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Elders Quorum 1st Counselor - Grant Lamoreaux
Relief Society 2nd Counselor - Jean Roginski
Missionaries 319-670-6252
February 15, 2025 - Elder Lamoreaux
How have you all been? I've been pretty good. I was transferred to McCall which is a resort town for skiing and boating. Right now theres nobody cause we haven't gotten the snow fall. They say McCall usually gets 8 feet of snow. So its not bad. The house I live in has a mice problem so we are going to take care of that today. All the clean dishes have mouse poop on them and all, its bad. This area covers a ¼ of our actual mission field, its really big. We got down on Fridays to Riggins and stay a night at these older people's home. He's the major and the branch president so its cool. Never met him tho cause he was out of town. And then if you haven't looked at the photo album, our truck got stuck. All the roads here are dirt except the main roads, soo pretty cool. Well
we where going down this one road, lots of slush and we see this car with its hood up so we thought oh it broke down or something its whatever we'll go around. And as we did our front end of the truck fell through the ice. Just the tires so its fine. But we
got out and looked around and the ice was pretty thick so it was interesting and then we kind of noticed the car with its hood up looks like it just happened not to long ago and when we walked in front there was not ice, just knee deep water and it was not
fun. That car was pulled out of the ice which was why it was water and all. We took a polar plunge but not willingly. I went in up to my knees, my comp fell and it went to his belly before he jumped screaming. So it was fun. We tried the oldest trick in the
book, get some wood and try but it did not so we sat there for an hour until a member could pull us out. That was a really fun day and experience, we now prepped the truck with warm supplies so we dont get hypothermia if it happens again. Its been really good
to be up here tho, no missionaries and all. I have my own room, own bathroom, like its really good. I gotta get stuff to exercise cause there's nothing and the house is infested with mice but its alright. We are fixing that. And that is about it. We travel
a lot to houses so its fun. Its very expensive, I spent 80 on food and that might last me until they pay us so it may be iffy. Really expensive, gas is still like 3.5 so not recommended. But as a missionary its cool for Idaho. Thats about it tho. See you all
next year. and thanks for the emails. i get to talk only on monday so ill try to get back to you. love you all. byee
Photo album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FTP7o8MJ28W8mtNGA
January 12, 2026 - Elder Manwill
Hey everyone! Sorry that I haven't sent an email for a little while.
A lot of stuff has happened since I wrote last. With Elder Warner in San Juan, we were able to help 2 of our friends get baptized! Their names are Celeste and Angelica. They are both really cool and a bunch of miracles happened to be able to help them get baptized!
I was able to finish the training of Elder Warner. He is going to be a good missionary! We had to move all of our stuff into a new house 3 days before transfers. That's because the Elders are going to go to San Juan 2 and the sisters are going to go to San Juan 1. We spent half of our pday moving all the stuff over. Luckily we had a little bit of help. It should be a nice new apartment for the hermanas.
On Thursday, I had to say goodbye to the boys in my house. The day before, I got a call from President Hernandez and he told me that I was going to be a zone leader now. During transfers, I got to find out my new area and my new companion! I am now serving in Manoguayabo A in the capital. My companion's name is Elder Gutiérrez. He's from Santiago, Chile. He's my first latino companion in a long time! It's been fun to only speak in Spanish with him. He's a great missionary so I've been learning a lot from him, especially how to be a zone leader! We've been working really hard to accomplish all of our goals and help our friends the grow closer to Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. I'm excited to grow in this new role that God wanted me to experience!
Spiritual Thought:
I've been learning a lot about service recently. It's such a powerful thing in our lives and the lives of others. We should search for opportunities to serve others every day. I love the scripture in Mosiah 2:17, that says, "And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God." One of the goals that I made for this year is to look for at least 1 act of service that I can do every day. That could be a good thing for all of us to do! I know that that can help us all become more like our Savior Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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Mission Plan
As a disciple of Jesus Christ, I will find personal joy in the Love of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, seek to Share my love for the Restored Gospel with family, friends, neighbors and others at school and work, and I will Invite someone to join with me and my family in worshipping Father in Heaven.
I will make a personal effort to meet each person who comes to the Keokuk Branch, and to see them as beloved son or daughter of Heavenly Father who loves them. I can do this by:
Learning their names and finding out what is important to them,
Inviting someone I know for a missionary teaching appointment at my home or joining with the missionaries at a teaching appointment, and
Attending a baptism and seeking out the new member as a friend.
I will pray for each member for whom I have ministering responsibilities by his or her name, including those who may be less-active or have strayed from the covenant path, that Heavenly Father will guide me to help them to receive the ordinances and blessings of eternal life.
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