It sounds to me that everyone is doing great! Yes the work is going well. I'm really enjoying all of it. Days are flying by. Conference is in about 5 weeks:) I'm glad they told ya. I do love you very much. I cannot get over it. I'm sorry. This is probably my 55th email to you. Every time Preparation day comes around I get to type in some words, on to this piece of plastic, to my parents. What a blessing that is. Yeah, we're a ways away but I feel the love through prayers, through small miracles that happen daily and through the happiness that jumps off the screen and literally penetrates my heart. To you, these emails may seem repetitive but I promise that every one of them wets my eyes. It's crazy how much I love you all. I'd imagine I'll be a mess come the moment I step off the plane in St. George, UT. to see MY family to whom I'm sealed to forever. I'm grateful to be a missionary. It's a wonderful thing that we're provided with the means of communicating once a week. Thank you for writing me.
Gosh, you know what? I love our dad. Life would be tough if he didn't know the Book of Mormon was true. That testimony is life changing. He loves us so much. You two are a perfect companionship. Sorry about his ribs. He's too tough. He's gotta be a cowboy.
I love those Little's. Please give them hugs and kisses from me and let them know what I'm doing all the time.
Nothing makes one happier than when they're sharing the gospel. I'd imagine being a parent is pretty neat. You get to, everyday, share the gospel with your children. What an opportunity/responsibility that is.
All is well here:) Mai Houa decided to be baptized this Saturday at 6 pm. We're very excited. This baptismal service is probably a lot more significant then we can imagine. We hope the whole family comes. We've been busy. We've been working hard and I've learned a ton this past week. I, through the past couple weeks, have read my journals dating back to January 2009. It is so apparent to see the hand of the Lord in my life and in the lives of our family. I was given so much and now I'm here. I struggled, but I was being refined/prepared through every trial. Many miracles happened and I was always comforted and delivered from anything that was troubling me.
I love ya. I love life. I love our Savior. Tell Peighton and Haizlee to pretend they're me and to give you and dad a hard hug from Braed:) Let me know if there's anything I can do for you all. . Thank you for your love.
Love Elder Paramore
Monday, February 28, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
02/21/11
Oh mom! I just love ya so much! So I have felt that way lately... I was in church just yesterday and I thought to myself, "why am I so darn happy?" It's almost as if nothing is hard right now. I got worried and even a bit scared. I thought to myself that there's probably no warning sign more significant than this one to a person who's "on top of the world" and has realized it. If one doesn't work even harder once they've come to this realization of just how blessed they are; then they will inevitably fall, be confused or angry and think to themselves, "why me?" "Remember, Remember" are the words of so many prophets. They aren't just asking us to remember, they're begging, they're pleading...please please just remember the Lord, acknowledge your blessings and never quit working, never get comfortable. That was perfect. Thank you mom. I agree that the principal of sacrifice is slipping away. Not with us! I hope we will continue to sacrifice all we need to to propel this work forward in whatever ways we can.
I'm glad all is well there. You're lucky you got to see Hannah Ames and her mother. She's pretty special.
I love it here. We are teaching a lot of people. The family that just came from Thailand is one of the main families. They are tough because they have a lot of relatives pulling them away from the church. They are the ones that also sponsored them to come over to the states so it's making it real tough on the family who wants to begin believing in God. The daughter expressed to a member who gives them rides a lot of places that she wanted to be baptized so we went over the next day and got a permission slip signed by her parents because she's not 18. It was intense.. They're supportive they just want her to know how significant the decision is. They even said afterward that if they see it as something good then they too will be baptized. The whole family is so neat but Mai Houa, the daughter, is just so in tuned. So we're saying our prayers and trying hard to be obedient to secure all the blessings we can. Only the daughter has been coming to church. The rest of the family gets a call from the old culture relatives every Sabbath to go do something so we set up a breakfast at Dib Lis' house and I made french toast, pancakes and such. They had never eaten these things before. We did it so they could be over there just before church so if anyone were to call them then they weren't home:) Well they didn't end up coming to church but they enjoyed the food and we were able to share some ideas from the Book of Mormon, we're going to keep trying whatever it's going to take. Sister Lor and Sister Lis are the best member missionaries. They are involved in almost everything we do. They care about the work so much. It's neat. I'm learning so much Hmong right now. It's kinda hard, at times I feel like I'm going backward because it's like a tornado of confusion in my head ha. It's great though. We have the best ward mission leader as well. I'm not kidding. He helps us out so much and it makes it so much nicer to have a solid connection between us and the ward so we can get help from them. Life is too good right now and I'm grateful.
Please hug and kiss everyone for me and know that I love you all so so so much. Love ya mom. Tell my dad that he means more to me then I could ever explain. Same goes for the rest of the family. Thanks for being great.
