So this week is today busy. we have 4 appointments with investigators, tomorrow a service project and an appointment in the evening, and then Wednesday district meeting, and Yuri. Then Thursday I go to Zurich, then to münchen, then eat, drink and be merry, and then its all over. I almost asked you a question but then remembered you won`t even answer it, so not important.
The apartment looks good and clean, Yuri hasn^t accepted it yet, but will today, and Elder Nielsen will come with the Zurich and chill there until his new comp arrives. He is training :)
Anyways, my time as a full-time missionary is pretty much gone, but not all the way. We are still going to see some miracles this week. But it has been a blast, the church is awesome, so are missions.
Liebe
Elder Terry
Friday, July 31, 2020
March 11, 2013
Well I really don`t know what to say. I feel like I can just tell you everything that happened personally really soon. We were really busy this week. We painted our apartment on Saturday. that went well, but we still have to clean it up :) oh well. And on Friday I got to go to Richterswil to give Fransisco a baptismal interview. That was cool because I was the one who was blessed to find him 6 months ago. he will be baptized on Sunday. So that will be cool to see.
Oh and Wednesday we were in Bonstetten doing a finding day, and Elder Schulzke and I were going door to door, and someone called the police on us. That is a first on my mission. It was pretty funny. Sadly the police didn`t have any interest in the gospel either :(
Well, things are going well with our investigators. Yuri is keeping the word of wisdom and we taught him the law of chastity last night. We are going to set a baptismal date with him this week, so pray for him! It is going to be BIG. anyways, benjamin is doing good as well. He is almost ready for his baptism. Oh well also finally had contact with Mary and Denisous. They haven`t had time to meet in the past few weeks, but we visited them on Saturday and Mary had already read to 2 Ne 17! And she really likes it. We taught the plan of salvation and explain the fall of adam and how it was a necessary part of God`s plan, and she understood it amazingly well.
Well, this week we are definitely going to be busy again. THE CHURCH IS REALLY TRUE. I LOVE this gospel. It is the best! have a great week, and see you soon. Don`t forget to pick me up next week at the airport :) But Elder Sullivan and I are going to try to make a run for it at the Munich airport. So if I am not on the flight, don`t worry. After all, Ammon and his brothers served for 14 years....... hahahahahaha jk I LOVE YOU
Liebe
Elder Terry
Oh and Wednesday we were in Bonstetten doing a finding day, and Elder Schulzke and I were going door to door, and someone called the police on us. That is a first on my mission. It was pretty funny. Sadly the police didn`t have any interest in the gospel either :(
Well, things are going well with our investigators. Yuri is keeping the word of wisdom and we taught him the law of chastity last night. We are going to set a baptismal date with him this week, so pray for him! It is going to be BIG. anyways, benjamin is doing good as well. He is almost ready for his baptism. Oh well also finally had contact with Mary and Denisous. They haven`t had time to meet in the past few weeks, but we visited them on Saturday and Mary had already read to 2 Ne 17! And she really likes it. We taught the plan of salvation and explain the fall of adam and how it was a necessary part of God`s plan, and she understood it amazingly well.
Well, this week we are definitely going to be busy again. THE CHURCH IS REALLY TRUE. I LOVE this gospel. It is the best! have a great week, and see you soon. Don`t forget to pick me up next week at the airport :) But Elder Sullivan and I are going to try to make a run for it at the Munich airport. So if I am not on the flight, don`t worry. After all, Ammon and his brothers served for 14 years....... hahahahahaha jk I LOVE YOU
Liebe
Elder Terry
March 4, 2013
Anyways, this week was awesome. We haven^t painted our apartment yet, that is on Saturday. But this week we had a lot of cool things happen. First of all, we taught Yuri the word of wisdom, and he has stopped drinking coffee. he was supposed to stop drinking black tea as well, but somewhere along the line he didn`t. But let's stick to the positives. No more coffee. And we also met with a friend of his from a free Christian church. The guy was so prepared, he started off telling us about scriptures in Hosea, and Amos and Malachi show that there will soon be a restoration. Then we told him that that had already happened, and we explained the story to him, but he was too scared because he had heard that we were some crazy sect. It was sad to see, but at least he has contact with Yuri and Yuri can still help him to see the truth.
Benjamin is also going really well. He met with the branch president, and everything will go well for his baptism. That is going to be awesome.
We also had a couple of other investigators who are making a lot of progress and it is really cool to see. Chur really is the best area ever. I love it a lot here. I can't remember what else happened this week.... I think I am getting old or something. man. But man the weather here has been really awesome the last few days. Warm and the sun is shining. But back to the important things... I just love this gospel. it is the best. It is unexplainable, simply awesome. I love being a missionary. It is awesome! I hope you have a great week! love you!
