Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Back in Tennessee
Elder Edgell was transferred this week back to Tennessee.
He left the country living of Sulphur Well, KY and is now in Murfreesboro, TN.
He is looking forward to serving the folks in this area.
Tim remembers the tornado that hit in Murfreesboro not long after he arrived in his first area back in March.
Here's a little history of Murfreesboro.
In 1811, the Tennessee State Legislature appointed a committee to select a new site for the Rutherford County seat. The site eventually chosen was 60 acres of land belonging to Captain William Lytle. The General Assembly named the new town "Cannonsburgh," honoring Newton Cannon, a young politician in Williamson County, but upon Captain Lytle's request, changed the name to "Murfreesborough" one month later. The naming was in memory of Lytle's friend, Colonel Hardy Murfree. In 1817, "Murfreesboro" was recognized as an official city by the State Legislature and, in 1818, was named the capital of Tennessee because of its central location. However, Nashville regained title as the State capital in 1826.
In the early years of Murfreesboro, it was mainly an agricultural community, with corn, cotton, and tobacco being the main crops. By 1853, the Murfreesboro area was home to three colleges and several academies, prompting it to be called the "Athens of Tennessee" by a visiting religious reporter. Although education suffered from the military occupation and the trauma of the Civil War, by the early 1900's it began to regain momentum. In 1911, Middle Tennessee State Normal School, for the training of teachers, was opened in Murfreesboro, joining Tennessee College for Women, which had opened in 1907. Today, Middle Tennessee State University is the home of 23,000+ students and has the highest undergraduate enrollment in the state.
After WWII, Murfreesboro and Rutherford County began to change from an agricultural based economy to industrial and manufacturing. Industrial growth has been steady since that time, contributing to a stable economy and phenomenal growth. In the past decade, Murfreesboro has enjoyed substantial residential and commercial growth. The City's population has increased 53.2 percent from 44,922 in 1990 to 68,816 in 2000. Murfreesboro now has, by special census, a population of 100,575.
Named the Most Livable Town in Tennessee, Murfreesboro is the fastest growing city in the state and it's not hard to see why. Murfreesboro provides the quality of life that attracts growth -- plentiful housing, excellent schools, employment opportunities, outstanding services, recreational programs and regional medical facilities.
We are hoping for some pictures next week and to hear how things are going there.
What a wonderful time to be a missionary.
He left the country living of Sulphur Well, KY and is now in Murfreesboro, TN.
He is looking forward to serving the folks in this area.
Tim remembers the tornado that hit in Murfreesboro not long after he arrived in his first area back in March.
In 1811, the Tennessee State Legislature appointed a committee to select a new site for the Rutherford County seat. The site eventually chosen was 60 acres of land belonging to Captain William Lytle. The General Assembly named the new town "Cannonsburgh," honoring Newton Cannon, a young politician in Williamson County, but upon Captain Lytle's request, changed the name to "Murfreesborough" one month later. The naming was in memory of Lytle's friend, Colonel Hardy Murfree. In 1817, "Murfreesboro" was recognized as an official city by the State Legislature and, in 1818, was named the capital of Tennessee because of its central location. However, Nashville regained title as the State capital in 1826.
In the early years of Murfreesboro, it was mainly an agricultural community, with corn, cotton, and tobacco being the main crops. By 1853, the Murfreesboro area was home to three colleges and several academies, prompting it to be called the "Athens of Tennessee" by a visiting religious reporter. Although education suffered from the military occupation and the trauma of the Civil War, by the early 1900's it began to regain momentum. In 1911, Middle Tennessee State Normal School, for the training of teachers, was opened in Murfreesboro, joining Tennessee College for Women, which had opened in 1907. Today, Middle Tennessee State University is the home of 23,000+ students and has the highest undergraduate enrollment in the state.
After WWII, Murfreesboro and Rutherford County began to change from an agricultural based economy to industrial and manufacturing. Industrial growth has been steady since that time, contributing to a stable economy and phenomenal growth. In the past decade, Murfreesboro has enjoyed substantial residential and commercial growth. The City's population has increased 53.2 percent from 44,922 in 1990 to 68,816 in 2000. Murfreesboro now has, by special census, a population of 100,575.
