September 22, 2014

I did not get transferred!!!!!!!!!!!


Well this week was a great week let me see if I can remember everything.

Mon- we just had a relaxing day we played games started with the Flower Game (Flour Game)  I was glad to see that I was not the only person who's family played that for FHE. Elder Wilson's did as well. It was good I was one of the only ones who did not have to dig in the flower so I guess all the practice really payed off ha-ha. then later that night we had some of Kaylani's friends come over to play baseball with rotten Fruit well it was alright the Eggs were not somuch fun but I had a great laugh when Sister Reidhead hit Elder Wilson in the mouth with an egg though.

Tue- we went to the Orphan Grain Train and we painted some stairs and the yellow Lines that are out front of the big Unloading Dock. While I was painting I happened to find a Praying Mantice so I caught it and put it in a bottle so we could put it in with Enou's out other Praying Mantice. so we named him Little Wilson and we found out he was a male and well Enou's ate Little Wilson. so after we got done with the OGT we went on exchanges I went with Elder Sharp we went to our dinner appointment with the Brovants and they were not home so we were going to have Mexican food seeing as how it was Mexican Independence Day well Dannys Toco's was closed so while we decided where to go we got a call from sister Brovant asking if we could come back she had just gotten back from the Hospital and we said yes and went over they ordered Pizza so we talked then ate then we went over Ether Chapter 12 that they left for her to  read and then we went over Mosiah ch. 2:41 then left her to read Chapter 2 for when we come the next time. Fter that we went to try an investigator named Patton Toon he was working on the truck he had just gotten so we helped him switch the tool box over to the new truck. Oh then on the way home we stopped at the church to Pick up some Lecha and I found and caught the biggest wolf spider ever it barley fit in the cup so we saved him to show everyone at district meeting.

Wed- We had district meeting Elder Wilson gave some good training and we had a great Testimony meeting really good after we watched Enou's eat some Moths and I showed everyone the Spider and well sister Reidhead is Terrified of spiders so you can only imagine how much fun she had with the big guy. After we went to have lunch at the Spanish elders apartment and there Neighbor came over to ask if we could fix their TV they were not getting any sound coming out so I went over and hooked it up for then and invited them Both to the YSA activity it was funny they are both named BREANNA, BRIANNA and well we are both ELDER AND ELDER I just thought that was to funny. Had a great turn out for the YSA well our investigator Nick came and he was the only guy besides us elders with 10 girls it was 10 to 1 but we had fun playing signs.

Thur- we had deep clean for transfers so we cleaned the house and then went into town saw a few people then we went to Wayne for the rest of the night and had a good visit with Sister Parker and her family then we tried calling a few collage students we had on our ward Roster got hold of two of the three and they both said that we could see them next time we are in town.

Fri- We went out to lunch with an investigator Devin Anderson went to El Rodeo had some great food after we went to see Margie and had a good talk with her she is reading the book of Mormon so she started off with the Testimony of the Prophet Joseph smith. thought that nephi was commanded to kill his brother Laman not king Laban mixed up the names and some other funny question I don't have the time to mention all of them.

Sat- We had our Mexican Fiesta for Mexican Independence Day was amazing we had great food had Menudo ( Cow stomach) Not to bad funny it was made by a Jamaican rather than a Hispanic but had a sweet Mariachi band and just a lot of fun great people and amazing food.

Sun- we not as great we did not have anyone show up for church very sad about that but we will get them here this week. we went to lunch with the Jiménez family we had Crab and shrimp Tacos were really good after that we had a get together with some ward members and some investigators and just a good time evening sacrament was food no one really showed up we were suppose to have a LA come but she never did but other than that this week was just amazing hope yall are doing great Love Elder Lott

September 8, 2014

Well this week has been just amazing...

Well so on Monday we got invited to go out to Niobrara to visit a monument for Elder Powell cause he is related to Newel Night who the Monument is for we that was sweet then we went to the state park and saw the Mormon Cannel they dug by hand. thanks to he Balaskis they took us up then when we returned home we had to catch up with the Spanish Elders so head out to West Point were we had dinner with the Shakespeare family and we taught one of their daughters friends and gave her a book of Mormon.

We went to the Orphan Grain Train and Elder Powell and myself were to go with Paul to get a Hospital bed and bring back well we got lost and then we found were we were going but Paul would not listen to me about where to go then I finally got through to him and we found the place got the bed and dropped if off the wear house.

