Pics 4

January 27, 2014

 

 

1-me and adolfo again

2-random goofball in dc :)

3-whitehouse

 

Pics 3

January 27, 2014

 

 

 

1-me and elder olivo in dc

2-again

3-me and elder alfaro in front of the whitehouse

4-me and clandi (he's in the old town ward, from gautamala and a great friend)

Pics 2

January 27, 2014

 

 

1-me and adolfo (he's the one who had the stroke this past week)

2-me and hermana panteleon

3-me and elder farns 

4-me and elder ruiz-leon

5-me and caleb earnshaw (rm who came to visit)

Elder Nielson

January 27, 2014

hey family! this week was really great!

on tuesday it decided to snow a pretty good amount! so we couldn't drive so we walked and because theres no work here (or anything really, everythiing closes for snow) we had a great day and found a lot of people at home!!! which was great! we taught 5 lessons that day it felt so good haha

we have been working really hard and saw some cool fruits that took place this week! we got this super solid family referral and went to go see them and had a great lesson only to find out after they are just outside of our boundary haha so we passed them! but we went to church yesterday and a golden investigator just showed up and we were super excited about that! 

the work here and the ward here is all moving forward! its crazy to see and literally feel that the work is hastening! i can feel it in me too! it feels like my head is traveling 100mph haha and almost as if everything is a sprint! its crazy! just so many things happening and so many things to do! i'm loving it!

on friday i had a really good interview with President Riggs, he's great! i really look up to him a ton, just like it says in my setting apart blessing. 

then on saturday we had a great whole mission conference and elder s. gifford nielson came to talk with us. he's 6'5" so tall, president riggs is really big and tall but elder nielson made him look small haha! elder nielson is the one who gave the lord's game plan talk this past general conference! then after wards we had a small meeting with him and all the stake presidents in the mission, i really enjoyed that a lot! especially because it was such a small group of us with him! one thing i really enjoyed about the things he shared were just some of the simple ways that everyone can share the gospel with friends and neighbors and family. he shared a couple different stories of just how sitting by someone on an airplane and simply by starting a normal conversation then bringing up the gospel, it was really great. 

as i mentioned the ward here is doing really great, on saturday the ward had 3 baptisms and another one on tuesday and we just put 2 people on date in the next couple weeks so it really is hastening at a fast pace!

it was so good to read your emails and see the pictures! i've been thinking i should probably start getting a small plan of school and work so i don't decide at the last minute, i just have no clue still! so maybe you can help me out haha! thats one thing that has been crazy is that it feels that each month that comes goes even faster i told that to president and he was like oh yeah. 

but i sure love you all! and pray for you daily! hope all is well, let me know if there is anything i can do!!! 

con amor,

Elder Lifferth

ps lots of picts coming your way!

1-me bowling

2-me and the castaneda's

3-me and juan and teri Castaneda

 

 

Hola

January 20, 2014

hey family! this week was really good! it was pretty busy!

 

on tuesday i went on an exchange to my old area with elder muellor. he is a really good missionary and has severe allergies to nuts and dairy! he's been out about 7 months now and he has only had one serious problem with his allergies which is good. while we were there i got see a couple of my old investigators who still aren't baptized but one is really close!!! i'm excited for her! then the following morning i saw a coupon on the table in their apartment for a pancake place and that they just now started selling gluten free pankcakes so we went and while we were there we ran into another one of my old investigadors who hasn't been visited by missionaries in awhile and while we were there we set up an appointment for that saturday! haha.

 

on wednesday our ward has started doing this program type thing to get members more excited for missionary work. all of us missionaries and as many members as can we meet at the church at 7 and go visit our investigatros, less-actives or we go tracting, its been really fun. the first wednesday that we did it only about 4 people showed up...haha so its getting a little bit better!

 

then on thursday i went on another exchange to my old ward but to a different area. it was really fun. i went with elder sepulveda, he's colombian. we had a couple good lessons and got to see one of the members who is from brazil and we also clandi came out with us that night to help us. he is a good guy! we got really close while i served there!

