10/19/20
Hey, that mountain place is called Salvation Mountain. It's in a little boonie spooky town called Niland. Out in literally the middle of the desert.
Thats sooo cool the missionaries are gonna come over and show you guys the videos (Preach My Gospel). I know everyone in the movies. All the missionaries. Elder Moreno and I are buds. Elder Christensen and Hepworth and Sister Voyles are all still here on their missions. I was in Sister Voyles district for like 6 months. I was in the "Districts" zone. So I'm friends with ‘em all. They're all awesome missionaries.
Yea, I'm in the movies in two parts. You can see the back of my head in one part. But before that, the cameras are on Sis. Voyles and Zaldivar in the church. And I'm in the doorway. You can see me pretty clearly. haha.
My stitches healed ok. Yea I have a scar. I don't grow hair there anymore :/ and it's kinda red still--the skin.
Everything is good
Love, Elder Lewis
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Baptisms
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
Everything is going well. There were the most people in the branch Sunday than ever. Wow! It’s growing. It wasn't before.
It's getting a little cooler. Yesterday it was 110 I heard. haha I’m not much for writing letters :-0 anymore.
We’re gonna go play laser tag. 2$ bucks a game! Whoo
Sept. 15, 2010
We had another baptism Sunday. Her name is Angie. The whole family has come back to church. Which is absolutely amazing! :)
Hey sorry, I didn't get to email yesterday.
Yesterday we found out transfers. Everything is staying the same out here. So that's good :)
Yea, I hadn’t had a baptism for a while. Things are just falling into place. I guess I really did need to go back to Brawley. :)
We're having another baptism this Sunday :)
Well...send lots of pictures of the wedding and send me an invitation :)
How's Evelyn doing?
The weather is getting better bit by bit. Even though it was a mild summer. It's going down every week. Biking here to the library though it was 112--and it didn't feel that bad :)
Everything is going great out here. Like I’ve always said, don't worry about me, like at all. I'm in really good hands. We get fed a lot! Almost every day we have a meal with members.
Also idk if I said it already, but we'll have another baptism this Sunday. It's a little girl named Angie. The family has been less active. But they all came to church last week and to the baptism. They were all dressed in white shirt and tie and dresses. :) They're probably the nicest family I’ve met on the mission. They've just had some problems they're overcoming.
The “Preach My Gospel” videos are out. Ask your missionaries if they've seen them. Maybe they'd let you watch them. Or have them come over for dinner and watch them, then talk about your mission plan. I'm in the movies for like 2 seconds. haha. 1st disc part 3.
Well I love you all very much,
Elder Lewis
Everything is going well. There were the most people in the branch Sunday than ever. Wow! It’s growing. It wasn't before.
It's getting a little cooler. Yesterday it was 110 I heard. haha I’m not much for writing letters :-0 anymore.
We’re gonna go play laser tag. 2$ bucks a game! Whoo
Sept. 15, 2010
We had another baptism Sunday. Her name is Angie. The whole family has come back to church. Which is absolutely amazing! :)
Hey sorry, I didn't get to email yesterday.
Yesterday we found out transfers. Everything is staying the same out here. So that's good :)
Yea, I hadn’t had a baptism for a while. Things are just falling into place. I guess I really did need to go back to Brawley. :)
We're having another baptism this Sunday :)
Well...send lots of pictures of the wedding and send me an invitation :)
How's Evelyn doing?
The weather is getting better bit by bit. Even though it was a mild summer. It's going down every week. Biking here to the library though it was 112--and it didn't feel that bad :)
Everything is going great out here. Like I’ve always said, don't worry about me, like at all. I'm in really good hands. We get fed a lot! Almost every day we have a meal with members.
Also idk if I said it already, but we'll have another baptism this Sunday. It's a little girl named Angie. The family has been less active. But they all came to church last week and to the baptism. They were all dressed in white shirt and tie and dresses. :) They're probably the nicest family I’ve met on the mission. They've just had some problems they're overcoming.
The “Preach My Gospel” videos are out. Ask your missionaries if they've seen them. Maybe they'd let you watch them. Or have them come over for dinner and watch them, then talk about your mission plan. I'm in the movies for like 2 seconds. haha. 1st disc part 3.
