HeyGood Looking,
Ireally enjoyed your last letter. I am not sure that you know, but you arerelated to Elder Bednar. His wife is Susan Robinson from Star Valley,Wyoming. She and I were at Ricks College together. I dated one ofher friends and a couple of times stayed at her house when I went to StarValley over a weekend to see Denise Lancaster (the girl I was dating). Grandpa Robinson was one of thirteen Children of John Robinson and most of theother twelve children stayed in Star Valley or Preston Idaho, so we have a lotof relatives in that area.
Iam not doing as good in my reading of the Book of Mormon. I am only on 2Nephi 3. But at least I am on 2 Nephi 3. I really enjoy teachingthe Book of Mormon to the high school students. I have a good class ofsmart students. I have been pretty solid with working out. I havelost about 10 pounds, but I don’t seem very thin. But it iscoming. It would be fun to work out with you, I hope that we get thatchance together.
Yourstory of meeting a boy as you got out of church reminder me a similar storywhen I was in Blackfoot Idaho, my first area. We had just finished a Zonemeeting. Usually the zone meetings were in Pocatello but for some reasonwe had it at the tabernacle in Blackfoot. After the conference ended, mycompanion and I kinda lingered around talking to the other elders that had totravel back to their areas so I think were about the last to leave thebuilding. AS we left and were getting into the car a young woman about 17came up to the window of the car and asked us what she needed to do to bebaptized. We did teach her and she was baptized. It seems like wehad a lot of those kinds of teaching experiences in my mission.
Myone regret is that I didn’t keep a good journal and I didn’t keeptrack of people that I taught and was involved with. When Julie and Iwere first married we lived in a small home up by the University of Utah andwere in a ward with a lot of students. One day after services were overand we were exiting the building I came across a young man that we had baptizedin Rock Springs, Wyoming Clark Gilbert. He had just finished hismission and was attending the University of Utah. I saw him frequentlythat spring as he was in the ward that meet after ours did. Julie and Ibought a home that summer and I haven’t seen him since. It would be niceto know how he is doing.
Gottago. The legislature is keeping me really busy. Staff ask frequentlyhow you are doing. I am proud to tell them of your adventures andsuccesses. I sure love you a lot and think that you are awesome.
Loveyou,
Dad
Thursday, April 5, 2012
HEY Family! Jan 30, 3012
Dear Family
THis week was amazing! i can not even use amazing to desribethis week! i am not sure what we did to be soo blessed! i bet you arethinking what happend that is soooo amazing? first of all i have woren the sametie for maybe 7 or more months, makes it easy on my brain to change ties! :)and to not have to choose what tie to wear! i wore the tie that Rob sent me forChristmas it looks nice! so that was good! mom thanks for putton money on my card,it is nice but thats not a hole lot i can buy, i am in denham springs..... itis like a small city nothing cool hear. so instead you have takin like 10missionaries to luch! they all say THANKS! so thank you mom! :) Look at howcool this is ! so this week was sooooo amazing becousei haveserverd basicaly in the same stake and zone my whole mission! and yesterday wehad a sweet stake training! it was sooo fun to be able to see all my freindsfrom like a year ago, or just alot of poeple i have worked with in the past!theres alot of cool peopel here! so that misght be the hightlight of my week!it was really really fun! there was missionaries and stake leaders there andthe only people i didnt know where the newer missionaries that i hadnt met yet,but i know know them! so that was fun! or my faverite monment could have beengoing over to Derrin Parkers home and found out that he has read into Alma!!!!!he told us that at first Brother joseph made him a little stand off, but as hereads it he knows that a young man could not of writtin this book! it wasreally cool! it must be true! so that was deffintaly a highlight of this week!my faverite part could of being able to find out that sister Lamothe has cancer...i hate her... JK i love her! it is sweet because she is not a member! and nowhaving cancer she really wants to be married in the temple with he memberhusband who just got active in the last month or soo! you could of chosen abetter time to get cancer, right after your husband got active and is now onfire! so that was sweet! o ya mom you baught them ensighs for a year also! donrput more money on my account becosue i have a problem spendig it all... thisweek we were blessed with a