Hundreds of Parrots

Sept. 14, 2010
Dear Family and Friends,


Short notice, I found out Sunday, that this week is temple transfer and we went to the temple this morning for the 6:30am session and afterwards went to the visitors center which has been closed for 3.5 years. They just re-opened it. It’s amazing! There’s so much technology and cool things in there. I don't have enough time to explain everything. To fully experience everything in there it would take days upon days! I love going to the temple!

Each new group of missionaries we receive seem to be so much more spiritually prepared its great.

Normally you see a lot of crows flying around... however in one part of our area there's hundreds and hundreds of parrots flying around. About 5 years ago a Petco truck tipped over and the parrots got free and now there's so many of them and they're so loud, no joke! They also never fly solo. They always fly with their mate.

Food of the week: We've got a bunch of dinner appointments this week and next week and the week after that. Super exciting! This week I got to try curry (a dinner dish) I think I heard Josh say that he ate that a lot in his mission. It was very interesting. I also made lemon bunt cake last week in a normal pan and it took a lot of work but it was super good and rich.

I think I forgot to tell you, my mtc companion (Elder Jackson) and my last companion (Elder Nielsen) are now companions. I saw them at the temple this morning and also at the visitor’s center afterwards. It was a lot of fun. When I left my last area, I had a bunch of investigators and wasn't able to get a picture with them. However, a couple of them have gotten baptized. I was so happy to hear about that.

Elder Yeaman’s quote of the week: I’d rather make pennies off something than nothing off nothing!" Explanation: Many hotels for example when business is slow will lower the prices just to fill the room so they can pay the bills. They’d rather make a little money on something than nothing on nothing. When you look back on it that what get’s you through. So if we apply this to missionary work, many of us are afraid to talk about the gospel to those around us because were afraid as soon as we tell the missionaries about it they're going to invite them to be baptized and the entire relationship will be ruined because of it. That right there is making nothing off nothing. However it's when we do the penny making work like just simply inviting someone to fhe, or a church activity that really makes the difference. Don’t really know if that makes sense but take what you can get. Don’t be afraid to ask someone to "taste that fruit which is desirable above all other fruit" by simply inviting them to something...anything. Maybe not to the missionaries right away, but to just become a little more familiar with the church.

That’s all I have to say for now.

Elder yeaman