HAY!!!!
Pues si, me encanta leer sus cartas en espanol! Muchisimas gracia por escribir. yo no sabia que su espanol es tan bueno como asi. pues tengo que escribir en ingles por todas las otras personas que la leeran esta carta, y tambien, no se si es bien dificil para ecribirme por medio de papeles, porque es super dificil para leer todas las cartas aqui en la biblioteca y yo quiero leerlas. Entonces no se si ustedes pueden escribirlas por la computadora y luego enviarles por el correro... seria muy bien!
OK!
This week had been awesome! Hermano Sandoval has completely stopped his drinking! yayayayay! Everything is going real well!! The Lord is really blessing us here in Monte Vista. We are always staying busy here. President Beck and his wife came and spoke in sacrament meeting. They both speak gringo Spanish pretty well. They really got the branch excited with missionary work. The branch is growing and the members are liking it. They just need to remember that when things look good its not the time to ease our labours. That is a pretty good principle of life. Missionary work is sooo much better with member help!! That's where the blessing are unleashed upon whatever ward or branch you are in.
I have been studying the conference talks a lot this week. This morning for personal study I read one by Elder Oaks about selfless service. It was awesome!!!!!! It gets you excited to just help other people. One good part I like was when he said "When we are judged we will not be asked 'how many positions did you hold?' but rather 'How many people did you help?'" I love that! It is all about selfless service. If we forget about ourselves and strive to make other people's lives better, we will be happy and satisfied with the way we are living our lives! yayaa
I must say, I love working with the assistants in the branch with us. They are such a good example and I love going on splits with them. They just love us and serve us. I was reading in Elder Crandall's planner and I saw a quote saying "You don't have to be a judge of Israel, just love the peeps!" Being a good example is the perfect way to lead. Calling people out and pointing out their faults may not be the best way to help people. Just love them and serve them. We don't have to tell them the million things that they do that are not perfect. Anyway... I thought that was awesome!!!Well, we are doing great here and our companionship is really close. We are really good friends and we are working really hard. It is the perfect transfer here in Monte Vista. I might be moving because I will be done being trained this transfer, but also Elder Manning has been here for 8 months so who knows. We will find that out July 10. I love it here in Monte Vista!!!
Hope all is well. Write me by letter if you can because it is hard to read all the emails here in the library. You can just type it out, print it and send it if you want. That would be awesome!!!!!
Love you all,
Elder Harris
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
June 28, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
June 21, 2010
Well... this week was a little crazy. Finding out about grandma was kinda tough to do, being surrounded by people here in the library. I am so impressed with the faith of the family. Thank you for the emails of love, bearing your testimonies of the Plan of Happiness. It really helped me take in the news and the spirit really comforted me. I don't really feel like talking about my week, because I feel like it is irrelevant to the situation, but I know you want to here so here is a little story.
Yesterday was a little hard. We passed by the house of the familia Sandoval because they were not at church and they were not answering his phone. We walked up to the door and they had music blasting. We knock on the door and his wife opened the door. She had a disappointed look on her face. We saw Hermano Sandoval sitting at his table completely borrachado (drunk). We love this family so much and want the best. He just kept saying "I sorry, I sorry". He then took another one and just started drinking it in front of us. This was really hard for us. His 1 yr. old daughter was walking in the beer that was all over the floor. It was very sad to see the people we love like this. We took his beer and dumped it. His wife (Pregnant) was very serious and she feels like she is babysitting her husband. She wants him to stop drinking so bad because it is destroying their family. We expressed our love for her and explained to her that we want her family to be happy, and want the best for them. We told her them that we are there because we want to help them. She felt comforted when we talked to her. She wants the gospel so bad. We took the beer and threw it away. We are going by tonight to help him make some goals and to commit himself to prepare himself for baptism. It was hard to see this with the people we love, but Satan is not going to make it easy for them to enter into the mercy of Christ. It's all about loving the people, and having them feel you love for them.
Grandma and Grandpa I love you so much and I will be writing you this week.
