Dear family!
Thankyou so much for the letters and the emails of encourgement and comfort. I have really needed them I have had a hard few days, Just a little discouraged but I will lift my head up and keep pressing forward. Well let me tell you a little about my week.
Fridays are "game days" and so everything that we do in the week is preparing us for friday. It's pretty fun we all start singing 'estamos listos', which means, We Ready. Its a song that i think every team has sung before a game. I think our teachers get a kick out of it too! So fridays are the days we teach people that volunteer. For the most part we will always teach members that put on an act but every once in a while a 'Real' investigator will come in. This past week was awesome! We taught a girl from south america and she barely spoke english but just enough to be able to have the lesson in english. But she totally felt like an investigator! The spirit was so strong. Our teachers tell us to take The TRC serious because they can still come closer to Christ. And I think she really did! :)
Yesterday we had Elder Sybrowsky speak to us and he is a member of the quorum of the 2nd 70. And he works with Elder Jensen in the church history department. I asked him if he had ever met dad but he said no. Kinda a bummer! But he knows Elder Jensen. haha. But he has 9 children 8 of which have served missions and 1 is about to turn 19 and will serve in most likely january. He was pretty neat to hear speak.
Ok so i will go on with adressing everyone!
Mom,
Thankyou so much for your letters. Thankyou for getting those things sent of! Im excited. Spanish is coming along. we have learned all of the grammar principles that we need and we are jsut starting to only speak in spanish this week. Kinda crazy! It is wierd I can understand everything my teachers say but i have no idea how to respond! But i am expected to preach it in that language in 4 weeks! So i will just do the best i can. Thankyou for all the goodies! those cinnamon rolls were quite amzing. I didnt share those ones. ;) Lol. When i address riley i will say something along the lines of ITS NOT WORTH IT! to drive like a maniac. It really lessens the coolness of a car when it flips over on its back. And the jeep is pretty cool by itself it doesnt need to be rallied! So ill tell him that! :) ha! And i will try and take a picture that i would like to be on the plaque. I will send some pictures home. but you have to excuse the last one. my companion and my roommate and I got a little wierd. Just dont put it one Your blog. Ha
Casey-
So How are things? I hope all is well! I have been having the best time here. It is just wierd because i have no idea what happened in most days its all a blur. Because days literally feel like they never end. I couldnt tell you what i ate for lunch on any day unless it was spectacular! Ha well i love you. AND... I say this lovingly but help me miss your wedding! HAHA.
Chelsea-
Thanks for you letter. I love getting mail and hearing how things are going! i am excited for you to have your baby. you are gonna be a great mom! And he is gonna be the coolest kid. I love you and hoe all is well. I will be able to call in 4 weeks and again in about 4 months. So i will see how everything is then!
Aaron- Thanks for writing me. Im stoke taht you are going to school. I wrote you and Chels a letter a few days ago i dont know if it has made it to you or not. But thanks for everything you do. You are a great example! I love ya
Riley- Read what i said to mom!!! HA i love you broseph. Thankyou for your email. yes I am Dl and I get release on sunday! Im pretty excited to see one of the others in my district have to put up with the same things! but then things will start buckling down because then there is one more person who knows what its like to have to be in this position. Well seriously ry i love you and i dont want you to get hurt! So just remember what happened to spencer davis's jeep. Its totally not worth it! just be smart and start sucking up to Mom and Dad and try to get it back. And do the RIGHT thing. Love
Hunter- How is school! are you getting ready for lacross! it is so wierd to think when i will be back that you will be in highschool. Well stay awesome and work hard at everything you do. Love you hunter.
Dad-
I love you so much! thanks for your words of inspiration. I get tears every time i hear from you. You and mom mean so much to me. That experience taht the both of you had is so amazing! It was so touching to hear that! SOunds like you are busy this week! that is going to be crazy going to the world trade center! that is pretty awesome. I hope that you are finding ways to make life less stressful. Read the book of mormon. And i really hope that things are good always for you. you are awesome! i love you so much. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
Mom Can you forward this to Leah?
