FAMILY!!!!
oooooh my goodness! I
have SO many emails and updates this week! It's so much fun but shortens email
time up sooo much! I'll try to write as FAST as I can! Things have been SO
awesome here at the MTC this week. I can't believe how fast this week has gone
by. The first couple days here went by soooo slow. Now I can't seem to keep
track of the time! I just came back from the temple for the 2nd time here. It
has been amazing going to the temple with all of these missionaries. Last week
when I went I had a really amazing spiritual experience. I felt the spirit
super strong. I had such a warm feeling inside of me confirming to me that this
is where I belong. I also began to cry we prayed for all of the missionaries.
It was such an amazing moment to sit with so many kids my age that are giving
up their lives for 2 years to the Lord and to realize how much we are really
prayed for. I truly feel and believe that God is in my heart and that angels
are round about me while I'm doing this work. It is the most amazing feeling
that I have ever experienced and I don't want it to ever go away! I'm just
shaking a little now typing it! I just feel the spirit so strongly here. I will
miss the MTC for that reason... however I think I'll be ok leaving the food
behind ;)
My companion and I
have been teaching a nonmember, BYU student from Chicago. The first lesson did
not go well AT ALL!!! He knew the Bible like the back of his hand and refused
to even listen to us when we talked about reading from another book. While preparing
for our second lesson with him, I have no doubt that we received revelation on
how to prepare for it.... we felt really strongly to talk in more depth about
how the Book of Mormon and Bible go hand in hand. We shared scriptures with him
from both books, told him brief history of Lehi and his family coming to the
Americas and how that is how the Book of Mormon came to be over time. We then
read 3 Nephi when Christ came to the Americas. The spirit was so strong when
reading the story. The investigator became thoughtful and said that he would
study from both the Book of Mormon and Bible! YAY!!! It was such a confidence
builder and my faith grew so much knowing that if I'm doing all I can that God
will do the rest. I'm not sure what will happen to him, but I know that the
spirit stirred something inside of him.
Singing in the choir
at the Marriott Center was AWESOME!! There were so many voices! The spirit was
very strong while singing 'Called to Serve'. I loved it! The message was given
by Elder Arnold of the 70. What I liked the most about his message was having
NO REGRETS. It motivated me so much and I am so determined to work my hardest
out there.
I've become really
close with my district. All the girls are coming to Orlando with me but the Elders
are going to Washington :( :( I'm going to miss them! But I'm so excited to
meet the new missionaries out in the field! I can't believe that I only have 2
full days left here in Utah... goodbye mountains! goodbye nasty MTC food!
goodbye BYU! goodbye family! goodbye dry skin and HELLO FLORIDA STORMS! ;)
hahaha
How is Angie doing
with her wisdom teeth out? Does she have chipmunk cheeks?? ;) hehehe someone.
PLEASE. send. me. a. picture. hahahaha! I'm going to try and send pictures...
but I don't know if it's going to work! I'll try my best cause I want you to see
what's been going on!!!!
I fly out Monday morning.
We are to leave the MTC around 5:30 a.m. for the airport. Our flight
is at 9:40 and we should land in Florida (in FL time) at 4:10.
PLEASE have your phones on you!! I'll try and call the home phone. If not, I'll
call Dad’s, then Mom’s, and then Angie’s but I don't want to be spending all of
my call minutes trying to get in touch with you! I got a call card today and
saw Haley Gardner btw!! I'm not sure when I'll be able to call... but expect it
in the morning sometime. I'm so excited to talk to you! love you guys :)
So I've been really
frustrated that there are NEVER any girls that get together to play soccer on
the MTC fields! It's always elders... and I can't play soccer with the elders!
Most frustrating things ever.... Soooo yesterday, I got a bunch of girls
together (most don't play soccer...) and we played!!!! YES!!! I had been DYING
watching the elders play while I had to do something lame like run around the
field, play volleyball or frisbee... YUCK. So gym was 10x better yesterday! ;)
I got a huge package
from both Kristi Langford and the BYU Admissions Office! soooo cute of them! I
don't have Kristi's address... does anyone have that so I can send her a thank
you?! I will send the Admissions Office one. I have that address in my head
forever ;) I have so much junk food though! So I have been sharing it with my
district and with a big majority of the zone haha
I really can't think
of anything that I need right now. I really just love hearing from you guys and
staying updated on how you are doing :) Thank you SO much for all of the
letters this past week. You don't know how much it means to get one out here!!
It's either the highlight of your day to get one or the downer of the day to
not get one.. hahaha so thank you :)
I'm so happy to hear
that people are looking out for our family right now. How cute of them to leave
tissue boxes on the porch! Last week was insane for sure for you guys. What are
the plans for summer?
I've been staring at
the mountains today soaking in their beauty. I'm going to miss them! Not only because
they are gorgeous but because I know which way I'm facing!!! haha! I'm going to
have to really know my directions out in Florida... ah!
I've seen Mandi TWICE!
Such a fun surprise. The first time she found me while I was at the devotional.
Love that girl. I'll miss her but I'm so excited to get together afterwards and
share our experiences as well as hear her speak Spanish! that will be weird..!
(I'll try and send
pics now in another email) I'll be on for another 20 minutes to try and do
that! love you!!! :)
I'll talk to you next
from the FL!!!!!
LOVE YOU!!!!
Sis. Kirkham
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