Elder Harris
LETTER TO GRANDMA
Well... I don't really know what to say. I just read the news about grandma about three minutes ago. Grandma, I love you so much and your loving spirit toward your grandchildren changed our lives. I could feel the love you and grandpa had for me every time we met. I remember laying on your lap and you would drop bits of bread in my mouth like I was a baby bird haha. Grandma, without your love and example I promise you I would not be serving our God here in Phoenix. Because of you testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, you have started a chain of salvation, and your our Father knows this. You love is powerful, I can't really describe it but I can feel it. I always felt it as a child and I am amazed at how much you love your grandchildren. I will be writing you and grandpa soon. I love you with all my heart.
Elder Kyle Harris
June 14, 2010
I am back in action! Tuesday was first full day of work we had and we just killed it. Elder Manning and I were just ready to get out of the apartment. We just pumped it out this week. The Lord just put the people in our path and they just listen to us. I feel like God gives us hard times right before he gives us great times! So remember, when life is hard be excited, because something awesome is going to happen!
World cup started this week and everyone is inside watching the games. Everyone loves Mexico and is together in their houses watching the game. Some people wear team USA clothes so that they will look like citizens on the street.
We are trying to make sure we are doing everything right as a companionship. We are trying to stay on top of things! This means keeping up on all of our records (Area Book), keeping car and apartment clean/ making all of our phone calls/ calling in all our references/ praying early so we can be in bed on time/ etc. We are focusing on doing all these things and staying on top of everything so that the Lord will see that we want the blessings and we are ready to help his children enter into His way. Elder Manning says that Monte Vista is just waiting to explode. The Lord is just waiting for us to do something. Hopefully this is what we need to do to open the door flooded of blessings to bless the Monte Vista branch.
The mission will split soon and all the missionaries north of Prescott with be in the Farmington New Mexico Mission. Nothing else will change, we will only lose missionaries after this transfer. I think there are like 30 missionaries North of Prescott (All of Flagstaff and the reservation)
Everything is going great here in Monte Vista and I'm back and good to go! Love you all and have a great week!
Elder Kyle Harris
June 7, 2010-A miracle of a week!
Buenos Tardes!
These past few days have been pretty hard. Thursday night I threw up and stayed home all of Friday. Being sick as a missionary is one of the hardest things I have ever done. All you do is stay inside and sleep. No TV, no movies, no Mommy, just sleep and get better. It is so hard and all you want to do is get out and work. Saturday is started to feel better. We went out and went to a baptismal service. The Monte Vista branch is really being blessed. Turns out we don't know if we are becoming a ward yet because the Stake President wants to wait until everything with the new law is over. BUMMER!! Yesterday, Sunday, i went on splits with the Spanish assistant Elder Crandall. It was the best time I have ever had on my mission. It was also the hardest i have ever worked. We started out studying hope for personal/comp study. We learned in PMG that we should hope for something good to happen every day. This is the Lord work and if we put in our part, we will see miracles every day. We then penciled in brackets [ ] in our planners and prayed in every prayer that day that we would be able to fill those brackets with a name of a family that was ready to be baptized.
It was fast Sunday and after church Elder Crandall and I just tracted for 3 hours in 105 weather before dinner. The spirit was strong. We could feel it with us as we walked down the 95% Mexican neighborhood but most people were inside because it was a hot day. We taught a few lessons, trying to set baptismal dates on their porch. We were looking for this family and we KNEW that we were going to find them.
After about 2 hours, we could taste the salty sweat as it ran down our lips. I was starting to feel sick again. I didn't like it. We were not done. We still had to find this family. We walked into the shade and said a prayer. Elder Crandall pretty much said in the prayer the Lord's will be done whether it be to go home or to keep going. After the prayer he just looks at me and we were just like "Andele Pues!".
The very next door opens a man wearing a Lakers jersey. He lets us in and sits us down on his couch. It was nice and cool in his little apartment. (I'm telling you this place is Mexico). We start talking to him for a minute or so and his wife walks in. He says to us "I usually don't let people in my house, you guys are the first ones." We then asked him "Why did you let us in?" "I don't know" he replied...... We then taught him the first lesson. The spirit was stronger than any other lesson i have taught. After I say Joseph Smith's words of the first vision and explain it to him, Elder Crandall asked him "How do you feel right now?" he said he felt good and peaceful. He liked it. We testified that this feeling was the spirit testifying to him that this message is true. He and his wife really felt the spirit.