Angeleah- Thankyou for your letters! Im so happy that you got all my letters finally! Thankyou for the pictures and for the snacks. No bakes were awesome. And the Indoor smores were even more awesome! Thanks for everything Hope all is well, you can write me to my email if you want to drop a line! but i still want letters and goodies! :) But i cant write you back directly. So just drop a line or two for wednsdays! Have fun with your new roommates! ill be writing you a letter and you should get it by friday! I love you!
Well everyone! I hope all is well and taht life is great. Life is great here and just keeps getting better. I will send pictures today in a letter I love you all!
Love,
Elder Hodson
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Email!
I was so excited to see he had written - love to find his name in my "you've got mail" box!!! Seriously tho, he hasnt gotten anything this week? I've sent 2 letters, 1 care pkg & everyone else in the family has also written... I'm going a little crazy here!
Hey there family!
well i didnt get any emails from you this week so i will just write a general email! I got a few letters from you all and thank you so much. It is pretty exciting to get mail. Since I pick it up i always go through it to see if i got something haha and I have been pretty lucky so far.
Well this week has been somethin! we were able to attend the Oquirrh Mountain Utah temple dedication. And that was a pretty neat experience. We also were priviledged to hear from Elder Richard G. Scott. That could have possibly been the coolest experience ever! He first started out by telling us that the Brethren (1st presidency) prays for us each day. And that we are constantly on their minds. He next said, "As an Apostle of the Lord I confer upon you the gift of tongues and it felt as if he had laid his hands on my head and gave me a blessing himself! It was a wave of confidence and of peace that we are in the Lords hands. We are on His errand. And he will bless us with the things that we need to be successful missionaries. He also 'As an apostle of the Lord' gave us a blessing of protection and guidance. He was very uplifting and very excited to be there. When the Mtc President stood up to introduce him Elder Scott stood up and went to him and said, " Just get to the part about how I love Missionaries." It was pretty funny. He truly is an Apostle of Christ. I now have a strong testimony of Apostles.
Well this is going great I love all of you so much and I look forward to hearing from you. I hope Riley and Hunter Have a good few years in school and I hope Riley doesnt wreck the jeep. Ha Just messin. Well i will write again next week! I love you so much.
Hey I Have some things that i need you to send as well!
I forgot the shoe shine thing from jos banks
i forgot my umbrella
i forgot my pillow tie. And there is a purple pillow tie in my room.
That myth about no cool ties is a lie. So send me some sweet ties!
And ask dad if he will send a set of those awesome scriptures for my companion. You know the Redish ones
Also there is like 4 or 5 of those black hangers that come with the jos banks bags. The black wire ones I forgot those. COuld you find some of those and send them to me?
And if there is anything else around that it looks like i might need.
I love you all so much! I cant wait to hear from you.
Love, Tanner
...and the second email today!
oh also here is my quick message on the restoration in spanish! Muchas verdades llanas y preciosas fueron perdido despues los apostoles de Jesucristo han salido la tierra. Pero Dios ha restaurado los verdades otra vez a través de el profeta José Smit. si tenemos fe en Dios y la iglesia de Jesucristo, Dara a nosotros muchas felicidades y paz y seremos prosperos. La evidencia es en el Libro de Mormón. si leeremos y meditamos y oraramos, sabremos que estas cosas son verdadero
Many plain and precious truths were lost after the apostles of Jesus Christ left the earth. But god has restored those truths again through the prophet Joseph Smith. If we have faith in God and the Church of Jesus Christ He will give us much happiness and peace and we will be successful. The evidence is in the Book Of Mormon. If we read, ponder, and pray we will know that these things are true.
Love you All,
Elder Hodson
So amazed by him! :D
(a few more trailers today!)
Hey,
One more! Hey if dad has any of those gold ties with angel moroni on it tell him to send six. for my district!
Love you!
