*THE BOOK OF MORMON IS SHARED TO THOSE IN PHOENIX, AZ*

Aloha Ohana and Friends,

How are you all doing?  Well for me, I am doing just great here in Glendale - Sharing the Gospel and helping others receive the happiness that comes from living the Gospel in their lives.  This week was pretty good, it was pretty hot - from the week before but it should start cooling down.  We had some great lessons this week with our investigators that we are teaching.  Last Sunday, we were riding home for the night when we met a former investigator that we thought moved out of our area so we talked to her for a little bit and found out she moved a few blocks away.  She told us where she lived so on Tuesday, we went back to teach her and her 2 siblings.  She was not there but we met with her siblings Ben (11yr) and Britney (15yr) and started teaching them.  They were taught most of the lessons before so we are just reviewing it with them and committed them to be baptized on October 13.  We also met with the Ledesma kids (Florrena, Florisa, and Florencio) this week and read 1 Nephi 8 with them about the Tree of Life and committed them to read the Book of Mormon and pray to know if it is true and if they should get baptized.  We also met with Georgiana this week and continue preparing her for her baptism. She needs to meet with Bishop to discuss getting married soon.  We also met with Joanne and read Alma 7 with her and taught her that everything lays upon the Book of Mormon and it is the keystone of our religion.  The Book of Mormon is evidence that the Gospel was restored through Joseph Smith and we continue to have the fullness of the Gospel today through a living prophet Thomas S. Monson. We ended the lesson by reading Moroni 10:3-5 with her bearing our testimony about the Book of Mormon and committed her to read and pray about it and she will receive an answer that it is true by the power of the Holy Ghost. We know that if she sincerely wants to know the truth that the Holy Ghost will confirm her that it is true and by living the principles and ordinances of the Gospel she can return to live with God again. This past week we had a great transfer meeting with 24 new and excited missionaries that joined the Arizona Phoenix Mission.  It is so wonderful to hear the new missionaries bear their testimony of how grateful they are to start their mission and serve the Lord. My companion Elder Vaoga and I did not get transferred but we had to go to a meeting so we got to see the missionaries who got transfered to new areas with a new companion. We had a great Sabbath day with wonderful talks on doing Family History work and doing the ordinances for our ancestors so they can enjoy the blessing of the Gospel.  Then we had a very spiritual missionary fireside that evening with great talks on the restoration of the Gospel, Plan of Salvation, and the Divinity of Jesus Christ with wonderful musical numbers that made the spirit so strong. Well that was my great week here in the mission field teaching the Gospel and helping others Come unto Christ so they can be on the straight and narrow path towards eternal life.  I know that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ lives and loves us all so much that they want us to return to their presence.  The Book of Mormon is the word of God that testifies of our Savior, Jesus Christ and his ministry to the people in the americas. Jesus Christ is our Savior and redeemer that atoned for our sins so we can be with our families for eternity.  My prayers are with you all.  Till next week.  Take care and have a great week.

Love,
Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

*LIFE & WEATHER IS GREAT IN GLENDALE, AZ*

Hello Family and Friends,

How are you all doing?  I am doing great here in Glendale - Sharing the Gospel and doing the Lord's work in helping our Heavenly Father's children come unto him.  The weather this past week was really nice. It is starting to cool down and some days it is perfect in the 80's.  We had a very spiritual baptism on Saturday for Jessica Luzania.  It was so great to see her make her covenants with God and how happy she felt by being spiritually reborn as a disciple of Jesus Christ.  There was a great support from the Young Women that gave talks and sang a beautiful musical number that brought the Spirit so strongly before Jessica entered the waters of baptism.  Her sister Georgiana and her boyfriend Gabriel came to witness the baptism.  We hope Gabriel felt the spirit and sparks some interest in him to learn about the Gospel and how it can bless his families life for eternity.  Georgiana cannot get baptized because she is living with her boyfriend and 3 kids.  We had a great lesson with Georgiana on Monday while her sister was getting interviewed for Baptism and the Spirit was so great in that lesson.  We had a member that sat in that lesson with us on how she can bring up to her boyfriend her desire to get married so she can get baptized.  It really builds my faith on the importance of members in our lessons because they bear powerful testimony and they can relate to things we do not have experienced yet such as marriage and kids.  We always strive to get members at lessons because they help us teach and testify about the Gospel and it is our key indicator that we report each week during our weekly call ins.  We also had some great lessons with Raymond on the Plan of Salvation and helping him learn about our purpose on earth is to prepare to return to live with God and our families for Eternity in the Celestrial Kingdom.  We also met with Vanessa this week and read the Book of Mormon with her and help build her Faith but we keep setting appointments with her and she keeps cancelling so we are going to give her a break for a while because she not keeping the  commitments towards Baptism and it might not be the right time for her yet.  We keep praying that things will work out with her and she gets the burning desire to continue to learn more about the Gospel and make her first step towards eternal life by being Baptized.  We had a great lesson with Barb our recent convert and handed her over to the Ward Missionary to teach her the new member lessons.  She was so sad that we are not coming over to teach her anymore, but she understood our purpose as missionaries is to invite others to Come unto Christ and receive the Gospel through being Baptized.  It was so great to teach her and see the spirit working in her and building her faith in christ and how it already brought many happiness and joy to her and her families life.  We hope she continues to live the Gospel and prepare for additional covenants that we make in the House of the Lord, the Temple.  I almost forgot that the day after we had a lesson with Georgiana on telling her boyfriend she wants to get married, he agreed and so we are planning for them to be married on September 29.  So then she can be baptized in October.  We were so happy to hear that great news and we are working with the Ward to have the Bishop marry them and have a reception at the Church.  God certainly makes things work out as long as we trust in him and keep his commandments.  Well that was my week in the mission field.  Hope everyone is doing well.  I love and miss everyone so much.  Take care.  My prayers are with you all.  I just got transfer news this morning and I am staying in Glendale for another 6 weeks.

