July 7, 2014

Wow this week was crazy and went by so fast so here it goes.

Mon well as you all might know i stated the most excitement on last weeks but we were in a tornado warning it never touched down in the town but it did end up touching down out side of town about 3 miles so that was good no one was hurt but it was quite exciting to see how real and fast that they happen. the rest of the day was spent shopping and then just playing games at the church house with the spanish elders and sisters Elder Wilson and sharp wilson is from Alaska and sharp is from Idaho Preston area Sister Reidhead who i came out with is from Souther Utah Canab sister beck is from Idaho Falls Idaho. Also had family home evening with the Balaskis and Nancy our investigator had a good time talking with her we talked about church and prayer committed her to continue reading and praying to know if baptism is right for her.

Tue- we went to the Grain train and gave some service and just helped load up some trucks that would be taking Cloths and all sorts of stuff to people who are in need. then we went to the Farnsworths and had a great lesson with there kids we did the storie of the brother of Jared and it was sick thanks to glowing paint haha but was good.

Wed- we had district meeting which was good i gave a training on how we can use the Book of Mormon more in our areas and i learned a lot of things i that i need to do myself and just enjoyed studying that topic

Thur- we went with Bro. Cowan to Wayne to visit a couple people out there saw Nichol and went to another ladys house to help her get her set up for going to the Temple then we had to come home and we had dinner with the Bishop Wilkers family who moved to Norfolk about a year ago for Pocatello Idaho it was fun to talk with him and his family was well.

Fri- Went over to the tractor pull which was going on in town but we did not know until we were out side asking what was making all the rucas and the balaskis told us it was a tractor pull and that we were not allowed to go so on our way out of town we had to stop by and check it out. then went and talked to Margie and Jessie which is who introduced us to Suisy then we went to dinner with the Syrmanskis had a nice time vistiting with them.

Sat- Saturday was strange here so they dont do the big firework show here on the 4th crazy right they wait until the 5th to do it they call it the Big Bang Boom and saddly i did not get to see any fire works this year they started after curfew so that was kinda sad but oh well for this one. We got to teach a lady Suisy she is recovering from using pills and we had a good talk with her gave her a book of mormon and a addiction recovery book for her to help her while she is gone for a while.
 
Sun- was great we got to church and had been texting and calling people trying to see who would be coming and Nancy texted and said she would be there and she did show up it was great we got out of a meeting and there she was talking with brother Balaski she enjoyed Fast and Testimony Meeting and then left she is taking the 3 hours slow but was glad she came. then had a good example of a member missionary this lady Elena chavez brought a friend to church and she had 2 others ask if her if they could come but she was scared of everyone getting up set with her for bringing to many people but we laughed and told her to bring everyone who wants to come she works at Mc D's and i think she might convert the place its sweet. Had a great lesson with Linda and Leyon and invited them to read and pray to know if the Book of mormon is true and if baptism is something god wants them to do.

Well hope everyone is doing well and looks like everyone had a good time at the family Reunion love and miss ya Elder Lott

Transferred to Norfolk, NE- June 2014

Wyatt was transferred from Ogallala, Nebraska to Norfolk, Nebraska this week! Here is a little information about Norfolk for those interested!

Norfolk is located in Northeast Nebraska in Madison County in the Elkhorn River Valley, 112 miles northwest of Omaha, 121 miles north of Lincoln and 75 miles southwest of Sioux City, Iowa. U.S. Highways 81 and 275, and Nebraska Highways 24 and 35 intersect in Norfolk. Norfolk is only 15 miles from Madison, Nebraska, the county seat of Madison County, which is governed by a three-person Board of County Commissioners. Norfolk accommodates several branch offices for Madison County as well as a separate State Highway Patrol Center and serves a 23-county area.

Norfolk is the economic center for an area encompassing six counties. Basic economic activities of Norfolk are manufacturing, farming (both livestock and grain), education, retailing, and wholesaling. Manufacturing employs over 4,059 persons. Norfolk is the major retail trade center for Northeast Nebraska.

On July 17, 1866, a three-train caravan of prairie schooners, carrying 44 German families from Ixonia and Watertown, Wisconsin arrived at the junction of the Elkhorn and North Fork valleys where they were attracted by the rich land open for settlement. These pioneers were joined by others from Wisconsin, and formed the community that later became Norfolk.

In 1881, the Village of Norfolk was organized. The settlers proclaimed “North Fork” to be their permanent post office address, named after the river, but suggested “Norfork” as the simplest compounding of “North Fork”. Postal authorities thinking the word had been misspelled, changed the spelling to “Norfolk”.

Some Highlights: 

Johnny Carson is from Norfolk, NE. He graduated high school there. There is a cool theater there in his honor!

