April 20th, 2010 (Email)

Hello!

I just got back from the temple! We went to the Newport Beach Temple again. It's been a whole year since the last time I went there. Last year I went with President Davis from the Buena Park Ward. I saw Pres. Davis working at the veil this morning-- he was my veil worker. This time we went with Brother and Sister Minus (ward mission leaders). This was Bro. Minus' second time going through the temple. He just got endowed last month so it was a special experience with him. He went through for his dad, Sister Minus went through for his mom, and Elder Collier and I went through for his two brothers. We did initiatories, the endowment session, and the sealing for his family. It was a sacred experience to be able to help Brother Minus do the work for his family. The blessings of the temple are awesome. I paid close attention to the blessings pronounced in each ordinance.
Doug Tice is going to be interviewed by President Sexton tonight. His baptism will happen this Saturday. That's a miracle. I believe that all of the elders that have worked with Bro. Tice these past couple years are aware and excited about his baptism-- Elder Rada, Elder Nielson, Elder Anderson, and so on and so forth.
One of our new investigators named Diana Giminez came to church on Sunday. She was referred to us from Church Headquarters. She's amazing. She's really sincere and honest. When she accepts a commitment she keeps it. When we asked her to read the introduction to the Book of Mormon she went ahead and read the introduction, the testimonies of the witnesses, and most of the excerpt of the Joseph Smith History. And all we'd asked her to read was the little intro page. She was right on time for our first appointment with her a couple weeks ago. And when we invited her to church last week she told us she'd come with her 5 year old son and that she'd be there a little early because she didn't want to be late. And she did just that. She hasn't accepted our invitation to be baptized quite yet (wants to learn more first) but we know that when she does she'll go through with it.
Michelle Luper didn't go to church again. :( She's going at a slower pace than we thought she would. She'll come around though. We just need to be persistent.
I caught up again in the office. The first half of the transfer is way busier than the second for me. President Sexton gave me another odd job yesterday to keep me busy. I need to track down all the HAM Radios for each stake in the mission and then make maps of where those radios are in relation to the missionaries' apartments. It's an emergency plan thing just in case we have a natural disaster or something. Probably earthquake preparation.
Well, we're going to go have lunch with Brother and Sister Minus somewhere down by Seal Beach. Hope you all have a delightful day and a wonderful week!
ba-bye!
Love
Elder Tyler J. Lewis