Wed- we had district meeting and had some great trainings given by Elder Wilson we went over Adjusting to Missionary Life and what we need to sacrifice to be able to come closer to the lord and its been tuff to do so far but we are getting them done. We went and did some service then we went to eat with Sister Nevarez she made some great stuffed chicken rapped in bacon then we left and went to the YSA activity and they had Hamburgers and all sorts of great food so and we threw the football around and played a little Frisbee and apples to apples before we headed home.

Thur- We had a lesson with Jason and taught him the Restoration which went well and we set him for baptism on Oct. 4th he is reading the book of Mormon and has been sober from drinking and doing other hard drugs which is very great am very impressed he is doing so good going cold turkey. Went and cleaned up a yard full of apples for a family nasty rotten apples too.

Fri- we had soccer and had a good turn out with a lot of investigators and non- member and it was just a lot of fun to be able to enjoy a beautiful day. also did service at Grain Train again.

Sat- we had a wonderful Lesson with the Bailey family they moved in are from Idaho Falls and an amazing family there girls come to play soccer ever week so we taught them the story of The Brother Of Jared and it was good used Glow Sticks to see if they could us faith to make them glow and then we challenged them to bear there testimony's at church the next day.

Sun- went to church and Both Sister bailey and her oldest Daughter both bore there Testimony and it was amazing sister bailey told me her daughter had never done it before so we are glad that we followed the spirit and taught the right lesson for their family.

September 2, 2014

well I am sorry that the last few week we have been so crazy and not been able to give out a good email but we have time today to send it out so this last week Monday we just chilled at sister Peknys and wrote letters and things Elder Wilson and I made some chicken noodle soup for everyone well it was not noodle soup due to sister Beck is Celiac and cant have Gluten so we used Zucchinis for noodles and after we got done we had to go to Beemer and have dinner with Dolly Jackson so we did not get to eat any of it but the sisters said that it was very good. and I was able to meet Mary Jo's Brother  and we went to lunch and just had a good time visiting with him.

Tue- We went out to the Grain Train and Started packing Blankets into New boxes to send out to people in need we got about 2 pallets filled and then Elder Powell and myself went and helped Doug pick up some thing that they were putting into a Trailer house Church they were building to send to Pilger the town that got Blown away in the tornado right before I got here to Norfolk. Then Elder Wilson and I went out on Exchanges and had a good lesson with Nick. We went over why we talk about the Priesthood so much and how the line goes from the Prophet on down and then asked him some questions about Lay ministry and things like that loaned him a few videos on Joseph smith and his Martyrdom. Also we went to a Potential Investigators House for dinner the Kumm family and we had Hamburgers then he asked us all sorts of questions about were we were from and things to get to know us better and then we Bore our Testimonies about why we are on Missions then we tried a few other people before we went in for the Night.

Wed- We had District Meeting and I gave a training on Why Jesus was such a perfect example of a Preach My Gospel Missionary and talked a lot about having Christ Like attributes and things like that. After we talked about good food we could make for each other when we didn't have dinner appointments. and then the Spanish elders got a call telling them they were getting kicked out of there member housing and that we would have to go check out an apartment when we got out of our meeting. Then we went and saw the Nevarez and committed them to read the book of Mormon with us we are going to read it as mission by Christmas so they agreed to try and we started a week ago if anyone would like to do it with us we read 6 pages a day and Circle every time the words Christ, Lord, Heart, and the atonement are talked about. we are on page 45 as of today.

Thur- we had to run up to Wayne and see the Parkers and give a blessing to Nichole before they headed out on there trip to Florida. we came home and met up with the Elders and Sister and Finished some work at the Grain Train then we went and saw Estefan he is a Less Active and had been having a tuff day due to him and his Girlfriend breaking up but it is for the better she was keeping him from coming to church and he is coming now. and we also Saw 2 other Less actives Bro. Don Bronzinski and the Reinke family Brother Don I read 1 Nephi about Nephi breaking his bow cause he though he broke his hand and how we need not murmur when we are given trials. the Reinkes we talked about going to church and the Importance it is in our lives and what we miss when we are not there.

Fri- We had our Weekly Planning session and got a text asking us to meet at Burger King to have lunch with Sister Pekny and had a good time visiting with her and after that we went out to Try Justin Alner and he did not answer due to the fact he owes his Neighbor 10 bucks and doesn't want to pay him so he didn't know if it was us or him knocking. then tried Tim his Neighbor not the one he owes money to but he was not there for us to see so we went out and Trackted for a while with not a lot of luck but did  meet a really nice guy who talked with us for about 15 minutes. then we went and changed and played Soccer and Jacob, Ty and Aaron all came back this week as well so we are going to try to start teaching them all and Jason also called and told us he is ready to start taking the  Lessons now so we will be seeing him tomorrow.

