Howdy eeryone!

Just a quick note to let cha'll know how I'm doin. We actually have transfers tomorrow but I'm stayin in the same area as well as my companion... Which I'm way stoked about we've got a lot of good things goin on and pretty much all of this past transfer was workin to build this place up...so we've already set em' up and it's time to knock em down. We've got a lot of really good people right now but there's something different that's holding each and everyone of them back from being baptized....mostly it's work, work, work, but for some it's family members, some it's health issues, some it's their scared to leave their church even though they know that this church is true and has a testimony in it. Just the adversary workin overtime but this transfer should be a really good one because these peeps are ready. Other than that not a whole lot of business goin on..... probably next week though so until then take it easy and you all have a good week!

much love,

Elder Lawter

This is Elder Ernst...He's from Spanish Fork and him and Willie (my roommate out there) use to run around. Elder Ernst went home today.

HI!!!

How's it goin....this week seemed like it went by super fast but at the same

time it went by super slow but here we are again another blessed P-day. So

there have been a lot of things happening lately here...or miracles is a

better word. It's just amazing the timing and the hand of the Lord in

everything and if we but just stop and look at it for a bit....we can see His

hand in all things that we do and all things that we go through both the the

good, the bad, and the ugly. It's been my testimony this past week that the

Lord is in control and that there is no way in heck that this isn't His true

gospel...all signs point to that and once people start realizing that this

work is gonna boom! Love you all and sorry this is kind of short but I had a few

things to get done on the computer for this up coming week and some

lessons... Take care and have a good week!

Much love,

Elder Ry Latwer

Happy Fall Y'all

Hey all,

So this will be another nice and sweet email. Things here have been really good! We've been finding more and more people each week to teach and adding more and more investigators to our teaching pool. It's been hard at the beginning because when I got to this area there was nothing...the pool was dry my friends.... so that was kind of the calling for my companion and I to find find find and the area been getting better and better each and every day. We've gotten way chill with the members and they've got our backs every step of the way so things are going really good! Just gotta keep goin on. All's it's been is just a test of patience and as I've looked over these past 15-16 months that's what it's all boiled down to is patience in the trial and faith in the Lord and in a sense that's what this life is all about. I was reading the Ensign from the conference last April and of course I was readin my man Dieter on his talk about patience and this is what he said... "Patience—the ability to put our desires on hold for a time—is a precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it now. Therefore, the very idea of patience may seem unpleasant and, at times, bitter. Nevertheless, without patience, we cannot please God; we cannot become perfect. Indeed, patience is a purifying process that refines understanding, deepens happiness, focuses action, and offers hope for peace."

He's definitely my fav! And that's exactly what I've seen on my mission and in my life that as we continue in patience we draw closer and closer to God and gain a greater understanding of His plan for us and what He has in store...it may not often be what we want or when we want it but it is for sure what He wants and when He wants it and that's all that's important and when we figure out that...that is when we are endowed with blessings upon blessings.

Love you all take care and have a good week!

Much love,

Senor Lawter

Ryan's description of the pictures:

Here's a few pics from a charla (that's fireside for white people like yourself...as you can see with the color tone of my skin, I qualify as true mexican)...in the 2nd pic is miranda (girl from chula), you already know martin, my boy williamson, yo boy, my other boy thomas, my recent convert from santee paloma, and then melissa...it was like a family reunion pretty much.

Hello Peeps

So here's the thing....Conference was BOSS!!! I think I'm still on the
conference high right now... I don't know it just seems like NOW that I'm on
my mission and NOW that I actually watch and pay attention to conference
it's just pretty much the best thing ever. I feel like every conference that
somebody at sometime speaking just speaks directly to me..it cuts to the
core of me baxter. But definitely the message that I kept getting the whole
time is how close we need to our Savior and close we need to follow His
prophet and His counsels... I think that's been the common theme for a while
now because definitely things are getting harder and harder each day and
Satan is working full force because he knows this is the last chance to trap
as many as he can. But luckily for us we have the upper hand and a spur
defense. It's been humbling to see how bad people's lives get and at the
same time it's been amazing to see how people change as well through the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. I can't deny that these past 15 months have been the
hardest, most challenging months of my life; spiritually, mentally,
emotionally, even physically too (freak I'm outta shape)...I've been yelled
at, cussed at, spat at, I've had angry vegetables thrown at me, doors
slammed in my face, you name it I've been there but for some reason I've
gotta say it's been one of the greatest experiences of my life....and it has
definitely been an experience...and I think that's in part to watching the
Atonement of Jesus Christ change people and to watch someone be spiritually
born-again. I had no idea that it could get this good and feel this good.
Just last night we had a family home evening (Noche de Hogar en espanol)
with a family in our ward Los Munoz and a less-active family that we invited
over there too and there's been very few times that I've felt the spirit
that strong than last night....we didn't do anything special we just had a
lesson about temples, sang a song, played a game that we came up with, and
of course ate ice cream nothing special but just seeing the kid's
faces....and the parents playing and interacting with them it was just
complete bliss...it's everything that a family should be like and a home
that every home should feel like...the home is not the most sacred place on
earth right behind the temple for nothing. It's a place where lives should
be changed eternally and a place where the spirit of the Lord can always
reside and that was definitely the feeling last night. Like Elder Holland
I'm just grateful...grateful for everything in my life but most of all for
the gospel to guide all those important things in my life. It's not by sheer
coincidence that we're here right now. It's not sheer coincidence that we
are so blessed to have the gospel in our lives and it's not sheer
coincidence that we have more than we could ever asked for. We are a blessed
people people and by that alone I am truly grateful.
I love each and every one of you I pray for you and am so grateful for you
all. I hope you all have a great week and take care until next week.
One love-
Elder Ry Lawter