They have a sweet visitors guide that includes a virtual tour. check it out here: http://www.visitnorfolkne.com/ 

June 30, 2014

So i was transfered out to Norfolk We live with members out in Hoskins with 280 people we live with Larry and Marry Balaski they are a wonderful family to live with.

So this Morning 6-30-14 things were normal until 8 when we got a text from our District leader asking if we had gotten a take shelter alert then i find out we are in a TORNADO warning 2 seconds later my companion comes running in as the Sirens are going off it was nuts we got in the dungen and waited it out and about 30 minutes later we got out to see what the damage was well not much lost a few branches off of the tree but for the most part we could not see anything. so we resumed the rest of our normal activites like cleaning and such got finished with everything we needed to then we headed into town to go shopping with the other elders and then come to do Emails.


Last week P-day we went out with Jakes father -in- law Don Baker and helped him Fix some Coralls for his cows on a place he is renting out so we got that done then we had to go check the water found the pump and got it running then we hiked out to fix a fence the wild life broke then we headed home.

Tue- We had dinner with the Holts Family which was good had chicken alfredo and strawberry pie was very good.

Wed- Went to District Meeting for the last time and had a good time with everyone took pictures of it then we went to lunch La Has ce enda went to the Western store and to Goodwil Helped a guy load up a desk he bought then we headed home we tried to see the Hauns the family we helped move accross the street.

Thur- We got told i would be leaving so we started packing and packing got stressed so we had to take a break and get something to eat then we continued packing then we had from 6 to 9 to say good bye to everyone we could got most of everyone called those who would be gone or not home.

Fri- we headed out to North Platte so me and Elder Postma could take off to the transfer point and due to there great timing well we were late sadly and yet things worked out anyways well i made it to Norfolk at  10 with Elder Sharp a new missionary then we met Elder Wilson and Hansen our companions.

Sat- we went out to Pilger to clean up the mess of the Tornado that destroied the town but it was cool to get out and help clean up it was crazy to see the destruction that happened i wish i could send pictures of the mess it made but cant.

Sun- went to church and found out no meeting well jokingly i told elder Hansen it would be funny if someone didnt show up if they made the New missionarys speak to fill the time we had not a good thing to say cause it happened the three of us spoke haha then we sang in the choir it was fun though love the new ward. sorry out of time but Love ya all hope everyone is doing well Love Elder Lott

June 23, 2014

Tue- We went to dinner at the Holts home and we were able to help Bro. Holt with putting in a Garbage disposal, and offered to help him with his car the ignition modual quit again.

Wed- We went to District Meeting and Elder Kunzler gave a training on how our understanding of the Atonement make us want to share the gospel with others. He used a horse analogy. After that we grabbed lunch and headed to Arthur to help  Ryan Cone prepare to AI cows ( Artificially Inseminate) then after that we moved a few Bulls and had a roping game of horse with him again but left to get home in time for curfew and got to see a crazy sweet lightning storm on the way.

Thur- We went to Keystone to help Kat she needed some stuff moved out of her extra bed room so we got a bed and two dressers to bring to her and moved everything out of room but the bed and dresser in then we left and had a visit with the magee's where we found out Brody had been called out to Colorado on Storm clean up since the storms came through and knocked down 3 miles of power lines.

Fri- We went into the Saddle shop to help out and got to do a little for him but him mom invited us out to her husbands birthday and. we went and saw the Brawleys and had a good talk with them we shared Alma 7:23,24 it was good.

Sat- we rode up to the Cones with Bob Ryan's dad and we rounded up the cows with a little problem with some cows going through a fence but got them back together and separated the Calf's and bulls from the cows i was the one getting them to the shoot and i had a crazy one brake a fence she tried twice but i fixed her the second time we did a total of 130 cows then we ate moved them to another field then we all sat around talked then we came home. We stopped by to talk with the Jeffers when we got there a storm rolled over and the power went off for 2 minutes and we had a wonderful talk with them.

Sun- We rode to church with Greg yes he just got back from rehab and has been sober for 40 days he finally got to take us to church. we also had and investigator come to church Anna she came and it was great she said she enjoyed it very much and she is looking forward to coming again. we stopped by to see how brother Holt was doing he did not come due to a sinus infection. then as we were out walking these two guys ran after to talk with us well we did not know they wanted to talk with us but they ended up catching us and we had a good talk with them we hvae them both Mormon.org cards Well i am doing well i hope everyone is doing well also well this week is transfers so eveyone be ware i may be leaving Ogallala so if anyone is sending mail please send to the Mission office address so if i am moved they can get it to where ever i am at and i will let yall know were i am next week thanks Love Elder Lott

June 16, 2014

Well this week was good so lets see if i can remember everything.

