Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011
Hey! You guys all sounds way happy! Haha I accidentally tacked on an
extra s on that sound. I'm going to leave it there. Dad! I hope you
got my letter in time for your birthday? But if not, Happy Birthday!
You sound way happy and I wish I could have been there. I hope you
realize how much I love you and appreciate everything you do. That
could sound cliche and all, and on top of that expressing emotion and
love in an email is kind of tough; but I say that in all honesty and
with my heart. You always talk about the amazing examples that we've
had the privilege of knowing, and although that is certainly true,
Brock and I have often talked about how you and Mom are such
incredible people and how lucky and blessed we are to have you as our
parents.
The house sounds absolutely awesome. Not much progress on the radio
front. We're waiting for the bishopric to approve it. And because of
some recent events, we feel like the Bishop doesn't really trust us a
whole lot. I won't go into detail, but I'm tired of being
misinterpreted and reproved by people for doing what I know is right.
It sometimes makes me question what is right and wrong, which is not a
fun thing to go through. But it's just frustrating. As far as
animals, that lizard is a smaller species than the iguanas, and it's
faster. I've only seen one snake here. Spiders aren't a big problem
here, Elder Pickett and I torched a pretty big one a few weeks ago
though. It was a little smaller than my hand. We caught a bat.
Aside from that there are just a lot of iguanas and chickens and geese
(the geese are the worst, so annoying). And the chicken, what an
animal. I swear the chicken was created to make man appreciate the
fact that he is not a chicken, if not the Lord would've designed
chicken meat to grow on trees. Such stupid animals haha. But they
taste good. As far as Christmas, I'm not too sure yet. There are
some cool things I would like to buy, but perhaps I should wait until
my last month or something?
Mom, the weather has been a lot better! Two tropical storms hit this
week and we've had tons of rain. People kind of hate it here, but I'm
loving it. I wake up cold in the mornings! Then I realize that my
thermometer reads 79 degrees haha!
I did get the yellow envelope! I thought I mentioned that, the one
with the birthday cards and quotes and stuff! Thank you for that, I
loved it!!! I got it about three weeks ago I think. And it's good to
hear that you're doing better this week as far as sleeping and stuff.
I feel ya with the whole work out thing. I feel it too, because I
haven't been so diligent this week. But sometimes I'm just soooo
tired!
Aubrey! Good to hear from you! Good to hear you're doing so great!
Sounds like you're busy, but it's a good busy! The pictures I sent
are on shutterfly. And you mentioned sending some pictures, but they
didn't come through.
Haley, the pictures are awesome!!! And your Homecoming pictures are
awesome, you're dress is gorgeous! So are you! As far as the thing
in Africa, go big or go home. Seriously, do it. I look forward to
your big email. From what I hear, it sounds like you're doing a great
job as a leader. Good work and keep it up! You are meant to do great
things. Random thought... do you ever practice piano?
Brock, thank you for your email. I miss you man! I mean I miss
everyone, but you know. The whole brother thing is just different.
Keep on keepin on in school!
The Lord has blessed the district tremendously. We have had a
powerful couple of weeks and look forward to this second half of
October. Changes were interesting. Elder Cartagena left for the
mountains and I received Elder Ramos. This is the first time I have
received an elder having been in the area beforehand. I like it, I
know what's going on and I get to show him how we want to do things.
The
Lord has blessed me so much and I feel like I am more fully developing
the attribute of charity. I write something that I appreciate about
him every night and that helps so much. People try and point out
flaws, but if I'm focused on the positive, there's no room for the
negative. I recently read Elder Wirthlin's talked ¨Come what may and
love it¨ and learned a lot. That's a good talk.
I have a lot to look forward to right now. Challenges as always, but
lots of good to focus on. We have some very obedient missionaries in
the district right now. It will be a good time. Elder Tacam was just
assigned as a zone leader! He will be great. Elder Molina was just
assigned as assistant to the president! That made me so happy. He
will be amazing. Dad, you mentioned something about all my friends
being assigned to leadership positions and to not get anxious about
it. I feel like I have plenty to learn in my current assignment and
although thoughts like that have come, I feel like the Lord has
something else in store. My patriarchal blessing mentions a lot about
leadership and I feel like it doesn't really matter when that comes.
The Lord won't ask how many positions I held.
Thank you all for everything, all the advice and support. I love you
all so much (I say that every week because it's true). Have an
awesome week!!!
Love,
Elder Austin Tyler
Monday, December 12, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Austin's Mailing Address
Elder Austin Michael Tyler
Guatemala Retalhuleu Mission
Barrio Concepion, Boulevard Centenario
Salida a Coatepeque, Zona 2
Retalhuleu
GUATEMALA
Guatemala Retalhuleu Mission
Barrio Concepion, Boulevard Centenario
Salida a Coatepeque, Zona 2
Retalhuleu
GUATEMALA
Precious truths of the Gospel
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 11:59 AM
So to start, this week was great and I'll answer some of your questions.
Mom, the border right now is pretty safe here in Tecun. It's run by narcos, which means violence could be possible, but not likely. It's so much safer than any other area I've been in because the narcos run it. Oh, and narcos is the word for drug lord here. The drug lords ironically do a lot of good when they initially show up. When they clash with each other, that's when the nastiness hits. But for example, Tecun used to be a dump full of gangs. people wouldn't walk around at night and there was a lot of violence. But the gangs are no match for the narcos. When narcos show up, they send out their 'pumas' (guys trained to kill gangsters). They have nice cars and big weapons and the gangsters don't really have a chance. So that's what happened here five years ago. All the gangs were wiped out and now it's really safe. Kids play in the street until midnight. Haha that's so rare in Guatemala. The downside is corruption. It's safe, but corrupt. And nobody can really do anything about it. Interesting stuff. Really kinda sad.
Mom, a package! Haha thank you! I haven't thought about anything I need. The Old Spice you sent last time was a blessing, but I still have a full stick and a half left. I don't know what to do about my big acne. It hurts, but I think I'll just have to wait it out till after I don't have to wear a collared shirt in the heat. Maybe proactiv will help? Aside from that, I could really use a journal and a somewhat nice notebook for taking notes in conferences. That's what I need more than anything. But don't sweat it. And don't lose sleep over it haha.
Homecoming pictures! Awesome! Haley, I wanna hear from you about it, you look beautiful!!!