Elder Hodson
Oh And Happy BIRTHDAY RILEY!!!!!!
Love you Brother.
Dont wreck the Jeep!
Or Die!
I love you all very much I got the package today and i got the dear elders as well thankyou so much!
I love you family!
Tanner
my companions name Is Elder Corbin Lee Skinner
Hey there family!
well i didnt get any emails from you this week so i will just write a general email! I got a few letters from you all and thank you so much. It is pretty exciting to get mail. Since I pick it up i always go through it to see if i got something haha and I have been pretty lucky so far.
Well this week has been somethin! we were able to attend the Oquirrh Mountain Utah temple dedication. And that was a pretty neat experience. We also were priviledged to hear from Elder Richard G. Scott. That could have possibly been the coolest experience ever! He first started out by telling us that the Brethren (1st presidency) prays for us each day. And that we are constantly on their minds. He next said, "As an Apostle of the Lord I confer upon you the gift of tongues and it felt as if he had laid his hands on my head and gave me a blessing himself! It was a wave of confidence and of peace that we are in the Lords hands. We are on His errand. And he will bless us with the things that we need to be successful missionaries. He also 'As an apostle of the Lord' gave us a blessing of protection and guidance. He was very uplifting and very excited to be there. When the Mtc President stood up to introduce him Elder Scott stood up and went to him and said, " Just get to the part about how I love Missionaries." It was pretty funny. He truly is an Apostle of Christ. I now have a strong testimony of Apostles.
Well this is going great I love all of you so much and I look forward to hearing from you. I hope Riley and Hunter Have a good few years in school and I hope Riley doesnt wreck the jeep. Ha Just messin. Well i will write again next week! I love you so much.
Hey I Have some things that i need you to send as well!
I forgot the shoe shine thing from jos banks
i forgot my umbrella
i forgot my pillow tie. And there is a purple pillow tie in my room.
That myth about no cool ties is a lie. So send me some sweet ties!
And ask dad if he will send a set of those awesome scriptures for my companion. You know the Redish ones
Also there is like 4 or 5 of those black hangers that come with the jos banks bags. The black wire ones I forgot those. COuld you find some of those and send them to me?
And if there is anything else around that it looks like i might need.
I love you all so much! I cant wait to hear from you.
Love, Tanner
...and the second email today!
oh also here is my quick message on the restoration in spanish! Muchas verdades llanas y preciosas fueron perdido despues los apostoles de Jesucristo han salido la tierra. Pero Dios ha restaurado los verdades otra vez a través de el profeta José Smit. si tenemos fe en Dios y la iglesia de Jesucristo, Dara a nosotros muchas felicidades y paz y seremos prosperos. La evidencia es en el Libro de Mormón. si leeremos y meditamos y oraramos, sabremos que estas cosas son verdadero
Many plain and precious truths were lost after the apostles of Jesus Christ left the earth. But god has restored those truths again through the prophet Joseph Smith. If we have faith in God and the Church of Jesus Christ He will give us much happiness and peace and we will be successful. The evidence is in the Book Of Mormon. If we read, ponder, and pray we will know that these things are true.
Love you All,
Elder Hodson
So amazed by him! :D
(a few more trailers today!)
Hey,
One more! Hey if dad has any of those gold ties with angel moroni on it tell him to send six. for my district!
Love you!
Elder Hodson
Oh And Happy BIRTHDAY RILEY!!!!!!
Love you Brother.
Dont wreck the Jeep!
Or Die!
I love you all very much I got the package today and i got the dear elders as well thankyou so much!
I love you family!
Tanner
my companions name Is Elder Corbin Lee Skinner
Thursday, August 20, 2009
He thought of everyone!
I love Tanner's letters! They make me smile... they make all of us smile! I love that he tried to address all of the questions & remarks that we've made to him in our previous letters. I love that he expresses his love for his brothers & sister as well as to him Mom & Dad...can't get enough of that!
Dear family!