Named the Most Livable Town in Tennessee, Murfreesboro is the fastest growing city in the state and it's not hard to see why. Murfreesboro provides the quality of life that attracts growth -- plentiful housing, excellent schools, employment opportunities, outstanding services, recreational programs and regional medical facilities.
We are hoping for some pictures next week and to hear how things are going there.
What a wonderful time to be a missionary.
Friday, December 11, 2009
All is Well
Elder Edgell was back in Nashville for meetings last week. He and his companion still don't have a new car but walking is good for them. The members of the branch in Sulpher Well have been helping them out with transportation to the areas that are further out from the town.
Transfers are next week and Tim will find out tomorrow, Saturday the 12th, if he will be going to a new area.
Until next time check out the beautiful video clips - one below and one to the right under Links.
Transfers are next week and Tim will find out tomorrow, Saturday the 12th, if he will be going to a new area.
Until next time check out the beautiful video clips - one below and one to the right under Links.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Work and service makes life better
Good news! Our missionary has recovered and is doing much better. Unfortunately the truck hasn't faired so well.
Here's the latest from Elder Edgell. By the way, who said it wasn't a foreign language mission? :-)
"30 November 2009
Hey yall!
Hows it goin? Glad to hear ya'll had a good Thanksgiving. We also had a good one here. LOTS of food, and LOTS of left overs too, best part I think. Played some football, and basketball as well, so we had a good time, and hung out with members all day since it was an all day p-day.
Gosh I can't believe it's pretty much December, I'll be calling home in three weeks!
I'm doing better than I was last week. Just losing myself in the work, and it truly does help when you do that.
We have had some really nice days the past couple, but now its rainy and cold. Probably will be like that the rest of the week.
The branch here has been taking GOOD care of us, in giving us rides and dinners.
The adjuster is coming out today to look at the truck to decide if they will trash it or fix it. We think they're going to trash it probably because it's 15grand worth of damage :/.
Two more weeks left of the transfer and I will most likely be getting transfered because I have been here for 5 months, but I guess we will find out in two weeks.
Hows the ward doing? Hope they are doing good.
Juanita, well we haven't had contact with her in over a week :/ Not sure what is going on with her, I think its because of her health and she starts chemo this week, so she will be in and out of hospitals all week, so hopefully we will be able to catch her at home tommorow when we go.
We had a really good week last week, much better than past weeks. Our district met our goals for the month! whoot!
Thanks to the senior couple. They have been rippin it up in Thompkinsville.
We have Zone Conference again this week down in Bowling Green. It should be good, and hopefully we will have our new car brought to us. We are also getting a new Zone Leader today! The Zone kinda was in a somewhat open rebellion against one of them, and no one really liked him (sad I know) so he is getting ETed ( emergency transferred) today and we have a new ZL. Ahhh the life of a missionary, what can ya do?
Glad to hear the Gators finished what they set out to do, I just realized they haven't lost since the Ole Miss game last year, wow! Tebow is really determined. The SEC championship game is this weekend right?
If they win, I will be expecting a shirt come Christmas time :)
Speaking of Christmas, just tell people I need, ties, belt, socks etc...the norm of missionary clothes. I heard that there was a missionary calendar...I would like one if you could find it. It's pretty cool, I've seen it before.
I've lost about 10lbs since we have been walking all the time :). so that's good news.
Oh I got your box you sent. THANKS! Well I recon that's all for this week.
Love yall
Elder Edgell "
p.s. 6 month tie burning, looks like more than ties being burnt.
Here's the latest from Elder Edgell. By the way, who said it wasn't a foreign language mission? :-)
"30 November 2009
Hey yall!
Hows it goin? Glad to hear ya'll had a good Thanksgiving. We also had a good one here. LOTS of food, and LOTS of left overs too, best part I think. Played some football, and basketball as well, so we had a good time, and hung out with members all day since it was an all day p-day.
Gosh I can't believe it's pretty much December, I'll be calling home in three weeks!
I'm doing better than I was last week. Just losing myself in the work, and it truly does help when you do that.
We have had some really nice days the past couple, but now its rainy and cold. Probably will be like that the rest of the week.
