Loveland Missionaries

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Sept 14, 2014 Letter and Photos

Hola mi familia
This week has been pretty great. I feel like we've been working harder
and harder and we've been able to meet some of our goals. And we've
had a fun time at it as well. We had more help from the members this
week and they were able to join us in quite a few of our lessons.

Actually on Saturday we didn't use our bicycles all day. One family in
the ward, the G family picked us up from our house and joined us
for a few visits, and then dropped us off at another member's house
where we ate. Then J, one of the young single adults in our
ward, picked us up and joined us most of the rest of the day. Almost
always the investigators we had planned to visit weren't home or were
busy, but we were able to go and visit others and things turned out
okay. :)

A is progressing well, and he came to church yesterday. He
started working this week and things are improving in his life. He is
very excited to be baptized on September 27.

We were only able to see A once this week, on Saturday, because she
wasn't home all the other times we went. She said she was looking
forward to coming to church, but then she didn't come. :( We're going
to visit her soon and see what happened, and help make sure she can
come next week. :)

K and M are doing well, but didn't make it to church again.
The famliy who passed by for them said they knocked and no one
answered, but K and M said they were ready and waiting the
whole time. Who knows what happened, but we're going to do everything
so that they can come to church this week. And we're also hoping that
everything will work out with their plans to get married very soon and
keep preparing to be an eternal family. :)

I love being a missionary! I also love my companion and the things I
learn from her every day. I love this gospel and sharing it with
others. I know God lives and loves me. And I know He loves each one of
you.

Well, that's about all for this week. I hope all is well and that you
have a wonderful week! Les quiero mucho!

Con amor,
Hermana Loveland

Pretending I know how to play K's sweet pink guitar

These things like to hang out by our house.

Sept 1 Letter - Missionary on Fire?

Buenas tardes!
First of all - Happy birthday Wesley! You are getting old, punk! I
hope you have a great day. I never sent you a package, but I'll see
what I can do. Eat lots of cake for me. :)

This week went pretty good. :) By the way, we finished the transfer
yesterday, but I'm staying here with Hermana C, and nothing
changed. :) I'm looking forward to the next six weeks and the miracles
they will bring!

This week we had interviews with Presidente García. It was pretty
short, and mostly about getting to know us. But I enjoyed talking with
him. He expressed the love he and his wife have for me. I am grateful
to have such a wonderful mission president.

About F, yeah, we found him. He's been super busy working and
hasn't been home much. But he said he's come to church and we set
appointment to visit him, and he said he still wanted to be baptized
soon. But then he didn't come to church. We visited in yesterday
afternoon, and he said he does want to make changes in his life, and
follow Christ, but he seems to have other priorities right now. He
wants to work and earn money for a car and stuff like that. And it's
hard because he has a lot of not-so-great influences in his life.
We're hoping that the youth in our ward can help him out, so he can
have better friendships that help him make better choices.

But we've found a few new investigators this week! One of them is
A. She is 17 years old and awesome. She's already come to church 2
times because she came with her boyfriend who was the elders'
investigator in another ward. She loves learning about the gospel and
is preparing to baptized on September 20.

Another new investigator is K. She is a young mom. Her sister is
less active, and when we went to visit her, we found K and
contacted her. She is also very interested and preparing to be
baptized at the beginning of October.

About what we do on p-days...not much. haha We are in the desert here
and San Luis doesn't have much excitement to offer. But we usually
spend time with the other hermanas in our ward and eat together, clean
our house, buy groceries, write emails...exciting stuff! haha

Have a marvelous week!
Come what may and love it!

Love,
Hermana Loveland

P.S. Did you know that a few weeks ago San Luis broke some kind of
record as the hottest city in the world and we hit about 138 F? Fun
times. :)

Letter - August 25, 2014

First of all, some sad news, F didn't get baptized this week.
We actually haven't even seem him since last Monday. He kinda
disappeared for a little bit. We've tried several times to find him.
We go to his house and no one is home, or his mom says she hasn't seen
him, and he doesn't have a cell phone. But we're not giving up hope.
:) We keep praying and trusting in the Lord. I know we're trying our
best to do our part and if it's the Lord's will, He'll make it happen.
I'll let you guys know.

On Sunday, zero investigators came to church, which was kinda sad. But
there is this less active family that we are working with, and they
came for the 3rd week in a row! It's so great to see them there. It is
a young mom, P, and her three kids. They are excited about coming
back to church. Before, when we visited them, and asked the kids if
they were going to come to church, they all said no, and that they
didn't want to. But now they enjoy coming to church and going to
Primary. I love it.

With S and G, they didn't make it to church either.
We're going to see if we can help them progress a little more, and if
not, we'll keep looking for the people the Lord has prepared to
receive the gospel at this time. :)
K and M and doing good, though they didn't make it to church,
because this time M was feeling sick.
One new investigator we have this week is A. He seems pretty
excited about drawing closer to God and is planning to baptized on
September 27. But one thing is that he seems to be more interested in
how the Church can help financially (finding a job, etc). Our plan is
to teach him the gospel of Jesus Christ and help him make changes in
his life and focus on putting God first in his life. I know that the
gospel and atonement of Jesus Christ works miracles in people's lives
and we are hoping it will do the same for him.
I love being a missionary! This is the greatest work on earth. I know
that Heavenly Father loves me, and that He loves each and every one of
you as well. The church is true!
Have an amazing week! Read the Book of Mormon!

Love,
Hermana Loveland

Brasil Street for all who love Brasil including Dad, Jake and Helida

Exchanges with Hermana Beaumont

With my companion

Monday, August 18, 2014

August 18, 2014 Photos

At our zone conference.

Hanging out on p-day and eating in our room (because there is air conditioning).

And we had cake because Hermana Tree hit 8 months in the mission,

and Hermana Martinez 11 months.

Some seafood we ate this week. There was shrimp, crab, octopus, not sure what else.

[This is amusing because Hermana Serena was not a seafood-lover pre-mission!]

It's been a pretty good week. One of the highlights was our conference with Presidente Garcia on Wednesday. We have such a wonderful mission president and I learned a lot. I also love the love and concern he has for us. He is awesome. Hermana Garcia is also wonderful. :)

F is doing well. He came to church yesterday and is excited about his baptism. He said he's not going to smoke anymore, and we are praying for him so he can be ready to be baptized on Saturday. :)

K and M are doing well, though they didn't make it to church yesterday, because K wasn't feeling well. They don't have any kids yet, but K is about 6 months pregnant and they are very excited for their future family, and know that living the gospel will their family a lot. :)

S and G didn't make it to church either, we're going to visit them tonight and see how there are doing.

Life is going well here in San Luis, and time is flying super fast. I'm doing my best to enjoy every day and see the miracles in our lives, amidst the challenges of missionary life. Because life really is wonderful, and Heavenly Father loves us. This is the work of the Lord and there is nothing else I'd rather be doing!

Thanks for everything! Sorry for the short letter. Remember that I love you! And the church is true! Keep smiling! And share the gospel!

Love,

Hermana Loveland