January 14, 2008
Hey mom
WOw what a week! This week was hard, really hard, but to be honest that is ok.
I think i worked harder this week than ever before, and in the heat of things i wasnt seeing too much success, but thankfully in hindsight we can see a lot of things that we missed, and i am just begining to notice the many blessings i am given daily. I am really learning that prayers come true, whether we really mean for them to or not... and they never come how we expect them.
To start it off, wow, my companion is great. He is a hard worker, and he speaks great spanish. He is very very Peter Priesthood though and sometimes he comes off too strong. I have moments where my pride gets in the way, dont get me wrong, i never voice any opinions until i make sure my pride is in check. But one very frustrating day last week i prayed that i could just be humbled. THat wasnt the best idea. ha. WEll it happened. Yesterday, i had to give a talk in sacrament meeting... my first in spanish. I struggled in writing it. It was hard, nothing was coming to me. I based the talk off of David Bednar's "learning by faith" or "buscando el conocimiento por la fe" lol, but when i had to give the talk, i was lost. It wasnt good at all, and i hit my heigth of frustration right after that talk. I was absolutely humbled. It hurt, because i very much realized that i cant do any of this on my own. But it was a learning experience, one that i can pull a lot of info from. But my spanish is coming... i guess. lol the problem now is that i can understand the people, but i stil cannot comminicate what i want.
But we are going to have success. WE have a part member family we met a while ago. It is a younger couple with a baby. They live with a fairly strong member, and come to find out, the dad is a member too. But yesterday we went to their house and the mom, Bernice said she wanted to be baptized. So obviously we are going to follow up with that. But i guess that means we will have to get them married! lol
But i am doing great mom. It is so hard, but it is so worth it. I cannot stress that enough. Just so you know you arent alone, about half the time i sing the alto parts, just so i can think about you.
Please be happy, love each other and PRAY. I am happy, i am learning, and i love being on a mission.
I love you, have a great week
Elder Kenck
Thursday, January 24, 2008
I am sorry about the last 2 post!!!!
hey mom
well its martin luther king day, and evidently in the south that is a big thing... because everything is sht down!
Right now we are using the computer of the senior couple here in ft walton, so this email wont be very long.
I just bairly watched the video... thank you, it was so awesome!! It was great to here everyones voice and see the view from the pourch, and all the missionaries loved seeing snow! livi really is growing like a weed, i was watching the video and i was like "who is that dancing with nana and grandma... WHAT thats livi!"
this week was good. I am working really hard, i am trying so hard to get along with the comp, (practice for marriage!) and yet all the way trying to share the knowledge i know with these people.
Experience for the week, well, yesterday we went out to visit this guy who we met in walmart. He lived quite a ways from town, so we were hoping he was there. We show up to his house and there are a bunch of cars in the parking lot, evidently they were having a family get together. But we knocked at the door, the wife said he wasnt there, so we proceeded to walk away. After a few steps down the street, we hear someone calling after us. It was him, leonardo. And the second i saw him it was very evident that he was drunk. Basically, as i walked up to him i noticed he had tears in his eyes, we asked the problem, and basically he spilled his guts... about alcoholism, about the pain, the hopelessness in his life. It was horrible, it hurt to listen to, his life is shattered all because of this addiction that he cant kick. He pleaded for help, and we will do our best to show him the power of the atonement. I learned a lot last night though, and i think that i have a lot yet left to learn about wat the atonement can do for him. Pray for him please...
But on a lighter note, spanish is coming.... very slowly. I still am understanding a lot. learning more. We also taught a lesson yesterday, we taught half in english and half in spanish, and i COULDNT do it in english. It is just easier for me to share it in spanish now!
Also, for the record, i ate tongue for the first time this week (i got some sweet pictures of it!) and also i was given my first soccer jersey (playara)!!
THanks so much for everything mom, today will be a crazy p-day, so please forgive me for the lack of attention coming your way. I will do some good emails next week.
i love you so much, thanks for everything... thanks for getting me to tear up while reading your letter, believe it or not i avent had the chance to tear up for a while!
love you
Elder Kenck
well its martin luther king day, and evidently in the south that is a big thing... because everything is sht down!
Right now we are using the computer of the senior couple here in ft walton, so this email wont be very long.
I just bairly watched the video... thank you, it was so awesome!! It was great to here everyones voice and see the view from the pourch, and all the missionaries loved seeing snow! livi really is growing like a weed, i was watching the video and i was like "who is that dancing with nana and grandma... WHAT thats livi!"
this week was good. I am working really hard, i am trying so hard to get along with the comp, (practice for marriage!) and yet all the way trying to share the knowledge i know with these people.
Experience for the week, well, yesterday we went out to visit this guy who we met in walmart. He lived quite a ways from town, so we were hoping he was there. We show up to his house and there are a bunch of cars in the parking lot, evidently they were having a family get together. But we knocked at the door, the wife said he wasnt there, so we proceeded to walk away. After a few steps down the street, we hear someone calling after us. It was him, leonardo. And the second i saw him it was very evident that he was drunk. Basically, as i walked up to him i noticed he had tears in his eyes, we asked the problem, and basically he spilled his guts... about alcoholism, about the pain, the hopelessness in his life. It was horrible, it hurt to listen to, his life is shattered all because of this addiction that he cant kick. He pleaded for help, and we will do our best to show him the power of the atonement. I learned a lot last night though, and i think that i have a lot yet left to learn about wat the atonement can do for him. Pray for him please...
But on a lighter note, spanish is coming.... very slowly. I still am understanding a lot. learning more. We also taught a lesson yesterday, we taught half in english and half in spanish, and i COULDNT do it in english. It is just easier for me to share it in spanish now!
Also, for the record, i ate tongue for the first time this week (i got some sweet pictures of it!) and also i was given my first soccer jersey (playara)!!
THanks so much for everything mom, today will be a crazy p-day, so please forgive me for the lack of attention coming your way. I will do some good emails next week.
i love you so much, thanks for everything... thanks for getting me to tear up while reading your letter, believe it or not i avent had the chance to tear up for a while!
love you
Elder Kenck
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