argentina. His friend asked him if he was going to get baptized and Enrique said yes. The friend at work apparently helped him a lot. ANSWER TO PRAYER!!! We went to visit Claudia Satuday morning to make sure everything was okay. She made us lunch )rice, beans, avacado the size of my foot and boiled platano. We left at about 1 50. enrique has to work Saturdays and he told us that he wasn`t sure when he was going to get back maybe 4 30 at the latest. The baptism was a 5. We were leaving the barrio and he came up on his motorcycle!!!! yes! early! We asked him how he felt. (alegre). and he said there was enough time to bathe and freshen up. miracles!
They weren`t at the church at 4 50 so we went to their house. They were still getting ready. We left on foot and Enrique followed a few minutes later with Saeed on his motorcycle. Claudia doesn`t like to ride right now because she`s pregnant. He passed us on the motorcycle (this is progress because before we had to wait for him at the door of the church) The four elders took all the clothes and went into the bathroom with Enrique, junior, Rodrigo and Saeed. (Hey! They all had white ties to get baptized with). Claudia changed into her dressed. When Enrique came out in his white pants and shirt and tie he had the biggest smile on!!!! I`ve never seen such a big smile on his face. We took a ton of pictures. They are a good looking family. They got baptized one by one (Rodrigo 3 times and Claudia twice). Claudia left to change but Enrique stayed in the font to see his wife and then his sons get baptized. We have a picture of the four males on the steps of the font. Salvage! After we played some games with everyone and had refreshments. The family sat on one of the church benches waiting for us and Enrique had his arm around Claudia. I`ve never seen that before! :) Rodrigo made the cross sign in the water before getting baptized because he thought it was funny. Rodrigo has made progress like crazy. He loves to read the scriptures! And last week in FHE he was praying and he was about to end but then remembered... thank thee that my family is going to get baptized all together this saturday and it`s going to be a very special day because we`re all going to do it together. He asked that the family of the world be blessed. He has learned how to forgive and the whole family has a much happier feeling between everyone. Enrique doesn`t nag the kids or call them necios so much and the kids have a lot more respect for their parents.
The next morning we left the house at 7 00 because we had to get our investigators and Claudia and Enrique in the church at 8 30 because I had to play the piano forthe choir. So we left on splits. I went to Claudia and Enrique`s house with Diane, the sister of william, winston, esau, and jacob. There`s never light in the house (electricity). And yesterday morning there wasn`t any water either. They iron the clothes by heating the iron on the gas stove. and they ran out of gas!!!! no electricity, water, or gas! It was actually a blessing because no one had to shower (they said that it was okay because Rodrigo se bañó three times yesterday haha), President Mercado, the branch president, sent a white shirt with us for Enrique and we also brought ties. I had to tie the tie for Enrique because he forgot how. With a little craziness they entered the church with white shirts. They looked so good! And happy! When President announced that the family was going to receive the Holy Ghost, starting with Enrique, Enrique moved his hymnbook to the side and looked around for a minute. He went up there and I was behind the piano, but Hna Zapeta said that there wasn`t a more beautiful sight that Enrique up on the stand with his head bowed. Enrique said the closing prayer in the Principles of the Gospel class! woo hoo!
Well, I`m probably leaving Masatepe, but we haven`t heard yet. I`m almost sure. I have the full 6 months.
We found out that a reference wants to get baptized. His name is Daniel Aleman. It`s a good story pero ya me voy.
I feel so happy that Enrique and Claudia got baptized!!!!!!!!! I love them! And they really are starting a new life. Their sons are going to be AWESOME missionaries. We also found a cool family this past week. He is a member and she isn`t. their daughter came to the baptism and really liked it. We`re going to see what happens! Also, one of our converts who hasn`t come to church in a long time came to the baptism. Well, I`m doing good and I`m praying for you all. I `m praying that Doug and Dani find a good job in the place they`re supposed to be.
I love you all a lot! yesterday I called Hna Xiomara Mom, in English. Está rico, Mom I said. She didn`t notice. haha. But I love my real mom a lot more!
Love love love, Mb
Hey the letter I sent you all is from last week. Sorry, I tried to send fotos but they were too much. I love you all. Thanks for writing me. I haven`t read the letters yet but l and I`ll respond.
I love you all. ENRIQUE AND CLAUDIA AND THEIR THREE KIDS GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey family,
Can you tell me what`s happening with Pablito. It sounds like something good happened but I don`t know what news he has. But I want to know in the next 25 minutes.
Hey everyone,
Dad congrats on finishing the conferences. Congrats on the missionary moments. The books sound great.
Mom sounds like English class is still going well. Tell the missionaries hi. Good job working on the house with Dad
Doug and Dani good job on your tests! That`s great. I`m excited to hear about where you end up. I like the plan of leaping to Wyoming. I`m glad the munchkins are doing well. Send me a picture of David.
