*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

Enseñar el Evangelio en Glendale Arizona es Maravilloso - Teaching the Gospel in Glendale Arizona is Wonderful

Hola Familia y Amigos,

Como estas to do? Well, I am doing great here in Glendale teaching the Gospel and helping others Come unto Christ by helping them build their Faith and receive the Restored Gospel.  The weather was pretty nice this week it was cloudy a few days but it still felt pretty hot with the humidity.  We had some great lessons this week with our investigators that we are teaching.  Barb is doing great, she has a great desire to learn more about the Gospel and be Baptized.  She is almost ready to be Baptized on September 8 but she needs to come to Church a few more times and realize the importance of Keeping the Sabbath Day so we might move her date back a week.  Vanessa (20yr), Camia (8yr), and Tashaney (11yr) are doing great.  We had some great lessons with them on watching the Restoration, a short video clip on Thomas s. Monson, and went over the Baptismal requirements with them.  We moved their date back to September 8 to prepare them more because we only met with Camia and Tashaney on the weekends because of school.  We also met with The Luzinia Family, we taught Jessica (15yr) and her sister Joegiana (23yr) this week - we read the Book of Mormon with them and committed them to be Baptized on September 15.  We are trying to get the 2 brothers involved in the lessons but they sit down for a while then leave.  They like to come to YM/YW on Wednesday so we are going to let them enjoy that and hopefully from that they will be interested in learning about the Gospel sometime soon.  We also met with Joanne this week and still teaching her and reading the Book of Mormon with her to help her receive an answer that the Church is true.  We know if she has a sincere heart she will receive an answer by the Holy Ghost that it is true.  We had a great Sabbath Day yesterday.  We had 5 investigators come to Church, great talks and lessons.  We also had our monthly Cottage meeting yesterday at our Stake Presidency's home on the Plan of Salvation.  President Bingam taught it very well and he sang some wonderful songs on his guitar that made the Spirit there so strong.  Well that was my great week in the mission field serving the Lord and helping others receive the Gospel and bring Eternal Happiness and Joy into their lives.  September is looking to be a great month of baptisms for our investigators.  I hope they continue to have a desire to enter into the first ordinance of the Gospel and stay on the right and narrow path towards Eternal Life.  Being a missionary and representing Jesus Christ is the greatest work ever.  It is hard work but well worth it when you receive the blessing and helping our Heavenly Father fullfill his work and his glory to bring to pass immortality and eternal life of man to all his children so they can return to live with him and our families for eternity.  I know that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ lives and loves us all.  Take care until next week.