We lead the lesson into authority to baptize. We extended a baptismal commitment and he just sat there on his couch for awhile. His wife just looked at him, with a--aren't you going to say yes?-- face. He then thought for a sec and finally nodded his head and said yes. We extended a date and they both accepted it. They have 2 girls and a boy on the way. This is the family that the Lord has prepared for Elder Crandall and I specifically, on the assistant exchanges. The Lord blessed us after we worked the hardest we ever had on our missions. We feel so honored to be able to be on the Lord's errand, and to work on his behalf.
After we left, and set up return appointment for Tuesday and Thursday this week, we walk around the corner were no one can see us, look at each other, and FREAKED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAH. We just hugged each other and said WHAT?!?! like 30 times haha. I have never been so happy before in my life. We just laughed and were amazed! It was exactly what we were looking and praying for. The Lord just put them in our way after we gave him everything we had. We gave a prayer of thanks and it was then time to head to dinner..... where I threw up twice..... before and after dinner..... and now I'm sick again.
Thanks for all your loving!!
Elder Harris
Every week i always forget to write things
1. Dad i never forget you birthday, i just forgot to write you HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON MAY 23!!! .... sorry about that
2. I guess the author of Twilight Stephanie Meyer... her brother is in our branch, he married a Latina lady, he doesn't like talking about his sister haha
Those are the two big things.... later... Love you!!!
June 3, 2010
Hey guys! How is everything doing? I am at grand Canyon University in the library here writing you today because Monday was Memorial Day. Things are going great! The Spanish is bien suave and i feel really comfortable talking. I'm just about over that hump of basic fluency. I'm now trying to sound like the locals and mimic their accents. It is sooo fun, especially when you can talk loud and fast with the Mexican mom's who are telling jokes hahaha.
It's getting a little hot down here but not unbearable. President Beck said "It's never too hot to do missionary work... just be smart" so that's our guidelines.
I got letters this week! I have to write so many next P-Day! I got one from Allie, G&G Harris, Jim, Karen, Hannah, Austin Papritz, Karen Kleinman, Tom Vasicek, and sis. Brock. Ive got lots of writing to do this Monday.
Last P-Day we got everyone to play soccer in the gym from the branch. It was sooo sweet! We played with 4 teams of 6 in the gym. It was awesome!!! I get to juggle a lot with kids when we walk down the street which makes me feel at home. This is Mexico! Most people are from Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Vera Cruz, Chiapas, and Guatemala. Everyone comes here for work.
We are really praying hard that we can "find the people the Lord has prepared for us and extend baptismal commitments with a date". This is something we need to work on and we have really been focusing on it.
We ran out of miles for our car for the last week of may so we biked a lot. It was so nice! It's fun to just get out and talk to people on the street.
We are getting a lot more help from the members in the ward now that school is out. It is also a lot easier to set up appointments with youth to teach.
Anyway, we have an appointment so gotta go but ill see you guys later!!!
Elder (Kyle) Harris
May 24, 2010
AALLOOOOOOOOHAAA!!!!!!
How is everyone doing? I'm am doing awesome!! It is way good to hear from you Adam, with the accidents and the twin Nathan, and the investigators! Sounds like you are doing real well like I told you.
My favorite phrases this week are "Bien Suave"(such as - wow sir, your cowboy boots and white jeans are bien suave" and "Endele Pues!" ( later man! On with you!)
Thing have changed with me now. Now the things that are "cool" to me now are nice cowboy boots, white jeans, big belt buckles, nice cowboy hat, Mexican style! hahaha. Bien suave.
This week has been real nice. Our finding has increased and we are trying to lead people to the gate of the gospel, to get them on the path, though baptism. It is really cool to see all the success in our zone and the mission. I am learning so much, and the Spanish is real nice! I am really getting it down, but I'm still working on rolling those rr's.
