Elder Meiners
Elder Meiners on the left with missionaries in Las Vegas about August 2011
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
from Sr. Phelon
"Hi! I am Sister Lynette Phelon, a ward missionary in the Warm Springs Ward. Your son and his apartment companions were at our home for a FHE talent night and shared this song with us. I thought you would like to see it. I hear they sang it for you on Mother's Day. Enjoy! We sure do love working with the missionaries! You have an amazing son!"
from the Schwarze's
Hi! This is the Schwarze family, from your son's mission. Your son came over tonight and him and his companions did a Haka for us. :) We recorded and thought we'd share it with you but the file was too big to attach to an email. Instead, we uploaded it to facebook and I've attached a link. Thanks for sharing your son with us. He's been a blessing to have in the ward and an excellent missionary. You should be very proud of him. We know we are!! :) Thanks again for raising such excellent young men. We hope you enjoy the video! :)
Love,
The Schwarze's
http://youtu.be/fqXi8u626RU
Love,
The Schwarze's
http://youtu.be/fqXi8u626RU
from the Phelons
Hi to the Meiners family!
We attended the transfer conference this afternoon and Elder Meiner's solo was so very beautiful I just had to write and tell you. It was "Savior, Redeemer of My Soul" with piano and violin accompaniment. He has such a beautiful voice and has blessed this mission with his beautiful talents.
We are sad to lose him, but are so thankful to you for sharing him for these two years.
Enjoy having him home with you again. We will certainly miss him. Please give him big hugs from us!
Lots of love, The Phelons
John, Lynette, Heidi and Scubi (the dog, Elder Meiner's favorite!!!)
We attended the transfer conference this afternoon and Elder Meiner's solo was so very beautiful I just had to write and tell you. It was "Savior, Redeemer of My Soul" with piano and violin accompaniment. He has such a beautiful voice and has blessed this mission with his beautiful talents.
We are sad to lose him, but are so thankful to you for sharing him for these two years.
Enjoy having him home with you again. We will certainly miss him. Please give him big hugs from us!
Lots of love, The Phelons
John, Lynette, Heidi and Scubi (the dog, Elder Meiner's favorite!!!)
June 4, 2012 Last email
Dear family and friends,
Things have been going pretty good. We actually had all of Josh, Heidi, and Taylor at church this week for their baptism on Saturday this week so that's really good. Josh even had his mom come to church. I didn't get a chance to talk to her for too long, but it seemed like she was happy to be there. Maybe she'll even come around, too. That's pretty much all of the people that are being taught in this area.
We actually found out this morning that our area is getting double-transferred. I'm coming home and Elder Valele will be going to the Black Mountain zone for his last transfer. It kind of came as a surprise to us because we were supposed to get that double transfer call on Saturday night. Oh well.
So last week the new vehicle that we got was pretty much the same as the last pickup truck that we had, except it was white instead of gray. But then on Friday we had to turn it back in because another missionary needed it for some reason. So then on Saturday we went to pick up a Mazda 3 and that's what we have now. But they told us that we'll only have that car until transfers, and they'll yet get another car. So we've had like 3 vehicles within the past 2 weeks.
So that's pretty much all I have for this last week. I did get a chance to say goodbye to a few families already. It's been a really awesome experience. I've learned a lot of things from different members, investigators, companions, and areas that I've been around. I know that the things that I've learned will help me get through the trials that I'll face and I think that I've found my true self. Thank you all so much for supporting me, praying for me, and showing me a good example. I'll see you on Wednesday!
I love you!
Elder Meiners
Things have been going pretty good. We actually had all of Josh, Heidi, and Taylor at church this week for their baptism on Saturday this week so that's really good. Josh even had his mom come to church. I didn't get a chance to talk to her for too long, but it seemed like she was happy to be there. Maybe she'll even come around, too. That's pretty much all of the people that are being taught in this area.
