I always get confused on what week it is. I cant ever remember which one I left off on. Oh well, Im gonna guess 26. Doesnt make too much of a difference if its 25 or 26 right? Anyways.. wow almost March already! I cant believe we're starting the final week in February right now. Unreal. Also its the second to last week of this transfer already. So that is.. pretty crazy.
This past week was ok. Not a whole lot happened as far as the work goes, we're still essentially at a stand still. None of our investigators want to progress as much as we try to get them too. So that is kind of depressing. We havent been fortunate enough to find any new ones yet either. So this area is pretty tough. And of course the whole biking thing is really hard too. That hill is killer... every day I dread having to go up and down that hill all day. We're hoping they have some mercy and give us a car or something next transfer cause they clearly dont care too much to move us any closer to our area, so we're stuck having to bike really far just to get there every day. Sigh.. so its pretty rough.. rough life. Sorry we try not to complain but.. cant help it.
We did however have a really good zone conference on Thursday, it was a mission tour with Elder Spencer Jones of the Seventy. It was amazing, he spoke with such power and conviction.. loved it. He mainly focused on talking about making sure we are out there actively finding and working. He related it to "having our line in the water" like fishing. We can be out of the house all day but if our line isnt in the water we arent really fishing. Then on extending commitments and things, and it was just incredible. He really broke down how to commit someone to certain things and how to ask effective questions and stuff. It really helped a lot.
So that was a big boost. But Im still kinda having a hard time right now. I havent been getting any good sleep in a while now, so Im always way exhausted all day. It makes biking really brutal. Half of the reason is cause my companion, Elder Mabeza, is a snorer. Most of you know how light of a sleeper I am.. which really sucks.. so I went and got some earplugs but they really dont help at all. I can still hear him pretty much perfectly. Along with that I just cant get tired. I am just restless all the time and I toss and turn all night. Last night I was still wide awake when I turned over to look at the clock to see what time it was cause I still hadnt fallen asleep and it was like 2 o clock. Sigh.. its been really annoying. So hopefully some things change real soon.
Elder Mabeza and I are still getting along really great though, so Im happy with the companionship, so it has nothing to do with that. Hes a good guy. He does have some problems with English though, I dont know he talks a lot when we are teaching or contacting and just some of the things he says kinda dont make sense. Like people will tell him something, I dont know about how they are busy at a certain time or working on a certain day then he'll ask a question that what said person just related would answer. So its kinda annoying and I have to take charge a lot of the time. Im trying to help him out with that cause I dont think he understands that he does a lot of things like that. But its fun overall.
Well thats about all for now, hope you guys all have a good week.. and hopefully things pick up here too!!
Love
Elder Lowder
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Feb 15, 2010 - week 21
Hey again all!
So another week gone, and February is already midway through!! Unreal! Doesnt seem like it should almost be march already, its beginning to look like spring here in Nevada. Which is fantastic!! I found out I didnt really miss the rain at all out here. Perhaps I would, but not when I have to walk/bike in it. I definitely miss the green, but not what provides the green.
Anyways, this past week was pretty good, although it continues to be slow. This area is really really tough. I dont know if they realized it would be so slow when they decide to split it just before I got here. It is quite slow. This week now though is looking like its going to be picking up which is exciting. I hope everything holds, we found a lot of less actives that said we could come back and whatnot, so we got a lot of lessons scheduled this week.
As for last week, I really dont even remember what happened haha it was kind of a blur. Like I seriously would have to look in my journal or planner to remember what we did. Ummm lets see.. they did decide to (on Saturday) move 2 of the 6 missionaries out of our place finally, but unfortunately it wasnt us. They decided to move the ones with a room and a car out instead of the ones sleeping on the floor with bikes that live 5+ miles away from there area. Though Im not complaining lol... It is nice though, now we have a room and beds, so we're happy. We are still anxiously awaiting a move out call though so we can be close to our area. It would be really nice.
