Gracias

Hey everyone,

 

It was great to be able to call home yesterday. My last call, and I can't believe it. Time goes by so fast. I love how the prophet and apostles council us on enjoying the little moments in life. If I didnt I think that I would go crazy. Also I have been thinking a lot lately on how when we think "Wo is me", we should shift our focus on the things that we are grateful and remembering to say "Gracias". A thankful heart shoves all anger and sadness from a tough day. Let us all be thankful for what our Father gives us. Especially our families. Good to talk to my family, and I wish that more could have been there.

 

Well last week was pretty hectic (hence no email). But how did you like the qoute? Our area was split in two! We knew about it for a long time but we couldn't disclose the information. Secret Business. But we are super excited to have another set of elders in the ward and so is the ward. Elder Coomer is new and is from West Phoenix and Elder Rydalch is from Oakley, Utah. They are both here to work. A lot of the week was spent on getting them moved into their new apartment and helping them get situated. Also getting all the other missionaries situated becasue of transfers. We got three new elders and sisters fresh from the MTC. Our zone is pretty young. You know what that means GREENY FIRE. Its the best. We are seeing growth in number of investigators and eventually we will see more people entering the kingdom of God. Which os good for everyone. We also had to prepare a Zone Training Meeting for Thursday. It went very well with our three trainings. One on helping people understand the "Why" of going to church, another on teaching people and not just lessons, and also how conversion is directly related to obedience. I love being able to train missionaries because you end up learning the most.

 

We had a good week teaching less active members. We had a very powreful lesson with a couple that hasn't been to church for a while. We explained the PLan of Salvation and it was really cool how the Spirit directed the lesson to prophets. We ended up testifying of modern day prophets and the Spirit was really filling the room. You could tell that that was exactly what they needed. We are struggling to find investigators at the moment but not loosing momentum. The ward is really responding to us meeting their friends and just the challange to get to know us. We are excited to see what will come of it. We are going to find someone ready this week. I can feel it.

 

Luv you all a bunch and hope the blessings of heavan be upon you all.

 

Mucho Amor

 

Elder Kipp