We actually found out this morning that our area is getting double-transferred. I'm coming home and Elder Valele will be going to the Black Mountain zone for his last transfer. It kind of came as a surprise to us because we were supposed to get that double transfer call on Saturday night. Oh well.
So last week the new vehicle that we got was pretty much the same as the last pickup truck that we had, except it was white instead of gray. But then on Friday we had to turn it back in because another missionary needed it for some reason. So then on Saturday we went to pick up a Mazda 3 and that's what we have now. But they told us that we'll only have that car until transfers, and they'll yet get another car. So we've had like 3 vehicles within the past 2 weeks.
So that's pretty much all I have for this last week. I did get a chance to say goodbye to a few families already. It's been a really awesome experience. I've learned a lot of things from different members, investigators, companions, and areas that I've been around. I know that the things that I've learned will help me get through the trials that I'll face and I think that I've found my true self. Thank you all so much for supporting me, praying for me, and showing me a good example. I'll see you on Wednesday!
I love you!
Elder Meiners
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
May 27, 2012
Dear family and friends,
This week has been pretty good. We finally got to meet with Josh this week and be able to teach him. We also met with Heidi and Taylor (they're twins) and they usually have lessons at the same time as Josh since they're all 14 years old. Josh was excited to tell us that his parents gave him permission to be baptized (his parents are both different religions) and so he's ready to be baptized on June 9th. And what's better is that the twins want to be baptized on the same day as Josh, so they'll be baptized that day, too.
Nick is still coming to church, but he's not progressing at all because he doesn't really have a desire to learn at all. The Phelon's (the one that sent you guys the video) also had an FHE last week and they had a nonmember there named Ranae. They said that they taught the whole Plan of Salvation to her and that she'll be there again next week and that we'll come by and introduce ourselves to her.
We went by Paz again this week (the Philipino lady) and we gave her 2 copies of the Book of Mormon, one in Tagalog and one in English so that she can understand either way. We asked her to read at least the first chapter by the time we came over again.
So we've been either biking or getting rides from members this whole week, but we'll be getting a new car tomorrow, so that should be good.
We also did a service this week for a member in another ward where we helped trim their palm trees. Basically if there were any withering or dead branches, we'd get a trimmer or extension-pruner and cut them off. It was pretty crazy because if the trees were too tall, we'd have to get a ladder and do it. And since I was the lightest person there, nobody else felt comfortable going up and so I did some of them by myself.
That's awesome that Joey Yarn has his mission call already, that's so crazy. He was so young the last time I saw him.
Our area is doing good for now. We've got a few people ready to be baptized and we're also still trying to find some more people to teach. Well, I think that's about it from me this week. I'll try not to count down the days too quickly. Depending on how much stuff I have, I might be sending some more stuff home this week.
I love you!
Elder Meiners
This week has been pretty good. We finally got to meet with Josh this week and be able to teach him. We also met with Heidi and Taylor (they're twins) and they usually have lessons at the same time as Josh since they're all 14 years old. Josh was excited to tell us that his parents gave him permission to be baptized (his parents are both different religions) and so he's ready to be baptized on June 9th. And what's better is that the twins want to be baptized on the same day as Josh, so they'll be baptized that day, too.
Nick is still coming to church, but he's not progressing at all because he doesn't really have a desire to learn at all. The Phelon's (the one that sent you guys the video) also had an FHE last week and they had a nonmember there named Ranae. They said that they taught the whole Plan of Salvation to her and that she'll be there again next week and that we'll come by and introduce ourselves to her.
We went by Paz again this week (the Philipino lady) and we gave her 2 copies of the Book of Mormon, one in Tagalog and one in English so that she can understand either way. We asked her to read at least the first chapter by the time we came over again.
So we've been either biking or getting rides from members this whole week, but we'll be getting a new car tomorrow, so that should be good.
