Ye Receive No Testimony Until AFTER the Trail of your FAITH
Whats up my people!!!

Sorry first group email I have sent in like 5 months hahahaha but I love and miss you all.  Thought I would share a quick miracle to make ya happy.

So a while back I went to the house of a reference with my Zone Leader.  We found a man deathly sick lying on a couch.  He was the man we had come to find.  He then sat up and started talking to us, barely being able to move.  We shared with him and talked with him, and we grew together.  We then went back another day to visit him and his family.  His wife, daughter, and son were there.  We taught him and he attended church many times, do not ask me how with his sickness but his faith drove him to act.  He then accepted to be baptized.  We went to church with him that week and were then planning on going to look at the temple lights with him and his family.  He then became even more sick.  We went back and visited him daily.  Members visited him and supported him.  We went one night and shared with him how much we loved him, he told us he had full faith in God to accept his will but was scared for what may come.  He told us he was willing to accept the will of God.  We then sang the Hymn God be with you til we meet again.  His name was David, he passed away two days later, left two kids one of 11 years of age and the other 19 years of age.  And a wife in a very very hard financial situation.  This was about a month or two ago.  His wife Viviana, and two kids Vaneza, and Facundo now want to be baptized on September 19th.  And they anxiously await the time they can do the work in the temple for their husband and father.  If this family never denied God through his whole trial, how can we.  Please take this family for inspiration and use their example to change your own lives.

Love Elder Traveller

David and his beautiful family...

How is it going everyone?  Wanted to drop you a quick spiritual thought that I learned from studying the Book of Mormon.

D&C 68:25

25 And again, inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents.

Think about that and then read this...

Alma 42:17

17 Now, how could a man repent except he should sin?  How could he sin if there was no law?  How could there be a law save there was a punishment?

Last one...

2 Nephi 2:11

11 For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things.  If not so, my firstborn in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad.  Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, it it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.

Read and study these and think of this...

If we do not teach our stewardship the law they can never sin.  If they can never sin, they can never know joy. If they can never know joy, they will live forever in innocence, without joy or sadness.

So teach your stewardship the law with diligence not just so that the sin falls not upon your head (because were there is no law there is no sin, and who's fault is that if there is no law?) but also so that they can have JOY...

I love you all, make it a great week!!

(and here are a couple of photos to make you happy)
-I think this was meant for Tyler's mother! (;

Love
Elder Traveller

This sweet family was baptized last Saturday.  (September 28, 2019)  This family has truly impacted Tyler.  He told me that this is the first family he will look up when he returns to Mexico City to visit.  He loves them so very much, and so do we.

Tyler has made lifelong friends.

Tyler hits up every taco stand he can find.  He LOVES the food in Mexico City!

Hey everyone!  I thought I would give you all a quick hello...it has been awhile, so I am back!!

I could tell you all about my experiences but I would rather drop you all a quick thought.

In a talk given by Elder Ballard he says that when we teach doctrine to people who have never heard of the church, we are not planting something new, everyone has the Light of Christ and therefore has the capability to know all truth, but "light cleaveth unto light" (D&C 88:40) And these people are kept from the truth because they know not where to find it.  These people will recognize these truths as you teach them because they are familiar.  They have the capability to know them.  But they need help recognizing that.  They have the "capability" to understand all truth.  But they must be guided.

My invitation to you all is to share the doctrine with others so that by the Light of Christ, they can "RECOGNIZE" these gospel truths.

Go out and get it done!!!

Love,
Elder Traveller


Tyler has been transferred to an area near the Mexico City Temple.  Within his ward boundaries there are over 1000 members but only 130 people are active members.  Tyler has been going through each name, which has been tedious, but the area is being blessed.  He is training a new missionary who is doing well for being so new to the field!  Thank you for all of your prayers in his behalf.  It takes a village, of that I am sure.

The baptism of Enrique.  Each baptism has been so special for Tyler.

Cow eyeball.  Tyler LOVES to try new food.

Tyler's Halftime package made it...a little banged up...but it made it!

Apparently Dr. Simi is a big deal in Mexico.  Tyler's companion really wanted a picture of him with a missionary, so Tyler made it happen! (;

Mexico City East Mission

Tyler has learned to love cooking.

Area Conference.  August 2019.

Cow Feet bruh

Yeah, I ate some cow feet.  I don't even know how that works but that's what they told us it was haha.

My comp loved it so much we had to buy some at Walmart...cow feed at Walmart, weird stuff.

Thought I would drop you a quick spiritual message...