Well I love you all very much,
Elder Lewis
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Stitches
Wow!
Congrats Will to you both :) Lasted longer than I thought. Send me a picture of the ring sometime. Dec. huh? Cool I'm happy for you both :)
I joke around with the Elders here. I tell them how I went to the singles ward of Duke and UNC. And how my Home Teachees were Duke students and Bio-mechanical engineering majors. I joke how I'll meet some smart Dukee who's gonna be like a rocket scientist and I'll be a stay home dad! haha. Then we'll pay lots of money so I can have quintuplets. I'll be a soccer dad---and have my own basketball team. haha that'd be sweet.
The mission is going awesome right now. I have tons and tons of time left to work. It's hard to believe it's only a year gone I guess. If I can progress my Spanish in the year I have left as fast as I did the first year? dang.
Elder Araujo and I are working hard. 3 people came to church this last Sunday. Which is good. They're really progressing. We should have two baptisms this Sunday.
Times going fast. There are 6 people we're teaching with baptismal dates. It's cool to leave an area and go back!
BTW happy birthday Will! I didn't forget! I have a present and everything! I just haven't sent it. you know how that is. You'll really like it when you get it too.
Last week there was this humongous hail storm. Larger than golf balls. Not a joke.
Last night I was biking and bam! out of no where my bike does a front wheelie and I went flying over the handlebars. I land on my hands and my hands braced my fall a bit. But my chin hit the concrete kinda hard. I got right up, I was fine, but my chin got cut. I looked back to see what happened, and there was a huge pothole in the road! lol It was like 3 inches deep idk--but pretty wide. My bike hit the pothole then did a flip and landed on the it's back.
Anyways I had to get stitches. It was just 3. But it was a pretty wide cut. I really needed stitches.
I'm fine, I just got cut. Anyways yea, everything is going good out here. I love you all and congrats Will and Jamie :)
Say hi to Evelyn.
Love Elder Lewis
Congrats Will to you both :) Lasted longer than I thought. Send me a picture of the ring sometime. Dec. huh? Cool I'm happy for you both :)
I joke around with the Elders here. I tell them how I went to the singles ward of Duke and UNC. And how my Home Teachees were Duke students and Bio-mechanical engineering majors. I joke how I'll meet some smart Dukee who's gonna be like a rocket scientist and I'll be a stay home dad! haha. Then we'll pay lots of money so I can have quintuplets. I'll be a soccer dad---and have my own basketball team. haha that'd be sweet.
The mission is going awesome right now. I have tons and tons of time left to work. It's hard to believe it's only a year gone I guess. If I can progress my Spanish in the year I have left as fast as I did the first year? dang.
Elder Araujo and I are working hard. 3 people came to church this last Sunday. Which is good. They're really progressing. We should have two baptisms this Sunday.
Times going fast. There are 6 people we're teaching with baptismal dates. It's cool to leave an area and go back!
BTW happy birthday Will! I didn't forget! I have a present and everything! I just haven't sent it. you know how that is. You'll really like it when you get it too.
Last week there was this humongous hail storm. Larger than golf balls. Not a joke.
Last night I was biking and bam! out of no where my bike does a front wheelie and I went flying over the handlebars. I land on my hands and my hands braced my fall a bit. But my chin hit the concrete kinda hard. I got right up, I was fine, but my chin got cut. I looked back to see what happened, and there was a huge pothole in the road! lol It was like 3 inches deep idk--but pretty wide. My bike hit the pothole then did a flip and landed on the it's back.
Anyways I had to get stitches. It was just 3. But it was a pretty wide cut. I really needed stitches.
I'm fine, I just got cut. Anyways yea, everything is going good out here. I love you all and congrats Will and Jamie :)
Say hi to Evelyn.
Love Elder Lewis
Noche De Hogar
Hola Everybody,
Wow ha estado bien hot aqui. Asi habla la gente a veces aqui. Bien spanglish.
Actually this past week has been crazy in terms of weather. There was a big lighting storm one night. Then the next day a huge hail and rain storm! No joke---we found hail larger than golf balls. Lots of people had broken car windows. Then the next day was way nice out. Like 80's 90's---really cool weather for these parts.
We went and did laser tag today for p-day. It was pretty fun.