We also did a service this week for a member in another ward where we helped trim their palm trees. Basically if there were any withering or dead branches, we'd get a trimmer or extension-pruner and cut them off. It was pretty crazy because if the trees were too tall, we'd have to get a ladder and do it. And since I was the lightest person there, nobody else felt comfortable going up and so I did some of them by myself.
That's awesome that Joey Yarn has his mission call already, that's so crazy. He was so young the last time I saw him.
Our area is doing good for now. We've got a few people ready to be baptized and we're also still trying to find some more people to teach. Well, I think that's about it from me this week. I'll try not to count down the days too quickly. Depending on how much stuff I have, I might be sending some more stuff home this week.
I love you!
Elder Meiners
Monday, May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012
Dear family and friends,
This week has been pretty good. We had Nick Josh both out to church again this week. We've been over to see Nick a couple times this week, but he just doesn't seem to be progressing too much. He doesn't keep his commitments or do anything we've asked him to do, and so we've decided to let it wait a little until he feels ready to meet back up with us. We still haven't met up with Josh yet, but we should be having a lesson with him sometime this week. We didn't see Maria Mendez like we had planned because she cancelled our appointment we had.
Our truck is currently at about 54,000 miles on its odometer, so we're getting it ready to give back to Salt Lake soon. We recently got a mechanical inspection on it, fixed the AC (it was broken for about 3 weeks), and now it's at the body shop, so it looks like we might be doing some biking for a couple of days.
That song that we performed for you guys on Mother's Day is a song that everybody wants us to sing now. We've sung it probably about 10 times already including once at a baptism on Saturday, once at Young Women's class on Sunday for another ward (by request, of course) and another time on Tuesday for the Relief Society of that same ward. We can also do "the Haka" (a traditional war dance from New Zealand) and the sister missionaries from another zone asked us to do it for their ward barbecue.
We also went to a "Why I Believe" Fireside yesterday and we got to hear 3 recent converts share their testimonies of why they joined the Church. I think that was my first time ever going to a Why I Believe and it was really good; Pres. Neider, Sis. Neider, and Pres. Foote (one of his counselors) were also there.
There was a young man in one of our wards named Jeffrey , and he's leaving for his mission to San Jose, CA a week from Wednesday. His family invited us to come over for their farewell party and it reminded me of how you guys had invited the missionaries over to my farewell party when I was leaving for my mission. His mom was asking us all sorts of questions about the luggage, the sort of music he can bring, what clothes he should wear, all the usual stuff that moms worry about.
That was awesome about the missionary experience that you had with that bus driver during the Spring Trip, maybe something will come out of it. Who knows? And I'm sure that Andrea will do great on her Madrigals auditions. Remember to smile!
Our area isn't doing as well as it could right now. We're a little low on people to teach, but I'm sure that as we work hard and are obedient, the Lord will put those people in our path. Well, I think that's about it. I'll let you guys know if I need anything.
I love you!
Elder Meiners
This week has been pretty good. We had Nick Josh both out to church again this week. We've been over to see Nick a couple times this week, but he just doesn't seem to be progressing too much. He doesn't keep his commitments or do anything we've asked him to do, and so we've decided to let it wait a little until he feels ready to meet back up with us. We still haven't met up with Josh yet, but we should be having a lesson with him sometime this week. We didn't see Maria Mendez like we had planned because she cancelled our appointment we had.
Our truck is currently at about 54,000 miles on its odometer, so we're getting it ready to give back to Salt Lake soon. We recently got a mechanical inspection on it, fixed the AC (it was broken for about 3 weeks), and now it's at the body shop, so it looks like we might be doing some biking for a couple of days.
That song that we performed for you guys on Mother's Day is a song that everybody wants us to sing now. We've sung it probably about 10 times already including once at a baptism on Saturday, once at Young Women's class on Sunday for another ward (by request, of course) and another time on Tuesday for the Relief Society of that same ward. We can also do "the Haka" (a traditional war dance from New Zealand) and the sister missionaries from another zone asked us to do it for their ward barbecue.
