Week 42 in Uruguay: "I'm going to be a dad"

5/29/18-6/5/18

I’m going to be a dad!

Wednesday - Thursday

Ok well let’s start with Thursday! Thursday was seriously a day of miracles! It is so cold here! It has been a complete downpour for 4 days straight but my comp and I turned a rainy dreary day into a fabulous day, all by our attitudes. We cleaned a huge yard by Laurito’s house.  My comp and I found trash from like 2004. I swear we found Michael Jordan’s  “Like Mike” sneakers lol. Well, we worked in the rain the whole day! We sang popcorn popping on the apricot tree and disney songs to get through the cold and then we saw so many miracles! It was a little rough because so many people rejected us so hard, like blinds shut, doors slammed/curtains and we even had someone crawl away lol. We prayed like a million times to find someone and we did. We also had the chance to give a blessing! The spirit was really strong! It was awesome! My comp and I froze today, but we wouldn’t have wanted it any different. I can see the hand of the Lord in my life! My testimony has grown so much in just a week, how cool is the Spirit and serving a mission. Wednesday it also rained and my comp tried to practice our cooking skills, we made a rice and chicken lunch. Let’s just say we might’ve put one or two dashes too much of pepper/spices in our chicken.  My comp and I taught a new family. They are so cool! We testified of eternal families and they shed a lot of tears during the lesson.  How special is it that we can be with our families forever. Momma’s boy for life!  Right after, we saw the cops beat the crap out of this guy, it was insane! He apparently was robbing the place. After, we taught Adrian.  My comp did an awesome job as he led the Charla. Hopefully, Adrian can be baptized soon. We then drink lemon juice haha super strong! Well, a funny thing, I gave a member chocolates from USA and she thought it was gold haha. Super cute and funny!

Friday - Saturday

I have officially started to drink mate today, lol. I didn’t like it at first but my companion loved it. Today we taught Katrina and her family and it was so cute. Her 11-year-old daughter told us she feels peace reading the Book of Mormon! We taught the plan of salvation through drawings, it was awesome! Well, on the way home two huge dogs attacked us!  Oh my, like HUGE dogs. It was intense!  We finally taught Sophia and her family.  Literally one of my favorite families ever!  We were laughing the whole time! My comp and I made the lessons so fun.  We taught about baptism. They are going to get dunked! After, my comp got yelled at by someone in the street for picking up an orange lol so funny!  I was laughing so hard, that kid is one funny kid! Well to end the day, we passed by a guy and he is or was Catholic.  He went off on our church and us. It made me pretty upset.  I was so mad but the only good thing was we left with a prayer and I know how to argue in Spanish lol.

Sunday

Sunday, we ended up going to Walter‘s house and helped him with a quick service, it was awesome.   We helped him cut a huge tree.  After, we taught Joaquin. It took all my paciencia to teach him lol.   When we got home we studied D&C.  After President Eddy called about transfers. Well, he told me some pretty special things and that he received revelation that I should train. I’m going to be a Dad haha. In the mish when you train someone, they are called your son.  I will miss Elder Harper but I am also excited to train and teach.  Both of us were also called to be district leaders. Such a cool day! Elder Harper and I were pretty excited after.

P.S. We saw the craziest dog fight ever! Like it looked like Simba and Scar from the lion king lol. One of the dogs pinned the other dog, it was so sad. I threw my bike to scare them haha, luckily it separated them. It was crazy!

Elder Knelly

Elder Trevin Knell
Misión Uruguay Montevideo
Dalmiro Costa 4635 Bis
C.P. 11400 Montevideo
Uruguay

Trevin Knell: trevin.knell@myldsmail.net

Trevin Knell Blog: eldertrevinknell.blogspot.com

Trevin Knell Instagram: @trevinknell

Week 41 in Uruguay: "Dunking and Elder Holland in the Same Week"

5/21/18-5/29/18 

Dunking and Elder Holland in the same week!

Tuesday - Wednesday
Well, Tuesday was so good!  We were able to teach Pablo. I used a magic trick to teach him the principles of the gospel. The spirit was so so strong! We helped him see the changes he is making. It was so amazing. After, we taught Walter. He is quite the character. At the end of the day, we taught Joaquin. He has nothing, it’s so sad, but he is so happy. We can learn a lot if we look for eternal happiness and not monetary happiness. Wednesday was dope! We had interviews with President Eddy and again I had so many questions answered. It was so cool! After, we did this service for an investigator. Elder Harper and I definitely can make it on survivor, you name it lol. We made a fort for little kids who can’t afford school or really anything. We made it out of shoelaces, bamboo leaves and some other stuff. One thing I learned is one person‘s trash is another person‘s treasure haha.

Thursday - Friday
Thursday was a super boring day. We had the chance to learn how to make homemade donuts lol. Our investigator taught us. After Elder Harper got super sick so today was an uno type of day.  Shout out to my parents for my hump day package! We had a member flying back from Utah so they were able to send it with her.  Friday, we taught Rachel, Sophia and Priscilla the plan of salvation with the drawings haha, it was so fun! It was great to show Elder Harper and all them a different way to look at God‘s plan for us.  Then we taught them English.  My comp got sick again so we chilled haha I felt so bad for him.

Saturday - Sunday
Well, Saturday Walter and I got wet haha. I had the opportunity to baptize him! I was super nervous before and then as soon as we entered the water I felt complete peace. The baptism was amazing.  After, we had an activity with members. On our way home, I scared by comp so bad lol. Today was an awesome day!  Sunday was another great day. Walter received the Holy Ghost and after he gave me the biggest hug ever. We had 4 investigators go to church and the blessings are just pouring in!  After church 2 members gave me the full rundown on basketball. I love this Ward! For lunch, we ate this meal that was so gross, I died!  We also found this guy that wants to be baptized, such a cool day!

Monday
Today was the best!  We had the chance to attend a mission conference and listen to Elder Holland speak to us! He is so amazing and I had a chance to talk to him and shake his hand haha, better believe I’m not washing that thing for a while!  He gave the best talk ever to us and I have not felt the spirit so strong in my life! He is so funny and has so much energy. I love Elder Holland! He answered so many of my questions. The conference was so amazing.

Elder Knelly

Elder Trevin Knell
Misión Uruguay Montevideo
Dalmiro Costa 4635 Bis
C.P. 11400 Montevideo
Uruguay

Trevin Knell: trevin.knell@myldsmail.net

Trevin Knell Blog: eldertrevinknell.blogspot.com

Trevin Knell Instagram: @trevinknell

Uruguay Basketball Camp

Hi Family and Friends, 

Mothers Day was so fun and we had a great visit with Elder Knell. We wanted to share with everyone that a couple of weeks ago Elder Knell had a great opportunity, with several other Missionaries and his Mission President, to organize and host a basketball camp for the kids.  They had a lot of fun and he was even interviewed, all in Spanish, by three different TV stations there. He said it was such a great Missionary opportunity!  Definitely bringing his love for basketball to Uruguay.