Hey'all-
How is it going in Utah? I am doing good here in South Carolina. It is as hot as ever! We did get some rain and it cooled down a little bit. I am glad you enjoyed the video. We run into a lot of dogs out here as they are everywhere we go. I have to pretend I like them even when they like to lick my legs constantly. I have to admit I do miss Bauer though none of these dogs are the same. I am not sure if the video is allowed or not I will have to find that out. She is sweet to do that for us. I have not ridden my bike yet and now it is getting way hot so it wouldn't be too smart to ride them all of the time. We have a little shed out back that we keep them in. We drink a lot of water more than I think I have ever drunk. You know me well, I sweat like crazy every day. It is just lovely. I am glad you had a great time in Kansas, those girls are so sweet. Next Sunday 2 of our investigators are getting married so they can get baptized. They are getting married by the bishop in the church so it will be pretty simple. We are helping out in anyway possible. They are short on money so it will be a small gathering. They are looking forward to it and have invited some family members to come so it should be good. They are getting baptized together on July 16th, so Sister Wright will miss that but she knows that she was a big part of it. Karen has gone 3 days without smoking and is also working on stopping drinking coffee. We will probably have to move her baptismal date to the 9th of July. She is a wonderful lady who is taking small steps to have the gospel in her life. She knows this is the right thing for her in her life right now. We had stake conference this week and Jess came with us to the adult session on Saturday night and loved it. President McConkie and his wife spoke for the last time so I was glad I got to see that. They leave on Wednesday and it will be hard to have them go. They are wonderful people and I plan to visit them when I return. Our new mission president comes this week so we look forward to meeting him. Karen took us and another investigator to stake conference yesterday so that was cool. We got there a little late and had to sit in the back with all of the noisy children. It was hard to hear and I am not sure what they got out of it. We had 3 investigators come so it was awesome. Jess came with some members that were nice enough to pick her up at the last minute. We taught a lot of lessons this week so we have been working hard. We are not sure what we are doing for the 4th of July yet. The library will be closed so we will probably have to email from a member's home. They have lock down 3 times a year which means we have to be in by 6 on that day. They do it for our safety. They 3 days are Halloween, new year's eve and the 4th of July. We are going to have a pre-birthday party as we will not be companions when our birthdays come. She is going to cut my hair and we will do some other stuff. Well, i have got to get going we are meeting with Karen in a little bit. Happy Birthday Brad! I hope you have a great day! I hope you got my card. Allison- Happy Birthday on this coming Saturday! A card is on the way for you. I hope you all have a great week. Thank you for your continued love and support. I love you all! Love, Katelyn
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Kate tells more about Karen and thoughts on Christian art!
Hey'all-
For those of you in Kansas I hope you are having a good time. I hope the trip is going well! I knew you would mention something about the pictures you got from Karen. She has these apps on her IPhone that she uses. She showed them to us and I honestly didn't think they were the best looking pictures but who cares she loves doing things like that for us. I hope it is okay that I gave her your email address she really wanted to send those things to you. We met with her several times this week as she loves having us over. We hate to say that it is time for us to go but she knows we always come back. She found out that both of us will eventually leave the area and she was not happy about that. She does understand and wants to make friends with people in the ward. She came to church last week and was going to yesterday but she didn't have her phone which had her alarm with her. She felt so bad that she had missed it but is coming next week. She was going to bring her 18 year old son with her. She also has a 15 year old daughter who is out of town at her aunt's. We met Karen about a month ago just out contacting and she was saying that she didn't really agree with God on some things along with more. She did say that we could come back and tell her more about the Mormons as all she knew were Donny and Marie Osmond. We came back and she had just lost her job and was pretty upset so we talked with her and shared our message with her. She explained the situation about her losing her job and we left her with some scriptures to read to help out. She ended up reading all of the scriptures 3 or 4 times and wanted more. This week we taught her the first lesson and a word of wisdom which she needed as she smokes and drinks coffee and some tea. She realizes that she has a long