Hello Everyone,
I haven't had much time to send emails these last few weeks, but this week I
have a little more time, so I wanted to try to catch everyone up on a few
things that have been going on lately.
Elder Piena and I just finished the second week of the transfer here. It's
already going by fast! It's been pretty hot here lately, and I'm glad to have
an air conditioner in the apartment, even if it's just one of those window
ones. It's made for a window that slides up and down though, and we have one
that slides sideways, so we had to kind of jerry-rig it into the window. But
with a $12 piece of plexiglass, a stick, a bunch of clear tape, and a few old
socks, we managed to get it sealed off pretty well.
Elder Piena had a bit of a shock last Monday after emails. He got an email
telling him that his grandma who lived in Hawaii had died. It wasn't much fun,
and seemed pretty down for a couple days, although he's doing better now. I
guess it was kind of a sudden thing and wasn't expected. He seems to be doing
pretty well though. It's good having a knowledge of the Gospel and knowing what
happens after we do die, and also knowing the mercy of Heavenly Father and the
plan that he has for our families.
We've moved cattle a couple more times over the last few weeks, but nothing too
crazy. We also helped Brother Hileman put up an electric fence around a six or
seven acre field. That was fun too, and it was a pretty good experience. Now I
know a little more about putting up temporary fences (it's called a temporary
fence, but it can last up to 20 years). We helped with some parts of it, and
then he finished it up and got it hooked up to the charger, or the
solar-powered power box that electrifies the fence, so I never had to worry
about being zapped.
A couple weeks ago I had two dogs pee on my backpack, as it sat on the floor,
in the same week! I had to scrub the whole thing down and spray it with this
pet odor killing spray. It was not fun.
We've also had some fun with the bikes lately. My bike has been having some
trouble for the last little while, and it's been needing some repairs. However,
Sunday night we were visiting someone on the other side of town, and just
before we got to their house my back tire suddenly seized up and wouldn't turn.
We went in for the appointment, and after the lesson came out and started
walking the bikes home. I found out it's really tiring to try to lift the back
tire off the ground and walk with the bike. We walked about half a mile with me
awkwardly carrying it sideways, and then I gave up and threw the bike over my
shoulders, and walked the last mile or so home with it. I was pretty sore by
the time I got home, and we got back late.
There was a member last Monday named Sister Rogers who offered to take us
shopping at the grocery store here in Harrison. We met here there an she told
us to go fill up our basket with food that we wanted and that we didn't get
very often, and she would pay for it. It was really nice of her. By the time we
were done, we had about $150 worth of groceries between the two of us. I felt
kind of bad about it, even though she didn't mind at all, and we thanked her
several times. Then we were talking to another member the next day, and we
found out that that's something that she has done a lot in the past for the
missionaries, every now and then. And we also found out that most of those
missionaries would get about $200 to $250 worth of food. Hearing that made me
feel a little better, but it also kind of made me feel like I should have
gotten a few more frozen pizzas and maybe some ice cream! Sister Rogers used to
have the missionaries over for dinner often though, until she stopped being
able to because of a medical condition she had. So she decided to just take
them out shopping every now and then. It was pretty nice!
Oh, and before I forget, it's always fun to embarrass people publicly by
singing Happy Birthday, so... Happy Birthday to you! Happy birthday to you.
Happy Birthday Dear Heather! Happy Birthday to You! Cha cha cha... That's
great that you're turning 12!
We had a pretty good lesson a couple weeks ago that I liked and thought I might
tell about on here. We were talking with an investigator named Nicole about the
Word of Wisdom a little bit. She had heard a little about it before, and she
likes coffee and some tea so she wasn't sure why those things would be part of
a health commandment. She started off by telling us about how she felt like
science and religion were mean to work together. We agreed, and talking about
that lead perfectly into why we keep the Word of Wisdom. I've heard people give
lots of different specific explanations before about why certain things are
prohibited in the Word of Wisdom. But the real reason why we keep the Word of
Wisdom is not for scientific reasons. It is because it is a commandment of God.