Elder Araujo and I taught a lesson for a branch-wide family home evening. We taught a quick lesson on the plan of salvation with a little emphasis on temples. We showed on move from Mormon Messages: Why do Mormons Build Temples? The Noche De Hogar was really good. We had two investigators there. It was great, you would've thought they were members if you didn't know they were investigators. Needless to say they had a really good time.
Well I gtg I need to let my companion email. Les quiero mucho,
bye, Elder Lewis
Wow ha estado bien hot aqui. Asi habla la gente a veces aqui. Bien spanglish.
Actually this past week has been crazy in terms of weather. There was a big lighting storm one night. Then the next day a huge hail and rain storm! No joke---we found hail larger than golf balls. Lots of people had broken car windows. Then the next day was way nice out. Like 80's 90's---really cool weather for these parts.
We went and did laser tag today for p-day. It was pretty fun.
Elder Araujo and I taught a lesson for a branch-wide family home evening. We taught a quick lesson on the plan of salvation with a little emphasis on temples. We showed on move from Mormon Messages: Why do Mormons Build Temples? The Noche De Hogar was really good. We had two investigators there. It was great, you would've thought they were members if you didn't know they were investigators. Needless to say they had a really good time.
Well I gtg I need to let my companion email. Les quiero mucho,
bye, Elder Lewis
We Must Do What the Lord Requires
Hi,
Things are going well here. We are teaching a lot. More than I have in a long time. Sometimes we're too busy to study. But now we're starting to get things under control and into a schedule and routine. There are 3 people with baptismal dates. Yesterday was really really hot. I freeze water, or sometimes Gatorade before we go out. After we lock up the bikes and go into a lesson..., well the bikes sit in the sun for a half hour or more, when we leave and unlock the bike we can't even touch some of the parts, because they burn us. Especially sometimes the helmet and the clip. I can't pull back the breaks because they burn my fingers. yesterday it was 115, today it will be 120. But, don't worry we're prepared and smart. The trick is to find shade! Bike towards the shade! find the shade! We sweat a lot. I change my shirt like twice a day sometimes.
Yea it's pretty brutal outside in the sun. Pero hay que hacer lo que el Senor requiere. Estamos trabajando duro. Porfavor tell Evelyn thank you so much for her package. I never got to tell her. :) Also happy late late birthday. I've been busy :/ and have procrastinated writing people. I haven't had time...I"m learning a lot of Spanish again. Since my companion doesn't speak much English
O yeah, the new Preach My Gospel movies are out and in every mission now I think! I'm in it for like 2 seconds! haha. I heard they're going to put it on BYU TV.
Love, Ben
Things are going well here. We are teaching a lot. More than I have in a long time. Sometimes we're too busy to study. But now we're starting to get things under control and into a schedule and routine. There are 3 people with baptismal dates. Yesterday was really really hot. I freeze water, or sometimes Gatorade before we go out. After we lock up the bikes and go into a lesson..., well the bikes sit in the sun for a half hour or more, when we leave and unlock the bike we can't even touch some of the parts, because they burn us. Especially sometimes the helmet and the clip. I can't pull back the breaks because they burn my fingers. yesterday it was 115, today it will be 120. But, don't worry we're prepared and smart. The trick is to find shade! Bike towards the shade! find the shade! We sweat a lot. I change my shirt like twice a day sometimes.
Yea it's pretty brutal outside in the sun. Pero hay que hacer lo que el Senor requiere. Estamos trabajando duro. Porfavor tell Evelyn thank you so much for her package. I never got to tell her. :) Also happy late late birthday. I've been busy :/ and have procrastinated writing people. I haven't had time...I"m learning a lot of Spanish again. Since my companion doesn't speak much English
O yeah, the new Preach My Gospel movies are out and in every mission now I think! I'm in it for like 2 seconds! haha. I heard they're going to put it on BYU TV.
Love, Ben
Back in Brawley!
Hey Everyone,
Yea I got sent back to my last area. Pretty cool huh? I'm training again. His name is Elder Araujo. He's from Culiacan,Sinaloa, Mexico. He doesn't speak much English at all. So it's pretty cool speaking Spanish all the time. And he understands everyone perfect. I'm learning lots of new words.
I hit my year mark a few days ago I think. Crazy huh? Now I'm more than half way through. It's all down hill from here. In terms of how fast it's gonna go. But things are only gonna get better.
