¡Hola Amigos!

Como va todo,

This week was pretty crazy with all the rain here. If you haven't heard, a lot of areas close to Calgary are getting flooded out. We are lucky to be farther north, but they were pretty scared that the river here in Red Deer was going to flood. We kept watch but everything is looking safe now. It is looking beautiful and sunny here now.

The missionary broadcast was a highlight last night. The hastening of the work is amazing and it is such a blessing to be a part of it during this time. If you haven't got a chance to watch it, I highly recommend it. But it talked a lot about the importance of member missionary work and how the full- time missionaries can be more involved in the ward's missionary work. It made me excited to go home and become an awesome member missionary. We are going to be going to our ward council in a couple of weeks and helping them impliment the ideas we have and also find out what they need from us. Our ward is really cooperative and I am excited to help the members find more missionary opportunities. Next week I will be talking along with our ward mission leader in sacrament meeting. I am really pumped to give some guidance.

Working with the youth of the ward that are preparing for missions is still going great. They are all making great steps and we are happy that we are a part of it. We are even starting to practice teaching so that when they get to the MTC they will have a little leg up. It is also a great missionary opportunity because they are trying to invite some of their friends to listen in. We are also working with a less-active member named Sister Jabbar and she has come to church for the past 2 weeks. It is really cool to hear her say that she is feeling better and the Spirit is stronger. She is the example for her family and she is making great progress. I love working with less active people because most of the time they get it, they just need to be reminded of it.

The 4 new greenies in the zone are doing great. We are happy to have such a new zone. It brings fire and obedience into the work. I love being a leader, even though it can be overwhelming at times. I love the work and I know the Lord concecrates all my efforts. Anyone contemplating whether to serve or not, just do it. You will not regret it. The work needs you and you need the work. Like Dad always says, "There is nothing bad about missionary work."

Mucho Amor,

Elder Kipp

Hey everybody!

How is everything rollin?

 

I don't have a lot of time today because of tranfers. We have to get everything set for people leaving and coming to the zone on Wednesday. Elder Vega will be killing me off. Or in regular lingo, he will be my last and final companion in the mission. He is hilarious. He said "I am going to kill you so hard!", when we didn't get a transfer call. But there are a lot of changes in our zone and we are looking forward to it. We are getting like 4 greenies. Booyah!!

 

We got a new investigator this week. Her name is anna and she is marreid to a less-active member. They are really cool and she is really interested. We are really trying to push the importance of the Book of Mormon with them, and she is really excited to find out about the church. She asked a golden question as well, "So what made you know its true?" And you know missionaries love sharing about their own conversions. I love the spirit that comes with talking about spiritual knowledge. They look promising.

 

It was really good to see Wilson and Misty. We had a great time and I am looking forward to seeing them again.

 

I love this work. I know I say that a lot, but its true.

 

Mucho Amor,

 

Elder Kipp

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Hola muchachos,

How is everything going in the lives of everyone that reads these? I hope that you get some inspiration from these letters because I sure am having a wonderful time out here. I hope that all my experiences will help someone out. Thanks for always reading and I can feel all your prayers.

So things are going good. This week was full of days of Zone leader things. We got to go on exchanges with Sylvan Lake. Really different going on exchanges within your ward, just another part of it. They are doing great work out there and we are really moving the work forward with the ward. We are having a lot more correlation with the ward mission leader and the ward missionaries. We are going through our ward mission plan and seeing how we can modify it to meet the needs of the ward. There are a lot of members of the ward that are missionary minded and we are trying to focus the effort so that we can help more people.

We left Thursday night and went to Edmonton for MLC and exchanges with the assistants. It was fun staying at the assistant's pad for two nights. We are going to be seeing a lot of them because they are coming down tomorrow for zone conference on Wednesday. Talk about busy. We gave a training at MLC on effective studies and helping missionaries have more spiritual experiences with their studies. I have learned a lot about studying on my mission (you were right Dad). But it was President Campbells last meeting with all of us together. He is leaving in 2 weeks. But he gave the most powerful testimony I have heard from him and he pretty much handed the mission over to us and told us that we need to hold everything up as the shift happens. The spirit was incredibly strong and we all feel comfortable with the responsibilty. I love that man with all my heart and know he is called of God through inspiration. We are looking forward to Zone Conference this week and I will let you all know how it goes.

I send my love and respect,
Elder Kipp