Te amo todo,
Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

*The DOCTRINE of CHRIST - ENDURING to the END is FUN*

Aloha Ohana and Friends,

How is everyone doing?  How is the weather back home?  Well for me, I am doing just great here in Glendale - sharing the Gospel and helping our Heavenly Father's children receive the restored Gospel.  The weather has pretty hot this week.  Some days were nice because it was cloudy but it was humid.  Well the work is going great in the Rose Lane Ward.  Tuesday, we had zone conference, which was spiritual, a great meeting of learning, about planning better, and using the sacred time we have to serve the Lord more wisely.  It is always great to always have effective activities that help us fulfill our purpose to help others Come unto Christ and receive the restored Gospel.  We also learned about our monthly focus which is the Doctrine of Christ: Enduring to the End.  We have to make sure our investigators understand that they must continue to live the commandments to in order to enjoy the blessing that our Heavenly Father has for us in this life and in the next.  They have to continue to build their Faith by reading the scriptures, praying, coming to church to renew their covenants and learn more about our Heavenly Father's plan for us to return to live with him someday with our families.  We had some great teaching with our investigators this week and set more dates for baptism.  We had a great lesson with Barb on the Gospel of Jesus Christ and she accepted our invitation to be baptized on September 8.  She understood the importance of why Jesus Christ was baptized and why we must follow his example to enter the kingdom of God.  We also met with Joanne this week and read the Book of Mormon with her and addressed her concerns.  She felt the spirit and accepted to be baptized on September 28.  We were so surprised with her because we thought it would be a while for her to make the commitment to be baptized.  We took Vanessa and her 2 sisters Camille and Tashane to a Baptism on Saturday to witness how a baptism goes. The spirit was so great at the baptism and it made them more excited to be baptized.  We are pushing back their baptism to September 1 to prepare them more.  We had an awesom Sabbath Day, yesterday.  We had 10 investigators come to church, compared to 1 last week.  Our great planning and focusing on the Sabbath day paid off.  We reminded them about church that morning and set up rides for those who did not have transportation to church.  I taught the Gospel Principal Class on chapter 13 the Priesthood.  I was so nervous but as I started teaching it was just like a teaching appointment just let the spirit guide you - what to say and it was a pretty easy subject to teach because I know a lot about it being a Priesthood holder helping others to receive the ordinances necessary for their salvation and giving blessings from our Heavenly Father.  I am so priviledged to have the Priesthood power and authority to act in Gods name to help his children on earth.  We also had a great lesson this week with the Luzinia family, we met and taught the 2 daughters Joegina and Jessica - the Restoration.  It was such a great lesson and we had a great fellowship with the family to have testified of the Gospel.  We are trying to get the whole family involved but the other family members are busy doing their own things.  Well that was my great week in the mission field Sharing the Gospel and helping others Come unto Christ.  I love being a missionary serving the Lord and helping others feel the spirit in their life that their is a Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ that loves all of us and wants us to return home to live with them and our families for eternity.  I know that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ that we can live forever.  The Gospel has been restored through Joseph Smith and we continue to have a living prophet Thomas S.  Monson that leads and guides us.  The Book of Mormon is the word of God and by reading and studying it everyday we can build our Faith in Heavenly Father and his begotten son - Jesus Christ.  My prayers are with you all.  I love and miss you guys.  Take care until next week.

Love, Elder Lance Kuhi Cabral

*It is Surely HOT in GLENDALE but SHARING the GOSPEL still CONTINUES*

Dear Family and Friends,

How are you all doing?  I had a great week here in Glendale - Sharing the Gospel and helping our brothers and sisters enjoy the Blessings of the Gospel. The weather is still pretty hot here in Phoenix on Wednesday.  It was 116 degrees and during the night it is still above 100 degrees so you still feel the heat especially riding my bike on concrete and asphalt which the city is full of.  Well the work is going pretty well.  We met a family that just moved from Mesa this month into our area.  Only one of the daughters was baptized.  The mom and 5 kids went to church in Mesa and were investigating the church before.  We invited the kids to YW/YM on Wednesday and 3 of them came and had a great time.  We are going to start meeting with them this week and start teaching them. One of the daughters, 24 yrs old was almost baptized before she moved.  We also had a great lesson with Vanessa on Saturday at the church.  She came with her little sister and we gave them a church tour of the classes they would attend when they come to church.  Then we had a great lesson with them on the Restoration and committed her sister to be baptized with Vanessa on August 25.  They seem so excited to follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized.  Our Sunday attendance was alright, only one investigator came to church so we were kind of bummed.  We always remind our investigators about church and they say there be there but they do not show up.  We are going to try to focus more on the Sabbath day and the importance of church in there conversion to feel the Spirit and learn more about our Heavenly Father's plan.  Besides the low sacrament attendence, our Sunday was pretty great.  After coming out of our Ward council meeting we saw this African family (2 ladies and 2 kids sitting in the foyer) so we went up to them and introduce ourselves and gave them a church tour before sacrament started.  They had a great time especially the kids going to Primary.  It was so wonderful how they just wanted to come to a church and they came to the right church - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  We also had some great lessons this week with Diane.  She has many concerns so we are trying to teach her the lessons while addressing her concerns.  She is starting to understand our Heavenly Father's plan and why she should be Baptized into the true church.  We are going to try and work more with the members and get referrals from people they may know that would be interested in learning about the Gospel and how it can bless their lives.  Well that was my great week here in Arizona Phoenix Mission Sharing the Gospel so our brothers and children can return to live with our Heavenly Father and Families for Eternal life.  I love being a missionary, Serving the Lord, inviting others to Come unto Christ and be happy not only for this life but the next.  Hope all is well back home.  My prayers are with you all. I love and miss you all. Thank you for all the wonderful letters of encouragement.

Love,
Eder Lance Kuhi Cabral