Letter and Pictures - Week 29

Hey Family!

It's good to hear you all had a good week. Though I hope those who are sick get better. I enjoyed participating in the fast for Jay. I had to make a sacrifice and pass up a good meal(they had cake and ice cream too) with all the missionaries at a members house but it was worth it for Jay :) I'm glad to hear he joined in on the fast as well. It means a lot to hear all the good progress and changes that are occurring in his life. I too feel that he will be a blessing to others with his exemplary acts of faith and trust in the Lord. He is already a good example to me. This week we had zone mtg. It was amazing. Elder Moli and I taught along with the Sister Training Leaders (Sister Maico and Sister Conrad) It was a powerful lesson on the Atonement of Christ and repentance. The Spirit was so strong there and it was moving. It caused me to reflect more into my life as a missionary and realize where I'm at and where I need to go. The Spirit prompted me to reach for higher and do more as it often pleads for us to do. It caused me to think of the Savior and his love for us. His selfless act was motivated by his perfect love for us and Heavenly Father. Learning of it makes me want show my love back to him by using the atonement more in my life. I want to develop greater love for others and for my Heavenly Father and I know that that change is possible through Christ and his gospel. I gave a talk in sacrament mtg this sunday. With the busy week I soon found that sunday morning was here and I had yet to prepare. Oops. I had a little over an hour to prepare. It went way better than expected. The Spirt helped me along in preparation and in giving the talk. I thought it was really good. It was on our duties in life like our duty to God, to our families, and to others. I learned about how we have the obligation to first learn out duty and then to act and fulfill our duties. It was a powerful reminder to me that I can't become complacent and I constantly have to learn and remind myself of my duties and then go forward with faith and do them. Our main duty in life is to be obedient to God and his commandments. How we learn our duty is to prayerfully ask God to know, and the to seek an answer through studying in the scriptures, attending church/temple, and other classes and mtgs. It's been a great week. Hope you all have a great one!

Love,

Elder King

Kevin: Doesn't work but is looking for a job. He lives with his parents and has a small room where he sleeps and studies under his parents home. He comes out with us teaching most days since we have to have a male present at each lesson we teach to women. He enjoys it and is learning a lot. It's amazing to see his understanding improve day by day. He is still learning but it's great to see things coming along. He puts in a lot of hard work to learn and grow. He has a strong desire to follow Christ. He is working towards March 5th.

Villia: She does housekeeping. She loves animals. She has a lot of little puppies and cats. She also has some bigger farm animals. She too wants to change and follow Christ. She wants to be baptized and she is working towards March 12th. We taught the plan of salvation last night to her. She enjoyed it. She is always so welcoming to us.

We've met some other cool people the past couple weeks. Ariana's(the one we baptized) mother, Sister Sarah, has a friend who has been taught before by the missionaries named Kim. She actually referred the missionaries over to Sister Sarah and she got baptized a year ago but Kim never got baptized. She is now seeking help and wants the same change that Sister Sarah had occur in her life. We had a finding lesson with her and she just opened up to us. She talked a lot but when there was a pause we bore powerful testimony that the gospel will help her. We gave her a book of Mormon and invited her to read. She said she will. She's friends with Sister Sarah and talks with her. Sister Sarah wants to get involved and help out too. Hopefully things work out well and we will be able to help Kim build in faith and repent to lead her to baptism. I taught a guy named Tyson actually on an exchange with the DL (Elder Platt) and it was a great lesson on the restoration. He is so prepared. We invited him to be baptized and gave him a date to work towards (March 19). He readily accepted and is willing to do the things to prepare. He has realized in his life that the world has nothing to offer and he wants to turn his life to God.

Things are going well and I'm enjoying life here in the Caribbean! Love you guys!

The Zone :) from left to right

Top: Elder Nixon, Elder Platt, Elder Powell, Elder Wallentine, Elder Alldredge, Elder Miller, Elder Tye, Elder Hardy

Middle: Elder Mikesell, Sister Layton, Sister Campbell, Sister Maico, Sister Conrad, Sister Benn, Sister Nelson

Bottom: Elder King, Elder Ropati, Elder Moli, Elder Lameta, Elder Johnson