This is Elder Grover reporting from the Liahona Tongan Ward!
Haha, I am emailing earlier this week, as you can tell, so I guess I won't hear from you until next week, but I hope all is going well and everything is good. I am enjoyng my stay here, it is really different, but the members are really nice. We cover like the whole southern part of our mission, but we don't have miles to drive that, so basically we just stay in South Sac - that is the highest population of Polys. I FEEL SO SMALL HERE!!!! No, but really, I am like a midget to these guys, they are huge, haha! I get my hand crushed every time I go to shake someone's hand, haha. We have only eaten actual Tongan food once - I like mexican food better, haha! Tongals eat a lot of seafood, and you know I am not the biggest fan of that, but they feed you a lot! Usually they take us to a buffet - so much for losing a little weight, haha! I am putting it all back on, and fast, haha! But I should be leaving sometime this week, but who knows, I guess it's up to the Lord. We actually have a baptism set up for this Sunday, yeah we are super excited! We have a lot of cool people we are teaching.
So this week we have Elder Yamashita from the 70 coming to do a mission tour, so we will meet him at zone conference on Thursday, pretty cool huh? Yeah, lots of crazy stuff going on, I can't believe how fast time is going, it is unreal to me (es tan dificil porque yo quiero mas tiempo yo necesito mas tiempo para cumplir mis metas y todo. pero yo se solamente tengo dos anos para cumplir todo y solomente tengo un pequito mas 16 meses). Serving here has helped me realize that God has a calling for each of us, and there are people we have to meet and to find and to teach and to help baptize, but it's God's will, he knows mas de nosotros he has people that I need to help, and that is why we move around so much, and that's why change is necesary, even going to a tongan ward. God loves us and has a plan for us, we just need to follow Him and be worthy and ready because time flies, we don't have time to sit and twiddle our thumbs, we got to get up and move, which for me is a change. Work, Work, Work, solution for all, and God's work is the best of all. I love you all so much, I hope all is well with you and that God is blessing you as much is he me, and i know he loves us and caes for us. I love you with all my heart. LES QUIERO MUCHO!!!!!!!
Love su hijo, hermano, tio, amigo, ect...
Elder Jesse Grover
10/26/2011
California - October 17, 2011
Hello Family!!!!!
So transfers happened and guess what? I am headed off to English work, no, well thats a lie, I am going to the Liahona Tongan Ward, haha! Crazy huh? Yeah, I am a little shocked; it will only be temporary though, I will be up there for a week or two because the elders there don't have driving privileges, so I will be there until they can get that figured out and then I will go back to EAST SAC! Yeah, I am super excited! It will be a little different, and I will be in another threesome up there because one of the missionaries is going home mid-way through the transfer, and I will be with another native companion! I guess God wants me to learn Spanish, haha! But EAST SAC again? I am pretty sad to be leaving Stockton actually, we had a lot going on here. We had our baptism this past week, it was way awesome - at least they got baptized before I left, but as always I should have the opportunity of coming back down here for baptism. Oh, missionary work is it not just the best! Who knows, I may have some Tongan coverts soon, haha! :)
Hey Jade, keep your head up and run your best at state! I know that if you do your best you will have no regrets, I promise. Jens, keep up on the football, Cole may be out, but now it is time for you to step up and show the coaches you can play, and you can play good cause we all know it, you have alot of talent, ok!
Oh man, I am kinda shocked and excited to go work in the Tongan ward for awhile, how many Spanish missionaries can say that? Oh, and one of them is also a Spanish missionary who I served with up in Sac, and he is awesome, and the other is a missionary I came out with, so I am excited! I will be driving again, but that will be good. I will be able to meet a lot of new people and have a lot of different companions if all goes as planned. I will have 4 companions this next transfer, haha, yeah crazy! I must be pretty good that president wants me to serve in a Tongan ward and be with lots of missionaries, haha . But seriously, all is well. I love you all, you are the best! Best of luck in all activities that you have.
Su Hijo, Hermano, Amigo, Tio, ect......
Elder Jesse Grover
So transfers happened and guess what? I am headed off to English work, no, well thats a lie, I am going to the Liahona Tongan Ward, haha! Crazy huh? Yeah, I am a little shocked; it will only be temporary though, I will be up there for a week or two because the elders there don't have driving privileges, so I will be there until they can get that figured out and then I will go back to EAST SAC! Yeah, I am super excited! It will be a little different, and I will be in another threesome up there because one of the missionaries is going home mid-way through the transfer, and I will be with another native companion! I guess God wants me to learn Spanish, haha! But EAST SAC again? I am pretty sad to be leaving Stockton actually, we had a lot going on here. We had our baptism this past week, it was way awesome - at least they got baptized before I left, but as always I should have the opportunity of coming back down here for baptism. Oh, missionary work is it not just the best! Who knows, I may have some Tongan coverts soon, haha! :)
Hey Jade, keep your head up and run your best at state! I know that if you do your best you will have no regrets, I promise. Jens, keep up on the football, Cole may be out, but now it is time for you to step up and show the coaches you can play, and you can play good cause we all know it, you have alot of talent, ok!