We talked about how we're all trying to learn truth, and about the world around
us. One way that we can learn is from God, the source of all truth, the creator
of Heaven and Earth. Another source we use to learn and find truth is through
our own experimentation, through "science". Now, we know that the
current scientific theories are always changing. Just a few hundred years ago,
the best scientists of the time still taught that the world was flat, and that
the universe revolved around the earth. Today the different scientific theories
are still being debated and changed. Why should we think that suddenly we've
already figured everything out on our own and know everything?
However, we have another source of truth that we have access to- a loving Father
in Heaven. He wants us to understand our purpose here, and what we need to do
here. And so he's taught those things to us, through the prophets and through
the scriptures. We also know that what God teaches us is always true and never
changes- See Mormon 9:10. So when scientific knowledge and the commandments and
teachings of God seem to conflict, which is it that we should give heed to? The
commandments of God always supersede what scientific evidence happen to tell us
at the time. So why do we keep the Word of Wisdom? Because it is a commandment
of God through his prophets. One we'll learn more about the reasoning why that
commandment was given, but for now we can be content to trust in the Lord and
keep his commandment.
When we talked about this, it really helped her understand it better. I felt
that the Spirit was there and was helping me to know how to explain it to her
in a way that would help her the most. It is always fun being able to teach by
the Spirit and see it really help someone. It's a good feeling to have the
Spirit speak through you. I love how simple the gospel really is, no matter how
hard we try to complicate it. I know that keeping the commandments allows the
Lord to bless us, and that we can keep the commandments because we love the Lord
and trust Him, even when we don't know all the reasons for the commandment in
the first place.
The Lord has blessed me quite a bit over these last few weeks. I feel like I
understand the gospel much better, and I'm excited to teach it to other people.
I love studying in the mornings, and the Lord is teaching me so much. I know
that the Lord blesses us for working hard to magnify, or faithfully fulfill,
our callings.
I hope that you all have a good week, and I'll hopefully get to email more of
you back this next week. Love you all!
Love,
Elder Trevor Casper
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
07.16.2012 "Reply to Mom's Email"
I'm short on time.
I have no time to send an email out to everyone. Will you please apologize for me? I have stuff I want to talk about, but I always seem to run
out of time. Tell everyone that I'll email them back next week, and maybe send a
few pictures too. Things are going well here though. This last week was a busy
and good week, the busiest in a long while. Can you pass that along also? And
that I'm continuing to see the blessings of the Lord. I know the Gospel is
true, and that God is there, and that the scriptures are His word.
Love you Mom, Bye!!
Elder Trevor Casper
Love you Mom, Bye!!
Elder Trevor Casper
07.09.2012 "New Transfer in Harrison"
Hello Everyone,
I have time for a quick letter this week. Hopefully everyone had a good Fourth of July! Ours wasn't too bad. We had fun watching the fireworks this year. It was about a 20 minute show, which isn't too bad for a town the size of Harrison. There's probably only a few thousand people here.
There's been a lot going on these last few weeks. And last week was Hot! And not only hot, but very humid. Everyone kept asking us why we were out in the heat dressed "like that". We actually were biking around too for the first part of the week, until Thursday when we got the car. Once I got used to just being drenched after a minute or two of being outside, the heat wasn't really all that bad though. I think the Lord blessed us for still going out in the heat, because we met a few promising people we're hoping to visit again this week. It wasn't a bad week at all.
The time is just flying by, which I'm not sure I'm happy about. I'm nearly at a year and a half now, which is strange. Oh, and transfer calls were this last Friday, and I found out that we're both staying here for another transfer! That makes Elder Piena my fourth two-transfer companion in a row. He's a pretty good guy, although he's a little quiet sometimes. I don't now how much I've said about him in the past. He's from Nevada and was born there, but his parents are from Hawaii (his dad is in the military).
Ummm... I'll have to tell you more about him in the future. Our Branch President has just showed up in the library. He's having us over for dinner tonight and it looks like I'll have to get going.