chance to visit the moore family! they have cuntiedto read everyday! we tooko an awesome member Brother tarver! ( he reminds me ofa bold Rob, ill take a picture next time i see him and send it to yall) anywayswe had a solid lesson with the moores and the spirit was sooo strong! anothergood thing was while in the lesson brother tarver was sitting with his elbo onhis knee, and when brother moore turned away i mnicked his elbo with my had, sohe kinda fell a little, you know, that is what we do at church to eqach other!it was awesome! i really like brother Tarver he is awesome! i was exstrimlyblessed last night! at the stake meeting a member brought me a letter fromSummer Day sibly who just got baptised a few weeks ago! well i ran into her atwalmart while i was in McComb mississippi, well she basicaly wrote me thenicest thank you note ever! and soo that was great! we were also able to talkto the silvermens who are awesome! and they all committed to read the book ofmormon as a family! finaly theres a family of six that we are fixing to bebaptised, the nunezes, and they are soo golden and ready to get baptised! it issweet! we are truly blessed, something bad will happen soon, but that is okaybecouse then i get a sweet chance to learn! so we are going to play baket balltoday! i love basket ball, i can almost dunk it! i held onto the rim in my siteyesterday! i lso love running! i have really got out of shape. i stoped runningand i stopped biking. the brother i was biking with was not that fun to bikewith. but there is a new guy Elder williams that wants to play basket ball inthe morning, so we will be able to do that, and that will be fun! o ya thanksyou soooooooooooooooSO much for the gift cards you took like 15 missionariesout to luch! thay also say thanks! well love you mom dad micky justin and restof family and anyone else who is currently reading this letter! also i foundout you can make sweet things like this or isnt that sweet! this guyis really cool ! love yall tons thanks for the support! i hopeyall are Enjoying life! I AM! Adam fell that men might be! men are that theymight have JOY! love yall
Love
Elder Joshua Kiser !
THis week was amazing! i can not even use amazing to desribethis week! i am not sure what we did to be soo blessed! i bet you arethinking what happend that is soooo amazing? first of all i have woren the sametie for maybe 7 or more months, makes it easy on my brain to change ties! :)and to not have to choose what tie to wear! i wore the tie that Rob sent me forChristmas it looks nice! so that was good! mom thanks for putton money on my card,it is nice but thats not a hole lot i can buy, i am in denham springs..... itis like a small city nothing cool hear. so instead you have takin like 10missionaries to luch! they all say THANKS! so thank you mom! :) Look at howcool this is ! so this week was sooooo amazing becousei haveserverd basicaly in the same stake and zone my whole mission! and yesterday wehad a sweet stake training! it was sooo fun to be able to see all my freindsfrom like a year ago, or just alot of poeple i have worked with in the past!theres alot of cool peopel here! so that misght be the hightlight of my week!it was really really fun! there was missionaries and stake leaders there andthe only people i didnt know where the newer missionaries that i hadnt met yet,but i know know them! so that was fun! or my faverite monment could have beengoing over to Derrin Parkers home and found out that he has read into Alma!!!!!he told us that at first Brother joseph made him a little stand off, but as hereads it he knows that a young man could not of writtin this book! it wasreally cool! it must be true! so that was deffintaly a highlight of this week!my faverite part could of being able to find out that sister Lamothe has cancer...i hate her... JK i love her! it is sweet because she is not a member! and nowhaving cancer she really wants to be married in the temple with he memberhusband who just got active in the last month or soo! you could of chosen abetter time to get cancer, right after your husband got active and is now onfire! so that was sweet! o ya mom you baught them ensighs for a year also! donrput more money on my account becosue i have a problem spendig it all... thisweek we were blessed with a chance to visit the moore family! they have cuntiedto read everyday! we tooko an awesome member Brother tarver! ( he reminds me ofa bold Rob, ill take a picture next time i see him and send it to yall) anywayswe had a solid lesson with the moores and the spirit was sooo strong! anothergood thing was while in the lesson brother tarver was sitting with his elbo onhis knee, and when brother moore turned away i mnicked his elbo with my had, sohe kinda fell a little, you