Oh man, I am kinda shocked and excited to go work in the Tongan ward for awhile, how many Spanish missionaries can say that? Oh, and one of them is also a Spanish missionary who I served with up in Sac, and he is awesome, and the other is a missionary I came out with, so I am excited! I will be driving again, but that will be good. I will be able to meet a lot of new people and have a lot of different companions if all goes as planned. I will have 4 companions this next transfer, haha, yeah crazy! I must be pretty good that president wants me to serve in a Tongan ward and be with lots of missionaries, haha . But seriously, all is well. I love you all, you are the best! Best of luck in all activities that you have.
Su Hijo, Hermano, Amigo, Tio, ect......
Elder Jesse Grover
10/11/2011
California - October 10, 2011
Hello!!!!!!
Hey guys, coming from sunny California . . . nope, that's a lie, we are coming from rainy California, haha! That time is coming, haha, gotta love the rain. Well I got to go up to Sacramento on Saturday for the baptism of the family I was working with up there; it was way cool, and I will hopefully be going back up this week for another one, so I am excited. And guess what, our investigators got married yesterday after church, and they will be getting baptized Saturday! Yeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! They are the best, I love them, I am so excited for them. Baptisms are the best, I love them! So transfers will be this next week, kinda excited, but I will hopefully be staying here, which is good; I am liking it here, it is good. We have Elder Yamashita coming and doing a mission tour in like two weeks, he talked in conference, so we are pretty stoked to have him come. Well, that's cool that Elder Jess's girlfriend is coming here; she got the call to the best mission ever, haha! I will probably meet her since there are only 7 Spanish zones, so there's a good chance. Well Jade, good luck this week with region, I know that you will do really good; just remember, do your best and that's all that counts, leave it all out there, do your best. Sounds like the football is going well, which is good to hear, I hope they can 3 peat it, that would be way cool! I heard we hold the longest winning streak for the state of Utah right now, that is pretty good, I say. Mckady keep your head up and keep working hard ok? I promise things will turn up, they always do. God has a whole bunch of blessings for us and he is just waiting to give them to us, we just need to ask him and and have faith that they will all be good. I love you all, you are the best! I was wondering, what's the plan for Christmas gifts this year, or am I just planned out of that? If I know now, you might get something by next July, hahah, jk.
Love Elder Jesse Grover
Hey guys, coming from sunny California . . . nope, that's a lie, we are coming from rainy California, haha! That time is coming, haha, gotta love the rain. Well I got to go up to Sacramento on Saturday for the baptism of the family I was working with up there; it was way cool, and I will hopefully be going back up this week for another one, so I am excited. And guess what, our investigators got married yesterday after church, and they will be getting baptized Saturday! Yeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! They are the best, I love them, I am so excited for them. Baptisms are the best, I love them! So transfers will be this next week, kinda excited, but I will hopefully be staying here, which is good; I am liking it here, it is good. We have Elder Yamashita coming and doing a mission tour in like two weeks, he talked in conference, so we are pretty stoked to have him come. Well, that's cool that Elder Jess's girlfriend is coming here; she got the call to the best mission ever, haha! I will probably meet her since there are only 7 Spanish zones, so there's a good chance. Well Jade, good luck this week with region, I know that you will do really good; just remember, do your best and that's all that counts, leave it all out there, do your best. Sounds like the football is going well, which is good to hear, I hope they can 3 peat it, that would be way cool! I heard we hold the longest winning streak for the state of Utah right now, that is pretty good, I say. Mckady keep your head up and keep working hard ok? I promise things will turn up, they always do. God has a whole bunch of blessings for us and he is just waiting to give them to us, we just need to ask him and and have faith that they will all be good. I love you all, you are the best! I was wondering, what's the plan for Christmas gifts this year, or am I just planned out of that? If I know now, you might get something by next July, hahah, jk.
Love Elder Jesse Grover
10/04/2011
California - October 3, 2011
Hey Family!!!!
Wow, congrats Jade on the Mr. San Juan Pagent! You are braver than I, haha, I was always too chicken to do that, haha, but let's not admit that to anyone huh? Dang, sports are doing so well, I honestly didn't expect them to be this good, I guess that's what I get for doubting huh, haha.
