Alright, so this week has been pretty amazing. We had a lot of member
lessons, a lot of lessons in general, and some new investigators that we
taught.
First
off, this week I've been missing snow. But it's only fall here. The
leaves are in the middle of changing, and boy is it a sight!! They're so
pretty!! Single trees are red, orange, AND yellow. It's very pretty :)
I'll try to send a picture. Anyway, one day, it was a little bit cold,
and I had been missing snow because I"ve been hearing about snow back
home. One day we get out of the car, and it's snowing!!! But not really.
I just thought it was. The cotton plants are bloomig or something and
there were a TON of those dandelion floaters around, so it completely
looked like snow!! But it wasn't... So it was a little bit depressing.
Haha I thought it was funny though, I was so excited!! Then I felt
pretty dumb. Oh well :)
We
met with a lot of investigators, and many are progressing. We had to
drop the baptismal date with L because she didn't make it to
Sacrament Meeting, but we saw her this morning, and we're going to see
her Wednesday, so hopefully we can get on track. The highlight of this
week might have been last night though. We met with D. He's
about 40 or so, and he's married to a member in our Branch. D has
been meeting with the missionaries for like 5 years now, and he just
hasn't had a witness of the truth so he hasn't been baptized. What's
funny though is he has a calling. He's the Cub Scout leader with
his wife. He comes to church every Sunday. He's practically Mormon, but
won't get baptized. Anyway, we finally taught him last night. We
haven't been able to meet with him since I've been here, so it was the
first time we taught him. Last night we were reteaching him the
restoration, and we were talking about receiving answers and we were
sort of evaluating how he was doing, and if he was working for an
answer, and if he even had a desire to receive one. He said that he felt
like he was in a boat, and he was rowing toward an island, and the
island wasn't getting any closer and that sometimes he just needs to
take a break. WELL. For some reason I felt like sharing the experience I
had of kayaking the Napali Coast with Dad and Kaiti. I talked about how
when we started, the tour guides told us that lunch was around the
cliff on the horizon, and that it was about 9 miles away. I talked about
how when we first started, we didn't quite know how to work the kayak,
especially in a partnership. I told him how as we kayaked that it seemed
like the cliff never got any closer. BUT I also talked about how there
were two people in the kayak. That after the first mile we could work in
combination and we started to figure it out. I talked about how the end
never really got closer, but we could look back and see how far we've
come. I talked about how I got really hungry before lunch, but it
wouldn't work to stop. I had to push harder to make it to the lunch
spot. I talked about how I would take breaks every once in a while
because I got tired or sore, but when I did that, all the weight was on
Dad, and we stopped going forward. I found out that when I worked
through the tiredness, I sort of went numb or whatever and I could just
keep going. Anyway, It completely corrolated to his situation. We asked
him to look back and see how far he's come. And that made him think.
Then I asked him about the cliff. I asked if he was hungry. He said "I'm
starving!" to which I said, "Row faster!!" :) :) Good stuff!! His wife
was also with us, and she was sort of prodding him. She was talking
about getting sealed in the temple and everything. You can tell she
really wants him to join so they can seal their family... So she was an
excellent addition :) By the end of the night we set a baptismal date
with him for the 30th or 29th of December. I can't remember which is
Saturday, but basically the end of the year. We're seeing them again on
Saturday, which is a ways off but they honestly couldn't meet with us
any sooner so we'll have to make do. Anyway, the lesson last night was
pretty great :)
Funny
side story on last night.... They have a girl about 4 named A.
She's a little bossy, and it seems like her favorite phrase is "I'm the
boss!!" It's really funny. This is my first time in their home, but
Sister said that A whispered in her ear and said "I like the
new missionary's laugh!" Which is huge. She doesn't give compliments
apparently :) I thought that was funny. A few minutes later, Elder Adams
asked her if she like him, and she said "NO!!" So then I asked her if
she liked me, and she looked at her mom, and whispered in her ear, and
Sister said "Yep! She likes you!!" Again, pretty funny. After that,
Sister asked her who her favorite person in the world is. Her mom
said, "Is it me? Is it Big D (meaning Brother )?)" Then A
whispered in her ear. Then Sister was like, "Oh no, honey!! He
can't be your favorite person. You just met him!!!" Bahaha I met this
four year old last night and I'm already her favorite person. I thought
it was hilarious :D
For
the spiritual thought I'll challenge everyone to read their scriptures
this week. We had a really good talk yesterday about that, and I want to
challenge everyone reading to read for 5 minutes everyday this week!!
Just 5 minutes. Not 5 pages, not 5 verses, not 5 chapters. 5 Minutes.
You can spare the time, promise!! :) Let me know any neat stories you
have if it helps!!
Well,
time is running out. I'm not sure what else to say, but this week has
been really great :) Mail has been a little backed up lately, so
hopefully I get that package soon!! I'm looking forward to it :)
I
love you all!! And miss you. It sounds like you're doing well though!!
I'm completely jealous about Thanksgiving!! That was a fun holiday with
the family :) It sounds like things are going well though, which makes
me happy :)
Until next week, HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!
Love Elder Kameron Kilbourne
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