Hola,
I’ve decided when I get back I’m going to attend the Spanish ward. I haven't had many opportunities to speak it on my mission but I really want to learn it. So I’ll go to a Spanish ward so that I can be more surrounded by it and hopefully learn it.
Please don't let me know when you’re sending a package. If I don't get it, then it's a distraction and kind of a downer.
I got josh's wedding invitation. Is he going to shave his face before he gets married? Just curious. I haven't seen a picture of him for a while. He looks way different.
How’s Shane door to door thing going? Better I hope.
Elder Yeaman's quote of the week "say cheese!"
Explanation: In the year book of life there are no retakes, no re-do, no photoshop. Like the yearbook pictures for school it doesn't matter what you looked like yesterday or a year ago, it does matter, however, the way you look right then. The camera taking the picture can't make your hair look nicer than it actually is. It won't get the gunk out of your teeth or make your cloths look nice. It is all dependent on you. Did you wash your clothes earlier in the week so you have nice clothes to wear for picture day? Did you take the time to wash and do your hair or brush you teeth? If not it will show. When we get in line to take the picture there's nothing you can do. How you look at that very moment is all that maters. The only problem is we don't know when picture day is. When that final judgment will come. Are we prepared? Have we taken time apart to make sure we are spiritually prepared? We all mess up yes. But the past doesn't matter. How I looked a year ago doesn't determine the way my picture will turn out, it's what I will do now. Prepare while you have the chance and all else will be taken care of.
Love Elder Yeaman
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
April 11, 2011
Hey,
Wasn’t general conference great?
I had to take money out of my account to buy a new name tag. Mine completely snapped in half. Right now it's being held together with tape. I’ll put the money back into my account later.
I’m still here in Long Beach with Elder Evans. I thought we'd be staying together. We were just white-washed into the area last transfer and there's a bunch of missionaries here. So not a lot of room to move people around.
Yup we got lots of rain this week. Bike’s alright!
We went to Costco today. I bought individual frozen pizza, it came in a pack of twelve. Also bought some frozen enchiladas, cheese bagels, muffins, bananas, frozen strawberries and black berries, orange juice, cheez-its, granola bars that come in a big green box that we always used to buy. Also bought a big tub of nestle cookie dough. Bought all my stuff for a month in one week. We had to play tetras to fit in all in the fridge and freezer. The other elders saved a lot of money by going to Costco last time they went that it lasted them 2 months. Weirdest thing, I gave in and put ice in my milk this week. I was eating my cookies and the milk wasn't cold enough so I did what mom always did. Ice in the milk. I still think it's weird but there's nothing better than really cold milk.
A member who owns a chain of Pollo Loco’s and Denny’s and what not, gave us a bunch of gift cards to his restaurants. Sooo nice!
Just send everything to the mission office I’m still here.
We've been doing a lot of service recently. A lot and just for members in the area.
Elder yeaman's quote of the week: "When at first you don't succeed try and try again"
Explanation: After Lehi and his family leave Jerusalem the children are then commanded to return and get the plates. Of course the first thing Laman and Lemuel do is complain. But Nephi responds differently (read 1 Nephi 3:7) we learn that Nephi puts 100% of his trust in the Lord. But that's not the end of the story. It goes on to where they make it back to Jerusalem and when they ask for the plates their life is threatened and they flee. But wait! Did not Nephi put all of his trust in the lord? Why didn't the lord follow through? Nevertheless, Nephi devices another plan, where he again puts all of his trust in the Lord and sacrifices everything he has to trade it for the plates. But again his life is threatened and after he flees with his brothers he is then struck with a stick several times by Laman and Lemuel. Why didn't the lord provide a way that time? Nephi put in all of his trust and yet was worse off then when he started. The third time he goes in all by himself and has no idea where to go, what to do. You could say that possibly the things that were going through his mind were things such as "I am going to need to get into his house, fight off all the guards, and get the plates, then escape without anybody following me so my brothers are safe and we can make it back to my father." But the third time the Lord provides a way. He is lead safely back to his father and because of that action several other events have taken place which are recorded in the book of Mormon and it has blessed thousands of people. At times we may justify, oh the lord didn't provide a way for me to do this or that, he must not want me to do it. Or we might want to give up. The light bulb took 1256 tries (or something like that) to get it right. What would have happened if they gave up on the 1255 try? We wouldn't have the light bulb. The point is... the Lord always provides a way for righteous actions. It may not be on the first try or the 1255 try, but he will provide a way. Put your trust in Him and never give up.
