hey mom,
so this week was good. it was a really fast week. we didnt meet with
prez shulz on tuesday it looked like he was having other more serious
problems then ours so he was busy. so right now i dont have any new
news. all that i know right now is tha this is supposed to be the last
week of the transfer but i still have three weeks. but this transfer
should be really exciting. there should be a lot of new changes this
transfer.
man a week at sun splash sounds really good right now. i need to get
rid of my tie and collar tan.
im glad that jennies family is doing good. im sure that they will all
know the truth in time. i dont think that its as easy in the u.s. as
it is here. here they just except it they dont really fight against it
to much. but i think people in the states will think about it a lot
more. haha but i know how jennie feels it is hard to be patient when
someone just isnt understanding. tell her its ok. just let him read it
and pray about it himself. that is the only way that he will know its
true. by himself.
so right now we are planning on a baptism for this saturday. we are
supposed to have 5 people but we will see what happens. we are finding
some new investigators right now but we dont have anyone really
serious right now. some are showing interest and some are not serious
at all. but we'll find some good people soon. but other then those
things nothing really exciting happening. its just the normal mission
stuff.
tell grandma thank you i will make sure to write her this evening. its
been a while since i sent her anything. and thank you for the stuff
again it is very much appreciated.
well i dont really have anything else but i love you very very much
you guys are awesome and knowing that i have your love and support
helps me everyday. i love you!!!
love,
Trevin
Trevin and President & Sister Shulz
Arriving at the Mission Home, President & Sister Shulz
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Email from July 9
hey mom,
haha so yeah ummmm.... we didnt have any of our baptisms this week. ha
this week has been something else. first we had a problem get the
district leader to come to mankessim to interview our candidates and
then when he did come we olny got 3 of them interviewed. so we were
one short. and then i was calling the other elders to fill up the
fount in yamoransa and they had no water so i called our ZL in cape
and there fount was being r tiled. but the ola elders had a baptism
scheduled for sat also in ola so we tried to get in with them but then
the cancelled their baptism. so we decided to cancel it. so right now
we are looking for a date. but we are going to have 5 baptisms with
our next baptism whenever that is.
the rest of the week was ok. we got our phone chips. so we all have
new numbers and were trying to figure everyone's numbers. me and my
companion are just going. prez. said that he wanted to talk to us on
tuesday so we will see what happens. im pretty sure that we will not
be together next transfer.
thanks for getting that for me. i got elder mortensens old guitar. he
gave it to his first son elder rosquist and he gave it to his brother!
ME! to its just being passed through the family. but the only tab that
i can think of is if you could high to kolob. other then that just
anything.
sound like everything at home is going good. i really wish that they
had 4th of july here. i missed it a lot. but not to much more time
until i get to be their again.
well i dont have much more to write so i guress i will go. but i love
you guys!!! talk to you later.
love,
Trevin
haha so yeah ummmm.... we didnt have any of our baptisms this week. ha
this week has been something else. first we had a problem get the
district leader to come to mankessim to interview our candidates and
then when he did come we olny got 3 of them interviewed. so we were
one short. and then i was calling the other elders to fill up the
fount in yamoransa and they had no water so i called our ZL in cape
and there fount was being r tiled. but the ola elders had a baptism
scheduled for sat also in ola so we tried to get in with them but then
the cancelled their baptism. so we decided to cancel it. so right now
we are looking for a date. but we are going to have 5 baptisms with
our next baptism whenever that is.
the rest of the week was ok. we got our phone chips. so we all have
new numbers and were trying to figure everyone's numbers. me and my
companion are just going. prez. said that he wanted to talk to us on
tuesday so we will see what happens. im pretty sure that we will not
be together next transfer.
thanks for getting that for me. i got elder mortensens old guitar. he
gave it to his first son elder rosquist and he gave it to his brother!
ME! to its just being passed through the family. but the only tab that
i can think of is if you could high to kolob. other then that just
anything.
sound like everything at home is going good. i really wish that they
had 4th of july here. i missed it a lot. but not to much more time
until i get to be their again.
well i dont have much more to write so i guress i will go. but i love
you guys!!! talk to you later.
love,
Trevin
Email from July 3
hey mom,
its sounds like everything is just moving along at home and that
everything is going good. besideds the whole country thing but not to
much we can do their.
