Hello Family!!
This week has been crazy intense, so this'll be a longer letter than usual :) haha!
Ok, so, first off. We held the funeral for our branch member on Tuesday.
The service was beautiful. Two other members spoke, another member sang
"Amazing Grace." I ended up playing "How Great Thou Art" as a hymn
because it isn't saved in our electric piano, and it was his favorite
hymn. I really loved the service. I really did. Funerals are SUCH
spiritual meetings. I still remember Dirk's funeral, and I think I
always will. The spirit of the talks, coupled with the powerful prayer
of Kaiti's "Be Still My Soul" was staggering. I truly loved it. It
reminds me of a talk given by one of the Apostles. I think it was
Holland who said that funerals are one of the greatest meetings in our
church because of the focus on God's Plan the entire meeting. I think
it's so true!!! So I don't know who said that, or what the actual quote
is, but you can look it up and enjoy it :) All in all, It was a
Wonderful funeral.
Next,
Wednesday was zone conference, and I had an exchange with my district
leader, Elder Mayberry, but at zone conference we did some introductions
because we had some new missionaries. The format was stand up, say your
name, say where you're from, and something interesting about your
companion. So I stood up. I said "I'm Elder Kilbourne. I'm from Draper,
Utah. And something interesting about my companion is... He likes to
shave his legs." People thought it was pretty funny :) Then Elder Adams
stood up and said "I'm Elder Adams. I'm from Highland, Utah. And
something interesting about MY companion is that I got HIM to shave HIS
legs." At this point the whole zone fell apart laughing. Super funny!!
:)
That
night, on the exchange with Elder Mayberry, we received a call from the
zone leaders. They said that a member was moving from the Goldsboro
area and into the Southport area. In addition to the member was a
non-member family, the L family. They said that the Grandmother was
scheduled to be baptized on Saturday, December 15th, but because of the
move it had to be rescheduled. Which means that the baptism will have to
be performed in the Southport Area :) Crazy right?? Super great news!!!
Anyway, something happened and they didn't end up moving out here on
the 15th, but I think they're going to soon, and then we can work with
the L family. Great news!!
Next
on the list, and probably what you're expecting... A's Baptism!!!
So exciting!! Ok so it was scheduled to start at 9. BUT A forgot
something at home, and she lived 30 minutes from the church. So a member
ran to her house, picked it up for her, and came back. So the service
ended up starting at 10 instead. Brother Latta (Elder Adam's Trainer)
flew in the night before to be there, and gave the first talk on
baptism. Then Elder Adam's baptized A. :D :D Next I did my little
piano solo. It was awful... I didn't play well at all. I played the
first page, up to the key change, flawlessly. But I couldn't get down
the rest of the song very well. I didn't have a ton of time to practice,
so after the keychange I just sort of fell apart :/ It was a little
disappointing. I still think people mostly enjoyed it, I think it was
good enough. But NOT up to my standard. After my song, another member,
H R, gave a talk on the Holy Ghost. It was a great service :) A was crying like the whole time. She was so happy to finally be
baptized!! All in all, fantastic service :) P.S. I misplaced my camera,
so I don't have pictures of the service, but I'll steal some from Elder
Adams and the other people taking pictures. It'll be fine! Promise :) :)
Next,
(I told you, big week, long letter), tomorrow is the End of the
transfer. So, the night of the baptism we received a call. Elder Adams
is being transferred. We don't know where. He'll find out at the
meeting on Tuesday. I also don't know who my new companion is. I'll find
that out on Tuesday as well. It's bittersweet... I've really loved
Elder Adams. He's a great missionary :) He really is. He's super
obedient, super humble... I couldn't have asked for a better trainer.
But I'm looking forward to new experiences with my new companion. We'll
continue to work hard!!
Ok,
so, spiritual time. Last week's scripture, for those who didn't find
it, was Mosiah 12:27. YAY!!! This week's Scripture to Find is.. "I glory
in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath
redeemed my soul from hell" So happy hunting!! But I really love this
scripture. It's simple. It's straightforward. And it's so hopeful and
Happy! This scripture echos my own personal testimony. I too glory in
plainness. I too glory in truth. And I too glory in my Jesus. I
ESPECIALLY glory in my Jesus. I've looked back a little bit this week to
see how far I've come since I've been on my mission. I don't have the
testimony I want yet, but I can definitely say that I'm closer. I know
how much happier I am now. Truly. I have such peace in my life.
Something I've noticed though is that peace is not the same as comfort
:) It seems like when I'm working the hardest is when I have the most
peace. Just a thought :)
Well,
that closes this weeks letter. I love you all!! I miss you :) I hope
you have wonderful weeks!! I hope you have a white christmas!! I miss
the snow!! Acutally, with that thought, we SORT OF had snow. It was
cold, and sort of raining, but it was icy sort of things. Our district
called it snow. It wasn't GREAT snow, and it wasn't heavy, but there was
SLIGHT snow this week. :D Made me happy.
WELL. I'll close now :) I love you!!! HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!
Love, Elder Kilbourne
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