Man, the family is just falling apart without me. Happy gallbladder extraction and pinky-bot!
I still love my new nest at the West Gate. Here's a few reasons why:
- (I think) I'm allowed to steal from the snack stash for the bus drivers. mmm Doritos...
- I get to listen to music while I work. Some of it is actually pretty good.
- I don't have to take french tours.
- I get to chat online a ton more (see stories below)
- People know where to come visit me now
- I get to look things up on google when someone asks me an informational question (I missed google)
- I get to be so many people's first impression of the Church (hopefully I don't mess it up)
- I get to schmeh schmeh with people and make them love me (and the Church) while they wait for the other missionaries to show them around.
- I only have to do the front of my hair now. The back can look like a mess and no one will know.
- We can get all the boring things out of the way (like planning and goal setting) while we're organizing tours and such.
My very favourite people to teach are youth or young adults. We had thousands of them come for a national DECA marketing high school competition. It was so much fun for us. I loved teaching every one of these young people because a) they are honest and open, b) they are SMART, c) they are humble and respectful. d) they're not boring. So many young people in the world have no idea what we believe and I felt so priviledged to be these kids' first contact with the Church. We answered sincere question after sincere question while we showed them the sites. I know a tour is going well when we've been talking for along time and then it feels natural to invite them to learn more either with missionaries in their area, by ordering a Book of Mormon or by keeping in touch with us specifically. We testified of the Book of Mormon and how it changes lives for the better.
My favourite group was a bunch of cute girls. We showed them a 15 minute walk through video called God's Plan. I've seen the movie about a zillion times by now but it's different for me with each group that we watch it with. The first time I saw it was when I was fresh out of the mtc with the other newbies. Everyone cried but I secretly hated it. I thought it was annoying with bad acting. Now when I watch it with people who don't have the simple truths about how families can be together forever through the temple, it's so powerful. When I watched it with these young girls, the Spirit was soooo strong. We were all so moved by the knowledge that happy families are centered on Christ and that we can see our deceased loved ones again. We invited this group to learn more but one of the teachers spoke up and said that they're only interested to learn about mormons and the history of them. Shoot, woman, this is for youuuuu! So she kind of ruined that one for us but I know that those girls felt the Spirit so I can only hope that they'll look into the Church later on in life when they have questions and need guidance.
I got to speak in a random Salt Lake family ward on Sunday. Four of us went to speak and do a musical number. The other three didn't let me play the piano since they needed my voice because they're even less vocally talented than me. The four of us sang I Need Thee Every Hour and two us us sang a few verses as a duet. I think the last time I sang a duet in front of people was with Gennie at Sue's baptism. I'd rather give 2 talks than sing but it was alright. We all talked about learning from the prophets so I specifically talked about having courage like Abinadi. The ward was so precious; most of the people there came up and thanked us so genuinely for coming and spicing up their Sacrament Meeting. I'd do that every week if I could. I only felt half bad for the angry Salt Lake Sisters that belong to that ward.
This morning I had the pleasure of chatting with a ton of trolls online. They all had the same question: why aren't mormons allowed to eat chocolate on Tuesdays. Since we have to treat these trolls like children of God, we tell them that it isn't a rule and invite them to learn more about the gospel. One of them asked, "If Mitt Romney becomes the next president, will trolling mormons online be illegal?" Since we talked to about 10 of these trolls, I got creative with my answers. When we end the chat, we mark it as "prank/troll" and then the next time they go online to chat, they are directed to "The honey pot" where they think they will talk to a missionary soon but it just plays uplifiting videos for them so that they don't waste our time anymore. Duhyaya.
That's it for me. Mother's Day is soon so I have to figure out how to talk to everyone. I'll get back to you on that.
LOVE, SISTER KYLE
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