8 Oct 2019: Tutty Fruity



Hello everyone!

This week was a really good week. Especially since we had General Conference! General Conference is a semi annual event that we have when the whole body of the church listens to the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ, especially men who we believe are prophets of God. One of them, a member of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles, his talk was about the Fruits of the Gospel, and most of all, the fruit that is most sweet, the Atonement of Jesus Christ. 

Also, we were at dinner last week with a Venezuelan couple, and they gave us a couple of Mangos that were HUGE, literally twice as big as my fist! So I thought this title for my email was appropriate.

We also had a cool experience yesterday morning! We decided that instead of driving to our next area we were going to work in, we would instead take the little bike trail for a bit and walk there. Well, we were stopped by a man on his bike, who asked us how the work was going. We talked for a bit, and then he asked us if how we were brought up affected the decision we made to go on a mission. Our conversation shifted to how we teach, what we teach (as in the Doctrine of Christ), and for a while it seemed like he was asking for parenting advice from a few 19 year old men! He said, as we were talking about our beliefs and the Doctrine of Christ, he said "I'd rather learn this stuff from you guys than from anyone else!" It was awesome! We gave him our phone number and invited him to learn more, and he said "well, I'm not going to become a Mormon, but I think it would be cool to learn more.." ha ha. Well, I like to think that the visit we had with him was totally inspired, and that we left a really good impression on him, and that he will give us a call soon! 
That's all the time I have today!

Have a great week!
Elder Lovell

Pics:

15 months of walking have been put into these shoes, and they are still working!

Mucho Mango!

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