Love Elder Paramore
PS Tell Landon that he's in my prayers and that I think of him often. I love him and I hope he knows that.
I'm glad all is well there. You're lucky you got to see Hannah Ames and her mother. She's pretty special.
I love it here. We are teaching a lot of people. The family that just came from Thailand is one of the main families. They are tough because they have a lot of relatives pulling them away from the church. They are the ones that also sponsored them to come over to the states so it's making it real tough on the family who wants to begin believing in God. The daughter expressed to a member who gives them rides a lot of places that she wanted to be baptized so we went over the next day and got a permission slip signed by her parents because she's not 18. It was intense.. They're supportive they just want her to know how significant the decision is. They even said afterward that if they see it as something good then they too will be baptized. The whole family is so neat but Mai Houa, the daughter, is just so in tuned. So we're saying our prayers and trying hard to be obedient to secure all the blessings we can. Only the daughter has been coming to church. The rest of the family gets a call from the old culture relatives every Sabbath to go do something so we set up a breakfast at Dib Lis' house and I made french toast, pancakes and such. They had never eaten these things before. We did it so they could be over there just before church so if anyone were to call them then they weren't home:) Well they didn't end up coming to church but they enjoyed the food and we were able to share some ideas from the Book of Mormon, we're going to keep trying whatever it's going to take. Sister Lor and Sister Lis are the best member missionaries. They are involved in almost everything we do. They care about the work so much. It's neat. I'm learning so much Hmong right now. It's kinda hard, at times I feel like I'm going backward because it's like a tornado of confusion in my head ha. It's great though. We have the best ward mission leader as well. I'm not kidding. He helps us out so much and it makes it so much nicer to have a solid connection between us and the ward so we can get help from them. Life is too good right now and I'm grateful.
Please hug and kiss everyone for me and know that I love you all so so so much. Love ya mom. Tell my dad that he means more to me then I could ever explain. Same goes for the rest of the family. Thanks for being great.
Love Elder Paramore
PS Tell Landon that he's in my prayers and that I think of him often. I love him and I hope he knows that.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Valentines Day 11`
Holy Cow! Whata week y'all had! That sounds like a lot. I bet ya had fun seeing all the little kids smiling and having fun. I remember having some of the best birthday parties as a young boy. I loved them I bet he just had such a fun time. I'm grateful to hear that the luncheon is so successful! That's so neat. Way to go! I really love this ward I'm in. This one feels like home. they are tight knit ward. It's really neat. I love all the people everywhere, The Guymon's are so so funny and so kind. They'd do anything to help someone out. Sister Guymon is just such a sweet woman. Ha sister Watts love loves loves missionaries and their moms ha. I only met her once and she's not even in my ward ha.
I cannot say it enough but I'll say it again.. We have the best dad. I firmly believe that his love and dedication to our family is irreplaceable. I have and still continue to feel your love and prayers for me. I'm just so lucky and so blessed to have you two as my parents:) Thanks for smiling and thanks for loving me so much.
The work is great! I love Elder Clawson. He cracks me up and we're having so so so much fun right now. He's just great. We're teaching a few people right now. Ha so many funny things happen and I don't have time to put a lot of these experiences in my emails. No worries, I keep a great journal:) Journals are neat. Umm... Oh! I got your package on Saturday so it was perfect! Thank you. The Journal was perfect! Thank you so much. Ha the Mate is so funny. I'm living with an Elder who is being trained which means he just got to the field. He probably thinks I've gone off the deep end ha. Jk. He's great. I love being obedient. I don't enjoy sacrificing obedience and I won't. Knowing one is being obedient is so much more enjoyable then the temporary fun one thinks they're having when disobedient. The work is great. Life is good and I just keep smiling:) that's all I can do really. I kind of have no choice. I mean it. I have to be happy. I know the Book of Mormon is true and the Atonement is real. I have felt the healing power of it. 2 Nephi 33:3 is really good. I feel this way a lot and then verse 6 is so simple and so profound. Mom I love ya. You're the greatest mom a son could ask for. What a great time this life is to prepare to meet God and with a mom like you and dad like mine I've got some pretty good trainers:) Please hug and kiss those Little's like crazy for me. They are precious. I was writing letters today and I was listening to music. Sometimes I really like to set the mood when I write. I often start with a prayer then turn on some hymns or other spiritually conducive music and I write. It's a sacred thing to me to be able to write people that love and support me. People are so nice to me and it's great. I wish I had the time and means to hug them all and it'd be impossible to express my love for them but I could try... Anyway... Today I was writing and I heard some children singing on the CD I was listening to. My heart was over flowing with gratitude and tears filled my eyes. I then gazed a the little wallet sized picture of Peighton on my desk and it's incredible the amount of love I have for him and the rest of you. These two Little's in our family are so very precious. They aren't even mine ha. Love is spoken in our home and it ALWAYS has been. Love is in my bones and every fiber of my being. I don't even know who my wife is but I love her so so so so much. My kids already mean the world to me. If I didn't love them or you all or more importantly the Savior, I would not be here and oh baby do I love the Lord. Thanks for being my mom, thank dad for being my dad and you can hug and kiss him for me.
