5.21.11 HAPPY KYLE

well this week was crazy full of stuff on the to-do list. we had 2 zone
interview meetings and the big multi-zone conference with the big lunch
afterwards!
lots of things going on with the upcoming mission split and the next few
groups of new incoming missionaries are HUGE in order to recuperate the loss
that will occur in the split. in a week and a half we have about 20 coming
and only 4 going then the next change 32 coming and 12 going so we are
opening lots of areas and its a lot to do but all in an amazing spirit of
growth and realization of this marvelous work that we take part in. in my
position its been hard to face the fact that i dont get as much time to go
out and teach in my area and a lot of the free time we have to teach is used
visiting others in their areas, so last night i was able to visit Elder
Facer(financial secretary) from Idaho Falls and teach two lessons with him.
we first visited a man in his late 20´s early 30´s who is going to be
baptized next week, and we were accompanied by his cousin and mother who are
members and we taught of the Sabbath Day and I was so amazed at the spirit
felt in the lesson and the great things I learned from John and his desire
to really dedicate his life to following Jesus Christ. i am so impressed by
the fact that the smallest children and those who are recently familiar to
the True Gospel are able to teach me so much and help me in my spirtitual
and temporal progress. i hope you all keep the spirit of humility and
learning as you all have close relations to many little ones and those
without kids have their kids(classroom stacie!) and peter in all your well
educated co-workers who i am sure have much to give.

anyway, our second visit we taught a little old couple and as we finished
the short lesson about the Book of Mormon with this little old guy, i had
just been sharing with them that as the introduction states, within the Book
of Mormon, all men can come to know what they need to do to find peace in
this life and eternal salvation in the life to come. as i mentioned those
words and promised them that the Book of Mormon would bless them the husband
spoke up and said "well Christ came and showed us the way and we have to
follow Him" i was able to confirm his statement and invite him to do so
through baptism and it was so amazing to see how those special words of that
invitation made him smile and his eyes lit up as he said "YES, i HAVE to do
it" even though his wife was saying she was gonna wait longer to prepare
herself he was fighting(like grandmas and grandpas do) and he was insisting
that they had to do it because they don´t know when it will be too late. it
was a sweet little lesson and i just realized i haven´t shared with you all
my little daily testimony building experiences. i know this is the Lord´s
work and that He lives. I love Him and wish to return and live with you all
in His presence. may you all pray for me and the people i am teaching.
(Hermana Enith and Hermana Kimberly en especial)
Chao-Elder Nichols