READING THE BOOK of MORMON in PHOENIX

Hey Family and Friends,

How are you guys? Well for me, it was a great week here in Phoenix sharing the Gospel and helping others Come unto Christ.  The weather is starting to really heat up.  This week it got up to 110 degrees.  It is really starting to feel like a blow dryer effect when I am outside riding my bike.  I make sure to fill up my camel back before I leave my apartment.   Well the work is going great.  Dylan is doing great.  We had a lesson this week on reading the Book of Mormon with him.  He likes to play shooting video games so he likes to read the War chapters in the Book of Mormon.  We also taught him tithing, showed him videos of our living prophet today - Thomas S. Monson that leads the church and how by following his teachings we can be happy.  He went to mutual this week and had a great time meeting the youth and doing all the fun activities.  He also had his baptismal interview on Saturday and after it was done he said " I passed I am on level 2".  It is great fun teaching him the gospel and helping his mom come back to church.  He cannot wait to get baptized this Saturday and make his covenants with our Heavenly Father.  Kelsee is also doing great and is ready to be baptized on June 30.  She is autistic so we try to keep it as simple as we can and do fun object lessons to help her remember what we teach her.  This week was a great week for finding and doing our prayer approach.  Friday and Sunday, we did 5 prayers with people, shared a little bit about the Gospel and what we do as missionaries and we got 3 return appointments.  So hopefully they felt the Spirit and are interested in learning more about the gospel and how it can bless them in their lives.  We had a great Sabbath and Father's Day yesterday on how important Father's are in our lives and grateful for all they do.  This week we also focused on going through a list of people that Bishop gave us to visit and see how we can help them come back to church.  It did not go that well but we will keep trying to visit the less actives because sometimes all people need is just a visit and to see that people care about them and miss them to help them get active again in the church.  Our Recent converts are doing really well and we visit with them weekly to help them learn more about the Gospel and help them to endure.  On Friday, a member family took us to L and L Hawaiian Barbecue and I had a lau lau and kalua pork it was so "ono".  Well that was my week in the mission field.  Hope all is well with everyone.  Take care my prayes are with you all. 

Love,
Elder Lance KuhiCabral

*Teaching the Gospel in ARIZONA will Help Change Many Lives*

Aloha Family and Friends,

How is everyone doing? Well, I had a great week in the mission field teaching the Gospel.  This week was busy with lessons.  We had 3 lessons with Kelsee this week on the Plan of Salvation, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and going over the commandments about the Sabbath Day, Law of Tithing, and the Word of Wisdom.  She grew up going to church with her parents so we are just reviewing it with her to help her prepare for her baptism on June 30.  Dylan the 16 year old is also doing great we taught him the Plan of Salvation, Word of Wisdom, and keeping the Sabbath Day.  It was great to see him and his mother come to church yesterday.  His mother has not been to church in over 15 yrs so we were glad to see her support her son and renew her covenents.  Hopefully they felt the spirit and they stay active and see the blessing that come from keeping the Sabbath Day holy by coming to church.  On Wednesday, I was on exchanges for most of the day with Elder Hyer and Elder Wheel Wright because our companions had leadership meetings.  We had a great lesson with eEder Hyers investigator Loise on the Gospel of Jesus Christ and by having Faith in Jesus Christ, Repenting, being Baptized, Receiving the Holy Ghost and Enduring to the end so we can return to live with our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and our Families Forever in the Celestrial kingdom.  Then we mostly did visits around each others area seeing investigators and members.  We stop by Peter and his two sons Moses and Atum.  My companion and I will be seeing them to set up a lesson and have a short lesson on reading the Book of Mormon.  We have been meeting with them for quite a while now but they cannot come to church because Peter works on Sunday.  Then on Thursday, I was with Elder Wheel Wright again most of the day.  We did a lot of stop by with potential investigators.  We had a great lesson a lesson with Dylan on the Plan of Salvation and focused on the Atonement and how Jesus Christ overcame death for us through his suffering and died for so all us can return to live with God as always try to be obedient, keep the commandments, and do all we can to serve him.  It is good to be on exchanges with different missionaries to see how they teach and how we can learn from each other ways to become better servents of Jesus Christ.  Then on Friday, we had zone meeting with President and Sister Taylor on how we should always strive to have members at every lessons because they have testimonies and experiences that can help the investigator feel the Spirit.  After zone meeting my companion and I went to the Mesa Temple and did an Endowment session.  It was so wonderful to do temple work and feel the strong Spirit being in the House of the Lord.  Saturday, we did our weekly planning and stopped by and saw Sandy and her baby daughter Angel.  Then we had a lesson with George on the the Priesthood.  He is doing great coming back to church to help him get back on the right path.  Sunday was a wonderful Sabbath day, we had a record of 5 investigators Dylan, Loretta, Kelsee, Terri Bostwick a former investigator, and James Hall who is waiting for his probation to be over in July then he can get baptized.  Well that was my wonderful week in the mission field. Hope all is well for everyone.  I love being a missionary and helping other feel the Spirit and see how the Gospel changes their lives.  I love you all and my prayers are with you all.  

