Hey momma!! Yep you can believe it, life is just running by... its kind of freaky, haha!
So my highlight of the week, is just like all my highlights. Change. I have learned so much and I'm changing. I love it!! Everything is just making more sense to me, and I'm trying my very best to apply all the attribute of Christ and ... haha I'm starting to cry. That makes sense too, everything that he did for me, for us... yep, I'm the emotional son. Haha! I'm starting to ready the Bible and its making sense, I just got done with the sermon on the mount, wow! What serious and powerful words. Mom, I'm changing, and I'm following the same foots steps as my savior. How is it that we just don't know... haha, we are just a little speck of sand compared to the whole universe.... but we have SO MUCH purpose. BLESSED BE THE NAME OF MY GOD, IN ALL HIS GLORY AND GOODNESS.
I love this work, its going to be so hard for me to go home. I love this people, I love Spanish, I love the work of my God, Savior, and King, even Jesus Christ.
So I'm going to be writing Grandma Gomm a letter today for her birthday so hopefully it will get there. How are they doing? Grandma better remember things a little bit better, haha! I'm talking with a voice of a trumpet, so grandpa will be able to hear me, haha! Tell them that I love them so much.
Tell Grandma Johnson to not do her cartwheels for a couple months, or at least till I get back, and tell grandpa to keep on helping grandma, because we all know how much grandma likes doing the extreme. Tell them that I love them as well.
I did take some money out of my account because I didn't have any money to live off of. I truly think this city that I'm in is just so expensive... its really crazy.
Tell everyone I love them for me and know that you're all in my prayers,
Love Elder Timothy V. Gomm
PS. You are going to get alot of photos someday, when I can get it working. haha!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Testify and see God at work - January 9-2012
Elder Gomm got word that his grandma fell and broke her ankle this week:
GRANDMA!!!!!!!!!!! STOP IT!!! Oh grandma, you have to still play the dice game with me when I get back, how are were suppose to play Ticket to ride if you keep hurting yourself. haha! I love you grandma, please be safe. You still have to be alive when I get back! I mean it, take care of yourself!
Hey mom, need to get an address for Megan again, I need to send her a letter. Did you give loves to Aunt Lynette and Uncle Mike for me?
So I'm going to take some pictures of my shoes (they are falling apart after 1 year of use:}) , and the thing about pictures here in Young, they don't work very well to send, so I'm going to have to figure something out for next week. sorry, I keep trying to send pictures but it's not working.
This week we taught a class at church about testifying. I was a really great class, we taught about Brigham Young and his conversion to the gospel. Brigham was taking lessons from the missionaries for a year, and he didn't feel anything. Wen the missionaries were teaching in the house of his family they had brought another member to the lesson, and at the end of the lesson the missionary asked for the member to share his testimony. This member was timid, have very much experience in talking in public, he didn't talk much, be he said,`` I know that Joseph Smith is a Prophet of God, and I know that the Book of Mormon is true and has the entire message of the eternal gospel´´ and then sat down. Members can have great power when they testify. We are young men from other countries with different cultures, but the members here in Uruguay are the missionaries that will be here long after we have gone. Missionary work isn't just for young people, its for ALL the saints of Zion, and we need to help our brothers and sisters to know the truth and find Christ in their lives.
I love you all so much, know that I am praying for you all, tell grandma and grandpa to not play with the bull anymore. haha!
Love Timothy V. Gomm
GRANDMA!!!!!!!!!!! STOP IT!!! Oh grandma, you have to still play the dice game with me when I get back, how are were suppose to play Ticket to ride if you keep hurting yourself. haha! I love you grandma, please be safe. You still have to be alive when I get back! I mean it, take care of yourself!
Hey mom, need to get an address for Megan again, I need to send her a letter. Did you give loves to Aunt Lynette and Uncle Mike for me?
So I'm going to take some pictures of my shoes (they are falling apart after 1 year of use:}) , and the thing about pictures here in Young, they don't work very well to send, so I'm going to have to figure something out for next week. sorry, I keep trying to send pictures but it's not working.
This week we taught a class at church about testifying. I was a really great class, we taught about Brigham Young and his conversion to the gospel. Brigham was taking lessons from the missionaries for a year, and he didn't feel anything. Wen the missionaries were teaching in the house of his family they had brought another member to the lesson, and at the end of the lesson the missionary asked for the member to share his testimony. This member was timid, have very much experience in talking in public, he didn't talk much, be he said,`` I know that Joseph Smith is a Prophet of God, and I know that the Book of Mormon is true and has the entire message of the eternal gospel´´ and then sat down. Members can have great power when they testify. We are young men from other countries with different cultures, but the members here in Uruguay are the missionaries that will be here long after we have gone. Missionary work isn't just for young people, its for ALL the saints of Zion, and we need to help our brothers and sisters to know the truth and find Christ in their lives.