So just skimmed through the planner and I couldnt find anything interesting to note that happened, so I guess it was just a really normal week. Nothing big or different happened so it was kinda just "meh." Things are tough though in this area, we're really struggling to find some new people to teach and baptize. The investigators we do have are continuing to not progress which stinks, so we may be dropping some of them soon and just trying to recycle the teaching pool and focus more on just finding new people. We've tried a couple things hoping they would work but still nothin.
P-day was way fun yesterday, we got together with the zone and played tackle football and kickball. It was really fun, and luckily no one got hurt haha. My comp and I, Andersen and Jensen (our previous roomates that just moved out) arrived first to the park and some guys that just happened to be at the park already asked us if we wanted to play. So we started off just playing with them then when the rest of the zone got there we played missionaries vs the other guys. We uhh pretty much destroyed em haha. It was pretty fun, who knows maybe some of em will start investigating cause they realize we are normal people too!!
Well hope yall have a good week this week, continuing praying for the missionary effort and for your own missionary experiences!! Im expecting my family members to be those "awesome members that actually care about missionary work and help out the missionaries" that the missionaries always talk about!! :)))
Love
Elder Lowder
So another week gone, and February is already midway through!! Unreal! Doesnt seem like it should almost be march already, its beginning to look like spring here in Nevada. Which is fantastic!! I found out I didnt really miss the rain at all out here. Perhaps I would, but not when I have to walk/bike in it. I definitely miss the green, but not what provides the green.
Anyways, this past week was pretty good, although it continues to be slow. This area is really really tough. I dont know if they realized it would be so slow when they decide to split it just before I got here. It is quite slow. This week now though is looking like its going to be picking up which is exciting. I hope everything holds, we found a lot of less actives that said we could come back and whatnot, so we got a lot of lessons scheduled this week.
As for last week, I really dont even remember what happened haha it was kind of a blur. Like I seriously would have to look in my journal or planner to remember what we did. Ummm lets see.. they did decide to (on Saturday) move 2 of the 6 missionaries out of our place finally, but unfortunately it wasnt us. They decided to move the ones with a room and a car out instead of the ones sleeping on the floor with bikes that live 5+ miles away from there area. Though Im not complaining lol... It is nice though, now we have a room and beds, so we're happy. We are still anxiously awaiting a move out call though so we can be close to our area. It would be really nice.
So just skimmed through the planner and I couldnt find anything interesting to note that happened, so I guess it was just a really normal week. Nothing big or different happened so it was kinda just "meh." Things are tough though in this area, we're really struggling to find some new people to teach and baptize. The investigators we do have are continuing to not progress which stinks, so we may be dropping some of them soon and just trying to recycle the teaching pool and focus more on just finding new people. We've tried a couple things hoping they would work but still nothin.
P-day was way fun yesterday, we got together with the zone and played tackle football and kickball. It was really fun, and luckily no one got hurt haha. My comp and I, Andersen and Jensen (our previous roomates that just moved out) arrived first to the park and some guys that just happened to be at the park already asked us if we wanted to play. So we started off just playing with them then when the rest of the zone got there we played missionaries vs the other guys. We uhh pretty much destroyed em haha. It was pretty fun, who knows maybe some of em will start investigating cause they realize we are normal people too!!
Well hope yall have a good week this week, continuing praying for the missionary effort and for your own missionary experiences!! Im expecting my family members to be those "awesome members that actually care about missionary work and help out the missionaries" that the missionaries always talk about!! :)))
Love
Elder Lowder
Feb 8, 2010 - week 20
Hey all! Sorry I wasnt to write a letter last week, I ran out of time. The new library we use in Vegas has waaaay faster computers, but a lot more people so we have to wait a really long time and then only get an hour. So it kinda sucks. Its all good though.
So things are going really well here in Vegas. Im liking it a lot. The living situation isnt the best, the couch has gotten really old after 2 weeks straight, but living with them is a blast. We have fun. Only having one car between the six of us sucks too, like we get rides sometimes and all six of us go and we have to pack into the car. Its no bueno. Worth it though for being in a car instead of biking.