Tue- we went out to Pam's and we worked one of her stud colts which was fun things started off quite wild but by the end of things we were able to walk up and pet him not a lot but enough that we called it a day with that. then we tried the Hornkohls well they told us they companie and to stop by later in the week.

Wed- was Zone Training so the whole zone gathered for some crazy 3 hour meeting but they trained on some good things most of which my companion and i were already planning to be doing this week so we felt good about that after our meeting we got lunch and then headed home then that night we went to see the Magee's well Bro.magee was the only one home due to his wife went home to Utah so we thought he might need a visit.

Thur- We went to help this couple Cody&Zane they needed some Cactus removed well i thought they were going to be CACTUS no they were baby Cactus so we cleaned a 5 yard area on then in like 3 hours then we grabbed dinner then went to see Jordan he was getting ready to go back to Minnesota for a Buddy's wedding so it was good to catch him before he left.

Fri- we went into Jakes shop and visited with him and his parents for a little while before Ryan Cone called and told us he was finished Branding well he picked us up and we headed for his place he has been trying to pump out a lake out of some grass he want to get hayed so the ditch he has been pumping through has been braking through so we put some pipe together to by pass that area of the ditch that had been washing out quite a bit lately. then we Tagged two calves for him had one little bugger get through the fence so we had to catch him which we did finally then after that we played horse using the roping dummy which was a lot of fun then after dinner we watched Ryan and his two buddies play some Blue grass which was cool i got to play his Banjo and Mandolin.

Sat- we had a service project at Kat's to cover her roof which is leaking really bad but we just put tarps on cause it was supose to rain and well everyone told us we cant put tar on it if its going to rain well it didnt rain util like 9 at night but it worked out well i think. we saw anna she told us he has been done smoking now and has not had one for four days and has no desire to anymore either and she is reading her book or Mormon but she would not be able to make it to church but she it going to start telling people she can no longer do things on Sunday cause she is going to church.

June 9, 2014

Mon- after helping Bro. Pancheri load his bike into the back of his car we loaded up some fishing gear and hit the water i caught a 12 inch Large Mouth on a jig and fake lizard.

Tue- Our District leader was supose to come down so we could do exchanges before district meeting well we had no mile to make it so he had to bring us to be able to make it well he called and said he was going to be late so we went to dinner with the MaGee family we had steak and baked potato's which were so good. We dug a small fire pit for Sister Magee to use for a party on Thur. Elder Postma and Markert didnt make it to our appartment until like 9:40 so after curfew but we let them in.

Wed- got up was getting ready for out meeting when Elder Kunzler opened the window in the bathroom to have some lady say hello she finally knocked she wanted out help removing Kaktus well we took her number to call here about it. D-meeting was good we went to lunch with Bro. Lunsford we had chilly dogs which were good. then we went to help with some service project cleaning out some bushes. then we came home and had dinner with the Holts well postma and Markert didnt leave in time to make it home so they had to spend the night again.

Thur- we went to pams to help trim up on her horses hooves which was not to bad until her horse tried to lay on top of me more than once but we got her some what worked out of that after a long trip in the round pen.

Fri- we went into jakes  shop and was helping him take apart a few saddles and then took one of his sewing machines apart to put in a ladys truck she bought well while we were there we saw a Highway Patrol vehicle go by with some sort of a armored vehicle behind it with 50cals on it no joke!!  but we had some crazy rain storm come through and put down a few inches of water. got to meet a JW named shorty 3 time meeting him.

Sat- we went to help jakes dad with a branding well what we thought was going to be 1 turned into 3 by the end of the day but it was a lot of fun to be at.

Sun- no L.A came to church or investigators but out ride left us at church so we had a 30 mile walk ahead of us but Bro. Hirsh came he also brought 2 dogs with him and his mother so we had to ride with a dog in the back of the car well come to find out she had this nasty sore on her side which got my companions shirt all nasty with blood and puss but we made it alright luckily but we had a wonderful lesson with Henry and Dianna we gave them both a Book of Mormon and Restoration pamphlets and in all i think things went really well and i am excited to see what comes about hope everyone is doing well Love Elder Lott

June 2, 2014

This week was good here it goes.

Mon- We spent P-day helping a family Move across the street from where they were renting and it was nice the Jade told us that she wanted to be Mormon when she in High school because here Cheer leading couch was one and the other kids who were seemed like there lives were so much easier but she asked some good questions and then that night we went to branch Presidents House and had dinner with them and his parents and a couple of other familys form the Branch we all played Coub which is that Block game we have but throwing under hand is a lot harder and but it was fun.