Love Elder Yeaman
Wasn’t general conference great?
I had to take money out of my account to buy a new name tag. Mine completely snapped in half. Right now it's being held together with tape. I’ll put the money back into my account later.
I’m still here in Long Beach with Elder Evans. I thought we'd be staying together. We were just white-washed into the area last transfer and there's a bunch of missionaries here. So not a lot of room to move people around.
Yup we got lots of rain this week. Bike’s alright!
We went to Costco today. I bought individual frozen pizza, it came in a pack of twelve. Also bought some frozen enchiladas, cheese bagels, muffins, bananas, frozen strawberries and black berries, orange juice, cheez-its, granola bars that come in a big green box that we always used to buy. Also bought a big tub of nestle cookie dough. Bought all my stuff for a month in one week. We had to play tetras to fit in all in the fridge and freezer. The other elders saved a lot of money by going to Costco last time they went that it lasted them 2 months. Weirdest thing, I gave in and put ice in my milk this week. I was eating my cookies and the milk wasn't cold enough so I did what mom always did. Ice in the milk. I still think it's weird but there's nothing better than really cold milk.
A member who owns a chain of Pollo Loco’s and Denny’s and what not, gave us a bunch of gift cards to his restaurants. Sooo nice!
Just send everything to the mission office I’m still here.
We've been doing a lot of service recently. A lot and just for members in the area.
Elder yeaman's quote of the week: "When at first you don't succeed try and try again"
Explanation: After Lehi and his family leave Jerusalem the children are then commanded to return and get the plates. Of course the first thing Laman and Lemuel do is complain. But Nephi responds differently (read 1 Nephi 3:7) we learn that Nephi puts 100% of his trust in the Lord. But that's not the end of the story. It goes on to where they make it back to Jerusalem and when they ask for the plates their life is threatened and they flee. But wait! Did not Nephi put all of his trust in the lord? Why didn't the lord follow through? Nevertheless, Nephi devices another plan, where he again puts all of his trust in the Lord and sacrifices everything he has to trade it for the plates. But again his life is threatened and after he flees with his brothers he is then struck with a stick several times by Laman and Lemuel. Why didn't the lord provide a way that time? Nephi put in all of his trust and yet was worse off then when he started. The third time he goes in all by himself and has no idea where to go, what to do. You could say that possibly the things that were going through his mind were things such as "I am going to need to get into his house, fight off all the guards, and get the plates, then escape without anybody following me so my brothers are safe and we can make it back to my father." But the third time the Lord provides a way. He is lead safely back to his father and because of that action several other events have taken place which are recorded in the book of Mormon and it has blessed thousands of people. At times we may justify, oh the lord didn't provide a way for me to do this or that, he must not want me to do it. Or we might want to give up. The light bulb took 1256 tries (or something like that) to get it right. What would have happened if they gave up on the 1255 try? We wouldn't have the light bulb. The point is... the Lord always provides a way for righteous actions. It may not be on the first try or the 1255 try, but he will provide a way. Put your trust in Him and never give up.
Love Elder Yeaman
March 28
Dear people in the world and not of the world,
The ward is great. They’re really nice and we get fed almost every night. There was this really good quote I found and I wanted to put it in Shane’s letter but I forgot. So tell him "You've got two years to live it, and the rest of your life to remember it".
My companion has been coughing a lot since he go here. I did the same thing my fist transfer and so did a bunch of other missionaries. I think it's the pollution. But he's getting better.
Our week was good. It poured all day yesterday and we returned back to the apartment at 9:00 drenched from head to toe with a fried phone. It was fun though. We got stuck in some areas and had to bike through some really deep puddles. What we would do is when we came to a deep puddle we would try to find a way around and when we couldn't find one we would get some speed and then go through it but lift up our feet up off the pedals. After a while we were so wet that we didn't really worry about the puddles anymore. Ha-ha it's supposed to rain all this week.
