In other news, a small group of us sisters got to sing at a Church up by the UofU for some kind of institute director training. There were a couple (non-12) general authorities there including one of my new faves, Elder Donald L. Hallstrom. The whole thing was cool but a little strange. About 20 of us young girls sang to a chapel full of old men in suits. We sang a precious primary song medley for the prelude and then after the opening prayer, we sang a super intense song about joy and the second coming. I think we blew their faces off with our intensity and then walked off the stand. So... on that note they started their spiritual meeting.
A few days ago, Sister Vachie and I were walking to the south visitor center when we noticed a man just outside the gate who was waving at us to come over. We looked around to make sure he wasn't motioning to anyone else and at a distance, we saw him raise his Book of Mormon and then put it down on the ground beside him like he was surrendering his gun. We got closer to him and I told him to come inside the gates. He told us that he wasn't allowed on the property and then it soon became obvious why. He told us about how he wants to be filthy rich but he read a scripture that says he needs to seek the kingdom of God first. So, I think this was him trying to seek God's kingdom. I asked him what kind of riches he wanted and he said GOLD. "I love gold. All kinds of gold!" Then he showed us his gold tooth. I asked what he wants to do with all the gold and he said, "Everything! I want to swim in it!" Then he complained about praying all day outside the Temple. He didn't want to wait around for God. I asked him why he was waiting. We had a 5 minute conversation that obviously didn't go many places. Our fun ended when President Harmon from our mission presidency came and told our Gold-loving friend, Daniel that we were really busy. We had another run in with a crazy named Diane but that's another story for another day.
Sister Vach and I have been seeing a lot of success with teaching people on the square and so that and conference quickly led to us being super overwhelmed with our online area book and all of our duties as missionaries. I never thought I'd complain about having too many precious souls to teach. We had a tour with an amazing, young, dating couple from France and Texas who live in Oklahoma. He went to a Christian prep school and she was French so I was a little scared to teach because closed minded Christians and closed minded Frenchies are my worst enemies. Buuuut, they were amazing. They wanted to know how our Church was established so we got right into teaching the restoration. We could see things clicking in their minds as we taught them about Lehi's family traveling to America and building a (sometimes) faithful society. The best thing though of every tour is a) feeling the Spirit work through me and b) watching the effect of the Spirit in the eyes/on the faces of those we teach. They couldn't deny the power that came from the eternal truths we were teaching them. So they took a Book of Mormon each and are going to meet with missionaries in Oklahoma this week. WHAT UP.
A few days ago, Sister Vachie and I were walking to the south visitor center when we noticed a man just outside the gate who was waving at us to come over. We looked around to make sure he wasn't motioning to anyone else and at a distance, we saw him raise his Book of Mormon and then put it down on the ground beside him like he was surrendering his gun. We got closer to him and I told him to come inside the gates. He told us that he wasn't allowed on the property and then it soon became obvious why. He told us about how he wants to be filthy rich but he read a scripture that says he needs to seek the kingdom of God first. So, I think this was him trying to seek God's kingdom. I asked him what kind of riches he wanted and he said GOLD. "I love gold. All kinds of gold!" Then he showed us his gold tooth. I asked what he wants to do with all the gold and he said, "Everything! I want to swim in it!" Then he complained about praying all day outside the Temple. He didn't want to wait around for God. I asked him why he was waiting. We had a 5 minute conversation that obviously didn't go many places. Our fun ended when President Harmon from our mission presidency came and told our Gold-loving friend, Daniel that we were really busy. We had another run in with a crazy named Diane but that's another story for another day.
Sister Vach and I have been seeing a lot of success with teaching people on the square and so that and conference quickly led to us being super overwhelmed with our online area book and all of our duties as missionaries. I never thought I'd complain about having too many precious souls to teach. We had a tour with an amazing, young, dating couple from France and Texas who live in Oklahoma. He went to a Christian prep school and she was French so I was a little scared to teach because closed minded Christians and closed minded Frenchies are my worst enemies. Buuuut, they were amazing. They wanted to know how our Church was established so we got right into teaching the restoration. We could see things clicking in their minds as we taught them about Lehi's family traveling to America and building a (sometimes) faithful society. The best thing though of every tour is a) feeling the Spirit work through me and b) watching the effect of the Spirit in the eyes/on the faces of those we teach. They couldn't deny the power that came from the eternal truths we were teaching them. So they took a Book of Mormon each and are going to meet with missionaries in Oklahoma this week. WHAT UP.
My two favorite investigators are two 18 year old girls. I've mentioned each of them in my emails. They don't know each other because one lives in Washington and one lives in Scotland but they lead such similar lives. Ashley is amazing and her parents still think the Book of Mormon is Satan's book. She meets with local missionaries occasionally so we just call her once a week. Her faith goes up and down like any regular human but she knows she wants to follow Christ and be baptize in this Church. We're praying hard for her parents to be accepting of her so that she can get baptized in a month. She was so sweet on the phone with us yesterday and wanted to reassure us that our work doesn't go unnoticed and that us teaching her will affect generations. That is nice to hear because I've seen a heck of a lot of miracles from the initial contact with people but with Ashley, I'll be able to see results. The three of us (me, Ashley, Sister Vach) are excited for a face to face meeting in Seattle someday soon. Gerie, our great Scott, is a fireball. Sister Vach and I both picture her with red hair because she's both fiery and Scottish but apparently that is not the case. Sad. She is also 18 and her parents recently softened their hearts and decided to let her keep living with them as long as she never talks about Church. Being the boss that she is, she still decided to move out so that she can live in peace and maintain a good relationship with her parents. Gerie thought her and her dad were going to take a ride in the car a few weeks ago but they happened to end up at a Jehovah's Witness Church where Gerie faced 40 elders in the JW high council who accused her of apostasy... I KNOW! She said that she knew exactly what apostasy was and she had found a Church that has actual truth in it. She invited her dad to go visit the lds Church which was just 5 minutes away from where they were. He refused to go and she paralleled her situation with his. She's such a redhead.
Well, I'm off to the roller rink with my zone. CHOW.
LOVE, SISTER KYLE
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