Oh yeah, and here's a quick picture of me holding some swords that one of our investigators has, and also a picture of Elder Piena and I outside an Amish store a few miles west of Clare (in our area)
Love you all! Talk to you next week, hopefully I have more time then,
Love,
Elder Trevor Casper
I have time for a quick letter this week. Hopefully everyone had a good Fourth of July! Ours wasn't too bad. We had fun watching the fireworks this year. It was about a 20 minute show, which isn't too bad for a town the size of Harrison. There's probably only a few thousand people here.
There's been a lot going on these last few weeks. And last week was Hot! And not only hot, but very humid. Everyone kept asking us why we were out in the heat dressed "like that". We actually were biking around too for the first part of the week, until Thursday when we got the car. Once I got used to just being drenched after a minute or two of being outside, the heat wasn't really all that bad though. I think the Lord blessed us for still going out in the heat, because we met a few promising people we're hoping to visit again this week. It wasn't a bad week at all.
The time is just flying by, which I'm not sure I'm happy about. I'm nearly at a year and a half now, which is strange. Oh, and transfer calls were this last Friday, and I found out that we're both staying here for another transfer! That makes Elder Piena my fourth two-transfer companion in a row. He's a pretty good guy, although he's a little quiet sometimes. I don't now how much I've said about him in the past. He's from Nevada and was born there, but his parents are from Hawaii (his dad is in the military).
Ummm... I'll have to tell you more about him in the future. Our Branch President has just showed up in the library. He's having us over for dinner tonight and it looks like I'll have to get going.
Oh yeah, and here's a quick picture of me holding some swords that one of our investigators has, and also a picture of Elder Piena and I outside an Amish store a few miles west of Clare (in our area)
Love you all! Talk to you next week, hopefully I have more time then,
Love,
Elder Trevor Casper
07.02.2012 "Sorry, Out of Time"
Friends and Family,
Sorry, no time to email this week, but I will talk to everyone next week! Transfer calls are this Friday, so I'll be letting everyone know this next week what happens. Love you all, talk to you next week! I'll try to send a picture or two also.
Elder Casper
Sorry, no time to email this week, but I will talk to everyone next week! Transfer calls are this Friday, so I'll be letting everyone know this next week what happens. Love you all, talk to you next week! I'll try to send a picture or two also.
Elder Casper
Monday, July 2, 2012
06.25.2012 "My Third Transfer in Harrison is Flying By"
Hello Everyone,
This last week, things have been going pretty well here in Harrison. I've been having a good time, and we've been working hard here. I've definitely been blessed, and I've felt the guidance of the Spirit in this work. That's something that's been a great blessing to me since I've come out here. Before my mission, I didn't really understand how to recognize and understand the promptings of the Spirit. The Lord has blessed me immensely by helping me learn more on my mission about how to do that. If we're not listening for them, they can be difficult to recognize. We also have to be keeping the commandments so that we can be in tune with the Spirit. It works quite a bit like tuning a radio to avoid the static and get the right signal, actually. I see time and time again how the Lord really does care about us and is always ready to help us. Sometimes we go through difficult experiences, and that's part of this life and we need to be patient. But I know, because I've experienced it myself, that when we really humble ourselves, when we are become submissive to Heavenly Father and are really willing to put aside what we think or think we want, and we listen to know what it is that Heavenly Father want's us to do, he blesses us with that guidance. He wants us to come back to live with him again, and He's going to help us however we can to get back there. How comforting is that? I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a million ways and I am so grateful to have a knowledge of it. I know that it is true.
We helped out Brother Hileman a little more this last week with his cattle. Here's a quick picture of his big bull, one that we worked with a couple weeks ago. He weighs somewhere around 2300 or 2500 lbs. We don't want to mess with him! At least he has no horns. We loaded him onto a trailer with a few other cows.
We got a lot of rain this last week, but luckily we had the car. Because we had it, we were also able to make it out to Gladwin this week, which is about 20 miles from Harrison, and visit some of the people there. We were able to teach a good number of people this last week, and we also are going to be seeing a couple referrals this next week that seem really promising and interested in learning about what we have to teach.
