Hello Everyone!
Greetings from
the-hail-storm-tornado-weather-here-is-almost-as-crazy-as-I-am-Colorado!
What a week. Every
day starts out sunny and beautiful and by 4 o clock there are tornado sirens
and pouring rain which turns into hail. One day the hail was ping pong
ball sized. (I sent a pic of it in my hand.) the houses here look like they
were all shot at. sooo sad.
It was getting so green
and springy and beautiful then NOPE... CHUCK TESTA... it will look like winter
again because all the leaves from the trees were destroyed. crying.
The work here is going
really well! We have a few more incredibly prepared people just placed in our
laps to work with and teach and love. Heavenly Father is soo good to me.
I don't know why sometimes, but I'm so glad. I love teaching Le'Cregia
& Cornelius (and now their daughter Alexandria) because the Spirit is soo
strong in their home, and always at the end of the lesson they fill like the
Spirit and the truth filled a hole that they didn't even know was there. They
already know it's true and they can't wait to get baptized and be strong
members of the church. She is seriously a future relief society president.
INCREDIBLE!
We were able to go to
the temple this week, and as I was just pondering, right past me walks Brother
and Sister Wells from Tallyn's Reach (who I lived with for 6 months)!!!!!!!!!
Completely silent, I FREAKED OUT! They are seriously like parents to me out
here and have made SUCH an impact on my life. They are an example of what I
want my family to be like someday. We gave hugs and just smiled! It felt
like heaven. That's a small taste of how I will feel seeing my family and
friends again, and that's just a glimpse of how it will feel being reunited in
Heaven. I love this gospel and the knowledge and peace and happiness and
light and love it brings to us. I know that this is right and true with all
my heart.
Some people think that
they have to go on a mission to experience an awesome change of heart, but
that's not true at all. A mission certainly helps.... but why? It's
because we eat, live, and breathe the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Gospel
gives us access to Christ's Atonement, which is what changes us. He has
power to change us down to our very core, but it takes us
handing us over to Him to happen. The light and peace that ensues is
soo worth it. We all can live the Gospel intensified.
Just do the basics. Read and really study the scriptures. Pray and really talk
with Heavenly Father. Go to church and serve your brothers and sisters.
You can't do those things with a sincere heart and go unchanged. And
that's the whole point. I love it.
I love my Savior and I
love His gospel. I'm grateful I can change, and that I have
changed. I love you all and miss you. Before we know it I'll be back
home, but til then I hope we all can come a little closer to Christ in the
meantime. Because that is happiness.
Onward
Christian soldiers!
From me to you, Kinzie
Lou
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