E Cleveland Transfer Three Week Five

hey! it was soo good to get to talk to you all. guess what?!?! im getting transferred!! so ill let you know where i end up. all i know is that it wont be in the kirtland zone :( im gonna miss it. this place is awesome and i love getting to see the temple all the time. ive loved being able to serve here in cleveland. im going to miss all the people i have met but somewhere new will be good too. well i dont have much to say after tlaking with you all this weekend.

i love you.
give hankers the lovins for me!

E Cleveland Transfer Three Week Three

hey everyone! happy easter!! this week was pretty good. there were a few days we didnt have to wear jackets! thats really exciting. there was also another baptism in teh singles branch here on saturday. his name is justin. we didnt teach him cuz he lives out of our area but he has been coming to the singles branch on sunday for a while now. my bike seat broke again this week too lol. i was riding down the road and all of a sudden i fell off the back of my bike! luckily i landed on my feet somehow and ended up running down the road while my bike did a ghost rider and crashed. it was pretty funny. everyone was laughin at me on the street but i was laughin to so its alright. its been raining like crazy here too. probly just like g. one day we were out on our bikes and it poured rain all day and every appointment we had cancelled haha. we were so wet and so cold that day but it was pretty fun. i wish it would snow instead of rain. cuz its so cold you can see your breathe and its still raining. the snow gets you much less wet but oh well. its a step towards warmer weather. so im giving a workshop in district meeting this week (ive given alot of em now i just never mention em) but every time i do i always use an analogy bout hank haha. its awesome. so im totally gonna use those easter pictures you sent me this week mom. thank you for the package i loved it. but give hankers the lovins for me. love you all
elder berry

Best Week Ever

hey everyone this week was awesome!! rans baptism was amazing! she was so happy and just beaming afterwards. a member of the branch baptized her. there was an awesome musical number by a couple of the music students and really good talks too. she even invited a bunch of friends to her baptism and then on sunday introduced herself to a new guy that came and invited him to come back next week. she just loves the gospel and shares it with everyone its so awesome. every month here they have a fireside at the kirtland visitors center for the investigators to go to and the people in charge asked ran to share her testimony there. so we found an investigator to take so we could see ran share her testimony lol. im so glad i did though. that was the best day of my life. that ten minutes of her sharing her testimony made my entire mission worth it. not that it wasnt worth it before but that event alone could have made the whole thing worthwhile. she bore her testimony about prayer and the love of god and how she has found peace in her life and cant wait to share it with her family so they can be an eternal family and how she knows the book of mormon is true. it was amazing. im so glad ive had the chance to meet her and become friends and help her understand the gospel. i wish you all could have been there but its something ill never forget. hope this is enough detail for you mom. love you all . give hankers the lovins

E Cleveland Transfer Two Week Six

hey everyone! this week has been pretty good. conference was amazing as usual. i loved elder holland talking about the ensign to the nations. his talks from when he was president of byu are absollutely amazing too. i just started reading them and listening to em and im addicted. i recommend you looking at em. especially .. alright well i cant pick just one to tell you to listen to. also his conference talks called "the only true god and jesus christ whom he sent" and the second half the next year called "my words never cease" are amazing. but anyways thats enough bout him. it snowed this week agian. and rained. and had nice warm sunny days. the weather is unpredictable. as i watched conference and especially in priesthood session i thought about you guys alot. i miss watching conference with you and especially being at priesthood with dad. its good to know that we were all watchin the same thing at the same time though. speakin of which im tired of sittin around watching tv all day lol. its the exact opposite of what missionaries do so its weird to do it at conference. ran is still doing amazing. she invited one of her friends in china to go to church there this last week. she also watched all four sessions of conference. were looking forward to her baptism in a couple more weeks. thats bout all from here though. love you. give hankers the lovins!
elder berry

E Cleveland Transfer Two Week Five

hey everyone im stayin here in cleveland! im excited cuz now ill get to see ran's baptism in a couple weeks. shes doin awesome. we went with her and a couple members to kirtland last saturday and it was awesome. she bore her testimony about the church and joseph smith there. i wish everyone could see the blessings the gospel brings in their life like she does. sunday started early but was amazing. it was the 175th anniversary of the dedication of the kirtland temple. at seven in the morning they had a service and we got to be inside the kirtland temple and listen to carl anderson, pres sorensen and a member of the seventy speak. there was a choir and an orchestra and everything. it was amazing. as the meeting went on the sun started coming up and lighting the inside of the temple then at the end we all sang the spirit of god which was written for the dedication of the temple. ill never forget that experience. it was so amazing. i wish you all could have enjoyed it with me. i love being in kirtland and being able to see the temple. i wish i could serve closer to it. but other than that not alot has happened this week. were just trying to find people still and work with the members to invite their friends. since hte ward is mostly students when school ends in the next few weeks were gonna be losing twelve families. thats more than half the ward. im not exactly sure whats gonna happen then but we'll see when we get there. hope everything is goin well for you. give hankers the lovins.
elder berry

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