Liebe
Elder Terry
Benjamin is also going really well. He met with the branch president, and everything will go well for his baptism. That is going to be awesome.
We also had a couple of other investigators who are making a lot of progress and it is really cool to see. Chur really is the best area ever. I love it a lot here. I can't remember what else happened this week.... I think I am getting old or something. man. But man the weather here has been really awesome the last few days. Warm and the sun is shining. But back to the important things... I just love this gospel. it is the best. It is unexplainable, simply awesome. I love being a missionary. It is awesome! I hope you have a great week! love you!
Liebe
Elder Terry
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
February 25, 2013
Well this week WAS AWESOME! We had zone
conference, sadly it is possible that that is my last zone conference for a
while, but who knows, miracles happen and or maybe I will
"accidentally" miss my plane. hahaha jk Don`t flip out mom, its just
a joke. Oh we also had an auststellung in Zurich
Otherwise we had a busy week. Benjamin is doing great. His baptism will be on the 24th of March, so 2 days after I leave, but it is better that way. Besides some lucky missionary will get to have a baptism right at the beginning of his time in Chur.
As for Pres miles, an emergency came up so he was unable to go with us to Yuri after church, but he talked with Yuri at church which was cool. Yuri really has a testimony of like everything, but refuses to be baptized. He just wants to take his sweet time and not get rushed into anything. But he is a stud, and he will be baptized soon. I am sure of it. Besides in a few weeks I can teach him EVERY DAY through skype.
We also taught a cool Muslim guy named Lotfi. He is hardcore Muslim, totally convinced that he is right, but also very smart and willing to listen and ask questions. We were able to give him a Book of Mormon, and hopefully he will read it. We should be having an appointment with him today, but he canceled it because he is busy. But we will meet with him soon :)
Man, I really don`t know what else to say than I just absolutely, without a doubt love missionary work. It is so much fun. The church really is true, and it’s true for everyone. People absolutely HATE it when we say that. For them it sounds fanatic, absolutist, etc and etc. And sometimes it is tempting to weaken the statement of the Lord by saying "it’s true... for me" But as much as this statement might make us or other people squirm in our seats, we can not change reality. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth and the Life, NO one comes to the Father except through me." I testify with all my heart that that is true. Christ is and was the ONLY person capable and willing to descend below all things that he might save all things. Salvation and exaltation come only in and through the name of Jesus Christ. And he commands NONE to depart. ALL are invited to come unto him, and enjoy the blessings of his infinite Atonement. I testify that the full reality of those blessings depends on the making and keeping of gospel covenants. As missionaries we truly are opening the doors of the celestial kingdom. The church is true, the priesthood of Almighty God has been restored, and through the atonement of Christ ALL mankind may be save, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel.
Otherwise we had a busy week. Benjamin is doing great. His baptism will be on the 24th of March, so 2 days after I leave, but it is better that way. Besides some lucky missionary will get to have a baptism right at the beginning of his time in Chur.
As for Pres miles, an emergency came up so he was unable to go with us to Yuri after church, but he talked with Yuri at church which was cool. Yuri really has a testimony of like everything, but refuses to be baptized. He just wants to take his sweet time and not get rushed into anything. But he is a stud, and he will be baptized soon. I am sure of it. Besides in a few weeks I can teach him EVERY DAY through skype.
We also taught a cool Muslim guy named Lotfi. He is hardcore Muslim, totally convinced that he is right, but also very smart and willing to listen and ask questions. We were able to give him a Book of Mormon, and hopefully he will read it. We should be having an appointment with him today, but he canceled it because he is busy. But we will meet with him soon :)
Man, I really don`t know what else to say than I just absolutely, without a doubt love missionary work. It is so much fun. The church really is true, and it’s true for everyone. People absolutely HATE it when we say that. For them it sounds fanatic, absolutist, etc and etc. And sometimes it is tempting to weaken the statement of the Lord by saying "it’s true... for me" But as much as this statement might make us or other people squirm in our seats, we can not change reality. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth and the Life, NO one comes to the Father except through me." I testify with all my heart that that is true. Christ is and was the ONLY person capable and willing to descend below all things that he might save all things. Salvation and exaltation come only in and through the name of Jesus Christ. And he commands NONE to depart. ALL are invited to come unto him, and enjoy the blessings of his infinite Atonement. I testify that the full reality of those blessings depends on the making and keeping of gospel covenants. As missionaries we truly are opening the doors of the celestial kingdom. The church is true, the priesthood of Almighty God has been restored, and through the atonement of Christ ALL mankind may be save, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel.
liebe
Elder Terry
Monday, February 18, 2013
February 18, 2013
Dear Mommy,
Well I am sorry that you have had a stressful week, we
had a really good one, if that makes up for it :) hahahaha well it should
Anyways, we met with a lot of people. First of all Benjamin, everything is going great with him. He is making a lot of progress, and we will meet again with him today. Everything is going to be ready for his baptism on the 24th of March. That is awesome!