Jaren went on a date holy cow!!! my little bros all grown up! so who
did he go with and how and how did it go? im glad that jaren is
staying busy. its a lot more fun then just sitting at home all the
time.
so your planning on putting something in town. thats cool. sorry that
you didnt receive enough to build something there yet. it would be
really cool if i came home to a new house! i got a letter from the
whitings today. i guess they moved too if you didnt already know. they
moved into the villages.
its crazy how much stuff happens when your gone for two years. it
seems like everyone is going to be married by the time that i get
home. either married or on a mission.
so for africa... this saturday we are having a baptism. one is sandra
our recent convert sabinas daughter. then we are a baptizing christian
and emmanuel the two that me and elder oseghe felt were waiting for us
at the church. they are awesomely powerful guys. they will become
great future leaders. and then we are baptizing another man named
adams. we have been teaching him for a little while now. he had a
drinking and a chastity problem but now hes prepared. so were hopping
for a great baptism this week.
so the only thing new is that on sunday the mission officially split
and we are suposed to get new chips in our phones but we havent yet
and they turned off all of the phones in the mission right now. so
right now we arnt able to call our investigators or our leaders or
anyone so were just kinda free riding right now.
me and my companion are still having problems. he thinks that i am his
personal bank and keeps asking me to pay for things for him. but thats
not going to happen. he still thinks that im going to do everything
that he wants to do jst because hes senior companion. but no im not
going to go watch the euro football cup finals. no matter how bad i
want to deep inside. i still have another six weeks with him. we foun
out that this transfer is going to be 9 weeks instead of 6 weeks. and
then we will have a 3 week transfer after that so its going to be a
really long transfer. im excited;/
but everything is going. im still having fun. i still have a sweet
apartment so its all good. but i will tell you my list. but i dont
need anything right away its just stuff i'll need in the coming
months. but i need
-stamps
-sticky notes
-colored pencils
-(i got a guitar) my picks
-the clamp that goes around the neck of my guitar (capo)
the picks should be in my guitar case pocket with my capo but if
the're not dont worry about them
but yeah thats all that i can think of thats going on right now. so i
guess that i will talk to you later. i love you guys!!!
love,
Trevin
its sounds like everything is just moving along at home and that
everything is going good. besideds the whole country thing but not to
much we can do their.
Jaren went on a date holy cow!!! my little bros all grown up! so who
did he go with and how and how did it go? im glad that jaren is
staying busy. its a lot more fun then just sitting at home all the
time.
so your planning on putting something in town. thats cool. sorry that
you didnt receive enough to build something there yet. it would be
really cool if i came home to a new house! i got a letter from the
whitings today. i guess they moved too if you didnt already know. they
moved into the villages.
its crazy how much stuff happens when your gone for two years. it
seems like everyone is going to be married by the time that i get
home. either married or on a mission.
so for africa... this saturday we are having a baptism. one is sandra
our recent convert sabinas daughter. then we are a baptizing christian
and emmanuel the two that me and elder oseghe felt were waiting for us
at the church. they are awesomely powerful guys. they will become
great future leaders. and then we are baptizing another man named
adams. we have been teaching him for a little while now. he had a
drinking and a chastity problem but now hes prepared. so were hopping
for a great baptism this week.
so the only thing new is that on sunday the mission officially split
and we are suposed to get new chips in our phones but we havent yet
and they turned off all of the phones in the mission right now. so
right now we arnt able to call our investigators or our leaders or
anyone so were just kinda free riding right now.
