Cleveland Transfer Two Week One

hey everyone.well the snow came back in full force. we got about two feet in one night. it was crazy. the car got stuck quite a few times that day. fun stuff. i just feel bad for elder martinez cuz hes not allowed to drive so hes always outside pushin or diggin us out. but other than that things have been goin good. we started teaching Ran. i think i told you bout her before. her friend is a recent convert in the singles branch. but its awesome shes really interested and coming to church and institute and fhe every week. even if her friend isnt there. there was a talent show this saturday for the singles and it was awesome. theres alot of people goin to the cleveland institute of music so the performances were awesome. even ran performed. weve really been focusing on getting the members to do missionary work and its been paying off but the only problem is all of the friends they invite and bring to church or to meet with us live in another area so we cant teach them after that and have to give them up to some other elders. its cool to find people just wish we could teach em. and the members get frustrated too cuz they want us to teach them and for them to come to our ward. but thats how the church works. theyll get over it haha. im finally figuring out my way around town. so thats cool. but thats bout it for this week. love and miss you all. give hankers the lovins!!!
elder berry

Cleveland Week Six

hey everyone. things are going good here. my new companion is elder martinez from mexico. there were a couple really warm days this week and all the snow melted!!! then the next day was freezing rain then more snow so we have a few inches again now. it was a nice taste of spring. were still workin on finding people and finally got a couple members of teh singles branch to invite friends to church so hopefully well start teaching them this week. not too much else going on though. i miss all of you and give hankers the lovins for me.
elder berry

Tuesday February 15th

aloha and happy valentines!

its been a nice warm week here in cleveland. we found out last night that elder judd is being transferred. were really bummed bout that. im a little worried cuz i can barely get aroudn the area. the roads here are insane! i swear they were laid out by guys with blindfolds on. but ill manage and figure it out eventually. itll be an adventure for sure. ill let you know who my new comp is next week. we were able to see marcy this week and had some really good lessons with her. she is living the word of wisdom now! were way excited for her. she should be getting baptized on mar fifth. shes our most promising investigator right now. were still just trying to do alot of finding. we are really blessed to even have an investigator. most of the rest of the district doesnt have anyone to teach and spend all their time looking for people. also found out i have strep throat lol. so im going to get antibiotics or whatever today. but things are going well. thank you all for the valentines. love you all. give hankers the lovins for me
elder berry

aloha! wish it was as warm and sunny as hawaii but for now the snow will have to do. weve got alot of it this last week. this last week was kinda rough. we werent able to see any of our investigators all week and they didnt come to church either. thats always a bummer . we did see plenty of miracles though. we found this less active family named the springers and taught them saturday night and committed them to go to church and they did! they are way cool and seem ready to come back steadily. another of the less actives we are working with came to church for the second week in a row. so things are progressing just not with investigators. as a district this weekend we fasted to find new investigators and have already seen the blessings come from it. we were tracting on saturday and got two return appointments with pretty solid people which is unheard of here. also a recent convert named shih-ping brought her roommate ran (yes thats her name, theyre asian) to church! we have always tried to talk to her and invite her to the lessons but she never would but now shes coming to church and said shed go to singles branch fhe and institute this week. she really liked church. fasting works. thats all i can say. transfers are next week so i wont email until tuesday. but i hope you all have a great week. love you. give hankers the lovins!
elder berry

Cleveland Week Three

hey everyone! hope all is goin well for you. things are goin good here. we had an awesome lesson with Marcy and her family this week. we taaught them about family prayer and theyre workin on saying them every day. she is our most promising investigator right now and will most likely be baptized soon. other than that were just trying to stay warm and find solid people to teach. every friday we go to the college here and have a booth up. its pretty fun. get to talk to alot of people. its really weird to see white people there too haha. one of the member families we have been working with finally invited some friends to church this sunday and we were so excited cuz they were really nice and interested to learn more so we set up an appointment with them this week but found out they dont live in our area. that was a bummer. still awesome though but we just have to keep looking for more families to teach. i want to teach a whole family so bad. that would be awesome. hopefully ill get the chance. also this sunday two less actives that weve been teaching came to church which was really exciting. the ward actually said hi to em and stuff too it was sweet. thank you all for your letters and make sure to write the other elder berry too! love you all. give hankers the lovins for me
elder berry

Cleveland Week Two

hey everyone sorry its been so long since iv emailed. its been a crazy week. we have all just been passin around different sicknesses and theres been some pretty funny stuff thats happened but ill spare you the details cuz it all involves throwing up. so not alot has happened unfortunately. although one of the days we were feelin good we went to this place called mama santas down in little italy and had the best pizza iv ever had in my life. it was soooo good. we also had interviews with president today which was good. i was sick and didnt shake hands with anyone so he gave me an elbow bump haha. but things have been good. i dont have much else to say really its been a slow week. love you all and give hankers the lovins for me. tell dill dill ill write him soon too.
elder berry

Cleveland

hey everyone! im up in cleveland now! its waay colder up here than down in the falls. i miss the people there so much. my new companion is elder judd and hes pretty cool. ive been sick the past few days which is a terrible way to start out a new area but im doin better now. this place is so different from anywhere ive been before. theres a little italy part of town which is awesome and smells so good all the time. then we have a really rich suburb of cleveland and the bad parts of cleveland as well. its strange too cuz e judd and i are the only white guys around usually haha. the church is really small here and struggling but it will turn around soon. its weird being in the kirtland stake now too. in the district there are seven sisters then elder judd and i so it will be interesting. its way cool being so close to kirtland though. we get to go there almost every week. other than that im just tryin to figure out my way around and stuff. oh and our apartmnt uses steam heaters to heat the place up. i thought that was weird. anyways i miss you all and thank you all for the letters. love you. take care of spanky for me.
elder berry