September 10, 2012

Family!

 

I hope you are all having a fabulous week. I feel so blessed to get your letters everyweek and hear about all that is going on in your own lives. Its crazy To see how fast life is moving at home and to not be there. But its great to hear about it all.

 

So Medford is still fantastic. I feel so blessed to be in this ward. This week we get to go to the temple with Linda and Gary. A few months ago when I ran into them at the temple I felt so blessed to see them progressing to do baptisms in the temple. I never would have dreamed to be able to be there when they go through the temple. I got the okay from president this last week while he was down here for a training. I am so excited to be there. The real purpose for missionary work is get people to the temple. and to be able to see this family go is jsut amazing. I cannot express the joy I feel.

 

So it sounds like home is pretty boring. Mom, I dont like taking the dogs out either. . . . .

 

So our investigators are great. Buddy and Claudia are slowly moving forward. We just pray they begin to see a need to live righteously. Norma is doing a great! We found her on miracle monday. Tonight we are having a FHE with her and her husband and 4 kids. The gospel will bless their lives so much. She said it all sounds amazing, she is just struggling to know the Book of Mormon is true. Our amazing tracting Miracle Maryann We met with her on friday. It was our second lesson and my companion describes her as a "secret shopper" she is so perfect. She ask the perfect questions and has the most amazing answers. She committed to be baptized, but not to come to church.. . . So were working with her.

 

I am excited to keep working my butt off. Its amazing how quickly this all flew by. I have 13 weeks left to save all the souls who are ready to be saved!!

 

Love you all

 

Love Kenzie

September 3, 2012

This week has been a whirlwind of emotions. we had some very good days and then we have been on exchanges the past few days. I have felt the spirit of the lord so strongly with me its amazing. 

So we have the only pear orchard owned by the church in the ward boundaries. Each member within an hour is asked to donate 12 hours of picking pears. It has been some of the funnest service I have ever done. But Its interesting on fast sunday to hear a lot of testimonies, people crying, about pears. Its a good thing I have grown up a bit or I would have laughed. 

This week we had an amazing lesson with Norma and Brian, they are both getting very close to baptism. I feel so blessed to be here to work with them 

I love you all. 

Love kenzie 

August 27, 2012

I am going to be blunt honest in this email. I have never had a harder week in my life. I didnt understand why either. After the apostle visit we were able to go to the temple and this last Saturday we had an amazing baptism. The whole week I was fighting off feeling totally stressed and like I wasnt doing enough. I was praying for peace and just something, anything I wasnt getting. Then Sunday after church we met with a recent convert who just came back from boot camp. We talked about his conversion story. He talked a lot about missionaries and how he found the church, when it clicked for him. Multiple times during his bearing his testimony my prayers were answered. I was able to be at peace during these trials and more understand What I need to be doing. He will never know the power or impact his testimony had on my, mainly cause he is a 23 year old boy and I am a sister Missionary so I cant bare my soul to him. That would be awkward. But anyways Prayers are answered in so many ways and I feel so blessed to have my testimony stregthened once again.

 

So besides that, we had the miracle of Madisons baptism this saturday. She is just amazing. She turned nine 2 weeks before her baptism so we were blessed with a convert baptism. Teaching her and her sister was so much fun. They have lived in England the past 4 years so all the girls have english accents. They are moving to Japan this saturday and I am so sad they are leaving. They taught me more than I could ever teach them. I LOVE THEM!!

 

Well I hope you all are doing exceptionally well. I pray daily for you .

 

Love Kenzie

 

Pictures of the Baptism and AMAZING Sunsets.

August 21, 2012

This week Has been HOT again. We had a few days where it was over 105. Sister Young has band all soda's due to the fact they dehydrate :( oh well were too poor for them anyways.

 

Well My Keyboard is really loud so Its awkward. At least the drunk guy isnt here this week. He stares a lot. . .

 

So We had an amazing spiritual week. Thursday Elder Snow from the 70 came and did a 5 hour zone conference with us. He taught us how to be better teachers and the importance of the spirit. I love these meetings because even though they keep reviewing the same thing, I seem to gain so much out of each one.

 

Saturday we went up to Eugene for a 2 hour Meeting with Elder Andersen of the 12, Elder Rasband of the 70 and the Presiding Bishop. The spirit was almost tangible. We were able to shake each of their hands and have that small moment with each of them. They reviewed what Elder Snow taught us and again we each took what we needed.

The Heaths took us up there, It was Linda's 1 year mark since her baptism. IT has been so great to be in her ward again and be able to be here as they prepare to go to the temple.

 

Speaking of temple We get to attend the temple today and I am totally stoked.

 

Well Here are some pictures for you all!!