So I only have 30 minutes on the computer so i will only be writing one general response and if I can maybe more. But in this letter i will try and address everyone.
Mom- Yes i have recieved the packages and all of the letters and they were much needed and much appreciated! I did get my license and i was worried sick as well because i wasnt sure if you had put my name in the mailbox. But i was very relieved to see that my license came. I am so excited for Court that is so amazing that he got it. I hope that he comes quick maybe ill still be in the Mtc. When does he leave and what mission? Tell tally that i miss her and to write me sometime. It is good to hear that she will be back in the ward. Just help her out! Everyone needs to have Charity and Love at all times!
Haha i love that i you got the flat tanner! I unfortunately cannot receive pictures in the email so i would love it if you could print those off and send them to me! i regret not bringing pictures with me! I miss all of your wonderful faces. ;-)
This week has been great! we taught our first lesson and I was so excited. The Spirit nailed it! we just got to open our mouths for Him. I also was able to meet elder tucker, our neighbors nephew that is in the referral center. He is 70 pounds and about 4 foot 10. But he is awesome! My companion and I get to start teaching an investigator on the phone starting tommorrow so that will be neat. Well everything is good here let me know when Louie dies. Or if he is gonna make it. Ha I love you mom!
Dad- I was so excited to get your letter! It was so cool to read that you bought that book. that is really neat! I was also very overcome by emotions when i read that Adam is going to be able to go to the temple and receive his endowments. I am so happy that he will be able to serve. He will be so blessed! I went to the temple today and I just thought of adam and how he was doing and his situation and i know that the lord is watching over him. Ha i am nice to the hermanas. They are pretty great but they are leaving on tuesday for the guatemala Mtc. So my district is going to be down to 6 elders. They all loved their mo jos and told me to say thankyou. Everyone is carrying theirs. I am so glad that i am out here dad and i cannot wait to get out to honduras. I love you so much. I am always thinking of pops. You and mom are amazing! i love you.
Chels- yes i did write back! and no i didnt just look at your letter and then put it in a drawer. But thankyou so much for writing me a letter and giving me encouragement. I needed it! 8 months prego! that is pretty intense! im almost an uncle! haha. Well i wish you luck and I hope all is well! I love you.
Casey- This is so hard! a mission was never meant to be easy. I thought i was tough but im not! haha i am getting better but it really is humbling. Dad told me what you said to him and Thankyou so much for what you are doing! you are such a good example to me and I am so grateful for you. Thankyou for being my friend the past few months. I miss you a lot and I love you!
Riley- School is coming up pretty soon huh? big junior year? you are almost about to drive the jeep! dont wreck it! haha im sure you wont. I miss you brother and read what i sent for dad. This is important. I love you Riley. Be good. Im excited to come home and see where you will be going and be able to know where you get to serve.
Hunter- 7th grade in like a week ish. that is intense! im excited for you! stay away from girls and do your homework! I hope that everything is good for you. I hope you have fun in your 7th and 8th grade year. I love you hunter and be good
Alright everyone! I must be getting off now. I was so excited to hear from you and i am looking forward to hearing from you again. Just think in 7 weeks We will be able to talk a few times on the phone while in the airport! October 5th and i will call you. It might be at 3 in the morning though!
I love you all so much and i cant wait to talk to you again.
Love,
Elder Hodson
ps thursdays suck because it is the longest most boring day every!
(have to find out what's really up with Thursdays???)
Dear family!
So I only have 30 minutes on the computer so i will only be writing one general response and if I can maybe more. But in this letter i will try and address everyone.
Mom- Yes i have recieved the packages and all of the letters and they were much needed and much appreciated! I did get my license and i was worried sick as well because i wasnt sure if you had put my name in the mailbox. But i was very relieved to see that my license came. I am so excited for Court that is so amazing that he got it. I hope that he comes quick maybe ill still be in the Mtc. When does he leave and what mission? Tell tally that i miss her and to write me sometime. It is good to hear that she will be back in the ward. Just help her out! Everyone needs to have Charity and Love at all times!
