Week #37

Hey Mis!

I hope you had a good week! This week was a struggle. I was sick for half of the week, which didn't help haha. We had a big struggle teaching this week, most of our investigators were out of town, and a lot of our members were out of town too. But we had a cool experience on Sunday. We went on splits with two brothers, Cade and Jake Van Orden. While we were on splits, we found three new people to teach in just an hour! It was pretty sweet. And both the Van Orden boys are awesome, which made it even more fun. They really enjoyed going out with the missionaries. Other than that, my week wasn't too eventful. How are hints in Utah? Are you excited to be heading back to NY soon? When do you go back again? Have a great week!

Love ya Mis!

Trev

Week #36

Hey Mis!

Sounds like a good week! I was asked out once when I was in Rexburg, and it was interesting being on the other side, but it was awesome! Less work for me haha.

I had an interesting week. It was actually sort of a struggle is week. Our teaching pool has sort of dried up a bit, we've had to drop some of the people that we're teaching, and we haven't been able to find as many people to teach. We've had a lot of success with reactivation though! One of the less actives that we have been working with just got the Aaronic priesthood! The bishop said that if he keeps it up in two months he could be able to be ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood! We helped someone move for six hours on Saturday -_- haha. It was good to help them out, but it took a really long time. We've had a lotttttttt of service hours this month, it's been pretty crazy. We also found a less active member this week that had just moved back to Vegas from Utah. It was sort of a miracle that we found her, because she needed a lot of help moving in right when we met her. So, we helped her move in too haha. We're going to try to visit her this week, and try to get her records into our ward. We had interviews this week with President and Sister Snow. It was good to sit down and talk with them for a little bit. They actually asked a lot about you guys. They knew Mother's Day was tough for me, and they said that they were thinking a lot about me that day. They're awesome, I love President and Sister Snow.

That was pretty much my week! I hope you have a good one!

Love you Mis!

Trev

Week #35

Hey Mis!

Sounds like a good week! Did you drive down in the Forester? That was my favorite one out of all our cars back home. I can't believe Asia got a new puppy. It's funny that I was the one that "earned" it when we were kids, and now they get one when I'm gone haha. I love the pictures! They're awesome, looks like a good trip. I had an interesting week. We had to drop seven of the people we were teaching, but we found some really promising people to teach! Plus, there's this lady named Sherry. We hadn't taught her for two months,and then out of nowhere I SAW HER IN THE CHAPEL. I started to talk to her and she said she wanted to check out what our church was like. I sat next to her during sacrament, and she had tons of questions. She's a pastor herself (she has a doctorate in divinity), so she had a bunch of questions about priesthood authority. Our ward mission leader was able to help her a lot with those concerns, and we're going to start

visiting her again this week. We're super excited!

We also had two dinners one night -_- we had a normal dinner appointment with a Hispanic family. They fed us two pieces of steak, and a ton of rice and beans. Then we go to an appointment afterwards, where we're teaching a lady named Mona in a member's home. We walk in and the members are like "perfect timing elders! Dinner is ready." Leakehe and I looked at each other and fear came across our faces. We walk to the dinner table, and they're having BURGERS. More meat -_- so we ate two each. We had food stuffed into our face the whole night. We got home that night and we both just passed out on the floor. But, that lesson with Mona went really well! She had some pushy missionaries before, so we're teaching a little bit slower, and she's learning a lot. This area is doing really well! Elder Leakehe and I work together pretty well too, so it's been fun!

That was pretty much my week! Have you heard much from the old gang? I know Sean Sasser is killing it in Argentina! What are some fun plans you have this week? Have a great week!

Love you Mis!

Trev

Me and Leakehe (Sent 5/16/16)

"It looks like a couch!" (Sent 5/16/16)

Week #34

Hey Mis!

It was good to Skype yesterday with you guys! I really enjoyed it. I wish we could've talked for longer. It's been an interesting week. My new comp, Elder Leakehe, is a really good guy. It's been interesting trying to transition to working with a new companion. We sort of had a down week, but that was sort of expected. Leakehe has been out for almost a year, so he's a little bit older than Moen. It was sort of interesting, because in President's email, he was saying that Leakehe is really awesome, but because of his culture he's a little too laid back haha. He told me I might need to be the "spark plug". So we'll see how that goes!

We had a couple of good lessons this week! We got to teach Kim again, she's doing super well! She's basically a member now. She signed up to feed us next month already haha. Our recent converts are doing really well too! We had a ward BBQ this weekend, and all of our recent converts game, and they really enjoyed it. We also got to teach Katie and her kids. They're doing really well, except they haven't been able to come to church :( But we're still working on them! Other than that, my week was sort of boring. This week is shaping up to be a lot better though! Hope you have a great week!

Love you Mis!

Trev :D

Week #33

Hey Mis! Looks like a super fun trip! I've never been out there, I'll have to check it out some time when I get back! Tell Adrienne I said hi! Idk if she remembers me haha. As for FaceTime, probably 7 o'clock NY time. I don't know how long yet, the ZLs haven't told us. But I'm super excited!!! I had an awesome week! First off, we had a devotional from Elder Holland!!!!!! And Elder Lynn G. Robbins. It was awesome! I got to shake both their hands! Plus the devotional itself was amazing. They talked a lot about how the kind of missionary we are determines the kind of person we will become, it was pretty awesome. I loved it! We were combined with the West mission, so I also got to see Mike Ernst from the Elmira Ward! It was pretty awesome. He took a picture on his iPad, but I haven't gotten it yet. It was an awesome day though! 

We also received transfer calls. Elder Moen is getting transferred to Anthem, which is he richest part of Henderson. He leaves Tuesday morning. My new companion will be Elder Leakehe (lay-uh-kay-hey). He's Samoan and from Australia! I knew him when I was in North Las Vegas. He's a really good guy! I'm really excited. Other than Holland and transfers, nothing too crazy has happened this week. We've found some new people to teach this week though! We're teaching a part-member family consistently now, and they're doing super well!!! It's been awesome. I love this area, I'm glad I'm still staying! That was pretty much my week! I hope you guys have a good one! See ya Sunday!

Love ya Mis!

Trev :D

Trev and Elder Moen (Sent 5/2/16)

I'm behind and to the right of the Filipino girl in the yellow jacket on the left (Sent 5/2/16)

The lady took a really bad picture, sorry! Trev with Elder Ernst (Sent 5/2/16)