May 26, 2010

Hey!!!

Well, long story short... I didn't email last week because 3 companionships got chosen to go to the temple with the pres and he chose us. So, I didn't have a lot of time to get things in order! Sorry. Anyways, we tracted into a less-active family that accepted us to come in and teach them.... the problem was they had an 18 year old daughter that was really struggling. So we decided to invite her to a zone p-day where we were playing tennis and racquetball. There were about 20 missionaries there and it was a blast. The problem was she showed up wearing.... not the best clothes in the world and would not stop calling us after that.... so we told pres about it and he flipped out about it and emergency transferred us to live with the zone leaders for a week till transfers. We didn't get in trouble, he just was making sure we don't get ourselves in the situation that could harm our spirituality. Which is a smart idea. So I'm getting transferred tomorrow to a new area. I am pretty excited! I am so grateful for the gospel and its teachings. I hope everything goes amazing this week I love all of you so much!

Elder Naylor

May 19, 2010

hola!!

That is so cool, Mom! I am so grateful for the things that have happened! I think about that... our Savior takes us low before he brings us up even higher than before... it's your time to shine and rise up!. I'm sorry the hand writing was so sloppy! I had to write that letter in like 5 min! We have been working with a lot of less-actives still! We have been trying to contact all of them. We can bring the light back into their lives. It's so lame... I gain weight and eat a ton! Then I get sick and lose it all again! I'm not feeling too well this week I don't understand why!!! I can still work its just i can't eat! The Anderson's, the ones we live with found a place for us to live-The Kiesters (haha good last name huh!) Well, they are fighting now on when we should move in. The Kiesters want us asap and the Andersons want to keep us longer. Sister Anderson said she is getting cold feet loosing us. It's so funny! A less-active we are working with went BACK to jail for drinking again... he lost his gf that was giving him a place to live and so now when he is out of jail he has no place to go... man that guy drives me nuts! His name is Taylor Smith and he does so good for a while then has a relapses! agh! When he called and told me... I have not been so mad in a long time! Oh, and we ran into an 18 year old girl that is going to school. She was on a jog so I decided to jog next to her till she stopped. When she stopped; we taught her all lesson one and lesson 2.... let me tell ya I am really out of shape even though we work all day! I was gasping for air the whole time we were teaching! That was Sat night and we invited her to church and she accepted! I was like whaat/?? haha and she came! But Sunday night came around and she called us and said she won't be able to go again. Her parents wouldn't pay for her schooling if she came to our church.. so that was a bummer! Anyways, the bishopric was giving us the death glare the whole time because they think we are flirting with this girl to get her to church. haha it was funny but bad at the same time! Welp that's pretty much it! Can't wait to talk to you on Sunday at 3! I love you all! Have a good week!

Elder Naylor

Mother's Day letter to Mom

Hey Mom,
I was thinking about what I would say in my testimony to you. I realized a testimony means the most when you can see and hear the emotion of that person. So, I thought of something almost as good:) We had a zone conference yesterday and it was amazing! They asked us 3 questions and told us to write them on our journal. I just wanted to share them with you.
#1 When you think of the Savior, what do you think of?
I think of humility, a king that would think of everyone else before himself. I think of the patience; he had so much love and patience for all of us to even allow man to kill him. He is our Savior and Redeemer of the world. My favorite scripture on this topic is: 1 Nephi 19:9
#2 What is it that you love the most about him?
The example he showed. He was perfect in everything that he did. No matter what the situation. No matter what negative was flowing his way. He always turned it positive. He shows us how to be happy and how to strive to become sinless. But, I think the most important thing is he shows us how to build a relationship with people around us and our Heavenly Father.
#3 How do you feel about your relationship with him right now?
I have never felt so much love and satisfaction in my life. I do know that this Church is true. I do know the Book of Mormon is the most true book to ever come into this world. I know that if we just read a little out of it a day and strive to do its teachings, we will know the path we need to take and the guidance we need to enter into the kingdom of God. I love my Savior so much. I love you, Mom. I hope everything goes great in Mexico. I hope your Mother's Day is amazing. I can't wait to talk to the family. There is one challenge I am going to give the fam. That is to read 3 Nephi 9-11 and point out what stood out to them the most. Notice how many times he says"return unto me". Multiple times in chapter 9. I know that if we strive to be like him and follow his guidance, we will be able to "return" to him again.