We also went to a "Why I Believe" Fireside yesterday and we got to hear 3 recent converts share their testimonies of why they joined the Church. I think that was my first time ever going to a Why I Believe and it was really good; Pres. Neider, Sis. Neider, and Pres. Foote (one of his counselors) were also there.
There was a young man in one of our wards named Jeffrey , and he's leaving for his mission to San Jose, CA a week from Wednesday. His family invited us to come over for their farewell party and it reminded me of how you guys had invited the missionaries over to my farewell party when I was leaving for my mission. His mom was asking us all sorts of questions about the luggage, the sort of music he can bring, what clothes he should wear, all the usual stuff that moms worry about.
That was awesome about the missionary experience that you had with that bus driver during the Spring Trip, maybe something will come out of it. Who knows? And I'm sure that Andrea will do great on her Madrigals auditions. Remember to smile!
Our area isn't doing as well as it could right now. We're a little low on people to teach, but I'm sure that as we work hard and are obedient, the Lord will put those people in our path. Well, I think that's about it. I'll let you guys know if I need anything.
I love you!
Elder Meiners
Monday, May 14, 2012
May 13, 2012
Dear family and friends,
So there weren't too many things that happened this week. We saw Nick a couple times this week and we've started reading the Book of Mormon with him also. We hope that maybe that will help him with his addictions that he has. We also didn't get a chance to see Josh again this week, but both Josh and Nick were at church this week. We did, however, see an investigator named Maria Mendez. It had been awhile since the missionaries went over, but we went by this week and we talked about the Book of Mormon and set a baptismal date for her. She's planning on getting married on June 6, so we set her date for June 30 after everything has settled down and she won't be so stressed.
We also met a less-active couple in our ward named Clifford and Jennifer . They were baptized about 6 months ago, but I think they stopped coming to church because they both have health problems: he has multiple sclerosis and she has Hepatitis C. We recently met with them this past week and they said that they want to come back to church and start having us come back over to teach them some more.
We went to the temple this week, which was a good thing for me because I haven't been to the temple in about 7 months. I was in Bullhead for about 6 months and you can't go if you're out-of-valley.
We had interviews this week with Pres. Neider and so he just recently renewed my temple recommend.
That's good to hear that everything went well with the Awards banquet. I wish I could've been there for everything going on like the Musical Madness 5K and the Main Street Festival, but it sounds like it was a lot of fun.
I think that's about it from me this week. I'll let you know how things are going and if I need anything.
I love you!
Elder Meiners
So there weren't too many things that happened this week. We saw Nick a couple times this week and we've started reading the Book of Mormon with him also. We hope that maybe that will help him with his addictions that he has. We also didn't get a chance to see Josh again this week, but both Josh and Nick were at church this week. We did, however, see an investigator named Maria Mendez. It had been awhile since the missionaries went over, but we went by this week and we talked about the Book of Mormon and set a baptismal date for her. She's planning on getting married on June 6, so we set her date for June 30 after everything has settled down and she won't be so stressed.
We also met a less-active couple in our ward named Clifford and Jennifer . They were baptized about 6 months ago, but I think they stopped coming to church because they both have health problems: he has multiple sclerosis and she has Hepatitis C. We recently met with them this past week and they said that they want to come back to church and start having us come back over to teach them some more.
We went to the temple this week, which was a good thing for me because I haven't been to the temple in about 7 months. I was in Bullhead for about 6 months and you can't go if you're out-of-valley.
We had interviews this week with Pres. Neider and so he just recently renewed my temple recommend.
That's good to hear that everything went well with the Awards banquet. I wish I could've been there for everything going on like the Musical Madness 5K and the Main Street Festival, but it sounds like it was a lot of fun.
I think that's about it from me this week. I'll let you know how things are going and if I need anything.
I love you!
Elder Meiners
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