Let It Snow!

Hola vatos!

¿Cómo le va el frio? I hear that it has been pretty cold down in the states. That is good. Now you all can know how we all feel up here in Canada. It hasn't been extremely cold here, but we are getting lots of snow. I call it heaven dust. It just looks so good on all the pine trees. The roads have been a little bit more slippery, but Elder Schubert is a great driver and we have a Subaru Impreza that is all wheel drive, so great in the snow.

I have to say that I am still happy to be here in this area. After almost 15 months in the same place, you really get to know the memebers and learn how to work with them. The Lord is blessing this area with people that want to hear the message and I am so grateful to be here to see it all pan out. We keep finding people to teach and that is the important part. It was hard to say goodbye to our Elder Doxey, but I know that he will do a great job down in the south side. Elder Schubert and I both looked at each other when we got back to the pad, we looked around and it felt quiet and empty. But we are doing better now. Still pushing the work forward.

We had a great week last week. We picked up some new investigators that we are hoping can start coming to church. One guy's name is Miguel and we met him through an inactive guy. He is from Mexico and up here working. Really humble and we feel like ready to hear the message we bring. We are also teaching Ruben and Cindy again. It has been about 6 months and we got to talking with them on Friday and they seem to be open again to meeting with us. But its amazing to keep in contact with people and see how much they have changed in six months. I am super excited to meet with them again. Eduardo is still on track fot the 26th of January. The underlying theme yesterday at church was true conversion. It really hit home with him and he is looking forward to his baptism. He is a little scared though to get into the water, but we reassured him that he could plug his nose. haha We found a guy in his ward that drives trucks as well, and they really get along. Remember to always keep yourself open to fellowship people that are trying to learn about the gospel.

I have been studying a lot lately on the "enabling power of the Atonement". It is really helping me realize that people who have a temple reccomend and are following the commandment, still need to utilize the atonement. Not to go from bad to good, but to go from good to better. It is really true. Missionaries use the Atonement so much to become more like the Savior. When there is a problem that we can't fix we rely on the power of heaven to give us strength. The Lord never really takes the problem away, but he gives us the strength so that it does not seem that bad. I love the Atonement and realize how infinite it really is everyday.

I love you all and I love this work.

Mucho Amor,

Elder Kipp