Love, Elder Naylor

May 12, 2010

hey papa!

That's good that mom is doing great! Vickie is so awesome!
I think money in my account would do just fine. Thank you so much for doing that. I was looking around for socks like the ones I have and there are none! So it's whatever you guys want to do. If ya want to send some or money and I can buy a pair of socks. Either way works. Brother Barrand is awesome. I played racquetball with him a couple weeks ago. He came up for the morning. He's so awesome! Yeah, the teaching pool is getting crazy! There are so many people that want us to come over all the time but, we can't because we have like a million things to do! It's nuts! Brielle better not be growing upp! I will work her over like I did at "3rd period french" when I was there! How's JME doing? I wish i could help out! I pray about it all the time and hope and pray again! Is it working? we have been working with so many people that there lives are just a mess. I am so grateful for the gospel to really help out the people and to know what our whole goal in this life is. i hope things get better.

Love,

Elder Naylor

May 5, 2010

Holaa!
Well, this week was pretty fun! There is a recent convert, named Mandell. He is so awesome! For his birthday, all he wanted was for his mom to come to church and to let the missionaries teach her. So she came but... holy crap watch out! She was not happy about it! I thought she was going to kill someone when she came! I knew we were going to have trouble bringing the spirit into the lesson if she was going to be like this! After church, I prayed pretty much the whole way to the lesson! Once we started, it was just what I expected... She was trying to tell us we are waisting our time and Mandell always has time to change his mind. We just kept bearing testimony and telling her what the mission was all about. Then we got into lesson one and she just kinda sat there.Then lesson two, Mandell wanted us to teach both. Once we got to our life here on earth, she said, "well how are we supposed to be happy if everyone else around us is mad and there is so much negative in the world?" I started bearing testimony again and telling her what I know to be true about this life and..... crap I'm a little baby. She started crying, then my comp started crying, then Mandell lost it, then the members that went with us fell apart. haha! It was just a huge cry fest after that. She really had a glow in her eyes after that and she really showed that her heart was touched. she felt the spirit and it was night and day from the time she went into the lesson and when we left. She thanked us and told us to come back.. It was awesome! So anyways! I can actually make 2 phone calls if needed for Mother's Day. Sunday, I can call after church which is like 2 to 3ish so 1 or 2 your time. Then I can call dad after I talk to you. I talked to the Pres and he said that would be fine. Whatever works best. I can't wait to play with that dog (Preslee)! I'm going to take her from Brielle! haha Well I love all of you. I hope things are going great! I can't wait to call this weekend! I will contact you if there is any changes! :) I have my ways

Love Elder Naylor

april 28, 2010

My comp is pretty cool. We have gotten so much done! I feel like I can actually work now and not worry about everything my comp does! agh haha. His name is Elder Wilson. He's from Utah... figures huh? He's a funny kid and loves working on cars and sports; so we get along really well! I am so glad you will be able to go see this doc in Mexico. I will pray for you. I know it will go amazing!!! Tracy Blanch came and saw me like 2 or 3 days ago. She's so funny! Well, I am pretty much out of time. I will see if I can get on another computer. I love you all and about the slange talk haha I don't think that's gonna happen. I'm around like 90% blacks so I don't think that's gonna happen. I love you!

Love Elder Naylor

April 20, 2010

Hey!!

