Alright so this week has been FANTASTIC!!! We had 5 people come to
sacrament meeting!! It was awesome!!! We were so excited!!! But the
highlight of the week was DEFINITELY S's Baptism!! S is a 13
year old boy who was getting taught when I first got here. But he was
ready, and he was baptized on Saturday!! Our bishop performed the
baptism, I gave a talk on baptism, and Elder Bentley gave a talk on the
Holy Ghost. After my talk, a stake councilman came up to me and told me
that was the best talk on baptism he's ever heard. One of the counselors
in our Bishopric told me the same thing! Then, after the baptismal
service was over, the councilman's wife came up to me and told me the
same thing!! I'm not being prideful, I don't think I'm better than
anyone else. But compliments are nice, and I'm glad I was able to give a
good message for the occasion :)
So
that was pretty awesome. Something that's different about teaching
younger children compared to older people is that you keep things REALLY
simple. And we try to do a LOT more object lessons to help explain and
keep them interested. Looking back now though, it would probably be good
to use object lessons in ALL our lessons. It keeps people interested!!
We would just need to be careful to not be overbearing, or act like
their dumb. That's the importance of teaching people not lessons :)
On
a different note... The downer this week has been yet MORE bike
troubles. It's actually become really funny. We've had 5 flats this
week, and Elder Bentley's bike is basically busted because of his crank
arm. When he bikes it's almost like he's galloping like a Horse. It's
really funny :) Maybe Rachel would like the bike... ;) hehe But I bought
several new tubes this week to fix my tires, and Elder Bentley is
ordering the crankarms so we're hoping we're at the end of our trials.
SO
on to more good news, we have a baptism coming up tomorrow!! We're
super excited!!! Her name is V. She is also 13. She's SUPER
shy, so we've had a small amount of trouble getting to know her, but
she's excited for baptism and we're excited for her!! Elder Bentley will
be baptizing her, but because of Conference Weekend, she won't be
confirmed a member until April 14th. I'll be giving her the Holy GHost
:) We're Super Excited!!!!
Ok,
so the spiritual thought this week is on patience. Elder Bentley and I
have, out of necessity, had a lot of patience this week. Whether it be
lessons cancelling, people not fulfilling commitments, or all the bike
trouble. We've just had to be patient. And the best example of patience I
can think of in the Book of Mormon is Pahoran when he responds to
Moroni. This passage is found in Alma 59-61. So if you feel you need
patience, read these chapters and see what you can change about your
attitude in the face of trials, as well as how you interact with others.
We all have room for improvement :)
Well
i'm out of time!! I hope everyone is excited for General Conference
this weekend!! We sure are!!! I love and miss you all!! Have a wonderful
week!! HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!
Love, Elder Kameron Kilbourne
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