August 1, 2011
Dear Mom!
How is you doing? That's a way cool girls camp it sounds like this year! I doubt this letter will get to you before you go on Wednesday, but be sure to bring a lot of Silly String, Shaving cream and stink bombs! Just in case! So you talked about Emilee wanted to go but she couldn't, how is she doing lately? Is she living at home right now? Do you talk to her often? After this letter I need to write her! I hope my friends haven't forgotten them. I really need to be better at writing letters!
So, the work's going pretty good up here, but it's been a kind of slow week again last week. ARRRGGGGG! Why can't missionary work be easy? I want it to be like Burger King and always have it my way! We are pretty much in the same boat with all of our investigators. They are all awesome people, but it's hard to get people to progress. Especially getting them to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. Oh well! We'll keep searching and working with our investigators. So, me and Elder Sears came up with an awesome idea the other day. There is a town festival in Mukilteo where people set up booths and there is tons of other awesome stuff. We are planning on putting up a booth ourselves! We'll pass out Book of Mormons, pass-along cards, brochures and tons of other stuff! I think that will be way successful!!! It will be later this month so let me know if there is any tips you have that we can do.
So, I've been listening to an awesome CD called "Reflections of Christ: Another Testament". It's a CD from the same people who did that Reflections of Christ art book you have in the living room. The songs in it are way awesome! Especially songs 1,4 and 11. It bears a powerful testimony of the the divinity of the Book of Mormon. The songs are about Christ's visit to the ancient Americas as recorded in 3 Nephi 11 through 3 Nephi 28. You TOTALLY need to get this CD!!!! It really brings the Book of Mormon to life!
Something our ward is really pushing right now is going to Mormon.org and making an "I'm a Mormon" profile. It's a way cool website. It's one of the Church's new websites! It works alot like facebook I think, and it's all focused on how members of the Church live, the Gospel and how it effects and blesses their lives. It's basically thousands of people bearing their testimony of the divinity of the Savior and the Church and it's seen through the whole world!!!! It's a way cool missionary tool. You really should create an account! I told Kayci in an e-mail to do the same thing last week, but they really weren't pushing it in our ward until just barely, so that's why I didn't tell you yet. There is also a ton of awesome videos on there that you need to check out! Especially the "I'm a Mormon" videos!
I love you so much, Mom. Keep me updated on how everyone is doing and tell them that I love them, too!
Love, Elder Lynam (line-em-up!)

8/7/11

 

Hey Dad!!!!

 

That is so awesome how you are all moved in up there. Hopefully you wont get called to be in the nursery haha. Since Ive been on my Mission I have seen a ton of things on how the auxiliries in the Ward run and work. Its really cool to see how efficient and organized the Church really is!!!!! We go to Ward Council every Sunday and I get to see how the Ward really does care about the people in the congregation and how much they actually do to help them. This is a way cool Ward and I hope to stay here for another transfer or two.

 

So, for the past two weeks the work has been kind of slow up here. Sometimes it just feels like your just running on fumes hahahaha. And its kind of hard to declare the gospel with enthusiasm when all you want to do is lay in bed and eat pie all day!!! But its still way fun and I am always keeping myself busy and I wont ever let myself become a missionary who lays around the apartment all day.

 

I can't believe its already been a year since we were last in Wyoming for Baylee's funeral. Tell aunt Connie that I said hi and that I love her!!!! I know that Baylee is on a mission right now too! Its really cool to see how merciful and loving Heavenly Father really is!!!!! There are people out here that think He's a rathful and vengeful God. But I know that He is a just God that will do EVERTHING within His power to bring us home. Its going to be a way cool reunion when we all see Baylee again!!!!! Thats a way cool message that I have the opportunity to share!!!!

 

Something that I thought was pretty cool concerning how Heavenly Father is a loving father is how the whole hell fire and brimstone things is not real. It wouldnt make sense that a loving Heavenly Father would do something like that to His children for all time and eternity just because they didnt obey Him. Yes all those who do absolutely horrible things will still inherit a place that is better than here. That shows that God is sad that we dont do what He says, but the He loves us enough to put us in a place where we are going to be the most happy.

 

Love you Dad, and tell the girls and Heather that I said hi and that I love them!!!!!!

 

Love

Elder Lynam (line-em-up)

 

P.S. Visit Mormon.org and create a profile! Our Ward is pushing that because its a way awesome missionary tool!!!

7/25/11

Hey Mom!!!!!

 

Sorry for not writing you this week. Its been way crazy and weve been biking a ton lately! So I will write you a letter today. Thanks again for the stuff you sent me. I really like all the publicity the Church is getting lately.....except that stupid play hahaha. By the looks of the front cover it doesnt look like its going to go over well grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

Love you Mom!!!! and tell everyone that I said hi and that I love them too.

 

Love Jake

 

P.S. I am now leaving this letter to write a letter in the 3D world and not in the digital dimension called the internet.

 

hahaahahahha I really RUFF you MORE!!!!!

 

Did you hear that cache is going to Argentina?  He's going to e-mail u. Hearts in your general direction...

8/8/11

 

Hey Mom!!!! How is you doing!!!! Thats cool how you liked girls camp. Cant wait to get your letter.

 

Today is the beginnig of the transfer and the my 8 1/2 month mark haha. Time is just flying out here!!!!! It also shows that I have been on bike my whole mission so far not counting the MTC!!!!!!! My black suit pants are now WAY too small for my thighs!!!!!! I dont know if I can get those things enlarged or not. But I may send them back to you so you can do what you want with them.

 

So thats way cool though how Bishop read my letter during Sacrament meeting!!!!! He is a way cool guy! Hopefully Brother Perry didnt get to drenched from the baby Sea World show hahaha. Sick!!!!

 

I must be going because I have to write a letter to someone before I get sliced in half by a crazed dog!!!!

 

Love

Elder Lynam (line-em-up)

 

P.S. Could you give me the address of the family who wrote their testimonies the all those Books Of Mormon that you sent me. I am going insane because I am already forgetting the names of people from my own home Ward.......speaking of which....whats my name again? I think their last name is the Laurels but im not for sure!!!!