Anyways, this past week was fairly slow and uneventful. Wednesday was Temple day, so I got to go to the Vegas Temple. So now Ive been in both temples in the mission! I like the Vegas temple a lot more, its really cool. The session was incredibly hard though, I thought for sure I wasnt going to make it. Reason being, the previous night whatever we ate at dinner didnt sit well with me. I didnt get any sleep that night and got up around 5:30 and just threw up all over the place. It was terrible. I hadnt thrown up in a long time so I forgot how terrible it really is. So the rest of the day I was super tired and drained and I felt horrible. It very well may have been the worst day of my entire life. I didnt eat for like 24 hours after that. So it wasnt good. We stayed in the rest of the day after doing shopping and stuff after the temple, and the following day I stayed down as well.
So the remainder of the week I felt a lot better and we got some work done. We had a few good lessons this week, and we searched out a former investigator and had a lesson with him. It went very well and its looking pretty promising. He really liked the lesson about the restoration and things and made some really good comments. It was good, he wanted us to come back the following week. Hes a way cool guy, I guess he used to play basketball with some missionaries in the past, so Im gonna see if we can get that going again too. But yeah, in the lesson the spirit was way strong, especially when we were talking about prophets and stuff and he said it all just makes perfect sense. And hes right, it does. He has a brother that joined the church not too long ago and he is really successful and Rich (the former investigator) sees that. Also he had foster parents growing up and they were members. He talked about how both his brother and foster parents were always really happy and he could just tell there was something too it. We pointed that out and told him that happiness and strength in the family comes from the gospel. We were really pleased with the lesson, and I think hes ready.
Other than that, there isnt much to report. Oh! Super Bowl Sunday!!!! After church we went to do some visits (our ward meets at 10 till 1) and no one answered. Obviously they were all busy prepping for the super bowl or at families places and stuff. So we went to an investigators place to visit and they too were getting ready. It wasnt on yet when we got there, but it was gonna start in about an hour. They had the pre start stuff going on so we saw a bit of that then headed to our dinner. They had it on too. So we got to have a bunch of goodies and wings and stuff and then watched the Super Bowl with em. It was a blast. I think just about everyone in the mission got to watch it lol, cause everyone was. So that was fun.
Well thats about all to report for this week, I hope everyone had a good Super Bowl Sunday! We all think that it should be a non proselyting day cause no one wants to talk to us on that day lol. Probably wont happen though : /. ANyways, talk to ya next week!!
Love
Elder Lowder
So things are going really well here in Vegas. Im liking it a lot. The living situation isnt the best, the couch has gotten really old after 2 weeks straight, but living with them is a blast. We have fun. Only having one car between the six of us sucks too, like we get rides sometimes and all six of us go and we have to pack into the car. Its no bueno. Worth it though for being in a car instead of biking.
Anyways, this past week was fairly slow and uneventful. Wednesday was Temple day, so I got to go to the Vegas Temple. So now Ive been in both temples in the mission! I like the Vegas temple a lot more, its really cool. The session was incredibly hard though, I thought for sure I wasnt going to make it. Reason being, the previous night whatever we ate at dinner didnt sit well with me. I didnt get any sleep that night and got up around 5:30 and just threw up all over the place. It was terrible. I hadnt thrown up in a long time so I forgot how terrible it really is. So the rest of the day I was super tired and drained and I felt horrible. It very well may have been the worst day of my entire life. I didnt eat for like 24 hours after that. So it wasnt good. We stayed in the rest of the day after doing shopping and stuff after the temple, and the following day I stayed down as well.
So the remainder of the week I felt a lot better and we got some work done. We had a few good lessons this week, and we searched out a former investigator and had a lesson with him. It went very well and its looking pretty promising. He really liked the lesson about the restoration and things and made some really good comments. It was good, he wanted us to come back the following week. Hes a way cool guy, I guess he used to play basketball with some missionaries in the past, so Im gonna see if we can get that going again too. But yeah, in the lesson the spirit was way strong, especially when we were talking about prophets and stuff and he said it all just makes perfect sense. And hes right, it does. He has a brother that joined the church not too long ago and he is really successful and Rich (the former investigator) sees that. Also he had foster parents growing up and they were members. He talked about how both his brother and foster parents were always really happy and he could just tell there was something too it. We pointed that out and told him that happiness and strength in the family comes from the gospel. We were really pleased with the lesson, and I think hes ready.