The branch here has been taking GOOD care of us, in giving us rides and dinners.
The adjuster is coming out today to look at the truck to decide if they will trash it or fix it. We think they're going to trash it probably because it's 15grand worth of damage :/.
Two more weeks left of the transfer and I will most likely be getting transfered because I have been here for 5 months, but I guess we will find out in two weeks.
Hows the ward doing? Hope they are doing good.
Juanita, well we haven't had contact with her in over a week :/ Not sure what is going on with her, I think its because of her health and she starts chemo this week, so she will be in and out of hospitals all week, so hopefully we will be able to catch her at home tommorow when we go.
We had a really good week last week, much better than past weeks. Our district met our goals for the month! whoot!
Thanks to the senior couple. They have been rippin it up in Thompkinsville.
We have Zone Conference again this week down in Bowling Green. It should be good, and hopefully we will have our new car brought to us. We are also getting a new Zone Leader today! The Zone kinda was in a somewhat open rebellion against one of them, and no one really liked him (sad I know) so he is getting ETed ( emergency transferred) today and we have a new ZL. Ahhh the life of a missionary, what can ya do?
Glad to hear the Gators finished what they set out to do, I just realized they haven't lost since the Ole Miss game last year, wow! Tebow is really determined. The SEC championship game is this weekend right?
If they win, I will be expecting a shirt come Christmas time :)
Speaking of Christmas, just tell people I need, ties, belt, socks etc...the norm of missionary clothes. I heard that there was a missionary calendar...I would like one if you could find it. It's pretty cool, I've seen it before.
I've lost about 10lbs since we have been walking all the time :). so that's good news.
Oh I got your box you sent. THANKS! Well I recon that's all for this week.
Love yall
Elder Edgell "
p.s. 6 month tie burning, looks like more than ties being burnt.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Bumps on the Head and Growing Experiences
We had just received Elder Edgell's email on the 16th of November and all was well. Then on Tuesday evening, Nov. 17th, I received a phone call from Mission President - my first thought when I saw Tennessee Mission on caller ID was "Oh no, what happened to his knee since yesterday".
Well, it wasn't his knee this time - Elder Edgell had his first accident - and as he put it "My first car accident had to be on my mission". He was knocked out for a moment. Thankfully he only suffered a mild concussion and is sore and his companion had no injuries at all. Also, no other cars were on the road at that time. Blessings, blessings!
Well, it wasn't his knee this time - Elder Edgell had his first accident - and as he put it "My first car accident had to be on my mission". He was knocked out for a moment. Thankfully he only suffered a mild concussion and is sore and his companion had no injuries at all. Also, no other cars were on the road at that time. Blessings, blessings!
What happened? Elder Edgell and Elder Tanner were heading out for the day and roads were wet. They came to a curve and when Tim slowed for it - the truck didn't - it slid into the right guardrail and then back over to the left guard rail. Here's the damage to truck - ouch!
Tim doesn't remember the accident. Only leaving the apartment then being in the ambulance.
He has continued to have headaches but that is normal with a concussion.
So November 17th will be a memorable day for those Elders.
As for the mission work - it continues albeit slower lately. Hopefully by our next update, he'll be back to normal. This shook him up quite a bit and has knocked him down. I am confident he will be blessed to heal quickly and move "Onward, ever onward".
They had a lunch/dinner appointment for Thanksgiving Day so I'm sure they enjoyed the day.
It is a blessing to know that the folks down there in Kentucky are taking good care of the missionaries.
Until next time...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Happy Hunting
Latest news from Elder Edgell:
Nov. 16, 2009
" Howdy!
Hey ya'll! Phew, what a busy past week. Zone Conference, and some other meetings.
First of all , Zone Conference was AMAZING! Elder Arnold, quorum of the seventy member taught us. It was really spiritual and inspiring. He is such a powerful teacher. We learned how to be better missionaries, and how we can improve, and what we can work on, and better contacting skills, which has worked a lot this past week in our mission.
We have a new skill that our mission has worked on that our zone is calling the "Jackhammer". You invite someone to be baptized right on the door step. We have yet to try it, but we have tried it in our lessons with our investigators this past week. And so far one accepted a baptismal date for the 29th!!!!!
