Hola civilians,
This week was mostly a party. I got to see my kids!!! And some Kyles/other Possins/a Yam. I'll expect a visit from the Danners and the Airdrie Kyles next month. One of the T2 sisters told on Linda and said she somewhat passed out in the south visitor centre. I wish I could have joined...
On that same Saturday I got to go to the baptism of Paul... something a-rather. Paul and his wife live in West Jordan and came with their Elders on a tour of Temple Square so we got to show them around. His wife is a member but didn't go to Church for a long time until now. We got to teach them about the Temple and eternal families while we showed them the sites here. They are both super duper nice and covered in tattoos. Paul has a tiny heart tattooed under one eye and two deardrops under the other. Does that mean he killed a man? Well either way, repentence is a beautiful thing.
Name drop of the week: We saw Elder Anderson, one of the twelve apostles, on the square with his wife and three grandkids. Then his family members came to the Beehive house without him so we took the 4 of them on a tour. No big deal. We also got to go to music and the spoken word and the Prophet just happened to be there. He was guarded safely in a booth so that people like myself wouldn't swarm him. You win some, you lose some.
On Sunday we received a bomb threat from a canadian man named Shabalaba who called in from Africa. Sometimes people think they're funny. Don't get any ideas.
Alright so my favourite lesson of the week was with a member of the Church who sings in the MoTab choir and her non-member friends from Toronto. Miracles happen when people have their hearts open to learning from the Spirit as we teach. The member is basically the kind of person I want to be after my mission only I'll have flatter hair. She gave such a powerful summary of the Book of Mormon and we testified of its truth with our personal experiences. The non-member woman couldn't understand why people would ever be against such a book with such a promise. So she downloaded the Book of Mormon on her ipad and I think it's safe to assume that her life got that much better.
The hardest lesson of the week was on Monday. We took two guests around who both knew nothing about the Church. One woman from D.C was an angry elf to begin with because I think she came ready to be offended by our beliefs. The first question she shot at us was about the blacks receiving the preisthood. We did our best to answer her that God loves his children equally and that everything happens in God's time. Both of these women could not believe that we had a living prophet today. Most people who we talk to think that a prophet could be a help in their lives but this one woman in particualr basically laughed at us and mocked us. She shot so many questions at us the whole time that it was impossible to get anywhere in the conversation. This is really hard for me because we actually do have an answer for everything but not everything can be learned all at once. We're just suppose to direct the questions toward the Restoration of the gospel or the reality of Christ's atonement. Some people give me and my companion less credit like these ladies did because both our parents were members of the Church before us. We testify over and over again that the things we know are true to us and not just our parents. They also couldn't believe that I was okay with not being able to hold the Preisthood. I told them straight up that I don't need the priesthood. The Lord blesses women with so many other things. The Preisthood is the power and gift from God given to worthy men and they can use it to bless my life. Sounds like a good plan to me. So many people seem to think that being the prophet is the most desired position and ranking in the Church. We teach over and over that there are so many good people in the world who just don't have that calling of leadership and responisbility that the prophet has. Anyway, so that tour was kind of a bummer. Mostly what's hard for me is to be treated like an amish person who doesn't know anything for myself. I can tell when people are secretly (or openly) mocking me. I think my companion is blessed to sometimes not be aware of those cases.
This email is long; so sue me. This morning in the Beehive House we had an amazing tour that reminded me why I'm really here. We got to take a man from New Jersey on a tour and he had so many questions for us. His questions were the good kind where we could actually teach him. We told him that he could have a Book of Mormon which testifies of Chirst and is the evidence of the truthfulness of Jospeh Smith. He told us that he thinks these things can benefit his life so I've already sent the referral online and he should expect the missionaries in a week or two or hopefully not three. Yusss!
Life is good. We're headed to East High (where Hish School Musical was filmed) for a zone activity today. So in short, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!
LOVE YOU ALL!!!
-Sister Kyle
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