Haha i love that i you got the flat tanner! I unfortunately cannot receive pictures in the email so i would love it if you could print those off and send them to me! i regret not bringing pictures with me! I miss all of your wonderful faces. ;-)
This week has been great! we taught our first lesson and I was so excited. The Spirit nailed it! we just got to open our mouths for Him. I also was able to meet elder tucker, our neighbors nephew that is in the referral center. He is 70 pounds and about 4 foot 10. But he is awesome! My companion and I get to start teaching an investigator on the phone starting tommorrow so that will be neat. Well everything is good here let me know when Louie dies. Or if he is gonna make it. Ha I love you mom!
Dad- I was so excited to get your letter! It was so cool to read that you bought that book. that is really neat! I was also very overcome by emotions when i read that Adam is going to be able to go to the temple and receive his endowments. I am so happy that he will be able to serve. He will be so blessed! I went to the temple today and I just thought of adam and how he was doing and his situation and i know that the lord is watching over him. Ha i am nice to the hermanas. They are pretty great but they are leaving on tuesday for the guatemala Mtc. So my district is going to be down to 6 elders. They all loved their mo jos and told me to say thankyou. Everyone is carrying theirs. I am so glad that i am out here dad and i cannot wait to get out to honduras. I love you so much. I am always thinking of pops. You and mom are amazing! i love you.
Chels- yes i did write back! and no i didnt just look at your letter and then put it in a drawer. But thankyou so much for writing me a letter and giving me encouragement. I needed it! 8 months prego! that is pretty intense! im almost an uncle! haha. Well i wish you luck and I hope all is well! I love you.
Casey- This is so hard! a mission was never meant to be easy. I thought i was tough but im not! haha i am getting better but it really is humbling. Dad told me what you said to him and Thankyou so much for what you are doing! you are such a good example to me and I am so grateful for you. Thankyou for being my friend the past few months. I miss you a lot and I love you!
Riley- School is coming up pretty soon huh? big junior year? you are almost about to drive the jeep! dont wreck it! haha im sure you wont. I miss you brother and read what i sent for dad. This is important. I love you Riley. Be good. Im excited to come home and see where you will be going and be able to know where you get to serve.
Hunter- 7th grade in like a week ish. that is intense! im excited for you! stay away from girls and do your homework! I hope that everything is good for you. I hope you have fun in your 7th and 8th grade year. I love you hunter and be good
Alright everyone! I must be getting off now. I was so excited to hear from you and i am looking forward to hearing from you again. Just think in 7 weeks We will be able to talk a few times on the phone while in the airport! October 5th and i will call you. It might be at 3 in the morning though!
I love you all so much and i cant wait to talk to you again.
Love,
Elder Hodson
ps thursdays suck because it is the longest most boring day every!
(have to find out what's really up with Thursdays???)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
EMAIL...EMAIL...EMAIL!
Monday, August 17th
Woke up this morning to the best surprise... Tanner got his email set up at the MTC! yeah! What a great letter. We could all feel his spirit oozing out between the lines.
Dear family,
Today is P day and it is wierd because i do not have a strict schedule like every other day and i havent really been doing much. Other than the temple all i have done is free time and laundry.
This week has been crazy! there has been good times, and hard times, and i have no idea what i am doing times! Haha but i will only focus on the good times. but before i do that i will answer Moms questions. So my companion is great! he is from California and his name is elder Skinner. We get along really well and he seems to think pretty highly of me. Which i think highly of him as well. The food is awful, it really is terrible! I ate cereal for about the first 3 days for each meal. But my standards are getting lower and the food seems to be getting better! The district is really great! There are 7 Elders and 3 Hermanas. The hermanas are great! they saw Holly Fowler at the temple in the womens dressing room this morning and Holly said she would tell you that i was going to email you. If you talk to her tell her that we go to the temple every wednsday at 7: 40 in the morning. Spanish is going great! i have learned to pray in spanish as well as bear my testimony. I was also made district leader! i was dreading the moment that the Branch pres would make that decision, and i was off the hook at first. but then our Dl go switched to another district. Then i was made DL. It hasnt been too bad but jsut a lot of meetings.
