Super Short & Marks of a Man

HELLLOOOOO!
THANKS FOR ALL THE PHOTOS VIDEOS AND LETTERS FAMILY & FRIENDS! Keep them comin' :) 

This will be SUPER SHORT!!

We gotta get running right now so I am throwing this together real quick! ZL (zone leader) is busy and it's a good kind of crazy! But please know I love you all!! Keep the prayers up and look for times to "Let your light so Shine"!

That sounds like an awesome week back home! I always hear great things about girls camp when my friends would tell me about it and the things they seem to remember most would be the Bishop firesides.  Tiara is AWESOME!! We all know this (ha ha) but it doesn't hurt to restate! Way to go T for volleyball too!! That is awesome! Way to play! And way NOT to play on Sunday!! I'm sure the pressure is great but you have the faith that obedience to the Lord's commandments will bless you :)

Tucker is a stud too! Knockin' doors in AZ 110 degrees keeps him close to my heart knockin' doors in Ohio, our family is boss awesome in work! I love each and everyone of you! I sent you a photo showing off part of my missionary tan...ha ha...the marks of a man! :)

the gospel is so true! There was an awesome experience with a less active sister in our ward that let us in and said that she normally is too busy to answer which is true according to our sources. When she answered the door AND let us in, which alone is a miracle and spoke with us about her husband and son and how concerned she is for them. They have fallen on some bad health times... nothing we can't relate too right!! :D lol... I have come to see how all of the so-called "hard times", "issues" and "problems" in my life are actually tools to help those around me feel loved, accepted, and welcomed into something that they didn't know they were looking for. I thank my God everyday for those experiences of Lyme, pain and the loneliness that accompanies it! Thank you mom & dad for helping me through those times so I may be able to help others now. I truly thank my Savior for making it possible to change and better ourselves each day. What he suffered is unfathomable!

We felt the spirit so strong with this Sister as she was talking with us and gave great spiritual experiences that she knows God is there with her and expressed her concern for her husband and son. We are meeting with her this Wednesday! I know this church is true and just like this dear sister I know that God answers prayers. This church is God's kingdom once again established on the earth and it is my testimony to say that the Lord's authority is and can only be found in, the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. I know this is true!!

Love you dad! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Keep the fire blazing in the Cardiff Ward! They need a good Bishop Brent Toolson to do it and I'm so glad I have you as a dad and a Bishop! :)

Fight the fight, stay the course, keep the Faith!

Love

Elder Trey Toolson

BAPTISM LAST WEEK +Bonus :)

 

HELLO ALL!

 

So you know how we had a baptism last week? I didn't mention quite possibly one of the greatest things that I have ever before heard or seen happen ever in my life. Alex's mother-in-law was there and saw her son-in-law whom she despised and wanted to throw out, get baptized. The spirit was so incredibly strong and Alex was so excited. after the service Jeanne, Alex's mother-in-law, who has taken missionary lessons before said, "I'm next." SHE WANTS TO GET BAPTIZED!!! In fact she committed HERSELF to be baptized into this church because she felt the spirit testify to her that this way is the right way that God has prepared for the whole of human kind to return to God. When an investigator commits themselves to baptism... THE LORD HAS BEEN IN THE WORK LONG BEFORE!!! I know that is true!!

This has been such an amazing week!!! President Vellinga came out teaching with us on Wednesday night and all of the lessons just went so incredibly well and the spirit in every single one of them was so strong!! But I want to tell about the one lesson that President Vellinga wasn't there for first.

Sister Lisa Shell. This is the lady who had missionaries about a year ago contact her and give her the phone number for this area. we met with her this last week and we absolutely, totally and completely without a doubt had the assistance from the holy spirit as we taught and spoke. We read the Introduction with her and NEVER have I EVER heard of anybody read the Introduction with such wonder and fascination. We will be talking about the Plan of Salvation next visit which will be incredible!! I know this Church is true!! I wish I could talk about everything that ever happened this week but I just don't have the time. 

Just know that this church is true, it is "Gods kingdom once again restored to the earth preparatory to the second coming of the messiah," and live the teachings found in the word of God both revealed anciently and contemporaneously and you will have eternal life. baptism by someone holding the authority of God is essential to returning to him. That authority is found ONLY in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I KNOW IT!! and that will never change. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.

Fight the fight, stay the course, keep the Faith!

Love,

Elder Trigga Trey Toolson III (which is not my name but we'll roll with it)

Fathers of Faith

I love my Father in Heaven and I love my Father here. I love my Father here, because he loves our Father who is in heaven. I want to be like my father here because he wants to be like his father in heaven. I want to be like my Father in Heaven so I will follow my Father here. Thank you dad for your great example to me! Thank you for leaving behind such clear footsteps behind so that i might follow you so closely in a righteous path. i will follow you because you follow Him. In following your example I follow the example of the Savior. thank you for your service and thank you for your love. To my Grandpas as well...I have a rich legacy to follow in.

This week was absolutely incredible!!! guess what.... WE HAD A BAPTISM!!! "What? he never talked about a baptism..." i know because we kept pushing it back.... but he did it!!! he is prepared to recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost. He is ready to hold the priesthood of God. He understands what that all means and the promises he has made to the Creator. i know this church is true and so does Alexander. He knows the saviors atonement is real, and that he has fully accessed the power of it in cleansing himself and his life. I know it, he knows it, we know it.