I love you all so much, know that I am praying for you all, tell grandma and grandpa to not play with the bull anymore. haha!
Love Timothy V. Gomm
January 2, 2012
Dear Family
Well...I had photos to send... I don't know where they went. hmm.
I feel different, I actually don't want to leave its not enough time for me. I just figured out that I'll be done with my mission 3 weeks after the day that I entered, so in January of next year. That's what I hear. I'm still running out of time.
So this last week was great, we had a lot going on. We climbed up on the roof to watch the fireworks for New Years. Here in Uruguay its like the forth of July there in the USA, they spend some much money for Christmas and New Years just on fireworks, it was really neat. There was a lot of noise and smoke, but then we had to get down and go to bed, lock the doors etc. There were a lot of drunk people in the streets, good thing we were on the roof, a lot safer then being in the streets.
This week we are planning on finding people who want to know more of Jesus Christ. I need to plan for district meeting and I need to go to another city for dlc, district leader counsel. So its kind of a full week. I'm so jealous that you guys are going to visit the Rybergs, you have to tell them I say hi, as well as to Aunt Lynette and Uncle Mike. Oh and while you are there say hi to Abraham Lincoln too.
Well, I hope all is well with you all, I love you all so very much, thank you for your love and support, and I'll be heading home before you can say ``noodles´´!
Love,
Elder Timothy V. Gomm
Well...I had photos to send... I don't know where they went. hmm.
I feel different, I actually don't want to leave its not enough time for me. I just figured out that I'll be done with my mission 3 weeks after the day that I entered, so in January of next year. That's what I hear. I'm still running out of time.
So this last week was great, we had a lot going on. We climbed up on the roof to watch the fireworks for New Years. Here in Uruguay its like the forth of July there in the USA, they spend some much money for Christmas and New Years just on fireworks, it was really neat. There was a lot of noise and smoke, but then we had to get down and go to bed, lock the doors etc. There were a lot of drunk people in the streets, good thing we were on the roof, a lot safer then being in the streets.
This week we are planning on finding people who want to know more of Jesus Christ. I need to plan for district meeting and I need to go to another city for dlc, district leader counsel. So its kind of a full week. I'm so jealous that you guys are going to visit the Rybergs, you have to tell them I say hi, as well as to Aunt Lynette and Uncle Mike. Oh and while you are there say hi to Abraham Lincoln too.
Well, I hope all is well with you all, I love you all so very much, thank you for your love and support, and I'll be heading home before you can say ``noodles´´!
Love,
Elder Timothy V. Gomm
Christmas Call and December 26, 2011 Email
We were able to call Elder Gomm in Young Uruguay. It was great to hear his loving voice and know that he is doing well. Elder Gomm is doing great in his language of Spanish, so much that we had to have him repeat himself in English. There were a few times he wanted to tell us something and he forgot the English work for it. It was so fun to hear from him. We each got to have 10 minutes to talk to him and it was so hard to give the phone to the next person because we all so wanted to keep talking to our son/brother. I tell you what that phone call was the best thing about Christmas this year!! Elder Gomm left almost 1 year ago. His journey as a servant of the Lord is almost half over. He doesn't like that kind of talk to much because he loves what he is doing and how much he is changing. Elder Gomm is doing great. We ask all his family and friends to pray for him and continue to write.
Momma Gomm
From Elder Gomm on the 26th of December:
WOW!!! It was great to hear all of you guys voices, know that every word that I said I meant it. I was trying to help all of you as much as I could... Mal, you know who you are. Gid, I have your back, and always will. Emmy, STOP GROWING SO FAST!!!! Where's my baby sis gone? Mom and Dad, thank you for everything, you guys have played a very important role in my life, all those counsels, all those warnings, they make sense, yes, even though I didn't look in your eyes when you guys were talking to me sometimes. Often facing the other way... I just wanted to say, I was listening. I love you all so very much.
The work here in the service of the Lord isn`t easy. I`ve had nights crying myself to sleep. The kingdom of the Almighty God never WAS and never WILL be easy. To talk with you all was one of the best Christmas wishes that I have ever received. I love you all so much. Thank you all for playing a part, an important part in my life.
I know that My God is there and He is watching out for me, though I cant see Him with my mortal eyes, I feel His presence when ever I find myself praying to Him. What a blessing we have to be members of this church of the Most High God. Never take it for granted, always follow the rules, even the trivial ones. The blessings are set for all of us, all we have to do is act.
I love you all with all my heart, everyone of you.
Love,
Elder Timothy V. Gomm
P.S. I don't have my camera with me... sorry I'll have to send some next week. Love you.
Momma Gomm
From Elder Gomm on the 26th of December:
WOW!!! It was great to hear all of you guys voices, know that every word that I said I meant it. I was trying to help all of you as much as I could... Mal, you know who you are. Gid, I have your back, and always will. Emmy, STOP GROWING SO FAST!!!! Where's my baby sis gone? Mom and Dad, thank you for everything, you guys have played a very important role in my life, all those counsels, all those warnings, they make sense, yes, even though I didn't look in your eyes when you guys were talking to me sometimes. Often facing the other way... I just wanted to say, I was listening. I love you all so very much.
