12 November 2012

how is everything going? things are going well. well on other news I am doing well we just had a stake conference and Elder Zwin and Elder Christensen were here to reorganize the presidency. they are powerful speakers. they gave us all a challenge to read chapter's three and six of preach my gospel in ten days and I would like to extend that to you all and I would ask you to send me some of your thoughts and impressions that you receive in that time. so that is one of the things that happened. Also on that side of pain Mariah you are not the only one who had a digit hurt on the mission I got my thumb hurt badly about three days ago and it in now starting to feel better still very sore though. Oh we started a new teaching method we have been using my superior art skills (haha) to depict various moments of the book of Mormon and today I'll be working on the the part of when Lehi finds the Liahona out side of his tent. I know that I have been promising photo's but I simply have not taken any. and I hope that this amount will satisfy those who will be reading. and this I say with Love Elder Ziegler.

5 November 2012

I received my package!!!! and the work is going well. we just had two baptisms and I must tell you I was very happy. I will show photos in a few weeks hahahaha I know I don't have much time left and I won't tell how much time but yes the time is at hand. and well the work so far has been doing well we are still working hard and looking for the Lords children who are looking for the gospel in their lives. and well things are going well and then I will let you know how they went. and I will admit I have been getting frustrated a-lot and I should tell you that I am concerned about something Love Elder Ziegler

29 October 2012

well many things are going well we are working hard and seeing many miracles in our area we are helping two of our fathers children work towards baptism soon. and they are loving the gospel. I just found out that some one I started teaching on the island got baptized in July!! I was very happy to hear that. I have been seeing how it is that I have changed in these two short years and it is remarkable to see who I was and then look at who I have become. my faith in our Lord has been strengthened so much and my love for others as-well. I am more comfortable to speak to others. and I have a better understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ. so much has happened that I cannot say in words I only know that I have changed so much. and I love it. I am having a hard time right now I am having so many mixed feelings and I just don't know what to do about it. I want to go, I want to stay!! it is hard for me right now I bet Mariah should know how I feel. but so far every thing is okay I am still working hard and still chugging along. well that's about it for this week but I pray all is well and that you all may be strengthened as I have been. With Love Elder Ziegler.

22 October 2012

so this has been a good day and a great week we are teaching a few people and some of them have a date for baptism. and they are very excited. well things are going well and the up-coming months are looking well for the area and the ward. the lord really has blessed this mission and the people here in Canada. well not much has changed other than no I haven't gotten my package from you mom and dad but I got one from Diana..... Hermana Ziegler. I will send pictures next week of the card very funny and she gave me a pillow tie ha ha and it's purple. but yeah not much new right now. so things are good. I assume all is well and wait till the next week. so lets see I think that is about it for the things I have to write so until next week. Love Elder Ziegler

15 October 2012

well today so-far is a good day. and things here are going well and we are working hard and we are looking for more people to teach and this is proving a little difficult but it is a good thing that we have to work hard this work was not meant to be easy. so how are things? I have not yet received the packages so you will have to wait at least another week. I will keep you updated. any way not really any new experiences. Oh, we do have one it was interesting we come home one night and a fellow just gets in our car and after seeing us gets out and walks away. it was interesting and a little funny. there are not many things new but a few things here and there. I am sorry that this is not as long as we all would like but I don't have much to talk about. so until next week with my love Elder Ziegler

8 October 2012

How are things?? things for me are going well and I am loving my mission more and more. the members are great and we are teaching a few people that I can see that the Lord has prepared them. There are many things going on right now that I can't remember them right now. However I will include one experience. We started teaching a family and the Mother and Child are rather interested. the second lesson that we had with them the Child started crying at the end and the way they could describe that they were feeling was "happiness" and the Spirit was very strong it was wonderful. it was one of many times so far on my mission. and now let me tell you that I love you. okay now about something that I learned at conference I heard alot about having a change of vision and have the power of the atonement help you over come the dark clouds that blind your spiritual eyes... it was just an amazing conference this year. and I look forward to next year!!!! well at least to the Ensign. and so untill next week and with Love Elder Ziegler.

1 October 2012

so this has been an eventful week I am now the new Spanish District leader and I am still in Vancouver and I am still with Elder Rivera this will be 6 transfers in the Vancouver Spanish area. Winter is coming! time to get the wool socks out :) any way yes the weather is getting colder and the leaves are falling. Many things here are looking good the trees are reds, yellows, and greens and the peak of the mountains are starting to turn white so yes the winter is on it's way. well I have finally accepted that I will not be here much longer no matter how much I would love to stay. As we all know that there is a time and a season to all things. and to adopt the great words of J.R.Tolkien for me wanting to stay. "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide, all they have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to them!" and we learn from the Book of Mormon that this life is a time given to man that they may repent and receive the gospel. so all I have to do is decide how I will use this time left, that I have in-order to help my brothers and sisters learn of and accept the gospel. I am doing well although I have been stressed out but things are getting better. I love you all and I will talk to you next week.

24 September, 2012

how are things going? things are doing very well here in the Canada Vancouver mission and I am doing well too. things are good I am learning a-lot still and understanding more the gospel and how to live it, it is great!! So how is the work going? very well we are teaching a wonderful family and they are just loving the gospel and wanting to get baptized.... OH Gabriel and Nancy called me yesterday it has been over a year and a half since I have seen them. I can only imagine how big their kids are now. Birthday like's or need's? two White Shirts, Long sleeve. cards from my favorite nieces and nephews (children of my sisters) and..... that's it nothing else I don't want anything else. You can't believe that 2 years has gone by so fast. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT HAS!!!! President Tilleman told me the same thing! "Make every Moment count." but he told me to get trunky but in a certain way. now how are things there? that is so cool that Donny recived the priesthood. I had been thinking about him a-lot. any way I was also thinking about my mothers cooking and what I want to eat first... So many good thing hard to chose but I think that I have settled on chicken rolls mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm soooooo gooooood! so yeah thats how things are right now I love you all and with that Love I say "until next week!!!"

17 September 2012

well this has been a great week. we have been working hard and we have not had much time to rest.

now I will let you know that I have been doing well and I have been learning a-lot about how I can keep growing and come closer to my savior. I have been reading in Jesus the Christ and there is just so much that I never knew and I have started to read the new testament with a greater understanding of the events that are happening. and so there are many things that I have been learning but not much has been happening and so my e-mails have been short. but I have been coming to understand who I am and who I can become.

I am loving my mission more than ever.!!!!!!!!!!!!

well I have not much more to tell.
so till next week and with my Love Elder Ziegler!!!!

10 September 2012

Hello this has been an interesting week I have been working hard and I
have been losing weight it has been fun. Today one of the Elders
that we were with said "you might get sent to surrey!" I must admit I
got scared because I know that I would get big again and that, to be
honest is the last thing that I want.

well any way I have been thinking a-lot about how to develop more faith and I have been lead time and time again to one key thing and that is the Christ like
attribute of knowledge. so I think that in-order to develop more
faith I need to obtain more knowledge of my savior. now that to me was
an interesting thing because our Zone has been focusing mostly on
having perfect faith, doubting nothing. so it has been great I have had
that additional push to develop it.

so more about my life so far... I got the package and well I can't
send a photo of me opening it, it didn't last long about the only
thing left is the almonds I am saving those. well I must let you know
that I bought a new watch and no not because my other is broken I
still have it in working condition but I liked the watch that I
bought. so I now have two watches. that is more than I can remember
ever owning at one time.

we life is life and I am trying to make every
day the best ever so yeah I am loving it so much.

LOVE YOU MORE!!!.... For Eternity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so with that
Love, Love Elder Ziegler.