One story I have happened right before an appointment with a young family we call Bernardita y Andreas. On our way to the appointment I look at my backpack and there is some white stuff on it. I look down at the floor and the bottle of sunscreen cracked open. It was everywhere, and it was on my backpack and my pants. I looked for some napkins or paper or something but i couldn't find anything! Our appointment was in 3 minutes and we were in a mess. My first instinct was to apply as much on my face as possible (It was about 7:30 at night). I lathered it up on my neck and face. I looked a little pale on my face and tried to rub it in. I still had a ton of sunscreen on my pants and backpack and on the bottle. I applied to my arms and it still didn't suffice. Elder Manning was cracking up as he was driving. I then looked at him in the eye, lifted up my pant legs and applied the rest to my white, white legs. I put A Lot of sunscreen on my legs and finally cleaned up the mess. I smelled "a sense of protection" as i taught the family. hahaha.
We took a family to the Mesa Temple on Saturday to see the visitors center and to watch the Joseph Smith video. It was real nice. They loved it and thought the life of Joseph Smith was really sad. We taught them that a lot has been sacrificed for the restoration of the Gospel. They are so solid! Javier needs to get divorced to a lady in Mexico and marry Ivania. This is taking awhile but we are doing all we can to hurry up the process. They are so awesome!
The English classes are going real well! We have had some people come who are not investigators and the other students befriend them and it is a great missionary tool in get people in the church building and feel the spirit. We took a man named Isaac into the church for a church tour. We showed him the rooms and the auxiliaries and everything. We then went into the baptismal font, i mean IN the font and talked with him about baptism. We extended a commitment and he accepted. It was way cool. The Lord is blessing us over here in Monte Vista.
I got to see the Gila Valley temple dedication yesterday. It was real nice.
The weather is still not bad. It hasn't been too hot yet. I think 100 was the highest so far....... BUCKLE UP!
Love you all,
Elder Kyle Harris
Monday, May 17, 2010
"Windows of Heaven"
We had a tough week last week with finding. I must say that our patience has definitely been tried, and the Lord has been molding us and giving us experiences where we learn and grow. It's nice when you realized what you have learned, and look back on how much you have changed. It has changed a lot in the optimism in our companionship. We are both really excited and working hard. Our companionship has grown a lot in this past week. Elder Manning and I are really good friends and we are coming closer and closer when we work hard and help each other out. I love this.
We are teaching a 16 year old kid named Eric from Vera Cruz who just goes to school and plays soccer. He has kind of a fo-hawk that goes all the way to the back of his head and he told us he has two girlfriends lol. He is the soccer stud around here I guess, but he is also really humble. I was really impressed for his desire for spiritual things and he has already been to church three times and we have only taught him once. He is always busy. It’s great now that he is good friends with the kids in the ward and everything. He is going to activities and wants to be baptized. The Lord kinda just threw him at us and we just were kinda like...... Thanks!!! He is a great example for us and he is just a way cool kid.
Javier and Ivania are doing swell. They are working on their divorce and we had a powerful lesson about families. They should be baptized right now, but Satan is making it hard for them to get a divorce and getting married. They loved the Word of Wisdom because Ivania's Dad was always drunk on the streets and would come back home dirty and he is a bum right now I think. It was really sad to hear her talk about it and she was crying a lot. We read the The Family Proclamation to the World and they loved it. Their kids are so obedient and nice, and also funny. This makes the atmosphere of lessons perfect. They just sit quietly. They are way less crazy than I was when Adam and I were young hahahaha. They are doing awesome.
We had one day where we were determined to find a family that was ready to receive the ordinances of the gospel and that we could recognize them and bring them unto Christ. We were looking for them all day and we made empty brackets in out planners like "New Family [ ] and prayed that we could fill those "Windows of Heaven" with the name of a family. We looked hard, knocked a lot of doors, talked to everyone. We then received a referral from President and we had just enough time to contact it before we had to be in. We went up and a guy ran out and shook out hands. He and his wife have been married in the temple and one of their daughters has been baptized but the others haven't. They wanted to meet with some Spanish speaking missionaries. We filled in our "Windows of Heaven" with the Gonzales Family, and were gonna' get'em to church and teach them and their children.
