24 April 2019: "Elder Lovell ... Congratulations."

Hi all!

This is coming to you when I have no time to write, but there are two things I wanted to tell you all. 

The church is true, because it is Christ's Church. The reason why I know this is because I got to shake the hand of, and hear the words of a prophet of God. Elder Jeffrey R Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles came to our mission on Saturday, and he was at our stake conference the next day, on Easter Sunday. 

We got to have a special mission conference with him and several members of the General Authority Seventies. President Terrance Vinsen, of the Presidency of the Seventy, Elder Kyle Mackay, and Elder Jimenez of the Seventy also were there with us. The entire mission was there! I got to see Elder Troya, who has been serving in Blythe, California, the literal bottom of the mission. 

When Elder Holland shook my hand, he looked me in the eyes for a split second, and said, "Elder Lovell, congratulations". He told us all at the pulpit that on our handshake, he interviewed us. Not a formal interview, but he said that he interviewed us, and could tell how we were doing from that handshake. He was such a powerful speaker to us. On Saturday, with just the missionaries, he was much more animated, just because of how passionate he is about the work. 
Sunday he delivered a beautiful, still a little animated message on the Savior and His Resurrection. 

The other members of the Seventy also addressed us missionaries. The whole Echipare family came to church! They all got to see Elder Holland speak. It was great! I really needed this weekend. It reignited my fire for the work, my excitement for this sacred work. 

Love, 
Elder Lovell

Pics:
We got to go hiking today as a district which was super fun. That's why this email is so late. 
Mission conference with Elder Holland!
Messing around in walmart (:




 

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