me and my companion are still having problems. he thinks that i am his
personal bank and keeps asking me to pay for things for him. but thats
not going to happen. he still thinks that im going to do everything
that he wants to do jst because hes senior companion. but no im not
going to go watch the euro football cup finals. no matter how bad i
want to deep inside. i still have another six weeks with him. we foun
out that this transfer is going to be 9 weeks instead of 6 weeks. and
then we will have a 3 week transfer after that so its going to be a
really long transfer. im excited;/
but everything is going. im still having fun. i still have a sweet
apartment so its all good. but i will tell you my list. but i dont
need anything right away its just stuff i'll need in the coming
months. but i need
-stamps
-sticky notes
-colored pencils
-(i got a guitar) my picks
-the clamp that goes around the neck of my guitar (capo)
the picks should be in my guitar case pocket with my capo but if
the're not dont worry about them
but yeah thats all that i can think of thats going on right now. so i
guess that i will talk to you later. i love you guys!!!
love,
Trevin
Email from Jun 25th
hey mom,
so things are better this week. this week went by a lot faster then i thought it was. me and my companion have fixed some things and are working on others. he now knows that we are going to work together and that we are keeping my investigators. haha and im learning to deal with him. yes my mission is going well. i still am loving my mission even with all of the things that are happening.
so this week was ok. we had a sweet lesson with one of my investigators named alex on friday. we were teaching him about repentance and the holy ghost and it was powerful. it was the first lesson that me and my companion really taught together. we have have tried to get alex to commit to a baptismal date but he hasnt accepted yet. but i think we are close.
so yeah our baptism didnt go through last week we pushed it to the 7th of july. the ones that were going to be baptized wernt ready yet so we pushed it back.
the mission gets split offically on july 1st. i wish that i was going up to kumasi though. my son francom is still in kumasi so i wont get to see him until we get home. but cape coast will still be a cool mission.
haha! my shoes dont smell to bad. you can tell me how they smell when i get home. my shoes are still going strong. i think that they will at least last me maybe 18 months. im just going to run them into the ground. the only thing is that the inside sole of the shoes are kinda falling apart but the will be good for a while. i will where my shoes home so that you can see them;)
i was just wondering if ryan had gotten out of the mtc yet. but yeah it will be really cool to see how different our missions are. i bet that he was a whole lot more shell shocked then me. i bet its a lot different.
im glad that everyone is doing good. how is jaren doing with subway. does he like it? how often does he work? kadyn and carsen are just enjoying the summer. how is work for you and dad. anything exciting happening?
i have a small list of things i need but i left it at home. all i can remember is stamps.
so i cant think of anything else to write so i guess that i will talk to you next week. say hi to everyone! i love you!!!
love,
Trevin
so things are better this week. this week went by a lot faster then i thought it was. me and my companion have fixed some things and are working on others. he now knows that we are going to work together and that we are keeping my investigators. haha and im learning to deal with him. yes my mission is going well. i still am loving my mission even with all of the things that are happening.
so this week was ok. we had a sweet lesson with one of my investigators named alex on friday. we were teaching him about repentance and the holy ghost and it was powerful. it was the first lesson that me and my companion really taught together. we have have tried to get alex to commit to a baptismal date but he hasnt accepted yet. but i think we are close.
so yeah our baptism didnt go through last week we pushed it to the 7th of july. the ones that were going to be baptized wernt ready yet so we pushed it back.
the mission gets split offically on july 1st. i wish that i was going up to kumasi though. my son francom is still in kumasi so i wont get to see him until we get home. but cape coast will still be a cool mission.
haha! my shoes dont smell to bad. you can tell me how they smell when i get home. my shoes are still going strong. i think that they will at least last me maybe 18 months. im just going to run them into the ground. the only thing is that the inside sole of the shoes are kinda falling apart but the will be good for a while. i will where my shoes home so that you can see them;)
i was just wondering if ryan had gotten out of the mtc yet. but yeah it will be really cool to see how different our missions are. i bet that he was a whole lot more shell shocked then me. i bet its a lot different.
im glad that everyone is doing good. how is jaren doing with subway. does he like it? how often does he work? kadyn and carsen are just enjoying the summer. how is work for you and dad. anything exciting happening?
i have a small list of things i need but i left it at home. all i can remember is stamps.
so i cant think of anything else to write so i guess that i will talk to you next week. say hi to everyone! i love you!!!
love,
Trevin
Email from June 18
hey mom!
