FAMILY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! i got you a sweet present last week andi told my self like 600 times to mail it off, and I've been really busy, as ityped that i realizes it was a lie i guess it hasn't been on the top of my priorities,but i love you and i will send it off very soon! but it is really sweet i knowyou and the family will like it! it is great to hear the family came over, iknow you like to share and the gift is one you share so bumbed that i didn'tget it off in time... But it will be there shortly! So i am not going to lie wehad an opportunity to meet with Elder Bedmar, and i was not excited to.... ifigured he would ask a question on like faith and missionaries would just saythey baptised or say something way off topic.. they defiantly did not! and itwas amazing! he told us not to tell you what happened inthe discussion we all had. the reasons why is because he said that wewould try to tell what happened best and we would not be able to, and he saidthat every mom would try to send the Email to everyone in the world and itwould just not be good, it was really funny! so the best way i can tell youwhat it was like to talk to an apostle is, the spirit was extremely strong, andand words cant justify how it felt! we ALL talked about faith! it was not justhim talking to us, but it was an open discussion! anyways Tons of fun! don'ttell anyone but i was the only missionary, but i got to talk to him for amin 1 on1 and take a picture with him! it was pretty neat! i was just at theright place at the right time! it was just really cool! this weeks works hasbeen going well! i believe the lord is really blessing us! it is crazy it hasalready been two years already, i seems like i am now just figuring out what todo? know i am really learning tons about teaching agents and not just teachingobjects, now i am learning tons on the importance of listening! we are stillteaching the Moore Family! Sister Moore wants to come back to church reallybad, and she knows it is true! we went over there with a member last week andshe was like we have only read 17 chapters and were trying to repent of oursins, trying to help our lives be more in line with the saviors! it was AWESOMEto hear that! the member that came was stunned! He is going to invite them overto there house to hang out! (it would be weird to just hang out, I've beenon the mission to long). O ya before i forget, we played basket ball yesterdayfor preparation day! and it is really my first time in a long while... when ifirst dribbled i lost control, got it stole b bunch, but by the end of the dayi could almost dunk it, as well as i was remember all the tricks i used to beable to do! last like 4 games our team was doing really good! it was reallyfun! it was cool to realize that how fast i re learned the game, it onlytook me around an hour and i was able to do some of the things i used to,then about two hours i could almost slam it, and by the end of the day i coulddribble it past people, juke people, and make a lot of 3 pointers! you might bewondering why i am wasting time thinking and talking about basketball when myfavorite sport is soccer! well the reason why, because it relates so much tomissionary work! i came to the Basket ball court not very good at the sportbecause it has been like 5 years since the last time i had played against someone ( around 10th grade year), but i really wanted to learn how. Many of uscome to the world not remember what we need to do or how to do it, but aswe practice and we re learn it will all come back! it will bring usthe joy that everyone is searching for! i would invite everyone readinghis to invite one of there friends or family members to Relearn what theyalready know what is true! we know that the lord stated! I will go beforeour face, i will be on your right hand and on your left, my sprite will be inyour hart, and my angle will be there to bear you up! a month or so ago mycompanion and i tracted into a less active part member family!the husband has come back to church, there he is remember the Joy that heonce had. the wife we met with last night and had a great discussion andlearned a lot! :) we know that in Nephis visions he saw angles preparing peopleto teach! do you think the family i just talked about was a little prepared? doyou think that the Moore family was prepared! being able to do missionary work24/7 has taught me the power of God, and realize how much he really plays apartin my life as well as those around me! i know that everyone that reads this hasa friend, or a family member that has been prepared to hear thegospel! i would Invite you to learn what it is like to take part insomeones conversion! you are filled with a joy that you wont ever fill doinganything else! think of some one you truly love! imagine them be able to knowthat families are forever! imagine them know that there really is a God and itis just not one of the other lies there parents told them. listen to astory that happened last week at church. we had an investigator come to churchthis Sunday and it was amazing! at first i was frustrated, our ward missionleader missed church and well that made me on the spot teaching the lesson! itwas on families can be together forever! there started out with just us and theinvestigator in the room! over 20 mins there came in 5 other members! alltestified of the divinity and power of the Book of Mormon. it was fun toexpound of the death of grandma Driggs. i told him that i lost my grandmotherwhile i was on my mission. i received a phone call from my mission presidentduring our morning studies. as he told me that my grandmother was dead instancei felt sad, a tear or two came to my eyes, there was a pause and mytrainer asked what was wrong, i told him nothing. president woods asked if iwould call my family, and as he said that i just knew that families wereforever, i told him there wasn't a need but i would seem them shortly. i pausedfor a few mins and went back to work now knowing another truth of thegospel of Jesus Christ! that investigator as well as many are ready tohear the gospel! Slow down a little and notice the things that truly mattermost! we would do well to focus on the significance of God and his sonsAtonement, lift up our eyes, and truly see the things that matters most! thereare many great things that happen and it is a blessing to be part of them! ilove y'all very much! i hope that yall are having a great week! mom happybirthday! i love ya!
Love your son
Elder Joshua Kiser
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