Sat- again we had to run to Wayne to help Move a family into an apartment then in 2 months time we will move them into there house but it was alright and when we got back into Norfolk we went to help the Spanish Elders get all moved into there apartment. then we went to dinner with the Jimenez family and had some tocos and they were Tongue and Intestines. after dinner we ran up to the Hospital and gave sister Wilson a blessing she was having heart Problems and had a good little visit with her then we headed home.

Sun- We had church and had two good talks by the Wolfy family who just moved in from Arizona a few months ago. she talked on Obedience and he talked on following the Commandments and how they are only there to bless us and need to do what the lord says and prove him see if he will give us the blessing he promises and they will come to us like he says.

August 18, 2014

So well this week has been crazy taking over an area after 6 weeks has been quite the challenge for me but here is what we have been doing so far.

Mon- We went to the Zoo and had a blast getting to see all the amazing animals. Got a sweat Video of the Gorilla charging at us and Hitting the Glass with have to get it sent off some how to you but its was crazy.

Tue- We Went to the church and had a Lesson with Nick he had some questions about Joseph Smith and we talked and then i asked if he would like to watch the Restoration and some other Videos we had on Joseph Smith he said yes. Then we went out to the Grain Train and Helped them clean out a extra Building they had so they could store more things it that they needed out of there way. after that we went to meet Elena Chaves Sister who was in Town and when doing so we saw Kristen and had her come over we read the scriptures with her and i committed her to come to church and she agreed Then we had a lesson with the Reinkes and we went over the 10 Commandments and How we need to Honor our Parents even when they are not around.

Wed- We had Zone Training in Soux City and had a great meeting with everyone out there and then had a long drive home after that when we got Home our dinner appointment Cancelled on us.

Thur- We were supose to have Exchanges with the zone Leader but they had some stuff come up and were not able to do it with us. So we went out and saw Sister Nevares and talked with her about coming back to church and reading the scriptures adn then we cleaned out there fish tank for them. After that visit we went and gave a blessing to Donna L. She had gotten Cellulitice from her cat scratching her and then we went to the Jimenes for dinner had chicken Salad sandwitches and they were really good.

Fri- We started off with weekly planning and then we had Linda and Leon planned to see them at 1 well right as we got to there house they called and said it would not be a good day for a visit Due to his Cancer and they changed his pain pills and what not so went and saw Jessy and Margie and Linda (Jessys sister but not Leons wife) they gave us some food so we took it to Elena she needed some Food due to just starting a new job and things and had a really good conversation with Justice and are planning on having another lesson with him we gave him and his Girlfriend Both Book of Mormons and Restoration Pamphlets then we had a Lesson with Jesenya and Went really well set her for Baptism and invited her Kids to come to soccer and they came had a great time and loved it her kids are super great kids.

Sat- We had visits with Justin Alner he is a Inactive Member but working on getting him to come everyother week for now couse he goes with him mom to her church when she doesnt work but had a good lesson with him. then had one with Shayla Maas and Justin met him at soccer then night before and he asked us why we were so dedicated to teh work we were doing to come out for 2 year and committed him to read and pray about the book of Mormon he says he will.

 Sun- we had about 6 investigators who told us they would be there on sunday and they all didnt show up sadly but we still had a good time at church they talked a lot about Fasting.

August 11, 2014

Well I got big News for everyone this week was transfers and well Elder Hansen was sent to Deer creek in Omaha and well yours truly is yep TRAINING ya buddy his name is ELDER POWELL from Lehi Utah and well so far things have been great not much has gone on Thursday I got the call from President Weston and Friday morning found myself driving to Omaha and Droppping off Elder Hansen and Picking up Elder Powell.

As for the week we went to the Zoo today for P-day so another trip to Omaha and had a blast well  that took up most of the day now we are out of time but wanted to let everone know the big news and have a sweet video of a gorilla attacking the glass to get us I will try to share but love you all Love Elder Lott

August 4, 2014

Well this week was not the most exciting to have happened so far but in all the same it was good.

Mon- we went and played Frisbee Golf and had a blast well we decided to go big and play on the Pro pad well bad idea cause the water is a crappy place to have your disk land well elder Hansen had bought a brand new disk and well 2 throws in and its a goner sadly well to chear him up I did the same thing only mine I was able to save but it was so much fun only problem was everyone must have forgot you are going for the net not Sister Beck she was hit hard about 5 times.