way to go but wants to take all of the steps to get there. She also broke up with her boyfriend probably over us but she won't let us think that. She can see know that satan is working hard on her but she knows what we are telling her is true. She is an amazing lady and is working towards her baptism on July 2nd. The other girl we are working with Jess is really cool too. We taught her and her husband about temples which was great. We stopped by the next day and were talking with them again. Her and her husband have a common law marriage which is basically her using his last name for tax purposes and othKaer things. They had planned to get married eventually when they had the money. This type of marriage is not acceptable for baptism. We explained this to her and she seemed find with it and would have to tell her gusband about it. She came right out and asked him if they could do that and he agreed so they will be getting married on July 3rd by the bishop. He is supportive of her baptism and plans on coming to church next sunday. She is set for a July 9th baptism and we are hoping he could also get baptized on the same day which would be so cool. She also announced all of this for good news minute in Relif Society yesterday which was so cute. I feel so blessed to be working with these people right now. For the baptism that we had the other week I gave a talk on Baptism and Sister Wright sang a song. He is doing great! He received the priesthood yesterday and after he said that he wanted to go baptize someone. The humidity is getting worse every passing day. Yesterday was pretty miserable out walking. Today it is supposed to be 100 degrees and with humidity it will feel like it is 120 degrees. We just keep working hard out in the sun. We drink as much water as we can and usually run into nice people who give us bottled water. I have thought about her cutting my hair before I go but I can't decide if I just want a nice trim or cut a lot off. I have to decide soon she will get transferred on July 13th. President McConkie get released on July 1st . We had Zone Conference on Thursday which happened to be their last one. It was a great conference I really learned a lot. We had to say good bye to them and he gave us all hugs as we left. It felt kind of strange to do that. I am so grateful I had the opportunity to have him as my mission president for awhile. Both him and his wife are amazing people. They extended transfers by a week as the new mission president will be coming in so I am excited! I love Sister Wright so much and will miss her when she is gone. I have learned so much from her and I know we will be friends for life. I hope you have a great time in Kansas let me know how it goes. I am sending pictures of my 1st baptism so you should get those soon. I hope you put a sticker up on the chart. Thank you so much for all of your love and support. I have the best family in the world and would not be here without you. I love you all! Have a great week! Love, Katelyn
For those of you in Kansas I hope you are having a good time. I hope the trip is going well! I knew you would mention something about the pictures you got from Karen. She has these apps on her IPhone that she uses. She showed them to us and I honestly didn't think they were the best looking pictures but who cares she loves doing things like that for us. I hope it is okay that I gave her your email address she really wanted to send those things to you. We met with her several times this week as she loves having us over. We hate to say that it is time for us to go but she knows we always come back. She found out that both of us will eventually leave the area and she was not happy about that. She does understand and wants to make friends with people in the ward. She came to church last week and was going to yesterday but she didn't have her phone which had her alarm with her. She felt so bad that she had missed it but is coming next week. She was going to bring her 18 year old son with her. She also has a 15 year old daughter who is out of town at her aunt's. We met Karen about a month ago just out contacting and she was saying that she didn't really agree with God on some things along with more. She did say that we could come back and tell her more about the Mormons as all she knew were Donny and Marie Osmond. We came back and she had just lost her job and was pretty upset so we talked with her and shared our message with her. She explained the situation about her losing her job and we left her with some scriptures to read to help out. She ended up reading all of the scriptures 3 or 4 times and wanted more. This week we taught her the first lesson and a word of wisdom which she needed as she smokes and drinks coffee and some tea. She realizes that she has a long way to go but wants to take all of the steps to get there. She also broke up with her boyfriend probably over us but she won't let us think that. She can see know that satan is working hard on her but she knows what we are telling her is true. She is an amazing lady and is working towards her baptism on July 2nd. The other girl we are working with Jess is really cool too. We taught her and her husband about