Hey Mom,
Fort Wayne is really slowing down and getting kinda hard. All of our investigators are starting to drop us like flies. So its kinda hard but what can we do except pray about it? So i got the medicine, but its not the precription that Debra gave me, I have been using that stuff for a couple weeks and its not working just like it didnt work before. Elder Crandall and I got transfer calls this morning and neither of us are getting transferred but we will be in a threesome untill the 8th when Elder Crandall heades home. And you keep asking about the Gast Family? If you give me their address I will work on them but I cant do anything until I get that.
I am sorry that you are still super sick that is always no fun. I bet that is killing your asthma and all them things. I pray that you start to feel better. I hope that you dont miss all these exciting fishing trips that Dad is going on? That would be a bummer deal. It's good to hear that Kate is still doing good, I hope that all goes well with her and everything goes smoothly. I have been waiting for that little booger to come, its been driving me nuts. I am pretty sure that Elder Crandall is getting tired of me telling him about my nephews and neice. Oh well he doesnt care anymore.
Everything is going well. David Bonbrake is still strong and hopefully he has been away form them cigges and I pray that he will be able to move out soon. He is kinda stubborn, he cant move anywherethat he cant take his dog. LAME excuse for eternal salvation. Other than that he is still reading and coming to church regularly and is doing great. Hunting season has come here andIi all of a suddenly started to see deer horns in back of pickups and it made me laugh that Josh cant hunt worth a beans. He needs his little brother there to show him how it is done. But everything is going well I love you all and have fun.
Elder Bair
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Letter From Mission President October 17, 2010
Dear Parents of Indiana Indianopolis Missionary,
On December 15 & 16, we will gather the missionaries in the Indiana Indianapolis Mission together to enjoy the Christmas Spirit. Your missionary will participate with us on one of those two days. During the course of each gathering, the missionaries will hear messages regarding the birth of Christ, and enjoy a nice meal and some social time together. At each gathering, Sister Collins and i would like to deliver to each missionary a letter from home that expresses to him or her thoughts from loved ones regarding the importance of the Christmas Season. We would appreciate your taking the time to write such a letter to your missionary. Please fill your letter with your feelings about your missionary's service, your love for him or her, and the real spirit of Christmas. It would be best to refrain from reminiscing about Christmas at home. That tends to distract missionaries from their purpose here and makes the homesick.
When the missionaries receive their letters we will give them time for a written response so they can be received at home prior to Christmas day.
Please send your sealed letter before the end of November, addressed as follows:
(Insert name of missionary)
Christmas Letter
C/O President Collins
1980 Carmel, IN 46032-0479
Your unopened letter will be given to your missionary on Dec. 15 or 16. We anticipate the the Christmas gatherings will be a very special time for each missionary serving in this mission. We appreciate and are honored by the opportunity to serve with your wonderful and faithful missionay.
Thank you for helping to make this Christmas Season on that your missionary will remember with fondness for years to come. We would appreciate it if you would not mention to your missionary that you are sending or expecting a Christmas letter. We hope to make it a surprise bonus during the Christmas gatherings.
With Love,
President and Sister Collins
Indiana Indianapolis Mission
On December 15 & 16, we will gather the missionaries in the Indiana Indianapolis Mission together to enjoy the Christmas Spirit. Your missionary will participate with us on one of those two days. During the course of each gathering, the missionaries will hear messages regarding the birth of Christ, and enjoy a nice meal and some social time together. At each gathering, Sister Collins and i would like to deliver to each missionary a letter from home that expresses to him or her thoughts from loved ones regarding the importance of the Christmas Season. We would appreciate your taking the time to write such a letter to your missionary. Please fill your letter with your feelings about your missionary's service, your love for him or her, and the real spirit of Christmas. It would be best to refrain from reminiscing about Christmas at home. That tends to distract missionaries from their purpose here and makes the homesick.
When the missionaries receive their letters we will give them time for a written response so they can be received at home prior to Christmas day.
Please send your sealed letter before the end of November, addressed as follows:
(Insert name of missionary)
Christmas Letter
C/O President Collins
1980 Carmel, IN 46032-0479
Your unopened letter will be given to your missionary on Dec. 15 or 16. We anticipate the the Christmas gatherings will be a very special time for each missionary serving in this mission. We appreciate and are honored by the opportunity to serve with your wonderful and faithful missionay.
Thank you for helping to make this Christmas Season on that your missionary will remember with fondness for years to come. We would appreciate it if you would not mention to your missionary that you are sending or expecting a Christmas letter. We hope to make it a surprise bonus during the Christmas gatherings.
With Love,
President and Sister Collins
Indiana Indianapolis Mission
Monday, October 11, 2010
October 11, 2010
Hey family,
Ok just so everyone knows, I moved apartments. I am in the same area, with the same companion, and the same investigators, the only difference is that now I live in a garage. Yeah, a garage. It stinks so bad, but it is where the Lord wanted us to go. Transfers are the 20th of October, so mail needs to go to the mission office in Carmel. I miss the hunting season! It is fast approaching here; I actually saw my first deer the other night. I tried to hit it on my bike.... it didn't work so much.... but I can say I tried.
That is really sad to hear about Mick having a heart attack. I pray that everything will go good with them. It's a good thing that Nick and Adam were there to help their Dad. Nick is a great person. And did you know that his wife is 4 months along? I am pretty excited for them.
