Coming Home

Coming home was the hardest thing for me to do. It is deferent for every missionary. Some come home so excited and some not so much. I thought I would be the one who couldn't wait to see my family again. I started my mission really missing home. I missed my family, my boyfriend, even school work! But slowly I started to realize that the mission was exactly where I was supposed to be. My heart went from being in America, to slowly half in Australia and Half in America. I didnt want to give it my all because I truly did love everyone at home.. but by my 6 month mark. Home wasnt America any more. My home was my mission. I loved every second of it. My whole heart was into the work. I loved the people. They were my friends, my family, my everything. I never wanted to come home. There was nothing I would have rather been doing, no where I would rather be, than on a mission. I wanted to be the one that would rush down that escalator at the airport and hug my family with joy. But instead I was the last one down. Trying to hold back the tears. I sat upstairs for 20 minutes before I could compose myself to see my family again. I thought the mission would be the hardest thing I would ever have to do, but leaving it was truly the hardest. 

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

Australia Sister Missionary

I leave for the Provo MTC in less than a month (Feb 26th) and I am so excited I can't wait to leave! I know that it is impossible to completely prepare for what is about to come, but I hope I will be ok. These are some of the things that I have felt have helped me some what prepare for a mission..

Mission Prep Class

Going to BYU-I

Working in the temple as an ordinance worker

Reading the Book of Mormon from front to back(almost there! Im in Ether)

Reading through Preach my Gospel

Practice teaching lessons from PMG (i did that in Mission Prep)

and writing all my friends who are already in the field

I feel like all of these things have helped me a ton. Maybe not for my actual mission, but more to make me see my own potential and making me realize that if I rely on the Lord, I will be blessed but when I do not, I can do nothing. Working in the temple has helped me understand the importance of the temple. That baptism should not be the goal, but if we look at things in an eternal perspective it changes everything. Preach my gospel is awesome and I really need to study from it more often because it is that awesome(: I can't wait to serve the people of Melbourne Australia! 

Life as We Know it

So I haven't really talked about myself a ton on my blog yet. 

Last year I was able to fly for free which was totally awesome! 

I went to BYU-I during fall semester, but now I am living in Vegas. 

I leave for my LDS mission on February 26th,
so needless to say I have nothing to do. 

I used to have a ton of school work and when I finally got a little free time I would hop on a plane and go to another country.
It is now 2014 so my flight benefits are up. 

My boy friend is on his mission,
he is serving in the Denver South Mission. 

I can't believe he has almost been out 6 months now! January 31st will be his 6 month mark. 

I miss him so much.  I can't wait for the day when I can run back into his arms. 

If you are familiar with the LDS religion and LDS missionaries,
you will already know this, but guys(elders) serve a mission for 2 years
 and girls(sisters) serve for 18 months. 

Sometimes they will keep you a couple weeks late or ship you back a couple weeks early, it just depends on your mission. So I still do not know if Elder Joseph Dallin Rosequist(yes thats him!) will come back before or after me. We will only be a couple weeks apart at most. 

We both plan to attend BYU-I together after our missions and then we will see what happens after that. Isn't life so exciting?! You never know what is next. It is just one big adventure! 

I am so excited to serve the people of Melbourne Australia.

 I hope I come back with an awesome accent! 

I have exactly 40 days before I leave for the MTC, and besides working in the temple 4 days a week, I have nothing to do! I study my scriptures and sometimes hang out with my friends
but I want to find something exciting and spontaneous to do! 

If anyone has any awesome ideas I would love to hear them.
 Anyways, yep thats me!

love, Tynica Elyse

100 DAYS OUT!

So my missionary has been out for 100 days now! I wrote down 100 things I love about him, folded it up, and sent it to him. He wrote me back this week telling me how much he enjoyed it. I miss him so much.. as you can probably tell from all the things I send him. He is pretty much the best!(:

Send a Hung Miles Away

I got this idea from my roommate after my missionary challenged me. I sprayed a couple of his letters with my perfume, but I guess it made him miss my hugs. He said "I bet you can't send a hug in the mail though!"Challenge accepted! Anyways, I think this would be super cute to send to a missionary or even a soldier who is deployed. A family I knew had all the kids do this and they sent it to a far away family member. I have also seen people print out pictures of their faces and glued them on the paper. 

October Missionary Package

I had so much fun help making this for my missionary. A women who attends church with me does cute things like this for a living. She is a really great friend of mine and we decided to make this together. She did most of the work, I am definitely not this talented but I am learning! 

Her email is: Bourgault@cox.net

She has all the information and where to get everything including an amazing program for your computer. 

Cookie Jars

My missionary absolutely loves these cinnamon chocolate chunk and Oreo chocolate chip cookies. So I stacked them tight into mason jars, wrapped them in bubble wrap, and stuck them in a box full of other sweets and goodies. Lets hope they make it to Colorado ok!