Quick story that has shown me who's work this really is. We recieved a call from a woman who spoke with the missionaries about a year ago and they left their number. She called asking for some helping with digging a ditch.... I can do that!!!  Heck I've done that my whole LIFE, I'm a Toolson!! So we were pumped! She went on to explain that she didn't know anyone that she could trust because the people that she would hire would give the price over the phone then jack it up x4 when they went to do the job and just make her unload and drain her funds. The ONLY people that she KNEW she could trust were the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The only number that she had that had anything to do with that church was ours.... what are the odds? What are the chances? The lord has used so many people to prepare her for the messages as we dug and got dirty (which was AWESOME) she was asking what we believed and we had an incredible discussion. She then took us to Burger King and we got onto the "sealing power" that was given to Elijah. As we spoke about the temple, the restoration of that power and priesthood, the spirit was testifying to each of our hearts that it was TRUE. She felt the spirit and we are meeting again this week.


I know this church is true with all of heart! This is His work and this is his glory. I love my Savior and his atoning sacrifice! This is true for eternity, In the name of Jesus Christ amen.


Fight the fight, stay the course, and keep the Faith.


Love,
Elder Tr3y Toolson


This poem is awesome!! Read the left column, then the right column, and then together from left to right.

Of the Great God                                One was Chosen

I´m a son                                           From the start

He prepared a plan                              He pledged His whole life      

So that His will be done                       To play His vital part

I lived with Him                                   He lived on High

Once before                                       As a God

From His courts I came                      He left behind all

To gain life evermore                           To leave the plan unflawed

I came to earth                                  A child is born

I am here                                          Christ Jesus

Though God may be far                      He came to save all

I feel Him ever near                            To rise all from the dust

To be tested                                      The Father´s will

I am tried                                          Not His own

I trust in my God                               Completely faithful

In His love I abide                              His obedience shown

The trials hard                                   He suffered all

the way rough                                   Pains He bore

Sometimes I stumble                        That all creation

Is my effort enough                           would not suffer evermore

I feel His love                                    His love He gave

A great light                                     Crucified

It fills my whole soul                         He hung on the cross

I continue the fight                            For man the Savior died

On the Lord´s path                           The bands broken

I endure                                           ByHim cast

Following the Plan                            No more to bind men

Remaining ever sure                         The foe vanquished at last

¨Well done my son¨                         ¨This is my Son¨

He will say                                      His test ceased

Wrapping me in His arms                 He lives in Glory

¨You found the prepared Way¨          ¨In whom I am well pleased¨

Memorial Week- Painting Pres Snow's House- Farley's

Hello everybody!! (the way Gru says it in "Despicable Me" before he announces they are going to steal the moon.) This week flew by and it was jam packed but I can't seem to remember the order of a single bit of it!!  So please excuse the lack of detail. 

That sounds like Fast & Testimony was amazing in the Cardiff Ward! WOW, what a meeting!! We had a great sacrament meeting too in Solon and I wish I got up to bare my testimony but I have been down with a bad cold, NOT... apparently I have allergies!! (DAD!) Then I learned that there are around 45,000 different kind of trees in Ohio that are feeling Spring... so that would make sense why I never figured it out before. because there is like only one major tree in Carlsbad... the palm tree.  Ha ha, I know there are a few others but let's be real!!! Elder Anderson got up and bore testimony when there was a short pocket of no one getting up. After that there wasn't a single gap! Strong spirit even though he didn't say anything special, it was a very simple, pure testimony that was led by the spirit. President Vellinga was there and he told me to go home after Fast & Testimony meeting. Then our ward mission leader gave me some drugs :) that helped but i'm still pretty groggy and out of it. No, Lyme hasn't hit so we are good with that. I could use more Frankincense though and On Guard. The other stuff is doing well.

We talked with a man this week who said it would be a waste to talk to him. We felt the promptings and testified again and again and he seemed to open up more and more. We left him with a pamphlet and said that he drives a member of our church to work meetings and she hounds him to talk with missionaries and to go to church. then he said, "You know, I might check this out, it might be what I am looking for." We asked him to expound and then he said, "there is always that void." Elder Anderson and I testified from the depths of our hearts that THIS IS IT!!!!! He said he would check it out. I have been praying for him that he would feel the spirit in our words and would act on them. his name is Ronald. It was so amazing to feel the spirit testify through us! I love this gospel because it is true. 

We met with a lady named Terri! Oh man she is so cool!! Elder Anderson met her while we were on exchanges so this was my first time meeting her. She had already read the introduction and the testimonies of the 11 witnesses and the 1st page of Joseph Smith's testimony!!! It was amazing! She is already gaining a testimony that this is true and that this book is of a divine nature!!

How amazing the gospel is!

I actually just read an email from Tiffany Parent who is still flying high with the spirit because she is living what the Lord has asked her to live. What an amazing spirit she has and sounds like the baptism was great!  I need to find sometime somewhere to get a short 2 minute video to send to Mindy for the video for Tiffany. i love Tiffany she is awesome! She emailed me such a great letter which I'm not allowed to respond to because she is a Sister in the mission. But i will see if i can get permission to email her back from President. He Loves her too!

I know this church is true. The Book of Mormon is the word and work of God that was recorded by his ancient prophets in the Americas. It blesses our lives and there is no doubt it is true! I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ and as his representative.

I love you guys!!

Fight the fight, stay the course, keep the Faith!

Photos:  As a Zone we got to paint and do yard work for Pres. Lorenzo Snow's Home...So Cool! Good Times

What a Surprise that the Farley's come to Solon OH Ward for vacation of church historical sites with Brian before he leaves for "home" and serves as a missionary in the Carlsbad, CA Spanish Speaking mission!  WHAT??!! So Amazing! God is GREAT!

E. Trey Toolson