Tue- Went to the Grain Train and Elder Hansen and I got to load up a big garbage trailer with old desks and TV's and things well the best part was breaking them all up into pieces then after that we went and got fixed up and jumped on the Bikes and headed out tried a Investigator Alfrado and he was not going to be able to visit cause he was working on his wifes car then we went and saw Sally haha Sister Balaskis sister Sally she gave us a bunch of stuff from her garden to take to her sister well we made it about half way when by bag broke open I guess jumping curbs and stuff was not the best idea but was still fun that night had a lesson with the Rienkes family and taught about the Importance of church attendace.

Wed- We had district meeting and had a sweet time there Elder Hansen and Wilson trained then we had a sweet lesson with Nick, who never really would talk about baptism with us but got him in the church and things just worked out he is ready just not sure if he will be here or in Lincoln but what ever happens, happens I guess then we went out to Stanton and had a great lesson with the Baracks and came home.

Thur-  Was not a very good day for us we had a lot of good things planned out but most of them had fallen through but got to go over to the Nevares for dinner she is a L.A. but her boy friend is not a member so we were able to teach him some and gave him a book of Mormon and he told us he wont read and he is just putting on a tough guy act for now.

Fri- Was kinda crazy we got to be with sharp while Wilson went to Omaha for a meeting and we did our weekly planning then we had a service project for the Cartellas who needed their dog shaved well I don't know if many people have shaved a freaking mammoth before it will give you a work out for sure but they really appreciated us helping with it even thought I told them I had not done it before. Then we had soccer and that was fun had a ton of people show up this time had to have two teams on two fields which was nice.

Sat- Went on exchanges with Wilson and we helped a Potentioal Move her Fridge and washer and dryer into her new house then we asked her if she was interested in leaning more said yes. Then we saw Estivan who is L.a. and he wasntus to start teaching his girlfriend but sorry out of time

July 28, 2014

So monday was terrible so humid after playing softball for 10 minutes being the catcher i was soaking in sweat was bad but still had a great time being out after all the excitment of trying to catch turtles and what not we had a sweet lesson with Nancy we were planning on tlking about the importance of reading and praying to know of the truth well about 10 minutes into our lesson a Mom and her daughter came into the chappel and sat right behind our investigator so our lesson didnt work quite like we had planned but got most of it done.

Tue- We went to the Grain Train moved Desks loaded them onto Palets and then banded them on. after that we had to go help a lady named Norma she was moving out and old recliner and getting two new ones so we moved them out and back in then went over helped margie with a couple of things and got changed went over and gave Linda and Leyon both Blessing it was amazing after we got done Leyon was like i am so warm so we explained why after we had them read 3 Nephi 11:3 which they said they enjoyed very much had dinner and went over to the YSA activity and played Frisbeegolf with frisbee haha so we were looking very bad but had fun doing it.

Wed- we had President Interviews which was very nice always enjoy getting to visit with president Weston such a great man i love him so much some of the things he has asked us to do is to be praying at least 30 time a day yes it works let me tell you. After intervies we went to see the browns she was feeling well used so  Elder Hansen and i offered to take her assignment of making a cake for her and we did turned out perfect Lanae you would have been Proud of it haha.

Thur- we loaded up a Uhal for teh Dartman family they moved down to Omaha. then had District meeting.

Fri- went on exchanges with the Zone Leader Elder Pulver and Jensen was fun i went with Jensen and he is from California great missoinary love that kid got to tract into a couple spanish guys he is a spanish missionary so he talked with them i listened then found out a Less Active lived there help the Booth family move there mother into a different Nursing home after her husband have her a heart attack and had to have a triple bypass then went to soccer had to much fun there no injurys this time.

Sat- we had planned for a sweet lesson with Kristen we were going to set ehr for baptism but didnt work out due to the invorment of what was going on in the appartment so we are no longer going to meet there so we can have the spirit next time had a dinner appointment with the Romero's we had Intestines which were not bad could have been less chewy though but was good.

Sun- had church no investiagtors came sadly but had a good activity at a members house had a little dinner then we watched a video and went to Evening sacrament got a ride home with a kid who just fixed up his car and we ran out of gas when we got to the gas station he didnt how what to put in the car but we made it home.

