What to do, when there is nothing to do?

Hello Everyone! 

Greetings from everyone-and-their-dog-is-feeding-us-fresh-corn-on-the-cob-and-I-couldn't-be-happier-Colorado!

I love end of summer time!  BLT's, watermelon, corn on the cob, lemonade.... now I'm hungry. 

It's been an interesting week!   Sister Johnson has been to Nepal (and one day she will save that country) but she told me a phrase they say often. "ke garne" It means, "what to do?" In Nepal (it's a 3rd world country... where Mount Everest is if that helps with geography) their electricity will just randomly turn off for 8 hours. every day. So the people say "ke garne" and do the best with what they have.  Sometimes in missionary life.. or all the time... things fall apart. Everything that happens here is a product of someone else's agency.  Sometimes they ALL use their agency in ways I wish they wouldn't at the SAME TIME!.  So things seemingly have fallen apart here.... BUT I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for us and now we just have more time to find the elect, and to build trust with the members here. Ke Garne!  

We did have 2 amazing miracles. Benita. She soaked everything right up and is excited for a church to take her family to! Our recent convert Frances came to the lesson, and was THE MOST incredible missionary ever. So fun!  

Dayna. She had been taught in the past, but things had gotten a little hectic and so the missionaries stopped going.  We did some service for her and then she wanted us to come back to talk, not to do service. Great!  We talked with her and asked about her core beliefs and what she wants from our visits and the Spirit was soo strong. Everything that she had come to know as truth as she has studied allllll sorts of religions, lined up exactly with what we believe.  I do love that about being here and meeting so many people of different faiths, because God has truth everywhere. He just has all of the truth nice and summed up here in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  But she was so grateful to know that she could explore and study and ask God for what was true. We don't cram any truth down people's throats, but we teach and share what we know is true and then invite THEM to ask God, who will never lead them astray. It's beautiful. I love being a missionary!  

I know that God is our Loving Heavenly Father.  He loves us and has a plan for each and every one of us.  I know that Jesus Christ is the Savior and that because of Him, even when we don't understand perfectly, we can know with surety that everything will be ok.  Tomorrow can always be better. I know that the Gospel is complete and true and it contains answers to every question. I know that this church is living. It is led by the living Christ through a living prophet.  So amazing. I know that everything happens for a reason, and that we are placed in people's paths (or people in our paths) for a reason to help us learn and grow.  

I love you all and am grateful for you.  I miss you and hope that you are well! I know life is busy but I hope you are taking the time to live.  

Onward Christian Soldiers!

From me to you, Sister Kinzie Lou

pics:

temple trip! sis Johnson and I 

Sister Roquemore (who i live with... I LOVE HER!) she is a speeeeeeeeedster. notice the speed she is going on the dash. I didn't think that it was possible for people of her age to move that fast.