Well, Enrique and Claudia got baptized and confirmed! Kevin, the boy that got baptized last week got confirmed. It was branch conference and our branch is bigger than all the wards in the stake haha. But we`re still a branch. It was cool to see Enrique sustaining the prophet and the quorum of the 12 apostles and the ward leaders. COOL! We have seen soooooo many miracles with this family. God definitely wanted them to get baptized. We found out that Enrique found out that one of his friends at workis a member and has a son on the mission in Argentina. His friend asked him if he was going to get baptized and Enrique said yes. The friend at work apparently helped him a lot. ANSWER TO PRAYER!!! We went to visit Claudia Satuday morning to make sure everything was okay. She made us lunch )rice, beans, avacado the size of my foot and boiled platano. We left at about 1 50. enrique has to work Saturdays and he told us that he wasn`t sure when he was going to get back maybe 4 30 at the latest. The baptism was a 5. We were leaving the barrio and he came up on his motorcycle!!!! yes! early! We asked him how he felt. (alegre). and he said there was enough time to bathe and freshen up. miracles!
They weren`t at the church at 4 50 so we went to their house. They were still getting ready. We left on foot and Enrique followed a few minutes later with Saeed on his motorcycle. Claudia doesn`t like to ride right now because she`s pregnant. He passed us on the motorcycle (this is progress because before we had to wait for him at the door of the church) The four elders took all the clothes and went into the bathroom with Enrique, junior, Rodrigo and Saeed. (Hey! They all had white ties to get baptized with). Claudia changed into her dressed. When Enrique came out in his white pants and shirt and tie he had the biggest smile on!!!! I`ve never seen such a big smile on his face. We took a ton of pictures. They are a good looking family. They got baptized one by one (Rodrigo 3 times and Claudia twice). Claudia left to change but Enrique stayed in the font to see his wife and then his sons get baptized. We have a picture of the four males on the steps of the font. Salvage! After we played some games with everyone and had refreshments. The family sat on one of the church benches waiting for us and Enrique had his arm around Claudia. I`ve never seen that before! :) Rodrigo made the cross sign in the water before getting baptized because he thought it was funny. Rodrigo has made progress like crazy. He loves to read the scriptures! And last week in FHE he was praying and he was about to end but then remembered... thank thee that my family is going to get baptized all together this saturday and it`s going to be a very special day because we`re all going to do it together. He asked that the family of the world be blessed. He has learned how to forgive and the whole family has a much happier feeling between everyone. Enrique doesn`t nag the kids or call them necios so much and the kids have a lot more respect for their parents.
The next morning we left the house at 7 00 because we had to get our investigators and Claudia and Enrique in the church at 8 30 because I had to play the piano forthe choir. So we left on splits. I went to Claudia and Enrique`s house with Diane, the sister of william, winston, esau, and jacob. There`s never light in the house (electricity). And yesterday morning there wasn`t any water either. They iron the clothes by heating the iron on the gas stove. and they ran out of gas!!!! no electricity, water, or gas! It was actually a blessing because no one had to shower (they said that it was okay because Rodrigo se bañó three times yesterday haha), President Mercado, the branch president, sent a white shirt with us for Enrique and we also brought ties. I had to tie the tie for Enrique because he forgot how. With a little craziness they entered the church with white shirts. They looked so good! And happy! When President announced that the family was going to receive the Holy Ghost, starting with Enrique, Enrique moved his hymnbook to the side and looked around for a minute. He went up there and I was behind the piano, but Hna Zapeta said that there wasn`t a more beautiful sight that Enrique up on the stand with his head bowed. Enrique said the closing prayer in the Principles of the Gospel class! woo hoo!
Well, I`m probably leaving Masatepe, but we haven`t heard yet. I`m almost sure. I have the full 6 months.
We found out that a reference wants to get baptized. His name is Daniel Aleman. It`s a good story pero ya me voy.
I feel so happy that Enrique and Claudia got baptized!!!!!!!!! I love them! And they really are starting a new life. Their sons are going to be AWESOME missionaries. We also found a cool family this past week. He is a member and she isn`t. their daughter came to the baptism and really liked it. We`re going to see what happens! Also, one of our converts who hasn`t come to church in a long time came to the baptism. Well, I`m doing good and I`m praying for you all. I `m praying that Doug and Dani find a good job in the place they`re supposed to be.
I love you all a lot! yesterday I called Hna Xiomara Mom, in English. Está rico, Mom I said. She didn`t notice. haha. But I love my real mom a lot more!
Love love love, Mb
Hi Marybeth,I love you mom! What is the news from Paul! Dad told me Paul had news but he didn`t tell me what
1 any requests for your birthday? or anything you need? Birthday package: one of those dry pack ice cream things just for kicks. I want to give one to my comp. Stickers, STATIONARY, thank you cards, candy. homemade bread and fruit salad. PLEASE NO RICE!!! something surprising...
2 we didn't get an English letter from you last week...did you send one? got the Spanish letter to Pres Monestel only yeah I just sent it again. Sorry about that
3 do you need money? yes, actually. Can you put more money in my checking account. I took about about 60 dollars this morning
4 are you healthy? Um... yes. I am healthyish. Ive had a cold for 3 weeks but I feel good now. my comp takes care of me and you don`t need to worry about my health at all.
Love, Mom
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