Dear Family and Friends!

This week was pretty good! I am pretty much over it, I cough once in a while but not much! I got the t-shirt! Thank you for it! And thank you dad for the card you sent me!!!!! It was awesome!! Yes transfers were last week, I thought I told y'all about that last week, but I'll repeat, I am staying in McRae and my new companion is Elder Weir from Jamaica! Elder Chapman went to Alma which is still in my district. I am the new District Leader again!........     

Yeah I heard there are alot of fires going on in the west! As long as home remains in tact I'll be ok! I have to have someplace to come home to! Haha! 

 

A quiet week huh? Well get use to it mum, it will be like that for about 6 more months! 
I didn't get an email from Emily, but maybe she will write one soon. Laura did email me about the returned missionary, he was my first District leader, we lived in the same apartment for the first 4 1/2 months of my mission! 

Well I didn't do much the first half of this week because Elder Chapman was packing and after District Meeting on Tuesday we went to Alma with the Alma Elders so Elder Chapman could drop off his things and then we went with them once they were all packed up to Douglas where we spent the next 2 night. Elder Chapman and I stayed in Douglas until Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. Elder Weir is my new companion. He has been out for 5 months. We went around introducing him to everyone and we had a few lessons but not much. We did some service on Saturday for a less active lady, we are building a ramp off the back porch, it still needs more work done on it but we will do that another week! Later that day we helped lay sod for an investigator in our shirts and ties, we didn't care! That's about it. We are fixin to get some rain today and tomorrow! Maybe we will be able to do something tomorrow!

This week I have come to have a better understanding for the importance of memorizing scriptures! We as a mission have been challenged to memorize the scripture masterys and I am half way through the Book of Mormon ones, I finished Alma 34:32-34 this morning! The scriptures are very important on their own, but when we memorize them the seem to become more meaningful for us! It helps in times of temptation and trial to be able to call upon a memorized scripture for help!! The scriptures are one way that our Heavenly Father talks to us and he urges us to study/read from them everyday! I know that the Book of Mormon is true and Jesus Christ lives! I know that through Him we can return to live with our loving Heavenly Father!! I want y'all to know that I LOVE Y'ALL!!! Be strong!

Love,

Elder Cameron Williams   

                                               

Hi Family and Friends!!!

That's good that Jamie has school! It will keep her occupied!! :) My bronchitis is good, it's mostly gone, but I'm still coughing up mucus, so the mission doctor gave my some perscription cough medicine and it's been helping, we will see! Elder Chapman thinks he might be getting something glysomic (something close to have diabetes), I am staying in McRae and Elder Chapman is leaving to..... Alma! Haha!!! He isn't going very far! Haha! But I am now the Disrict Leader........................... My companion will be Elder Weir.
Anita, Joe, Diamond, and Sincere are doing alright! I'll tell you more when I talk about my week! Our food supply is a little on the low side, but it's ok. We have the things we need, we don't exactly have the best variety, but it's ok!

I don't know what pictures Pres Jensen sent you, so you should let me know please :)

 

Sounds like a good week!! :) Emily! Get feeling better!!! You have to be able to survive Girls Camp!! What are you going to do now that you're home alone Em?? Oh before I forget, when is the Cabin?? Sounds like Dad had a good Father's Day!! It was a ok day for me. I'm glad y'all liked my card! I loved it and knew it was meant for Dad!! How was Sherlock Holmes 2? I have seen brief previews for it and it looks pretty good! Marchelle got in an accident?!? That's not good!! Tannin hasn't gotten his visa yet?!? that's not good! That happened to a Canadian in our mission, he served in the Toronto mission before going to the MTC, we have 2 Canadians in our mission that I know of. One is from Alberta, I don't remember where though! I'll ask him next time I see him.

 

Well this week was a little better than last week! We had 1-2 sick days and we didn't do much. We had two lessons with Anita, Joe and family, the first one was one pray often and study the scriptures. It was a good lesson and we committed them to read the Book of Mormon from the beginning! The second lesson was on tithing and we only taught Joe and the girls because Anita was getting her hair done. It was a good lesson, and after the lesson Joe showed us some pistols he had and a sword! They were pretty cool! Unfortunately they didn't come to Church. And we had a couple oppurtunities to teach our neighbor, Jerry. He has had a humbling experience in his life. He still has Word of Wisdom problems and cussing to overcome but I think once we actually start teaching him it will be good! He gave us haircuts! He is trying to do better!

Well I think that will wrap it up for me! Don't forget to read the scriptures and pray often!!

I love y'all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Love,

Elder Cameron Williams

 

Well "TTFN Ta ta for now!"

Dear Family and Friends!!!

