2Lovellscalled2serve: Simeon Says

Monday, August 31, 2015

Simeon Says

District meeting

I got up one morning this week and went outside only to find the air was cold! I don't know who is praying for the cold and not the beautiful sunshine and heat but I really think they should stop because when it gets too cold Elder Lovell gets worried! But this week has been wonderful. We got drenched a little but that was okay for there is no missionary work without the rain. So we were up and about refusing to give in to the adversary and, of course, we never will.

This week as I went out with a young man to teach an investigator we both saw how this investigator glowed with the Light of Christ. We both felt the Holy Spirit as we taught him and helped him to remember what we had taught him. It was so awesome and as we were walking back to the young man's home he said, "Elder Lovell, you are the best and coolest missionary I know because every time you teach and bear your testimony I can always feel the Holy Spirit and I know you love those you teach." To this I simply responded I give all the credit to the Lord. I also thanked him for always being willing to come out with us even on short notice. I felt prompted to tell him because of him coming out with us he will have a more rewarding mission and will learn a lot but also help others a lot as well.

A rousing game of basketball on P-day

We were blessed with rain on Sunday though the wet weather kept a few persons we are teaching away from church but that is okay. We will get them this week because we will not give up. Also during my studies lately I have noticed how much more I have been able to pick out things I have never noticed before and it gives me great joy to know no matter how many times I read the Book of Mormon I am always edified and filled. Hey, that is a wonderful feeling. As I read Alma 60:36 I was touched by Moroni's plea to help others and forget about himself which really helped me remember the advice President Hinckley got from his dad, "Forget yourself and go to work." So that is what I will go and do.

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Funny, interesting or amazing things they say

May 15 - Selwin spoke twice today - once in the Southgate 3rd Ward and then at Brookdale's Sacrament meeting. After the meeting one sister approached him and whispered in his ear saying, "my sister always told me to 'never forget how important you are'."

The second sister told him, "you should always smile because your dimples are so adorable!"

April 3, 2016 - The Cannon's, who had returned home on Friday after 18-months managing missionary apartments in the Mississippi Jackson Mission, stopped by the house to deliver a package from Elder Selwin who they described as "an exceptional missionary and an outstanding young man."

March 16, 2015 - Hi, my name is Deborah Albert, and your son (Elder Selwin) is here serving in my town (Gulfport) right now. I just wanted to tell you that he is a pretty awesome missionary !! We like him a lot !!

May 7 - Almost every day someone asks about our missionary twins. Today it was my doctor. We chatted briefly about how they're doing and how well Simeon and Selwin were integrated into our ward / neighborhood. "It doesn't surprise me," he said, "because they are fine young men and so easy to like!"

May 5 – We were at a funeral and in the middle of the service my caller ID showed an incoming call from "Jackson, MS." Since I only know ONE person in Jackson, MS, I jumped up to take the call, my heart pounding fearing something might have happened to Elder Selwin since missionaries are only allowed to call home on Mothers' Day and Christmas. I answered to hear a familiar voice asking, "Hi, do you know who this is?” It seems they can still make me smile - even from a thousand miles away!

April 1 - Kenrick Benn writes: The time is just around the corner when “our” two sons will be out in the mission field. I believe those two can convert even the hardest heart. Sister Benn and I would like to thank you two wonderful people for all you have done for us and for the two young men I love as a father loves his sons.

March 24, 2014 - Upon our return from SoCal, Selwin sheepishly said, "if you left the car in the driveway and the keys on the hook as a test, you should know, I failed!"