I planted those strawberries in that little pot 2 weeks ago and now they're sprouting.
Today I’ll make m&m cookies and maybe crepes. There’s so many strawberry vineyards around and I heard that there the best.
Transfers are not tomorrow but next Tuesday. I have an idea of what will be happening to me but I guess I’ll have to wait and see.
Yes we will be watching conference at the stake center.
My bike is doing alright. I bought another tool so that I can fix it myself, it'll cost much more money to have them fix it then to buy the tool and do it myself. It poured and poured this week.
HAY! mujer abolante peligra constante! favorite spanish phrase of the week
Elder yeaman's quote of the week. "The purpose of life is a life of purpose." Explanation: Soooo by living the higher law that was given by Jesus Christ we establish a barrier to keep us from sin. Only keeping the 10 commandments would be like standing on the edge of the cliff and when it gets a little windy we will slip into sin. But by living the higher law we build a fence. It doesn't mean we can’t sin but when we do slip, because we all will at one point or another, the fall won't be so great. The hard part of the higher law the Christ gave is loving unconditionally. It’d be pretty easy to avoid someone who has hurt us or we feel has done us wrong. But Christ taught in the Sermon on the Mount to love those who hate you, pray for those who despitefully use you and to serve those who seek to do evil to you or something like that. So to tie it in with the quote... have you discovered your purpose, and have you filled your life with it. Have you shown love to others no matter what. By not fulfilling you purpose it'd be like a doctor trying apply his medical experience by flipping fries at McDonnalds. The purpose of life is a life of purpose. Fill your life with important things make you life meaningful by being some one who means something to others.
Love Elder Yeaman
The ward is great. They’re really nice and we get fed almost every night. There was this really good quote I found and I wanted to put it in Shane’s letter but I forgot. So tell him "You've got two years to live it, and the rest of your life to remember it".
My companion has been coughing a lot since he go here. I did the same thing my fist transfer and so did a bunch of other missionaries. I think it's the pollution. But he's getting better.
Our week was good. It poured all day yesterday and we returned back to the apartment at 9:00 drenched from head to toe with a fried phone. It was fun though. We got stuck in some areas and had to bike through some really deep puddles. What we would do is when we came to a deep puddle we would try to find a way around and when we couldn't find one we would get some speed and then go through it but lift up our feet up off the pedals. After a while we were so wet that we didn't really worry about the puddles anymore. Ha-ha it's supposed to rain all this week.
I planted those strawberries in that little pot 2 weeks ago and now they're sprouting.
Today I’ll make m&m cookies and maybe crepes. There’s so many strawberry vineyards around and I heard that there the best.
Transfers are not tomorrow but next Tuesday. I have an idea of what will be happening to me but I guess I’ll have to wait and see.
Yes we will be watching conference at the stake center.
My bike is doing alright. I bought another tool so that I can fix it myself, it'll cost much more money to have them fix it then to buy the tool and do it myself. It poured and poured this week.
HAY! mujer abolante peligra constante! favorite spanish phrase of the week
Elder yeaman's quote of the week. "The purpose of life is a life of purpose." Explanation: Soooo by living the higher law that was given by Jesus Christ we establish a barrier to keep us from sin. Only keeping the 10 commandments would be like standing on the edge of the cliff and when it gets a little windy we will slip into sin. But by living the higher law we build a fence. It doesn't mean we can’t sin but when we do slip, because we all will at one point or another, the fall won't be so great. The hard part of the higher law the Christ gave is loving unconditionally. It’d be pretty easy to avoid someone who has hurt us or we feel has done us wrong. But Christ taught in the Sermon on the Mount to love those who hate you, pray for those who despitefully use you and to serve those who seek to do evil to you or something like that. So to tie it in with the quote... have you discovered your purpose, and have you filled your life with it. Have you shown love to others no matter what. By not fulfilling you purpose it'd be like a doctor trying apply his medical experience by flipping fries at McDonnalds. The purpose of life is a life of purpose. Fill your life with important things make you life meaningful by being some one who means something to others.
Love Elder Yeaman
March 7
Dear family and friends
I actually just finished the second full week in the area and it's good. Our apartment is nice. There were 14 missionaries that came in this transfer. Nothing too exciting today. Last p-day I made cookies.
