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Hey vatos,

Yesterday was Family Day here in Canada. So the libraries were closed. But it is really sweet that they have a day like that here. Most people have the day off of work and they are encouraged to spend the day with their families. Only if everyday was like that. On my mission I have truly realized that the family is everything to God. Therefore it should be everything to us.

We have had some great expereinces this past week. I will share a few cool ones. We have been trying lately to split up our area into more managable "sectors". So we divided each ward up into about 4 sections. And we stay in the area already chosen for a couple of hours each day. Seeing who we can find and the people that we can serve in that little square. It helps us focus and talk to more people on the street. We haven't had a lot of time to try it out, but as we have tried it, it has really helped. One day we talked to this Muslim man for about an hour. The first thing that he told us was that "The mormons are the closest to Islam than other religion." We then talked about prophets and the beliefs that we share. We talked also about how they don't believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, but rather just a prophet. It gave us an opportunity to bare testimony and it ended up with him wanting to read the Book of Mormon. It was interesting, because I actually felt sad for this man, because he doesn't have the benefit of believing in Jesus Christ. This belief gives me hope and assures me that I am on the right path. Interesting testimony builder.

We were talking to a inactive return missionary this week and the Spirit was so strong. We were able to talk to him and get him to open up. The Spirit guided us to invite him to pray, more than once. It was interesting how easy it was for him to change the subject when we asked him to pray. He finally faced his fear and allowed the Spirit to teach his heart. He prayed to his Father in Heaven for the first time in 8 years vocally. It showed me that we need to be that much more righteous becasue the Spirit works through us. We both sat back and watched the Lord touch this broken man's heart. I love this work. You know that.

We are now volunteering at a nursing home here close to were we live and it is so fun visiting with these aged souls. They make us laugh and we are happy to help. I love how service has become something that I look forward to. And a cool thing that we discoved was that the main lady we will be working with speaks Spanish. She is from Columbia and she has known missonaries before. I love how the Lord puts you in unexpected circumstances to bless his children.

I dont know if you have seen the Mormon message called Earthly Father, Eternal Father, but if not, watch it. We have been showing this to all the people we visit lately and it is amazing the Spirit that is brings. To help people understand the simple truth that we have a Father in heavan that loves us. It helps me press on in the hard moments, which are sometimes many. This simple truth has been confused and is misportrayed many times and it is so great to have a living prophet on the earth to show us this doctrine that gives us motivation to keep on living.

Elder Schubbert and I are staying together for at least one more transfer. I am so excited. He is so fun and such a great comp. We are moving apartments though. With the influx of missionaries, we are moving to the basement of a member that lives across the street from one of our stake centers. It will be good because we can walk over every morning and work out.

Luv ya all,

Mucho Amor
Elder Kipp