Keep Smilin':) Love ya.
Love, your son, Tub Txib Pob Tsuas Vaaj aka Elder Braedon Coltrin Paramore
I cannot say it enough but I'll say it again.. We have the best dad. I firmly believe that his love and dedication to our family is irreplaceable. I have and still continue to feel your love and prayers for me. I'm just so lucky and so blessed to have you two as my parents:) Thanks for smiling and thanks for loving me so much.
The work is great! I love Elder Clawson. He cracks me up and we're having so so so much fun right now. He's just great. We're teaching a few people right now. Ha so many funny things happen and I don't have time to put a lot of these experiences in my emails. No worries, I keep a great journal:) Journals are neat. Umm... Oh! I got your package on Saturday so it was perfect! Thank you. The Journal was perfect! Thank you so much. Ha the Mate is so funny. I'm living with an Elder who is being trained which means he just got to the field. He probably thinks I've gone off the deep end ha. Jk. He's great. I love being obedient. I don't enjoy sacrificing obedience and I won't. Knowing one is being obedient is so much more enjoyable then the temporary fun one thinks they're having when disobedient. The work is great. Life is good and I just keep smiling:) that's all I can do really. I kind of have no choice. I mean it. I have to be happy. I know the Book of Mormon is true and the Atonement is real. I have felt the healing power of it. 2 Nephi 33:3 is really good. I feel this way a lot and then verse 6 is so simple and so profound. Mom I love ya. You're the greatest mom a son could ask for. What a great time this life is to prepare to meet God and with a mom like you and dad like mine I've got some pretty good trainers:) Please hug and kiss those Little's like crazy for me. They are precious. I was writing letters today and I was listening to music. Sometimes I really like to set the mood when I write. I often start with a prayer then turn on some hymns or other spiritually conducive music and I write. It's a sacred thing to me to be able to write people that love and support me. People are so nice to me and it's great. I wish I had the time and means to hug them all and it'd be impossible to express my love for them but I could try... Anyway... Today I was writing and I heard some children singing on the CD I was listening to. My heart was over flowing with gratitude and tears filled my eyes. I then gazed a the little wallet sized picture of Peighton on my desk and it's incredible the amount of love I have for him and the rest of you. These two Little's in our family are so very precious. They aren't even mine ha. Love is spoken in our home and it ALWAYS has been. Love is in my bones and every fiber of my being. I don't even know who my wife is but I love her so so so so much. My kids already mean the world to me. If I didn't love them or you all or more importantly the Savior, I would not be here and oh baby do I love the Lord. Thanks for being my mom, thank dad for being my dad and you can hug and kiss him for me.
Keep Smilin':) Love ya.
Love, your son, Tub Txib Pob Tsuas Vaaj aka Elder Braedon Coltrin Paramore
Monday, February 7, 2011
02/07/11
Elder Clawson is great! I love him. I really appreciated him a lot once he wasn't my companion anymore and now that he is I won't take him for granted. Our stay in Oroville was busy and we worked hard hard hard. We'll continue to do that here and now we know each other it will be a bit easier.
We're teaching a family from Thailand. They arrived in the States for the first time just a couple months ago. They can't speak any English. They can read Thai and speak it and they can also speak Hmong. The other day mom I was sitting at a fold out table and we were trying to teach these very humble, scared, stressed people some English. Well all at once a rush of gratitude came over me. As I looked up and observed the mother she was looking down at her paper which has nothing but the Alphabet on it and some words that go along with each letter A Apple B bell and so forth. Her hand was on her head and she looked defeated. I wanted to cry. I want to cry now too. In the 6th verse of chapter one in 2nd nephi it reads: that none will be led into this land unless it's by the hand of the Lord. I know they're here for a reason. I know I met them for a reason. I already love them very much. I would say a letter then they'd repeat. Can you imagine the humility. It's unbelievable. I can't communicate with them very well but I try. It has been neat to be around the kids. There's never a real dialogue but the love is always felt. It's very real and it's so wonderful! I cannot help but think of a dear dear friend of mine whenever I see little children. Jenna taught me soo much about love, and her love for children has really opened my eyes to the preciousness of our Heavenly Father's little ones. I'm very blessed to have the friends I do. They ALL have taught me things that I think about during certain situations as a missionary. I am blessed. This family has 8 kids and the parents are under a lot of pressure. Their relatives sponsored them to come over here and they still practice "old culture" so when they got here they wanted to believe in Christ but they're under a lot of pressure from the relatives to do the old culture because they got them over here and provided them with quite a bit to live. We're just grateful that the spirit is much more impressive then any physical gift. The dad of this family also has a brother who happens to be a member and his family is one of the strongest Hmong families I've seen. So we're battling. My goodness mom... Just think about all there is to be grateful for. We can laugh, love, feel, we have toes, fingers, a functioning body with good organs, our minds are quick and sometimes wise, we can see out of eyes, smell, hear, taste, we can speak and through those words we can let others know how we feel and what we know to be true. I'm overwhelmed with the blessings in my life. We take soo much for granted. I love waking up and trying my hardest throughout the whole day to simply REMEMBER ALL in which my Heavenly Father has given me. Nothing can bring us down when we're successful at doing this.