Read Jacob 1:19 and then look in the guide for the scriptures of what office means.  It applies to all.  TAKE CARE OF YOUR STEWARDSHIP!!!

Also cut an investigators hair this week.  Pretty great.

Love,

Elder Traveller

Tyler is pictured below with an investigator named Juan.  He will be baptized this Saturday.  Tyler felt strongly that his companionship needed to revisit the reactivation binder, which is very thick in his area.  Because of that prompting he has been lead to amazing people this month.  He has four baptisms scheduled for the next couple of weeks.  Tyler obviously doesn't like to talk about himself very much, but he is more humble that I have ever seen him.  He knows he is the 'instrument' for the Lord's hands and that this is the Lord's work.  Thank you for all of the love and support that you continually show him.  Tyler's family highlight for the week was that he got to talk to Gentry about being a Dad on Tuesday.  Tyler LOVED hearing his voice.  He misses his family so much. - Kari

WHAT UP FAM!

Stellar week, our house flooded with water from the sewage...again.  Living the life huh?  HAHA man good times.  Check the vid I will send it is pretty funny.  Oh also the dog in the picture followed us all of the way back to our house...cute little guy.

Well, life is good.  I wanted to share a quick message with everyone and let you ponder it.

What is UNDERSTANDING?  I wanted to use the guide to the scriptures to help you with this word.

Understanding:  'To gain a knowledge of or to perceive the meaning of some truth, including its application to life'

And how do we gain KNOWLEDGE?

Knowledge:  "Understanding and comprehension, especially of truth as taught or confirmed by the Spirit"

By the spirit, therefore you can only receive knowledge by the spirit.  And you only have understanding when you have knowledge.  And if someone is not applying what they "understand", do they really understand it?  No.  So I invite you all if you are not applying a Gospel principle in your life to seek knowledge of it by the power of the Holy Ghost so that you may receive understanding and apply it to your life.

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Love,
Elder Traveller

I'M BACK!!

Hey everyone!!  It has been awhile but I sure do love you all.  Just wanted to share a short message with you today.

Grace.

Grace is a very beautiful thing provided to us by our Savior.  Many times people become burned out and leave the church all because they do not understand Grace.  I hope you all understand God is not waiting at the finish line when you finish doing your very best.  He is not waiting for your very best before he makes up the difference for us.  That is very false and untrue.  God did not pay for everything except for a few coins.  He payed for it ALL.  So we are saved by Grace.  We may ask, then why repentance?  If we weren't required to repent we would never change.  Remember the debt the Savior paid for us in the first place...why did that exist?  Because of our sins, and if we do not change we are living in our sins.  The Savior paid for all of our sins, but it is required of us to change.

No unclean thing can dwell in the presence of God, but no unchanged thing will even want to.

I invite you all to listen to the talk 'His Grace is Sufficient' by Brad Wilcox.  (BYU Speech)

Love you all!!  Remember this week about changing and becoming better than last week.  If we don't change...then why are we here?

Love,
Elder Traveller

Note:  Cooper Traveller, Tyler's cousin, is headed to the Mexico CCM next week!  Cooper will be landing in Tyler's area!  He is currently living right next to the airport!

Tyler has had many incredible experiences with the people of Mexico City!

(Companion: Elder Ramos)

Elder Traveller is looking more and more like Jon!

He has loved trying new food!

Tyler's friends will appreciate this picture.  (;

He FINALLY likes SOCCER!  When in Rome...

This is a fun video of Tyler!!  His fellow missionaries convinced him to throw his back flip.  He hasn't done that in 8 months.  It is fun to see that is personality is still alive and well!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19PjIs8ypNITQTFhnIYU8Td2b0oR0eoRg/view

We have really enjoyed the opportunity to talk to Tyler via Google Hangouts!  Because Tyler loves to spend so much time talking, he doesn't have as much time to write. (and he is much more detailed in his calls than he EVER was in his letters!!)  I promised to send out a few pictures this week to everyone and to tell you all how much Tyler loves you and appreciates you!!

He has had some very special experiences the last couple of weeks, and this Saturday he will have the opportunity to baptize women named Gloria.  He promised to send pictures.  He also told us about three other baptisms that are scheduled to happen next week.

Tyler is happy and has immersed himself into the Mexican culture.  He loves the people and his area!!

Thank you for all of your many prayers for Tyler.  He has been so blessed because of you and your examples.

Tyler has become a soccer fan!  Who knew.  Mexico has changed him in so many ways! (;

Still drinking this sauce....and dipping it in carrots?!