Other than that, there isnt much to report. Oh! Super Bowl Sunday!!!! After church we went to do some visits (our ward meets at 10 till 1) and no one answered. Obviously they were all busy prepping for the super bowl or at families places and stuff. So we went to an investigators place to visit and they too were getting ready. It wasnt on yet when we got there, but it was gonna start in about an hour. They had the pre start stuff going on so we saw a bit of that then headed to our dinner. They had it on too. So we got to have a bunch of goodies and wings and stuff and then watched the Super Bowl with em. It was a blast. I think just about everyone in the mission got to watch it lol, cause everyone was. So that was fun.
Well thats about all to report for this week, I hope everyone had a good Super Bowl Sunday! We all think that it should be a non proselyting day cause no one wants to talk to us on that day lol. Probably wont happen though : /. ANyways, talk to ya next week!!
Love
Elder Lowder
Feb 1, 2010 - week 19
Yeah it actually is a lot warmer here than Yerington. Naturally though. Im in the south now, no longer north. So its nice. Soon it wont be nice though, having to bike in 90 to 100 degree weather. Ugh. Itl be ok though, maybe Ill get to go back up north to Reno or something for the Summer. Thats my hope.
Vegas is actually a loooot like Phoenix. Like it feels like Im just back in Phoenix to be honest. So my area, just picture our old neighborhood and that area and thats what my area looks like for the most part. Lots of identical stucco houses and whatnot. So I like it a lot actually. Currently we live in the basement of a members home, he's actually the Mission Vehicle coordinater for our mission, Elder Elseworth. Its a lot better in terms of not having to worry about being watched and not getting any privacy from the members cause we dont ever see them. So its nice :). The ward is pretty good, its a lot more normal and I like it. A lot more younger families instead of just tons of old retired people. So thats nice too. Havent met too many people yet though. My comp, name is Elder Mabeza, he went to Hawaii for a year before he came out going to BYU there, hes around my height, he speaks pretty much perfect English, he was a convert at 12 years old with his parents, annnnd thats about it I guess. All I can think of at this point. The work is really slow in our area actually. Since the area was split we lost about 75% of the teaching pool. The majority of the work was in the other ward, so they got all the work and the car :(. Its very depressing. So we are going to have our work cut out for us. But its ok. We are going to have to do a lot of tracting and finding for a while here.
Yeah I brought a copy of my patriarchal blessing, thanks though! And I took some pictures, but not as much as I wouldve liked. Cause I didnt know I was getting transfered till Saturday night and on sunday we were parked so I wasnt able to go get pictures with like hardly anyone. Oh well, hopefully that wont happen in the rest of my areas. Ill send 2 sd cards home soon too.
Umm yeah I was hoping you guys could send that and also I was wondering if it would be possible for you to send my Diablo tennis racquet. Theres people here that like to play and I really want my racquet. If its too expensive I guess dont worry about it, but that would be great if you could send those 2 things :). The Diablo I want is the red smaller one, not the orange one.
Since Im on bike we dont really get to go to the store often, and yeah, so itd be easier if you could do that. I think the strings are broken on my diablo, so I can prob just find a place to string it here if you guys didnt want to do that.
Lol I have a blog now?? Holy cow thats wierd. Hm. Cool I guess!
Ok well, hope all is well there, have a great week!!
Love
E Lowder
Vegas is actually a loooot like Phoenix. Like it feels like Im just back in Phoenix to be honest. So my area, just picture our old neighborhood and that area and thats what my area looks like for the most part. Lots of identical stucco houses and whatnot. So I like it a lot actually. Currently we live in the basement of a members home, he's actually the Mission Vehicle coordinater for our mission, Elder Elseworth. Its a lot better in terms of not having to worry about being watched and not getting any privacy from the members cause we dont ever see them. So its nice :). The ward is pretty good, its a lot more normal and I like it. A lot more younger families instead of just tons of old retired people. So thats nice too. Havent met too many people yet though. My comp, name is Elder Mabeza, he went to Hawaii for a year before he came out going to BYU there, hes around my height, he speaks pretty much perfect English, he was a convert at 12 years old with his parents, annnnd thats about it I guess. All I can think of at this point. The work is really slow in our area actually. Since the area was split we lost about 75% of the teaching pool. The majority of the work was in the other ward, so they got all the work and the car :(. Its very depressing. So we are going to have our work cut out for us. But its ok. We are going to have to do a lot of tracting and finding for a while here.