That's so awesome that Alex is going to Ireland/Scotland!!! If I wasn't in Book of Mormon lands I would be so jealous haha.
Dad, the house looks awesome. Don't worry about venting last week, it's good to know that you have ups and downs too. As far as what I'm eating, whatever they give me. But it's more Mexican food here, and it's good. We don't have a cook lady anymore, we usually eat pasta for lunch. Food has been good lately. And I'm healthy.
Elder Pickett goes home on Wednesday, that's kind of weird. He's really baggy at this point, but he's dealing with it pretty well. He always asks me about home and tells me his plans. It's a little annoying, but if it helps him plan things out I guess that's okay. Haha he has to take 'the bomb', a set of three pills that cleans out the system. I guess all the elders take it when they go home. Let's just say I'll have to stick close to home (at least a toilet) for a few days when I get back. I think I'm going to be very excited to chill at home and rest. It's a long way off, but just saying, the house looks sweet and I'm excited to hang out and sleep there haha.
Brock, thank you for your email. It's a relief to know that you're doing better. Sounds like school is rough, but just learn to love it. Even though the mission was rough, you learned so many lifelong skills that will help with school. That's how I feel. i never really learned how to be diligent and intelligent in school. I've been blessed with a lot of things and I wasted a lot of those things simply because I wasn't diligent. That's interesting what you said about rebuking Satan. How exactly is that done? I've never flat out done that before. But I realize that I should.
I put pictures up! Some are from Xetulul, the amusement park we went to. Others are from when I was in Champerico and we went as a zone to the forest with buried ruins. Others are of me and my companion, Elder Cartagena. Theres one of a bat we captured, s few awesome sunrises and sunsets, and one with me, Elder Caragena, Elder Colindres, and Elder Picket. And one from my birthday!
Real quick, the Liahona is awesome. My testimony of the Book of Mormon has grown tremendously in the past year. I testify of its truthfulness. I feel like so many people abandon the basics of rhetoric and logic when they see or talk about that book. All common sense is abandoned for the sake of destroying truth. If one really wants to know if it's true, they will find out. So many people don't want to know the truth though! One lady I talked to this week realized that what we were saying was all true and legitimate. She said, well I never imagined I would even consider being a Mormon. She laughed and then said she didn't want to accept it after admitting that everything we said made complete sense and she felt like it was true!!!!
We taught another lady about the restoration. She then explained to us that we are just like every other church, it's just that we have a prophet and the other churches have pastors. I felt like explaining it would be so much easier if we could put President Monson in a room with one of the local pastors and let people see and feel the difference. President Maravilla alone brings such a huge spirit that makes people cower and shrink in his presence. The sister we taught eventually realized what we were saying and how the true church is different and unique. But she was afraid to change. Afraid to tell her husband. So sad!
But I rejoice in the fact that I know the precious truth of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. I want to share it with all my friends and I tremble at the fact that I didn't do so more fully before. This knowledge is everything! The truth holds its own, without propaganda and amid lies and critics. Yet the truth grows. I love this Gospel. It's hard to face the adversity, it's so hard sometimes, but it's worth it.
I love you guys. Thank you for your emails. Is Aubrey okay? I haven't heard from her in a long while. Thank you all for everything. Haley I love you and hope you have an awesome week. You too Aubrey!
Take care!!!
Elder Austin Tyler
So to start, this week was great and I'll answer some of your questions.
Mom, the border right now is pretty safe here in Tecun. It's run by narcos, which means violence could be possible, but not likely. It's so much safer than any other area I've been in because the narcos run it. Oh, and narcos is the word for drug lord here. The drug lords ironically do a lot of good when they initially show up. When they clash with each other, that's when the nastiness hits. But for example, Tecun used to be a dump full of gangs. people wouldn't walk around at night and there was a lot of violence. But the gangs are no match for the narcos. When narcos show up, they send out their 'pumas' (guys trained to kill gangsters). They have nice cars and big weapons and the gangsters don't really have a chance. So that's what happened here five years ago. All the gangs were wiped out and now it's really safe. Kids play in the street until midnight. Haha that's so rare in Guatemala. The downside is corruption. It's safe, but corrupt. And nobody can really do anything about it. Interesting stuff. Really kinda sad.
Mom, a package! Haha thank you! I haven't thought about anything I need. The Old Spice you sent last time was a blessing, but I still have a full stick and a half left. I don't know what to do about my big acne. It hurts, but I think I'll just have to wait it out till after I don't have to wear a collared shirt in the heat. Maybe proactiv will help? Aside from that, I could really use a journal and a somewhat nice notebook for taking notes in conferences. That's what I need more than anything. But don't sweat it. And don't lose sleep over it haha.
Homecoming pictures! Awesome! Haley, I wanna hear from you about it, you look beautiful!!!
That's so awesome that Alex is going to Ireland/Scotland!!! If I wasn't in Book of Mormon lands I would be so jealous haha.
Dad, the house looks awesome. Don't worry about venting last week, it's good to know that you have ups and downs too. As far as what I'm eating, whatever they give me. But it's more Mexican food here, and it's good. We don't have a cook lady anymore, we usually eat pasta for lunch. Food has been good lately. And I'm healthy.
Elder Pickett goes home on Wednesday, that's kind of weird. He's really baggy at this point, but he's dealing with it pretty well. He always asks me about home and tells me his plans. It's a little annoying, but if it helps him plan things out I guess that's okay. Haha he has to take 'the bomb', a set of three pills that cleans out the system. I guess all the elders take it when they go home. Let's just say I'll have to stick close to home (at least a toilet) for a few days when I get back. I think I'm going to be very excited to chill at home and rest. It's a long way off, but just saying, the house looks sweet and I'm excited to hang out and sleep there haha.
Brock, thank you for your email. It's a relief to know that you're doing better. Sounds like school is rough, but just learn to love it. Even though the mission was rough, you learned so many lifelong skills that will help with school. That's how I feel. i never really learned how to be diligent and intelligent in school. I've been blessed with a lot of things and I wasted a lot of those things simply because I wasn't diligent. That's interesting what you said about rebuking Satan. How exactly is that done? I've never flat out done that before. But I realize that I should.
I put pictures up! Some are from Xetulul, the amusement park we went to. Others are from when I was in Champerico and we went as a zone to the forest with buried ruins. Others are of me and my companion, Elder Cartagena. Theres one of a bat we captured, s few awesome sunrises and sunsets, and one with me, Elder Caragena, Elder Colindres, and Elder Picket. And one from my birthday!
