So for church we meet in the same
building as the metro ward (the English ward) and one of the members talked to
me at their linger-longer and asked me if I'd heard about the BYU game. I said
no, and then he told me that they SMOKED Texas!! Ranked 15th in the nation!
YES! Anyway, returning to normal Elder Gardner mode.
Mom - Thanks for the pic :) Sounds like you're working hard with the canning! I've been thinking about food and how fun it will be to cook you some real down home arroz y habichuelas Puerto Rican style! And tostones and all that stuff. It'll be great. That's pretty interesting that Matt and his friend Aryn leave the same day. It's great though to hear about all the missionaries coming out to join the ranks! I heard we'll be topping off around 100,000 in the field by the end of the year!! Awesome. :) There's a kid here who just sent in his papers, so we're all guessing where he's gonna go. :) I remember those days...
Mom - Thanks for the pic :) Sounds like you're working hard with the canning! I've been thinking about food and how fun it will be to cook you some real down home arroz y habichuelas Puerto Rican style! And tostones and all that stuff. It'll be great. That's pretty interesting that Matt and his friend Aryn leave the same day. It's great though to hear about all the missionaries coming out to join the ranks! I heard we'll be topping off around 100,000 in the field by the end of the year!! Awesome. :) There's a kid here who just sent in his papers, so we're all guessing where he's gonna go. :) I remember those days...
Marilee - Hey! Now I have your
email address so there's no excuse to not write me! ;) I'd love to hear from
you and how you're doing. Love you!
Dad - Oh man… the best time of
year: Halloween, football, and basketball seasons starting. That's really cool about
that missionary fireside! It sounds like you had a pretty good experience with
that.:)
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| A Utah plate in Puerto Rico |
Anyway, it was a pretty sweet
week this week. We did a lot of contacting, and we had this great experience.
We were contacting in an urbanization in our area, and we saw this guy sitting
outside his house. We talked to him and found out that he was a less active of
a few years! We talked a bit more and he invited us over again later in the week.
Then, not 3 minutes later, we talked to his neighbor, who is not a member, and
he said he'd love to hear our message! Oh man that was really awesome. We were
both super happy, and we were able to teach that less-active again. His
neighbor was home but then had to leave for an emergency, so we'll hopefully be
seeing him again this week. We also talked to the less active's neighbor on the
other side, and she was really cool and so was the guy that was visiting her
there. Besides that, we had some really spiritual lessons where we just taught
pure doctrine and saw peoples' hearts start to change. We taught a less active
about covenants and repentance, and he just straight told us what was stopping
him from coming to church, as if it had been bothering him for a while and once
he understood the doctrine, he decided to move on. It was really great. We had
similar experiences with our investigators, too, and it's been great to be able
to find some new people to teach this week.
It's really fantastic to be a missionary.
:) I'm thankful that I have had this time to serve and that I have a little bit
of time left. It's been a great adventure, and this week I want to testify of
the Restoration. I know that this is the true Church of Jesus Christ. After
Christ's death and the death of His Apostles, the authority was lost, and for
the children of God to return to Him, there needed to be a restoration of the
authority. Without the authority, no ordinances can be done. I know and testify
with all my heart that in the spring of 1820, a young man's humble prayer was
answered, and Joseph Smith saw God the Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus
Christ. They told him that none of the other churches were true, and so in
time, the priesthood was restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith, along with
the ability to receive general revelation for the children of God. 12 apostles
were also called, thus reestablishing the Church of Jesus Christ once more upon
the earth. I know that this is true. Joseph was a prophet. He translated the Book
of Mormon, which is the convincing evidence of the divinity of his calling and
this church. I know that Jesus is the Christ, and that He leads and guides His
church today through President Thomas S. Monson. He loves us. :)
Thank you for everything! I enjoyed
the package, and I'm sure Elder Mello will love his once he gets it out there
on Dominica. It's here in the office for right now, but it'll get out there at
some point haha. Thank you, I love you all so much. Talk to you soon. :)
--
Elder Kimball Ray Gardner
Puerto Rico San Juan Mission
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