Yeah I brought a copy of my patriarchal blessing, thanks though! And I took some pictures, but not as much as I wouldve liked. Cause I didnt know I was getting transfered till Saturday night and on sunday we were parked so I wasnt able to go get pictures with like hardly anyone. Oh well, hopefully that wont happen in the rest of my areas. Ill send 2 sd cards home soon too.
Umm yeah I was hoping you guys could send that and also I was wondering if it would be possible for you to send my Diablo tennis racquet. Theres people here that like to play and I really want my racquet. If its too expensive I guess dont worry about it, but that would be great if you could send those 2 things :). The Diablo I want is the red smaller one, not the orange one.
Since Im on bike we dont really get to go to the store often, and yeah, so itd be easier if you could do that. I think the strings are broken on my diablo, so I can prob just find a place to string it here if you guys didnt want to do that.
Lol I have a blog now?? Holy cow thats wierd. Hm. Cool I guess!
Ok well, hope all is well there, have a great week!!
Love
E Lowder
Jan 28, 2010 - week 18
Not too shabby. Not too shabby at all. I cant believe that transfer is done already though. Been out for three transfers now and I am startin up the fourth one now. Pretty crazy, time does indeed fly.
So that was my final week in Yerington. I just assumed I would follow suit with "the norm" within the mission on leaving after three transers. That is exactly what happened. Ill start with some minor things at the beginning of the week though.
So the week went by pretty normal, we did a fair amount of teaching and it was very good. We actually found a new family we were trying to start teaching, his name is Robert. He works at Scolaris too, like Melissa. We tracted into him, and he says he had been taught by missionaries a bit when he lived in California, but not as much as he wouldve liked because he had to move. So we is a very promising potential, and Im hoping they can continue to teach him.
The remainder of the week was pretty normal, we had the usual appointments and things, and it went well. The stake presidency came down and went on splits with the bishopric and they put a list of people together to visit, mainly consisting of less actives. That was way good for those people. We went around and visited the ones thatg they did and they all really enjoyed it. The majority of them actually showed up to church the following Sunday, so we were really happy with that.
On Saturday we had a lesson with Dale Rosaschi which normally took place Tuesday evenings, but the Bradshaws (Ward Missionaries) decided to put together a little dinner/lesson thing at their place instead so we did that.
It was a really good time, and we had a good lesson with all of them. The Lindseys were also there, the other ward missionaries. And finally.. Dale showed up to church!! He hadnt come yet since we had been teaching him, so we were really excited. Only 2 more times and he can be baptized. That was a good way to go out, having him show up for the final Sunday.
When we got home Saturday night we got our transfer calls. Elder Dunkley was to stay in Yerington, and I was going to be heading down to Vegas! I am now in Central Las Vegas, and my new companion is Elder Mabeza. He is from Malasyia. He's a way cool guy, we're gettin along really great. I was a little worried at first, that he wouldnt be able to speak very good English, but he's got almost perfect English. I guess they teach it in their High Schools over there, plus he went to Hawaii for about a year before he came out. So i was greatful for that. I actually found out I would be leaving around 4pm on Saturday, they just didnt have the specifics for me, like which Vegas zone (there are 5 different zones here in Vegas) and who my companion would be.
So it was pretty tough leaving Yerington. I dont miss the place at all to be honest, but I really miss the people. There were some things I wouldve liked to see happen before leaving, since I worked with those people for quite a while and they were getting close, but I was ready for a change of pace.
Things are going to be good here in Vegas, I can feel it. Theres sooooo many people here, so its gonna be good. Hopefully I can continue to progress the work here in Vegas!
