Australia and swearing!

So this week has been really great! 

P.F. was baptized on Friday night. His was a private baptism. I felt so bad because we told him we would do everything we could to get the water warm. We boiled water and everything and he goes in and i swear i didn't know if he would actually be baptized because he yelled "dang nabbit!" bahaha
But he was baptised! It was like titanic cold because the water over flowed and it was all cold water at that point.. lets just say there was a little miss comunication as to who was coming back to turn the water off haha.

Sharon and Leonie were baptized Saturday morning! Amazing!

The highlight of the week was Jerome. Jerome is Hayley's partner. We have been teaching Hayley for a while and she is so ready to be baptised but they have to get married. Well, Jerome pretty much told us that he knows it is true because he has seen Hayley change so much and she is so at peace.
We thought it would take ages for him to come to church because he said he wants to wait till he is completely ready and knows it is true. He used to go to another church but felt like he was a different person throughout the week and then was a hypocrite at church.
But Sunday morning-- during our 2nd official lesson with him-- he told us that he got an answer to his prayer. He told the Lord that he has decided to come to church this week and if it is not right, to give him a bad feeling. And then everything just started to push him to come.
It was so amazing because every talk, every lesson was directed to him. I just sat there with my jaw wide open because literally they could have all been talking straight to him. It really showed me how much our Heavenly Father cares for each and every single one of his children. Someone even shared the exact same experience about feeling like a hypocrite --so this man went less active but then he testified of the atonement and how he came back and changed for the better! It was amazing!
I am so excited for their family. I always feel the spirit so strongly in there lessons it is so cool(:

On a random side-note. I am officially starting to get used to the Aussie's here.

Damn and Hell are not swear words here and everyone finds it hilarious to see the American missionaries cringe at it. EVEN the bishop! haha

Its is a little weird when we go to trainings or have stake conference and people are saying damn and hell over the pulpit. Also everyone here says "as" after every adj. and so it caught me off guard when people would say "sweet as" or "fat as". It just doesn't sound right. but it is nice to have a culture that does not use swear words like at all.

I am a little scared I am going to come home for my homecoming talk and swear and everyone think that I am a terrible person bahaha -- oh the aussies!

Love you all heaps!
Sister Tynica Elyse Kruyer

Motivations

This week has been an interesting one. My companion had to have her wrist re-broken under xray so we spent an entire day at the hospital, she finally saw a doctor at the end of the day, and we spent the night in the hospital.




We have been staying at a members home the past couple days so that she can recover. Today is our last day here I believe but we might have to stay longer if she is not feeling well enough. This next coming week is not going to be filled with much missionary work sadly. But I know that helping my companion is just as important as the work!

I was able to attend Will's baptism while my comp was in the hospital. It was scary to run the show when this was my first baptism as a missionary and it was also Bishop Rogers first baptism as a bishop. But somehow everything worked out! If we didn't do something right no one was there to tell us so wahahah! Jk jk as long as he went all the way under we are good!
Woohoo!






He got food poisoning though on Sunday so he will be confirmed next week.

Maddi was baptised on saturday! I am so proud of her. She was so scared to go under water and for her to face that fear and be baptised is so amazing.




She knew that the Lord had commanded us to be baptized in this way and so she put her trust in the Lord and knew that he would make it possible for her! and He did! I have learned so much from her it is incredible.

(inserted by me the mom/editter.  Maddi sent me a note on FB that had me crying with joy!

Hi Annalee, thought i would just message you and let you know that Sister Kruyer along with

Sister Baker (Deloraine) sang beautifully at my Baptism tonight. Sister Kruyer was so strong 

and brave

Those who know Sister Kruyer know that her singing in public again is a huge moment!  I know that she truly loves Maddi!  This moment made the whole mission worth it!)














Something that I have lately been really interested in are things that motivate others to do things. For me it is "lists" I thought back to all of the spontaneous things that I have done and it is because I put them on a list!

I want to do as much as I can with my life so I can say that I have done everything! There is a down side to this because in the past I have struggled with wanting to try things that the Lord does not want us to do. Wanting to try everything, isn't always a good thing. Often our motivations to do good are similar to the motivations that lead us to sin.. or at least want to sin. 

Another down side is that after I have done something for a little bit, I quit.  I never give myself enough time to get good at it because I am on to the next thing. But the good thing about it is that I have done heaps with my life and I love life! 

Something that stood out to me in sacrament yesterday was a talk on "to do lists" vs. "to be lists".  The man said "A to do list would be like.. to take my wife on a date. But a to be list would be like.. to be a good husband" This intrigued me because now I want to make a to be list. This list is something i cannot just check off.  But I am already inspired to do and be better just thinking about it! I am hoping this will help my weaknesses.

But what is your motivation? What are the ups and downs from it? I talked with my companion about this and it helped me to know her so much better. I will be expecting heaps of responses(;


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Weight of our Glory

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giday mates!
bahah jk we totally dont even say that here.. well most of us anyways. We say giday though(: So like always, I am short on time. This week we went to the caves with the whole zone! Which is the whole island of Tassie.



(Tynica didn't send any photos of the caves so I took some off goggle. I can't be sure these are the two she saw but they are Tasmanian caves. )










And then on tuesday we had interviews with our mission president. So that is why I am emailing so late! Sorry(:(: These past two pdays have been sick!

We went to two different caves, aparently there are heaps underneath all of tassie. I was able to spend the night in my old area, the huon!!, which was really awesome. I love it there<3 data-blogger-escaped-br="">
We have two baptisms coming up this week! Will is on Friday and Maddi on Saturday!! Woohoo!!! I am so freaking excited for them(: It is so cool to see how the spirit works with us in so many different ways.

Will is super knowlegable and everything just makes sense to him. I swear I will say something and then the next 10 minutes he will teach us!

Then Maddi --the spirit works with her through the peace that the gospel brings her. It gives her a new start and she is just super spiritual. It is awesome!

My comp broke her wrist this week...trying to kill a spider by standing on a chair.. it was going to attack our investigator so you know, being the heroic sister that she is! She decided to save her and feel and the rest is history!
haha

Something that I have been studying lately is trials. Why we have them. Why we get angry at God, and What can we learn from them. This past transfer has definitley been the hardest for me and my comp. In our different ways and some shared. I was reading in 2 Corrinthians 4:17 that tells us that our afflictions are only for a moment, because in the eternal sense, they are preparing us for the "weight" of our glory that we will hold for eternity. If we can endure the weight that the Lord gives us in this life it will only make us stronger.
We will have a lot of weight on our shoulders in the celesial kingdom. Doc&Cov 98:12 tells us that God gives us line upon line to the faithful. He will try and prove me and you so see if we will stay faithful to our covenants.

Satan wants us to be angry with God because then we will fail the test. Heavenly Father is seeing if we will be able to comfortably hold the weight of being in his presence again.

Trials are hard and they feel so unfair. But our Heavenly Father sees our potential, just like he saw Christ's potential, each and everyone of us have a potential that only God knows. I love you all so so very much. I keep you all in my prayers.

Love, Sister Tynica Elyse Kruyer

Update on sister Kruyer

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Sister Tynica Elyse Kruyer is currently serving her mission for the Mormon church in Tasmania Australia.

She is loving the people and loving the area!