Hey everyone!
Some pretty neat stuff this week! All of us elders serving in Portales got to have our picture taken and put in the newspaper, and we got little plaques for being volunteers of the month! This was due to us helping out at the car show a few weeks back.
When doing family history, once I was shown how to best find names by Elder McMaster, I found 62 names to take to the temple! There are a lot of people waiting for their work to be done! He showed me that you need to find someone that has other children, then start going down their family tree, and you are likely to find a lot of people needing their work done.
Thursday was Elder McMaster's 19th birthday, but we were in Clovis so we went to DQ with the Clovis Elders to celebrate it. Friday night I made him a cake which, well, turned out edible I guess. It wasn't the prettiest. I also made my own horchata, from a recipe from a member in the branch, which turned out pretty well!
Thursday night there was a tornado! It was a few miles south of town in Portales and it destroyed a storage unit. We spent like literally all of Saturday helping those who lived nearby clean up their property, as well as help people with their stuff at the storage unit itself. That was a super exhausting but really fulfilling day. I got a nice sunburn too.
All in all, a pretty neat week. Transfers calls are already going to be this Saturday night, and so next week I'll let you all know if I'm going or staying in Portales!
I just want to share with all of you my testimony of the restored gospel. I know that this is Christ's true gospel on the earth again. I know that Joseph Smith saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, and I know that he was a true prophet. I know we have a prophet on the earth today, and that President Thomas S. Monson is truly called of God. I know that every one of you can know of this by asking with a sincere desire to know, and real intent to act on it. I know because I asked, and I received an answer through the Spirit. The Spirit will speak to you too, if you let it, and if you listen. It is said well in this scripture: Alma 5: 45-46
I love all of you. I want each of you to keep sending me emails, letters, pictures, whatever! I want to hear how you are all doing. Have a great week everyone, and great August.
Elder Lewis
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