Saturday, March 26, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Pues, este domingo pasado tuvimos una investigadora en la iglesia. Toda va bien ahorita. Tiene fecha bautismal para domingo. Hubo un mon ton de no miembros en la iglesia. Los miembros estan invitando a muchos de sus amigos. Es buenisimo. Alli en Brawley nosotros eramos una gran parte de la rama. Estuvimos involucrado en casi todo. Aqui, es como, estamos aqui no mas a ayudar. Y si eso es nuestro proposito. Pero eramos vas vital alla en la ramita de Brawley.
Este barrio es muy grande. Es bueno, hay mucho que hacer! Ya estamos mucho mas ocupados. Nunca se que escribir. A mi no me gusta escribir tanto :-/
Es mas facil tomar fotos. Pero no estoy haciendo eso tampoco. Bueno. Voy a fijar metas y hacer planes para...escribir a mas personas...quiza : /...y escribir en mi diaro.
Bueno espero que todo este bien alla en Carolina Del Norte. A mi me hace falta buena comida en casa. Pero, comemos mucho con miembros. Estoy muy agradecido por los miembros fieles de la iglesia.
Elder Lewis
This past Sunday we had an investigator at church. All is going well right now. He has a baptismal date for Sunday. There was a ton of non-members at church. Members are inviting many of their friends. It's great. In Brawley, we were a big part of the branch. We were involved in almost everything. Here, it's like, we are here just to help. And that is our purpose. But we were vital there in the little Brawley Branch.
This ward is really big. It's good, there is a lot to do! We're much more busy. I never know what to write. I do not like writing much: - /
It is easier to take pictures. But I'm not doing that either. Well. I will set goals and make plans to write to more people ... ... maybe: / ... and write in my journal.
Well I hope all is well there in North Carolina. I really miss good home cooked food. But we eat a lot with members. I am grateful for the faithful members of the church.
Elder Lewis
Este barrio es muy grande. Es bueno, hay mucho que hacer! Ya estamos mucho mas ocupados. Nunca se que escribir. A mi no me gusta escribir tanto :-/
Es mas facil tomar fotos. Pero no estoy haciendo eso tampoco. Bueno. Voy a fijar metas y hacer planes para...escribir a mas personas...quiza : /...y escribir en mi diaro.
Bueno espero que todo este bien alla en Carolina Del Norte. A mi me hace falta buena comida en casa. Pero, comemos mucho con miembros. Estoy muy agradecido por los miembros fieles de la iglesia.
Elder Lewis
This past Sunday we had an investigator at church. All is going well right now. He has a baptismal date for Sunday. There was a ton of non-members at church. Members are inviting many of their friends. It's great. In Brawley, we were a big part of the branch. We were involved in almost everything. Here, it's like, we are here just to help. And that is our purpose. But we were vital there in the little Brawley Branch.
This ward is really big. It's good, there is a lot to do! We're much more busy. I never know what to write. I do not like writing much: - /
It is easier to take pictures. But I'm not doing that either. Well. I will set goals and make plans to write to more people ... ... maybe: / ... and write in my journal.
Well I hope all is well there in North Carolina. I really miss good home cooked food. But we eat a lot with members. I am grateful for the faithful members of the church.
Elder Lewis
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
I love my bike. I'll use it a lot. I didn't have to worry about rain though over there in Brawley...And now I’m in car :-0. I Hope I stay in this area for the rest of my mission. That'd be nice. We're working hard. Right now we're really just trying to find new investigators. And I think we'll be adding a ton pretty soon here.
Elder Evans of the 70 came and toured the mission and spoke to us last week. It was pretty cool. Also there was a military fireside Sunday. Pretty intense. Two seventies came and talked. One was a 4 star general...I’ve seen them and heard them both in general conference before. That would've been something Dad would've liked. Cause they talked a lot about war. And shared war stories. It was pretty cool how boldly they testified of how important it is sometimes to go to war. And protect or country and our agency. IT was pretty cool; those were guys who are waay up there. I don't remember their names.
Everything is going good. Thanks for the emails every week.
I know that I’m doing a great work. Sometimes it isn't easy, but it's worth it. I've come to know and have grown a testimony of the doctrine of Christ. Everyone needs this gospel. If they don't, they cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. If they don't follow the steps of the doctrine of Christ: faith, repentance, baptism and the gift f the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end. This is the only way to be happy in this life, and to gain eternal life in the life to come. It's simple, but sometimes sad. That so many people are going to reject. But it's worth it when they accept it!
Stay involved with the missionaries and missionary work.