The lord really blesses us when we ask for specific blessings at specific times and places. We are planning out where we are going to tract, and at what times, and what we want. We then pray for a specific person to find, or family, that is Latino, and we then go and find them. This is awesome and I am really excited for the next week. God wants us to plan effectively and set good goals. If we pray hard, and do all we can to work hard and have the faith to find them, the Lord will do his part, and that is when his hand is revealed in the work, after you do all you can, and see Him push you the rest of thaw way. It is SOOOO COOL!!!
Anyway, today we are going to go golfing with the Branch Presidency. Oh! The branch is becoming a ward soon, but we are not sure how quick they are going to do it. I’m guessing within the next month or two. It didn't sound like it would happen right away. We are way stoked and the members are too. They are helping us out a lot and they are being blessed for it. That is the key to blessing a ward or branch, especially in these crazy times, is missionary work. The Lord blesses those who work in His behalf.
Okay I got to get going but I love you all! Thanks for the letters and everything! "You guys are awesome!" ~Malcolm Nichols
-Elder Kyle Harris
Monday, May 10, 2010
So we have been really stressing baptismal commitments. We were challenged to give one commitment a day, but we are trying to get one each lesson if the spirit allows it. We also try and have every single first lesson taught in the chapel of in the members home. This is what president Beck has asked us to do, and during the first lesson in the church, he said to take them down into the baptismal font and extend a baptismal commitment while standing in the empty font. hahaha. I guess people have had success from that so we are gonna start doing it.
A lot of people are moving because of the law. One of our investigators couldn't have a lesson with us because he was leaving Mexico at that very moment. He said goodbye to us and we told him that the gospel is still true in Mexico, and he waved to us goodbye. Crazy! I don't know what is going to happen in the future but the Latinos think Arizona is going down, economically, and all that stuff. Its pretty intense!
Bishop Bateman sent me the ward newsletter. That was cool to see that and see the names of the new families in the ward.
It is starting to get hot, but it is not really a big deal, you don't really think about it because you are always busy. A lot of people offer us water and stuff and think we are crazy for wearing our church clothes in the heat. We just say that we love it! Our mission scripture is D&C 133:29 "And in the barren deserts there shall come forth pools of living water" and our song goes "Arizooooona thirsty land (and shout thirsty land!) We'll serve the living water while we can! Oh my word i love it!!!!!!
So the other day there we saw soda cans flying out of the garbage can. We weren't sure what it was and then we saw a man jump out of the big dumpster. He was collecting cans and we had a good conversation with him while we helped him get all the cans in the trash bag. He was Mexican and said it was hard to feed his family with no work, so we shared our experiences and testimonies on how the gospel has blessed our lives, and how we can be safe if we build on a sure foundation of Jesus Christ. He felt the spirit strong and it was real nice. Then he just got up and left on his bike with his cans. It was pretty odd, but I know he felt something.
Anyway, thanks for all the letters I'm getting. It makes me feel loved! hahah. It was awesome talking to the family yesterday. Happy Mother's Day MOMMA!!!!
Love,
ELDER HARRIS
Monday, May 3, 2010
Week Two
So the Monte Vista Spanish Branch is awesome. There is about 5 people there 5 minutes before sacrament meeting, and the chapel is 3/4 full after the sacrament lol. Everyone is super nice and being a greeny really stands out, but I'm getting a hang of things.
The food here is sooo good! I love it so much! It is interesting because i haven't had one meal when the family has eaten with us. They just have us sit down and eat and they watch us. It is really interesting, and every time we ask if they are gonna eat they say "we already ate". We get fed every night and get treated very well by the Branch.
Our branch is pretty big and my goal here is to make it a ward before I go. Things ahead are looking good for us and the Lord is really blessing us.
So i should be taking my missionary picture today for the plaque at home, i think its about time for that, and hopefully we can get some people to play some soccer. I have been craving it soo bad. I love walking up to the kids and saying !Pa'same la poleta! and i do a little trick for them haha. I love it so much!!
Everyone is willing to talk to us, but the hard part it getting people to keep commitments. Anyone will have a conversation about God, but not everyone will take the time to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. That is something that we need to work on is being more persuasive in showing the importance of reading and praying. Preach my Gospel is soo amazing. It answers every question. I love it!