Real quick, the Liahona is awesome. My testimony of the Book of Mormon has grown tremendously in the past year. I testify of its truthfulness. I feel like so many people abandon the basics of rhetoric and logic when they see or talk about that book. All common sense is abandoned for the sake of destroying truth. If one really wants to know if it's true, they will find out. So many people don't want to know the truth though! One lady I talked to this week realized that what we were saying was all true and legitimate. She said, well I never imagined I would even consider being a Mormon. She laughed and then said she didn't want to accept it after admitting that everything we said made complete sense and she felt like it was true!!!!
We taught another lady about the restoration. She then explained to us that we are just like every other church, it's just that we have a prophet and the other churches have pastors. I felt like explaining it would be so much easier if we could put President Monson in a room with one of the local pastors and let people see and feel the difference. President Maravilla alone brings such a huge spirit that makes people cower and shrink in his presence. The sister we taught eventually realized what we were saying and how the true church is different and unique. But she was afraid to change. Afraid to tell her husband. So sad!
But I rejoice in the fact that I know the precious truth of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. I want to share it with all my friends and I tremble at the fact that I didn't do so more fully before. This knowledge is everything! The truth holds its own, without propaganda and amid lies and critics. Yet the truth grows. I love this Gospel. It's hard to face the adversity, it's so hard sometimes, but it's worth it.
I love you guys. Thank you for your emails. Is Aubrey okay? I haven't heard from her in a long while. Thank you all for everything. Haley I love you and hope you have an awesome week. You too Aubrey!
Take care!!!
Elder Austin Tyler
Come what may and love it!
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 11:21 AM
Family!
You guys are the greatest! I know I say stuff like that all the time,
but seriously. I'm going to try and post pictures, I don't know if
itll work though.
I'm so excited for conference and for this month to end! I don't
know, but this area hasn't been easy and it's been so hard to stay
motivated. So hard! But I set some new goals this week and things
should go better now. I just really don't like the fluctuations in
spirituality, success, temptation, and other missionaries. So
ridiculous sometimes.
I believe (and hope, for the sake of air conditioning) that we will be
watching conference in the stake center over in Malacatan. I am so
ready.
We play soccer every week (we took a break today), and I love playing.
I will certainly write Andrew and Caleb.
Thank you for the encouragement Mom! I miss you!
Haley, have fun with those herbal pills. I hope they help you breathe better. And
new ski boots!!!?? Awesome! You better use them A LOT! Sounds like
you're working really hard in cross country. Keep it up! Never
settle for anything but your very best! And thanks for the pictures!
You look great! What the first picture you sent of? It's the one of
the group' in front of the school.
Brock, being sick sounds relaxing, but lame at the same time. And
Kung Pow and Family Guy? Reeeeeeeeeaaaalllllllllly? Whenever I see a
cow's utter I think of that moovie. Haha. There are a lot of cows
here.
And hang in there at school! You are a good student, you just don't
know it. Just don't be lazy and have fun with it. And don't fight
life's battles alone.
Dad, President joined the church about 18 years ago. Two missionaries
knocked on his door. He read the Book of Mormon 1 and 1/2 times
before getting baptized. He didn't really believe Joseph Smith was a
prophet until after he got baptized, but he had a powerful testimony
of the Book of Mormon (kind of ironic) and that Brigham Young was a
prophet. Interesting stuff.
Regarding spiritual gifts, yeah I read my patriarchal blessing and
spent some time meditating over the matter this week. My blessing is
very clear about certain gifts that I have, but I feel like there are
a few more that I've been given. I read my blessing about once a week
and it's such a boost! I've been tremendously blessed, maybe even
spoiled haha.
My weight is dropping too! I decided that I'm tired of not being in
good shape, I'm not fat, but I feel gross. I made some goals to keep
myself regular and stuff.
Glad to hear your face is feeling better. WIll you have to do that
again in the future? Sounds painful.
Thank you for always motivating me to go big. I actually brought up
the radio idea to my zone leaders, they like it. We're going to try
and find some time to look for a radio station this week. There will
probably be a lot of opposition from the evangelical radio stations,
so that will be interesting. But I want to go big. With the soccer
ball idea, I can't ask anyone to donate stuff, but if they offer, I
can do it. Do you ever see Robb Ball? If so, could you give him my
email? That would be awesome.
Thank you guys for everything.
We did have one baptism. Angelica, a 20 year old
who was introduced to the church by her RM boyfriend. She got
baptized and confirmed despite opposition from her family and
boyfriend (superstar RM). It was a great experience and I'm so
thankful that the Lord has blessed us in this area. Now we need to
find a family!
Thank you guys so much. I love you all and hope you're doing great!
Please participate in this missionary work!
Come what may and love it!
Thank you and love you more than you know,
Elder Austin Tyler
Family!
You guys are the greatest! I know I say stuff like that all the time,
but seriously. I'm going to try and post pictures, I don't know if
itll work though.
I'm so excited for conference and for this month to end! I don't
know, but this area hasn't been easy and it's been so hard to stay
motivated. So hard! But I set some new goals this week and things
should go better now. I just really don't like the fluctuations in
spirituality, success, temptation, and other missionaries. So
ridiculous sometimes.
I believe (and hope, for the sake of air conditioning) that we will be
watching conference in the stake center over in Malacatan. I am so
ready.
We play soccer every week (we took a break today), and I love playing.
I will certainly write Andrew and Caleb.
Thank you for the encouragement Mom! I miss you!
Haley, have fun with those herbal pills. I hope they help you breathe better. And
new ski boots!!!?? Awesome! You better use them A LOT! Sounds like
you're working really hard in cross country. Keep it up! Never
settle for anything but your very best! And thanks for the pictures!
You look great! What the first picture you sent of? It's the one of
the group' in front of the school.
Brock, being sick sounds relaxing, but lame at the same time. And
Kung Pow and Family Guy? Reeeeeeeeeaaaalllllllllly? Whenever I see a
cow's utter I think of that moovie. Haha. There are a lot of cows
here.
And hang in there at school! You are a good student, you just don't
know it. Just don't be lazy and have fun with it. And don't fight
life's battles alone.
