Waiting for Transfer Meeting to begin....Elder Bufton & Elder Hess

Elder Hess and Elder Rivera

Golden Plunger Award

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Leaving Irvine!

Dave ... Texas Investigator

Elder Hess and Gordan Cutler

Elder Rivera/Ryan/Elder Hess

Fred's Baptism

Irvine Bishop and his family

Sister Bell/Elder Hess

Ryan/Elder Hess

Turner Family

Stokes Family

Ryan/ Elder Hess/ Adam

Ryan and his Girl Friend's Family

Hey Everyone!

So another week has come and gone! It’s going by way too fast! I feel like I just got to Irvine and now... IM LEAVING!!  It’s crazy how fast that 7.5 months have gone by! Irvine has been a great area to be in both in Northwood and in Oak Creek! I’ve worked really hard for success in these two areas and once we get a baptism I get transferred! Seems about right! haha but it’s all good! I’m excited to come back on Saturday for Ryan’s baptism!

This week has been pretty good! I was able to go to dinner with Brother Cutler.  That was pretty neat!  It’s good to see old faces!  I also talked to Brother Campbell on the phone that night! That was pretty cool haha!

Saturday we had the baptism of Fred in the WB2 ward.  He was the guy who came to church and we taught him the first lesson and set the date with him and passed him off at the same time!! It was a really good service…he has a strong testimony! 

That night we had a stake Trunk or Treat that was pretty fun!  Us as missionaries had to help out with it which means we had to do everything but it was good!

Also that night was transfer calls and I’m finally getting kicked out! But it’s all good cause I hope I go to the beach for the holidays! Here’s to hoping!!

Then Sunday we taught Ryan the law of chastity with this girlfriend there! You know me! I  made it as awkward as possible! young love! haha but ya that’s pretty much it! He’s getting baptized on Saturday!!

Scripture of the Week!

Section 4

Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet to his father, Joseph Smith Sr., at Harmony, Pennsylvania, February 1829.

1-4, Valiant service saves the Lord’s ministers; 5-6, Godly attributes qualify them for the ministry; 7, The things of God must be sought after.

1.       Now behold, a marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.

2.      Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day.

3.      Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;

4.      For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;

5.      And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work.

6.      Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence.

7.      Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.  Amen.

Love you all!

Elder Hess

Missionaries helping with a Trunk or Treating activity at the Irvine Stake Center!

We get so excited when we actually receive a letter from Kyle.  Even this letter made us excited....we growled and then we laughed!  We love this kid!  His fun personality shines through even when he's miles away! 

Brother Cutler from our home ward travelled for work to Irvine, California....Look who he ran into!
 Elder Rivera and Elder Hess

Life is a beach....I'm just playing in the sand!

Hey!!

So this week was pretty good we had a lot of cool things happen! 

So I went on exchanges with one of our zone leaders Elder Moffatt!   It was mediocre at best.  He’s a little weird but it’s all good!

We were able to see some pretty cool things happen! We have the Irvine spectrum in our area and that’s like a gated complex with like 2 other gates inside so it’s impossible to get in but I’m Elder Hess so I got in and it was really hard!  But something pretty cool happend!  As we were going to a less active member she had her very pregnant sister there who needed help getting something to her car cause she obviously can’t lift it.  So her sister’s like 2 year old daughter was asleep and she didn’t want to wake her up so they were in a bind but we knocked on the door right when she was about to wake her kid so we saved the day it was pretty cool!

We got to go to Sister Pa'us house this week cause I owed her for not seeing her before I left!  So we went over and made her day!  Then she gave me a pretty sick lay! She’s pretty awesome!

We also taught Ryan three times this week with his girlfriend ha it was pretty good.  He’s solid! We have gotten pretty close I love that kid!! I’m excited for his baptism which got moved to Nov 1! The cool thing is… he is also talking about his conversion in stake conference so it’s gonna be so sick! 

Scripture!

Alma 38:11

11 See that ye are lifted up unto pride; yea, see that ye do not boast in your own wisdom, nor of your much strength.

Love you!

Elder Hess

Splashtober

Hey! 

So this week was pretty good!! Me and my boy Elder Bufton shot a 71 yesterday which is pretty good! ha I feel like this wouldn't be a true weekly letter without a golf update!

Well we had some pretty sick stuff go down this week!

We had a zone training this week that was pretty cool.  They tried to get us fired up again so our zone training was going back in time to the MTC! We watched the videos of us opening our mission calls (thanks mom… NAHT) then they actually gave us our new mission call with the amount of time we have left so you would think mine would say 9 months right?? Wrong!!! They decided to be funny and say I’ve been called to serve another 24 months! I was the only one they did that to!  But it was still really good none the less! 

The cool part of the week though is we picked up a new investigator! His name is Ryan Quiggle.  He is 16 years old and his girlfriend is in our ward so it just makes sense ha ha! He has a cool story. He attends seminary every day.  He has taken the lessons before but never gotten the confirmation. So his seminary teacher invited the class to get on their knees that night and pray to know if the church is true and he took the teachers challenge and did it!  Later that night Ryan called his seminary teacher up and told him that he took the challenge and that he got the confirmation and that the church was true so the seminary teacher told him he needs to get baptized! So last week they got in touch with us and we have taught him three lessons already actually just got done teaching him today and ya he’s getting baptized on... OCTOBER 25TH!! So it’s pretty exciting he’s so solid!

So ya that was my week! 

Scripture!

Alma 34:9

9 For it is expedient that an atonement should be made; for according to the great plan of the Eternal God there must be an atonement made, or else all mankind must unavoidably perish; yea, all are hardened; yea, all are fallen and are lost, and must perish except it be through the atonement which it is expedient should be made.

Love Y’all!!!!  Elder Hess

 

Zone Training

Greenie from Ogden/Elder Hancock/Elder Hess

 

Dinner at Outback Steakhouse after the Priesthood Session of Conference

Hey Everyone!

This Week was pretty awesome! Our zone set a goal for 10,000 contacts for the month of October so its gonna be sick! We changed October to SPLASHTOBER! So needless to say its gonna be wild!

So conference was pretty awesome! I think the talk that stood out to me the most was definately Richard G Scott! I feel like he was getting irritated with everyone cause we all know what we should be doing and yet I don't think we are! I mean I'm not perfect and I struggle all the time but it was still pretty solid!

All the talks were awesome! But the best part was... After Priesthood session A group of 10 elders went to Outback steak house and went hard! We planned on getting alot of food! So the bill came out to be like 400$ plus and a member was sitting in the booth next to us and the waiter comes over and says the gentleman over there just payed for all you! So that was probably the greatest miracle of the day! haha

Another miracle we saw this week is a highschool kid named Ryan who lives in our area but not a member.  But he attends seminary daily and loves it! He called his seminary teacher up and told him straight up that he prayed to know if this church was true and the Lord told him yes so he is now gonna get in contact with us and we're gonna teach him and baptize him so it's pretty awesome!

That was pretty much the bulk of my week! Love yall!!

Scripture! 

PSALMS 118:8

8: It is better to put trust in the lord then to put confidence in man.

Love,

            Elder Hess