temples which was great. We stopped by the next day and were talking with them again. Her and her husband have a common law marriage which is basically her using his last name for tax purposes and othKaer things. They had planned to get married eventually when they had the money. This type of marriage is not acceptable for baptism. We explained this to her and she seemed find with it and would have to tell her gusband about it. She came right out and asked him if they could do that and he agreed so they will be getting married on July 3rd by the bishop. He is supportive of her baptism and plans on coming to church next sunday. She is set for a July 9th baptism and we are hoping he could also get baptized on the same day which would be so cool. She also announced all of this for good news minute in Relif Society yesterday which was so cute. I feel so blessed to be working with these people right now. For the baptism that we had the other week I gave a talk on Baptism and Sister Wright sang a song. He is doing great! He received the priesthood yesterday and after he said that he wanted to go baptize someone. The humidity is getting worse every passing day. Yesterday was pretty miserable out walking. Today it is supposed to be 100 degrees and with humidity it will feel like it is 120 degrees. We just keep working hard out in the sun. We drink as much water as we can and usually run into nice people who give us bottled water. I have thought about her cutting my hair before I go but I can't decide if I just want a nice trim or cut a lot off. I have to decide soon she will get transferred on July 13th. President McConkie get released on July 1st . We had Zone Conference on Thursday which happened to be their last one. It was a great conference I really learned a lot. We had to say good bye to them and he gave us all hugs as we left. It felt kind of strange to do that. I am so grateful I had the opportunity to have him as my mission president for awhile. Both him and his wife are amazing people. They extended transfers by a week as the new mission president will be coming in so I am excited! I love Sister Wright so much and will miss her when she is gone. I have learned so much from her and I know we will be friends for life. I hope you have a great time in Kansas let me know how it goes. I am sending pictures of my 1st baptism so you should get those soon. I hope you put a sticker up on the chart. Thank you so much for all of your love and support. I have the best family in the world and would not be here without you. I love you all! Have a great week! Love, Katelyn
Thursday, June 16, 2011
A letter and some Christian art from Karen
Sending you a big hello!
My name is Karen I have the oner to meet sister Wright and Sarafine I just love them they are like family to me.
They come to my home very day with such a big smile and so much love to give. I call them my angels.
We talk about every thing, such smart young lady's. They told me they don't get to talk to you much and I was sad to know that.
My mother and I are very close. So I asked if I could send photos to you so you can see the same sweet smiles I see each and every day.
I love art so I have put together some photos of the girls in my art form. I hope you will love the photos as much as I do.
They send there love and are well and happy.
Moms you did a fabulous job with your young lady's I hope one day my Daughter will shine as they do.
Karen
Sister Wright has told me so much of you and the family. I hope to meet one day.
Here sister Wright and Sarafine are at my home. Singing and reading. Each day they fill my Harte with more hope and understanding of the word of god.
Sister Sarafine is so dear to me what a wonderful lady. She is so kind and we pray together every day.
In this photo the girls where helping me push my lawnmower on to the truck so if could be fixed.
Very strong both of them.
Hope this will find you well and happy.
Karen.
My name is Karen I have the oner to meet sister Wright and Sarafine I just love them they are like family to me.
They come to my home very day with such a big smile and so much love to give. I call them my angels.
We talk about every thing, such smart young lady's. They told me they don't get to talk to you much and I was sad to know that.
My mother and I are very close. So I asked if I could send photos to you so you can see the same sweet smiles I see each and every day.
I love art so I have put together some photos of the girls in my art form. I hope you will love the photos as much as I do.
They send there love and are well and happy.
Moms you did a fabulous job with your young lady's I hope one day my Daughter will shine as they do.
Karen
Sister Wright has told me so much of you and the family. I hope to meet one day.
Here sister Wright and Sarafine are at my home. Singing and reading. Each day they fill my Harte with more hope and understanding of the word of god.
Sister Sarafine is so dear to me what a wonderful lady. She is so kind and we pray together every day.
In this photo the girls where helping me push my lawnmower on to the truck so if could be fixed.
Very strong both of them.
Hope this will find you well and happy.
Karen.
