Hey, guess what? Okay I'll tell you. I love my job! I felt like fire all week. Not in a- Carson's legs kind of fire but a- this work is awesome kind of fire. First off, I got to take the Kyles ft. Kenny, Brittany and Harper on a "french" tour of the Beehive House. I thought I was all surprised out but apparently there was a secret Kyle reunion in Utah so it was sooo fun to see everyone. I didn't get to take Brittany on a tour of the Temple Square tunnels but I did explore them a little with my companion a few days ago. There's like a whole underground village down there. We weren't sure if we were suppose to be there but hey, our swipe cards unlocked all the doors. Mostly what I saw were random offices for gardeners and storage space for the tabernacle. My exploring the tunnels days have only begun.
The highlight of my week was zone conference at President Gillette (my mission pres)'s house. His house is like a never ending really homey jungle gym. We were taught there by the president and his wife, the assistant to the Presidents, our zone leaders, and the two senior couple missionaries. Everything was so inspired and awesome. I learned about how "The Standard of Truth" applies directly to our call centers. It goes like so:
The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear; till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done.
I'm still kind of weird about using the phone sometimes but the truth of God will sweep every country and be sounded in every ear by the (temple square) missionaries over the phone. Who am I to stop that?
The couple missionaries shared so many spirit-filled experinces with us but I'll save that for another time. In short, I felt like fire all day and then after our zone conference we had a district meeting. In our role play, I got to play the coveted role of the Spirit. We had like 7 missionaries involved in the role-play and I got to creep around the circle and act like the spirit by telling people what to say or do. It was fun but it actually did help me to pay attention to the promptings of the spirit in real life.
We had a couple solid hours of square time yesterday and we had two awesome tours in a row. I feel so blessed to be a missionary here because I get to teach so many people like a regular missionary does but we have so many things on the square to bring the message to life. In one tour, we had two members of the Church from Arizona and two non-members form NY. It could have been awkward for either of the groups but we just turned it into a teaching lesson with members present. We were able to teach the non-members about our basic beliefs and use the members' testimonies to add to the powerful Spirit that was there. As we ended our tour a the Christus statue, the couple from NY asked us what we believe about the after-life. They remembered that we talked about seeing our loved ones again so we re-testified about the atonement of Christ and the rold of the temple. We could tell that their eyes had been open throughout the tour and they were just hoping that they would agree with our belief in the afterlife so they were releived to hear our testimonies about it. Then they told us that they had a son and the man's mother recently pass away so they were looking for comfort. And WHAM, I told them right there that they could be comforted and learn more about the power of the Atonement by reading the Book of Mormon so I invited them to meet with missionaries in NY. They took the refferral cards and said that they would. (The goal is to have them fill it out on the spot and give it back to you which they did not do but hey, you can't have it all).
We're teaching a 70 year old man over the phone who committed to going to Church on Sunday if he's still alive by then. Grandpa Kyle? Anyway, he's really receptive of the things we teach him but his biggest problem is with Jospeh Smith. He believes in the first vision but called me out on referring to him as Jospeh Smith not Joseph Smith Jr. Apparently I give his dad all the credit so that must be corrected. Shoot.
ADIOS CHACHIS
Love- Sister Kyle
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