Tom! i haven't got you letter yet.. I think something might have been mixed up.
Anyway, everything is going great! Companionship is amazing! I love my comp, he is soo funny. I am having a great time and i hope you all are doing well!
Send me a letter if you have time haha. It's best if its sent to the mission office, they foreword it to my apt.
Love you all!!!
Elder Kyle Harris
Monday, April 26, 2010
Kyle's First Letter from AZ
WWWHHHHOOOOAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What’s up everyone!!! I am in Phoenix AZ!!!!!yayayaya. I am serving in the Monte Vista Spanish Branch here in the North Phoenix Stake. My companion is Elder Manning from SLC and he is tiiight. Spanish is craaazy!!! The first day it was hard to understand their accent, but it is coming a lot. I love the Latino culture and the food is sooooo good!!! Wow. Everyone is willing to listen to our message (Everyone who is Latino). The only people who give us a hard time are the white people really, but everyone here respects the missionaries and knows we are good people. Latinos are so open to religion. Just about every Latino is willing to share their beliefs with us. Just about everyone is Catholic. It is so intense. I get sooo pumped doing this work! I just get sooo excited and want to talk to everyone!
A lot of times when I talk to people they ask "Why are you so happy?" I turn it right back to The Book of Mormon and the gospel of Jesus Christ, and God has given us a lot of success. Oh My Word, I cannot believe I am here! It feels soooo good!!!!! Wow. I am having o much fun being here and teaching!
I am in an apartment with just Elder Manning and me. We have a car and each have our own bathroom and showers. There are sooo many cucarachas!! More than Hawaii. We have been driving all week because I don’t have a bike yet but I’m going to get one today. I am so excited. I love talking to people so much!
My Mission President is amazing! He is so great and is such a good example. He made me feel welcome and loved real quick. The first few days it was kind of cold here but now it is starting to pick up. We have to wear suits is if gets below 65 degrees, which is pretty rare.
I am writing you all from the public library by the way.
The new law that passed is hard on every person we teach. Everyone is pretty open to us to let us know if they have papers of not, some do, and a lot don't, and everyone has friends who don't, so it's a big trial for the Latino people here. Our message to them is if they build their lives on the foundation of Jesus Christ, it can never fall, and God will take care of them. It has been hard to get investigators to come to church because they don't want to go outside, but we won’t accept that, we'll get them there anyway.
We have been tracting a lot in the Ghetto. We talk to a family yesterday who talked about how we were tracting in the middle of a gang warfare zone haha. Everyone likes us though and knows we are not looking for trouble. We just need to pay close attention to the spirit to guide us, and live right, and we have confidence that the Lord will protect us.
So I’m here! Life is great! I went to the driving range this morning and hit golf balls with the members in our branch. Our branch is kind of big, and it is my goal to make it a ward before I leave this area. I think I’ll stay awhile because Elder Manning has been here for about 6 months.
I feel like I’m in Mexico. There is no grass, just dirt and rocks, with chain link fences with all the Latino men sitting outside their house listening to Mexican music and drinking beer. I love it so much, and I love the people here more and more every day. Well I would love it if you could write me some letters; it’s really hard to go through all your emails because I only have so much time on the computer, though I did get through them all. I love you all and thanks for your prayers and support. Remember that missionary work is the most important work on the face of the earth at this time. This is eternal, and people cannot afford our pride to get in the way of sharing a message from their Father in heaven.
Love you all thanks for all you support and love!!!
Here is my address... Write me and let me know what is going on!!!!
Elder Kyle Harris
18001 N. 79th AVE Ste. C 50
Glendale, AZ 85308
Elder Harris is in AZ!!
We got a call from Kyle’s Mission President yesterday telling us he arrived safe and sound. He’s been assigned to serve in the Monte Vista Spanish Branch in the North Phoenix Stake.
The mission has a blog they use to keep families updated. It’s “CalledToServePhoenix.
It’s sure gotten quiet around here….
