2/17/15

Querida Familia,

This week has been pretty good! We went on visits with the bishopric and other members of the ward, so that was good! We also have a super solid investigator, who believes that Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon are true, and now he really wants to share it with his wife! We are going to invite him to be baptized again this week, so hopefully he accepts! So last P-day was my companion's Birthday, so a member took us to a mall and bought him a bunch of nike gear! So that was pretty fun! He also took us out to lunch, which was pretty good! So that was last week, so this week we are back to Zone Sports! And we never went on the hike, because it costs money... :( But anyway, I got the valentine's package, it was very nice, and pretty tasty! Now I just have to find sometime to go to BWW... Anyway, I love you all!

Elder Lee

2/10/15

Querida Familia,

This week has been pretty good! We were able to take our bishop with us on some visits and this week they are doing visits as Ward Leadership so they invited us to go with them, so that is pretty awesome. And I think they are going to try to do that regularly!  We are still putting out a lot of efforts to finding new investigators! We have a lot of potentials, but we are having struggles trying to contact them or have them keep appointments, so we are working on that a little more this week! Dad, its funny you should bring up having good studies, because just yesterday I set a goal for myself to have more focused and more productive studies, especially as I come to end of my mission, because it is easy to go throughout your studies without a purpose and you lose a lot of precious time to learn and study for specific people and specific purposes! Anyway, thats about it for me! I hope all is going well! I love you all!

Elder Lee

2/3/15

Querida Familia,

This week has been pretty good! We have been having a lot of success with some of our less actives and saw quite a few of them at church this past Sunday! So that was super awesome! Right now our investigator pool is pretty small so we are doing a lot of finding to try to get that up! Our Zone leaders are too and they share an area with us, so we get lots of referrals from them, so that is good! The members here are super nice, but don't really do a whole lot of missionary work, so we are trying to get them a little more excited about it So today for Pday we are probably going to go hiking the Franklin Mountain, we aren't 100%sure yet, because we might have to pay and if thats the case nobody wants to go! So we will see, but if we do go I'll take lots of pictures! Anyway, that's about it for me! I am glad everyone else is doing well! Good news about mom's foot! So that's good! I love you all!

Elder Lee

1/27/15

Querida Familia,

This week has been pretty good, We did not get to teach as many lessons as we were hoping, but this week is looking better! I did however get to meet some more ward members, so that was good! The people hear feed us really well, on Friday we had three meals and we were already way overstuffed by the time we got to the third. One of them though was, because our Mission President took the whole zone to Cici's Pizza, which is a pizza buffet. But he came and we had a little zone training, and he implemented a Pilot Program based on the video about sharing the BoM that I sent in an e-mail a few weeks ago. So we have been contacting and knocking with the BoM a lot. It has brought quite a bit of success. We have gotten a lot of return appointments, so hopefully those will go through this week! That's pretty cool that Kevin got his mission call! When does he repot to the MTC? Anyway, I find that as I come closer to the end of my mission, I have a stronger desire to press forward and finish strong! I forgot to include it last week, but my companion's name is Elder Hurtado. He is from Zacatecas, Mexico. He is a native speaker, so that is really helpful! Dad, yes he is the District Leader. Anyway, that is about it. I will send Pictures! I love you all!

Elder Lee

District Photo: Elder Myers,Sister Johnson & Wilkinson, Elder Lee, Sister McKendrick, Elder Kozub, Sister Carte, and Elder Barney.

Elder Lee and Hno. Monterrubio

Branch Members from Tome

Elder Lee and Eric

Los Gordos

Elder Lee, Edmundo, and Melody

Elder Lee and the Diaz Family

Elder Lee and Mariela, Juanita, and Estrellita

Elder Lee and Elder Kozub

Elder Lee and the Silva Family

Elder Lee and Elder Hurtado

1/21/15

Querida Familia,

Well this week has been pretty good! We did get our truck back, but it wasn't until Wednesday! But after that we were able to get around to see most of our investigators and Less actives! So, for the news that you have all been waiting for! I was transferred! I am now serving in the Trans Mountain South area in the Mt. Franklin Stake. Its super awesome here! Its a city area and more close together than my last area so that is nice! I haven't had much opportunity to meet the members yet, but I am sure they are pretty awesome! We did get to teach a super awesome man yesterday! His name is B. We taught him the Restoration and the spirit was so strong, and he said that he would read and pray about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith! And the best part is is that he liked it so much that he said he would invite his wife and brother to listen the next time we come, which will be Saturday! So we are pretty stoked about that! Anyway, thats pretty much it for me. I am glad you all are doing well, It sounds like everyone has been having problems with their feet lately, so that's no good! Mother, I don't know if you recall, but the last few times I ever played Settlers of Catan with you, I won! So poke fun all you want, but whatever wins the game! Anyway! I hope you all have a good week! I'll let you know about more people when I meet them! I love you all!

Elder Lee

Its Trans Mountain, It is in the north east of El Paso! I totally forgot to talk about my companion! That is one of the best parts of the area! His name is Elder Hurtado, He is from Zacatecas Mexico and obviously he is a native spanish speaker! He's pretty awesome!


Its kinda fun because he is still learning english so we speak like half and half english and spanish. But, yeah I can talk like normal with him, and he corrects me on gramar and helps with vocab, so it is super nice! And I do the same with him for english! And I have pictures, but I am running out of time and I am still writing my Mission President, but for sure next week, because Everyone decided to email me this week, but next week I probably won't get a whole lot! and I will probably take more pics this week so I can just get them all to you at once!

1/13/15

Querida Familia,

This week has been really slow and not super productive. Last Monday we put our truck in the dealership to get repaired and they said it would take 2-3 days! Then they told us we would get it back on Friday, then on Monday, and we still don't have it! So it has been rough! But we don't let it get us down, we have been walking everywhere and going out with members when we can! My back tire is flat somehow??? But I will probably try to get a replacement today! I have kept the bike in pretty good condition! The only thing that is wrong with it is the disc brake on the back wheel is a little bent somehow??? I don't know what happened, if it was done during transportation or maybe I put the wheel on wrong once or what, but it still works, it just makes a squeaking sound every once in a while. Other than that though its fine! But due to our lack of transportation in a huge area we have been struggling a little bit, but hopefully we will get the truck back today and we will have tons of people to visit that we haven't seen for a while! Anyway, so our P-days, we play basketball and other sports! So I think that is fun! There just isn't a whole lot to do here in Los Lunas, other than LL Hill, but its pretty cold so nobody wants to go hiking or anything outside really. So next week due to transfers on Tuesday and the Holiday on Monday, we will be having P-day on Wednesday! Anyway, I love you all!

Elder Lee

1/6/15

Querida Familia,

This week has been pretty good! We didn't do much for New Year's eve, we were actually on exchanges that night. It's kind of weird that its already 2015! As I look back on the year I ponder on who I was and who I am now and it is crazy the difference! As we start the New Year, I look toward Our purpose as missionaries and the great responsibility that we each hold in sharing this gospel with everyone around us! My Mission President this week shared with us a video that I want to share with you all, and I hope that you all share it with your friends and share it on facebook and all those other social networks! The Link is: 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865618837/What-is-the-Book-of-Mormon-Video-created-by-3-returned-missionaries-answers-the-question.html

Something that really sticks out to me about this video is that the people sharing it are just normal people, but they understand their role in sharing the gospel with others! Anyway I love you all!

Elder Lee