Man... I just don't know where to start this week! So much happened!!
The Alvares family and Hermano Lopez were at church again :) That makes it 4 Sundays in a row!!
Yesterday we went up to the Estrada's house to see if they really dropped us or not. Well, we walk up to the door and the wood door is off the hinges and we see through the metal grate door that they cleaned out the whole apartment. They said that they were moving the end of may. So we were pretty bummed. We had the general location where they moved so we were going to scrap our plans (we had no set appointments, we were contacting on the street while walking to different members homes). We turned right to go to find the Estradas, then i thought hey, lets just go check on Hno Lopez while we are here. So, i suggest it and we turn around to his house. Then, Hno Estrada runs out from behind a car and tells us how they moved this morning and we came at the perfect time. He gave us his address and told us to stop by. It was great!! So, we got them back :)
We have 17 elders in the LB 16 ward this transfer. That is a CRAZY amount. half of us is in one zone, the other half is in another zone. It is tearing the Elders, and therefore the ward, apart! So, Elder Kasen and I had the idea to make it all one zone. So, we both spend hours in lunch and companion study planning this all out. We had this whole presentation all set up. Then, we called up President Bubert and set up a lunch with him. We sat and talked for two hours about the problems with our ward and how our own zone will fix it. At first he wasn't to fond of the idea but towards the end, he really got thinking. Then we looked at the transfer board and planned it out a bit. A day later, President Bubert said he is 95% sure it is going to happen. It will improve the ward exponentially!! It will be great!!
The scripture this week is Malachi 3:10. It reads "Bring ye all the Tithes into the storehouse... and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for you to receive it" This is pretty cool. All through the scriptures we hear don't tempt the Lord. But here He is saying "try Me. See if I wont bless you!" So, what do we have to lose? I know that tithing is a blessing. When I broke my arm right before I left, and I lost a bit of pay check, I couldn't afford to finish paying for school, and my tithing and stuff I needed to buy so i could leave. I didn't know what to do. So, I thought whatever. I have to pay my tithing. The rest will work out. So I did. And I'm still not sure how it all worked out but my school is paid in full, and I have all the things I need to be here. So, follow the Lord's council. Try it. It works :)
I love you all so much!!
Elder Lloyd
Also, I forgot to send this last week. It is part of my last zone. I guess my camera sat too long and turned off the timed flash. But, I am still in it and that is what is important, right? ;)
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