Woot!!! Li-berry is open!!!

So exciting news!.... Well... Kind of... 


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WE FINISHED PAINTING BETTY'S
HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahaha.... Oh man... That was the best thing ever!
almost 3 months later, and it's finally complete. Now we get to see how
much she really wants to learn because she said she can only concentrate
on one thing at a time. Now she's gonna concentrate on letting us teach
her because she's got nothing else on her mind. This will be
interesting. She's already been to Church 5 times.. but the problem is
that last time she told us she hates it... because it's boring... which
I think is lame. She's used to loud, guitar filled, preacher sweating,
type Baptist Churches... The way she describes her church is the way I
describe concerts... She enjoys them because they make her excited...
aka... they fill her with adrenalin.. We've already discussed all this
with her. We're very to the point. haha.. So she doesn't get that at our
church and she doesn't get how the Spirit is quiet and how you have to
be reverent to really hear what it's telling you. So.. This is our
quest... To help her understand what the Spirit REALLY feels like. 

Also. Dad asked if Whole Hog is my equivelant to Clarke's Betos...
Well.. Its a toss up.. because the Bagel place in Maumelle is forever
going to have a piece of my heart. hahaha... So... I have a couple
"Beto's".. haha..

And with the missionary credit card dealeo. Yes we get one. That is how
we get our funds for the month. It works out nicely. They refill it at
the beginning of each month. It's not very much, but it helps. I got my
replacement card in the mail this week though so we're back to normal.

Yeah... So that was mostly the highlight... Nothing too exciting to
report on. The Church is still true though. That's never gonna change. I
love y'all lots. WOOT!!!

-Sister Dyer

I'm LATE!!!

Oh man... Monday p-days have thrown us all out of whack. It makes
holiday day's really hard because the li-berry is closed... So today
since I didn't want to wait any longer to email, we came over to a
members home. So that's where I am right now. Thank you awesome members.
WOOT! But boo urns to President's day making the li-berry closed and
delaying my email time!!! Tomorrow we dont have any time to email
either, so that's another reason we're doing it tonight. Busy busy day
tomorrow!!

So. Now onto important stuff. Allison Bretzky is going to Taiwan!!!!!
WOOT!!!!! That's so awesome!!! But really scary.. That's across the
world... Kinda close to Burgess in Korea!!! Hey that's kinda neat. Oh
Sister Missionaries.. The world wouldn't be nearly as good without
them... haha...

And speaking of missionaries. Jonathan Harline was mentioned in my last
letter from Dad. So just an FYI. We've actually written eachother a few
letters and I got one from him not too long ago! He's a Branch President
in Albania somewhere.. He's incharge of all three members there.
hahaha... But it's still a big job. It's kinda cray to see how different
each area is for different missions. 

Also.. Another comment for Dad about a coming home BBQ for me. I'll have
you know that the BBQ you had for your birthday is NOT a Southern BBQ..
Go to www.wholehogcafe.com to see what a real southern BBQ is. We ate
lunch there today and it was delicious... Rediculously delicious. These
people know what they're doing! haha! So if you can figure out how to
replicate that for when I come home... be my guest!!! Southern BBQ needs
to be introduced to Canada!!!!!!

And guess what? My life as a missionary is never uneventful. We got a
call from the mission office secretary saying that someone hacked into
the JP Morgan bank system and as a result 82 missionary credit cards got
cut off... Mine being one of them. So this week... The home account has
been put to use. Just the heads up. 

Happy Valentine's Day too by the way. We had an awesome day. We made
cookies for some people and then we doorbell ditched some gifts to a
family in the ward. Pretty much hilarious. We tag teamed with the Elders
so they were voluteered to be the runners and they almost got caught.
SOOO funny... 