The temple work must go on, and it's awesome to know that I have two awesome parents that are helping with that. Super Cool. It's good to hear that you are finally getting your lines down to a science. I read a talk the other day that was about a temple worker that worked at the veil. They had a French person come through a session and this man was assigned to escort the French person, not knowing any french. At the time that he was at the veilwith the French person , he knew that what he was speaking in French and it was the exact words that he was suppose to say. Plus, he really didn't know any French. So what I am getting at with this story mom, is that maybe you don't know them now, but you will know them for a fact at a later date. And you will have that spiritual high telling you that you have said them right. I have seen that already with the lessons...it blows my mind. You will know for a fact that what you say, you will know it's true. You mentioned the sacramental prayers too. How great are they; we often use those scriptures with less active members and every time I do I can feel the spirit so much stronger and so much more. It amazes me, I love them and often study them.
The teaching continues and is super slow right now because of the whole apartment move. We are quite a-aways from all of of investigators and we really don't ride our bike like 15-20 miles a day. So, we have been doing a whole lot of tracting and the area that we live in is kinda of a richer area. The people are not as receptive, but the ones that are, are way more solid and likely to stay in the church. Every thing is going great here and I am doing fine. I love you all!!
Elder Bair
Monday, October 4, 2010
October 4, 2o1o
Hey Mom,
Indiana is finally getting a temple!!!! That was such great and exciting news. This is going to skyrocket the missionary work like crazy. But anyways, it's good to hear that everything is going good back home. And to hear about all the good news; about everybody and their life changes. It makes me love and appreciate the little things in life that everyone has done for me. I am very grateful for this day and for the opportunity that I have had to watch conference for the past two days. I have learned so much from it. I especially loved the talk that was given by... I don't remember his name.... but he talked about fly fishing and how that is related to the adversary and how Satan uses fake lures to make us feel that it is something good. and I know that at times we will give in to those lures, but I am so very grateful for the atoning sacrifice that the Lord and Savior has made for us; that we are able to repent of those sins that we have made. There were alot of exceptional talks, but that was the one that really stuck out to me and hit me like a bag of bricks.
Conference went well. Elder crandall and iIwatched all the sessions at the Myer's home and both days we had investigators there to watch it with us. It was awesome. Saturday we had David Bonbrake there. He loved it, he knows that the church is true. Plans are being made for him to move out of his living arrangement so that he can be baptized!!! Hopefully bt the end of the month, he will be able to move out. Then Sunday, we had not planned to be at the Myer's and we were at the church when Bro Myers called and said that we should come and watch it again at his house because he had invited some non-member friends over to watch it. So we are not going to turn down an offer like that! We got there and we watched it there. Anyways that whole time the investigator to me looked so familiar, and I could not put a finger on who it was. Come to find out, I tracted into him a couple weeks ago and he wanted nothing to do with us. So that went really well. We left with Brother Myers after conference to give a member a blessing; that went really well. When we got back to our apartment, Bro Myers called and said that his friends called to say that they really enjoyed conference and felt the Spirit and that they wanted to know more about the church, but not from missionaries but from Brother Myers. It was an awesome weekend.
I also learned a valuable lesson this week. Not all milk that you but in the stores is good milk. I bought a gallon of milk and drank a whole bunch of it and it made me super duper sick to my stomach...not fun at all. By the way, we moved apartments. Our new address is 8307 Hunters Knoll Place, Fort Wayne, IN 46825. The stuff that has been sent to the other address I will still receive because there are still missionaries that live there, but that is my new address. All is going well and I am loving the work.
Anyways I love you tons!
Love,
Elder Bair
Indiana is finally getting a temple!!!! That was such great and exciting news. This is going to skyrocket the missionary work like crazy. But anyways, it's good to hear that everything is going good back home. And to hear about all the good news; about everybody and their life changes. It makes me love and appreciate the little things in life that everyone has done for me. I am very grateful for this day and for the opportunity that I have had to watch conference for the past two days. I have learned so much from it. I especially loved the talk that was given by... I don't remember his name.... but he talked about fly fishing and how that is related to the adversary and how Satan uses fake lures to make us feel that it is something good. and I know that at times we will give in to those lures, but I am so very grateful for the atoning sacrifice that the Lord and Savior has made for us; that we are able to repent of those sins that we have made. There were alot of exceptional talks, but that was the one that really stuck out to me and hit me like a bag of bricks.
Conference went well. Elder crandall and iIwatched all the sessions at the Myer's home and both days we had investigators there to watch it with us. It was awesome. Saturday we had David Bonbrake there. He loved it, he knows that the church is true. Plans are being made for him to move out of his living arrangement so that he can be baptized!!! Hopefully bt the end of the month, he will be able to move out. Then Sunday, we had not planned to be at the Myer's and we were at the church when Bro Myers called and said that we should come and watch it again at his house because he had invited some non-member friends over to watch it. So we are not going to turn down an offer like that! We got there and we watched it there. Anyways that whole time the investigator to me looked so familiar, and I could not put a finger on who it was. Come to find out, I tracted into him a couple weeks ago and he wanted nothing to do with us. So that went really well. We left with Brother Myers after conference to give a member a blessing; that went really well. When we got back to our apartment, Bro Myers called and said that his friends called to say that they really enjoyed conference and felt the Spirit and that they wanted to know more about the church, but not from missionaries but from Brother Myers. It was an awesome weekend.
I also learned a valuable lesson this week. Not all milk that you but in the stores is good milk. I bought a gallon of milk and drank a whole bunch of it and it made me super duper sick to my stomach...not fun at all. By the way, we moved apartments. Our new address is 8307 Hunters Knoll Place, Fort Wayne, IN 46825. The stuff that has been sent to the other address I will still receive because there are still missionaries that live there, but that is my new address. All is going well and I am loving the work.
Anyways I love you tons!
Love,
Elder Bair
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