Love Elder Lewis
Elder Evans of the 70 came and toured the mission and spoke to us last week. It was pretty cool. Also there was a military fireside Sunday. Pretty intense. Two seventies came and talked. One was a 4 star general...I’ve seen them and heard them both in general conference before. That would've been something Dad would've liked. Cause they talked a lot about war. And shared war stories. It was pretty cool how boldly they testified of how important it is sometimes to go to war. And protect or country and our agency. IT was pretty cool; those were guys who are waay up there. I don't remember their names.
Everything is going good. Thanks for the emails every week.
I know that I’m doing a great work. Sometimes it isn't easy, but it's worth it. I've come to know and have grown a testimony of the doctrine of Christ. Everyone needs this gospel. If they don't, they cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. If they don't follow the steps of the doctrine of Christ: faith, repentance, baptism and the gift f the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end. This is the only way to be happy in this life, and to gain eternal life in the life to come. It's simple, but sometimes sad. That so many people are going to reject. But it's worth it when they accept it!
Stay involved with the missionaries and missionary work.
Love Elder Lewis
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
New Area
Me cambiaron a San Diego! Pues mi area se llama "Normal Heights" It's like all city. Lots and lots of houses ever, lots and lots of departamentos en todos lados. Pero, a mi asombro...yo tiene tanta chamba aqui ahorita. Nuestra teaching pool en el valle era bien grande. Como 20-30 personas. Era dificil de encontrar la mayoria de ellos a veces, pero les enseñabamos. Enseñabamos mucho. Ahorita tenemos quiza 5.
Mi nuevo compa es exactamente eso...nuevo...nuevecito.. Tiene este es su tercer translado en el campo. Cuatro si cuenta el CCM. El estuvo alli para español.
Ando en carro ya. Tengo suerte. Es difirente la obra en carro. Pero, lo que a mi me toca, lo acepto. Me habia gustado mi tiempo en bici. Casi un año en bici. Fue divertido. Es probable que esta sea mi ultima area. Me falta poquito tiempo en la mision. :-0. Pero me gusta esta area. Se llama el Barrio Veinte. Esta grande. Un gran cambio en comparasion a la ramita de Brawley. Tenemos un chorro de gente en nuestra area. Hay mucho que hacer.
Estoy cerca de down town, Balboa Park esta en el borde de nuestra area. Asi que por fin voy a poder visitar las cosas turisticas en San Diego.
I moved to San Diego! As my area is called "Normal Heights" It's like all city. Lots and lots of houses ever, lots and lots of departments everywhere. But, to my amazement ... I have so much chamba here right now. Our teaching pool in the valley was rather large. As 20-30 people. It was hard to find most of them at times, but we taught them. Taught them a lot. Right now we have maybe 5.
My new companion is just that ... new ... brand new .. This is his third Transfer in the field. Four if you count the MTC. He was there for Spanish.
I’m in a car now. I have luck. The work is different by car. But what touches me, I accept. I had loved my time on bike. Almost a year on a bike. It was fun. It is likely that this is my last area. I needed little time in the mission. : -0. But I like this area. It is called the Barrio Twenty. This big. A big change in Comparison to the branch of Brawley. We have a stream of people in our area. There is much to do.
I'm close to down town, Balboa Park is on the edge of our area. So I'll finally be able to visit the tourist things in San Diego.
Mi nuevo compa es exactamente eso...nuevo...nuevecito.. Tiene este es su tercer translado en el campo. Cuatro si cuenta el CCM. El estuvo alli para español.
Ando en carro ya. Tengo suerte. Es difirente la obra en carro. Pero, lo que a mi me toca, lo acepto. Me habia gustado mi tiempo en bici. Casi un año en bici. Fue divertido. Es probable que esta sea mi ultima area. Me falta poquito tiempo en la mision. :-0. Pero me gusta esta area. Se llama el Barrio Veinte. Esta grande. Un gran cambio en comparasion a la ramita de Brawley. Tenemos un chorro de gente en nuestra area. Hay mucho que hacer.
Estoy cerca de down town, Balboa Park esta en el borde de nuestra area. Asi que por fin voy a poder visitar las cosas turisticas en San Diego.
I moved to San Diego! As my area is called "Normal Heights" It's like all city. Lots and lots of houses ever, lots and lots of departments everywhere. But, to my amazement ... I have so much chamba here right now. Our teaching pool in the valley was rather large. As 20-30 people. It was hard to find most of them at times, but we taught them. Taught them a lot. Right now we have maybe 5.
My new companion is just that ... new ... brand new .. This is his third Transfer in the field. Four if you count the MTC. He was there for Spanish.
I’m in a car now. I have luck. The work is different by car. But what touches me, I accept. I had loved my time on bike. Almost a year on a bike. It was fun. It is likely that this is my last area. I needed little time in the mission. : -0. But I like this area. It is called the Barrio Twenty. This big. A big change in Comparison to the branch of Brawley. We have a stream of people in our area. There is much to do.