know, that is what we do at church to eqach other!it was awesome! i really like brother Tarver he is awesome! i was exstrimlyblessed last night! at the stake meeting a member brought me a letter fromSummer Day sibly who just got baptised a few weeks ago! well i ran into her atwalmart while i was in McComb mississippi, well she basicaly wrote me thenicest thank you note ever! and soo that was great! we were also able to talkto the silvermens who are awesome! and they all committed to read the book ofmormon as a family! finaly theres a family of six that we are fixing to bebaptised, the nunezes, and they are soo golden and ready to get baptised! it issweet! we are truly blessed, something bad will happen soon, but that is okaybecouse then i get a sweet chance to learn! so we are going to play baket balltoday! i love basket ball, i can almost dunk it! i held onto the rim in my siteyesterday! i lso love running! i have really got out of shape. i stoped runningand i stopped biking. the brother i was biking with was not that fun to bikewith. but there is a new guy Elder williams that wants to play basket ball inthe morning, so we will be able to do that, and that will be fun! o ya thanksyou soooooooooooooooSO much for the gift cards you took like 15 missionariesout to luch! thay also say thanks! well love you mom dad micky justin and restof family and anyone else who is currently reading this letter! also i foundout you can make sweet things like this or isnt that sweet! this guyis really cool ! love yall tons thanks for the support! i hopeyall are Enjoying life! I AM! Adam fell that men might be! men are that theymight have JOY! love yall
Love
Elder Joshua Kiser !
Coming home Info. January 19, 2012
Family,
We were notified by the church travel agency that Josh willreturn home on March 29th at 1:55 pm American Airlines flight 1301 from Dallas. Who would have thought that two years could be so long and so short. Thank you for our support.
Todd
We were notified by the church travel agency that Josh willreturn home on March 29th at 1:55 pm American Airlines flight 1301 from Dallas. Who would have thought that two years could be so long and so short. Thank you for our support.
Todd
FAMILY! January 16, 2012
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
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
Letter from Dad January 16, 2012
DearJosh,
Momsbirthday today!! We had a fun time yesterday as Kathryn and Mat withBrooklyn, Claire and Addy come up from St George, Jane and Jeromy with theirfamily came down from Ogden and Marianne and Greg and Natalie and Adam withtheir families came over. Grandpa Kiser made the short trip over for thedinner party and we had 24 people over for dinner. Mom got her wish andplayed games past midnight and came to bed at 4am. Way too late for me tostay up. I guess she visited with Jeromy and Jane. They just camehome from Singapore so I guess their mental and physical clocks must have beenoff just a bit.
Iam guessing that the reason we have not seen an email from you is because it isa holiday today. That is giving me a chance to get a short note off toyou. We heard a great message from a return missionary from the 16thward yesterday. He was speaking with the high councilman. He hadserved in the Ukraine where they had just dedicated the first temple in theeastern bloc countries that had been part of the Soviet Union. The day hearrived the Mission President took him to a small hill where President Packerhad dedicated the missionary work. As they looked out over the city ofKiev, the mission president told them that President Packard prophesied thatthe city would be dotted with temples. The fulfillment of that prophecyhas just started with the completion of this first temple and the missionarywork is moving forward. He had wonderful experiences and were able to usethe influence of the temple in their mission as a tool to share with inactiveand people of other faiths. The temple is such an incredible blessing forthese people.
Iguess that it is not too much different with the Baton Rouge temple not too farfrom you.
Idriving up on the Sandy/Draper boarder and could see the Draper Temple, theRiver Jordan Temple and the Oquirah Mountain Temple. Icouldn’t see the downtown lights, but I knew of their proximity and wasgrateful for the Salt Lake Temple. What a blessing it is for us inthe valley to have a temple so close to each of us.
Thelegislative session starts in a week, next Monday. It will all come toofast. I am grateful for the opportunity but this will be my final sessionas I am not planning on runnignfor office again. Business has been reallyslow with the recession and I just lost my largest account so I just need toget back to work and support the family.
