Hello Everyone!!! Greetings from Colorado!!!!! Where I see signs for drive through liquor stores, and smoke friendly gas stations! haha. Sorry, maybe a little inappropriate, but I still find ironic things funny. All joking aside, I love it here!!! And I love the people more and more! It's so great!
I have had an awesome week!!!! On Saturday Diana got baptized!!! She is so converted and just ON FIRE about the Gospel. She was so excited! She was baptized young, but didn't understand and had her name removed from the church. So we taught her again, and she is so amazing. She is in a wheel chair, and has leg problems, and actually 4 days before her baptism she had to go to the hospital! We were so worried about her, because she just didn't want to die before getting rebaptized. We couldn't get a hold of her, so we called random hospitals in the phone book. It was great. haha. But all was well and the doc said she was still ok for baptism. She was SO EXCITED! and Sister Burnett and I sang at the baptism cuz she asked us to, so it was really neat. When she took the Sacrament yesterday, it was a sweet sweet experience. I hope that I can always be that grateful for the Sacrament, and treat it so reverently.
Crazy Story. It's called: EW.EW.EW.MOTHS.
So there is a church building down in commerce city, not being used because a lot of the priesthood leadership moved or went in active so its empty and sad. But we go there to study sometimes on our commerce city days. well we went there and as we are unlocking the door a single moth flies and hits the window. I look and tell sis Burnett, "Ew. I really hate moths!!!" So I hit the window to intimidate the moth and then FWOOOM 20 more fly and hit the glass. (this is the part where the scary movie music shrill violin sound comes) I know I can't go in there. We opened the door and HUNDREDS of moths flew out at us swarming us like kamikazees. we are running and shrieking. ew. we repeated the process 3 times, until the stream had thinned out. So we ran in screaming!!! It was terrible. They were swarming every window in the building! And they were dead all over the floor too. It was like Ether looking at the jaredites or something. "carnage covered the land".... So I got a vaccuum out and was sucking them up straight out of the air like a true ghost buster. it was so gross. but i'll never forget it. today sister burnett and I saw a moth and we just looked at each other with wide eyes.
Also, my mission is in like a trial mode of the JustServe program. We do 10 hours of community service wearing our badge, but we don't talk to people a lot about the Gospel, we just show them the Gospel by how we serve. It's been awesome !!! There's a pic from serving at a nearby lake staining the docks and such. (ps, I forgot to take my allergy pill and was dying, but laughing thinking about how many days my siblings had to stay outside and work but I got to be inside cuz my allergies. Sometimes it pays to be a drama queen. hahahaha. cade. hahahaa. i stayed outside and worked at the lake) (and about the picture, I realize I make that face ... a lot... it's my go to, and now it's quite embarrassing.)
Everyone, I LOVE THE BOOK OF MORMON! I just get so excited studying it every day.! 2 of our investigators have native american heritage so it is SO COOL telling them about the book of Mormon because it is written for them !!! (for all of us, but the prophets especially were thinking of them!!!) It just got so excited as I was sharing verses with them!!!! We were at an appointment with a guy named marco who LOVES the bible. Like if sister burnett and I hadn't kept calm it could've turned into a full on bible bash. He said "just keep Jesus the center. no joseph smith. no prophets. just the bible. get rid of that other mormon book, and just keep Jesus". I felt really sad for him, but I just felt a fire burning within in me. I thought in that moment I WILL NEVER GIVE UP THE BOOK OF MORMON! I would take a beating or a bullet before I denied it. I know it is true with all my heart. And I know that kinda sounds weird, or like dramatic, but I was on FIRE! I love that Book! Because it isn't just a book.
So last night was a world wide broadcast about member missionary work. It was SOOOO AMAZING!!! What a glorious time to be a missionary, and to be MEMBER of the church! I just cried happy tears and I felt I was going to explode I was so happy.! This work is the work of Salvation! I love that in the Book of Mormon in Lehi's tree of Life vision, after he tastes the joy of the sweet fruit, the first thing he does is want to share it with his family. (His immediate family, but we ALL are a part of God's family.) In the broadcast it was said that "This is His work, and if we do our best, He will NOT LET US FAIL!" That is powerful. I know it is scary. But, He won't let us fail if we try our very best. They said last night that when you are motivated by pure love and a desire for them to be happy, it won't come off as offensive. If they aren't ready to receive the Gospel yet, I'm sure that they will feel your love and know you share because you care. (unintentional rhyme.) Seriously everyone, What a blessed time we live in! Missionary work shouldn't be something we do in our "spare time".... Because every second we are alive the Lord has given us. It is really "His time", and how we live our lives and serve others and try in small and simple ways to share the Gospel WILL make a difference. My family, and a lot of families always talk about the blessings that come to them because they have a son or daughter or sibling serving a mission. Well I can promise you that those missionary blessings are there for EVERYONE who will be a part of this great work! I know that because this is the Lord's work, if you pray for missionary opportunities, they will come. He wants you to join the ranks. :) (sidenote, if you go to LDS.org there is a Work of Salvation tab you should check out!)
I love you all SOOOO MUCH! I'm seriously so blessed. Thank you for the emails and letters of support. I put my hand on the plough and I don't want to look back. (that doesn't mean I don't think of and pray for you all, but I am not sad. My love for all of you motivates me to use every minute while I'm away for you to the absolute fullest, so when I come home I'll know I really did give it my all.
I love our Savior, Jesus Christ. I know He lives, and I know that the Atonement is real, it works, and it transforms us if we let it.!!!! Again, I love the Book of Mormon! I'm grateful to know that the true church is restored, and that we are a part of it. The Gospel makes me so happy. I know that God still gives us miracles!! I see them every day, and I'm really thankful for them.
I love you all!!!!!!!!!!!! ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS!
From me to you, Kinzie Lou
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