I'm close to down town, Balboa Park is on the edge of our area. So I'll finally be able to visit the tourist things in San Diego.
Ok, so I’ve had 2 companions since Oct. Well, Elder Yarldey, who was waiting for his visa, finally got shipped off. He was with us almost 3 months. He has to go to Idaho and have some kind of interview for his visa idk...then hopefully he'll be in Mexico tomorrow.
I'm still with Elder Araujo. We've been together 4 transfers and I trained him. So that's nuts. That almost never happens. 5 1/2 months. Chances are I’m getting transferred next transfer. It's the 19th.
A couple weeks ago this happened.
We were biking. Going east on b street. We had just crossed the tracks and this car pulls up and parks in front of us on the road. They open the door and I almost run into it. I swerve by and keep biking, cause we had somewhere to be. I turn the corner and keep going, and pretty fast. Then I here Elder Yarldey say "hey wait!" I see Elder Yarldey, but not Elder Araujo. I thought he might have fallen or something happened. I bike back quickly; he was fine, just on the other side of the corner. Turns out it was a women and she liked yelled for us. Elder Araujo waited for me to get there, cause he doesn’t speak good English and she was speaking English at the time. Also, he thought she just wanted to yell at him. I get there and it turns out she this woman... well to make a long story short she wants to be baptized.
She came to church this Sunday and I think she enjoyed it. She's going to get baptized on the 16th. Her name is Patricia Estrada.
Also, another recent convert. Gilbert Gonzalez. He's on fire!! He's so awesome. So prepared. He's progressing soo much in the gospel. However, someone busted his car window and sprayed a ton of oil, like car oil into his car and all over everything in his car. They didn't steal anything; it was just an act of hate pretty much. Messed Up. Who knows who did it?
But he used to go to a church called Victory Outreach. Pretty much just re-hab church. and ex-cons or w/e. Anyways, after he got baptized and also before...he got antied soooooooo much. Like crazy. It's so frustrating and annoying how much bad and evil lies people make down here about Mormons. Literally, church pastors have anti-Mormon class in their churches. I bet it's like that down south too. But it really gets on my nerves. They do it allllll behind the missionaries back too. I haven’t had a single person try and bash with me. Anyways, after his baptism they kept on giving him anti material. We've had to teach him about our potential to become gods....polygamy....the mountain meadow massacre....evvverything. He's seen it all! And they don't phase him now. He's heard everything, and gotten over it all. His testimony is soo strong now.
Anyways, take care. I got the pictures and the video and stuff in the mail. Thanks!!! I haven’t watched the video yet, but I saw the pictures. Awesome thank you! :)
Love Elder Lewis
I'm still with Elder Araujo. We've been together 4 transfers and I trained him. So that's nuts. That almost never happens. 5 1/2 months. Chances are I’m getting transferred next transfer. It's the 19th.
A couple weeks ago this happened.
We were biking. Going east on b street. We had just crossed the tracks and this car pulls up and parks in front of us on the road. They open the door and I almost run into it. I swerve by and keep biking, cause we had somewhere to be. I turn the corner and keep going, and pretty fast. Then I here Elder Yarldey say "hey wait!" I see Elder Yarldey, but not Elder Araujo. I thought he might have fallen or something happened. I bike back quickly; he was fine, just on the other side of the corner. Turns out it was a women and she liked yelled for us. Elder Araujo waited for me to get there, cause he doesn’t speak good English and she was speaking English at the time. Also, he thought she just wanted to yell at him. I get there and it turns out she this woman... well to make a long story short she wants to be baptized.
She came to church this Sunday and I think she enjoyed it. She's going to get baptized on the 16th. Her name is Patricia Estrada.
Also, another recent convert. Gilbert Gonzalez. He's on fire!! He's so awesome. So prepared. He's progressing soo much in the gospel. However, someone busted his car window and sprayed a ton of oil, like car oil into his car and all over everything in his car. They didn't steal anything; it was just an act of hate pretty much. Messed Up. Who knows who did it?
But he used to go to a church called Victory Outreach. Pretty much just re-hab church. and ex-cons or w/e. Anyways, after he got baptized and also before...he got antied soooooooo much. Like crazy. It's so frustrating and annoying how much bad and evil lies people make down here about Mormons. Literally, church pastors have anti-Mormon class in their churches. I bet it's like that down south too. But it really gets on my nerves. They do it allllll behind the missionaries back too. I haven’t had a single person try and bash with me. Anyways, after his baptism they kept on giving him anti material. We've had to teach him about our potential to become gods....polygamy....the mountain meadow massacre....evvverything. He's seen it all! And they don't phase him now. He's heard everything, and gotten over it all. His testimony is soo strong now.