Hey,just know I love you so much and am so proud of you. I just think thatyou are totally awesome.
Loveyou,
Dad
Momsbirthday today!! We had a fun time yesterday as Kathryn and Mat withBrooklyn, Claire and Addy come up from St George, Jane and Jeromy with theirfamily came down from Ogden and Marianne and Greg and Natalie and Adam withtheir families came over. Grandpa Kiser made the short trip over for thedinner party and we had 24 people over for dinner. Mom got her wish andplayed games past midnight and came to bed at 4am. Way too late for me tostay up. I guess she visited with Jeromy and Jane. They just camehome from Singapore so I guess their mental and physical clocks must have beenoff just a bit.
Iam guessing that the reason we have not seen an email from you is because it isa holiday today. That is giving me a chance to get a short note off toyou. We heard a great message from a return missionary from the 16thward yesterday. He was speaking with the high councilman. He hadserved in the Ukraine where they had just dedicated the first temple in theeastern bloc countries that had been part of the Soviet Union. The day hearrived the Mission President took him to a small hill where President Packerhad dedicated the missionary work. As they looked out over the city ofKiev, the mission president told them that President Packard prophesied thatthe city would be dotted with temples. The fulfillment of that prophecyhas just started with the completion of this first temple and the missionarywork is moving forward. He had wonderful experiences and were able to usethe influence of the temple in their mission as a tool to share with inactiveand people of other faiths. The temple is such an incredible blessing forthese people.
Iguess that it is not too much different with the Baton Rouge temple not too farfrom you.
Idriving up on the Sandy/Draper boarder and could see the Draper Temple, theRiver Jordan Temple and the Oquirah Mountain Temple. Icouldn’t see the downtown lights, but I knew of their proximity and wasgrateful for the Salt Lake Temple. What a blessing it is for us inthe valley to have a temple so close to each of us.
Thelegislative session starts in a week, next Monday. It will all come toofast. I am grateful for the opportunity but this will be my final sessionas I am not planning on runnignfor office again. Business has been reallyslow with the recession and I just lost my largest account so I just need toget back to work and support the family.
Hey,just know I love you so much and am so proud of you. I just think thatyou are totally awesome.
Loveyou,
Dad
Hey family! January 9, 2012
Hello my family! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
i know it is really not your birthday, but I just wanted tobe the first! :) this week was really good! alot of neat things happening! wehad stake conference and i spoke one of the speakers in Japanese, it was fun toremember alot of the words i used to know! it was kinda cool as i startedspeaking alot of the stuff i used to know came back to remembrance! So thisweek on Jan 14 Elder Bednar is coming to the mission and we are going to have amission conference with him! everyone is really excited, it is kinda funny tolook at! we got a letter that talked about make sure your shoes are shined andour shirts are ironed, as well as make sure we just look our best.... as i readit it just said look FAKE because some is going to look at you.. i don't thinki should really think that , but that is what it sounded like to me. it is SOoften that we are fake, or just tell people what they want to hear so that wecan feel like we pull ahead! when really we are just lieing to ourselves. weare all in a race! the thing is that we are only racing ourselves so it ispointless to cheat, be cunning, or steal. anyways this week we were looking atvideos online and i really wanted to type,, and well i typed this really coolconcept, Mom ill mail to y'all! o ya we have a new missionary in thedistrict, he is not a new missionary, but he is really cool, so this lastweek has been really fun! this letter is short and kinda lame, but i lovey'all! i hope y'all are enjoying life! pray ALOT! seek truth always, therestons out there! don't waste time holding onto things that are not true! i lovemore then a penguin likes snow!!
Love ya
Elder Joshua Kiser!
P.S. Good luck at the state meeting, sessions, i am notreally 100% what you call it when you go to the state capital and work!