I am doin great!! How are y'all? It was been warm, but mostly from humidity! We had alot of rain this past week!! Anita and Sincere are still on for baptism, and were are still trying to work with Joe and Diamond. We watched "The Testaments" with them on Friday! It was really good, at the end when Christ was desending Anita recognized it from her reading in 3 Nephi 11! It was awesome! Malcolm hasn't come to church lately, he keeps getting jobs on sunday. The scripture mastery is coming along fine! I memorized another 1 or 2 (I think). I will be coming home January 17th 2013.

 

First off mom I'm sorry I didn't send you a birthday card, I totally wrote it down in my planner to get it while we were shopping and I even pulled out my planner while shopping and I still didn't get it!! But a couple of days ago we went to the store and I got a card and sent it! You should get it today or tomorrow! I hope you had a happy birthday!!! 

Sounds like you had a pretty good birthday mum!! That's awesome that the Youth walked to the temple! That's too bad that Emily got blisters!! You probably should have worn shoes that you wear regularly! Haha!!  So now that the girls have passes of all passes how often are y'all gonna do things?? 

Bro. Hutton was released from the Bishopric?!?!? That's gotta be great for him!! Haha! Yay! Dad has another calling!!  Laura's pictures look funny, it's a good thing you told me that was Laura otherwise I would have thought that was a monkey!  Haha! Just kidding! I miss doing FHE with Uncle Scott and Aunt Joanna!! I love "Only a Stonecutter"!! It's a good example of people who act!

 

Well this week was slow! it rained for about 3 days out of the week and us feeling a little under the weather has kept us in the other days! I guess I'll tell y'all now, I am getting over minor bronchitus, and it's been a slow process. But it keeps getting better every day! 

Our new neighbor we talked to this week about the Restoration. He told us that he doesn't think it was a coincidence that he moved in next to us! We gave him a Book of Mormon and a Joseph Smith pamphlet ("And I also know that Joseph Smith was a pamphlet..." guess what that is from!!)! We asked him yesturday if he was able to read any of either, he said he read some of the pamphlet and he liked it!! But that's about it for our week! And this week is supposed to get more rain, so we will see what happens!

I love y'all and think about Y'ALL often!!! I miss each of you!

 

Love,

Elder Cameron Williams

Hello Friends and Family!

My week has been bitter sweet! I'll tell why after I comment on your email! It has calmed down here and we actually found out this morning that we are getting a car tomorrow!! We are getting the car from the Alma Elders! (The car that was involved in the accident, but it's fixed!) Malcolm didn't end up getting interviewed by President Jensen unfortunately, he had a conflicting schedule and we aren't going to try again until President comes up here again in a month (we don't want to make him travel any more than he has to). I have not seen Manny, I probably won't unless he gets transferred up here or if we have a half mission conference. 

Sounds like a fun graduation!! Great pictures! Elder Chapman didn't drool over them for very long! Haha! Just Kidding!! :) I'm just messing with you!!

Laura is out of the house! Wow!! That's crazy!! Laura you better email and tell me how work is going and to give me your address in case I or Elder Chapman want to send you a letter! "Who knows! This Whobalation could change my entire ablucan life!" "Really?" "NO!"
Well mom what are y'all gonna do without Laura at home? Turn her room into a "...bowling alley..." hehehe! Or you can move my things back into my room! :)

 

This week was alright, like I said it was bitter sweet! We had a bunch of appointments fall through and only a few successes! On Thursday we had a District Training where the ZLs, the APs, and President and Sister Jensen taught us. I don't remember if I told you or not but we now have a senior couple serving here in McRae! The Knutsons! They are awesome! President has encouraged us to start memorizing the scripture masterys! He gave each of us the cards for the Book of Mormon and the next time we get together we will get the ones for the other scriptures! I have already memorized 6-7 of them! It's awesome!! After the Training each one in the District was interviewed By President and Sister Jensen. Pres. Jensen asked how long I want to be in McRae and I said as long as possible! And he said he most likely won't transfer either of us this transfer, but we will find out in 3 weeks! And yesturday Anita, Sincere, and Diamond showed up for Church during Elder Chapman bearing his testimony, we are going to try and work on getting them to church when it starts! :) The last one to bear testimony was the 1st Councilor in the Stake Presidency and he mentioned them in his testimony and it Anita was surprised at that and asked us if we told people about them, and we said we just told them that they came to church and I guess he recognized them when we talked about them at his house for dinner (1st Councilor in the Stake Presidency lives in our branch). We are doing good here and I also confirmed this, I WON'T be coming home until Januray. Well I think that will do for this, I love y'all (friends and family) and have a great week!

Love,

Elder Cameron Williams