March 15, 2011

not to much to report this week my companion elde whitby has been out w/ a back injury, so not to much missionary work. today were going to a chiropractor at 4 to get him fixed, he hasn't been able to walk at all or get out of bed. so ive had alot of time to study this week. ive been reading in mosiah this week and in chapter 4 or 5 it talked about a change of heart. i was wondering why the scriptures always talked about a change of heart so i pulled out my institute manual and turned in it where i was reading. it said in the scriptures that it refers to the heart a lot because its the center of everything. emotional, personality, and your spirit. so when it says a change of heart it means all of you changes.... everything especially your outlook on life. king benjimen goes on to say that his people didn't want to do anything evil anymore but wanted to do good continually. it was really cool when i read that and made that connection. but pray for elder whitby and his back and that he will be able to get better soon -- Elder Tyler Herring2133 Washington Blvd.Ogden, Utah 84401

March 8, 2011

this week was pretty chill, my companion elder whitby has been having some back problems so we haven't been able to go out during the day to much this week but last night we did commit two people for baptism for the 26th. it was awsome the less active mother bore her testimony to her kids on faith and how the holy ghost has helped her through out her life. it was the bomb. so thats a total of six w/ a baptismal date. last night tho i was pretty mad at this fellowship.... we've been teaching this girl named paula who in her past over dosed on drugs and "cooked" her brain so she sorta aggrees to everything you say. but after paula had left and the lesson was over they were both like "paula said that she wants to be baptized this weekend, but we think she needs more time to learn at her own pace" elder bevans whipped out a scripture and it basically said if they have a desire to be baptized they can be baptized. lol straight out of joseph smiths mouth from the d&c. so we settled w/ we'll see how mext lesson will go, i hate stupid fellowships. but other than that things are going good. we had interviews this week and president said he mite send me to idaho!!! im so down w/ that never been up there before. im hoping for malad or soda springs. if i get sent up there next transfer ill be sure to take lots of pictures. this week ive been reading in alma 47 and the very last verse of that chapter. it says they were more hardened and wicked. when i read that i thought of some of the anti people that we run into day to day that were members of the church at one time but now have turned completely against that light and truth because they had gotten there testimony shakened. i really hope that some day they'll be able to come back into the fold of god and partake of all that he has. Elder Tyler Herring2133 Washington Blvd.Ogden, Utah 84401

March 1, 2011 - Surprise

i have a surprise for you..... guess who shaved his head :P I'll attach a picture for ya to cry over. but this week has been really fun. elder whitby and I have a goal of twelve baptisms this month and this week we found enough investigators that are progressing that it looks like we are going to accomplish our goal. we went back to our apartment to grab some stuff and were pleasently surprised, our landlord laid down all new carpet and cleaned the majority of our apartment. he really wants us to move back in but it still smells kinda funny in there. we also went out and blitzed the sisters area in morgan, funny story. elder weiland and i were looking for this address and it was up this really steep snow covered dirt road, we got about half way up and we couldnt go any further (stupid front wheel drive malibu's) so i tried backing up and gunning it up the hill...... no go. so we decided to back down the hill slowly. i slid into a snow bank and my back wheels got stuck...... elder weiland had the bright idea of putting the car in reverse and turning the wheels to the left and gunning the engine to swing the front end around. the hard part is we were on the side of a cliff and elder weiland was on the side of the cliff.... i guess to stop me from falling off.... idk how he was going to stop 2k pounds tho. but we made it safe and sound. something spiritual i learned this week was the importance of prayer. elder whitby and i were going to go teach this 16yr old girl for the first time and when we got there i felt like we needed to prayer before we went into the lesson. she excepted a date to be baptized on march 19th. afterwards in a different lesson i thought about what were supposed to pray about.... and i found in what we left our investigator paula to read in alma 34:17-27. it says that we have to pray over all we have and when we cant pray we should have a prayer in our hearts. love ya -ty herring picture:from left to rightweiland, me, bevans, and whitby -- Elder Tyler Herring2133 Washington Blvd.Ogden, Utah 84401

