For lack of better subject lines, today's date: 6/25/2018

Hello everybody, this week was pretty interesting to say the least. Remember how last week we had a mission tour by elder Stanfield and his wife? Well this week we had ANOTHER mission tour by Elder Bennett of the seventy and his wife Sister Bennett.  It was a surprise to everyone, he simply said that he felt prompted to visit our mission again. It was especially cool because I felt that they said some crucial things that I needed to hear.  Before his visit we set a goal as a mission to find 150 people in 1 day. That day, as we worked hard and searched for people to teach and talk to we found over 170 new people! We saw some awesome miracles in this area. It was amazing.

We found a woman for the Hermanas in Nashua to teach and we also found this awesome family That are really excited about the Gospel.

It was a really spiritual week and we had a great time. One of my favorite quotes is from a member of the mission presidency, president Hawkes. He said: "Where a student is prepared, a teacher will be provided." I definitely saw that. We were so blessed to have these wonderful people help us in this work. I know that this is God's work and that He loves all of us. Christina was baptised on Tuesday! It was so awesome and she is doing so well! It was a great experience and she has come a long way. I had the privilege of doing her confirmation on Sunday, my first one, and it reminded me how merciful our Heavenly Father is, he wants us all to be happy. We simply have to choose to do so.

I hope that you all have a great week! Love you!

-Elder Connor Starr

Thol: God of thunder

Hello everybody!


This week was really good! we have completely planned for Christina's baptism on Tuesday. She is such a cool lady and we are so grateful for her faith and her diligence.

This week we got a bible referral for a nice Cambodian man named Thol. He asked for a bible so we delivered him one and we told him about The Book of Mormon and how through it we learn more about Christ and how we can find peace in our lives. He was happy for us to come by again to help him understand how that was possible. It was a really cool miracle.

Admittedly I don't have a lot of time left so this one is going to be a bit shorter. Sorry about that. I did take some cool picture that I will be sure to upload next week.  We had a mission tour with Elder Stanfill and his wife and it was awesome!  They helped us to answer some questions about how we can work more effectively and how we can study and be better at seeking revelation. It was very informative!

Anyways, I hope that you all have a wonderful week! thanks for your help and support!
I love you as always!

-Elder Connor Starr

Hello Everyone!

Hello friends and family.

We had a pretty good week this last week!

It started with transfer calls. Elder Morris is gone officially. Luckily we are having a mission tour this week from Elder Stanfill of the seventy where I will see Elder Morris again. Before he left we went and visited some of the investigators that we had lost contact with for one reason or another. We were able to pick them up again and start teaching them. It was really cool.  Elder Harrison and I found some cool people!  We met this one man named George. He is Greek and his Brazilian friends that just moved in were interested too! it was awesome!

The weather here has been so awesome and the long winters have given me a greater appreciation for the spring and summer. I think many gospel parallels can be drawn but I will leave that to you.

I am so glad to be here and I love the opportunity that I have to be a missionary! I have been studying personal revelation lately, I was reading President Nelson's talk from last general conference. The things he recommended were: being exactly obedient, increased purity, and daily scripture study. The emphasis of these things will put us in a position to receive revelation for ourselves and our families.I hope that you all have a great rest of your week!

Love you!

-Elder Connor Starr

Transfers

Hello everybody,

This week was good. It was pretty interesting but also exciting. We went on exchange with the zone leaders and the district leader. We did some service at a community farm. Saturdaywas pretty crazy though. We helped 2 people to move and painted Christina's room blue. My arms were sore for a while from doing corners. After the painting Christina had her baptismal interview and she passed! She will baptised on the 19th of this month! Super exciting!

This weekend was also transfers, elder Morris will be headed to Plymouth NH on Thursday. I will receive elder Harrison the same day. He sounds pretty cool! He speaks both Portuguese and Spanish!  It's too bad to see elder Morris go, but I am excited for what the future holds.

I hope you all have a wonderful week! This is the true church and we are the covenant people of our Heavenly Father. As we put our trust in him, he will lead us and help us understand how we can be happier.

Love

Elder Connor Starr

Here's a nice flower!

The Lowell Report, May 29th 2018

Hello everyone!

I hope that you all had a great 3 day weekend!

Due to memorial day, we changed our P-day to Tuesday this week so that we could spend time finding people on the busy and active Holiday. It worked pretty well! We found a really promising guy named Jean. He is from Haiti and loves soccer. We are going to give him a chapel tour tomorrow!

This last week was pretty awesome as well! On Sunday we had Mwanja' s whole family come to church. All 8 people. We took up an entire row! It was like I was being at home again...if my family was comprised completely of Africans.

This Saturday we are going to be painting Christina's room before she moves in, after that she will be interviewed and hopefully (with full confidence) be baptised in the coming weeks.

I truthfully don't have much else to say but I did want to talk a little bit about memory.

On memorial day we celebrate things worth cherishing. The men and women, boys and girls, the children of our Heavenly Father that made a significant difference in the lives of others. The ones that inspired and that taught us lessons that, if we will it, will make us better people.

Some have said that the most important word in the Book of Mormon is "remember" and I tend to agree with them. Whether it be advice from a father to his son or a voice of warning to a large audience, the word "remember" means to learn from the past. To learn of the consequence of sin, to keep and uphold our sacred covenants and to have gratitude for the hand of God in our lives.

Right now, although I cannot see you, I remember the love and support that you have given me in this great work. I know that Christ lives and that this is his church and his work.

I love you all so much and I hope you have a fantastic rest of your week!

-Elder Connor Starr

Also, yesterday was Elder Morris' birthday. It would be awesome if you could wish him well!

His email is joseph.morris@myldsmail.net