Open House

Trevor's Open House was an amazing event hosted by Bishop Crawford and his family at their home that has been transformed due to Hurricane Harvey last fall.  It has become a favorite place for all the youth to hang out and Trevor jumped at the chance for one last gathering there.  Thanks Crawfords and everyone who came out to support and say good luck to Trevor!

Trevor's Farewell Talk

"I’d just like to end with my brief and simple testimony.

I know that we are God’s children and that He loves us.

Eu sei que somos filhos  de Deus e que Ele nos ama.

I know that Christ is our Savior and that through Him comes true happiness.

Eu sei que Cristo e nosso Salvador e que atraves dele recebemos  felicidade

I know that this Church is true and holds the fulness of the gospel.

Eu sei que esta greja e verdadeira e [tang] a plenitude do eu angelho 

These things I bear witness to you in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Thank you to all the Houston Stake Youth who participated in the Musical Number, the EFY Medley: As Sisters in Zion & We'll Bring the World His Truth.  It was beautiful!  If you aren't familiar with the song, here is an original rendition of it:

The Houston Temple

Trevor was able to attend the Houston LDS Temple this evening with family and close friends.  What a wonderful experience to feel of God's love for each us and participate with Trevor in these sacred ordinances in the House of the Lord. 

To learn more about LDS temples, here is a great introduction:

Trevor's Priesthood Ordination

Trevor was given the Melchizedek Priesthood today and ordained to the office of an Elder.  In the ordination we were all reminded that the Priesthood is a sacred opportunity to serve & bless lives of others through the Lord and to be able to have a greater understanding of the love the Lord has for each of us through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.  

Mission Call for Elder Trevor Mangum!

A few weeks ago Trevor submitted his paperwork to serve a full time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  His mission call arrived in the mail yesterday and we have all been so excited to see where he will be serving the next 2 years of his life!

"Dear Elder Mangum:

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  You are assigned to labor in the Brazil Porto Alegre North Mission.  It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 24 months.

You should report to the Brazil Missionary Training Center on Tuesday, August 7, 2018.  You will prepare to preach the gospel in the Portuguese language...."

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Thanks to all the friends and family that came to support Trevor on this special day, both in person and via Facetime and Facebook Live.  We are so excited for Trevor and the opportunity to serve the amazing people of Porto Alegre Brazil!!

Welcome Home Elder Mangum!

Meeting big brother

Crackel Barrel Brunch with the Bowmans

Whataburger - Welcome Home Elder Mangum!

36 Hours!

See y'all in 36 hours!  Just got done visiting Carlos Paz, tonight we are in a hotel, and tomorrow is all travel, all day long.  9 hour layover in BSAS, it'll be fun.  My flight from here in Cordoba leaves at 10:30AM.  Love y’all!!

The Penultimate Week

Hey fam,

The penultimate week is in the books!  It was another good one, I was able to do a handful of baptismal interviews throughout the week in the zone, and we had another baptism here in the area, Valeria. I also had a meeting with the Stake President and our Mission President to talk about opening up a new branch here in the stake.  It will be Salsipuedes, which is part of Rio Ceballos (several of my baptisms were in that town).  The plan is to open it up within the next 6 months.  Missionaries will start working there next week, 4 days a week.  We are pretty excited, it was something I had really been pushing for ever since they sent me back to the stake. Sunday night I went to Rio Ceballos and had a meeting with the Bishop there to talk about the logistics of how we were going to start working there.  I also went to Hermana Martinelli's and had pancakes and syrup, just like the old times!

Yesterday was our last mission conference with President Alliaud.  It was by far the best one.  He and the Hermana told us the story of how they met and got married, which was hilarious.  There was a big emphasis on changes, and how changes help us grow.  But we have to be constant in our work, because we are baptizing more than we have in a decade in the mission, and we still have a lot of untapped potential, both in the mission and as individual persons.  

This week I have to do papers and run around the embassies so they can let me out of the country legally.  I will also have my last interview with President, Wednesday and Monday I go to the temple.  Monday I will go to Carlos Paz.  Thursday or Friday I will go work in Rio Ceballos for the last time.  And if all goes well, we should have a baptism or two this last week!  

Love yall!  See you in a week! 

Elder Mangum

San Francisco

Hey fam,

Missionary life is good.  It has been a pretty hectic week, which is why I am writing 

on a Wednesday!  We baptized again, 4 weeks in a row with the font full!  Not too 

shabby, it was the nephew of our ward mission leader, Leo se llama el chico.  We 

worked a lot with our investigators, had a zone meeting, and I did my intercambio 

with Elder Ramirez. A pretty fun week.  

Monday I went with Elder Troncos, who is in charge of the pensions in the mission, to 

San Francisco.  Not the one in California, the one in Argentina.  Its about a 3 hour 

drive. We drove up, there was a terrible fog, we could only see about 10 yards ahead 

of us as we drove.  And on top of that, it was a 2 way highway, where there is no 

barrier between the cars and they come at you 150 KM an hour.  It was an exciting 

trip up there!  We got up there and dropped off the bikes, microwaves, and blenders 

we had brought. One of my old comps, Elder Castro, is one of the zone elders up

there so we had a big Argentine BBQ before we started the drive back.  We got back,

visited a few people in Troncos's area, and then got a call from President inviting us 

to ANOTHER BBQ, because one of the elders from my group had to go home 2 weeks 

early for health issues, and it was his last night.  So we went to this fancy restaurant 

and all ate together.  It was a pretty good day!

Yesterday I went to drop of Elder Nelson at the airport (my buddy who had to go 

home early).  That was a weird experience, seeing as that will be me in 2 weeks...

not something I enjoy thinking about!  Last night we had our mensual meeting with 

the Stake and Mission President.  We talked about opening up 2 new branches in the 

stake, and realigning the limits to make a new ward as well.  We are trying to hasten 

the work here in Estaca Sierras!

Church was interesting on Sunday.  The Elders Quorum President started off his 

lesson saying that women have the priesthood, so it got interesting pretty fast.  

One of the members here is an ex-mission president and is currently in the temple 

presidency here in Córdoba, so he corrected him.  

Love yall!

Elder Mangum