We had a couple investigators come to church this week too. That was
really exciting. One of them just kinda showed up! He works on a boat in
the gulf of Mexico for 2 months at a time and we didn't know he was back
home yet, until he called us the day before to ask when church was. He
loved it!! Unfortunately he's leaving again on Wednesday, but we're
gonna teach him again tomorrow. He reads a lot when he's away and we
call him every once and a while to see how he's doing and answer
questions. If he wasn't away so much, he'd prolly already be baptized..
But it's going how the Lord needs it to go I suppose..

Oh yeah. The pictures of Uncle Dave and Auntie Jo and the triplets!
Gavin's pink hair is AWESOME!!! It brought me back to the good ol days
of my pink hair phase... but that really didn't have a good cause behind
it. I just did it. hahahaha...

So yeah. No drive by shootings this week. Thank goodness. haha. We have
a busy week this week and I'm looking forward to it. I love y'all! Thank
you for your prayers and support. Things are blossoming here slowly. My
patience is being tested but what better way to grow it eh? hahaha... 
The Church is true though. Never forget it.

-Sister Dyer

Hey everyone.

So this week... Very interesting... but first things first!!!

Dad... So that little Captain Moroni action figure... Totally came from
me. hahahahaha... I randomly bought it one day and I kept it in my car
as a reminder to ME to be better and more faithful. Its kinda funny how
we think exactly the same. I'm glad it's giving you more missionary
opportunities. It's exciting to hear about them. hahaha... So funny how
everything comes full circle...

and also... HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you
lots. You're the best old man EVER!!! haha...

Also... Random story... Forewarning... DONT FREAK OUT ON ME
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!.... Well... The Elders were at an appointment... and
they left 10 mintues late.. They come back to their home only to find a
bunch of police there... Apparently 10 minutes before they got home,
which was when they were actually supposed to get home, there was a
drive by shooting in their parking lot... CRAZY!!!! the car that parks
next to them totally has this big ol bullet  hole in it. haha... Kinda
funny... but definitely terrifying. So... Pray extra hard that we'll be
safe. I'm pretty sure the Lord will make it happen though. He protected
the Elders pretty well.

This week has been full of a lot of drama though. The Bishop in his
efforts to revamp everything is going on override mode and trying to
redo everything the ward mission leader has set in place... So now that
the WML is out of town for 3 weeks, the Bishop is implementing
everything he wants to without letting the WML know.. so the mission
president and the stake president are trying to help him be more
realistic... It's quite interesting being caught in the middle of all
this... Definitely not recommended. But at the same time... Keeps things
interesting!! haha...

Yeah.. We had a lot of appointments fall through this week, but on the
same note, we found this awesome new investigator from a Part member
family. I'm excited to teach them because they have a brand new baby
girl. WOOT!!! haha...

But yeah... I dont really have much more updates... I love y'all and I'm
thankful for your prayers. I need them. Remember. The Church is true!!!

-Sister Dyer

Happy Groundhog Day

So... Groundhog day is kinda pointless when you dont get to find out
what happened... haha... But whatever.. It's not like I've really
experienced a winter here anyways. Crazy Arkansas NOT cold weather...
yeesh....

Anywho... So.. This week has been a pretty significant week in the ward.
It's pretty interesting because the ward seems to have done a complete
360 since I got here 3 months ago. I first got here, and felt totally
unwelcome and didn't really see much of a motive on anyone's part to do
missionary work, so I didn't really know how to handle that. But as I
continued to work and time progressed, the Bishop seemed to be
experiencing some pretty significant spiritual changes of heart. A
couple weeks ago he spoke in Sacrament meeting and told of how he had a
terrifying vision of the way the ward members were heading, and he said
he was shown through the spirit, who was in danger of not achieving
their full potential by reaching the Celestial Kingdom. So now he's gone
into this incredible "the ward's attitude has GOT to change NOW"
mentality and the Ward is responding to it so well. We as missionaries
are being given assignments that are helping the members of the ward be
strengthened, and recent converts are getting serious about preparing
for the temple and all in all, the whole ward is changing for the
better. I think a significant contribution was this new Tongan family
that moved in from California. They have 10 kids and the Dad is a former
Bishop. Our Bishop said he had been praying for a long time to be able
to know how to meet the needs of the members and he said that all his
concerns were answered with this one family. haha. They're a huge
strength to the Ward already. And it seems like within the last 3 or 4
weeks, the chapel has been busting at the seams because it's been so
full. It's so wonderful to see!!! The spirit is so strong in those
meetings and things are getting done, and all this has happened within
the past 3 months! I'm actually thankful that I've been able to see the
progress of this ward. It's helped me appreciate and love the members
here more and more. This is an exciting process, and I'm thankful for
the spiritual nature of the Bishop and what he is now doing to change
things so that they are the way they need to be.

