Hola mis amigos y familia,

 

I have been thinking a lot lately about how blessed we truly are. To have the knowledge of the Restored Gospel is just an amazing thing to understand. I hope that anyone who wonders why we are so happy and really peculiar to read the Book of Mormon and find out who we really are. I am sure that you will be surprised.

 

If you have not gotton a chance to see the latest Bible Video on lds.org I reccomend that you go see it. It is about the woman that is healed from her "issue of blood" by simply touching the clothing of the Savior. (Mark 5:22-43) This is my favorite story in the New Testament because it demonstrates true faith in the Savior. We are all trying to get to this point and I hope that I can get to this point quicker in my life. But I know that it is a lot of work.

 

I am really red. I got sunburned yesterday while we were at P-Day. Yeah, I know that you are probably thinking that that is not possible in Canada, but I got fried. But it was really fun. On Sunday it was Canada Day. The Canadian equivalent to Independance Day. So one of the members had a BBQ for all the Elders in the Zone and we played beach volleyball, pingpong, and foosball. It was really nice of them and it was a good change from basketball, even though I love playing basketball.  I reminded me of the San Diego sand and it really felt good to ge the ol' toes in the sand.

 

We have been really busy these past couple of weeks. We are still meeting with all our investigators and most of them are progressing very well. German decided to move his baptismal date to July 21st because he wants his wife to be more okay with the decison. The missionaries down in Mexico are going to visit them and answer any questions that they may have. It is such a testimony that this work is true. Missionaries in two different countires are working to help the same family find the truth. He is still really learning a lot and he has actually been going to High Priests every week with a member in the Forrest Heights ward. Hermano Mesen is our Stake representative for one of our stakes and him and his wife are fellowshipping masters. They both served missions and love helping us out. But German is learning very rapidly and I cannot wait for him to recieve the Gift of the Holy Ghost so his learning can grow even more. Unfortunately, Mauricios' mother went into the hospital about two days after our really great lesson with him and his big change. So he has not been able to meet with us for about a week and a half. So we are guessing that his baptism is going to be moving back. But we are still hopeful that he will be able to keep pushing through adversity.

 

We are going to stop meeting with Ruben and Cindy. They are just not progressing and they are having some trouble committing to some of the concepts that we are teaching them. It is really hard to stop teaching someone, but sometimes it is necassery in order for the purposes of the Lord to move forward. It allows us to focus our efforts on someone else and also it allows them to ponder on the things that they have learned. But it is still hard. We are still meeting with Justine and Cloti and they are still going strong. They are continuing to read and Cloti has really been getting involved with Young Womens. She might even be going to girls camp next week. They got hungup on 1st Nephi 4 (Laban) but we cleared it up and they continue to have really good questions.

 

I give my love to everyone and hope that all is well.

 

Mucho mucho amor,

 

Elder Kipp