Love, Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

IT IS STARTING TO GET HOT IN PHOENIX, AZ

Dear Family and Friends,

How are you all doing?  Well for me, I had a great week here in Phoenix.  Summer has definitely started here in Arizona.  It got up to 112 degrees on Friday and it is hot.  It feels like a blow dryer hitting you.   I always make sure I fill up my camelback with water before we go out.  This week we had some great lessons with our investigators and recent converts.  We got a new investigator Kelsee she is 19 yrs old and both her parents are members.  Her father came up to us last Sunday and told us she wanted to get baptized.  We were so excited for her decision to want to get baptized.  She was raised in the church, but her parents gave her the choice to get baptized and she did not feel like she wanted to get baptized until recently.  We had 2 great lessons with her on Friday and Sunday on the Restoration of the church and keeping the Sabbath day.  We also taught Dylan Donohoo on Thursday and changed his baptism date to June 23.  We are trying to focus on Sabbath day with him and his mom to come to church.  His mom has not been to church in years so it is hard for her to come back.  We promised her that she will be happier and enjoy the blessings as she comes to church and renew her covenents she made at bapitsm.  Larreda Reed is also doing great, we had a great lesson with her that our Savior loves us so much that he sacrificed his life so we can be with our Heavenly Father again.  Our recent converts Shelly and Robie are doing great and love coming to church and feeling the spirit.  Sandy Santana gave birth this week, we are going over today to see her new daughter.  We had a great Sabbath day.  The spirit was so strong doing at our fast and testimony.  I love being a missionary and sharing our Heavenly Fathers wonderful plan for us to live with him and our families for eternity.  Gotta go love you all.  Take care, my prayers are with you all.

Love,
Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

MEMORIAL DAY in PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Hey Family and Friends,

How is everyone doing? How is Memorial Day weekend going?  Well for me, I am doing great here in Phoenix, Arizona serving the Lord and teaching the Gospel to our Heavenly Father's children.  This morning we went with the Spanish Elder's to play soccer with some members from the Spanish ward.  It was really fun but now I am sore from all the exercise we did.  This week we focused on going through our potential investigators and seeing if they were interested in learning about our Heavenly Father's plan.  It went well, we got 2 new investigators Richard and Big Q that seem interested in learning more.  We had a wonderful zone conference on Thursday.  We had some great talks by a Stake President on following the counsel of our Mission Leaders and the Spirit to help us be better servants of Christ.  Our monthly focus for the mission is the Doctrine of Christ on repentance, President Taylor talked on how we should always help others repent so we can activate the Atonement of Jesus Christ and enjoy the blessing that our Savior sacrificed his life for us so we can return to live with Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and our families forever as we repent and keep the commandments through out our lives.  We did some great skills training on teaching repentance in a Gospel principle class that we teach in lesson 1 the Restoration of the Gospel.  We also did a skills training on our prayer approach to offer to bless their homes and families and ask God to strengthen them with anything they are struggling with.  It was a spiritually packed day of learning the Gospel.  Larretta our investigator is doing really well, she went to a baptism on Saturday and loved it.  She cannot wait to get off  probation and be baptized.  Well gotta go sorry so short.  I hope you all are having a great Memorial Day.  My prayers are with you all love.

Love, Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

LIFE IS GREAT IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Aloha Family and Friends,

How is everyone doing?  I had another great week in the mission field sharing the Gospel.  The weather was pretty nice this week, except for a few days it was hot - 105 degrees.  We had some great lessons with Laredda this week.  She is doing well, still struggling with the Word of Wisdom but cutting down on smoking.  We went over the baptism interview questions with her and found out she is on probation so she cannot get baptized until December when she is done with probation.  We were so bummed to hear that but it gives her a lot of time to learn more about the Gospel and build her testimony.  We hope she keeps that spirit going strong until she can get baptized.  We also had a great lesson with Dylan a 16 year old.  We taught him about reading the Book of Mormon and prayer to strengthen our Faith and get guidance.  Our recent converts Shelly, Sandy, and Roobie are doing really well in the Gospel.  It is a wonderful feeling to see how they progress in the Gospel after they get baptized and confirmed with the Holy Ghost to comfort them.  They seem so much happier every time we see them and help them grow in the Gospel.  We went to visit Peter G. and told him we miss seeing him at church.  He has not been coming the past few weeks.  Well that was my great week in Phoenix serving the Lord and helping our Heavenly Father's children receive the Gospel.  I love being a missionary and sharing the greatest message about the Gospel to all those that want to hear it.  I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ lives and wants us to be happy in this life and for eternity.  My prayers are with you all.  