Love,
Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

*CONGRATULATION'S BARB DAVIS FOR GETTING BAPTIZED*

Dear Family and Friends,

How is everyone doing? Well for me, I had a great week here in Glendale sharing the Gospel and doing the Lord's work.  Barb Davis got Baptized on Saturday and the Spirit was so strong there.  She was so happy to make her covenants with God and come Closer to him.  She had some of her family that came to witness her Baptism and hopefully they felt the Spirit to want to learn more about the Gospel and how it can bless their lives.  I was so privilege to confirm her a member of the Church of Jesus Christ and confer her the Gift of the Holy Ghost. I am so honored to have the Priesthood from God to give others one of the greatest gifts we can receive from our Heavenly Father to guide us and protect us in this mortal life so we can stay on the right path back to our Heavenly Father.  We had some great lessons this week with our investigators.  We met with Raymond and had a short lesson with him reading 1 Nephi with him to help him understand the Book of Mormon and feel the Spirit that it is Words of God to help us learn more about Gospel.  We also had a lesson with Dian on the Book of Mormon trying to help her know that it is true and the Gospel was Restored through Joseph Smith who translated the Book of Mormon by the Power of God.  We also met with the Ledesma family and taught the 3 kids about the Plan of Salvation and committed them to be baptized.  The 2 daughters Florena(9yr) and Florisa(11yr) wants to get baptized but the older brother Florensio(13yr) is not really interested in what we are teaching.  We are going to try to get him to come to young men and have the young men fellowship him.  This week I had a pretty cool tracting experience.  We were tracting at these town houses when we knocked on a door and the guy let us in without even talking to him about why we were there.  We got to know him and his family talked to them about the Gospel and how Families can be together Forever.  We setup an appointment with him for Saturday, but he called us on Friday and told us he does not want us to come over anymore he going through some problems.  We were so bummed, they seemed like a wonderful family that is ready to receive the Gospel and bring Eternal joy to their Family. We will try to stop by in a few weeks and check how they are doing. We had a great ward cook off on Friday night which consisted of chili, bread, and pies that were very delicious.  Barb and Dian came to the cook off and had a great time meeting the members of the Ward.  Sunday was a great Sabbath Day.  We had a return missionary from the Glendale YSA Ward who just came back from his mission in San Rosa, California.  He shared some wonderful experiences on his mission and how it helped him spiritually grow.  This weekend we got Jessica Luzinia (15yr) set to be baptized on Saturday.  She is so excited to be baptized and loves the young women in our ward.  Her sister Georgiana cannot get baptized until she get married because she is is living with her boyfriend and they have 3 kids so we are teaching her and helping her make those step that will lead her to baptism.  We are having a hard time getting in contact with the Mins Family - Vanessa, Camia, and Tashaney - we keep praying that things are okay and we can meet with them soon so they can Come unto Christ and enjoy the blessing from be baptized and receiving the Holy Ghost.  Well that was my great week in the mission field helping other prepare to meet God so they can return to live with our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and Families are Forever. My prayers are always with you all.  Take care.

Love,
Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

*EVERYONE CAN HAVE ETERNAL HAPPINESS & LIVE WITH OUR FAMILIES FOREVER*

Aloha Family and Friends,

How are you all doing?  I am doing great here in Glendale - Sharing the Gospel and helping others Come unto Christ.  This week was pretty good, lots of our appointment fell through but we still had some great lessons with some new investigators.  We had a great lesson this week with Dian on the Book of Mormon, she is starting to read the Book of Mormon from the beginning.  She had some questions when she was reading it so we tried to clarify some things.  She has a lot of concerns but hopefully by reading the Book of Mormon, the Spirit can resolve them and she can know that the Gospel has been Restored and it can help her come closer to our Heavenly Father.  We took Barb Davis to a Baptism on Saturday and she loved it.  She had her baptism interview right after and passed.  She is getting baptized this Saturday - September 8.  We also had a great lesson on Wednesday with a new investigator Raymond on the Restoration of the Gospel and committed him to read and pray about the Book of Mormon.  His girlfriend is a less active member so we are trying to help her come back to church also.  He seems pretty interested in learning about the Gospel and how it can bless his life.  We also had a lesson with the Ledezma's family on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Her mother - Lisa is a member but her 3 kids are not baptized so we are starting to teach them.  We had a great Sabbath day, small church attendance because it being Labor Day weekend lots of people were busy but we still had 4 investigators that came to church.  We did not get to meet with a lot of our progressing investigators this week.  The Mins Family - Vanessa, Tashaney, and Camia are set to be baptized next weekend September 15.  Jessica Luzinia is also set to be baptized on September 15.  September is looking to be a great month for our investigators to make their first covenant with God through Baptism and Confirmation and enter the gate towards Eternal Life.  That was my great week here in the Mission Field Teaching our brothers and sisters the Restored Gospel that our Savior - Jesus Christ taught and showed us the way to Eternal Happiness.  Through the Atonement we can return to live with God and our Families Forever.  The Gospel is so amazing and I am so honored to be able to represent - Jesus Christ and help those that the Lord is preparing to receive his message and how it can bless their lives.  I love and miss you all.  My prayers are with you always. Take Care and may our Heavenly Father continue to guide and keep you all safe.

Love,
Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral