Hey Family!!!
How
are ya'll doing this week?? I've had a pretty great one :) But I left
out some details and miracles from last week, so I'll try to include
those!! Ok so Last Monday (Two weeks ago) We had dinner with the C
family. She's an active member, he is not a member. He is SUPER funny.
he had a very similar sense of humor to Elder Bentley and me. It was
awesome. He builds motorcycles for a living, and as such he has one of
those HUGE redneck beards. Haha it is AWESOME!! But we were talking at
dinner, and at some point general conference came up and Elder Bentley
and I were talking about how fantastic of a talk Elder Holland gave.
Then he says back "Psh.. Elder Holland... Everyone knows the best
Apostle is Uchtdorf!" Basically, it blew our minds that he actually knew
who the apostles were. We kept talking, and he starts bringing up
references from talks President Uchtdorf gave like 2 years ago. It was
awesome!! So at the end of dinner, we asked him "So, would you be
interested in taking the lessons?" To which he responds, "I thought
that's why we had you over for dinner!" Basically, super awesome miracle
finding a super elect investigator!! We're PUMPED!!! But, he was busy
for the next two weeks, so we set up a lesson with him tomorrow, April
23rd. We're very excited :)
Next
miracle was last monday. We were finishing up our preparation day when
we get a text around 4:30 from the J family asking if we had
dinner that night. I didn't know who the Js were, so we told them
we didn't and they told us the would pick us up around 6. So we get
over, and have dinner with them, and it's one of those easy dinners
where it's really easy to talk and they're funny and we all get along
really well!! As the dinner progresses, He brings up that they haven't
been to church in a while. He says the they converted in Arizona about 5
years ago and had an awesome experience there. A year or two later they
moved to Utah. Which is the mormon capital, so again they had a very
good experience with the church. Then, in October of 2011, they moved
out here to North Carolina. They were expecting to again have a really
good experience with the LDS church. They didn't expect that things
would be a little different. They told us they hadn't seen their home
teachers since they had lived here, and how different it was. She also
had some health problems that came up, that made it a little more
difficult to make it. They didn't blame the church. They acknowledged
that they knew that they had control over their decisions, but that they
didn't expect it to be as difficult as it was. BUT. What they asked us
over for dinner for was because they wanted to get active again. When
they lived in Arizona and Utah, they were ON FIRE with the gospel. And
they knew that they still had a fire burning, even if it wasn't as big.
He said they watched a lot of conference, and recommended that they
watch Elder Holland's talk. We thought it would fit perfectly with them.
In any case, we're really excited for this family :) Then, yesterday,
they were at church!! Which is the first time i've seen them there since
I've been here in Jacksonville. Basically this whole experience
increased my understanding of the importance of Home Teaching. That that
one small act shows how interested and loved that family or person is. I
know at home I SERIOUSLY failed in my responsibility as a Home Teacher.
That mostly happened because I simply didn't understand, but I still
should have done it. Home Teaching is SO valuable. The families you
teach NEED the monthly message. And it's not even just the message. It's
the responsibility of checking on them, and meeting their needs. They
need to have someone they can rely on. It is VITAL!! So if you aren't
Home Teaching, START!! :)
Ok,
so I think everyone knows... But Transfers are tomorrow!! And Elder
Bentley is leaving :( So I will be getting a new companion. I will find
out who he is tomorrow. Its sad to say goodbye to him though!! I'm
seriously going to miss him. We've had a ton of fun together! It's been
great!! Elder Bentley knows where he is going though. He is going to be
starting new in an area. I think I already explained it, but it's called
whitewashing when a companionship is transferred into an area together.
So he will be whitewashing an area in Raleigh as senior companion. Good
for him!! He's really excited to serve in the city! He's been in
country areas his entire mission, so he's excited to see what the city
is like!! I wish him the best!! :)
Ok
so a report on this week... It's been decent haha It seems like EVERY
investigator we have got sick or something else at the EXACT same time
haha so we didn't too many lessons this week... But we made a TON of
appoitments for next week! My new companion isn't going to know what to
do with all the appointments we have! He's going to think Jacksonville
is easy!! And it is :) Haha! Or it seems like it at least. In any case,
next week will be better for sure :) We're excited!!
One
last thing!! Ok so I've talked about it before, but here's an update on
Southport!! A's Grandma has moved her baptismal date to May 11th!!
And she has asked my Dad to baptize her, and for kaiti to play a
special musical number!! That's super exciting!!! What's really funny is
that on May 12th I get to call home, and my family will be in
Southport! My first area in my mission, and only like 50 miles away from
my current location! That is WEIRD!!! But all exciting :) I'm stoked to
see where everything ends up!!! I hope it all works out :)
Well
I'm running out of time :) I hope you all are doing well!! I hope
you're smiling, and having fun, and making the most of your life!! If
not, Start!! :) I hope everyone has a wonderful week!! HURRAH FOR
ISRAEL!!!
Love, Elder Kilbourne
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