All in all it was a good week, and Im excited to be here in Vegas. It was a long trip down, but I enjoyed it. This time I was in a car instead of the transfer van, so I was glad. I came down with one of the Elders that was in my district, Elder Nemeth. He went home yesterday, it was his last transfer.
He was a good guy, gonna miss him. Also rode down with a couple other people. The bus makes a bunch of stops along the way, for gassing up, bathroom, lunch, etc. We decided not to wait for oall of em, and we just cruised on down the whole way. So we got back pretty early. It was a fun time.
Well, thats all for now, hope you all have a good week!
~Elder Lowder
So that was my final week in Yerington. I just assumed I would follow suit with "the norm" within the mission on leaving after three transers. That is exactly what happened. Ill start with some minor things at the beginning of the week though.
So the week went by pretty normal, we did a fair amount of teaching and it was very good. We actually found a new family we were trying to start teaching, his name is Robert. He works at Scolaris too, like Melissa. We tracted into him, and he says he had been taught by missionaries a bit when he lived in California, but not as much as he wouldve liked because he had to move. So we is a very promising potential, and Im hoping they can continue to teach him.
The remainder of the week was pretty normal, we had the usual appointments and things, and it went well. The stake presidency came down and went on splits with the bishopric and they put a list of people together to visit, mainly consisting of less actives. That was way good for those people. We went around and visited the ones thatg they did and they all really enjoyed it. The majority of them actually showed up to church the following Sunday, so we were really happy with that.
On Saturday we had a lesson with Dale Rosaschi which normally took place Tuesday evenings, but the Bradshaws (Ward Missionaries) decided to put together a little dinner/lesson thing at their place instead so we did that.
It was a really good time, and we had a good lesson with all of them. The Lindseys were also there, the other ward missionaries. And finally.. Dale showed up to church!! He hadnt come yet since we had been teaching him, so we were really excited. Only 2 more times and he can be baptized. That was a good way to go out, having him show up for the final Sunday.
When we got home Saturday night we got our transfer calls. Elder Dunkley was to stay in Yerington, and I was going to be heading down to Vegas! I am now in Central Las Vegas, and my new companion is Elder Mabeza. He is from Malasyia. He's a way cool guy, we're gettin along really great. I was a little worried at first, that he wouldnt be able to speak very good English, but he's got almost perfect English. I guess they teach it in their High Schools over there, plus he went to Hawaii for about a year before he came out. So i was greatful for that. I actually found out I would be leaving around 4pm on Saturday, they just didnt have the specifics for me, like which Vegas zone (there are 5 different zones here in Vegas) and who my companion would be.
So it was pretty tough leaving Yerington. I dont miss the place at all to be honest, but I really miss the people. There were some things I wouldve liked to see happen before leaving, since I worked with those people for quite a while and they were getting close, but I was ready for a change of pace.
Things are going to be good here in Vegas, I can feel it. Theres sooooo many people here, so its gonna be good. Hopefully I can continue to progress the work here in Vegas!
All in all it was a good week, and Im excited to be here in Vegas. It was a long trip down, but I enjoyed it. This time I was in a car instead of the transfer van, so I was glad. I came down with one of the Elders that was in my district, Elder Nemeth. He went home yesterday, it was his last transfer.
He was a good guy, gonna miss him. Also rode down with a couple other people. The bus makes a bunch of stops along the way, for gassing up, bathroom, lunch, etc. We decided not to wait for oall of em, and we just cruised on down the whole way. So we got back pretty early. It was a fun time.
Well, thats all for now, hope you all have a good week!
~Elder Lowder
Jan 18, 2010 - week 17
Hey all. Hope everyone is doing very well. Didnt get to email on Monday this week due to MLK, so the library was closed. Instead we are doin it today, Wednesday. Which is alright. Next week it may be the same Im not quite sure how its going to be working out. I may be getting transfered and it will be happening either Monday or Tuesday. I'll find out this weekend, on Saturday the 23rd.
