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

LET'S COME UNTO CHRIST IN PHOENIX, AZ

Hi Family and Friends,

How is everyone doing? Well for me I am doing great here in Phoenix, AZ teaching the Gospel and helping other Come unto Christ.  The weather was nice this week it cooled down from last week (in the mid 90's).  This week was an awesome week full of great spiritual experiences.  We got 7 new investigator's this week.  We finally met with the Thompson family of 7.  They met with the missionaries before but kept moving around and lost contact with them.  They are a very nice family with 3 daughters and 2 sons.  They loved how the church is family oriented and how they can be a family forever.  We were so happy to have met with them on Wednesday and teach them about the Gospel.  It was so great when they told us they wanted to take the lessons and become members of the church.  We explained to them about what we teach and how we help them prepare for baptism and confirmation to receive the Holy Ghost.  It feels so wonderful teaching a family how the Gospel can bless their lives. We also had a great lesson with another new investigators, Peter and his two sons Atum and Moses.  We taught them about prophets and how God called Prophets through out time until Jesus Christ came to earth.  Sandy Santana is getting baptized this Saturday.  We are so excited for her and she cannot wait to be baptized and confirmed a member of the church and receive the Holy Ghost.  On Wednesday, I was on splits with a ward missionary and I taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ and how through the Atonement we can return to live with our Heavenly Father as we have Faith in Jesus Christ, Repent of our sins, be Baptized to receive a remission of our sins, receive the Holy Ghost as our companion to help us, and endure to the end.  It went really well as she was crying at the end of the lesson and I told her that is the spirit testifying to you that the Gospel is true and our Heavenly Father loves us.  Then on Thursday, we went over her baptism interview questions and she did not think she was ready to get baptized but as we went through the questions she knew them and had a awesome testimony about the Gospel.  On Saturday, we had a great ward picnic at the church full of delicious food and great games for the kids.  We had a great turnout of about 70 people.  Recent converts Shelly, Robie and our investigator Sandy had a fun time.  Sunday was a great Sabbath day, our sacrament speakers were a new couple in our ward.  They talked about the Plan of Salvation and how the Atonement of Jesus Christ is central to our Heavenly Father's plan.  Then on Sunday night we had a great lesson with Laredda on how the Gospel was restored through Joseph Smith and how we can know for ourselves by reading the Book of Mormon and praying to God to know the truth. We invited her to be baptized and she accepted to be baptized on May 19.  We were so excited the spirit is amazing.  Gotta go.  Love you all!   Take care.   My prayers are with you all.  

Love, Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

QUARTERLY ZONE INTERVIEWS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Hello Family and Friends,

How are you all doing? Well, I am doing great here in Phoenix serving the Lord and helping our brothers and sisters receive the Gospel. It is starting to get hot this past weekend - it was 104 degrees. It supposed to cool down sometime this week. I always make sure to carry lots of water and take water from anyone that offers to us when we are out. This week we had our quarterly zone interviews with President Taylor on Tuesday. It went really well meeting with him. We had a great meeting as a zone while we were having our interviews. We did skills training on our new approach when we go tracting. We offer prayers to bless them and ask our Heavenly Father for anything they may need help with. We feel like we are doing a lot better as we practice and get feedback on how we can improve from other missionaries. We also did skill training on our Baptism presentations while the person who got baptized is changing. We are trying to change it up from the usual Restoration that we usually do. We have some concerns that some investigators have and try to resolve their concerns through our presentation. It should be great to apply in future baptisms to help other investigators that attend a baptism feel the spirit more strongly and help them receive their answers that the Gospel is true. Wednesday, we had a great lesson with Robie RC(recent convert), we read the Book of Mormon with her and helped her study it. After we had a lesson with Peter Gonzales (RC) on the priesthood and the duties that come with having the priesthood. He received the Aaronic priesthood on Sunday and was so excited to be ordained a Priest. Then later that night we met with Stephanie a former investigator and taught her how families can be together forever and that her husband that pasted away last year is learning the Gospel in the Spirit World. Then we met with Peter, and his two sons (Atum and Moses) they moved here from Sudan 15 years ago. We ended the night with a Great lesson with Laredda on questions that she had with Temples and how she can receive an answer that the Gospel is true. Thursday, we had a lesson with Shelly (RC) on the Plan of Salvation. Then we did our weekly planning. Friday, we did tracting most of the day. We met some great people and got to do - 1 prayer with a lady and her son. Saturday, we had a great lesson with Oscar a former investigator from church. We transferred him to the zone leaders because he is a young single adult age. After, we had another wonderful lesson with Sandy (investigator), we watched the Restoration with her and she really liked it knowing how the Gospel was restored through Joseph Smith and how he translated the Book of Mormon. Then we did some visits. Sunday was a great Sabbath Day. Sandy came to church and had a great time. Great talks on fasting and tithing. Sunday school had a great lesson on the scriptures and how they help us return to our Heavenly Father. Well gotta go. Take Care my prayers are with you all.

Love,
Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

TRACTING IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Hello Family and Friends,

How are you guys doing?  Well for me, I have been doing great in Phoenix sharing the gospel and helping others come unto Christ.  This week the weather was still pretty warm exept for Friday it was cold felt like winter again.  I heard this week it should be getting hotter in the 90's so I am staying hydrated.  Tuesday, we had a great lesson with Sandy on how our Heavenly Father wants us to be happy and he can help us as we have faith in Jesus Christ.  Then we did some tracting but not to many people were home.  On Wednesday, we did a lot more tracting.  Then we had a lesson with Rebeca on Joseph Smith and went over her Baptism interview questions.  Thursday, we had our weekly planning and distict meeting.  Afterwards, we had a lesson with Robie - we started to read the Book of Mormon and help her understand it.  She is doing really great and is so happy she got baptized and received the Holy Ghost.  She seems so much happier with the spirit as her companion to help her through life.  After we had an amazing lesson with a new investigator Tom.  We taught him the Restoration of the Gospel and invited him to read and pray about the Book of Mormon to know that it is true.  On Friday, we had a great lesson with Sandy we read Alma 36 with her on how Alma is talking to his son about his conversion.  She really liked reading it and we invited her to pray and come to church.  Then the rest of the day we did some tracting, visited less actives, and called former investigators to see if they were interested in taking the lessons again.  We got 2 appointments from calling so it was pretty effective.  On Saturday, we visited Peter and check how he was doing.  Then we did some visits and tracting.  While tracting this guy came up to us and started yelling at us because we do not observe the sabbath day on Saturday, he was Seventh Day Adventist.  But then after we tracted a few more houses his brother talked to us for half hour and he seemed interested in learning about the Gospel and how Jesus Christ can help him through his trials.  Then we went to a baptism for the sister missionaries in our district and we wanted to bring Rebeca, but the person who was going to pick her up told her she did not want to go and she does not want to meet with us and get baptized.  It was very hard to hear that because she was so excited and she felt the Spirit testify to her that it is true.  She talked to some of her family about getting baptized and they were against it.  We were so sad but we keep praying for her and we will visit her in a few days.  Sunday was a great sabbath day.  Sandy, Tom, and Loredda came to church and they loved it.  Great talks on families and Sunday school was great for them to learn about Prophets and how we have a prophet today that speaks to God and guides us so we can return to live with him.  That was my awesome week in the mission field.  Thanks to everyone that writes to me, they keep me going in doing the Lord's work.  Take Care my prayers are with you all.
 

Love, Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral