E Cleveland Transfer Two Week Four

hey everyone this week was awesome. it was really warm and sunny, little rainy too but not bad. ran decided to get baptized for sure on the sixteenth of april!!! they announced it in church and everything. shes so excited. every time we get to teach her its amazing. its the best feeling in the world to get out of an appointment with her. shes awesome and totally going to build the kingdom. im really excited for her. other than that not alot has been going on like usual. there was a big meeting in cleveland this week so i was on exchanges with like four different elders which was cool. i went to euclid for a day. its not too far from cleveland. this transfer has gone by so fast. speakin of which i wont email till tues next week cuz its transfers next week. anyways i gotta get goin. love you all. give hankers the lovins
elder berry

E Cleveland Trnasfer Two Week Three

hey everyone! this week was pretty good. Ran is awesome! its a surprise every week that we teach her. the first time she said shed been praying every day and knows the book of mormon is true. then the next time she told us shes been teaching her parents about the church and this week she brought one of her friends to the lesson and now were teaching him too! i wish every investigator was like that. now were trying to find her some stuff in chinese to take to her parents when she goes back to visit cuz she wants to teach them since theres no missionaries there. not too much else has been going on. it snowed another foot in one night. the weather here changes really fast cuz now its warmer and almost all gone but will be back again. other than that weve just been tracting and still trying to find some more people like ran. hope all is going well for everyone. miss you all. give hankers the lovins.
elder berry

Cleveland Transfer Two week Two

aloha! this week was pretty good. were still working on finding investigators and not having too much success at the moment but our investigator Ran is doing awesome! im so blessed to be able to teach her. she has truly turned to the lord in prayer and gained a testimony of her own. we got her a book of mormon in chinese too to help her understand it better which was good. its awesome to hear the scriptures read in another language. they are still so powerful. also on sunday she went and asked to talk to the branch president all on her own and talked to him for an hour! investigators never do that. so were really excited for her. there was a baptism in kirtland this saturday so we went to that with her and she loved it and is so excited to get baptized. its cool too cuz shes from china and has such a strong testimony already and will be going back to china later this year for a couple months and can teach the gospel there cuz missionaries arent allowed in china yet. i think its part of the lords way of preparing china to receive the gospel. not much else has been happening. ive started studying the book of mormon in spanish lol. so thats cool. it reads alot different in spanish which is really surprising. means the same though. thats all i have for ya this week though. give hankers some extra special lovins for me this week! love you all
elder berry

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