June 25, 2013 Letter

Mi Familia! How is everyone?! Sounds like Brittani and Ryan and the Kiddos had a blast of a trip! That is awesome!! And of course Kiddo had a blast at EFY! She makes everything fun!! Happy Birthdy BRITTANI AND LINDSAY this past week! I was thinking about you two on those days! You are all constantly in my prayers and I love you all so much!! First week of training! It actually went well!! Man it is a 180 degree turn from what I was the past week! But it's a blast! We are both Straight white kids trying to speak spanish and man it;s an adventure. My companion is Elder Moffitt and he is from Vienna, Virginia. He actually has cousins that live in Lindon and I went to school with one of them! haha small world out here I swear! Even our branch presidents wife went to Pleasant Grove High school, a lady in another ward I went to charter school with her cousin. And My Bishop in the english ward worked In Lindon City hall like 15 years ago! Haha talk about getting cramped in this world! I tried to get away but just can't escape. haha just kidding :) But The weather has been crazy here! Monday is was a BAD storm! North side of town flooded! THat's where we were when it hit out of nowhere!! We were jet skiing through the roads in our car! It was a blast!! haha The rest of the week has just been humid and Hot! Things are going pretty well with teaching, but we need to get these people committed! Too many people are taking this very lightly! So we'll throw down on them like Alma and Amulek and see how it goes... haha I'm just kidding! I won't do that! It doesn't work I've tried... haha But We're hoping to set a lot of baptismal dates this week and we are hoping to find a better way to find spanish people to teach! We can't just go knock doors, because on a street of 20 houses, 8 probably speak spanish, the rest speak english, but half of that open their door, half of that might listen, and half cancel. So we are left with one and it somehow seems that person is the busiest of them all. But we just gotta keep trucking on! I love it though! And Spanish is coming pretty fast now... haha kinda got thrown into it! I do know a lot more spanish than I thought which is good news, but only because of the Spirit. It is not me at all! I am starting to understand when people speak, I can get it for the most part but there are a lot of words I don't understand. And for the most part people have been understanding of two white guys not knowing their language and trying their best, so they help us sometimes which is nice. haha But I absolutely love being a missionary. The broadcast on sunday for the Work of Salvation was amazing and got me sooooo pumped! I love it! I can't wait to get some people back to the fold. It's a wonderful blessing. Family I love you all so much and I am so grateful that I can talk to you all and share my experiences! I Hope you know I pray for and Love you all so much! Keep going strong and never lose sight of what Mom always said. "No empty chairs" LOVE YOU ALL!! Love, Elder King