Also, on Saturday there was a ward temple trip in which 20 or so members
of the ward all came together and made arrangements to be able to make
the trip to Memphis. Three of the members of our ward went through the
temple for the first time, and two of them, Bro and Sis Enriquez got
sealed. When I saw them yesterday at Church, they were GLOWING!!! They
were so full of love for each other and for the gospel, and it was a
pleasure to be able to see the Spirit so strong within them.. I feel
really close with the Enriquez's because they're been a huge support to
us. They've always been our go to people whenever we're in a pickle.
hahaha...

We're also teaching this less active couple that just got married last
Saturday, because they want so bad to be active and worthy. They're
definitely something else... they have their struggles and trials to
overcome, but their desire is sincere.

There are incredible things happening with the ward here. I'm so
thankful to be a part of it and to feel the support of the Lord in
bringing everything to pass. The Church is so true. Heavenly Father
provides ways for everything to be accomplished, and it is so apparent
in Hot Springs. 

Love y'all. Happy February.

-Sister Dyer

Happy almost February.... ugh...

HOLY MOLY IT'S JANUARY IS ALMOST OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!.... This whole time thing... I dont know if I'm a fan or not.. It's
been crazy how fast everything is going by... yeesh... Anyways... This
has been an interesting week. One of the Elders we serve with in the
Ward here is going home tomorrow, and he's been SOOOO TRUNKY this whole
week... It's been brutal for everyone... He's making us all trunky by
default, so I'm actually kinda glad he's gone... haha... Is that
bad?....

Also.. Dad, I keep on forgetting to tell you. YES there are Senior
Sister missionary companionships. I think there's maybe only 2 or 3
companionships like that in the whole mission, but they stay in the same
area their whole time, and usually with the same companion, unless
they're serving for different amounts of time. But the Senior Sisters
are all retired and either never married or widowed. So.. Hope that
answers that.

President made a surprise pit stop in Hot Springs too. He talked to Sis
Kiser and I, and that was cool. I love President. He makes me feel like
I'm doing better than I give myself credit for.

Oh yeah... We aren't getting transferred!!!!! My 7 transfer/7 companion
streak is ending!!!! I'm kinda sad.. I was going for the record of
companions in one mission for Sisters AND Elders. haha.. Maybe I can
still do it though. I'm just hoping we're not getting another Elder
that's close to going home. I dont know if I can deal with that for 6
more weeks.

Also.. With the painting of Betty's place.. The Bishop and our Ward
Mission Leader are STILL working on getting a group together to finish
it.. Which is lame. Its been a 2 month project already... And it's not
helping that she wants to wait to be taught more by us until after its
all done so that people do think she's mooching or something... ugh...
Things are slow going with her, but I'm supposed to learn patience
right??... That's not something I inherited from my Father...

So... I can't really think of what else happened this week... I guess I
just told you the highlights. Things have kind of been dull. I try to do
fun things but then I get in trouble by Sis Kiser... haha... which kind
of has become a game... oh boy.. Charity Sis Dyer!!! Charity!! haha..
But no. I think things are lightening up, so hopefully this transfer
will be more enjoyable..

The Church is true everyone! Dont forget it! And if you dont know it...
PRAY about it!!! That's how it works. WOOT!!!

-Sister Dyer

Hullo...