Conference was really good, it was hard for me to understand it 'cause I was listening to it in Spanish, but hopefully it will help my Spanish in the long run. I could have watched it in English, but we had investigators come, so I watched it with them in Spanish. We had four investigators come, so we were pretty excited about that. One is that family we found, they are so awesome! They have chossen the date of October 15 to be baptized; they need to get married first, but they are planning on that. He and his family have nothing, but they are so giving and loving even through all their trials. They have no money, and one of their daughters was taken when he was caught by immagration, so he has been taking classes and trying his best to have all their family together. He is already so excited to go to the temple in a year, my heart aches for them. We teach them on their floor 'cause they have no couches or chairs, and the whole family has been sick. I wish that there was more that I could do for them, we are going to use some of our grocery money to by them some food 'cause they don't have much, but they are always happy and positive. From our first lesson to now we have been the best of friends, it was the greatest lesson I have ever been in, I have never felt the spirit so strong, we were all crying, and ever since we have been the best of friends. They are way awesome, I ask that you will pray for them that all will be good and things will go good for them. They are the best.
This transfer has been crazy! We got here with 0 investigators, and now we have over 15; some a lot better than others, but they show interest in following Jesus Christ, so we work with them the best we can. We teach a lot and we are hoping to have a lot of baptisms soon, haha. Missionary work is the Best! I wish I would have been more prepared for it, I wish I would have prepared better (Jade and Jens, prepare now). The conference talks were all about missionary work in priesthood, so I have to make up for the time I wasted, and it's not easy. Study the scriptures more, attend all sunday activities and seminary, you will be so much better off.
General Conference was the best! JJ and Tamra did you listen to Elder Andersons? Dad, and all men, did you listen to Sister Dalton's little hints on re-listening and studying? Don't worry, I picked out the ones I need to restudy and work on, and I will write a letter letter with some more notes; we don't have lots of time to email, so i will try to write a letter, ok?
I don't know what to tell you about the mail, I haven't gotten anything since I got here to Stockton. We are not supposed to have anything sent anywhere but to the mission office, so I would say, just send it again. I have been bugging our secretary up there, I told her to stop hiding my mail, haha, jk! Yeah, just send it to the mission office, they say it will get to me from there; if it gets sent back again, then just call the mission office I guess, but it will work, haha. i I love you all so much. keep up on all things, but remember if you put God first, all other things will be easy, well not easy, but we will be blessed!
Love your son forever,
Elder Jesse Grover
Wow, congrats Jade on the Mr. San Juan Pagent! You are braver than I, haha, I was always too chicken to do that, haha, but let's not admit that to anyone huh? Dang, sports are doing so well, I honestly didn't expect them to be this good, I guess that's what I get for doubting huh, haha.
Conference was really good, it was hard for me to understand it 'cause I was listening to it in Spanish, but hopefully it will help my Spanish in the long run. I could have watched it in English, but we had investigators come, so I watched it with them in Spanish. We had four investigators come, so we were pretty excited about that. One is that family we found, they are so awesome! They have chossen the date of October 15 to be baptized; they need to get married first, but they are planning on that. He and his family have nothing, but they are so giving and loving even through all their trials. They have no money, and one of their daughters was taken when he was caught by immagration, so he has been taking classes and trying his best to have all their family together. He is already so excited to go to the temple in a year, my heart aches for them. We teach them on their floor 'cause they have no couches or chairs, and the whole family has been sick. I wish that there was more that I could do for them, we are going to use some of our grocery money to by them some food 'cause they don't have much, but they are always happy and positive. From our first lesson to now we have been the best of friends, it was the greatest lesson I have ever been in, I have never felt the spirit so strong, we were all crying, and ever since we have been the best of friends. They are way awesome, I ask that you will pray for them that all will be good and things will go good for them. They are the best.
This transfer has been crazy! We got here with 0 investigators, and now we have over 15; some a lot better than others, but they show interest in following Jesus Christ, so we work with them the best we can. We teach a lot and we are hoping to have a lot of baptisms soon, haha. Missionary work is the Best! I wish I would have been more prepared for it, I wish I would have prepared better (Jade and Jens, prepare now). The conference talks were all about missionary work in priesthood, so I have to make up for the time I wasted, and it's not easy. Study the scriptures more, attend all sunday activities and seminary, you will be so much better off.
General Conference was the best! JJ and Tamra did you listen to Elder Andersons? Dad, and all men, did you listen to Sister Dalton's little hints on re-listening and studying? Don't worry, I picked out the ones I need to restudy and work on, and I will write a letter letter with some more notes; we don't have lots of time to email, so i will try to write a letter, ok?
I don't know what to tell you about the mail, I haven't gotten anything since I got here to Stockton. We are not supposed to have anything sent anywhere but to the mission office, so I would say, just send it again. I have been bugging our secretary up there, I told her to stop hiding my mail, haha, jk! Yeah, just send it to the mission office, they say it will get to me from there; if it gets sent back again, then just call the mission office I guess, but it will work, haha. i I love you all so much. keep up on all things, but remember if you put God first, all other things will be easy, well not easy, but we will be blessed!
Love your son forever,
Elder Jesse Grover
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