Monday, June 13, 2011
P-day golfing cuts into email time
Hey'all,
How are you this fine monday afternon? I don't have much time left to write so this will probably be shorter than last week's. . Still no baptism for Joe but we know he will be baptized this month. We had an investigqator come to church today and we were pretty excited. We went with a member to pick her up as she doesn't have a car. Her name is Jess Crago and she is married and has a 4 month old son. We knocked into her house about a month ago and had a walking lesson. She is the the nicest most giving person I have ever met. We have taught her several lessons and she is on date to be baptized on June 18th. She doesn't have much of a Christian background but does believe in God. She seemed to really enjoy church especially Relief Scoiety. She enjoys the charity aspect of our church and would like to get involved somehow. She is planning on coming next week so yeah we are happy. Her husband is pretty nice too and we hope he can make it to church as well next and eventually be baptized. We went and saw a former investigator named David Burton this week and had a wonderful lesson with him. I set him on date to be baptized on July 2nd. I really hope that one goes through as well. I am sure it will! Pretty soon I will be setting people on date to be baptixed on my birthday which is totally awesome. I would love it if someone got baptized on my birthday. I am glad y'all had a great week. I thought about Riley on graduation day and I was sad that I wasn't there but happy that he graduated. Five years ago today I graduated from high school. I am wearing the gift you and dad gave me for graduation (diamond earrings) to celebrate. It stinks that the day after he graduated, he had to get his wisdom teeth taken out. I hope he doesn't die from that ha ha ha! We went golfing again today which was a lot of fun. I enjoy doing different things on p-day. Allison- congrats on the new calling(teaching primary) you know that is my favorite calling, besides being a missionary of course. Same to you Riley Wilson(gospel doctrine teacher) I know you will do great. Thanks again for all of your love and support. keep the emails and letters coming I sure enjoy hearing from y'all. Hope y'all have a great week and I will talk to you later. Love, Katelyn
How are you this fine monday afternon? I don't have much time left to write so this will probably be shorter than last week's. . Still no baptism for Joe but we know he will be baptized this month. We had an investigqator come to church today and we were pretty excited. We went with a member to pick her up as she doesn't have a car. Her name is Jess Crago and she is married and has a 4 month old son. We knocked into her house about a month ago and had a walking lesson. She is the the nicest most giving person I have ever met. We have taught her several lessons and she is on date to be baptized on June 18th. She doesn't have much of a Christian background but does believe in God. She seemed to really enjoy church especially Relief Scoiety. She enjoys the charity aspect of our church and would like to get involved somehow. She is planning on coming next week so yeah we are happy. Her husband is pretty nice too and we hope he can make it to church as well next and eventually be baptized. We went and saw a former investigator named David Burton this week and had a wonderful lesson with him. I set him on date to be baptized on July 2nd. I really hope that one goes through as well. I am sure it will! Pretty soon I will be setting people on date to be baptixed on my birthday which is totally awesome. I would love it if someone got baptized on my birthday. I am glad y'all had a great week. I thought about Riley on graduation day and I was sad that I wasn't there but happy that he graduated. Five years ago today I graduated from high school. I am wearing the gift you and dad gave me for graduation (diamond earrings) to celebrate. It stinks that the day after he graduated, he had to get his wisdom teeth taken out. I hope he doesn't die from that ha ha ha! We went golfing again today which was a lot of fun. I enjoy doing different things on p-day. Allison- congrats on the new calling(teaching primary) you know that is my favorite calling, besides being a missionary of course. Same to you Riley Wilson(gospel doctrine teacher) I know you will do great. Thanks again for all of your love and support. keep the emails and letters coming I sure enjoy hearing from y'all. Hope y'all have a great week and I will talk to you later. Love, Katelyn
Kate's an angel!