Yuri is also doing good. We aren`t exactly sure what the Lord wants us to do to help him, but we are sure that we need to really get him to pray. So that will be our focus this week. Kurt is also still doing great, and hopefully might be baptized soon.
We also found 2 new investigators this week. The first is Joseph Hunziker. He is pretty much a less active Jehovah’s Witness. He smokes a lot, and I don`t think he is actually a member of their church, but he believes they are right. He knows a lot of stuff about the bible, but doesn`t actually know the bible. We met with him and tried to teach him the restoration, but he just kept going on and on about how the trinity isn`t God and the Holy Ghost isn`t a person and on and on, and then finally we asked him where any of this stood in the bible, and he had no idea. Then we tried to teach him from the bible, but he didn`t know where the book of John was. Yet he knows that only 144,000 people will be taken in to heaven, etc. Hopefully we can help him to read in the Book of Mormon and get a testimony of the truth.
We also found a cool young couple, Christa and Christof, and they are Methodist kinda, but open and really nice. Hopefully we will be able to meet more with them. Pretty much we have been super busy, oh and I don’t know if already said this, but we decided, to paint our apartment. I am really excited. Anyways also cool, this Sunday Pres Miles is coming to Chur. We are excited to see him. We have zone conference tomorrow as well, so we will see him more then once :)
Anyways, I have been studying/pondering about how I can best help the missionaries in my district. It is interesting how knowing that I only have a few weeks left changes my perspective. Suddenly some things don’t seem very important, while other things are suddenly VERY important. One of the things that has suddenly become important is seeing our potential. I mean, as missionaries we so often tell people that we and they are children of God, but can we begin to understand what that means? It means that we have an unlimited potential. Our Father created the universe and everything in it, and the seed of this power is within us, and through the gospel of Jesus Christ can be activated. So often we experience difficulties and think we are incapable of solving them, that we are somehow inferior to our task or calling, yet we all have the divine potential to "posess all the Father hath." I give my testimony that that is God`s goal for us, and that He will never give up or settle for less. I know that with his help we can do all things!
Anyways, we met with a lot of people. First of all Benjamin, everything is going great with him. He is making a lot of progress, and we will meet again with him today. Everything is going to be ready for his baptism on the 24th of March. That is awesome!
Yuri is also doing good. We aren`t exactly sure what the Lord wants us to do to help him, but we are sure that we need to really get him to pray. So that will be our focus this week. Kurt is also still doing great, and hopefully might be baptized soon.
We also found 2 new investigators this week. The first is Joseph Hunziker. He is pretty much a less active Jehovah’s Witness. He smokes a lot, and I don`t think he is actually a member of their church, but he believes they are right. He knows a lot of stuff about the bible, but doesn`t actually know the bible. We met with him and tried to teach him the restoration, but he just kept going on and on about how the trinity isn`t God and the Holy Ghost isn`t a person and on and on, and then finally we asked him where any of this stood in the bible, and he had no idea. Then we tried to teach him from the bible, but he didn`t know where the book of John was. Yet he knows that only 144,000 people will be taken in to heaven, etc. Hopefully we can help him to read in the Book of Mormon and get a testimony of the truth.
We also found a cool young couple, Christa and Christof, and they are Methodist kinda, but open and really nice. Hopefully we will be able to meet more with them. Pretty much we have been super busy, oh and I don’t know if already said this, but we decided, to paint our apartment. I am really excited. Anyways also cool, this Sunday Pres Miles is coming to Chur. We are excited to see him. We have zone conference tomorrow as well, so we will see him more then once :)
Anyways, I have been studying/pondering about how I can best help the missionaries in my district. It is interesting how knowing that I only have a few weeks left changes my perspective. Suddenly some things don’t seem very important, while other things are suddenly VERY important. One of the things that has suddenly become important is seeing our potential. I mean, as missionaries we so often tell people that we and they are children of God, but can we begin to understand what that means? It means that we have an unlimited potential. Our Father created the universe and everything in it, and the seed of this power is within us, and through the gospel of Jesus Christ can be activated. So often we experience difficulties and think we are incapable of solving them, that we are somehow inferior to our task or calling, yet we all have the divine potential to "posess all the Father hath." I give my testimony that that is God`s goal for us, and that He will never give up or settle for less. I know that with his help we can do all things!
