SISTER KIMBALL WRITES--- " OH WHAT A WEEK IT HAS BEEN. OH BOY A GREAT WEEK BUT ALSO A VERY DIFFICULT WEEK. LET'S START THINGS OUT ON A GOOD NOTE.WE HAD A BAPTISM ON SAT. HIS NAME IS ANDREW ADAMS. SERIOUSLY IT WAS A GREAT BAPTISM. SO MANY PEOPLE CAME UP TO ME AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE BEST BAPTISM AND THE SPIRIT WAS SO STRONG. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEND PHOTOS. ANDREW IS SO GREAT. HE IS GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE CHURCH. HE WAS SO TEARY EYED THE WHOLE NIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE BAPTISM TO THE END. WE HAD OUR MISSION PRESIDENT THERE. I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR PREIDENT WILSON.
ON FRIDAY WE HAD ZONE CONFERENCE WHICH WAS GREAT. THE MAIN FOCUS WAS ON FAITH AND THE RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL.I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINBGS I LEARNED. SO OUR VISION(THE MISSIONARIES) AND OUR MISSION PRESIDENT'S VISION FOR OUR MISSION . IT IS FOR US TO BECOME BETTER MISSIONARIES THROUGH FAITH,LOVE, AND OUR MESSAGE OF THE RESTORED GOSPEL. IT IS FOR US TO HAVE FAITH,NOT FAITH IN OURSELVES AND IN WHAT WE CAN DO BUT, FAITH IN WHAT GOD CAN DO. FAITH STARTS WITH DESIRE. DESIRE COMES THROUGH HEARING THE WORD OF GOD ( ROMANS 10:17 ). THE RESTORED GOSPEL WILL PRICK THEIR HEARTS. I LOVE MOSIAH 5:2 (FOUND IN THE BOOK OF MORMON) THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE PEOPLE HAD NO MORE DISPOSITION TO DO EVIL 1. THEY HEARD THE WORDS OF CHRIST 2. THE SPIRIT TOUCHED THEIR HEARTS 3. FAITH 4. THE MIGHTY CHANGE OF HEART. NOT ONLY DOES THIS APPLY TO ME AS A MISSIONARY BUT TO EVERYONE. IT'S THE PROCESS WE MUST GO THROUGH TO COME UNTO CHRIST AND TO HAVE THAT "MIGHTY CHANE OF HEART". I LIKE TO LIKEN THIS SCRIPTURE TO YOU MOM. THIS IS THE PROCESS YOU WILL BE WANTING YOUR SEMINARY STUDENTS TO GO THROUGH. THEY ARE AT A POINT IN THEIR LIVES WHERE THEY CAN GO EITHER WAY. THEIR TESTIMONIES ARE NOT VERY STRONG AND THEY ARE AT THIS CRITICAL POINT WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH WAY TO GO. I LOVE D&C 121:45. PRESIDENT WILSON POINTED OUT THAT THE WAY TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS TO HAVE ...
" CHARITY" TOWARDS ALL MEN AND VIRTUE ( CLEAN & WORTHY). YOU CAN'T ASK WITH CONFIDENCE FOR HELP FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT IF YOU ARE NOT OBEDIENT. HE ASKS US TO BE OBEDIENT SO THAT WE CAN BE HAPPY AND HAVE THE LORD'S PROMISED BLESSINGS GIVEN TO US. ....I JUST LOVE OUR MISSION PRESIDENT. HE STAYED FOR THE BAPTISM OF ANDREW (MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE LETTER)AND AFTER A LONG DAY OF ZONE CONFERENCE. VERY NEAT! ANYWAYS,AFTER THE BAPTISM ANDREW SAID TO BOTH SISTER DEWITT AND I," THANK YOU. I WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN BAPTIZED IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU TWO. " HE HAD MET WITH OTHER MISSIONARIES BEFORE, BUT THE THINGS YOU BOTH SAID TO ME PERSONALLY HELPED ME TO BE BAPTIZED AT THIS TIME. HE SAID,"I RECALL CERTAIN THINGS YOU EACH SAID THAT HELPED ME TO BE HERE TODAY." ISN'T THAT JUST SO COOL? IT WAS WHAT SISTER DEWITT AND I NEEDED TO HEAR AT THAT TIME. I WAS TOLD THAT BEFORE MY MISSION THAT I WAS SENT TO THIS MISSION IN A CERTAIN AREA AT A CERTAIN TIME TO HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THEM( THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA) BEFORE THIS EXPERIANCE, I WONDERED IF I HAD AN IMPACT OR INFLUENCE ON ANYONE AND THEN ANDREW TELLS US THAT WE DID ( INFLUENCE HIM ) SO COOL AN ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS. GOD ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS, NOT ONLY THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES BUT ALSO THROUGH HIS CHILDREN.
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SISTER KIMBALL WILL BE SAYING GOOD BYE TO THIS BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR COUNTRY ON MONDAY DECEMBER 12,2011. Thank you all...