Love you,
Dad
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Kyle's Last Week in the MTC
Sorry I didn't get this posted earlier. I had finals all week and Adam went into the MTC today, so I am just getting to this. Kyle is now in Arizona. He called us from the airport yesterday and bore the most powerful testimony in Spanish. Honestly, I am so impressed with this Spanish. The Lord is really blessing him! He is excited to get to the field and get to work. We are proud of him!
Here is his letter from this last week. It is his last from the MTC:
Well... this is the last time I will be emailing you all from the Provo Missionary Training Center. I received my flight plans on Thursday. I was sooo exciting. I need to report to the MTC travel office at 6:00 am and my flight takes off at 9:52 a.m. that means I will probably call home around 9:00 at the latest (Mountain Time). MOM DAD BE READY!! Hahaha I have heard of missionaries just getting the answering machine lol. I am soo excited to talk to you. ADAM!! IM GONNA' MISS YOU BRO!!! Only by one day... crazy!! It was meant to be haha. See you in two years bro!! I am so excited for the field, and meeting my Missions Pres. and my new trainer. The Spanish is coming sooooo well. The gift of tongues is soo real in the MTC. I love it when I am in a lesson and I just go off non-stop. You can just feel the spirit giving you the words to say. I have never experienced something like that before. It is incredible!! ADAM!! You’re going to have a blast!!! It is sooo sick!! You will receive a blue bag your first day with all your German scriptures and PMG and stuff. Your bag just sits in the bookstore so I’ll try to slip some stuff in your bag before I leave. So now I guess you can start sending mail to my mission address until I send you my apartment address. The last day you can send Dear Elders for free to the MTC is Saturday before noon. Well anyway, we are having a fake baptismal service for our fake investigator. We are planning talks and hymns and everything. It is going to be sweet and a lot of the other Elder's investigators are bringing their investigators to our baptismal service. Hahaha this is sweet! We work so hard to get our investigator to come unto Christ. It is pretty sweet. I still have not received anything from the Battle Creek boys. hahah oh well... slackers haha. It is weird being the oldest district in the zone, and one of the oldest in the MTC. Though we are the oldest district, am only older than one person in my zone. Elder Aldave's b-day is Feb 28 and he is in the youngest district. Other than that everyone else is older than me. Weird huh?............. Well I’m going to miss the MTC. I really like it here. Oh! Adam... I guess they are remodeling the gymnasium starting next week so you won’t be able to use it like the whole time you are here. They are putting in new bleachers so they cannot fit everyone into devotionals. Crazy. Anyway, teaching the Gospel in Spanish is awesome!!! It is crazy how I am already leaving to the field. I feel like I just got here last week. Time really flies... really fast on the mission. I don’t like it. I am already 1/12 done with my mission... it's disgusting. Well thanks for all the love and support from you all! The next letter you receive will be from Phoenix Arizona!!! Adios, tenga una dia bien, los amo muchisimo, ciao.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Lovin' It
Hello everyone!!!! Thanks for all the mail and packages I have received lately. I think I got like 3 letters on Monday and a package from Chris and Allie. Thanks you guys so much!! Meg, thanks for getting me the things I need. Family, thanks for sending me my balla' shoes. Dad, thanks for the letter, it was really nice. Thanks for the letter Meg and Mom. I feel so blessed to get all of these things this week! It’s awesome! I must say, I LOVE THE MTC!!!! I am going to miss it. Everyone talks about how the MTC is the worst part of their mission, but I love it! The food is really good and the spirit is always present. I am sooo happy here, I love it! However, I am very excited to go to Arizona. I am not even sure if I will be serving in Phoenix. They are changing up the missions in Arizona and they might put me somewhere else. Does anyone know anything about the missions in Arizona? Are they making any other changes other than the Farmington New Mexico Mission??? Write me and let me know!! McKeen Family!!!!! You’re going to New York!!!YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!! That is sooo freaking awesome!! I went to the church there and it was way sweet. It is in the same building as the temple, just on a different floor. It is sooo sweet. Chris, Columbia is an awesome school!!! That is awesome that you’re going there. Allie NYU!!! Craziness. NY is perfect for you two. You both are going to love it. I wanna come visit!!! lol. Anyway, Joe!! That is awesome you got a job. I must say I loved the story about