Tue-We went to help Bob Flood out in Keystone he needed some help moving a Bed some old Wagon Wheels and a washer and dryer but we gotten it all done.
 had a dinner appointment with the Holts and Bro. Holt called to tell us thast they had gotten stuck at the Lake in the sand so he was going to help pull them out and so dinner would be a little later than planned.


Wed- we had district meeting and the AP's came due to a ET emergence transfer happening in McCook but it was nice to see them after that we went home.

Thur- We went by the Saddle shop and Jake was sick so we talked with his mom for a little bit and so we helped her with a few things and then she had a friend stop by and they asked us to eat some of the cake so we talked and had a good visit with them both.

Fri- We Helped the Hauns finish up with moving they are the ones we helped on monday we went and moved there beds and a few other big things for them but it was nice we got to see them again they said they wan to have us over some time for dinner so we will see what will come of our helping them.

Sat- we went by and saw the brawleys and we talked and we asked if they would try to make it to church on sunday they said that could try but they wouldnt promise anything but after that we were walking down the road and met their neighbor who had just moved here three months ago and so we helped them with a little project they building a patio for grilling this summer so we helped up together there fence to give them some cover and after they took us to dinner and we talked and they asked us all sorts of questions so after we asked if they would like us to come by and teach them more they told us they would and so we hope things work out.

Sunday- Alaina did not come to church this week but we had a good meeting we road with Bro.Teter and we got pulled over on the way to church which was exciting you would have to know him to fully understand but it was good he did not get a ticket. Then that night well i had a visitor stop by the Apartment my good friend Lucas Pancheri my first Companion he had to come Registor for school so he was visiting everyone before they moved on to Curdis which is out by McCook    
on and man i was shocked when i opened the door and he come running in but man i sure enjoyed our short visit well i hope everyone is doing well Love Elder Lott

May 27, 2014

Mon- usually would be P-day were we shop and laundry and a few other things well this week we spent it driving to North Platte from there we went to Grand Island were we spent the night with a little 5 hour car ride with Elders who got mad at each other and tried choking the other one out didn't work after that excitement we played Ultimate Frisbee in the grass behind the apartments then couldn't sleep due to the people above us were moving furniture around all night and bumping music so 5 came really early.

Tue- We got up and hit the road to make it to Lincoln to make it to our Zone Conference and after a little confusion we found the Church building and i got to meet by Brother Elder Bliss

​ who goes home this transfer but it was good they talked about Planning out our futures and a lot about familys we studied the Family Proclamation to the World. Then we jumped in the car for another 5 hour car ride back home and we stopped in Grand Island and we got our stuff and while we were waiting in the parking lot we ended up catching a rabbit

​the best part about it was watching everyone run away from the nasty little guy and my Zone Leaders wouldn't let be bring him home with me so i gave him to the Grand Island Elders to keep for me.

Wed- we decide to take president Weston's challenge and went to Grant to build faith by Tracting so we did we got there set off and got chased by a dog talked to a lady who was not to interested knocked a few houses then we were walking down the road and saw a lady spraying her Flowers and a guy who was filling buckets with grass and not wanting to get sprayed with water we decided to try the guy filling buckets well the Lady with the Hose yelled at us to come here so we walked over and she sprayed us a surprise she was baptized in South America and we had a good talk with her and she told us to come back and teach her Fiance then we came home happy.


Thur- We Help Ann she is a care provieder for a lady we visit so she asked us if we could come by and mow her lawn for her so we did that and did a few other cleaning things. we went by to see the Magees who got home from Utah and they had a good visit back home their two year old was shocked to see my new companion which was kinda exciting to see his shock. We went to see Jake and found that had talked to a guy about us coming out and Helping him with a branding on saturday.

Fri- we went out to Keystone to help Kat she brought down a truck load of stuff and a dog kennel we moved for her then we talked to Bob to see if he was still needing our help he did but was sick that day so we decided to wait till later when he was feeling better.

Sat- We went to Aurthor Which is in the Sand Hills found the Ranch we were looking for and Met Ryan and Bob Cone then headed out to the area we would be branding in which was a fun drive through some off road but they rounded up the cows and we started separating Cows and Calves then went to work wrestling Calfs which was fun the weather was super nice not to hot but just right after we got finished with the first group is when the problems started they were rounding up the second group when they started having runaways and it was cool to watch them rope or try to but they ended up getting them all done and caught. When it was all said and done we did about 280 calves then we all went back to the house ate like Kings and moved a shout for a guy then headed home.

Sun- Was great we had another Less Active Come Alaina Wright came to church with her boy friends daughter which was good she had a good time we went and saw the Brawleys and was happy to see them come and Elder Kunzler gave a talk which was good on Conference and Modern day revelation

Well i hope everyone is doing well Love ya all Love Elder Lott