My Grandpa passed away September 30, 2013

October 2, 2013

Hey Mom,

 I was called by president Castro he told me what happened, I'm so sorry its so hard I know but its ok. when P-Castro called I didn't know to be happy or sad I mean i'm very sad but being a missionary its ok cause we know families can be together forever. Its different through my eyes cause we teach that, that families are forever through our heavenly father and teaching that to people helps me to know it even better and also prayer helps to cause I know now that grandpa is happy where he is and he can also hear our prays. its so hard I know you are there and i'm here, i'm not sure which one is harder I mean its harder for you cause he is your dad and he will always be your dad but being away from him is so hard too. I got to talk to him one last time on the phone on the way to the MTC and didn't get to say everything I wanted say. I did get to say some through some of the letters I sent home but not all of what I wanted to say to him before he left. But I know now I can just tell him through pray and he will heir it, i also know now he is watching over all of us now from where he is and he will try to help us as much as he can just like our heavenly father. I wish I was there to comfort you in what you are going through but I know you have Dennis =)      (what you always tell me is put your chin up and hold a smile on you face), I know if you do that you will be happy and you should be happy grandpa is now with one of the best people in the world even more he is hole himself.

GRANDPA / family

I know this point in life is so hard but you can't let it hurt, yes it will hurt but don't let it hurt to much, when I hired this from my mission president I didn't know how to feel happy or sad, i'm so sad and i cried on the phone and its ok to cry that's one of the things out here I have learned (not willingly if i can say) but I was so sad but as a missionary I know the truth better then any one I will teach and talk to even you as families, I know that families can be together forever though the atonement of our heavenly father and Jesus Christ. That is one of the things that made me feel happy that I know i'll see grandpa again but even better I can pray and I know he will hear it and what I have to say. Before I left I would go and visit with grandpa for a little bit, we would talk about his life about my life and how work is going but one of the things I wanted to know from grandpa is how he felt about me going on a mission and I know he is so very proud of me.  Make the best of life right now. I know grandpa feels the same way cause as I type this I feel him with me now and I know this is what grandpa and heavenly father wants me to say. 

Everyone grandpa loved you all so much and would do anything for you, don't look as him as gone he is there he is here he watches over us I know he will, I know he dose.

I love you all and miss you all I know the things I am doing is true and I wish I was there to say good buy to grandpa but I know I don't need to, don't for get that grandpa is not gone he is here. and I say these things to all of you my family, that heavenly father loves us and wants us to be with him and our own families

 

forever and always. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AND OUR FATHER AMEN.

 

YOUR ELDER FYFFE. OF CALIFORNIA VENTURA.

September 10, 2013
          The first day here was good. I met president Castro and his wife they are both very nice. After meeting them we had dinner and then interviews with president Castro. I didn't get to meet with him the first night, we had 35 new missionaries so I had to wait until the next morning. I spent my first night with a family they were very nice. That night I took my shoes off and my feet were very swollen, like I had had been bit by hundreds of mosquito. It felt really good to take my shoes off. The next morning I got to meet with president Castro, he asked my why I came on a mission and about my family. He then told me about my companion. Before he told me his name he said "Elder Fyffe, for some reason I get the feeling that you are a very loving person and that you care about people".  The mission president went on to tell me that he was putting me with a special companion and that he is the best and that I needed to take care of him and help him with anything he needs. He said that I need to watch what he does and learn from him. After speaking with president Castro I went to the chapel to wait with all the missionaries. They stared to call people together, then me Elder Austin Fyffe will serve with . . . . Elder Spackman in the Santa Sussana 3rd ward in Simi Valley. I stood up and looked for my companion, he looked happy, just smiling. I almost teared. Elder Spackmen is cool, he is smart and funny. He walks with a limp but that does not stop him from doing anything. He has a twin brother on a mission in Germany. I could not ask for a more perfect first companion. I love him.
          Our first day was good. We went to In-N-Out for lunch and took my bags to our apartment. We went shopping for the week, and it only lasted a week. I bought my bedding and stuff I didn't get before I came. I wont be getting a bike yet, we have a car. The first person we were going to meet with was a kid named Anthony, he was having problems going to seminary. We talked to him about the importance of going to seminary. After that I went home to get ready for the next day.
          I think this is where dad lived when he was young!

         We get up every morning and say:
                                        In the Great California Ventura Mission . . . .
                                           1. We are Preach My Gospel missionaries.
                                           2. We Baptize.
                                           3. We obey with exactness.'
                                           4. We seek to be trusted more then loved.
                                           5. We teach with power and authority.

September 5, 2013
          I am alive. I miss you all so much. My first day here in the MTC was kinda strange. When I started walking away for the car I felt welcomed but it was hard to see you leave. I guess that means I'm on the right track and I am where I need to be.
          We put our stuff in our room and went to class where I got assigned my first companion Elder Anderson. Then went to lunch which was fun because I saw Amber and Ashley, Kristens Sisters. They were so happy to see me. I looked forward to seeing them each day. The food was good but after my next class I saw why people warned me about the food, that it makes your tummy hurt. We went to a class that helps us learn to teach in the real world. I think they had real investigators or they were really good actors. One of the actors from the "District" movie is here, it was really cool to see him. After that we got to go to our dorm room. That was my first day. It was hard.