I made a key lime pie this week for the first time in a while. I think we're planning on eating a couple pieces, and then we're going to give a few to some of the other people we teach. We're thinking of giving a few of the pieces to other people we teach, and leaving a note on the plate and the plate on the porch and doorbell ditching their houses. The only problem is, the days are long and it's still bright outside at 9:30 when we need to be home. The people we're thinking of have big front yards too. So it'll be interesting to see how it works out.
I found a couple scriptures this morning I liked. It was 2 Nephi 26:12-13. I've been thinking about that the last few days. I love how Jesus Christ doesn't want to leave us in the dark, and how He has promised that He will reveal Himself unto us by the Holy Ghost, and won't just leave us guessing at the truth. I love being able to promise the people that we teach that they really can know that God is there, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that the things that we teach them are true. They can really know it. They can know it through the Holy Ghost.
I'm out of time but I love you all! Have a great week everyone.
Love,
Elder Trevor Casper
This last week, things have been going pretty well here in Harrison. I've been having a good time, and we've been working hard here. I've definitely been blessed, and I've felt the guidance of the Spirit in this work. That's something that's been a great blessing to me since I've come out here. Before my mission, I didn't really understand how to recognize and understand the promptings of the Spirit. The Lord has blessed me immensely by helping me learn more on my mission about how to do that. If we're not listening for them, they can be difficult to recognize. We also have to be keeping the commandments so that we can be in tune with the Spirit. It works quite a bit like tuning a radio to avoid the static and get the right signal, actually. I see time and time again how the Lord really does care about us and is always ready to help us. Sometimes we go through difficult experiences, and that's part of this life and we need to be patient. But I know, because I've experienced it myself, that when we really humble ourselves, when we are become submissive to Heavenly Father and are really willing to put aside what we think or think we want, and we listen to know what it is that Heavenly Father want's us to do, he blesses us with that guidance. He wants us to come back to live with him again, and He's going to help us however we can to get back there. How comforting is that? I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a million ways and I am so grateful to have a knowledge of it. I know that it is true.
We helped out Brother Hileman a little more this last week with his cattle. Here's a quick picture of his big bull, one that we worked with a couple weeks ago. He weighs somewhere around 2300 or 2500 lbs. We don't want to mess with him! At least he has no horns. We loaded him onto a trailer with a few other cows.
We got a lot of rain this last week, but luckily we had the car. Because we had it, we were also able to make it out to Gladwin this week, which is about 20 miles from Harrison, and visit some of the people there. We were able to teach a good number of people this last week, and we also are going to be seeing a couple referrals this next week that seem really promising and interested in learning about what we have to teach.
I made a key lime pie this week for the first time in a while. I think we're planning on eating a couple pieces, and then we're going to give a few to some of the other people we teach. We're thinking of giving a few of the pieces to other people we teach, and leaving a note on the plate and the plate on the porch and doorbell ditching their houses. The only problem is, the days are long and it's still bright outside at 9:30 when we need to be home. The people we're thinking of have big front yards too. So it'll be interesting to see how it works out.
I found a couple scriptures this morning I liked. It was 2 Nephi 26:12-13. I've been thinking about that the last few days. I love how Jesus Christ doesn't want to leave us in the dark, and how He has promised that He will reveal Himself unto us by the Holy Ghost, and won't just leave us guessing at the truth. I love being able to promise the people that we teach that they really can know that God is there, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that the things that we teach them are true. They can really know it. They can know it through the Holy Ghost.
I'm out of time but I love you all! Have a great week everyone.
Love,
Elder Trevor Casper
06.18.2012 "Sad News"
Note: Trevor did not send a general letter this week. As mom, I pulled rank and asked him to write to the Anderson family instead. They are our friends and the mom, Karla, passed away in early June. I felt they needed to get a comforting message.