Love, Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

Happy Mother's Day from Phoenix Arizona

Hola Familia Y Amigos,

Como estas todos?  Well, I am doing great here in Phoenix sharing the Gospel and doing the Lord's work.  Sandy Santana got baptized on Saturday.  The spirit was so strong at her baptism.  She felt so peaceful and pure.  Then when she got confirmed the Holy Ghost on Sunday she was so joyful and happy.  When the bishop announced her the newest member,  she had a wonderful light of Christ glowing from her as she just got the Holy Ghost to guide and comfort her.  Sunday was a great Sabbath day and Mother's day.  We had a great sacrement with talks by a new couple that moved into our ward a month ago.  They gave wonderful talks on how their mothers are such a big impact in their lives and part of our Heavenly Father's plan for Families to be Together Forever.  Larreda Read is doing great.  She came to church on Sunday and had a great time.  We had great lessons with her this week on the commandments and she accepted to live them.  She is struggling with the Word of Wisdom, so we gave her a blessing to help her overcome it and told her to continue to pray and read the scriptures and God will give her the strength.  She is getting baptized on May 26 we are so excited for her.  We got a new investigator this week Dylan 16 years old.  We are meeting with his mom - Sister Williams who is less active and trying to help her come to church and live the Gospel.  We taught him the Restoration of the Gospel and commited him to baptism.  He is set to be baptized on June 2.  It was so wonderful to talk to my family on Mother's day and hear how they are doing.  We got transfer news this morning and Elder Bartleson and I are both staying in North mountain Area for the next 6 weeks.  We are both excited because we got some great investigators we are teaching.  Well gotta go.  Love you all and you are always in my prays. 

Love, Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

ANOTHER AMAZING WEEK IN PHOENIX, AZ

Hello Family and Friends,

How is everyone doing? Well for me, it was another wonderful week in the mission field serving the Lord and doing the Lord's work.  The weather was still very nice this week in the mid 90's, drinking lots of water throughout the day keeps me hydrated.  We had some very great lessons this week with the investigators we are teaching.  Sandy's Baptism got postponed because she went into the hospital on Saturday, she is pregnant and was not feeling well and having pains from her baby.  She got out of the hospital a few hours later and was doing well.  She just needed to stay home and rest.  Hopefully she feeling good this Saturday and gets baptized and receives the Holy Ghost to help and comfort her.  We also had a great lesson with Lareda on Friday about strengthening our Faith in Jesus Christ by praying, reading the scriptures, going to church, serving others, and keeping the commandments.  She did not know if the Book of Mormon was true and she was not receiving any answers from our Heavenly Father.  We promised her that if she continued to read and pray about the Book of Mormon that she would receive an answer.  She text us the next day saying "YES, I am ready to be Baptized".  We were so excited to hear her good news after we were bummed about Sandy's baptism.  Lareda has a baptism date for May 19.  Lareda had a great Sabbath day at church.  We had a wonderful fast and testimony meeting.  The spirit was so strong that I had to go up and bear my testimony about the Gospel and how grateful I am to be a servant of our Savior - Jesus Christ and preaching his Gospel to all our brothers and sisters in Phoenix.  We also taught the Gospel Essential class on the Atonement and how we can live with our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and our Families for Eternity as we live the Gospel through our lives.  Robie Moore recent convert is doing really well.  She seems to always be happy since she got baptized and received the Holy Ghost to help and guide her.  On Saturday, I was on exchanges with zone leaders Elder McBribe and we had a lesson with Sandy, we read 2 Nephi 31 with her and prepared her for her baptism.  Then we did some visit with some potential investigators.  We made it a goal to talk with everyone we see not only the people we pass on the streets.  We had 4 return appointments to give a Book of Mormon or do a prayer with them.  That strengthens my Faith that the Lord is truly preparing people for us to teach and help them come unto Christ as long as we are doing our best to share the Gospel with all those we come in contact with or see.  Two of those return appointments were from people out in the yard and as we are going up to them and offering help.  Well that was my amazing week here in Phoenix.  I love being a missionary and sharing the Gospel and our Heavenly Father's plan for all of us to return to live with him.  I want to wish my Mother and ALL Mother's - Happy Mothers Day! this coming Sunday.  I cannot wait to talk to my family this Sunday.  I should be calling around 12-1 Hawaii time.  Well until next week! Take care.

Love, 

Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral