Sunday, September 23, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
September 19 email
Hey my wonderful family!
I hope everyone is doing excellent.
So i decided a lot of things this week. First off, i really could get used to this whole missionary thing. For instance, yesterday M RUSSELL BALLARD spoke at our devotional. It was incredable! He said a phrase in his talk that stuck out to me so much! He said "Capture the moment." and then he exponded on how we only get this one chance in our lives to let go and serve, dont think about yesterday, dont think about tomorrow, think and do something, in fact everything you can do, TODAY. After the devotional, my district sat and talked about all we had learned, and that was probably just as amazing. Everyone bore their testimonies and talked about what stuck out to them. So many Elders are just full of wisdom, and i am constantly amazed at what i pick up from my district. I am more and more convinced that when someone speaks with the spirit, you can choose whether or not you want to feel it. But if you do choose to feel it, you can find life changing messages in what they say.
It will be sad to leave my district, i have gained a lot of good friends, and we are all like brothers! But in TWO DAYS i get my flight plans. Yes mother, i do get to call home. I dont know when, i dont know what time, but i do. I should be leaving on the 2nd, but that is not for sure, i will know on friday.
Yesterday me and my comp taught lesson 2 in espanol. MOnday night we reviewed the lesson, and i knew absolutely nothing. I was so scared going into this lesson. The next morning, i studied for the little time i was given, and i was constantly praying. When it came time to do the lesson, we did really good. I only forgot a few words, and i bore a very powerful testimony of the atonement. It was great. When i left the TRC room, i remember feeling on top of the world, and then i looked up at the ceiling and said a little prayer, because i KNOW i would have gotten no words out if it wasnt for the heavenly help i was given.
I spent about 4 hours in the temple today! I went through a normal session and then i did some sealings for the first time ever. It was incredable, the spirit was so strong.
This monday, the older district left, and that officially makes my district the oldest. That is so weird. I am actually the next to go! I am so excited to go, i want to help people! I am so excited to share this gospel with the people of Tally florida. I am slowly but surely beginning to realize how blessed i am. We are so blessed to live in a day when the gospel is here, and all we have to do is accept it with all our hearts.
This gospel just makes sense. I want you all to know that i know, WITHOUT a doubt that this gospel is true. God loves us so much, He wants us to know His will. He has always called prophets, since the beginning of time to reveal that will to His people, and after the death of Jesus Christ, that authority, that right to act in God's name was taken from the earth. But, God loves us so much, and the moment He could, He called another prophet, named Joseph Smith. I know that to be true. It just makes sense. The heavens are not sealed. God still comminicates through a prophet. I love that knowledge, to me it makes God even closer to me.
Family, i love you. Dont ever forget it. Thank you so much for giving me the chance to be out here. I am doing my best!
Send my love to everyone else please! Have a wonderful week, and know that i and praying and thinking about you all.
Love you
Elder Kenck
I hope everyone is doing excellent.
So i decided a lot of things this week. First off, i really could get used to this whole missionary thing. For instance, yesterday M RUSSELL BALLARD spoke at our devotional. It was incredable! He said a phrase in his talk that stuck out to me so much! He said "Capture the moment." and then he exponded on how we only get this one chance in our lives to let go and serve, dont think about yesterday, dont think about tomorrow, think and do something, in fact everything you can do, TODAY. After the devotional, my district sat and talked about all we had learned, and that was probably just as amazing. Everyone bore their testimonies and talked about what stuck out to them. So many Elders are just full of wisdom, and i am constantly amazed at what i pick up from my district. I am more and more convinced that when someone speaks with the spirit, you can choose whether or not you want to feel it. But if you do choose to feel it, you can find life changing messages in what they say.
It will be sad to leave my district, i have gained a lot of good friends, and we are all like brothers! But in TWO DAYS i get my flight plans. Yes mother, i do get to call home. I dont know when, i dont know what time, but i do. I should be leaving on the 2nd, but that is not for sure, i will know on friday.
Yesterday me and my comp taught lesson 2 in espanol. MOnday night we reviewed the lesson, and i knew absolutely nothing. I was so scared going into this lesson. The next morning, i studied for the little time i was given, and i was constantly praying. When it came time to do the lesson, we did really good. I only forgot a few words, and i bore a very powerful testimony of the atonement. It was great. When i left the TRC room, i remember feeling on top of the world, and then i looked up at the ceiling and said a little prayer, because i KNOW i would have gotten no words out if it wasnt for the heavenly help i was given.
I spent about 4 hours in the temple today! I went through a normal session and then i did some sealings for the first time ever. It was incredable, the spirit was so strong.
This monday, the older district left, and that officially makes my district the oldest. That is so weird. I am actually the next to go! I am so excited to go, i want to help people! I am so excited to share this gospel with the people of Tally florida. I am slowly but surely beginning to realize how blessed i am. We are so blessed to live in a day when the gospel is here, and all we have to do is accept it with all our hearts.
This gospel just makes sense. I want you all to know that i know, WITHOUT a doubt that this gospel is true. God loves us so much, He wants us to know His will. He has always called prophets, since the beginning of time to reveal that will to His people, and after the death of Jesus Christ, that authority, that right to act in God's name was taken from the earth. But, God loves us so much, and the moment He could, He called another prophet, named Joseph Smith. I know that to be true. It just makes sense. The heavens are not sealed. God still comminicates through a prophet. I love that knowledge, to me it makes God even closer to me.
Family, i love you. Dont ever forget it. Thank you so much for giving me the chance to be out here. I am doing my best!
Send my love to everyone else please! Have a wonderful week, and know that i and praying and thinking about you all.
Love you
Elder Kenck
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
September 12, 2007 email
This last week was a really good week. I have really learned the phrase that attitude determines altitude. I am doing my best to stay positive, with a smile on my face, and if i do that i will have a good day. My biggest goal in the MTC is to understand charity, that way no matter what i will be effective.
I am figuring out studying.... slowly. I have my good days and my bad days. This week i went to the TEC and TRC. I got to teach both lessons in spanish, so in the last week i have taught like three lessons total in spanish. I do pretty good. Yesterday i got lost and couldnt express my thoughts a couple of times, but during the rest of the time i used spanish well, and i even used forms that we had learned that morning! Then last week when i recited the 1st vision in spanish, the teacher in the TEC said that it was one of the best she had heard... not trying to brag, but i really felt good hearing it.
Yesterday, for our devotional speaker, we had Richard G. Hinckley! Yes the prophets son! IT was really awesome, i am pretty sure that is about the best speaker you could get from the seventy. His talk was an overview of missionary work today. He related a lot of stories about when he was a mission president in Salt Lake. He also told a lot of stories about his dad, and that was really cool.
Besides that i just got back from the temple, and that was awesome! Once again, do your best to get to the temple!!!
I am so ready to get to Tallahassee! Obviously i dont know spanish, obviously i have no idea what is going on anywhere, but i want to be out with people. I love going to the referal center! IN the referal center, i can speak and help real people. I am excited to help them.
I love reading the scriptures! I realized this morning how much my testimony has grown! This gospel, this message that i am going to share with the people of Tallahassee is true! God loves us so much and i am learning that more and more everyday!
Well, i will log on in a little and print out any emails if they are sent to me... probably in a few hours!
Love you
Elder Kenck
I am figuring out studying.... slowly. I have my good days and my bad days. This week i went to the TEC and TRC. I got to teach both lessons in spanish, so in the last week i have taught like three lessons total in spanish. I do pretty good. Yesterday i got lost and couldnt express my thoughts a couple of times, but during the rest of the time i used spanish well, and i even used forms that we had learned that morning! Then last week when i recited the 1st vision in spanish, the teacher in the TEC said that it was one of the best she had heard... not trying to brag, but i really felt good hearing it.
Yesterday, for our devotional speaker, we had Richard G. Hinckley! Yes the prophets son! IT was really awesome, i am pretty sure that is about the best speaker you could get from the seventy. His talk was an overview of missionary work today. He related a lot of stories about when he was a mission president in Salt Lake. He also told a lot of stories about his dad, and that was really cool.
Besides that i just got back from the temple, and that was awesome! Once again, do your best to get to the temple!!!
I am so ready to get to Tallahassee! Obviously i dont know spanish, obviously i have no idea what is going on anywhere, but i want to be out with people. I love going to the referal center! IN the referal center, i can speak and help real people. I am excited to help them.
I love reading the scriptures! I realized this morning how much my testimony has grown! This gospel, this message that i am going to share with the people of Tallahassee is true! God loves us so much and i am learning that more and more everyday!
Well, i will log on in a little and print out any emails if they are sent to me... probably in a few hours!
Love you
Elder Kenck
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
September 5, 2007
Hi family!
WEll another week has flown on bye! I swear that i was writing emails just yesterday!
This week was a tough week for me, not a bad week, just a tough week. I have a long way to go before i am that missionary that i want to be!
Yesterday we taught our first lesson in spanish. It actually went well. I only screwed up a few times, but i am able to see the gift of tongues slowly working in my life. I was amazing that during the lesson i actually used a subjunctive phrase, and i did it right, without having to think about it. We had only learned subjunctive the day before to, so it was pretty great. (ask gav what that is if you dont know!)
I am so ready to go to Florida. I just want to be out among people. I am truly beginning to love people, especially people in my area! yesterday in the referall center i was on the phone with a lady from southern alabama who called in for a free bible. I testified to her and it was so great. You should hear me on the phones with these southern people, before i know it i will be a mormon sounding like a baptist or something. But seriously, it is fun to talk to the people that use phrases like "praise Jesus" or "hallelujah!". I am so excited to go down there!
Now this whole Zone Leader thing. It isnt that tough, but it does place a bigger burden on me. Now not only do i have to worry about my self, (which usually causes enough problems) but now i have to watch out for everyone. Thankfully there are amazing district leaders in my district. I guess i will learn a lot about charity while i am here. I am convinced more and more that everyday holds a specific lesson that we can learn if we just try to learn it.
I am learning the value of planning! The days that i dont plan well, i dont work to the best of my abilities. The days that i do, everything seems to go well.
Yesterday, we had Brother Steven Snow from the quorum of the 70 come and speak to us. He said one phrase that is my new moto. He said (speaking about my mission) "PAY attention, youre going to love it." that was such a valuable lesson to me. I am a true and blue dreamer. Most of my time my head is spent in the clouds, and it was a reminder to me that i need to live in the here and now in order for me to learn the most from this mission. I want this two years to change my life. I know it will, i truly want to come home a more christlike disciple.
I love you all!
WEll another week has flown on bye! I swear that i was writing emails just yesterday!
This week was a tough week for me, not a bad week, just a tough week. I have a long way to go before i am that missionary that i want to be!
Yesterday we taught our first lesson in spanish. It actually went well. I only screwed up a few times, but i am able to see the gift of tongues slowly working in my life. I was amazing that during the lesson i actually used a subjunctive phrase, and i did it right, without having to think about it. We had only learned subjunctive the day before to, so it was pretty great. (ask gav what that is if you dont know!)
I am so ready to go to Florida. I just want to be out among people. I am truly beginning to love people, especially people in my area! yesterday in the referall center i was on the phone with a lady from southern alabama who called in for a free bible. I testified to her and it was so great. You should hear me on the phones with these southern people, before i know it i will be a mormon sounding like a baptist or something. But seriously, it is fun to talk to the people that use phrases like "praise Jesus" or "hallelujah!". I am so excited to go down there!
Now this whole Zone Leader thing. It isnt that tough, but it does place a bigger burden on me. Now not only do i have to worry about my self, (which usually causes enough problems) but now i have to watch out for everyone. Thankfully there are amazing district leaders in my district. I guess i will learn a lot about charity while i am here. I am convinced more and more that everyday holds a specific lesson that we can learn if we just try to learn it.
I am learning the value of planning! The days that i dont plan well, i dont work to the best of my abilities. The days that i do, everything seems to go well.
Yesterday, we had Brother Steven Snow from the quorum of the 70 come and speak to us. He said one phrase that is my new moto. He said (speaking about my mission) "PAY attention, youre going to love it." that was such a valuable lesson to me. I am a true and blue dreamer. Most of my time my head is spent in the clouds, and it was a reminder to me that i need to live in the here and now in order for me to learn the most from this mission. I want this two years to change my life. I know it will, i truly want to come home a more christlike disciple.
I love you all!
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