Sept 19, 2011

Good Morning,
Transfer starts tomorrow. So we'll most likely go Tuesday, October 4th or possibly the week before. I’ll be staying here and will probably finish my mission inBellflower. I won't have ever have served in a Spanish ward. But I’mokay with that. I’ve been in the areas I was supposed to be in and ifI would have been in different areas I wouldn't have met the people Imet. It’s a good thing that I learned the Spanish that I didbecause I’ve been able to contact and teach people on the street inspanish and able to get their information and hand it over to thespanish missionaries in that area. Some of them ended up being baptized. In fact this week is a baptism for a spanish family I handed over to the spanish elders. Just don't expect me to translate or talk to people in spanish. I can talk about gospel stuff and not much else and when it comes to understanding, no matter what they're talking about, I don't understand. Yes I got the ties, thanks. I really like the letter you wrote too. How come I never heard yourconversion story? Last General Conference Elder Eyring told us to to have a picture of thetemple in each room of our house. Do you have one? Another crazy stressful week. I can't remember the last time I wasn'ttired, or felt like I got enough sleep. But it's good. It’s worth it.My joy is full. More challenges and different challenges are coming myway but good always comes from it. Thanks for you love and support. Elder Yeaman’s quote of the week: “Watch general conference”!Sorry no quote of the week. It’s been really crazy and we've had muchto do. Haven’t had time to come up with one.

Elder Yeaman

September 12, 2011

Good Morning Everyone, 

Yes create a mormon.org page. That will be awesome. We go on

mormon.org once a week to look up stuff for our investigators. It’s an

amazing website! There’s people on there who explain a variety of

things. Watch some video profiles and read some as well before you

make one. You can type any topic in the "search" box and it'll bring

up people who are similar to you. There’s people who share something

simple like how they came to know if it's true and other people who

share how they used to be anti or lots of other stuff. 

of the church.

I made banana bread like 2 weeks ago with butterscotch chips. It was

really good.

Food of the week: a member had made us lemonade and instead of sugar

they used salt. I don't think they realized it. It was very nasty, but

super funny.

The weather has been crazy. Up in the 110’s.  I think people have a wrong i

dea about California weather. It's only stays in the 80’s on the coast not 

everywhere. Bellflower isn't too far from the coast and it's

highest was 110 this past week. Plus it's humid. People always say oh

so this weather is nothing compared to Arizona, you’re used to it right? 

But humidity makes it feel much hotter and I never walked around Arizona 

in pants, shirt, and tie. But we have a car in our area now so that's kind of nice.

They want us to buy a flu shot and that'll coast $10. I'll just use

the money I never deposited back into my account from home.

Did I ever explain the money I spent at "Ensign book store?" I

received a really nice quad while on my mission and it was in really

nice condition and when our recent convert signed up for all of these

institute classes she needed more than just a copy of the Book of

Mormon that we hand out. So I bought a cover and gave her the quad as

well. She was super excited and said she had actually been praying

that she'd be able to save the money so she could by one. Everything

happens for a reason right?

Did you type up and post our exciting call to the police last week? :-)

Elder Yeaman's quote of the week "I can not explain what you are not

willing to understand." Explanation: the gospel of Jesus Christ is simple. 

It is easy to explain yet it takes time to explain. If people will not give t

he time for one to explain, they will not understand. If they do not 

understand they make assumptions to ones belief and automatically 

assume because they do not understand it that it must be wrong. However, 

the scriptures clearly teach us to study, to seek, to

meditate. They all take time. It's a process. You can't always ask a

question and expect it to be answered clearly in one minute, let alone

5. It would be like asking someone to teach you calculus with out

understanding algebra or simple math. If you expect to understand an

entire principle in just a minute, good luck. Try to get someone who

has never heard of Jesus Christ to believe in him in 5 min. You would

need to have a little more time to explain His importance. But if you’re 

willing to put in the time and if your really willing to understand, it can be explained.

Love Elder Yeaman

Sept 5, 2011

“This is an email Michael started last week, but lost power in the middle of it. Today he emailed it.”
 
Good Morning,
 
Another crazy busy week!
 
We called the police while driving around last night. So last night
this man slammed into the car next to us, he got out, checked the
damage, told the person, yeah I wouldn't make a report, don't wory
about it. Then he got back in and took off. We were talking to the
police, following him a ways back with his license plate information
and the direction he was going when he hits car number 2. He gets out
as well as the person who was hit and says the same thing after
checking the damage. Then he takes off again. We start following him 
again and he goes into a neighborhood. The police are still on the phone, 
and at thirty miles an hour he's driving on the wrong side of the road when 
we see him hit car 3 which hits car 4. Car 3 and 4 were parked. His car and 
car 3 were totaled. The entire neighborhood came outside and he says the 
same thing and then asks people if they can help him start his car. It was 
crazy. A couple other things happened.
 
“Then Michael lost power on his computer and never finished”