When me and my comp were looking through past teaching records we flipped through this one, and felt very strongly that we needed to go see her. We saw her last Thursday and she was so excited to see us. She told us that she had been taught by missionaries about a year ago and had been praying and wondering when we were going to come back. She also told us that she had been kicking herself for not getting baptized when the missionaries had taught her a year ago. We didn't set the date on Thursday but went back on Saturday.
We got there on Saturday and she told us that she was begining to think that we forgot about her, but right when she thought that we knocked on the door. She was super excited about it. We talked with her awhile, and she started to break down and cry and started saying," I can't believe I have put this off for this long. I need to change." Then she asked us what can she do...well of course we read with her part of Mosiah 18, the part about baptism...and she said I know I need to do that. So we set the date right then and there, and she was more then willing to accept. It was such an amazing experience, the spirit was super strong. We committed her to attend church and she wanted to go. Well she didn't go to church :( so we went by her house after church and tried to see her, but she wasn't there...well she was but not answering the door. We feel that something is wrong with her, because she has been really, really sick for a long time, so if ya’ll could remember Juanita Janes in your prayers that would be great.
We have had a ton of experiences like that this past week. Found 8 new people to teach, including two families, which I'm excited about.
It actually was BEAUTIFUL all week long, not a drop of rain. :) I heard that there was some flooding going on from Ida. I heard it was supposed to rain here tomorrow and Wednesday.
Oh speaking of hunting, it was the official start of deer hunting this past weekend! So we will most likely be getting some deer meat, which I love. It is really good.
Well, I reckon that's all for this week. Hope everyone has a fantastic week this week. Thanks for ya’lls support and keep doin what your doin
Love yall
Elder Edgell "
Nov. 16, 2009
" Howdy!
Hey ya'll! Phew, what a busy past week. Zone Conference, and some other meetings.
First of all , Zone Conference was AMAZING! Elder Arnold, quorum of the seventy member taught us. It was really spiritual and inspiring. He is such a powerful teacher. We learned how to be better missionaries, and how we can improve, and what we can work on, and better contacting skills, which has worked a lot this past week in our mission.
We have a new skill that our mission has worked on that our zone is calling the "Jackhammer". You invite someone to be baptized right on the door step. We have yet to try it, but we have tried it in our lessons with our investigators this past week. And so far one accepted a baptismal date for the 29th!!!!!
When me and my comp were looking through past teaching records we flipped through this one, and felt very strongly that we needed to go see her. We saw her last Thursday and she was so excited to see us. She told us that she had been taught by missionaries about a year ago and had been praying and wondering when we were going to come back. She also told us that she had been kicking herself for not getting baptized when the missionaries had taught her a year ago. We didn't set the date on Thursday but went back on Saturday.
We got there on Saturday and she told us that she was begining to think that we forgot about her, but right when she thought that we knocked on the door. She was super excited about it. We talked with her awhile, and she started to break down and cry and started saying," I can't believe I have put this off for this long. I need to change." Then she asked us what can she do...well of course we read with her part of Mosiah 18, the part about baptism...and she said I know I need to do that. So we set the date right then and there, and she was more then willing to accept. It was such an amazing experience, the spirit was super strong. We committed her to attend church and she wanted to go. Well she didn't go to church :( so we went by her house after church and tried to see her, but she wasn't there...well she was but not answering the door. We feel that something is wrong with her, because she has been really, really sick for a long time, so if ya’ll could remember Juanita Janes in your prayers that would be great.
We have had a ton of experiences like that this past week. Found 8 new people to teach, including two families, which I'm excited about.
It actually was BEAUTIFUL all week long, not a drop of rain. :) I heard that there was some flooding going on from Ida. I heard it was supposed to rain here tomorrow and Wednesday.
Oh speaking of hunting, it was the official start of deer hunting this past weekend! So we will most likely be getting some deer meat, which I love. It is really good.
Well, I reckon that's all for this week. Hope everyone has a fantastic week this week. Thanks for ya’lls support and keep doin what your doin
Love yall
Elder Edgell "
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