Meeting Elder Anderson

Mom,

 

I need my mission home address in Cali! 

Before I leave the MTC I need some cash for flying and to mail packages home. I just need to the small Korean PMG,  I figured out something even better! You can return the overalls I inherited a pair from the older district. I really do need though some hair wax my hair gel is gone so I mooch hardcore. Will you go to Walmart and buy Moroccan Surf Paste,  it's in like a blue little circle! Also, a couple Arizona's would be awesome with one box of Toffifay! :) but that's all I need for food haha. The whole district including my teachers say thank you for all the pens and sewing kits! This is a little random but I've lost 17lbs here haha. While everyone in my room has gained 17!

Talk to Derek and ask if he knows of any good dono books or just grammar books. Because my whole district except for me was given these way awesome grammar and dono books and I've been looking over them and they help so much! They only got them for that one day. They all got a care packages with hygiene stuff in it and such on day they leave. Its through some through University though that makes English/Korean books.

Because I'm not going to Korea and their mission president gave it to all them. I don't know the author.  I just got my flight plans! I'm literally the last one in my district to leave. I'm a solo missionary haha. Everyone leaves the morning of the 9th and my companion who is going to San Fernando leaves at a different time them me on the 10th like 5 am, but he goes to the LA airport. MY FLIGHT IS AT 8:34 AM the 10th! 

On Tuesday Elder Neil L. Anderson came and gave a very interesting talk, I did not expect that an Apostle would do an interactive discussion, it was way cool! I don't mean to brag or anything but I totally snagged those floor seats again for me and my district because I knew the guy and long story short I got to meet with Elder Anderson, talk to him one on one, and shake his hand! I didn't have my camera but it was way cool! He's an amazing guy!

Wednesday I was refered through TRC to be the "example missionary" for the new group that arrived that day to teach the new missionaries "How to begin teaching" (In PMG) It was pretty nerve racking because they were real investigators! But my teacher said it's been unreal how many times I've had to teach real investigators. She said that just normally doesn't happen in the MTC. So I'm super grateful for that opportunity!

 

Tell Aunt Carrie and Uncle Stan that I love them and that they're awesome and that I'm super sorry I didn't get the chance to reply but it's only because we got travel plans and had a bunch of stuff we needed to do.  And Happy Birthday to Tawni.

Mom you are such a fantastic mom and DAD. You need to give yourself more credit. Without you and your faith I would not be here. I'm so grateful I was blessed with such an amazing mom.

"We sacrifice the the things we love, we love the things we have sacrificed for." Just think about that and try to see what that means to you. Because I know what it means to me and I'm so grateful for an awesome mom like you.

D&C 97:8 

 

Love,

Elder Meza

 

Package received

Dear Mom,

I got your package and thank you so much!! The bag is awesome! The week before I leave I'll be sending home the backpack Aunt Carries tupperware and anything else I might not need. Yeah the Book of Mormon is pretty awesome.(I told him it is amazing that we were given a precious book with real life hero's and we can follow their examples of keeping covenants).  It's way crazy how every time you re-read something you can take something different out! Let me know how your craft show goes and send me a picture of one, I want to see what they look like.

  

Also, can you find a small Korean Preach My Gospel and a small English and take it to a copy store and have them bound side by side! My mission president told me if I can get that before I come things will be a lot easier!

Mom you're the best The True to the Faith book and the Jesus the Christ have helped me so much so far you should definitely start reading them.

I was reading the Book of Mormon the other day and it asked a question and then said "Nay" (Which is Yes in Korean) and I was so confused hahah.
 

Anyways you're the best,  love you! I'm doing sealing's today and I'm way excited!

Lets start a scripture chain?

The other day I was reading Helaman 5 and verses 35-37 hit me hard. It reminds me a lot of me and how there was so much light in my life yet I still chose to live in the dark.

I love you,

Elder Meza

Devotional with Elder Scott

Mom,

So cleaning the temple was way cool! Our Pday got all screwed up because we have the Temple now so we are allowed to hurry and finish them. But the new Temple video is SO sick! Anyways quick spiritual thought, on Tuesday we had a devotional at the Marriot Center and this week Elder Richard G. Scott came and spoke and my whole district, and we were on the front row floor seats where his  family sit. I was able to get us the seats because we arrived there way early then I befriended the usher so long story short,  I'm awesome! Haha But honestly it was awesome he spoke on prayer and gave so many words of advice that were much needed. He gave us a blessing for the gift of tongues at the begining then at the end of his talk he looked right down at our district and said you Elders going foreign speaking...then gave the coolest blessing ever! I have it written down but its in my room so I'll share that later. I got a blessing from an apostle!!! How cool is that? The main thing that stood out to me was the thought I had at the end of his talk. I remember I just thought to myself, "this is a Apostle of God and this man bears what he knows to be true."

 

I leave for California September 10th!

Love you 

Love Elder Meza

URGENT - Album needed

I was able to email because they want you to start working on this right away.  I received an email from my mission pres. and I need to have a photo album of  me and my awesome family, me doing activities/hobbies by the time I leave the MTC. Just one that would fit nicely in my sidebag.

 

Thanks mom your the best I love you and know you'll be blessed!

 

-Elder Meza

 

Tell Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Peg that they're awesome and that I love them to death!

Peanut Butter bars from Carrie and Stan - Sleep over writing

Nikko's email to Uncle Stan

Yeah those peanut butter bars were amazing! And a special thanks from Elder Anderson to you and Aunt Carrie for them. The Korean is coming along. It's a bit frustrating because I can speak it very well and I know all the grammar forms, I just don't ever know what people are ever saying haha! I'm pretty excited to call home December and talk with Derek! I think I'm even more excited just to use pan-mar talking to him.

Quick funny story to tell Derek. I went on splits for a TRC lesson and Elder Anderson prayed to a hippo and told the investigator (who is a real investigator) that he looked delicious instead of saying he looked stylish! hahaha I could not stop laughing!

Dear Mom,

My favorite scripture for my plaque is D&C 122:7.

Anyways this is way random but if you find any super fat ties at a yard sale or the DI will you send them!

Tell Koby I said to stop trying to be like me. Only I am that awesome to juke out a moving car. haha.(Jakoby is Marcus's brother, he was hit by a car running across the street)

So I was going to wait until later today to email you because I'm cleaning the temple at 12:30 and I wanted to tell you something, but I decided I'd rather sleep haha. So you will have to wait until next Friday!

Yeah I've been realizing a lot lately how much I looked at life with a "me" attitude and how most of those times were really just tender mercies. I suggest to you that you read 2nd Nephi Chapter 4! It's awesome.

Love you Mom thanks for all that you do!

Love Elder Meza!

I'm now Korean!

Elder Meza and Elder Garrett