Anyways, take care. I got the pictures and the video and stuff in the mail. Thanks!!! I haven’t watched the video yet, but I saw the pictures. Awesome thank you! :)
Love Elder Lewis
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Home Teaching is Important
12/14/20
I'm happy for Will and Jamie. Did he tell you their tithing miracle? Pretty cool. During the wedding, the house is going to be packed Mom! Then it's gonna be empty!! I remember when I was in college in Idaho. It was just you and Dad at home in NY right?! How was that? Bittersweet right ?! haha
That's a real good idea from those missionaries. Did you call one of the investigators?!?! Are the home teachers going by there mom? Are you doing your visiting teaching? It's really important. If the home teachers or visiting teachers aren't coming over. Make them. Tell them you want them to come over.
Home teaching here is so mediocre, that they're having us, the missionaries help with it...missionaries aren't supposed to do that. We have like 25 investigators, but it's been a little hard following up and all.
I've been reading a lot in the Book of Mormon, but in Spanish. I'm in Alma 31. There's just soo much stuff to learn from scriptures. Especially as a missionary, and also scriptures to use while you teach.
That's sad about Aunt Mabel. Was she the one we met in NC? Who gave me money for my mission?
Tell me when you want me to call home.
Love Elder Lewis
I'm happy for Will and Jamie. Did he tell you their tithing miracle? Pretty cool. During the wedding, the house is going to be packed Mom! Then it's gonna be empty!! I remember when I was in college in Idaho. It was just you and Dad at home in NY right?! How was that? Bittersweet right ?! haha
That's a real good idea from those missionaries. Did you call one of the investigators?!?! Are the home teachers going by there mom? Are you doing your visiting teaching? It's really important. If the home teachers or visiting teachers aren't coming over. Make them. Tell them you want them to come over.
Home teaching here is so mediocre, that they're having us, the missionaries help with it...missionaries aren't supposed to do that. We have like 25 investigators, but it's been a little hard following up and all.
I've been reading a lot in the Book of Mormon, but in Spanish. I'm in Alma 31. There's just soo much stuff to learn from scriptures. Especially as a missionary, and also scriptures to use while you teach.
That's sad about Aunt Mabel. Was she the one we met in NC? Who gave me money for my mission?
Tell me when you want me to call home.
Love Elder Lewis
Everything is Good Here
12/07/20
Everything is good here.
We found out transfers today. And we're staying the same! I thought for sure something was going to happen in our companionship. But nooope. I've been with Elder Araujo for 3, this will be 4 transfers together. That's a long time together. 6 months I think. Plus Elder Yarldley is staying with us too! Wow I’ve been in Brawley for a looong time. feb, march, april may, june, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec.and until Jan 19th...at least....:-0
I've really grown to love and care for these people. It's sad, really sad when you see people not live up to their potential. Or choose the wrong choice or reject us and so on. But it's our job to teach and do our best so that they can make the right choice.
I've grown to love the members. It's not easy being a faithful member of the church. People don't have money, insurance, food, a secure house...etc. but they keep their faith in God.
If we keep the commandments we'll prosper in the land...not just get by. We'll have everything we need. But we need to keep ALL of the commandments.
I love you Mom and thank you for your example and faithfulness. Never give up! Keep going forward. D&C 121 and 122 our powerful sections. Everyone has hard time, but those hard times will pass! We just need to endure and endure.
When the goin' gets tough, the tough get goin'.
I hope everything will go well with the wedding. Send lots of pictures.
Lover Elder Lewis
Everything is good here.
We found out transfers today. And we're staying the same! I thought for sure something was going to happen in our companionship. But nooope. I've been with Elder Araujo for 3, this will be 4 transfers together. That's a long time together. 6 months I think. Plus Elder Yarldley is staying with us too! Wow I’ve been in Brawley for a looong time. feb, march, april may, june, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec.and until Jan 19th...at least....:-0
I've really grown to love and care for these people. It's sad, really sad when you see people not live up to their potential. Or choose the wrong choice or reject us and so on. But it's our job to teach and do our best so that they can make the right choice.
I've grown to love the members. It's not easy being a faithful member of the church. People don't have money, insurance, food, a secure house...etc. but they keep their faith in God.
If we keep the commandments we'll prosper in the land...not just get by. We'll have everything we need. But we need to keep ALL of the commandments.
I love you Mom and thank you for your example and faithfulness. Never give up! Keep going forward. D&C 121 and 122 our powerful sections. Everyone has hard time, but those hard times will pass! We just need to endure and endure.
When the goin' gets tough, the tough get goin'.
I hope everything will go well with the wedding. Send lots of pictures.
Lover Elder Lewis
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