Aloha Ohana and Friends,
It
was a great week here in Anthem - doing the Lord's work and helping our
Heavenly Father's children return to live with him. The weather is
starting to get nice, it was in the 90s most of the week. I am starting
to get a bit cold in the morning with nights being so chilly. Well it
is official Anthem is going to be my last area. We got transfer news
this morning and no one in our district is getting transferred which is
what was expected because we are all training for the next 6 weeks. I
am glad to be ending in an area that I have been for a while because I
know the area, converts, investigators, and members that I have grown to
love. This week was a great week teaching the Gospel. I had a great
exchange with the zone leaders on Tuesday. I was with Elder Weiler in
their area in Deer Valley. We went to another district in our Zone
District Meeting and it was great to see different perspective of
teaching that I could use in my District Meeting. We had a great lesson
with a returning, active member Clyde teaching him the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and it was so wonderful to hear how God answers his prayers by
sending a friend to help him come back to church. We also had a great
lesson with Kayla on the Plan of Salvation and how she can live with God
in the Celestrial Kingdom as she lives the gospel. She was not
understanding Enduring to the End, so I thought of a great analogy
comparing Baptism to the Entrance Gate at disney land and how to make it
to space mountain which symolizes the celestrial kingdom she has to
continuely do her part in living the commandments without getting
distracted by the food vendors of the adversary. It worked like a charm
and it just clicked when she understood. We had 2 great lessons this
week with Lea teaching her the commandments and preparing her for her
Baptism this Saturday, September 28. She prayed about the Law of
Tithing and received an answer that she will be blessed by living it.
She had her baptism interview and passed with flying colors. She was so
excited that she is ready to make her covenants with God. We finally
found a new investigator Joseph this week after weeks of no new
investigators which we have been struggling to find. We had a great
lesson with him on the Restoration of the Gospel and teaching him how
the Gospel can help him through his trials and strengthen his family. A
member family the Florez - son Jack who just turned 8 this month got
baptized and confirmed last Saturday and they invited us to his Baptism
which was wonderful. The spirit was so strong and it was so great to be
a part of his confirmation to receive the Holy Ghost. I also had
another great exchange with Elder Burgoyne in my area. We had a great
Distrcit meeting that I taught about how to begin teaching and how
important the 1st lesson is in gaining trust with our investigators and
how we can utilize it throughout our other lessons. Then we had a great
lesson with Emma and it was great to hear how when her parents were
taking the lessons she felt the spirit and wanted to follow Jesus
Christ's teaching. We also met with Ian this week and watched "Finding
Faith in Christ" with him and he enjoyed it because he is a visual
learner and understands things better when he sees it. We invited him
to church and we got a member from the YSA Ward to pick him up and take
him to church. We had a great Sabbath Day with our primary presentation
which there was a strong spirit hearing the cute talks from the Primary
kids and hearing them sing. Lea came to church and loved the primary
program. She also went to Gospel Principles and Relief Society which
she enjoyed. A cool experience this week was a member - Brother Palmer
agreed to feed us for dinner but he was not there when we showed up. So
we knocked on the door and his inactive nephews (Eric and Kevin) opened
up and let us in. They told us that they had pizza in the oven so they
fed us. 10 minutes there, I knew that Brother Palmer planned this on
purpose that he would not be there so we could have an opportunity to
teach his nephews who has been working with for a while to get back to
church. Then Brother Palmer called during dinner to make sure that they
cooked us dinner and told us to teach them. We had a great discussion
with them and asked them if we could come back to teach them more about
the Gospel. So yesterday, we went back and taught them the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. The spirit was so strong as we taught them how they can
strengthen their Faith in Jesus Christ and he will help them overcome
trials and how we can be forgiven of our sins through Repentence. We
gave them a Book of Mormon and committed them to start small by praying,
read the scriptures, and come to Church. It is so great to help those
who have lost the Gospel to return to the fold of God. That was my
great week here in the mission field. I cannot believe how fast time is
flying as I serve our Heavenly Father's children and help them receive
the Restored Gospel. I am on my last transfer and I have to do my best
with the knowledge and experience that I have gained through my mission
to invite and help our Heavenly Father's children strengthen their Faith
in Christ and receive the Restored Gospel. I love and miss you all.
Take care and have a great week.
Love,
Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral
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