February 15, 2011 - Staying in South Ogden

so this morning we found out what was going on with transfers. Im going to be "white washing" the area that im currently in with elder witby. unfortunately elder smith got called else where to serve in layton. even though ive been in the area for a little over a week i still haven't met all of our investigators or met any of our ward mission leaders. elder witby and i have our hands full this week, it'll be a little easier because he's required to have a car for his back i think. so we do have the opportunity to make it to the gym every morning. pretty overwhelming task we have. after thinking about it for a little bit a scripture came to mind that sorta gave me encouragement. its in D&C 112:10: "Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee answer to thy prayers." even though it seems like a really big task it's accomplish able. after talking to my zL he said "two men can do anything as long as one of them is god. be unified with your new companion and the lord and everything will work out" i get to meet elder Witby at the Ogden Tabernacle tomorrow at lunch time, so the majority of today is going to be sitting around letting the other two pack. but i did have a pretty nice birthday, even though they kinda suck on ur mission because you dont get to spend them with the ones you love. but we had breakfast over at the Shaws, played some games there and then everyone decided to go to the nickelcade to have some fun. one way super addicting game we played over at the Shaws was a dice game where if you roll double you get a pen and as fast as you can you start writing from one to one hundred meanwhile while your trying to do that others are passing and rolling the dice until someone gets doubles and then they steal the pen away from you and start writing down one to one hundred. its a ton of fun with a lot of people around a table. a bunch of way funny stuff happened this weekend though. first not so funny elder leon wasn't keeping up with elder smith and I and didnt make the light and almost got ran over by a dodge diesel truck. the other thing funny that happened is elder smith and I stayed up till one talking in the living room and when we started heading in the room to go to bed elder leon was making alot of crazy noises sorta like he was mumbling and I asked him if he was ok, and at the top of his lungs he yelled maaaeeehhhhh!!!!! it was pretty stinking funny and through the night he was sleep walking and "sleep eating" cause he doesnt know how he made it in the living room or where the pan of now empty brownies went sitting beside him. im gonna miss Elder Smith & Leon but im sure Elder Witby and I will have fun and work hard and be able to teach a lot of people. Actually this weekend we have two separate baptisms this weekend, ill send those pictures home next weekend -- Elder Tyler Herring2133 Washington Blvd.Ogden, Utah 84401

February 8, 2011 - Finally Back

so yesterday i reported back to being a real missionary. im serving in south ogden with elder smith and elder leon. its been really fun being able to come back and start serving again. last night we had a lesson with one of our investigators lindsey it was really cool she asked us "what do we need to do to be baptized and what do we need to do after were baptized. elder smith read her a little section out of mosiah 18, it says: "And it came to pass that he said unto them: Behold, here are the waters of Mormon (for thus were they called) and now, as ye are adesirous to come into the bfold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be lightYea, and are awilling to mourn with those that bmourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as cwitnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the dfirst resurrection, that ye may have eternal lifeNow I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being abaptized in the bname of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a ccovenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you? And now when the people had heard these words, they clapped their hands for joy, and exclaimed: This is the desire of our hearts."that something that i like to call the baptismal promise. if you comfort people, be a witness of god, and help others out you will be able to have the spirit with you more and be able listen to his promptings. but later that a couple of the elders in the zone came by to see how i was doing and asked how my knee was. i explained them how the doctor did the surgery. they took a cheese grader looking thing and took part of my hamstring out and folded it and twisted and threaded from the bottom of my knee to almost the bottom of my hip and bolted it into place. its pretty sweet how they did it. but im loving being back hopefully i can stay here with elder smith till he leaves later in march. but while i was recovering in draper with my uncle in draper i did get the opportunity to go down to st. george. it was alot of fun and nice and warm to be down there and to see how beautiful it it down there. but next week i promise it will be more interesting since ill have a whole week to write about and not one of two days. oh yea today we did get to go to the nickel arcade as a zone and play some old skewl games like pac man and mario brothers. whats really nice is everything there is a nickel or two to play so for like a dollar you can have a ton of fun. -- Elder Tyler Herring2133 Washington Blvd.Ogden, Utah 84401

Recovery Pictures

Elder Herring recovered at Uncle Lewis' house. He got to play with baby Carsyn while he was there.

December 21, 2010 - Update: Elder Tyler Herring

so pretty eventful week. went back to the doctors for a post operitive appointment and we took my little cousin chase with us. while waiting for the doctor chase and i were cutting up, so i decided that i would play doctor with him. i said doctor chase my shoulder hurts can you fix it? he wheeled over the doctors chair and jumped on it and started to mess with my shoulder. he then decided to start punching it, i said doctor i dont think thats going to fix it he said yes your right please make another appt with my assistant on the way out!!!! :) that kid is so funny. so far im not using my crutches anymore, and yesterday graduated to riding a bike at the rehab place. so its going pretty good stopped taking my pain medication on the fourth day!!!!! but it was way cool how they did the surgery. they took this cheese grader thing and took part of my hamstring and folded and twisted it and then fed it through the bottom of my knee all the way up to below my hip. you can see what my knee was like before with the pictures that are attached. right now were just working on getting the swelling down and hopefully getting the bruising gone. -- Elder Tyler Herring2133 Washington Blvd.Ogden, Utah 84401