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
No No! Don't go in the water!
This picture was rotated but it springs to it's side when I place it in the blog...Oh,well, I don't have time to play with this anymore. I have to start my seminary lesson.
Lauren's mom
Letter of 8/10/10 Mom & Dad I miss you so much
It's been a tough week here in Washington! Not alot happening but we are working hard & doing alot of Doctrine of Christ lessons which is getting members involved in missionary work by talking and reaching out to people they know and inviting them to missionary lessons. So far it's going good. We just started so no success from it right now! But I know that this program is inspired and we will see success just not anytime soon and I'm ok with that.
So we have a baptism on Saturday and We are excited. It's going to be our 1st offical one because we started teaching him first and committed to be baptized whereas the older couple that got baptized were already wanting to be baptized. They just needed the lessons done and we did it in a week. It was still a really great experiance.
We have a baptism goal this month of 3. It's high for us but we know as we exercise faith and trust in the Lord he'll put the children in our pathway. And we need to work really hard.
So a cool experiance--We were trying to decide on the number of baptisms to set as our goal for the month. Sister Dewitt said," I'm thinking 2. I thought 3. So I suggested that we pray about what the goal # should be according to the Lord's will,2or 3 or more whatever it may be. We sat and pondered and I continued to feel like we should have a goal of 3 baptisms this month. It's amazing how fast the spirit tells us what we should do, but usually only when we are seeking for the inspiration. PRAYER is the key all the time. Oh how I wish that I had prayed alot more throughout the day before my mission. The strength and shield (of prayer) gives me the power against Satan & his temptation.
I got to recite the Young Womens theme for the 1st time in like 4 yrs, I still remember It! Oh, how I miss YW. Relief Society is awesome but the theme is so cool! we should recite it in Relief Society more!
We had a good dinner tonight with members. She cooked ham. It was actually really yummy. We really appriciate member dinners! I hope I remember my experiances here (on my mission) when I come home because there are so many and you (may not even remember ) 1/3 of them. It's so hard not to be able to share all my experiances with you guys. It's amazing how many I have. (Although),there are nights when I am so tired that I can't even remember what I did that day!
I love what Elder Wirthlin says,"If we approach adversities wisely our hardest times can be times of greatest growth, which in turn can lead toward times of greatest happiness. The first thing we can do to help get us through the tough times of testting and trial is to learn to laugh. Sister Dewitt & I are great at that. Seriously we laugh all the time. She teaches me by example to laugh and we just laugh and laugh til we cry! It's going to be so hard not to be companions any more. Elder Wirthlin continues," Jesus Christ will strengthen us in our time of weakness and fortify us in our hour of distress. He will make weak things become strong. Come what may and love it." Sister Lauren Kimball
So we have a baptism on Saturday and We are excited. It's going to be our 1st offical one because we started teaching him first and committed to be baptized whereas the older couple that got baptized were already wanting to be baptized. They just needed the lessons done and we did it in a week. It was still a really great experiance.
We have a baptism goal this month of 3. It's high for us but we know as we exercise faith and trust in the Lord he'll put the children in our pathway. And we need to work really hard.
So a cool experiance--We were trying to decide on the number of baptisms to set as our goal for the month. Sister Dewitt said," I'm thinking 2. I thought 3. So I suggested that we pray about what the goal # should be according to the Lord's will,2or 3 or more whatever it may be. We sat and pondered and I continued to feel like we should have a goal of 3 baptisms this month. It's amazing how fast the spirit tells us what we should do, but usually only when we are seeking for the inspiration. PRAYER is the key all the time. Oh how I wish that I had prayed alot more throughout the day before my mission. The strength and shield (of prayer) gives me the power against Satan & his temptation.
I got to recite the Young Womens theme for the 1st time in like 4 yrs, I still remember It! Oh, how I miss YW. Relief Society is awesome but the theme is so cool! we should recite it in Relief Society more!
We had a good dinner tonight with members. She cooked ham. It was actually really yummy. We really appriciate member dinners! I hope I remember my experiances here (on my mission) when I come home because there are so many and you (may not even remember ) 1/3 of them. It's so hard not to be able to share all my experiances with you guys. It's amazing how many I have. (Although),there are nights when I am so tired that I can't even remember what I did that day!
I love what Elder Wirthlin says,"If we approach adversities wisely our hardest times can be times of greatest growth, which in turn can lead toward times of greatest happiness. The first thing we can do to help get us through the tough times of testting and trial is to learn to laugh. Sister Dewitt & I are great at that. Seriously we laugh all the time. She teaches me by example to laugh and we just laugh and laugh til we cry! It's going to be so hard not to be companions any more. Elder Wirthlin continues," Jesus Christ will strengthen us in our time of weakness and fortify us in our hour of distress. He will make weak things become strong. Come what may and love it." Sister Lauren Kimball
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