Dad, President joined the church about 18 years ago. Two missionaries
knocked on his door. He read the Book of Mormon 1 and 1/2 times
before getting baptized. He didn't really believe Joseph Smith was a
prophet until after he got baptized, but he had a powerful testimony
of the Book of Mormon (kind of ironic) and that Brigham Young was a
prophet. Interesting stuff.
Regarding spiritual gifts, yeah I read my patriarchal blessing and
spent some time meditating over the matter this week. My blessing is
very clear about certain gifts that I have, but I feel like there are
a few more that I've been given. I read my blessing about once a week
and it's such a boost! I've been tremendously blessed, maybe even
spoiled haha.
My weight is dropping too! I decided that I'm tired of not being in
good shape, I'm not fat, but I feel gross. I made some goals to keep
myself regular and stuff.
Glad to hear your face is feeling better. WIll you have to do that
again in the future? Sounds painful.
Thank you for always motivating me to go big. I actually brought up
the radio idea to my zone leaders, they like it. We're going to try
and find some time to look for a radio station this week. There will
probably be a lot of opposition from the evangelical radio stations,
so that will be interesting. But I want to go big. With the soccer
ball idea, I can't ask anyone to donate stuff, but if they offer, I
can do it. Do you ever see Robb Ball? If so, could you give him my
email? That would be awesome.
Thank you guys for everything.
We did have one baptism. Angelica, a 20 year old
who was introduced to the church by her RM boyfriend. She got
baptized and confirmed despite opposition from her family and
boyfriend (superstar RM). It was a great experience and I'm so
thankful that the Lord has blessed us in this area. Now we need to
find a family!
Thank you guys so much. I love you all and hope you're doing great!
Please participate in this missionary work!
Come what may and love it!
Thank you and love you more than you know,
Elder Austin Tyler
The Gospel of Jesus Christ changes lives
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 12:48 PM
Hey!
The house looks sooo cool!!! And Dad! Elder Colindres just asked me
why you painted your face! That looks so painful! Almost as painful
as the BYU game. I'm so excited about that house and the temple and
everything! All this combined with talking to Elder Pickett about his
plans for when he gets home next month are making for a nice trunky
feast hahaha! Nah it just makes me excited for the future.
Speaking of the ads from the church... they are sooo cool! I've
watched a few of them and they are soo well done! I feel like the
church has so much money! Kind of cool that they can roll out a huge
thing like this.
Mom, to answer your questions, the children here are so rambunctions
due to culture. There is a lack of emphasis on parenting the way it
is emphasized in the States. For example, yesterday in Priesthood
Meeting there was a baby throwing a gatorade bottle on the floor (loud
noise on a tile floor). He would throw it and his dad would go grab
it and give it back to him. I guess the father thought that loud
noises was better than crying (so true), but the thing is, people
don't take babies out when they cry. A crying baby is like a good
plan. It should be carried out immediately. Not the case here.
Parenting skills here make me cringe. And no I haven't gotten the
manilla envelope yet.
Haley, hang in there! Drama is lame, as you know. Rise above it all
and learn everything you can, even if it means you make a fool of
yourself. I mean, avoid making a fool of yourself, but don't worry
about it if you end up doing it. After it all, none of high school
matters aside from the good memories and the lessons learned. It's an
important time and it can be so much fun, but keep doing what you're
doing and don't get caught up in drama. Learn a lot and be cool.
Be yourself. You're so cute! In all the pictures I get all the
missionaries say you're a babe. Just so you know. Elder Colindrez
says hi, by the way. He jokes about marrying my sister all the time.
Dad, sorry I haven't posted pictures. I don't have my camera with me
again, I really am terrible about that. That's great that the temple
made it through round one! And I included the house sale in my fast
on Saturday. Things will work out.
Brock and Aubrey, I hope you keep on getting time outdoors. And I
hope all is well in school and work and what not.
So we had a meeting with President on Tuesday night, just the
leadership from our zone and the Malacatan zone. It was a great
meeting. I learn so much when I'm around him. He told us to imagine
what it was like for Ammon, a tall, white foreignor to walk into the
King Lamoni's city. He asked us to think about where we are. The
people here, as much as we love them, are lazy, short, delight in
violence and bloodshed, and are in general, very hard hearted. They
eat so much meat. And they have a lot of children. That is, of
course, a generalization and I'm not being racist, I'm just comparing
with the Book of Mormon. It came from President and he admitted to
being one of them, but the Gospel changed his life. He told us we
need to be like Ammon and focus on leadership. Ammon served the king
with all he had and looked at obstacles as opportunities to show forth
his love and power. He said we need to work more with the Bishop of
our ward.
Afterwards we were all hanging out while we waited for the Stake
President to show up for his meeting with the zone leaders. President
was just talking about us, the mission, his family, and things he's
been blessed with. Once the meeting with the stake president started,
I just got to sit and chill with Elder Maurer and Elder Dennis and
chat. I asked what was the coolest thing they know about President.
Elder Maurer told me that there's a hill in Nicaragua named after
President Maravilla. He said that when he was in the military (before
he was a member, he got baptized 18 years ago), he and a group of four
defended that hill against some ridiculous number of enemy soldiers.
Apparently they just fought like Spartans and held the hill. Before
he got fat, he was a warrior. Haha he's my modern Book of Mormon
hero.
Elder Maurer also told me that his uncle is an Area Seventy in Africa.
He wrote Elder Maurer not too long ago and explained that he had an
interview with a sister that only spoke a local dialect and a bit of
French. They had an interpreter that helped in the interview, but
wasn't able to keep up. He said that his uncle simply started to talk
in English and the sister understood and responded in English. After
the interview she asked him where he learned the local dialect and why
they didn't just start speaking like that at the beginning. Confused,
he asked what? You were speaking English! And then he realized they
were communicating through the Spirit. Cool stuff. I don't know
anything else about President's interview with President Uchtdorf.
Question... My patriarchal blessing mentions some of the spiritual
gifts that I've been given, but I'm trying to figure out what else
I've been given. Any tips for how I can recognize spiritual gifts and
talents? President told me I have the gift of obedience. I had never
thought of that as a gift, so I thought that was interesting. I feel
like the mission exposes every weakness, and it does it bluntly. I
want to find my strengths and use those to better my faults.
Thank you guys for everything. Thank you for being diligent in
writing. I love you all so much! Have an awesome week! General
Conference is almost here already! Whoa.
Love you so much,
Elder Austin Tyler
Hey!
