March - Tyrell Left on Mission

Scripture of the Month: Abraham 3:22-23

22 Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones;

23 And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me: Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born.

3/1 to 3/11: 

Sunday 5th that evening we had a special family home evening with Tyrell and bore our testimonies to him. I cried a lot when I bore mine, I shared a story about Marsha, from the Bennion Care Center a trial I had about her and in the end praying for her helped my relationship with her. Tyrell went to the Orthodontist on the 6th, go get him a retainer, he had lost his one a long time ago. And I wanted him to have one for his mission, so his teeth won't move back out of place and go crooked again. It costs about $100. Tuesday 7th, President Lundquist came over to set apart Tyrell as an Elder. Mum came, we had to bare our testimonies again, mine was dumb and I didn't know what to say? Mum and Jason gave really nice testimonies.  Shaun showed up in his police uniform he was on duty.  President Lundquist shared some experiences he had with blessing prayers etc it was really nice. Then he set Tyrell apart, it was a really nice blessing, and the part I remembered from it was that Tyrell will blossom like a butterfly! That night we all slept together in the basement, in the morning I made bacon and eggs and we got ready to take Tyrell to the MTC. 

On the way to the MTC we stopped at the Provo Temple to take photos, and then we dropped Tyrell off, he was ready to go, we gave him hugs and our love and off he walked with his Escort. 

Friday Jay and I had our yearly PEHP check up, Mum came with us because we were taking her out to eat at 'Chinese Gourmet'. Jay didn't pass his test, because he had drunk a glass of milk for breakfast so we had to wait for him to do 10 mins exercises to see if he would pass it to get a full payment of $100.

 

Hi Tyrell,
I added the emails of our family into your contact list in your email when you were logged in here so add me to your emails when you write Mum. I’m glad to hear you get along well with your companion. I hope you are doing well. Take advantage of the MTC classes and training, it can really help in the field. I know at times it is hard to stay awake with the new schedule of waking up early. I struggled a bit with that. Hopefully now that the first few days are over that you are getting into the swing of things. Those were the hardest for me but I know you can handle anything I did and even better. Mum and I went on date and saw Kong. It’s a fun movie. Jaxon is going to be my new home teaching companion. I’m grateful to have had all those years with you as my companion. I’m proud of you.
Love Dad

Dear Tyrell,
I miss you already. I know that we didn’t play with each other that much, but I still love you. I didn’t play with you or ask you to play with me because you looked busy, and even if you weren’t busy, you had a mad face on so I was too scared to ask you to play with me. I don’t know you that much, but I still cried when we left you at the MTC. I wish I would have been brave enough to play with you. I wish I got to know you better so that I wouldn’t be nervous or scared around you. I wish you good luck!
Love, Leila XOXO

Dear Tyrell,
Sometimes I wonder what you’re doing at the MTC. Are you missing us? I miss when you would show us funny youtube videos and played the piano so nice and sweet. We didn’t really play that much but we would play when we were little. And I miss when you would buy cool games that were so fun to play and that you bought me something on Titanfall 2. I wish you good luck on your mission and don’t forget something at the MTC before you go on the airport, cause you would forget things a lot.
Love, Jaxon XOXO

Dear Tyrell,
I gave a talk in primary. I love you. From Erana (I made this Lion for you)

3/12 to 3/18: 

Hi Son,

It’s so nice hearing from you weekly and knowing how you are. It makes me happy knowing that you are well and have awesome friends to help you stay motivated and uplifted. We pray for you every night that you stay happy and overcome any challenges that come your way. Well the past week I did the usual which was work, home school, clean and mother stuff. I got the girls summer clothes out of storage already because the weather has been nice and warm. And that started me de-junking the crawl space, and rooms etc. So I’m in spring cleaning mode! Started walking on the treadmill again since your clothes are no longer on it, trying to lose at least 5-10lbs by summer. And that is pretty much what’s going on with me.
I love you Son! Mum xxx

Hi Tyrell,
We had our yummy St. Patrick’s Day dinner and it was delicious. We played tennis on Friday and it was Mum, Mina, and Leila against Dad and I and my team won even though they had 3 people on their team. Mum was doing a weird exercising thing, she looked funny. Hope you stay awake during your classes and don’t mack around be a good example to your district. And hope you have a good flight to North Carolina on the 27th.
Love, Jaxon XOXO

Hi Son,
Loved to read your letter. I’m glad you like your companion and district. Sounds like you’re doing well. I remember the food. I gained weight in the MTC. It’s good you’re getting confident with the role-playing. You’ll be a good teacher. But don’t ever get to a point you feel there’s nothing more to learn or to get better at. Stay humble and teachable and the Lord will stretch your capabilities you never thought possible. This week I visited a sick friend in the LDS Hospital close to my work that has cancer. He is Wayne Tarawhiti from Temple View where I grew up. He’s Uncle Shaun’s age. I gave him our L&P white chocolate bar. Hopefully he gets better and beats the cancer. I created a blog that I am posting your emails to. If you have friends you don’t send emails to you can direct them to your blog. http://eldertyrellwihongi.blogspot.com/. When your mission is done we can get the blog printed into a book. Keep studying hard.
Love Dad

3/19 to 3/25: 

Hi Son,

sounds like you’ve had some very spiritual experiences and testimony builders. That’s awesome. Makes me happy and proud that you are already seeing a lot of growth. Grandma inherited some of her brother’s money after he passed and she gave us $1000 because she didn’t need it. See the Lord is already blessing your family in small ways because of your faithfulness. Wesley posted a pic of you and Elder Wheeler on FB so I put it on your blog. We put Jaxon into the Hunter U14 team this year so that I wouldn’t have to coach. They are coached by the Moleni brothers. I didn’t want to be coach. General Conference next week. You’ll probably appreciate it more and pay attention to it more now that you’re on your mission. Remember that your bike is at the Performance bike store in Raleigh under my name. Work hard and love people.