So... Another week eh. Things are going by TOO fast this year... It's
prolly got something to do with how incredibly busy we are lately...
We've been teaching a lot of people, but they haven't really been going
anywhere, so the Bishop just told us yesterday not to really bother with
them, and that we need to focus more on the members here. So he's
getting us to start teaching them and in the end we'll be getting solid
referrals from them. I think that plan is genius. Woot for the members!

We had our Zone Conference this week too. It was pretty awesome, and
right after we had President Interviews which was AWESOME!!! He makes it
seem like I'm the best thing since sliced bread!! haha.. He told me that
if I ever needed a self confidence boost, to just call him, and he'd
help me out with that. haha.. President and I are tight apparently. He
told me to just be myself ALWAYS because the way I am is what helps me
stay happy and what helps me teach the best way I can. So it's nice to
know I have his approval to be a goofball.. hahaha... Now I just gotta
get my companion to appreciate the goofball within!! haha..

Also... Exciting news. Tomorrow we're going to Camden, AR to go on
exchanges with the Senior Sister missionaries there for a day!!! WOOT!!!
I'm so excited!!!!! hahaha!!! I get to be companions with a Senior
Sister for a day!!! We're gonna be staying there overnight so we get to
have a full 24 hrs together. Its prolly gonna be the only time in my
whole mission that I'll be going on exchanges so I better enjoy it!!
I'll report back next week. haha..

And Dad... You know the Sugarbowl game??? yeah... Well... We watched
part of it with our ward mission leader because he was really into it.
It was pretty funny.  The Elders were way into it too. But I knew
exactly what you were talking about when you were explaining the
awesomeness in it in your letter. haha... Oh football... It's not
anywhere near as cool as hockey....

As for the painting... We pawned that off on the Elders Quorum.. Best
decision ever. They're hopefully gonna round up some people and get it
done really soon. It will be awesome though because it'll give us more
time to teach Betty. Shes soaking it all up too. It'll be nice for her
not to have to worry about that part.

So... Yeah... Pretty much everything is going well... I didn't really
leave myself enough time to write.. Too many people love me I guess, so
I spent too much time emailing other people... Woops... At least I know
I'm loved. That's a plus. :)

The Church is true everyone. Never forget it.

-Sister Dyer

Happy New Year

Well...

This is New Year #2 that I'll be sleeping through. haha..  But that's
okay. Sleep is more and more important than ever. Can you believe that
I've made it a whole year without sleeping in once?! haha!!! That's
amazing!!!

So it was amazing to be able to talk to everyone on Christmas. Y'all
sound so happy, and it was a major boost to me to be able to hear
everyone again.

This week has been unique though. Christmas Eve and Christmas just broke
up the flow of missionary work, and I think that after new year's,
things will start getting back to normal with everything. People have
finally made it through Thanksgiving and Christmas, and now they can
relax and get back to their normal lives. Which makes missionary work
easier, because you can kinda judge when you can find people at home and
stuff.

This week, because of the craziness of it all, we spent a lot of time
visiting less actives, who, if it weren't for their health, would be at
Church every week. Those people are so strong despite every reason they
have not to be. So they're pretty motivational. I learn a lot from those
people.  They make me more grateful for my life, because it gets me out
of the trap of thinking that I've got it rough. I really dont.

The Arkansas weather is being typical though. One day it's below
freezing, the next it room temp outside. So weird... I've never been
around such an indecisive climate before. This is the weirded December
I've ever experienced weather wise.

So... As for new years resolutions... I've never been a fan... But if
y'all are, here's an idea... Think of something you can do every day to
show Christlike love to someone around you, whether you know them or
not. When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are truly in
the service of your God. I love the scriptures... 

Hopefully this next week will be full of interesting stories, I can tell
you... But this week, not so much. We just ate... a lot... Definitely
more meals than is good for me... haha...

So... Keep it real. Even though Christmas is over, dont forget the
Savior, and do everything you can to draw near to Him, because that's
really the only way you can be happy... Who knew... haha... I've found
the secret to happiness. 

Love you... And remember... The Church is True.

-Sister Dyer