The house looks sooo cool!!! And Dad! Elder Colindres just asked me
why you painted your face! That looks so painful! Almost as painful
as the BYU game. I'm so excited about that house and the temple and
everything! All this combined with talking to Elder Pickett about his
plans for when he gets home next month are making for a nice trunky
feast hahaha! Nah it just makes me excited for the future.
Speaking of the ads from the church... they are sooo cool! I've
watched a few of them and they are soo well done! I feel like the
church has so much money! Kind of cool that they can roll out a huge
thing like this.
Mom, to answer your questions, the children here are so rambunctions
due to culture. There is a lack of emphasis on parenting the way it
is emphasized in the States. For example, yesterday in Priesthood
Meeting there was a baby throwing a gatorade bottle on the floor (loud
noise on a tile floor). He would throw it and his dad would go grab
it and give it back to him. I guess the father thought that loud
noises was better than crying (so true), but the thing is, people
don't take babies out when they cry. A crying baby is like a good
plan. It should be carried out immediately. Not the case here.
Parenting skills here make me cringe. And no I haven't gotten the
manilla envelope yet.
Haley, hang in there! Drama is lame, as you know. Rise above it all
and learn everything you can, even if it means you make a fool of
yourself. I mean, avoid making a fool of yourself, but don't worry
about it if you end up doing it. After it all, none of high school
matters aside from the good memories and the lessons learned. It's an
important time and it can be so much fun, but keep doing what you're
doing and don't get caught up in drama. Learn a lot and be cool.
Be yourself. You're so cute! In all the pictures I get all the
missionaries say you're a babe. Just so you know. Elder Colindrez
says hi, by the way. He jokes about marrying my sister all the time.
Dad, sorry I haven't posted pictures. I don't have my camera with me
again, I really am terrible about that. That's great that the temple
made it through round one! And I included the house sale in my fast
on Saturday. Things will work out.
Brock and Aubrey, I hope you keep on getting time outdoors. And I
hope all is well in school and work and what not.
So we had a meeting with President on Tuesday night, just the
leadership from our zone and the Malacatan zone. It was a great
meeting. I learn so much when I'm around him. He told us to imagine
what it was like for Ammon, a tall, white foreignor to walk into the
King Lamoni's city. He asked us to think about where we are. The
people here, as much as we love them, are lazy, short, delight in
violence and bloodshed, and are in general, very hard hearted. They
eat so much meat. And they have a lot of children. That is, of
course, a generalization and I'm not being racist, I'm just comparing
with the Book of Mormon. It came from President and he admitted to
being one of them, but the Gospel changed his life. He told us we
need to be like Ammon and focus on leadership. Ammon served the king
with all he had and looked at obstacles as opportunities to show forth
his love and power. He said we need to work more with the Bishop of
our ward.
Afterwards we were all hanging out while we waited for the Stake
President to show up for his meeting with the zone leaders. President
was just talking about us, the mission, his family, and things he's
been blessed with. Once the meeting with the stake president started,
I just got to sit and chill with Elder Maurer and Elder Dennis and
chat. I asked what was the coolest thing they know about President.
Elder Maurer told me that there's a hill in Nicaragua named after
President Maravilla. He said that when he was in the military (before
he was a member, he got baptized 18 years ago), he and a group of four
defended that hill against some ridiculous number of enemy soldiers.
Apparently they just fought like Spartans and held the hill. Before
he got fat, he was a warrior. Haha he's my modern Book of Mormon
hero.
Elder Maurer also told me that his uncle is an Area Seventy in Africa.
He wrote Elder Maurer not too long ago and explained that he had an
interview with a sister that only spoke a local dialect and a bit of
French. They had an interpreter that helped in the interview, but
wasn't able to keep up. He said that his uncle simply started to talk
in English and the sister understood and responded in English. After
the interview she asked him where he learned the local dialect and why
they didn't just start speaking like that at the beginning. Confused,
he asked what? You were speaking English! And then he realized they
were communicating through the Spirit. Cool stuff. I don't know
anything else about President's interview with President Uchtdorf.
Question... My patriarchal blessing mentions some of the spiritual
gifts that I've been given, but I'm trying to figure out what else
I've been given. Any tips for how I can recognize spiritual gifts and
talents? President told me I have the gift of obedience. I had never
thought of that as a gift, so I thought that was interesting. I feel
like the mission exposes every weakness, and it does it bluntly. I
want to find my strengths and use those to better my faults.
Thank you guys for everything. Thank you for being diligent in
writing. I love you all so much! Have an awesome week! General
Conference is almost here already! Whoa.
Love you so much,
Elder Austin Tyler
Finish Strong
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 2:23 PM
Hey!
Thank you so much for writing me every week. I love hearing from you
guys! It's been an interesting week with transfers and everything,
but I'm excited for this month. We got two new zone leaders :D and
one new elder in the district. The zone leaders are great and it's
such a relief to have them here. Elder Colindrez and Elder Pickett.
Elder Pickett is on his last transfer and is fighting (and succeeding)
at staying focused. He's a cool guy. They are both struggling with
the heat (muahahaha). It's been rather different because they moved
into our house on Thursday. Our former mansion now feels a little
cramped. But I'm glad to be there with more than just my companion.
Don't get me wrong, I love my comp, but it's nice to have variety in
the people you live with.
I gotta confess that I was looking forward to transfers and actually
expecting to get transferred. It didn't happen and I was kind of
upset about it. I gave myself a kick in the rear and I'm starting to
feel better about things now. There's a lot to do in the area and
there are a lot of possibilities to be realized.
Mom, I love that part of Elder Nelson's talk! I feel like hard times
are definitely ahead, but in spite of that feeling, I'm so excited for
the future! I don't know what they're trying to do filling all the
Liahonas with a bunch of stuff about marriage (it just kills us
missionaries sometimes haha), but I enjoyed Elder Hales' message in
this month's Liahona. He mentioned something about asking his wife if
she was willing to accompany him in his travels around the world and
she said yes. I feel like the Lord is going to ask me to do hard
things and I thought, 'well that's kind of a downer for my future
wife', but there's a purpose to everything. I'm excited to continue
to learn and grow.
Mom, you have very powerful faith. If you think about it, Satan has
more tools and more power than he has ever had before, yet you are a
faithful latter-day saint fighting valiantly. You accepted a very
difficult calling and accepted it with enthusiasm to study and prepare
yourself. Your oldest son served an honorable mission and is married
in the temple. Your daughter is an inspiration to hundreds of people
and is following in your footsteps of faithfulness. Your middle child
is a bit of a weirdo, but he loves you and recognizes your love for
the Savior. As your son, I see so much faith in you. And I thank you
for it.