AAAAHHHHH!!! i have started this email three different times and the
power keeps going out! your lucky that i love you very very much.
soooooo yeah i got a new companion. haha i murdered his name in the
last email but its elder inheakeri. HA were getting along great! it
hasnt even been a week and oh my gosh!!! $*&!^* ^^^ the lord
and president really want to drive that patience thing into me. my
companion really likes to let you know who is the senior companion and
who the junior companion (even though hes only 1 transfer ahead of
me). haha i think prez wants both of us to learn the lessens that we
need to learn. for me its that christ like attribute that we call
patience and for him it humility. my companion had a fun week of
teaching my investigators and deciding what they need and excluding me
from it. haha im not going to sit and be bossed and drug around. we
are a companionship. we help make decisions together, we teach
together, and we work together in every way. but yeah its going to be
a fun six weeks or more. my week was fun and im planning on a better
one this week=)
haha you spent a night in ghana didnt you! it kinda sounds like what
been happening here. the power goes out about 3 times a week from
around 5pm to midnight. but ive gotten used to it for the most part.
the night arnt to hot right now so i dont have a problem sleeping.
hey jaren PLEASE keep you grades up!!! i love hearing about how your
doing dont get mom and dad mad at you! just do your work. NIKE: JUST
DO IT!
haha kadyns going to grow up like you. the next pro volleyball player.
thats cool. im glad that she likes it.
hahaha yeah dad told me. but im sad i was really really really hoping
that you would give it to me. haha NOT! i hated that .... that THING
also.
Go Jennie! thats awesome. i hope that everything goes well with them.
how do you think octavio will take the lessons?
i do appreciate jessica. she has changed a lot since i left. or what
ive seen from her emails. and i tell her that. others have written to
me though. i get letters from brandon and tylene and kylie. ryan was
sending some before he left. haha i guess you find out who your real
friends are when you go on you mission.
i got you package with the jerky. THANK YOU! it was great.
ok well i guess i'll go. talk to you next week. i love you!!!
love,
Trevin
AAAAHHHHH!!! i have started this email three different times and the
power keeps going out! your lucky that i love you very very much.
soooooo yeah i got a new companion. haha i murdered his name in the
last email but its elder inheakeri. HA were getting along great! it
hasnt even been a week and oh my gosh!!! $*&!^* ^^^ the lord
and president really want to drive that patience thing into me. my
companion really likes to let you know who is the senior companion and
who the junior companion (even though hes only 1 transfer ahead of
me). haha i think prez wants both of us to learn the lessens that we
need to learn. for me its that christ like attribute that we call
patience and for him it humility. my companion had a fun week of
teaching my investigators and deciding what they need and excluding me
from it. haha im not going to sit and be bossed and drug around. we
are a companionship. we help make decisions together, we teach
together, and we work together in every way. but yeah its going to be
a fun six weeks or more. my week was fun and im planning on a better
one this week=)
haha you spent a night in ghana didnt you! it kinda sounds like what
been happening here. the power goes out about 3 times a week from
around 5pm to midnight. but ive gotten used to it for the most part.
the night arnt to hot right now so i dont have a problem sleeping.
hey jaren PLEASE keep you grades up!!! i love hearing about how your
doing dont get mom and dad mad at you! just do your work. NIKE: JUST
DO IT!
haha kadyns going to grow up like you. the next pro volleyball player.
thats cool. im glad that she likes it.
hahaha yeah dad told me. but im sad i was really really really hoping
that you would give it to me. haha NOT! i hated that .... that THING
also.
