Serving with Elder Lowe

I love serving with Elder Lowe. He loves bugs and flowers, and he takes pictures of all of them. He is super fun. He is a little older, he is 23. He was originally born in Haiti but has lived in America for the majority of his life. He is awesome! For those who are wondering, he does not speak Creole. He gets that question a lot. He has forgotten it, but he may at some point learn it, because we have some Creole speaking missionaries.

To start off, on Tuesday, we went by a woman's place named Peleshika. She is the wife of a man who we are trying to get baptized. She is awesome! We taught her about the importance of sharing the gospel and the need to share with others what you know. She is really great. She has some kids and she loves the church. She loves the Book of Mormon. She is friends with a lot of women in that area. She is a really great friend of ours.

After visiting with her, we went to visit a woman named Zura. She comes to church like every week and it’s awesome! She was there the first Sunday that I got there and she was there with Marine, the younger member that I was involved in Baptizing when I first got to this area, a long time ago. Marine, will usually bring her to church and she is awesome! We also taught Zoda about sharing the gospel, we kind of had a theme for that day. We read with her from Mosiah 4 about how when we share the gospel, we share the love of Christ with others. Which is awesome.

On Thursday, we went by a man named Alenge's house. We saw a referral that had come in from some elders in Lexington. Apparently, before one of the Elders had been transferred, this guy Alenge, really wanted to learn the gospel. Especially because he is from the family of some members in Lexington. They are pretty new members, but they are awesome! This guy, when we walk in his house, he says, “ I want to learn about baptism!” He hasn’t been baptized before and his family in Lexington has been telling him a lot about the importance of being baptized so we are hoping that he goes really far! He is really awesome. We talked a little bit about baptism and then we invited him to read a pamphlet.

On Friday, we went to Rossi and Gothi's. The family of boys from my training. Oh, I had missed them so much. They are so fun to be around all the time! They are really just bundles of light. Honestly, they have grown quite a bit since I left this area. It is great to see. They have learned and grown and are really awesome. We brought a member whose name is Gabe Cease. He is the son of the Bishop. He has been bringing them to seminary pretty regularly last year. So it was awesome to kind of get him into a lesson and really see what Gabe knew. Gabe, in fact, is actually going to be a missionary in Provo, Utah. So, to anyone who is reading this letter, if sometime in September you meet a new missionary named Elder Sees, he is from my ward right here. He is really awesome!

Also on Friday, we went by a young woman’s house named Alice. She is great, she is really awesome. Her younger siblings are named Ange or Angel. They have a younger brother, but I can’t remember his name. They are great. Alice is younger, she is YSA age. She is really, really cool. She enjoys learning about the gospel and she loves the Book of Mormon and the things that we have been telling them so far. They have been reading the BOM together and that is really great.

Then on Saturday, we went by a new member’s house, named Ruberwa. He is awesome! I love Ruberwa! He is really great! He has been learning a lot about the gospel and has tried to get into the temple to do some baptisms.

On Sunday, we went and did a fireside. It used to be known as “New Member Training Fireside”, but now it is the “We Talk of Christ Fireside.” They are great! They are such a big help to new members to help them learn about the gospel. We went with Ruberwa to that and he loved it. He ate it up! 

That is my week. I really enjoyed all that we were able to do. I’m excited to be back in this area. I really love watching new members grow. I remember watching them grow when I was first here and now seeing them grow even more and it just brings me so much joy. I know that Christ works on people even when we are not around and God is really searching for everyone. 

I hope that everyone has a great week!