So this last week was pretty good. We got a lot of teaching in which was exciting. No new investigators yet unfortunately, we havent found anyone new in a while. Mostly because we've been busy enough to not have to tract at all, but at the same times the members in this ward arent doing anything to help us find. Which happens to be the most effective way hands down to find new people. Thats why the general authorities have put so much emphasis on member missionary work. It really is super important. Buuut its ok, we're still teaching a lot. The thing is though, a lot of the investigators we currently have are seeming to be more long term investigators, they arent "ready" to commit to much. So we're tryin to get em to budge a bit.
Hopefully something will happen soon.
Yesterday we had zone conference in Reno, so that was really good. Only the second time I actually got to be in a city so far! It was actually really wierd. After being in a really tiny town for 18 weeks the city is way different. Everything is so wide open and underdeveloped here in Yerington.
It was pretty fun. I love the city, dont ever plan on living in a small town. The conference was really good though, and I had the opportunity of seeing 2 of the elders from my mtc district. So that was fun. The topic of the conference was planning and preparing. They talked a lot about the recent devestations that hit Haiti. Gave a lot of pretty scary facts about whats going on over there. 80-90% of the buildings turned to rubble... thats pretty bad. Its unfortunate that anyone has to live in such an impoverished place. But naturally the LDS are some of the first on the scene to provide aid. They also told us that not even one of the LDS church buildings were damaged, they all still stand firm and are now converted into medical facilities and others are housing the Hatians that are now homeless. 80-90% of the buildings and not one of our church buildings were damaged... Thats amazing. Another testimony that the church is true. Also none of the missionaries that were serving in Haiti lost their lives. Thats pretty amazing too. Just like when Hurricane Catrina hit New Orleans. I heard that because of our Prophets and apostles and thanks to revelation, they pulled the missionaries out of New Orleans before the Hurricane even hit. Sorry all of that is just amazing to me.
Well overall it was a great week. I love this area and there are still things I would like to see happen but at the same time I am ready for some change. So whatever happens this weekend, I will be content.
Hope you all have a good week, and keep praying for those in Haiti.
Love
Elder Lowder
So this last week was pretty good. We got a lot of teaching in which was exciting. No new investigators yet unfortunately, we havent found anyone new in a while. Mostly because we've been busy enough to not have to tract at all, but at the same times the members in this ward arent doing anything to help us find. Which happens to be the most effective way hands down to find new people. Thats why the general authorities have put so much emphasis on member missionary work. It really is super important. Buuut its ok, we're still teaching a lot. The thing is though, a lot of the investigators we currently have are seeming to be more long term investigators, they arent "ready" to commit to much. So we're tryin to get em to budge a bit.
Hopefully something will happen soon.
Yesterday we had zone conference in Reno, so that was really good. Only the second time I actually got to be in a city so far! It was actually really wierd. After being in a really tiny town for 18 weeks the city is way different. Everything is so wide open and underdeveloped here in Yerington.
It was pretty fun. I love the city, dont ever plan on living in a small town. The conference was really good though, and I had the opportunity of seeing 2 of the elders from my mtc district. So that was fun. The topic of the conference was planning and preparing. They talked a lot about the recent devestations that hit Haiti. Gave a lot of pretty scary facts about whats going on over there. 80-90% of the buildings turned to rubble... thats pretty bad. Its unfortunate that anyone has to live in such an impoverished place. But naturally the LDS are some of the first on the scene to provide aid. They also told us that not even one of the LDS church buildings were damaged, they all still stand firm and are now converted into medical facilities and others are housing the Hatians that are now homeless. 80-90% of the buildings and not one of our church buildings were damaged... Thats amazing. Another testimony that the church is true. Also none of the missionaries that were serving in Haiti lost their lives. Thats pretty amazing too. Just like when Hurricane Catrina hit New Orleans. I heard that because of our Prophets and apostles and thanks to revelation, they pulled the missionaries out of New Orleans before the Hurricane even hit. Sorry all of that is just amazing to me.
Well overall it was a great week. I love this area and there are still things I would like to see happen but at the same time I am ready for some change. So whatever happens this weekend, I will be content.
Hope you all have a good week, and keep praying for those in Haiti.
Love
Elder Lowder
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