Go Jennie! thats awesome. i hope that everything goes well with them.
how do you think octavio will take the lessons?
i do appreciate jessica. she has changed a lot since i left. or what
ive seen from her emails. and i tell her that. others have written to
me though. i get letters from brandon and tylene and kylie. ryan was
sending some before he left. haha i guess you find out who your real
friends are when you go on you mission.
i got you package with the jerky. THANK YOU! it was great.
ok well i guess i'll go. talk to you next week. i love you!!!
love,
Trevin
Email from June 11
Hey mom,
yeah last week was pretty cool and this week was about the same. we
had our baptism but only sabina the mom got baptized the daughter got
scared and wouldnt even come with us to the baptism. so we said ok and
decided to wait untill she was ready. we are talking with her and
getting her more comfortable.
so transfers. yes your right im not leaving but my companion is. hes
becoming the zone leader in abura zone. prez. was just bringing him to
the area. so im getting a new comp. on wed. his name is elder hickory
from nigeria. so lets see how it goes. this transfer has blown by its
crazy i dont remember half the transfer. maybe i should write in my
journal. your right. but even if my next companion is bad i dont care
im still working . im not stopping.
tell ambria hello next time you see her.
i got a letter from eben a little while ago. he sounds like hes doing
great. haha it sounds like a totally different mission.
haha i have nothing else either. i cant think of anything else. im
just excited for this next transfer to begin. im ready to do some
work!
i guess i will talk to you later. thanks for the package. i love you!!!
love,
Trevin
yeah last week was pretty cool and this week was about the same. we
had our baptism but only sabina the mom got baptized the daughter got
scared and wouldnt even come with us to the baptism. so we said ok and
decided to wait untill she was ready. we are talking with her and
getting her more comfortable.
so transfers. yes your right im not leaving but my companion is. hes
becoming the zone leader in abura zone. prez. was just bringing him to
the area. so im getting a new comp. on wed. his name is elder hickory
from nigeria. so lets see how it goes. this transfer has blown by its
crazy i dont remember half the transfer. maybe i should write in my
journal. your right. but even if my next companion is bad i dont care
im still working . im not stopping.
tell ambria hello next time you see her.
i got a letter from eben a little while ago. he sounds like hes doing
great. haha it sounds like a totally different mission.
haha i have nothing else either. i cant think of anything else. im
just excited for this next transfer to begin. im ready to do some
work!
i guess i will talk to you later. thanks for the package. i love you!!!
love,
Trevin
Email from June 4
hey mom,
yeah its been 10 months tomorrow since i left. thats crazy!!! it still doesnt feel like its been that long. i like it that way;)
so this week was pretty cool. zone confrence was really awesome! prez shulz taught us about the godhead. he opened it up a lot. we already new a lot of it but he put things in a different light. the other zone leaders also had some good stuff. i the church is coming up with a new way to get referrals from members and were testing it out. it seems to be working great. we got 4 yesterday.
church was cool yesterday. we had 10 investigators at church!!! it was amazing. we also gave that kid christian a baptismal date yesterday. he is really excited about church. he already wants to serve a mission.
we have a baptism this Saturday and in 2 weeks on the 23rd. im super excited. i just hope that i dont get transferred. transfers are this Saturday. holy cow! it seems like that was just last week!
but my week was sweet. i got jennies letter and a letter from the sunday school tell them both thank you! i dont think i thanked you for the last package but thank you!!! the pictures were great! i loved them.
YES!!!!!! Jaren got a job!!! dude work hard and make it fun. sometimes it wont be but make it fun.
the trailer is a nice summer home. when were you planning your glenn trip again? was it july?
i thank you mom. you and dad are the best. no one has better parents then i do. you have made me the person i am today and i could never thank you enough. you made me strong and my mission will make me forever strong. i love my family!
well i guess i'll go. have a fun week. love you!
love,
Trevin
yeah its been 10 months tomorrow since i left. thats crazy!!! it still doesnt feel like its been that long. i like it that way;)
so this week was pretty cool. zone confrence was really awesome! prez shulz taught us about the godhead. he opened it up a lot. we already new a lot of it but he put things in a different light. the other zone leaders also had some good stuff. i the church is coming up with a new way to get referrals from members and were testing it out. it seems to be working great. we got 4 yesterday.
church was cool yesterday. we had 10 investigators at church!!! it was amazing. we also gave that kid christian a baptismal date yesterday. he is really excited about church. he already wants to serve a mission.
we have a baptism this Saturday and in 2 weeks on the 23rd. im super excited. i just hope that i dont get transferred. transfers are this Saturday. holy cow! it seems like that was just last week!
but my week was sweet. i got jennies letter and a letter from the sunday school tell them both thank you! i dont think i thanked you for the last package but thank you!!! the pictures were great! i loved them.
