Elder Tanner Judy (Texas Fort Worth) 6/6/15

Elder Tanner Judy's email (6/5/15)

Dear family and friends
Wow I just realized I have been out for 10 months today! Thaats... Crazy.
Well I am terribly sorry I didn't get to sending an email last week!
It got pretty wild there towards the weekend. The biggest thing that
was happening was our mission got iPads!! On the 27th of May the head
of the missionary department from salt lake and a companion gave us a
spectacular training about the use of iPads being "tools for hastening
the work". Was fantastic and I felt the spirit soooo strongly to quote
the song the spirit of God- " the Lord is expanding, the saints
understanding" and "the knowledge and power of God are expanding"...it
was a very cool meeting.

The next day Elder Wallace and I got our iPads (5 days before everyone
else) and president wanted us to have some experiences with them
before we gave them to everyone else.  After that, the following Tuesday
and Wednesday Elder Wallace and I as well as 4 zone leaders and the
assistants broke up into teams and distributed all the iPads to
individual districts and trained them how to use them and share our
vision with them. It was a pretty big responsibility. I remember what
President Ames said " I trust you ( the 4 teams) to set the tone for
iPads in the mission. I trust your vision for them. as you share with
the other missionaries, your vision will become theirs." And every
time missionaries opened iPads it was a spiritual experience. I want
to tell you an impression I had and that I shared with everyone we
gave iPads to. I'll share the condensed version.  One night my thoughts
went to the war in heaven, and how it was fought with testimonies and
influence. I think there is a parallel in our day, that the devil has
an eternal influence for evil on the Internet. I know that giving
missionaries iPads is the Lord making his move to rally the forces of
Him together and establish Zion in every nation kindred tongue and
people.

In Doctrine and Covenants 29:34 it says "...all things unto me are
spiritual and not at any time did I give unto man a law which was
temporal.." I know that the advances in technology are all for the
sole purpose of gathering and establishing Israel. I feel so blessed
to be a part of that, because over here we have tons of gated
communities and things like that. How do we get into those places to
teach them?  The Internet.

Quick update on our investigators!
Delia- she is so solid for her baptismal date of June 27th it is
awesome! We taught her again last night and it was really spiritual.
We had a member there to answer some of her questions and I could feel
their bond growing and it just excited me to no end!
Franco- his mom kind of blew up on us and said she didn't want us to
come over any more,then I remembered what president said " when you
ask people to hear the gospel the correct answer is NEVER no" and
shortly after that he said "when our investigators "drop" us we RUN to
them." So I called her 4 times and she didn't answer... finally we
called her again and she answered!! Long story short we are going over
there with a member today

We've had some pretty crazy storms lately! When It rains it POURS and
I mean POURS it was literally scaring me for a bit haha lightning
would CRACK right over us and I usually get excited when I hear
thunder, but this time it made me want to run and hide under my bed
covers! I'll send some pictures. But we're ok  no problems. But
other people's houses actually burned to the ground being hit by
lightning! And being on the second floor gave us great reason to fret.
But all is well.

It's hard to pile two weeks into one email in the short time we have
but I have grown sooo much in my testimony for the Savior and of this
work in which we are all anxiously engaged! I wondered why I am out
here on occasion knowing full well it was the adversary, but it has
strengthened my testimony knowing that we are out establishing peace
and bringing others to a "unity of the faith" which reminds me!!!
We got to go on an exchange with President Ames!! It was absolutely
amazing.... The way he instantly connected with them and desired for
them to understand and taught from the scriptures.. It was so
inspiring to see him in action. He is truly a man of God.

Kind of a long one today or at least it feels like it haha but I love
you all and all is well! HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!
Elder Judy
Sent from my iPad

Elder Tanner Judy's email (6/5/15)

Dear Momma 

I am so sorry I wasn't able to send you an email last week it was crazy we had to drive to Killeen again to help with bed bug problem and give them sheets and spray. 

I don't have too much time cuz I did that huge mass email now my iPad is going to die cuz. I didn't charge it all the way I guess last night. 

But thank you so much for the package! I got it and was sooo relieved when I was able to charge my camera after 12 weeks of not having it!  

That is really awesome about all the happenings back at home. 

I want to let you know how grateful I am for your spiritual insights for me it really is great to hear of the spiritual golden nuggets because it gives me something to think about as wel as fills me with joy to know that you are reading your scriptures deeply and trying to apply and understand them. I think it's great it goes with the principle that I learned just this past Friday about doing things because we love God. 

Thank you for the update and for your love and care and support I can't believe that I've been out for 10 months and I totally can because I miss you! 

 It's so exciting to hear that Dallin is coming home I'm sure you're just vibrating waiting for him to to walk off the airplane come home not to make you miss him more than you do just remember to send pictures!

Elder Judy