14 April 2020: ¡Oh bebé!

Hello everyone!

We have had a pretty packed week! We have been teaching a lot of lessons to members and non members, but one of the other highlights this week was the fact that Hna Pecjak's (Alta Vista Relief Society President) grandson was born on Friday! The crazy thing about that is that I was in my first transfer here in the branch when I was at her house when her and her husband found out they would be grandparents! When I finish my mission, I will have been in this wonderful branch for 10.5 months!

Some of the lesson highlights were:
-we had a lesson with the Coreas family in which we talked about them going to the temple to be sealed as a family for time and eternity, and wrote down their goals on a whiteboard. We texted Alma a picture of the whiteboard, and she then posted it on her Facebook story, which simply told me how important that was for her 
-we had a lesson with Cesar and Jesse and our branch president about the Priesthood, and how important it is. I felt a strong sense of trust from the Lord, and I knew that Heavenly Father trusts us so much, especially those of us who hold His priesthood authority. We literally assist Him in helping His children return back to Him through excersizing the Priesthood worthily. I felt strongly that Heavenly Father and The Savior trust Cesar and Jesse a lot too. 
-we had a lesson with the Ángulos and they will now be getting baptized on May 9th, which we are so excited about! 
-my highlight of the week was having a lesson with Ana on Saturday, because as we were bearing our testimonies to her, when we finished, she started bearing her testimony right back to us! Oh my goodness, how teaching that woman and helping her come unto Christ has changed my life forever. This branch has changed my life forever. 
-one couple in the branch we called while they were getting ready to have dinner, and they are from Venezuela. We asked what they were having, and they said spaghetti and tuna! Then they showed us that it was the most expensive type at Costco, four medium cans costed 30 bucks! I still don't know how I feel about spaghetti and tuna together, but oh well. 

I just want to say that this week I have seen my testimony grow a ton about how we can feel joy in our hard times. It sounds so contradictory, but yesterday, after 5 out of 6 lessons fell through, one of them blocking our phone number, at the end of the day I was drained. It was a tough day! But for some reason, I had a feeling of joy and happiness envelope me! We had had a quick lesson with some members that had gone pretty awesomely, and I was so happy, despite the fact that the rest of our day had been in the pits. What a tender mercy from the Lord! 
I hope all of you have a great week! Let me know how you all are doing! Stay healthy! 
Elder Lovell 

-Rocking the mask game on our walks to the mailbox
-a quote that I feel is appropriate to share! 






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

25 Feb 2020: "Call me maybe"

Image
Hello everyone! This week has been a week full of miracles! It was a busy one, due to transfer duties being taken care of. It's fun being in a trio, especially with a former companion of mine.  We had a pretty amazing experience on Sunday. We had just gotten home from church, and we got a call from someone, who asked if we would please come and teach her son. She had received a card from missionaries with our phone number on it about a year and a half ago, and her son was really struggling, and so her and her husband decided to call us to have us come teach their family. That never ever happens to us, and so of course we would! We went to their house, which was in a part of our area in which we didn't really go much because of the lack of Spanish speaking people there, but they lived there! We had the most powerful conversation with the family. This wonderful Sister and her husband were crying as we taught their son that yes there is a God, and that he was a son of God...
Read more

18 Dec 2018: ¿¡Voy a ser un líder de distrito?!

Image
Hola mi gente! Well, another transfer has come and gone and I will be.... Leaving Washington Avenue! Yesterday afternoon I also learned from a certain phone call from President that I will be the district leader in a new district! Who woulda thunk it! My new area is going to be two wards called Freedom Park and Christy Lane, and my new companion, who came out with Elder Troya, is from Honduras! His name is Elder Carpio, and he is fantastic! I'm so excited, and a bit nervous, but that's neither here nor there. If I learned anything from the past two transfers, it is that the Lord qualifies who he calls . That has been made very clear to me the past few months. He qualifies whom He calls. He has qualified me to be a trainer, and I know that if I am worthy of it, He will qualify me to be a district leader.  Oh yeah, Elder Troya is going to good ole Blythe, CA to be companions with our old zone leader, Elder Lawson. He is pretty darn excited. I re...
Read more

22 August 2018: Arrived in NV

Image
Hola mi familia! I just wanted to let you know that I arrived in Las Vegas safely! It was quite a beautiful drive, until we got into the city and I couldn't look out the window without looking back in the car again if you know what I mean... P days are on Tuesdays here, except for next week which it will be on Thursday.  I love you all!  Here is a picture of Elder Cluff and I before we would be separated forever... Traveling to NV today! Vegas here we come! No airport or plane needed ... this was our means of travel to get to NV  Note: The bottom three photos were sent to us from a random helper who took these photos and sent them to the missionaries' families on the day they traveled. It was great to get the update since we weren't able to communicate with Clark that day (aside from the note above that he sent us).  
Read more