Our new ward is great. There are four elders in the ward but the other two are in the office Mon-Fri from 10:00-4:00. There used to be no missionaries in this ward. and then they put the office elders in the ward and now they put the office elders and us in the ward. We lived with the office elders for those three days in their small beaten down apartment. No, they are not permanently increasing the number of missionaries in our mission. We're supposed to go back down to 128. The first presidency chooses how many missionaries we should have and they gave us a budget for 128 missionaries and that's where it'll stay. Right now we have 148 full time missionaries and 10 visa waiters.
Yes I got your letter thanks.
Normally I would have loved being on a bike, but this past couple of weeks there's been a couple of days where it's been raining and it's been below 40 and so we end up soaking wet and cold and then it's also been really windy because we're right by the ocean and we get the wind from there. This last week I finally saw the ocean. We ate at a members house and it was like 20 feet away. Additionally being on bike is a financial burden with all the bike tubes and patches and repairs.
Elder Yeaman’s quote of the week: "Blind Obedience"
Explanation: People tend to look at the lds church and think it's ridiculous how we have a modern prophet. They feel as though we put our complete trust in this mortal imperfect man. Anything that this man says, we heed his council, and willingly obey. Are we blind and is that man just a guide dog as people not of this faith may believe? No! We are not obedient because we're blind. We are not as the waters in the waves of the sea and are simply tossed to and fro. We are obedient, not because we're blind but because we can see. We have put our trust in God, not in man and we have seen the blessings that come from following this prophet that God has called. "Whether it be the voice of me or of my servants it is the same." We have seen the blessings that have come and we're obedient because we can see the blessings that will come. We know where we want to end up and we can see the path that we must take to get there. I can see and that is why I’m obedient.
That’s about all the excitement for this week.
Love elder yeaman
I actually just finished the second full week in the area and it's good. Our apartment is nice. There were 14 missionaries that came in this transfer. Nothing too exciting today. Last p-day I made cookies.
Our new ward is great. There are four elders in the ward but the other two are in the office Mon-Fri from 10:00-4:00. There used to be no missionaries in this ward. and then they put the office elders in the ward and now they put the office elders and us in the ward. We lived with the office elders for those three days in their small beaten down apartment. No, they are not permanently increasing the number of missionaries in our mission. We're supposed to go back down to 128. The first presidency chooses how many missionaries we should have and they gave us a budget for 128 missionaries and that's where it'll stay. Right now we have 148 full time missionaries and 10 visa waiters.
Yes I got your letter thanks.
Normally I would have loved being on a bike, but this past couple of weeks there's been a couple of days where it's been raining and it's been below 40 and so we end up soaking wet and cold and then it's also been really windy because we're right by the ocean and we get the wind from there. This last week I finally saw the ocean. We ate at a members house and it was like 20 feet away. Additionally being on bike is a financial burden with all the bike tubes and patches and repairs.
Elder Yeaman’s quote of the week: "Blind Obedience"
Explanation: People tend to look at the lds church and think it's ridiculous how we have a modern prophet. They feel as though we put our complete trust in this mortal imperfect man. Anything that this man says, we heed his council, and willingly obey. Are we blind and is that man just a guide dog as people not of this faith may believe? No! We are not obedient because we're blind. We are not as the waters in the waves of the sea and are simply tossed to and fro. We are obedient, not because we're blind but because we can see. We have put our trust in God, not in man and we have seen the blessings that come from following this prophet that God has called. "Whether it be the voice of me or of my servants it is the same." We have seen the blessings that have come and we're obedient because we can see the blessings that will come. We know where we want to end up and we can see the path that we must take to get there. I can see and that is why I’m obedient.
That’s about all the excitement for this week.
Love elder yeaman
February 21, 2011
February 21, 2011
Hey,
I’m being transferred to Long Beach east zone and I’m in the Atherton ward. Finally on a bike. I’ve got a lot to do today, the normal p-day stuff and work on my bike and pack.
Please pray really hard that I’ll have an apartment to move into by Tuesday. They turned in applications but none have been accepted thus far my new companion and I have no place to live. Otherwise I’d give you my address. The mission office is the same building as the ward I’ll be in. So as of now that's my address.
