Aloha Family and Friends,
How
are you doing? I had a great week here in Anthem - doing the Lord's
work. The weather is really nice during the day, but getting chilly
during the nights which I am starting to wear sweaters. Lea got baptized
on Saturday which was so wonderful because the spirit was so strong as
she made her covenants with God. She was so happy when she came up out
of the water as spiritually reborn. Then on Sunday the congregation saw
her for the first time as she came into the chapel to be confirmed a
member of the church and receive the Holy Ghost. She was filled with
joy when they sustained her as the newest member of the church. It was
such an honor to see her change since the first time I met her to now as
she strengthened her Faith in Jesus Christ through her trials and see
her realize the blessings that come from living his Gospel. It is so
wonderful to see how the Lord prepared her as the members showed their
love for her by serving her and she knew that they were placed in her
life for a reason. We had some wonderful lessons with her this week
teaching her the commandments. We also had a great lesson with Ali this
week on how the Gospel can bless his family and bring them closer.
Some exciting news from transfers this week is they split an area in our
District so there are 2 more Elders in our district. Anthem and
Parkside Wards now have their own set of Elders. Elder Burton and
Farnsworth cover only Anthem Ward now and they are living with us in our
apartment. It is fun having another set of Elders in our place because
we get to talk about our day and eat meals together. The new Elders -
Elder Silcock from Idaho and Elder Gapinski from Utah live in the Espios
home in Parkside Ward. Since their are 8 Elders in my district, I have
to go on exchanges 7 times this transfer once with the zone leaders and
once with each Elder in my district. So some weeks I will be on
exchanges twice, which is fun to get to know my District members and see
how they work and teach. The work is a bit slow now since Lea got
baptized, we have an investigator Joseph with a baptism date for October
19 but he is living with his girlfriend and son so we have to try to
get them married and we have not been able to meet with him this week.
We are doing alot of finding through members and checking up on past
investigators to see if they would want to learn about the Gospel
again. I hope I can find some great new investigators soon and help
them Come unto Christ. I had a great District Meeting on Friday,
teaching about the importance of commitments and helping our
investigators keep commitments by following up, great having more Elders
to contribute different insights. I had a great sabbath day as we
heard some wonderful testimonies. There was a Special Youth Fireside in
the evening on "Having an Eternal Perspective through Trials". Great
talks by members and some non-members that talk about a young women
Katie Wagner that recently passed away from cancer. She was pretty big
here in Anthem community because of her love to help others even though
she was fighting cancer for the past 3 years. It was a spiritual
fireside to hear how as we Trust in God and have Faith in Jesus Christ
that we can get through our trials and grow stronger. We are here on
earth to be tested and prove to our Heavenly Father that we want to live
with him. I testify that Jesus Christ is our Savior and he can give us
strength through hard times. I am so grateful to know the Plan of
Salvation and know that we can have Eternal Life as we have a strong
foundation built on Christ and continue to live the Gospel through our
lives. I know as a servent of Jesus Christ that our Heavenly Father
loves us and wants us to have Eternal Joy. I love and miss you all.
Take care and have a great week. your all in my prayers.
Love,
Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral
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