July 21, 2014

the sweet week

Tue- Was the best Elder Hansen and myself were able to go to the Omaha Temple with a Less Active Nichole Parker it was so great to be able to attend that with her also had a suprise visiter Bro.DeYoung showed up too kinda cool to meet him he went home with my Daddy Bro. Pancheri.

Wed- Had District Meeting had some good trainings by Elder Wilson and by Sister Reidhead they were really good on christ like attrabutes and Helping our Investigators see there potential. Later that night we tried a Guy Devin who we had met at the Liberary but not really talked with i dont think he is able to be baptized though not sure he is accountable as of at this point.

Thur- was exchanges  i went with elder sharp and we went to see bro.Dryack and cut up a tree for him and then cleaned out his gutter he thinks they need borded up casue of his pigeon problem but i told him to just get a BB. gun and get rid of them for good and i dont think he will but oh well. after that we went to Margies and had a good lesson with her taught about Word of Wisdom and Tithing. after that we went out to West Point had dinner with the Shakespears family had a lesson about Miracles and making sure we write them down in our journals and such.

Fri- we had weekly planning which took a long time but got out helped margie clean out a storage unit then tried a couple of less actives and got changed and headed out to soccer and well not many people showed up but some teenagers did so we asked them to play and they agreed well one of the sister decided that everyone should take off our kleats so we dont step on any of the little ones feet well what ended up happening while sliding around elder hansen had gone for the ball the kid fell and well they kicked and the other boys toe we think may have been broke from it but we invited them all back and hope they show so we shall see.

Sat- we had a great lesson with Linda and Leyon were we talked about faith and exersising it to help us know what is right. then we talked about blessing and fasting we are going to fast on wednes day night and give him a blessing on thurday mornign hope it goes well. Has our pioneer day pary and had a good turn out to that we had Margie show up and she brought a good friend with her and that was good had some sweet music going form a Local DJ in the ward GO brother Shakespear man can move then we cleaned up and headed home.

Sun- was great also because Margie came to church which she said she NEVER WOULD  so we were very happy about that going on thanks to ELder Hansen givijng a talk we used that to our advatage which worked but thats the first one he has given in over a year of being out but he was able to give it twice thought thanks to Evening sacrament but in all i would say it was a great week. Well hope everyone is doing well Love Elder Lott

July 14, 2014

Well this week has been very good just a great one so let me tell you all about it.

Mon- was nothing to crazy I did buy a nerf gun to shoot everyone when we got together same old me hahabut after that elder Hansen and I went to brother Huserak's to clean out some pigeon nest well they had filled his gutters full of CRAP and lone behold I got to clean them out nasty I wasnted to kill the stupid things but he said no so anyways that was that.


Tue- Was very busy we went to the Orphan Grain Train and we put boxes on Pallets for them to ship out and just worked for while it was fun then that night everything fell threw for us so we when to the Balaskis to help move some dirt for them so we did for a little while.

Wed- we went to Soix City for zone training and Bro. Cowan took us it was fun we had some good trainings on being more obedient which we all need to be after we got home at about 5 my companion was not feeling well but we pushed through it and headed out and saw a few Less Actives.

Thur- We went to help a Potenial Investigator and we helpled him lay some Bricks for his walk way to the back patio of his house then we went out on exchanges with the Zone Leader it was fun I went with Elder Jensen he is a great Elder I was very impressed with how well he was at door aproches but we had a good time walking around talking with people had a couple of crazy ones but we didn't say long with them but enjoyed the day.

Fri- We had weekly planning session and that took up most of the day for us trying to get the Area book all updated and stuff takes time when one works on it cause idont know anyone to update info on them but it was good that night we went to play soccer ever Friday night well we had a good turn out and played hard I was soaked form head to toe in sweat I don't like this humidity very much but it was super fun one of the sister (sister beck) kick the ball and hit this little boy in the head and nocked him off his feet it was sweet!! then after we got home I drank to much water and ended up throwing it all back up like 20 minutes later haha.

Sat- we went to see the Miltans they are kind of a crazy family he doesn't think he needs religion but his wife and daughter does he was quite the carater for sure but we are going to give them to the sister they said that would be better for them to see the sister missonarys then we had a planning meeting at the church and went to a birthday party for a recent converts daughters birthday party was fun then went to a softball game a member was playing in for state then went home.

Sun- we had 3 investiagators show up to church which was good one of which we had been fasting with so he could get a for sure answer and didn't get much of a chance to talk with him yet but we plan on it soon well I hope Yall are well love elder Lott.