Week 26: Goodbye to Lyndonville

Hey everybody,

Scripture of the week: Romans 8:35, 38-39

First off happy fathers day one day late. It sounds like it was an incredible day. I cant wait to hear more about moms talk i bet it was incredible. Our sacrament meeting was very good. 6 youth spoke about fathers, and i just kept thinking my dad is so much better than any of these. But there are alot of good father figure examples here in the lyndon ward.

The district, last time together :)

Alright im gonna stop beating around the bush, there is an elephant in the room and im gonna shoot it now..... I am being transfered out of lyndon. My bags are all but packed, and im leaving tomorrow at seven in the morning.

 You are now asking where are you going? well thats the thing i do not yet know where i am going. So your info on that will have to come next week. Any letters anyone wants to mail to me this week you can mail to the mission office and they will forward it on to me. but some cool things with the transfer. Although i dont yet know my area, i was called to be a district leader. So wherever i go i will be getting some more responsibility which i am totally stoked for. I have truly learned the best way to grow is to be tested and tried. Elder Guinn will be staying here in lyndon and will be getting a new senior companion. This is a very bittersweet time for me. I am ready to move on, but i also love this ward so much. Telling people good bye yesterday was very hard. I havent told the Jablonskis good bye yet, we are going bowling with them today, so i will do it then. Oh a little side not on them they found out the other day that the new baby is going to be a girl, she is due november 10 so they are shooting for november 9 of course. Some of the hardest people to tell goodbye were sister ruel and sister cameron. Both of them started to cry when i said bye, it was really tough. Sister Cameron said "Elder i will always remember you as my grandson".

Sister Ruel's Mom, Sarah

I love this ward. Telling the gregorys good bye tonight as well, so that is another one that will not be easy. But i know that wherever i go that is where the lord has called me and that is where i am meant to be, im thinking maine on the beach would be pretty wicked awesome. but who knows, more details to come on that tomorrow. 

Bishop Tucker (he always wears a bow tie)

I am so relieved to hear so much good news about audra. I am not surprised to hear about her peeking into matts window, or running to mom like a dog. There is something special about that cow, there really is i will forever be grateful for heavenly fathers help with her and the incredible power of prayer. Thanks to you guys for all the extra work you have put in with her. 

Also am relieved to hear that jdog is ok. If that doesnt stop her from chasing cars i dont know what will, but thank goodness she is ok. Vanity looks awesome, as does the calf and zadee. Take some pics of my red angus calf and send them for next week. 

Oh speaking of dogs, this week we stopped at a house and a dog ran ouot, when i opened my door the thing jumped right into the car and crawled over me and elder g and then back out the other side it was funny. 

So as far as our investigators go, this weeks highlight is keith finally got into a rehab facility super cool, i cant wait for him to be able to start to progress. So i know it is not all about the numbers, but elder guinn and i have put up some incredible numbers the past 12 weeks. The church wide standard for the oval chart is 20 lessons per week, the past weeks we have been getting so close, we had 16 a few weeks, but this week, my last week in lyndon, elder guinn and i taught 20 lessons. Isnt that sooooooooo cool it was super exciting. 

Well i think that covers just about everything. Sorry i dont have anymore transfer info for you, but i promise next week ill give ya all the good deets on then new area and the district i get the privilege of overseeing. Remember this week you can mail letters to the mission office. sure love you guys.

Elder Toner

This was sent to us from Sister Gregory tonight, with this caption
"Apple pie, and laughs as usual when we get together. Saying goodbye to our friend, Elder Zilles, who will always with Elder Mark Chen be part of our family...as they taught Dave the Gospel. We will miss him but are so happy for him to have an adventure in a new area. Memories and missionaries!  Happy that Elder Guinn will be staying and love that he laughs at all Dave's jokes!"