My comp is actually leaving and I am getting a freshy again.... that's a missionary that came out not too long ago... I am a follow up trainer this time . My comp is ready to go. He's actually starting to say more than 5 words in a lesson and he has really calmed down in lessons so that is a really good thing. The weather is nice everyday BUT p-day.. its driving me nuts! I want to play football so bad but the weather sucks every p-day!... dannng! Cameron Blanch coming home sooN!!!! It doesn't feel like it has been 2 years! We are teaching a black family.. They are awesome! The dad always wears a hat with huge dreds.. I don't know how to spell it. They are awesome! My comp is so mad he has to leave! He loves it here. We really started to get along. We went on splits with the zone leaders and when we were done he's like don't ever have me do that again. They suck! haha it was so funny! We are also working with a ton of less-actives now. I don't know how the mission pres will like that... me not getting as many baptisms Oh well, he will get over it!. I don't have a lot of time left so I love you all and hope everything goes good!

Love Elder Naylor

April 14, 2010

Hey ya'll!!

Well, this week was good. We moved in with a new family this week. Just for a week and a half..... they have 10 dogs. its freaken stupid! haha but they are all little puppies so they are kinda cute.. until they pee on my just dry cleaned pants. We are having a baptism this next weekend. His name is Dino. I have pushed his date back twice because he flashes gang signs at Church so we taught him a little more and he changed. We have 2 new people we are working with. One is half mexican and half black. We have been doing really well. I am still working with my comp. He's doing a little better in teaching. Still along ways to go and he's having a hard time knowing what to say when it comes to talking to people on the street. Everytime, he goes up and intros himself and then goes quiet, so I have to jump in every time. He's so funny. I have learned to love the people that piss you off the most and don't listen to what we have to say. I want to kill them one moment and then I realize it's just teaching me for the next time something happens. I don't think I made any sense but whatever! Well, we are going to go kick some butt on the field playing football. I love all of you so much

Love Elder Naylor

March 30, 2010

Hey mama!!

This week has been pretty crazy! We have been getting so much done! We have been working with so many new people and trying to get in the door with everyone we see! The other night we were walking right next to our house and it was like 8:30 pm so I was trying to decide whether we should just go in or not. We both decided to go and find people. We started walking down the street and we saw these two people walking so we went to talk to them and they invited us to come back to teach them. About 20 yards from them, we talked to a guy working on his car so I asked him if he needed help and he started asking me questions that led into the gospel and asked us to come back. Just in that 30 min period of time we got 3 new investigators to teach. I know the Lord will bless all the missionaries for their sacrifice as long as we put 100% into the work. I am so grateful to see the affects of the Lord's work coming from me. That is so awesome that JME, services is taking off! I want a nice job when I get home! You better tell Jer to start kicking butt and taking names! I will come home to help! Sorry this letter is so short, I am going to play racquetball... I love you all so much. I want to hear from brit, dangit! I miss that tool! bye ya'll!

Love Elder Naylor

March 24, 2010

Hey ya'll!

Well, this week was pretty good. I must tell you... I hate the snow so much! This week we set 2 people with a baptismal date and they have been coming to church! yeahhh baby! I can't wait till general conf! It's going to be sweet! So, Dino is one of the kids that we are getting ready to dip and also a guy that I don't even wanna try to spell his name..he's such a nice guy and asked us to come and just teach him whenever we have time. ha.. we started teaching him and invited him out to church, but he said he had to work so we said okay maybe next week... Well, he found some people that were members and called into work to come to church! He's awesome!. Elder Mendenhall is starting to actually talk so it's a good thing. I can't stand not having a conversation going all the time, so I'm forcing him to talk to me. haha. We have been kicking butt and taking names! We had zone conf this Monday and we have a testimony meeting after ever one of them... I usually don't go up and share my testimony, but I decided to this time because I almost passed out.. I don't know what got into me! First, I started sweating like crazy; then I felt my own heart beat; then I had to do it! I went up and I was the last one and got way too into it. I started waving my hand and pounding my hand haha.. After I was done the pres got up and told me to stay standing and was like elders and sisters.... that is a giant of a missionary. He is a power house and thanked me for sharing that with them... it was so weird. I don't know what the deal was!.Well, I don't have a lot of time left but I love all of you!

Love Elder Naylor