Catch up Letters (The ones I didn't post yet! )

April 8th Letter Family!! Holy Cow wasn't conference so amazing?!?!?!?!?! I flippin loved it!! How blessed are we that God talks to us through prophets and apostles and that we can be better protected from Satan! What a blessing. I won't lie, I have never felt Satan work os hard on me here, it is so tough... It is a minute to minute battle with him I swear! But the cool thing is, I already know the outcome and what to do to get here. The Lord will always prevail and I just need to follow him. Simple and yet sometimes we stray! And that is why I'm also thankful for the atonement! Without it, life would be pointless, literally. We are blessed in so many ways and in so many aspects of our lives! I love it!! MICHAEL! Congratulations!! I wish you could see how happy I am for you! I'll just shout my excitement from here and hopefully you can hear me man. Dude I can't wait to go with you and for you to come out! That is so awesome. Good job brother, I wish you knew how much I look up to you every single day of my life, and how much I want to be like you. You are such a good example to me brother and I hope you know that. I know I have probably said this everytime, but I want it to be drilled into you heads because it is so true! I HAVE THE BEST FAMILY I COULD EVER HOPE FOR!!! I look up to every single one of you and I can't tell you how much you all impact my life. Not a day goes by that I don't think about every single one of you. I love and pray for you all! Texas, I love it here. It was cold this past week, and hot! It's like Utah! Bipolar. But The work here is growing! I am in Abilene and before this use to be the worst area, and no one listened, worked, or anything, but it has been turned around, and we are the highest baptizing zone in the mission! Me and my companion have another three baptisms this weekend!!! I actually get to baptize one of them too!! My first personal baptism! I am so excited for these people and the joy they receive and will receive! There is no more rewarding work than this. One thing that touched my heart every time is to hear someone pray for the first time. They talked to God like they would their best friend and it is very touching. I love it. Please talk to God as your best friend and not in vain repition! He is our loving Heavenly Father and loves to hear about everything i mean EVERYTHING in your life! No matter how small! We have been really busy with appointments lately that we haven't knocked doors much, but I like this better! Sterling is right when he said the area book is KEY! There are many people that get skipped over that need to be reached! The Lord provides when we put the effort to search. It's amazing. WE have taught a couple more lessons in spanish, but it's amazing how much you forget or lose practice after not using it for like a week or two... I can't lose it! I love speaking Spanish, but it's so hard to learn here because We are trying to get the Spanish Branch going, but no success yet! We mostly take care of an english ward, but I love doing that too! I have the best of both worlds because I get to speak both languages and preach in my native tongue and In a foreign one! That is a gift from God to me for sure. The people still don;t like us here very much and it is a predomionantly Baptist city, and also Church of Christ. They don't take too kindly to us... haha but we know who will prevail in the last day so we don't let that get us down!! I feel blessed to be here in Texas and I can't wait to preach more!! It's the best feeling in the world and I wish I could do it for the rest of my life!! It is so pleasing to hear the family is doing better and that situations are getting better. If there is anything I can do for you guys I would love to help any way I can. Thank you for your support, love, and letters! I am so happy to be here! And there is no other place I would rather be. Life is good. Heed the counsel of General Conference! Listen to Dad! And please remember we are ALL daughters and Sons of our Heavenly Father, treat eachother in this manner! I am sorry If I have done wrong by any of you, if so, I am terribly sorry, please forgive me. Please know that I love you and more importantly our Father in Heaven loves you. Missionary work is amazing. People need to feel the same joy we do. Please share it! And please read from the Book of Mormon daily. I know we get caught up from our lives, but We must treat that the same as Eating and Breathing. It Is NECESSARY to truly Live!! Family I know with all of my heart this church is true and that by abiding to the precepts of the book of Mormon as Joseph Smith said we will come closer to God! I love my Savior and Am grateful for all he did for ALL of us. His hand is always outstretched, we just need to reach for it. I love you all so much and can't express my joy that I feel knowing I have the family I do. I wouldn't want it any other way. Mom Loves you all and is watching over you! She is constantly giving me love and help here. I love you all so much!!!! :) Love, Elder King (Baffews) :) April 1st Letter Family!! I am officially in the state of Texas! Everything is flippin flat... haha ZERO mountains!! But I love it here!! It is a blast and I can't believe I am already here!! My companion is Elder Shaun Duffy and he is from Idaho, but he is an absolute stud and a hard worker so don't worry I am in good hands! He is obedient and a hard worker but he knows how to have fun so thats good. Texas is a blast!! The people here don't really like us, but we love them!! We have 6 people going to get baptized in these next couple weeks!! That is something special to come into!! I feel very blessed!! And We had a baptism this past saturday!! He has special needs so we got special permisison to baptize him, but he is one of the happiest people I have ever seen. He knows God loves him and he knows he Has the Holy Ghost with him all the time after his confirmation!! He is one of the best people I have ever met!! I love this work!! First week here and I got to see the rewards of hard labors and I love it!! We teach in mostly english. The first lesson we taught in Spanish was yesterday. It's tough in this area because we have to get the Spanish branch going, but we have to take care of an English ward, so it's a lot of work and too little time to get everything done!! The days fly by here and it seems like they go faster and faster!! I wish there were more time so we could actually get to everything we planned to do, but we just keep trucking along and do as much as we can!! I am in Abilene, Texas this is my first area and I love it here. Texas is very religious, so we have a lot of preachers that have it out for us. But "no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing., Persecutions may rage, Mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth Bodly, Nobly, and Independent." That is a little part of the Standard of truth, Joseph Smith. Thanks to priest quorum I have it memorized!! haha But Satan is at work and he is one tough son of a gun. He has so many holds on all our investigators, but the Gospel of truth can loosen his hold and It is the coolest experience to see that. I got my bike thank you!! I am squared away and everything is going well!! The bike is wonderful and I have probably put like 50 miles on it in one day. We have a car for half the week and bikes the other half. There is alot of biking to do!! haha But it's fun. Many people to talk to, many people reject us, many people don't give us the time of day. But our work is not in vain, because we have 6 getting baptized soon, one last saturday, and more to come. That is what makes it all worth it. Bringing others into the fold of God. It;s the most BEAUTIFUL work upon this earth is Missionary work, whether for living or for dead. It's amazing. I love it here and I wouldn't want to be any where else!! Michael I am so proud of you!! You have no idea how happy I am for you and How excited I am for you!! I can't wait for you to get out here and to see the beautiful everyday miracles that occur!! God is amazing and so loving!! Family It is so good to hear about all of you!! I love you all so much and I love hearing your stories!! Christee congrats on the Permit!!! AHHH!!! Chrisch congrats on the work!! I love hearing how everyone is staying busy and doing good! If I had one suggestion, I would say to Go to the Temple!! Go as a family!! If it's not possible for you at the moment. Do EVERYTHING in your power to make it possible! No matter what the circumstances are. Because with God MIRACLES are possible. But only through him!! Family I know this church is true and I see it bless the lives of people every day. I know it will bless ours as well. The Temple is a sacred place we need to be and it will help through anything!! I promise! But you don't have to take my word for it, because God says the exact same thing. So you can take his! I love you Family and i will write more and Send more pictures!! Lots to do and little time to do it!! I love you all!! Thank you for everything!1 And If you want to send pictures I would love pictures of the family!! I love you all!! Love, Elder King