Hello Family!!!
This week as been pretty uneventful... Well, sort of. Elder Bentley's
bike broke when we were like 3 miles from home, so we called the other
Elders to come and save us. That was interesting!! We've finalized our
plans for our baptism on the 20th!! So that's pretty great.
Ok,
the Baptism on the 20th is for a kid named S. He's 13, and
he was already being taught when I transferred in. However, his dad, who
is not a member, wanted him to wait about a month before he set a date
to be baptized. So, the month mark has passed and we're all set to go!! His dad is a non-member, but his dad's girlfriend IS a mormon, and
has two twin daughters who are 8 who are going to be baptized soon as
well. He really wants to be baptized and
he's really excited for it :)
Other
upcoming baptisms: We have one on the 27th with a girl we found. The
first week we were here we found a less active woman from the Island of
Palau. She has a 13 year old daughter named V that she wants to be
baptized. We've been working with her, and she's solid for the 27th! :)
Her dad is a catholic, but as far as we've heard he is ok with her being
baptized.
Then on the 30th we have an 11 year old boy named C
getting baptized. Elder Bentley was working with his mother, who is less
active, when he was here about a year ago. When we got called to the
area, we checked in on them and asked her if we could teach C the
lessons, and she said that would be fine! Since then she has been
returning to activitity!! Up until like 3 weeks ago she hadn't been to
church in over 15 years, pretty crazy right? But he's solid. C is
super open, which is nice. He loves baseball, which Elder Bentley did at
home, and he also loves Call of Duty, so we both have ways to connect
with him. It's pretty great :)
So as far as the baptisms go, i think we're doing pretty dang well :)
Alright
so TOMORROW is very special day for me!! It's my 6 month mark!!! Which
honestly doesn't mean a whole lot. It's really more of the point where
you realize the mission does in fact have an end. It's weird to think
I've been out for a fourth of my mission!! It doesn't feel like it's
been that long. Luckily I've had a very good experience since I've been
out :) I feel like I've changed. I hope I've changed!!! I think one of
the most significant changes I've had is perspective of what matters. I
think before my mission I didn't really have a goal of who I wanted to
be, or where I wanted to be in life. I think a big reason for that was
knowing that I was going to serve a mission and that I would likely
change and make decisions while on the mission. Which I have. But since
I've been out I've noticed little things that can be fine tuned. I've
given more attention to what I want to accomplish as a person. I've also
noticed moderation in all things. I feel like I have a purpose, and I
know where I'm going. One of the greatest things I've learned on the
mission is how to be a better member of the gospel. There is so much
that we as members can do to help the work!! I've realized the value and
importance of Home and Visiting teaching. Also, the importance of being
an example to those around us and reaching out to everyone!! The gospel
is super easy to share if we incorporate it :)
Ummm...
Not much else to say. No drug busts this week. No bumper bikes where I
got owned by the pavement... We've actually been relatively safe haha
Investigators are progressing well. We didn't have as many as we wanted
at Sacrament Meeting, but we're going to work on that this week. All in
all I think no news is good news this week. Things are awesome as ever
here :)
I
love you all!! I hope Kaiti had an AWESOME birthday and I hope she
loves her new laptop!! (I'm totally jealous!!) I hope everyone stays
safe!! Have a wonderful week everyone!!! :)
HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!
Love, Elder Kameron Kilbourne
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