I have learned so many great things so far and i want dad if he feels alright about it to read it to the young men in our ward. I learned in a talk that our Prophet has been told that there is a need of mission work. We are not here because of us we are here because of the Lord. If the Prophet could go out and teach the people of the world, HE WOULD! but lets face it that would be quite impossible! So that is really why we are called. Not because it will be a good experience, or bring our families blessing, or that we can learn a language, but it is literally a call from god. There is a scripture in D&C 62 V 1 that says the Lord knows how to succor those who are tempted. Succor means to run to relieve someone. Christ not only atoned for our sins but he runs to us in our time of need! Christ made the ultimate sacrifice....
Let me know how everyone is doing. I cant wait to hear back from you. I am so excited to get an email from you. I love you all.
Love,
Tanner
Woke up this morning to the best surprise... Tanner got his email set up at the MTC! yeah! What a great letter. We could all feel his spirit oozing out between the lines.
Dear family,
Today is P day and it is wierd because i do not have a strict schedule like every other day and i havent really been doing much. Other than the temple all i have done is free time and laundry.
This week has been crazy! there has been good times, and hard times, and i have no idea what i am doing times! Haha but i will only focus on the good times. but before i do that i will answer Moms questions. So my companion is great! he is from California and his name is elder Skinner. We get along really well and he seems to think pretty highly of me. Which i think highly of him as well. The food is awful, it really is terrible! I ate cereal for about the first 3 days for each meal. But my standards are getting lower and the food seems to be getting better! The district is really great! There are 7 Elders and 3 Hermanas. The hermanas are great! they saw Holly Fowler at the temple in the womens dressing room this morning and Holly said she would tell you that i was going to email you. If you talk to her tell her that we go to the temple every wednsday at 7: 40 in the morning. Spanish is going great! i have learned to pray in spanish as well as bear my testimony. I was also made district leader! i was dreading the moment that the Branch pres would make that decision, and i was off the hook at first. but then our Dl go switched to another district. Then i was made DL. It hasnt been too bad but jsut a lot of meetings.
I have learned so many great things so far and i want dad if he feels alright about it to read it to the young men in our ward. I learned in a talk that our Prophet has been told that there is a need of mission work. We are not here because of us we are here because of the Lord. If the Prophet could go out and teach the people of the world, HE WOULD! but lets face it that would be quite impossible! So that is really why we are called. Not because it will be a good experience, or bring our families blessing, or that we can learn a language, but it is literally a call from god. There is a scripture in D&C 62 V 1 that says the Lord knows how to succor those who are tempted. Succor means to run to relieve someone. Christ not only atoned for our sins but he runs to us in our time of need! Christ made the ultimate sacrifice....
Let me know how everyone is doing. I cant wait to hear back from you. I am so excited to get an email from you. I love you all.
Love,
Tanner
Fun with "Flat Tanner"
I ordered up this full-size cut-out of Tanner about 2 weeks ago & it came the other day.... LOVE IT! This will be the way we include Tanner in family photos of trips, weddings, births & family life. We got carried away on our "photo shoot" with our flat Tanner. Too much fun!
Flat Tanner at dinner
Chels helping him eat
with Dad
Casey showing how much he misses Tan
pumping iron
hanging out with Hunter
singing with mom
Riley's take-down
Cooking dinner
helping with dishes
holding Lucy
playing guitar!
(thanks Aaron for your extra long arms!)
Flat Tanner at dinner
Chels helping him eat
with Dad
Casey showing how much he misses Tan
pumping iron
hanging out with Hunter
singing with mom
Riley's take-down
Cooking dinner
helping with dishes
holding Lucy
playing guitar!
(thanks Aaron for your extra long arms!)
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