06.12.2012 "Busy Day in Harrison"
Hello Everyone,
I'm a little worn out today. This is going to have to be a short letter. Yesterday was a busy day here. It was our P-day, but we went to go do some service for Brother Hileman at his farm moving some cattle because he needed our help. It was only supposed to take a few hours, but in the end it took most of the day. He picked us up at 8:00 in the morning, and we were dropped back off at around 5:00.
We spent most of the time moving some cattle around to different places in his farm, and then moving a few into pens, and then into a trailer, because he was taking them to graze for a while at someone else's farm. It was actually a lot of fun, and we had a good time. Next time we go over to help, I'll have to take some pictures. There were a few problems that we had, which is partly why we took so much longer than we expected, but all in all we got done what we needed to. Something else that took a little longer is that we found a cow in the morning that was very close to delivering a calf. We decided to leave her alone for a little while to rest and check back on her in an hour or two. But when we came back later on, it was not going well. It was the cow's first time delivering a calf, and the calf was really big (about 110 pounds he said, which is apparently pretty big for that kind of cow). We brought her into the barn, then went in for lunch. Brother Hileman left halfway through lunch to go help the cow with the calf. he helped pull the calf out with some chains. We met up with him after we finished eating, and unfortunately, the calf hadn't make it. It had been gone since before we first found the mother that morning. So had to take it back to the back of the property (Brother Hileman has about 70 or 80 acres). It was pretty sad.
All in all it was a pretty busy and unusual day. It was fun getting the experience of herding cattle though, I really enjoyed it.
One thing that I've thought about this last week has been the importance of love in all aspects of the work of the Lord. In a Leadership Training Meeting, President Hess talked about John 15, which is a really good chapter that describes the relationship between us and the Lord when we are in his service. Keeping the commandments and love unfeigned are both critical to everything our Heavenly does, and everything that we do in his service. It gave me a lot to think about. I love how I am always learning and the Lord continues to teach me.
I love you all, and hope you have a good week. Did everyone see Megan's Graduation Announcement? The pictures turned out really good! It looks nice.
Bye everyone!
Love,
Elder Trevor Casper
I'm a little worn out today. This is going to have to be a short letter. Yesterday was a busy day here. It was our P-day, but we went to go do some service for Brother Hileman at his farm moving some cattle because he needed our help. It was only supposed to take a few hours, but in the end it took most of the day. He picked us up at 8:00 in the morning, and we were dropped back off at around 5:00.
We spent most of the time moving some cattle around to different places in his farm, and then moving a few into pens, and then into a trailer, because he was taking them to graze for a while at someone else's farm. It was actually a lot of fun, and we had a good time. Next time we go over to help, I'll have to take some pictures. There were a few problems that we had, which is partly why we took so much longer than we expected, but all in all we got done what we needed to. Something else that took a little longer is that we found a cow in the morning that was very close to delivering a calf. We decided to leave her alone for a little while to rest and check back on her in an hour or two. But when we came back later on, it was not going well. It was the cow's first time delivering a calf, and the calf was really big (about 110 pounds he said, which is apparently pretty big for that kind of cow). We brought her into the barn, then went in for lunch. Brother Hileman left halfway through lunch to go help the cow with the calf. he helped pull the calf out with some chains. We met up with him after we finished eating, and unfortunately, the calf hadn't make it. It had been gone since before we first found the mother that morning. So had to take it back to the back of the property (Brother Hileman has about 70 or 80 acres). It was pretty sad.
All in all it was a pretty busy and unusual day. It was fun getting the experience of herding cattle though, I really enjoyed it.
One thing that I've thought about this last week has been the importance of love in all aspects of the work of the Lord. In a Leadership Training Meeting, President Hess talked about John 15, which is a really good chapter that describes the relationship between us and the Lord when we are in his service. Keeping the commandments and love unfeigned are both critical to everything our Heavenly does, and everything that we do in his service. It gave me a lot to think about. I love how I am always learning and the Lord continues to teach me.
I love you all, and hope you have a good week. Did everyone see Megan's Graduation Announcement? The pictures turned out really good! It looks nice.
Bye everyone!