 

Love you Long Time

 

Sister Rose

 

1-Medford Temple

2- My Mission

3-Goodbyes to Elder Young and Sister Reed

4&5-Pedicures and Hair Therapy as Service for a member :)

6-TIWI- This is our car monitor, it yells at you if you speed, dont wear a seatbelt, drive aggressivly or go fast to quickly. I dont like it.

August 13, 2012

Hello Family!

I hope you have all had a fantastic week. I cannot believe it is time for lexie to leave on her mission. Time just flies by out here. At first I never thought my mission was going to end. Now it seems like I am swimming against the current trying to make my time last longer. I just want to thank all of you for your love and support while I have been out here. I feel like one of the most blessed missionaries in the world to have such an amazing family behind me.

 

This week has been great. Sister Hoffman reminds me so much of Cassidy. Its probably one of the sweetest tender mercies of the lord I have recieved on my mission. The first day she got here she quoted the Ellen Here and Now movie and I almost died. I have been crackin those jokes since I came out here and no one gets them. Needless to say it makes tracting a lot more entertaining. Its so fun to be around her cause She really just reminds me of cassi, But it makes me miss her so so much more.

 

So In the Ensign this last month there was a talk about always being in the middle. Thats how I am looking at my mission. No Need to talk about me coming home :)

 

So Sister Hoffman came and we got to work. It was hard at first being the leader/ strong pull of the companionship cause Read was that for me. We set some awesome companionship goals and got to work. We met with Buddy and Claudia and a few things are holding them back from being baptized. So we are continuing to work with them to help them build a strong foundation of faith. Please keep them in your prayers.

 

We are also working with 3 other people and preparing them for baptism in the next few weeks- months. Its interesting how some people are so ready adn some need time.

 

Its been a blessing to be back here in Medford. My testimony that the Lord knows each of us and know specifically what we need has been stregnthened. There is no way this is just by chance.

 

I cannot believe summer is always over. I dont like the end of summer because a lot less people are outside and not as many people to talk to. I wont mind the heat leaving. It was 105 this past week with a lot of Humidity. I felt like I had been in a sauna all day. I dont know how Whitney is doing the New Mexico Heat, and Good Luck Lexie!! You go girls.

 

Well This stinks, I just tried to hook my camera up cause I had great pictures, but the camera is dead. Next week will be a picture letter.

 

I hope things are going well and I love you all. I pray for you daily and hope you will continue to be blessed.

 

Love Sister Rose

August 6, 2012

So this week has been fantastic. I have felt the spirit so strongly all week. It was Sister Reed's last week in the mission and we worked our guts out. She has been such an amazing companion and I truly feel so blessed to have been companions with her. I have learned so much and I feel she helped me be the missionary I could be.

 

 

We Did a lot of finding this week, and we are continuing to teach our investigators. Buddy and Claudia are doing soooo Good! We are working on marriage and then Baptism for them :)

 

President asked me and Sister Reed to do exchanges with another set of sisters. They are Covering Central Point and the area is struggling alot. I was assigned to go to Central point which was awesome to go back to my first area. We had a blast and found some new investigators so that was nice.

 

I really suck at remembering my Camera Cord, but I will next week. I have some pictures of the goodbyes and other random things.

 

I love you all and hope things are going smoothly.

 

Peace and Blessings

 

Love Sister Rose

July 30, 2012

And Were gonna Baptize!!

 

This week has been absolutely splendid. Last week After Buddy and Claudia came to church a member invited them to FHE and it went fantastic. We met with them again Wednesday and answered more questions. On Sunday we went over and buddy told us how he had quit smoking. Our First lesson where we answered questions we taught them the ten commandments and Word of wisdom and Law of chastity. Its amazing they didnt get overwhelmed. Buddy said his grandma would be shocked to hear that he is going to the mormon church because she "used to be a mormon" my response was "Well you can invite her to your baptism" mind you this is four days after we had met. And He went right along with it, he said it would be hard to get her here cause she is old and in southern california. So after this smooth conversation me and my companion felt they were ready to commit to baptism. So on sunday after church we went to see them. we taught about the plan of salvation and invited them to be baptized. Buddy was so excited, claudia was a little hesitant but Buddy showed his support and they both commited. We are so excited to see them make this big step.

 

Our new apartment is sooo nice and clean. The spirit is a lot stronger in this new place then it was in the old apartment.

 

This week President came down and did a specialized training. I feel really blessed to have such a loving mission president who really loves each one of us. The next day the mission presidents wife came and did studies with us. We were sure that starting our day off with that would make for  a splendid day. As we drove home that night me and Sister Reed decided that it had been the worst proselyting day we had had together. I am sure Satan was trying to discourage us because he knew sunday would be amazing.

 

I feel so blessed to be a missionary. We are seeing so many miracles. This is Sister Reeds last week and I am sure she is going to blow it out of the water. It is always nerve racking getting a new companion but I know that whoever comes here will be perfect for the area.

 

I love you all, I am grateful for all you do.

 

Love Kenzie