Tell Chand I love her very much and have no doubts of the real significant work our Heavenly Father has in store for her. That goes for the rest of you as well. I live at 390 Rio Lindo Ave. Apt # 45 Chico CA. 95926:) I love you very much. Let me know if there's anything I can do for you all. I love Brooks Hartman. He's the real man:) and let him know I wouldn't mind if he dated then married my sister:) That'd be great. K love ya.
Elder Paramore
01/31/11
Hey! How are you all?! Yeah last week was great! Today we find out if we'll be transferred but we haven't found out yet so I might have to let you know next week. Yeah it's crazy. 1 year ago I got to hang out with you all for one last day and then I was driving up North with my dad:) I saw grandma, Colyn, Pat and Jim and we ate at La Frontera. Then the Morning I was to report dad and I got Jamba Juice:) It was good! Wow I cannot believe how great our family is:) I love you all very much. John and Maria are so great. We taught then about the Word of Wisdom and are teaching about The Law of Chastity they are some of my favorites. I have a testimony of both. Elder Reid and I taught 109 lessons this transfer:) It's just a whole lot more fun when your busy. All is well here.
I'm glad you got to spend time with Patrick and his family! Haizlee and P are getting so so so so big! P will be 6 in 12 days! Crazy. I still remember vividly getting the call out of math class to be checked out. Then picking up kids and meeting at the hospital to wait until 4:11, I think, until P was born. He's a gift to our family from Heavenly Father and like Haizlee, couldn't have come at a better time. They are precious and I can't wait to hug them and kiss them ha. None of our investigators have baptismal dates. We're working with them prayerfully. I love all of them so much. I love the quote you sent that says "never let a problem to be solved get in the way of a person to be loved." It feels like Elders get so caught up in being right and they lose focus of what's right. I'm probably guilty but thanks for the quote:) We had a broadcast stake conference yesterday so we heard from President Packer, President Eyring, Elder Rasband and Sister Wixom. There talks were so so so good! I could listen to them talk forever. I was grateful for the opportunity. I don't know if I'll be transferred, it's kind of up in the air:) I love this area, I loved Yuba and I know i'll love Chico if I go there too! Dad got a new truck too! That's pretty sweet. I love him so much. I just figured out that I got transferred to Chico. That'll be cool. I'll be serving with Elder Clawson again :) It's so bitter sweet when you leave an area but it's all good ha. Alright mom I'd better go. I have a dentist appointment at 10:40. the 1st counselor in the Stake Presidency is a dentist. He's very very nice. Ok love ya.
Love Elder Paramore
I'm glad you got to spend time with Patrick and his family! Haizlee and P are getting so so so so big! P will be 6 in 12 days! Crazy. I still remember vividly getting the call out of math class to be checked out. Then picking up kids and meeting at the hospital to wait until 4:11, I think, until P was born. He's a gift to our family from Heavenly Father and like Haizlee, couldn't have come at a better time. They are precious and I can't wait to hug them and kiss them ha. None of our investigators have baptismal dates. We're working with them prayerfully. I love all of them so much. I love the quote you sent that says "never let a problem to be solved get in the way of a person to be loved." It feels like Elders get so caught up in being right and they lose focus of what's right. I'm probably guilty but thanks for the quote:) We had a broadcast stake conference yesterday so we heard from President Packer, President Eyring, Elder Rasband and Sister Wixom. There talks were so so so good! I could listen to them talk forever. I was grateful for the opportunity. I don't know if I'll be transferred, it's kind of up in the air:) I love this area, I loved Yuba and I know i'll love Chico if I go there too! Dad got a new truck too! That's pretty sweet. I love him so much. I just figured out that I got transferred to Chico. That'll be cool. I'll be serving with Elder Clawson again :) It's so bitter sweet when you leave an area but it's all good ha. Alright mom I'd better go. I have a dentist appointment at 10:40. the 1st counselor in the Stake Presidency is a dentist. He's very very nice. Ok love ya.
Love Elder Paramore
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