Love,
Elder Trevor Casper
06.05.2012 "Interesting First Week With Elder Piena"
Hello Everyone,
This last week was a decent week here in Harrison with Elder Piena. It's been a little interesting though. It's our week off from having the car, and so we've been biking around quite a bit. Last weekend was also pretty rainy, meaning that we got soaked on Friday and Saturday. Best of all... well, remember I mentioned that Elder Porter and I went fishing last week? Well, I didn't have time to mention that we were walking through a particularly swampy part of the lake shore to get to another side of the lake to fish. There were a couple times when I stepped onto unsolid ground and sunk in up to my knees, and almost lost my shoes. Elder Porter, however, tried to jump to a patch of what he though was grass, but turned out to be just some floating moss. He sunk in down to his waist, and unfortunately had both his camera and the phone in his pocket at the time. His camera seemed okay, but the phone was having problems. Later on that day we stuck it in rice and tried other things to dry it out, and by the next morning, is somehow started working again.
Well, Saturday night it stopped working again, and this time it looks like it's for good. So we've been phone-less for a couple days now, and we're working on trying to get another one sent to us, but it may take another day or two. We have almost no way to get ahold of people now, so it'll be interesting!
Elder Piena is a nice guy though. He's from Henderson, Nevada, which sounds like a suburb of Las Vegas. He's always lived in Nevada, but his family is Hawaiian, and they all have Hawaiian names. Elder Piena's name is Kaola (like Crayola without the "r"). He's a little quiet, but it should be good serving with him.
I got to go fishing for a few minutes yesterday in a lake behind the house of a member we were doing some service for. I was lucky enough to catch a 16 inch bass, which was a decent sized fish and the biggest I've caught yet! I'll include a picture with this email, hopefully it goes through. I filleted it myself (I learned how from Elder Porter) and I'm going to eat it soon.
I'm also including a picture of a baby squirrel that walked up to us when we were in the yard of a member's house at a dinner appointment. It was really cute, and wasn't afraid of us at all, even when we tried to scare it! I had never seen anything like it before. We all took turns holding it, and we fed it crackers and played with it a little bit.
One thing that I love about a mission is getting to help people and see them grow spiritually and see the blessings from living the gospel of Jesus Christ and keeping the commandments. I am also so blessed to be able to keep learning more and more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and what His work is, as long as I've been out here. Something my mission president told me and that I've thought about a lot lately is about how all we have to do in this life is be obedient and follow what the Lord commands us to do (Abraham 3:25). It's really comforting knowing that. We don't have to be perfect, and the Lord knows that we won't be, but we can repent and move forward and keep becoming more like Jesus Christ. I love the Gospel, and the more I learn about it the more it amazes me, and the more I realize how much the Lord really has done for us to help us. I know that it's true, and that by following it we can enter into the "rest of the Lord" (read Alma 13:12-13, 28-29), which is to find the peace and purpose in this life that Heavenly Father wants for us (D&C 59:23 and John 14:27). There is a really good article in February Ensign about that called "Enter into the Rest of the Lord". Read it when you get the chance!
Love you all, and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Trevor Casper
This last week was a decent week here in Harrison with Elder Piena. It's been a little interesting though. It's our week off from having the car, and so we've been biking around quite a bit. Last weekend was also pretty rainy, meaning that we got soaked on Friday and Saturday. Best of all... well, remember I mentioned that Elder Porter and I went fishing last week? Well, I didn't have time to mention that we were walking through a particularly swampy part of the lake shore to get to another side of the lake to fish. There were a couple times when I stepped onto unsolid ground and sunk in up to my knees, and almost lost my shoes. Elder Porter, however, tried to jump to a patch of what he though was grass, but turned out to be just some floating moss. He sunk in down to his waist, and unfortunately had both his camera and the phone in his pocket at the time. His camera seemed okay, but the phone was having problems. Later on that day we stuck it in rice and tried other things to dry it out, and by the next morning, is somehow started working again.