I’ve been to the Buddhist temple more than I’ve been to the temple in LA. Ha-ha yeah I took a bunch a pictures since I’m leaving the area.
We’ve had a lot of rain. It’s rain season and I’m on bike. That ctr rain jacket I got is water resistant, not water proof. If it rains hard i'm soaked even with it on.
Did it take a lot of salt to make the egg float?
Love ya
Bye
February 28, 2011
Dear Family and Friends,
I moved into my new apartment on Friday afternoon, it's the nicest apartment in the mission! Everything we have is new. We have so many missionaries we're over capacity. 128 is our comfort and we have 148 so they had to split a lot of areas and stuff like that. My new address is 5050 something... not quite sure. But the mission office is in my ward, so it'll be easier to just send everything there. I can pick it up every Sunday and Thursday.
My companion is from Virginia. He’s from Suffolk, near Virginia Beach. His name is Elder Evans
I got my bike fixed but I just need to buy a couple more things just in case I get a flat or something like that.
Not much to report on this week.
Elder Yeaman’s Quote of the Week, "Unplug to plug in"
Explanation: The world in general requires so much of us. There’s so much to do, so many things to focus on and it's all very draining. Like anything battery operated we are going o run out of juice. The only way to recharge it is to hook up to a higher power source. But we often put other things in the way of that power source. This outlet’s for my computer, this one is for my phone, my washing machine, my TV, my radio and so on. But the simple fact is we need to unplug to plug in. We should set time aside specifically for scripture study and not let the phone ring or anything else interrupt us. As a missionary something I have seen over and over again is interruptions from the dog or phone or a knock on the door right as we're about to share the most important part of our message. That interruption drives away the spirit. When we study, if we don't unplug to plug in, just when we're going to read the most important part, the thing we need most, the spirit leaves and we never get what was waiting for us.
Love Elder Yeaman
Hey,
I’m being transferred to Long Beach east zone and I’m in the Atherton ward. Finally on a bike. I’ve got a lot to do today, the normal p-day stuff and work on my bike and pack.
Please pray really hard that I’ll have an apartment to move into by Tuesday. They turned in applications but none have been accepted thus far my new companion and I have no place to live. Otherwise I’d give you my address. The mission office is the same building as the ward I’ll be in. So as of now that's my address.
I’ve been to the Buddhist temple more than I’ve been to the temple in LA. Ha-ha yeah I took a bunch a pictures since I’m leaving the area.
We’ve had a lot of rain. It’s rain season and I’m on bike. That ctr rain jacket I got is water resistant, not water proof. If it rains hard i'm soaked even with it on.
Did it take a lot of salt to make the egg float?
Love ya
Bye
February 28, 2011
Dear Family and Friends,
I moved into my new apartment on Friday afternoon, it's the nicest apartment in the mission! Everything we have is new. We have so many missionaries we're over capacity. 128 is our comfort and we have 148 so they had to split a lot of areas and stuff like that. My new address is 5050 something... not quite sure. But the mission office is in my ward, so it'll be easier to just send everything there. I can pick it up every Sunday and Thursday.
My companion is from Virginia. He’s from Suffolk, near Virginia Beach. His name is Elder Evans
I got my bike fixed but I just need to buy a couple more things just in case I get a flat or something like that.
Not much to report on this week.
Elder Yeaman’s Quote of the Week, "Unplug to plug in"
Explanation: The world in general requires so much of us. There’s so much to do, so many things to focus on and it's all very draining. Like anything battery operated we are going o run out of juice. The only way to recharge it is to hook up to a higher power source. But we often put other things in the way of that power source. This outlet’s for my computer, this one is for my phone, my washing machine, my TV, my radio and so on. But the simple fact is we need to unplug to plug in. We should set time aside specifically for scripture study and not let the phone ring or anything else interrupt us. As a missionary something I have seen over and over again is interruptions from the dog or phone or a knock on the door right as we're about to share the most important part of our message. That interruption drives away the spirit. When we study, if we don't unplug to plug in, just when we're going to read the most important part, the thing we need most, the spirit leaves and we never get what was waiting for us.
Love Elder Yeaman
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