 

one thing that is really sad is that adolfo one of my old investigators had a stroke and is really bad...he's in a coma right now. the good thing is that the hospital he's in is close to me. so we are going to visit him tomorrow. then i was thinking about it how it might be a good thing if he was to pass on now becuase right now he can't be baptized because of his situation he is in, but he could go to the spirit world and accept it there! adolfo is the older guy who is just the nicest guy ever! please pray for him :)

 

on saturday we did a lot of tracting and we found a couple new potentials. one of them we had a really good lesson with and invited him to church and he was like yeah i'll come (he's 18) and we really didn't think he'd come but he came! and he said he loved it there! we have another lesson with him tonight! we are hoping for good things for him!

 

then we went to go check up on a potential so he lets us in and we get to talking and then he tells us that he is a member and that he got baptized back in argentina but hasn't been since and how he wants us to teach his kids, one is 5 and the other is 14 and the kids aren't baptized! so the plan is to baptize the 14 year old daughter! 

 

we have been really working hard and trying to have more miracles and have more faith! its been really fun! this friday we have interviews with president, which i'm looking forward to! its always a treat! haha.

 

i had a weird dream the other night that my mission ended and i think dad and michael picked me up and took me home to where mom and amanda was and they started crying haha. it was sad and funny! i've been kinda missing you all lately haha! but don't worry its not distracting from the work! :) i just love you all so much!!!

 

this week is going to be very crazy again. i'll have exchanges tue, thur, and fri, then on sat we have a whole mission conference. its going to be a great week though filled with miracles!!!

 

con amor,

Elder Lifferth

 

ps so i wasn't at home when the package was delivered so i have to wait til it the postoffice opens on tuesay to get it! but it is here safe and sound!

Happy B-day Mom!

January 13, 2013

yay!!! happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear mother, happy birthday to you!!!  love you mom hope you have a great day!!!

this week was really great and very busy! i went on 3 exchanges this week and i was exhuasted! one of them was in my old area so that was really great to see old members and investigators! we had dinner with the castaneda's! which was so good to see them, the mom was just pretty much adoring me and thanking me for everything i did. it was a very humbling and pleasant experience. i really do love that family! 

one of the other exchanges i went on was with elder olvio (my "son") and that was very fun! he is doing good. we had a really good lesson with this guy from honduras who is looking for a church to join! 

the other exchange was with elder macias and his area is all the way up in leesburg! so it was a travel haha. we had 2 really good lessons that the spirit was really strong! 

my comp has been doing some weird stuff lately and i am trying really hard to love him and be patient! haha! its pretty ridiculous though...

today i turn 19 months out here. it feels like each month just goes faster and faster. i have really enjoyed every day. its very hard at times and you always feel like you could have done more but i love it. i love helping people see their potential as children of God, and seeing them change their lives because of it! a lot lately i have been really trying to change my teaching to just teach 'the why' it is so much more powerful and the people really catch on! 

our trip to dc last week was really fun and cold! haha i have pics but my cord is officially lost. so maybe mom you can send me a usb drive thing where i can insert my sd card and send you pics that way!? 

i love you all so much and miss you too! 

Elder Lifferth

New Years

January 6, 2014

Hey family!

 

Mom, my synthroids are running low and I will need some new ones in the next couple weeks! same with the inhaler!

 

This week was really good. we have been working really hard trying to find new investigators here. we don't have too many right now but are working really hard to find some! we have a lot of potentials that we feel have great potential! one is this single mom with 3 kids and she is very interested!

 

I went on another exchange this past week back to bella vista and that was really fun. then we went to cafe rio there and picked up a new potential there as well in my current area. she is a worker there and her best friends live in utah and they are members and she is very interested!!! it should be great!

 

The other day I got a card from charley and his fam of a gift card....(too much money...) just showing again how generous he is! he is a great example of giving!

 

That's crazy that stephen is now an official college student! thats pretty weird haha! everyone is getting old!!! 

 

For new years we visited some members and investigators. we were suppose to have dinner with this one member so we go and she just answers the door and she tells us her husband is home so we go in and are waiting and we ask her and she says oh he'll be here in a couple minutes! I was like .....oh man! members lying to us now...whats the big idea haha! so we did the best we could to get out of there as quickly and nicely as possible.

 

yesterday at church somehow we had 5 investigators at church! it was awesome! we were so excited! 

 

I still can't find my cord to my camara....

 

Today we are going to dc even though its pretty cold! haha should be really fun.

 

I love you! 

ELder Lifferth