It's hot. duh. But it's OK I guess. I'm on bike in the exact same area as before. The bike I bought is sweet. It cruises.
We taught a lot of lessons last week. More than I have in a while. It was bittersweet coming back. Well, the only bitter thing was heat. My 1st day it was like 115ish. It went down the next week a lot. But now it's going back up. They're having a mild summer this summer. So that's nice.
I have a feeling I'll be out here in the desert for a while. The work out here in harder, but the members are awesome. Even though there are few.
Last week was crazy. We were going to the "mud caves." We drove like a loong ways out in the desert. Then there was a border patrol stop. And they almost took my companion. 'Cause he's not a native. But everything turned out OK then. But we went to park the car to wait for the rest of the missionaries. Because there was a Mexican in every car. Except when we parked the car, it didn't start up again. To make a long story short, we waited there from 12-7ish waiting for a tow. We were lucky though. Cause it wasn't really hot that day. Plus it was windy.
So that's why I didn't get to email that week.
We are teaching a lot of people here. I'll tell you about them later. I'm gonna go play some soccer :)
Yea I got sent back to my last area. Pretty cool huh? I'm training again. His name is Elder Araujo. He's from Culiacan,Sinaloa, Mexico. He doesn't speak much English at all. So it's pretty cool speaking Spanish all the time. And he understands everyone perfect. I'm learning lots of new words.
I hit my year mark a few days ago I think. Crazy huh? Now I'm more than half way through. It's all down hill from here. In terms of how fast it's gonna go. But things are only gonna get better.
It's hot. duh. But it's OK I guess. I'm on bike in the exact same area as before. The bike I bought is sweet. It cruises.
We taught a lot of lessons last week. More than I have in a while. It was bittersweet coming back. Well, the only bitter thing was heat. My 1st day it was like 115ish. It went down the next week a lot. But now it's going back up. They're having a mild summer this summer. So that's nice.
I have a feeling I'll be out here in the desert for a while. The work out here in harder, but the members are awesome. Even though there are few.
Last week was crazy. We were going to the "mud caves." We drove like a loong ways out in the desert. Then there was a border patrol stop. And they almost took my companion. 'Cause he's not a native. But everything turned out OK then. But we went to park the car to wait for the rest of the missionaries. Because there was a Mexican in every car. Except when we parked the car, it didn't start up again. To make a long story short, we waited there from 12-7ish waiting for a tow. We were lucky though. Cause it wasn't really hot that day. Plus it was windy.
So that's why I didn't get to email that week.
We are teaching a lot of people here. I'll tell you about them later. I'm gonna go play some soccer :)
A Really Good Lesson
Monday we had a really good lesson with the Alvarez family. Manuel the dad has been inactive since he was 15. He's since married and has a 12 year old a 3 year old and one on the way. His wife, Lupe, isn't baptized but now has a baptismal date. Also the son Manuel Jr.
It was a miracle how we found them. They'll be getting baptized the 8th. I'm happy for them. Last night I wasn't feeling really good. My stomach was bothering me. So my companion went with Elder Simmonds. To make a long story short they taught an FHE (Family Home Evening) [lesson], played a game and the investigator now also has a baptismal date. The funny thing is, their neighbor exactly across from them in the apt complex is Manuel's family. Literally 5 ft away from each other. So we won't have to travel very far in between lessons. haha. So that was pretty neat.
I hope everything is going good out there. It's cooled off here :)
Transfers are not tomorrow, but next Wednesday.
I love you all and keep you in my prayers
Love Elder Lewis
It was a miracle how we found them. They'll be getting baptized the 8th. I'm happy for them. Last night I wasn't feeling really good. My stomach was bothering me. So my companion went with Elder Simmonds. To make a long story short they taught an FHE (Family Home Evening) [lesson], played a game and the investigator now also has a baptismal date. The funny thing is, their neighbor exactly across from them in the apt complex is Manuel's family. Literally 5 ft away from each other. So we won't have to travel very far in between lessons. haha. So that was pretty neat.
I hope everything is going good out there. It's cooled off here :)
Transfers are not tomorrow, but next Wednesday.
I love you all and keep you in my prayers
Love Elder Lewis
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