Liebe
Elder Terry
Elder Terry
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| Elder Moore, Elder Schulzke, Elder Nielsen, me, Elder Müller, and Elder Schilling. and that suit that I am wearing is the new one that I bought. |
Monday, February 11, 2013
February 11, 2013
Dear Mom,
Montana
Anyways, this week was BUSY. Tuesday we had zone training in St Gallen, and I got to say goodbye to Elder Rosenvall :( Wednesday we went to the temple, from Wednesday to Thursday i had an exchange with Elder Müller, then transfer calls Friday, and Saturday we had a mission wide area book finding day. Pretty much I wasn`t in Chur. But anyways, on to the important people our investigators. So we actually didn`t end up dropping Yuri. We were able to have 2 really great appointments with him. The first one about keeping the Sabbath day holy; the second about the Atonement. And Yuri told us that he wants to get a little more serious about preparing for baptism, (no date yet) but he came to church on Sunday to Sacrament Meeting, and also gave a friend a Book of Mormon and made out an appointment with another friend and us for 2 weeks. So please keep praying for him. The baptismal date is going to come soon I can feel it.
Anyways, this week was BUSY. Tuesday we had zone training in St Gallen, and I got to say goodbye to Elder Rosenvall :( Wednesday we went to the temple, from Wednesday to Thursday i had an exchange with Elder Müller, then transfer calls Friday, and Saturday we had a mission wide area book finding day. Pretty much I wasn`t in Chur. But anyways, on to the important people our investigators. So we actually didn`t end up dropping Yuri. We were able to have 2 really great appointments with him. The first one about keeping the Sabbath day holy; the second about the Atonement. And Yuri told us that he wants to get a little more serious about preparing for baptism, (no date yet) but he came to church on Sunday to Sacrament Meeting, and also gave a friend a Book of Mormon and made out an appointment with another friend and us for 2 weeks. So please keep praying for him. The baptismal date is going to come soon I can feel it.
Anyways we also had a really cool experience
with our investigator Bruno from Colombia
We also had a great appointment with Denisious. He is the cousin of an investigator. We were able to talk to him about the Book of Mormon, and he is excited to read in it and find out if it is really true.
Man, this email looks really short, but I am pretty sure I covered everything. I hope that you have a great week!
We also had a great appointment with Denisious. He is the cousin of an investigator. We were able to talk to him about the Book of Mormon, and he is excited to read in it and find out if it is really true.
Man, this email looks really short, but I am pretty sure I covered everything. I hope that you have a great week!
Liebe
Elder Terry
Elder Terry
Monday, February 4, 2013
February 4, 2013
Dear Mom,
This past week has been awesome. Like planned we went toSt Moritz Switzerland
This week was awesome. Yesterday was fast and testimony meeting, and all of the testimonies were about missionary work. I absolutely loved it. (Oh a shout out for Trent Howard: Sasha fromSwitzerland Colombia
Other news... Yuri is struggling. We aren`t really sure what we can do to help him, and Pres. Miles suggested that maybe he needs a break from our visits. So we’ll probably explain that to him this week. Hopefully it will help him get his head on straight.
Other than that, we had a finding day in Richterswil, and ended up going door to door for a long time, but we found a really cool lady. We rang at her door and through the speaker she asked who we were, and we said that we are missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ and she said Of the latter day saints? the Mormons? Come in. Turns out she knows a family that are members and she has a lot of faith in God, and has a lot of family difficulties. We had a really great lesson. It was awesome!
Well I am not sure what else there is to say other than the church is simply true. And missionary work is simply the best! Have a great week!
This past week has been awesome. Like planned we went to
This week was awesome. Yesterday was fast and testimony meeting, and all of the testimonies were about missionary work. I absolutely loved it. (Oh a shout out for Trent Howard: Sasha from
Other news... Yuri is struggling. We aren`t really sure what we can do to help him, and Pres. Miles suggested that maybe he needs a break from our visits. So we’ll probably explain that to him this week. Hopefully it will help him get his head on straight.
Other than that, we had a finding day in Richterswil, and ended up going door to door for a long time, but we found a really cool lady. We rang at her door and through the speaker she asked who we were, and we said that we are missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ and she said Of the latter day saints? the Mormons? Come in. Turns out she knows a family that are members and she has a lot of faith in God, and has a lot of family difficulties. We had a really great lesson. It was awesome!
Well I am not sure what else there is to say other than the church is simply true. And missionary work is simply the best! Have a great week!
Liebe
Elder Terry
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