the undercover cops hahah. Anyway, it is really nice and humbling to know that you all are being blessed and doing well. I am glad the Lord is taking care of you, and I love hearing good news about you all. I LOVE YOU ALL SOO MUCH!!!...........So this week was awesome. We had so much success with our fake-investigators. We have been teaching them for the past month and a half and one of them is way excited for baptism!! I know its fake, but I have put so much time and effort in teaching them that they feel like real investigators. After our appointment with him, Elder Neubert and I were jumping around in the class saying "THAT WAS SOOOOOO AWESOME!!!" We felt like we had fire in our bones and wanted to get to work so the Lord can bless us even more. Spanish is truckin' right along. Reading the scriptures is getting easier and easier. I am trying to prepare myself the best I can for the field. I am starting to not use my English scriptures anymore, and I stopped using my English Preach my Gospel a long time ago. Things are going really well, and I love every second of it. I want to get super rich, then retire early and serve missions for the rest of my life. That would be awesome!! I do not want this to end. I feel like it is going by so fast and it is only the second month haha. But seriously, I have never enjoyed something so much in my life than being on a mission. I never thought I would love it this much..............Adam I’m going to write you a letter today and talk to you about the MTC and stuff. I’ll be sending one to the McKeen family as well. RYKEN!!! SEND ME A LETTER!!!! haha. I got a picture with Elder Whynn. I see him just about every day. I get my travel plans next week and someone said something like they might delay my flight so I can see Adam, but I’m not sure. That would be sweet. Once again, Thanks for the Cookies Flager's and thanks for the Candies :) McKeen family!! Mail is a bigger deal than I thought it would be and I really appreciate it when I get it. Can someone get me the addresses of the Battlecreek boys?!?! That would be sweet. Anyway... Utah is soooo cold!!!!!! Peace out, have a good week, and READ YOUR SCRIPTURES AND SAY YOUR PRAYERS EVERY DAY!!!! Will you all commit to that?! Thank you :) Ciao… Love you all
Friday, April 2, 2010
March 31, 2010
Wow! This was a crazy week! Yesterday we had an Elder from our district go home. That makes our district now with just 5 elders. We have had two elders leave. It is really too bad. The elder that left was Elder Hamburg and he left a sticky note in my journal saying "I’m sorry I was not strong enough. I love you tons man! Stay strong!" It was really hard having him leave. He was Dear Johned the day before. It really just tore my heart out. Our district is a so close and to see someone give up like that is really hard. Anyway, we had a large group meeting with a bunch of zones, and our speaker turned out to be this guy whom I hitch-hiked with in Hawaii. I remember being picked up by an RM and we just talked about his mission. He said the same thing in the meeting and I knew he looked familiar. I didn’t get a chance to talk to him, but I’ll find him and he will be surprised. He was a nice man for picking me up ha-ha. Anyway, the MTC is going so fast. This week I have mostly been focusing on serving people, and making that the purpose of all my activities. I’m not doing this to try to impress my family, or whoever, I am working hard because I love Jesus Christ and God and I want people to come to the gospel of Jesus Christ and enjoy of the blessings. That is the focus for every single activity I do. I am growing so much. I cannot believe it. My planning skills and being organized will help me so much in my later life, as well as setting goals and doing all I can to achieve those goals. I should be receiving my flight plans any day. I have not received a letter from anyone except my family members. What is up with that guys?!?! ha-ha just kidding.. I know you are all busy with school and stuff. Anyway, love you all. Elder Kyle Harris.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
If you leave a comment...
Striving to be 100% Obedient
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Wednesday March 17, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Wacky Elders Not Wasting A Minute
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Kyle's first letter from the MTC
love it! The MTC is great! Please send me mail. Look up the
address for thr MTC and our box# is #228. I really would
love some letters. Ill get a better email out next week now
that i am registered. please write me!!!! with real letters.
Dear elder is ghood too!!! sign up for that. District is
great. Everyone is very spiritually mature. learning a lot.
Spanish is coming. i love you all and wish i could write
more. You should get a lettewr in like 3 days from me. My P
day is wednesday. Im really busy all the time and im doing
well., Love you all Bye!