October 15, 2012

Well This week was great. We had a few hiccups in the work but have been able to see the Lords hand in things.

 

Saturday we had a baptism of Jeramiah. He is an 8 year old boy and his parents are semi- active. We have been working to get him ready for baptism and his dad ready to perform the ordinances. It was such a sweet moment to be able to see it all happen.

One of the Missions theme is whenever someone ask us what time it is our response is "Its time to Baptize". So at the baptism there was a little three year old and he ran up to the grandma and looked up very earnestly and said to his grandma "Its TIME TO BAPTIZE" I smiled so big. Its great to see little kids that get it.

 

I love it here in Medford. I feel like everyone is just family here. I love the members and how supportive they are with they work. I feel so blessed to be serving here. and it is not freezing here so that is a plus. I cannot believe its fall already and people are getting ready for Halloween. The time here just flies by. The leaves are changing colors and its starting to smell like autumn.

 

Well I forgot my camera cord. . . So pictures will come next week. I love you all and hope you have a fabulous week.

 

Love Sister Kenzie Rose

October 8, 2012

So this week was interesting. Tuesday we were out tracting and I almost passed out. I felt so weak and shaky so we went and tested my blood sugar at a members. It was high enough but the member said "ya know if your a diabetic it would be that high" I pushed the thought from my mind and went home and ate, then 3 hours later same thing happened. We called a doctor in the stake and he asked some quiestions and was like "oh no.... oh boy...... you need to come in" Dearest Doctor thanks for seeing me but work on your bedside manner. He was pretty concerned I had the Diabetes. I was in bed for 3 days just sleeping, I would wake up and eat and drink then go back to sleep. It STUNK SO BAD!!!! I got a blessing and began to feel better. So the blood test came back negative and the past few days I have been feeling a lot better. My Mission presidents wife prayed it was a really bad case of the flu. I was so relieved when the test came back negative.

 

We did have some amazing lessons in between the sickyness. We met with Jeanie. We tracted into her my first month in the area and she turned us down. Well a member gave her as a refereal and she let us in. She said she had been praying about what she needed in her life and mormons kept showing up, including us tracting into her. I testified that we pray before we go and I know Heavenly Father Sent us to her. It was a great lesson, and she will soon enter the waters of baptism :)

 

We are also teaching Donna an amazing referal from another ward. She is great and is going through a lot of trials right now. She watched Conference with the bishops family tomorrow. So she is pretty well taken care of. I just love these people.

 

The Other night we went to dinner and a dog pee'd on me twice. . . SO gross. Then we went to visit Norma and she told us she cant meet with us anymore cause it upsets her husband too much. So as were walking out her drunk husband kisses my hand. UGH So Gross. We started driving and I just felt so sad. I never thought I could love and care for someones salvation so strongly, But that is how the work goes. We are being blessed for what we are doing.

 

Love Sister Rose

October 1, 2012

Am I allowed to hate Satan, to despise every thing he does to stop this work from Progressing. This past two weeks has been the hardest weeks of my mission.

 

It started out Tuesday this week when my companion was dieing in bed. Well long story short, She has an ulcer. Dont worry the doctor said I could give her my medicine so she is now on one of my old medications. Thursday was an amazing zone conference, which really humbled me and It got me even lower. Wait it actually started Monday night when One of our baptismal candidates that we have been working with almost 4 months dropped us. Then we went and got in the middle of a drunk fight. . . UGH. Friday our program was supposed to take an hour and it took all day to get things ready for the baptism we were not even sure if it was going to happen pretty much until she got into the font.

 

I feel so blessed for the trials that happened this week. I have been able to draw closer to the savior and more understand what he would have me do. I love this gospel. I love the strength we can gain from the atonement. It is so amazing the work we can all be a part of.

 

I LOVE you aLL

 

Love Kenzie

 

 

Caties Baptism

How I really feel

and Caties Family :)

September 24, 2012

Well This week was transfer week so we said goodbye to a lot of the missionaries in this area, but I am staying so thats good. 

I love Medford, The ward here is so supportive and loving. My bishop is from texas and him and his wife are seriously the most amazing people in the ward. Its great to have a bishop who gets it and is so willing to do anything we need. 

We had a miracle happen this last monday. We were playing dodgeball and met Catie, she is now getting baptized Saturday! So Exciting. 

We have some amazing investigators we are working with trying to help them get closer to christ. Pray that they will get it eventually. 

OH I just love being a missionary. Last night we were with an investigator and its in the ghetto.. . . Drunk people and cops. I feel like I am living the reality tv show. when I am there I hear "Bad Boys bad Boys whatcha gonna do whatcha gonna do when they come for you"

OH MY I just remembered. This week we went through the temple with Linda and Gary! It was so amazing. The spirit was soo great. In the celestial room while we were waiting a ward member Sister Chaney came up and talked with me for a minute. She was saying how she sometimes lets her thoughts wonder while she is in the temple. Boy Was I glad I was not alone. I told her at one time I was looking at the apron and My thoughts went like this "I could make and apron, I should probably have mom sign me up for a sewing class, What if I become a seamstress instead of a nurse. Oh gosh I have to grow up soon and decide what I want to be, ahh I am in the temple!!!" Sister Chaney shared this with the whole RS room on sunday so now the ward knows I have a hard time focusing. So embarrassing. 

It was a wonderful week. We are trying hard to find more people to bring closer to christ. 

Love you all 

Kenzie 

September 19, 2012

 Well Hello family! I hope all is going well. It has been a fantastic week here in Medford. We have been very blessed in finding new investigators and the ward is so supportive.

 

We had an amazing district meeting last week where a RM who was overly successfull came and talked to us. It was great to get advice from him and examine our own area and see what we can change. We have set some amazing goals for the ward and the Bishop is so fantastic about supporting us and helping us achieve them.

 

Its turning into fall here. We wake up and go outside to excersize and its about 50 degrees. By the time we leave to go out to work at 10 am its about 85-90. Its so beautiful here and all the colors are starting to change. I think thats one of the most interesting parts of my mission. I really feel like its still summer of 2011, I feel like its still that time, I am still a new missionary and nothing at home has changed. I remember last year when It started really raining in November I thought multiple times, why is it raining in the summer. I think I have totally lost my sense of time, it just flies too quickly.

 

Well I love you all, I am grateful for all your prayers.

 

Love Kenzie

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