Brother VanTassel is in Guatemala?? What place is he in? I feel like
he's in the Quetzaltenango mission. That's cool to think.
And the Crane baby! That's so exciting! What's his name?
Dad, sounds like things with the houses (weird to say that plural
haha) are pretty stressful, but I'm sure everything will work out
fine. Kind of interesting that our neighbors put their house up for
sale. I didn't hear about the lion photographer, but that's kinda
crazy. I got bit by a parrot yesterday, but it wasn't hard. It tried
to rip off my finger nail, but then realized it didn't taste too good.
No blood was drawn. But I do have a rash on my fingers... allergic
to parrots?
I like that idea in the finish strong attitude. Sometimes at night
when we have nothing to do with 15 minutes remaining before 9 o'clock
hits everything yells at me to go to the house. It's such a
temptation. When I give in, I feel so weak. But when I tell my
companion that I want to get one more contact in, I feel so much
satisfaction talking to one or two more people, even if they don't
accept our message. I mean, it's way better when they accept, but
knowing that I did my best to the end is so worth the effort.
Haley, good work at school!!! Keep that up! I would love to have our
rooms connected. And that's so cool that you responded 'President
Monson' in that retreat activity. You're such a boss. My favorite
scripture... I don't really know to be honest. There are so many! I
love 2 Nephi chapter 4. I love Mosiah 2:41. I love Ether 12 and
Moroni 7. Proverbs 3:5-6. And 3 Nephi 19:30. There are too many.
So Haley, I have a lot of things I want to tell you. I think it would
be easier to write a letter. But just realize that sometimes (not all
the time) leadership can be very lonely. My senior year was so
incredibly difficult. The thing that would have made it better was
simple: daily and meaningful prayer and scripture study. Those things
would not have solved my problems and challenges, but they would have
been a tremendous help. Never let those things slip.
You can't force a person to like you, and sometimes there are things
you simply can't control. Do your very best. Act and do not be acted
upon. Smile even when it's tough. You are an incredible girl and you
have so many admirable attributes and qualities. You don't have all
of them, and people are always going to try to tear you down for the
few small things you lack, but do your best with what you've got and
everything will work out beautifully (but maybe not how you expect).
Be a light, even if something isn't fun, have fun with it and make
people think you're having fun. Laugh often. Smile always. Be
happy!
It gets hard. Senior year, I felt like everyone was falling apart. I
was SO sad to see them fall! But I failed to realize that there were
plenty of reasons to be happy. I learned so much that senior year and
you're going to learn a lot this year. You'll love it if you want to.
But don't ever get bitter or discouraged. Don't ever be pessimistic.
Think about how many people love you and look up to you! You're a
choice spirit, one of the choicest I believe. God's angels are ever
on call to help you and pick you up. Think about how awesome that is.
Use their help! Accept their help! I love you so much and I know
you're an amazing girl. Thank you for your example.
I learned some cool stuff lately. Our goal in life is to try to
become like Christ. Our purpose is to inherit eternal life and be
celestial beings. The greatest quality of a celestial being is
charity, that's why charity never faileth, because it's the source of
happiness in a celestial being. It's God's reason for doing what he
does. We are all trying to become like him, so we need to develop
charity. It's the key to true joy!
Dang, time goes so quickly these days. Thank you all for everything.
I love you all so much. Tell Brock and Aubrey I love them. Have an
amazing week!
Love,
Elder Austin Tyler
Hey!
Thank you so much for writing me every week. I love hearing from you
guys! It's been an interesting week with transfers and everything,
but I'm excited for this month. We got two new zone leaders :D and
one new elder in the district. The zone leaders are great and it's
such a relief to have them here. Elder Colindrez and Elder Pickett.
Elder Pickett is on his last transfer and is fighting (and succeeding)
at staying focused. He's a cool guy. They are both struggling with
the heat (muahahaha). It's been rather different because they moved
into our house on Thursday. Our former mansion now feels a little
cramped. But I'm glad to be there with more than just my companion.
Don't get me wrong, I love my comp, but it's nice to have variety in
the people you live with.
I gotta confess that I was looking forward to transfers and actually
expecting to get transferred. It didn't happen and I was kind of
upset about it. I gave myself a kick in the rear and I'm starting to
feel better about things now. There's a lot to do in the area and
there are a lot of possibilities to be realized.
Mom, I love that part of Elder Nelson's talk! I feel like hard times
are definitely ahead, but in spite of that feeling, I'm so excited for
the future! I don't know what they're trying to do filling all the
Liahonas with a bunch of stuff about marriage (it just kills us
missionaries sometimes haha), but I enjoyed Elder Hales' message in
this month's Liahona. He mentioned something about asking his wife if
she was willing to accompany him in his travels around the world and
she said yes. I feel like the Lord is going to ask me to do hard
things and I thought, 'well that's kind of a downer for my future
wife', but there's a purpose to everything. I'm excited to continue
to learn and grow.
Mom, you have very powerful faith. If you think about it, Satan has
more tools and more power than he has ever had before, yet you are a
faithful latter-day saint fighting valiantly. You accepted a very
difficult calling and accepted it with enthusiasm to study and prepare
yourself. Your oldest son served an honorable mission and is married
in the temple. Your daughter is an inspiration to hundreds of people
and is following in your footsteps of faithfulness. Your middle child
is a bit of a weirdo, but he loves you and recognizes your love for
the Savior. As your son, I see so much faith in you. And I thank you
for it.
Brother VanTassel is in Guatemala?? What place is he in? I feel like
he's in the Quetzaltenango mission. That's cool to think.
And the Crane baby! That's so exciting! What's his name?
Dad, sounds like things with the houses (weird to say that plural
haha) are pretty stressful, but I'm sure everything will work out
fine. Kind of interesting that our neighbors put their house up for
sale. I didn't hear about the lion photographer, but that's kinda
crazy. I got bit by a parrot yesterday, but it wasn't hard. It tried
to rip off my finger nail, but then realized it didn't taste too good.
No blood was drawn. But I do have a rash on my fingers... allergic
to parrots?