Love Dad

Kia Ora Son,
It’s the sabbath we have decided to write to you every Sunday after dinner. We really enjoyed your email yesterday, and the photos were nice too. Dad and I were teary eyed and felt the spirit when reading your experiences, we are glad you are having those amazing spiritual experiences. This past week besides work, Mina started her spring break, she got her ACT test results back and got a 23. Jaxon started rugby, and is still playing way too much games. He is your Dad’s home teaching companion and they visited the Garcia’s today. Leila played another bball game and lost, I was yelling a lot! lol. Erana just a while ago fell off the chair into the reading nook for the 4th time taking Jaxon down with her and the chair squished her leg and the curtain fell off and broke in half!! I was yelling and growling mostly at Jaxon lol and Erana was crying! Lol Spent a lot of money at Ross the other day on summer clothing for me and Leila. We are trying to eat more healthier and I made some Dr.Oz cookies last night, they looked like cow poop, and we call them cow patties, they taste too healthy. I don’t have to buy 4 gallons of milk each week just 3 and that’s still a lot, and I don’t have to buy as much cereal! Kids have said, “why are we changing stuff around here after Tyrell left?” lol We are excited for you to be finally leaving tomorrow morning, sorry we can’t be there to see you off - not allowed!
I love you, Mumxxx

I miss you so much! Nothing special last week. I lost my basketball game yesterday, 3/25/17, by 2 points, we had 11 points and the other team had 13. I love you!
Love, Leila

Hello big bro,
I enjoy hearing your experiences. You have so many already and you’ve only been gone for about 3 weeks! Just imagine how many experiences you’ll receive within these 2 years! Well, I just got my ACT test scores. I got a 23. It’s spring break this week and then I have Choir Tour the next week. I’ll be going to San Diego. I’ve been missing your piano songs. Anyways, have you gotten used to your sleeping schedule yet? I hope so.
Love you! - Mina

I miss you Tyrell. I watched Leila’s basketball game.
Love, Erana XOXO

Hi Tyrell,
it’s been a great week here. I’m so glad that you’re on your mission and that I hope you have safe travels to North Carolina on Monday. All I’ve been doing this week is play games and go to rugby practice. My rugby coach is actually Nathan Moleni. Their rugby practice is pretty hard, a lot of exercise and it goes on for 2 hrs. I was playing against Dad on Call of Duty 2. He would always win but there was this one match where I would always be on the roofs and I would snipe him. I think I killed him 17 times and he killed me 9 times. But the next match was pretty annoying because he did the same thing to me and I was raging. And that is pretty much everything I did this week.
Love, Jaxon XOXO

3/26 to 3/31: 

Hi Son,
It was Mina’s spring break this last week, so the kids did half a day of school work. Mina leaves on tuesday for her School Choir Tour to San Diego. Jaxon has been doing his rugby practice tues, thurs & sat. he has really sore muscles and Dad has been getting him to do pull ups.  Leila has her Piano recital this coming tuesday, not sure if Erana will do anything for the recital because she just started. The other day Erana says to me, “she wants a husband that respects her, cooks her dinner and lets her pick her own gowns”! lol  Didn’t hear from you yesterday, we usually hear from you on Saturday’s.  We enjoyed listening to General Conference, it’s been raining lately and nice to stay inside and do nothing. Hope you are well and getting settled into your new place and adjusting to change, remember we are praying for you and love you, Mum xxx

Hi Tyrell,
This week we went and saw beauty and the beast. It was pretty good. I went against Dad on Call of Duty 2 and this one round I won with 25 kills using a rifle. I’m getting pretty good at that game. We may even get Joshua to play against Dad and I. Dad got me northstar prime on my Titanfall 2 game. You got me scorch prime remember. Mom showed us a picture of a mysterious creature that washed up shore in Bear Lake. It had a beak and it was long and big like a snake. Dad said there has been sightings of that in Bear Lake. Any ways how is it in North Carolina? Is it super hot that you sweat a lot in your church clothes. Hope you’re safe and that you can be a good example to your partner.
Love, Jaxon XOXO

Hi Son,
This email is a little late being sent. It’s Tuesday instead of Sunday. We got your email yesterday. I’m so happy you have a good trainer. It’s good to pick up on the good habits early in your mission. You may not always have a companion that is spot-on with the rules. We looked at your area in google maps and saw your apartment and the beach area. Looks like a beautiful place. Your experiences are very similar to mine. I was so scared the first time tracting. Overtime I got used to it. But it will build your character. Remember to use a map and pray and ponder about where to tract and do that at different times in the day as people are home at different times in the day. That is if your companion isn’t already doing that. If not just bring it up in a morning planning session. I hope all goes well with Christian, sounds like an interesting guy. We enjoyed conference weekend. Leila had a basketball game. She scored some points and is getting better. I try and show her some moves to get out of getting trapped. She pulled it off in her game one time. I helped out at Jaxon’s rugby practice the other day. Nothing much else new. I love you and pray for you. Dad