Hey'all,
I hope you have all had a great week! Sorry the letter was a little shorter last week. We got back late from golfing and had to get out by 6pm. I will try to type faster so I can say more. First and foremost we had a baptism on Saturday!!! Yeah we were so excited!! Joe Spires II was baptized. He was interviewed on Thursday and then baptized. We had to set the time 3 different times because of conflicting things. He is the last one in his family to be baptized and in 1 year he can go to the temple with his family. I will still be out in the mission field so I should be able to come back and be a part of it. I am so excited and happy to be a missionary and watch people change their lives. We contacted this lady named Karen who is 50 years old a little while ago who was semi interested in talking with us. We stopped by another time and found out she had just lost her job and was pretty upset. We talked with her again and gave her a Book of Mormon with a list of comforting scriptures to read. She calls us her angels which is cute. She came to church on Sunday and brought her mom with her. She had read all of the scriptures we had left with her and couldn't wait to read more. We are going to meet with her tonight and will teach her a first lesson and commit her to baptism. She is a great lady and will probably be baptized. We need to have a word of wisdom and law of chasity lesson soon since we know she has some issues with those. It is a miracle the difference the gospel has made in her life so far. Another girl we are working with named Jess is doing great. We had a word of wisdom lesson with her and she has already stopped her coffee addiction. She has been to church twice and has loved it both times. We are working with her husband who is okay with her going but hasn't had any interest yet to come. Actually it is a common law marriage which technically is not being married. We need to get them married before she can get baptized. I am sure she will be baptized I am just not sure how soon. We met this other girl named Mary who is 22 years old and lives at home, and is working towards being a CNA and works a lot. We have taught her a first lesson and gave her a Book of Mormon. She was going to come to church but was tired from working all night to come. She did text us though and said she did start reading the Book of Mormon so we are happy she is making some progress. My companion came up with an idea to help me with my eye contact. We started having staring contests with each other and that is pretty hard. Also when we are knocking doors I try to have one with each person. It is not my favorite thing to do but I think it will help. I am excited for you to head out to Kansas that will be fun. You will have to go to the Nifty Nut house it is a great place. What are you guys going to do while you are there? I wanted to share with you my missionary humor. We were helping build a shelf for an investigator which was pretty easy to do. We got the bottom off and I said that "we have a good foundation" my companion thought t that was pretty funny. You know me I laugh at my own jokes. Well, I hope all is going well there at home. Continue the missionary work and the Lord will bless you. Have a great week and I will write again soon. Happy Father's day dad! A card will soon be arriving there this week. Thank you for your continued love and support. Love, Katelyn
I hope you have all had a great week! Sorry the letter was a little shorter last week. We got back late from golfing and had to get out by 6pm. I will try to type faster so I can say more. First and foremost we had a baptism on Saturday!!! Yeah we were so excited!! Joe Spires II was baptized. He was interviewed on Thursday and then baptized. We had to set the time 3 different times because of conflicting things. He is the last one in his family to be baptized and in 1 year he can go to the temple with his family. I will still be out in the mission field so I should be able to come back and be a part of it. I am so excited and happy to be a missionary and watch people change their lives. We contacted this lady named Karen who is 50 years old a little while ago who was semi interested in talking with us. We stopped by another time and found out she had just lost her job and was pretty upset. We talked with her again and gave her a Book of Mormon with a list of comforting scriptures to read. She calls us her angels which is cute. She came to church on Sunday and brought her mom with her. She had read all of the scriptures we had left with her and couldn't wait to read more. We are going to meet with her tonight and will teach her a first lesson and commit her to baptism. She is a great lady and will probably be baptized. We need to have a word of wisdom and law of chasity lesson soon since we know she has some issues with those. It is a miracle the difference the gospel has made in her life so far. Another girl we are working with named Jess is doing great. We had a word of wisdom lesson with her and she has already stopped her coffee addiction. She has been to church twice and has loved it both times. We are working with her husband who is okay with her going but hasn't had any interest yet to come. Actually it is a common law marriage which technically is not being married. We need to get them married before she can get baptized. I am sure she will be baptized I am just not sure how soon. We met this other girl named Mary who is 22 years old and lives at home, and is working towards being a CNA and works a lot. We have taught her a first lesson and gave her a Book of Mormon. She was going to come to church but was tired from working all night to come. She did text us though and said she did start reading the Book of Mormon so we are happy she is making some progress. My companion came up with an idea to help me with my eye contact. We started having staring contests with each other and that is pretty hard. Also when we are knocking doors I try to have one with each person. It is not my favorite thing to do but I think it will help. I am excited for you to head out to Kansas that will be fun. You will have to go to the Nifty Nut house it is a great place. What are you guys going to do while you are there? I wanted to share with you my missionary humor. We were helping build a shelf for an investigator which was pretty easy to do. We got the bottom off and I said that "we have a good foundation" my companion thought t that was pretty funny. You know me I laugh at my own jokes. Well, I hope all is going well there at home. Continue the missionary work and the Lord will bless you. Have a great week and I will write again soon. Happy Father's day dad! A card will soon be arriving there this week. Thank you for your continued love and support. Love, Katelyn
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