Well, Saturday night it stopped working again, and this time it looks like it's for good. So we've been phone-less for a couple days now, and we're working on trying to get another one sent to us, but it may take another day or two. We have almost no way to get ahold of people now, so it'll be interesting!
Elder Piena is a nice guy though. He's from Henderson, Nevada, which sounds like a suburb of Las Vegas. He's always lived in Nevada, but his family is Hawaiian, and they all have Hawaiian names. Elder Piena's name is Kaola (like Crayola without the "r"). He's a little quiet, but it should be good serving with him.
I got to go fishing for a few minutes yesterday in a lake behind the house of a member we were doing some service for. I was lucky enough to catch a 16 inch bass, which was a decent sized fish and the biggest I've caught yet! I'll include a picture with this email, hopefully it goes through. I filleted it myself (I learned how from Elder Porter) and I'm going to eat it soon.
I'm also including a picture of a baby squirrel that walked up to us when we were in the yard of a member's house at a dinner appointment. It was really cute, and wasn't afraid of us at all, even when we tried to scare it! I had never seen anything like it before. We all took turns holding it, and we fed it crackers and played with it a little bit.
One thing that I love about a mission is getting to help people and see them grow spiritually and see the blessings from living the gospel of Jesus Christ and keeping the commandments. I am also so blessed to be able to keep learning more and more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and what His work is, as long as I've been out here. Something my mission president told me and that I've thought about a lot lately is about how all we have to do in this life is be obedient and follow what the Lord commands us to do (Abraham 3:25). It's really comforting knowing that. We don't have to be perfect, and the Lord knows that we won't be, but we can repent and move forward and keep becoming more like Jesus Christ. I love the Gospel, and the more I learn about it the more it amazes me, and the more I realize how much the Lord really has done for us to help us. I know that it's true, and that by following it we can enter into the "rest of the Lord" (read Alma 13:12-13, 28-29), which is to find the peace and purpose in this life that Heavenly Father wants for us (D&C 59:23 and John 14:27). There is a really good article in February Ensign about that called "Enter into the Rest of the Lord". Read it when you get the chance!
Love you all, and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Trevor Casper
05.29.2012 "Another Transfer in Harrison"
Hello Everyone!
Just a short letter again. Transfer calls came! I'm staying here in Harrison, and Elder Porter is getting transferred east to the "thumb" area of Michigan, which is Caro, and the other area he and his new companion will be covering also, called Bad Axe. My new companion is named Elder Piena. He's from Las Vegas, and he seems like a pretty nice guy, so it'll be good to get to know him better.
There has been a lot going on this past week! It seems like it's lasted forever. Elder Porter and I did a lot of fishing on Monday. We also visited a lot of people over the weekend so he could say goodbye to them. Monday we also went to a beach with the Cassidy family, and though we aren't allowed to swim we waded in a little, which was pretty nice. It was a beautiful Memorial day, even though that night and the day before were all thunderstorms.
I'll have to tell everyone about a few more things this next week, I only have seconds left. Sorry everyone! Hope everyone had a great weekend, and I'll talk to you later and fill you in! Things are going well here.
Love,
Elder Casper
Just a short letter again. Transfer calls came! I'm staying here in Harrison, and Elder Porter is getting transferred east to the "thumb" area of Michigan, which is Caro, and the other area he and his new companion will be covering also, called Bad Axe. My new companion is named Elder Piena. He's from Las Vegas, and he seems like a pretty nice guy, so it'll be good to get to know him better.
There has been a lot going on this past week! It seems like it's lasted forever. Elder Porter and I did a lot of fishing on Monday. We also visited a lot of people over the weekend so he could say goodbye to them. Monday we also went to a beach with the Cassidy family, and though we aren't allowed to swim we waded in a little, which was pretty nice. It was a beautiful Memorial day, even though that night and the day before were all thunderstorms.
I'll have to tell everyone about a few more things this next week, I only have seconds left. Sorry everyone! Hope everyone had a great weekend, and I'll talk to you later and fill you in! Things are going well here.
Love,
Elder Casper
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