I like that idea in the finish strong attitude. Sometimes at night
when we have nothing to do with 15 minutes remaining before 9 o'clock
hits everything yells at me to go to the house. It's such a
temptation. When I give in, I feel so weak. But when I tell my
companion that I want to get one more contact in, I feel so much
satisfaction talking to one or two more people, even if they don't
accept our message. I mean, it's way better when they accept, but
knowing that I did my best to the end is so worth the effort.
Haley, good work at school!!! Keep that up! I would love to have our
rooms connected. And that's so cool that you responded 'President
Monson' in that retreat activity. You're such a boss. My favorite
scripture... I don't really know to be honest. There are so many! I
love 2 Nephi chapter 4. I love Mosiah 2:41. I love Ether 12 and
Moroni 7. Proverbs 3:5-6. And 3 Nephi 19:30. There are too many.
So Haley, I have a lot of things I want to tell you. I think it would
be easier to write a letter. But just realize that sometimes (not all
the time) leadership can be very lonely. My senior year was so
incredibly difficult. The thing that would have made it better was
simple: daily and meaningful prayer and scripture study. Those things
would not have solved my problems and challenges, but they would have
been a tremendous help. Never let those things slip.
You can't force a person to like you, and sometimes there are things
you simply can't control. Do your very best. Act and do not be acted
upon. Smile even when it's tough. You are an incredible girl and you
have so many admirable attributes and qualities. You don't have all
of them, and people are always going to try to tear you down for the
few small things you lack, but do your best with what you've got and
everything will work out beautifully (but maybe not how you expect).
Be a light, even if something isn't fun, have fun with it and make
people think you're having fun. Laugh often. Smile always. Be
happy!
It gets hard. Senior year, I felt like everyone was falling apart. I
was SO sad to see them fall! But I failed to realize that there were
plenty of reasons to be happy. I learned so much that senior year and
you're going to learn a lot this year. You'll love it if you want to.
But don't ever get bitter or discouraged. Don't ever be pessimistic.
Think about how many people love you and look up to you! You're a
choice spirit, one of the choicest I believe. God's angels are ever
on call to help you and pick you up. Think about how awesome that is.
Use their help! Accept their help! I love you so much and I know
you're an amazing girl. Thank you for your example.
I learned some cool stuff lately. Our goal in life is to try to
become like Christ. Our purpose is to inherit eternal life and be
celestial beings. The greatest quality of a celestial being is
charity, that's why charity never faileth, because it's the source of
happiness in a celestial being. It's God's reason for doing what he
does. We are all trying to become like him, so we need to develop
charity. It's the key to true joy!
Dang, time goes so quickly these days. Thank you all for everything.
I love you all so much. Tell Brock and Aubrey I love them. Have an
amazing week!
Love,
Elder Austin Tyler
Staying the course
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 1:13 PM
Hey family!
I got the package!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you soooo much!
In addition, I got a package from Brother Teeples and it had a huge
thing of peanut butter and a really nice note! Please tell him thank
you so much and I will be writing them soon.
So, one question. What's EZ Putty? It says on the can: Does it all!
But I don't know what it's for haha. The shoes are perfect!
Everyone's been complaining about the heat this week, but it's felt a
bit cooler because I'm not wearing my big heavy boots all day! Haha
so amazing!
I ate all the candy already :D
The pictures were so great, I'm so excited for that house! I mean,
when I think of the house back home I just imagine laying on carpet
and simple stuff like that, but I don't know, there's so much cool
stuff to look forward to! Ahhh carpet... and Ginger. Haha
Everyone looks happy in the pictures!
And Dad, I can't thank you enough for your letter. I've read it three
times. Thank you so much for the stories, the advice, and the
encouragement. It was like a wake-up call combined with a big hug all
in one. Thank you.
Mom, you mentioned a big envelope aside from the package, I haven't
gotten that yet.
Oh and Mom, the watch is great.
You also asked how the area is doing. It's alright. We have changes
this week and I feel like I'll probably stay here. There is still
plenty of food (though we didn't have much time to eat dinner or lunch
for a couple days this week) and the weather is still very hot. The
rainy season started a few months ago, but here we typically get
little rainstorms here and there. Yes, I still feel safe here. The
zone leaders are probably going to move into our mansion this week
because they live in a dangerous area, but our house was built by a
drug lord years ago with the intention to make it safe. He never
lived in it, so there's no risk of anyone thinking he lives there, and
he died years ago.
Sounds like Haley drives like every other teenage girl out there.
Haha Haley, be careful and smart.
And Mom, it sounds like you're really enjoying seminary already!
That's great! It's going to be a great year for you I know it.
Haley, looks like you've already got some challenges in the leadership
group. Be bold and loving. It's going to be tough to get the respect
of everyone since you're a junior, but keep in mind that there's a
reason you were elected. Be a light in there and don't ever stop
being happy! Mom and Dad are better sources of advice when it comes
to leadership than you may realize.
Dad, that's really annoying about all the opposition against the
temple. There's been opposition here with the temple in
Quetzaltenango, but it always works out in the end. I'm so excited
for both temples! The prophet is coming to dedicate the temple here
in December! I can't wait.
Regarding the confrontation with the AP... he's from El Salvador and
he goes home on Wednesday. President basically told me I was in the
right and he explained why Elder Guevara reacted like he did. He said
that as leaders, we always focus on the need to baptize. That is why
we are here, is to find, testify, and teach so that people will get
baptized and enter the way toward eternal life. Leaders always focus
on that, because if we have the mentality that we are going to
baptize, we get excited and motivated and we work hard. I feel like
he didn't want to talk bad about his own assistant, and he told me I
was right. I felt a lot better after talking with him. I was proud
of myself for how I handled it. I almost walked out of the room, but
I figured that would have caused more problems. I realized that he
goes home soon and proving my point didn't seem worth the effort of
arguing back. It would have heightened the contention.
And Dad, thank you for that quote. It's deep I'm going to print it out here.
So this week was kind of crazy. There are weird elders in my
district. It's a struggle sometimes, but at least they aren't my
companions. We've had a lot of struggles lately, but I've somehow
stayed pretty happy and upbeat through it all. Thank you so much for
your prayers. My companion gets annoyed with me sometimes because he
hates contacting, and I enjoy it. He also doesn't like teaching
certain people and gets all grumpy during lessons! So difficult to be
united like that. But he's learning and he's grown up a lot in the
last 7 weeks.