YES!!!!!! Jaren got a job!!! dude work hard and make it fun. sometimes it wont be but make it fun.
the trailer is a nice summer home. when were you planning your glenn trip again? was it july?
i thank you mom. you and dad are the best. no one has better parents then i do. you have made me the person i am today and i could never thank you enough. you made me strong and my mission will make me forever strong. i love my family!
well i guess i'll go. have a fun week. love you!
love,
Trevin
Email from May 28th
hey mom,
yeppi!!! schools over! i bet its a relief. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KADYBUG!!!!!
wish i could be there.
im sorry to hear about troy. i would have never guessed that something
like that would have happened. pleas tell jaren to tell steven that im
sorry and that im keeping him and his family in my prayers. thats not
something that his family should have to deal with.
jaren had a interview? how does he think it went? i hope he gets something.
haha yeah thanks for the food discription. something nice to dream about;)
what happend to the tire? did it just explode or did it wear out? haha
that always makes for a nice trip.
so this week went by so fast. this month went by so fast! this was
probably the fastest month of my mission so far. but we have been
working really hard the last few weeks. we have 2 wityh a bap. date
and 1 more is coming. ummm......no i didnt sorry! but we had a cool
experience this week. we were getting ready for church this sunday.
and me and oseghe had the same feeling that their was someone that was
waiting for us at church. we thought it might have been the prez. or
the office couple. so we were hurrying trying to get to church and
when we got there their was some one waiting. his name is christian.
he had heard of the couch before and wanted to come but his family
wouldnt let him. he had met the missionary's on the street before and
they invited him but he didnt come. so he waited about 6 months and he
came yesterday. hes a really cool kid and weve met with him once
already so we'll see where it goes. but thats all i remember for this
week. but this week we have zone conf. so we might learn some cool
stuff so i'll keep you updated.
we'll thats about it. but i do need somethings that i thought about. i
need AAA batteries they have batteries here but my fglash light sucks
them dry in just a few hours and im using it as my bike light so i
need more. it would also be cool if i could get a ton of gatoraid or
crystal light mixes but i think thats about it.
tell jennie thank you for the email when i get her letter i will
wrtite her. i promise! well i guess i better go. i love you!!!
love,
Trevin
yeppi!!! schools over! i bet its a relief. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KADYBUG!!!!!
wish i could be there.
im sorry to hear about troy. i would have never guessed that something
like that would have happened. pleas tell jaren to tell steven that im
sorry and that im keeping him and his family in my prayers. thats not
something that his family should have to deal with.
jaren had a interview? how does he think it went? i hope he gets something.
haha yeah thanks for the food discription. something nice to dream about;)
what happend to the tire? did it just explode or did it wear out? haha
that always makes for a nice trip.
so this week went by so fast. this month went by so fast! this was
probably the fastest month of my mission so far. but we have been
working really hard the last few weeks. we have 2 wityh a bap. date
and 1 more is coming. ummm......no i didnt sorry! but we had a cool
experience this week. we were getting ready for church this sunday.
and me and oseghe had the same feeling that their was someone that was
waiting for us at church. we thought it might have been the prez. or
the office couple. so we were hurrying trying to get to church and
when we got there their was some one waiting. his name is christian.
he had heard of the couch before and wanted to come but his family
wouldnt let him. he had met the missionary's on the street before and
they invited him but he didnt come. so he waited about 6 months and he
came yesterday. hes a really cool kid and weve met with him once
already so we'll see where it goes. but thats all i remember for this
week. but this week we have zone conf. so we might learn some cool
stuff so i'll keep you updated.
we'll thats about it. but i do need somethings that i thought about. i
need AAA batteries they have batteries here but my fglash light sucks
them dry in just a few hours and im using it as my bike light so i
need more. it would also be cool if i could get a ton of gatoraid or
crystal light mixes but i think thats about it.
tell jennie thank you for the email when i get her letter i will
wrtite her. i promise! well i guess i better go. i love you!!!
love,
Trevin
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