The work here in the service of the Lord isn`t easy. I`ve had nights crying myself to sleep. The kingdom of the Almighty God never WAS and never WILL be easy. To talk with you all was one of the best Christmas wishes that I have ever received. I love you all so much. Thank you all for playing a part, an important part in my life.
I know that My God is there and He is watching out for me, though I cant see Him with my mortal eyes, I feel His presence when ever I find myself praying to Him. What a blessing we have to be members of this church of the Most High God. Never take it for granted, always follow the rules, even the trivial ones. The blessings are set for all of us, all we have to do is act.
I love you all with all my heart, everyone of you.
Love,
Elder Timothy V. Gomm
P.S. I don't have my camera with me... sorry I'll have to send some next week. Love you.
Letter From Elder Gomm's Mission President - December 22, 2011
Dear Brother and Sister Gomm,
Your son, Elder Gomm, has been called to serve as a District Leader. I have confidence that he will perform his new calling well. He seems excited to assume his new responsibilities.
Your missionary's call to be a District Leader is an indication of his effectiveness as a missionary. He will be responsible for training the missionaries in his area to be more effective missionaries, to help them to be successful and happy and also to set an obedient example. He has to conduct baptismal interviews, work closely with other leaders and direct the work in his area. Besides his duties as a District Leader , he is still responsible for finding and teaching and being an effective missionary.
You can be proud of his strength and leadership. His training here will help prepare him for future service in the Church. We love and appreciate your son, and appreciate your sacrifice in sharing him with us and the people of Uruguay.
We appreciate your support. Anything you can do to encourage your missionary and stay in touch with him is good. We love these missionaries as dearly as our own children. Our desire is that they find joy in the Lord's service. May the Lord continue to bless you and your family.
Sincerely,
President Heaton
Uruguay Montevideo West Mission
Your son, Elder Gomm, has been called to serve as a District Leader. I have confidence that he will perform his new calling well. He seems excited to assume his new responsibilities.
Your missionary's call to be a District Leader is an indication of his effectiveness as a missionary. He will be responsible for training the missionaries in his area to be more effective missionaries, to help them to be successful and happy and also to set an obedient example. He has to conduct baptismal interviews, work closely with other leaders and direct the work in his area. Besides his duties as a District Leader , he is still responsible for finding and teaching and being an effective missionary.
You can be proud of his strength and leadership. His training here will help prepare him for future service in the Church. We love and appreciate your son, and appreciate your sacrifice in sharing him with us and the people of Uruguay.
We appreciate your support. Anything you can do to encourage your missionary and stay in touch with him is good. We love these missionaries as dearly as our own children. Our desire is that they find joy in the Lord's service. May the Lord continue to bless you and your family.
Sincerely,
President Heaton
Uruguay Montevideo West Mission
Young is where I am staying - December 20, 2011
So here is the update! ONE MORE CHANGE (Transfer) DOWN!!!
I'm am staying in Young with my companion, Elder Leyva, but here is the switch, I am now
district leader. WOW!!! That means I need to work just that much harder! Hey, I just opened an area, so anything is possible.
So we need to figure out the Christmas call, we will need to switch it to 3 o'clock
not 4, if that is ok. We have a 5 hour difference.
What's happening here... it is getting really hot here, I almost died today playing
soccer. We tried to take pictures but I'm going to have to copy them
from some other cameras.
So how is everyone doing? Gideon, you being good? Emily I took a picture of an ambulance that had your name on it, I thought is was pretty cool. I'll have to send it next week.
I got my birthday package and 2 Christmas packages. I gave the other three Elders their presents, they all say thanks so much.
I'm teaching my companion English and he is doing very well.
Can't wait to talk to you all on Christmas Day!
I love you all,
Elder Timothy V. Gomm
I'm am staying in Young with my companion, Elder Leyva, but here is the switch, I am now
district leader. WOW!!! That means I need to work just that much harder! Hey, I just opened an area, so anything is possible.
So we need to figure out the Christmas call, we will need to switch it to 3 o'clock
not 4, if that is ok. We have a 5 hour difference.
What's happening here... it is getting really hot here, I almost died today playing
soccer. We tried to take pictures but I'm going to have to copy them
from some other cameras.
So how is everyone doing? Gideon, you being good? Emily I took a picture of an ambulance that had your name on it, I thought is was pretty cool. I'll have to send it next week.
I got my birthday package and 2 Christmas packages. I gave the other three Elders their presents, they all say thanks so much.
I'm teaching my companion English and he is doing very well.
Can't wait to talk to you all on Christmas Day!
I love you all,
Elder Timothy V. Gomm
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