We've been teaching a family for several weeks and the parents can't
get baptized because they aren't married and don't have their papers.
So we baptized their kids and that was great. The thing is, I want to
baptize families. Kids often don't stay active in the church for more
than a few months. A select few stay active for life, but that's as
special as it is rare. A family united in the Gospel is so powerful.
We need to find more families. I hate to see kids go inactive after
getting baptized.
This place is such a spiritual battleground. I think it's because it
hasn't really been conquered by either side. The missionaries
continue to have success even though Satan continues to strengthen his
grip on the majority of people here. There is so much good and so
much evil.
On Friday we got a treat! We got a surprise invitation by President
to go to a place called Xetulul. It's an amusement park! Haha we
woke up at four in the morning and went to Reu and went to hang out
and ride some rides. It was right in the middle of the most stressful
part of the week and we were able to just let go of everything for a
few hours and ride some bumper cars and stuff. It's a small park and
President said we couldn't ride the only roller coaster there, but it
was still so fun. We got home and all the stress came back, but we
were all a little happier and excited about things.
Overall, it was a great week and things are going well. We just need
to find families who have papers and are ready to accept the Gospel.
Thank you guys so much for everything. I love you all!
Tell people I say hi. Haley, did Amy Austin ever get my letter?
I've been waiting for a lot of letters that haven't come. Just curious.
Have an awesome week and be great!
lots of love,
Elder Austin Tyler
Hey family!
I got the package!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you soooo much!
In addition, I got a package from Brother Teeples and it had a huge
thing of peanut butter and a really nice note! Please tell him thank
you so much and I will be writing them soon.
So, one question. What's EZ Putty? It says on the can: Does it all!
But I don't know what it's for haha. The shoes are perfect!
Everyone's been complaining about the heat this week, but it's felt a
bit cooler because I'm not wearing my big heavy boots all day! Haha
so amazing!
I ate all the candy already :D
The pictures were so great, I'm so excited for that house! I mean,
when I think of the house back home I just imagine laying on carpet
and simple stuff like that, but I don't know, there's so much cool
stuff to look forward to! Ahhh carpet... and Ginger. Haha
Everyone looks happy in the pictures!
And Dad, I can't thank you enough for your letter. I've read it three
times. Thank you so much for the stories, the advice, and the
encouragement. It was like a wake-up call combined with a big hug all
in one. Thank you.
Mom, you mentioned a big envelope aside from the package, I haven't
gotten that yet.
Oh and Mom, the watch is great.
You also asked how the area is doing. It's alright. We have changes
this week and I feel like I'll probably stay here. There is still
plenty of food (though we didn't have much time to eat dinner or lunch
for a couple days this week) and the weather is still very hot. The
rainy season started a few months ago, but here we typically get
little rainstorms here and there. Yes, I still feel safe here. The
zone leaders are probably going to move into our mansion this week
because they live in a dangerous area, but our house was built by a
drug lord years ago with the intention to make it safe. He never
lived in it, so there's no risk of anyone thinking he lives there, and
he died years ago.
Sounds like Haley drives like every other teenage girl out there.
Haha Haley, be careful and smart.
And Mom, it sounds like you're really enjoying seminary already!
That's great! It's going to be a great year for you I know it.
Haley, looks like you've already got some challenges in the leadership
group. Be bold and loving. It's going to be tough to get the respect
of everyone since you're a junior, but keep in mind that there's a
reason you were elected. Be a light in there and don't ever stop
being happy! Mom and Dad are better sources of advice when it comes
to leadership than you may realize.
Dad, that's really annoying about all the opposition against the
temple. There's been opposition here with the temple in
Quetzaltenango, but it always works out in the end. I'm so excited
for both temples! The prophet is coming to dedicate the temple here
in December! I can't wait.
Regarding the confrontation with the AP... he's from El Salvador and
he goes home on Wednesday. President basically told me I was in the
right and he explained why Elder Guevara reacted like he did. He said
that as leaders, we always focus on the need to baptize. That is why
we are here, is to find, testify, and teach so that people will get
baptized and enter the way toward eternal life. Leaders always focus
on that, because if we have the mentality that we are going to
baptize, we get excited and motivated and we work hard. I feel like
he didn't want to talk bad about his own assistant, and he told me I
was right. I felt a lot better after talking with him. I was proud
of myself for how I handled it. I almost walked out of the room, but
I figured that would have caused more problems. I realized that he
goes home soon and proving my point didn't seem worth the effort of
arguing back. It would have heightened the contention.
And Dad, thank you for that quote. It's deep I'm going to print it out here.
So this week was kind of crazy. There are weird elders in my
district. It's a struggle sometimes, but at least they aren't my
companions. We've had a lot of struggles lately, but I've somehow
stayed pretty happy and upbeat through it all. Thank you so much for
your prayers. My companion gets annoyed with me sometimes because he
hates contacting, and I enjoy it. He also doesn't like teaching
certain people and gets all grumpy during lessons! So difficult to be
united like that. But he's learning and he's grown up a lot in the
last 7 weeks.
We've been teaching a family for several weeks and the parents can't
get baptized because they aren't married and don't have their papers.
So we baptized their kids and that was great. The thing is, I want to
baptize families. Kids often don't stay active in the church for more
than a few months. A select few stay active for life, but that's as
special as it is rare. A family united in the Gospel is so powerful.
We need to find more families. I hate to see kids go inactive after
getting baptized.
This place is such a spiritual battleground. I think it's because it
hasn't really been conquered by either side. The missionaries
continue to have success even though Satan continues to strengthen his
grip on the majority of people here. There is so much good and so
much evil.
On Friday we got a treat! We got a surprise invitation by President
to go to a place called Xetulul. It's an amusement park! Haha we
woke up at four in the morning and went to Reu and went to hang out
and ride some rides. It was right in the middle of the most stressful
part of the week and we were able to just let go of everything for a
few hours and ride some bumper cars and stuff. It's a small park and
President said we couldn't ride the only roller coaster there, but it
was still so fun. We got home and all the stress came back, but we
were all a little happier and excited about things.
Overall, it was a great week and things are going well. We just need
to find families who have papers and are ready to accept the Gospel.
Thank you guys so much for everything. I love you all!
Tell people I say hi. Haley, did Amy Austin ever get my letter?
I've been waiting for a lot of letters that haven't come. Just curious.
Have an awesome week and be great!
lots of love,
Elder Austin Tyler
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