O ys one of the coolest things is that i have served almost2 years in this one stake, so at stake confrance i was able to see alot ofconverts as well as a bunch of freinds from past wards! so i thaught that wasreally cool! love yall thanks mom and dad!
i know it is really not your birthday, but I just wanted tobe the first! :) this week was really good! alot of neat things happening! wehad stake conference and i spoke one of the speakers in Japanese, it was fun toremember alot of the words i used to know! it was kinda cool as i startedspeaking alot of the stuff i used to know came back to remembrance! So thisweek on Jan 14 Elder Bednar is coming to the mission and we are going to have amission conference with him! everyone is really excited, it is kinda funny tolook at! we got a letter that talked about make sure your shoes are shined andour shirts are ironed, as well as make sure we just look our best.... as i readit it just said look FAKE because some is going to look at you.. i don't thinki should really think that , but that is what it sounded like to me. it is SOoften that we are fake, or just tell people what they want to hear so that wecan feel like we pull ahead! when really we are just lieing to ourselves. weare all in a race! the thing is that we are only racing ourselves so it ispointless to cheat, be cunning, or steal. anyways this week we were looking atvideos online and i really wanted to type,, and well i typed this really coolconcept, Mom ill mail to y'all! o ya we have a new missionary in thedistrict, he is not a new missionary, but he is really cool, so this lastweek has been really fun! this letter is short and kinda lame, but i lovey'all! i hope y'all are enjoying life! pray ALOT! seek truth always, therestons out there! don't waste time holding onto things that are not true! i lovemore then a penguin likes snow!!
Love ya
Elder Joshua Kiser!
P.S. Good luck at the state meeting, sessions, i am notreally 100% what you call it when you go to the state capital and work!
O ys one of the coolest things is that i have served almost2 years in this one stake, so at stake confrance i was able to see alot ofconverts as well as a bunch of freinds from past wards! so i thaught that wasreally cool! love yall thanks mom and dad!
Hey family October 31, 2011
Hey Family!
golly this week was a triel..... we did alot, it was justalot of wierd stuff, and deffintaly patint testing! but it is all over and i amliving so it is okay. my comp got sick. saturday we went to a wedding, and wegot to open the door, then lock up! it just took 6 hours.. and a bunch of otherwierd stuff. i think i know why! i feel as if i have been oped up to a wholenew world in a way. overload of information it seems like! ive read 2 nephi 31and re read it many of times this week! Do you know that God only speaks a fewtimes in the scriptures maybe 5-10 times at the most! and one of the times isin 2 nephi 31! it talks about the Lords purpose and Gods purpose, and the HolyGhosts purpose, and there all one purpose! then it talks about what we must do!and it is the same thing! and now you might be thinking i am 18 months into mymission and now i am thinking about this? like i knew it, but it never reallyhit like it has in the last weeks or so! i always thinking of the restorationis the church being restored, Joseph smith, the preisthodd power, temples, andsoo much more! do you whant to really know what the restoration is? it is theGospel, the Doctrine of christ! the only and true doctrine!!!! the restorationis, Faith, Reptantance, Baptism, Reciving the Holy Ghost, enduring to the end!that has been restored! all that other stuff is really neat and fun to talkabout, but not what a missionaries purpose is! i have learned more about those5 topics in the last 3 weeks then my whole mission! it has been amazing, but ican feel satin really trying to make things pop up so we cant go out side, eventhough wiered things have peoped up, i feel like i have been more successfullin the last 3 weeks then my whole misson! my testimony has really grown and mydrive has gone up as well! foristance why would i tell some one about authortycoming back to earth if they dont yet have faith in Christ? another example ishelping people stop smoking, if you teach people to have faith it will lead torepentance, repentance will lead people to stop smoking! it works way better!we were talking to a brother nammed tray! we tracted the whole street and ofcoarse he was the last door! he was a bit slow to talk, told us we wereworshiping false Gods, and a bunch of false things. we talked for about 45 minsand he really like it! we talked about faith and how it brings us peace! as wewere talking he possed... and said i need to repent dont I? it was amazing! hewas sooo real and wanted to know more about God! one last story, we tracted aHUGE neigborhood! and everyone and there dog was stamming doors at us ( lame )and of coarse the Last door we knock was this family who has a strng testimonyabout God! and of Christ! and we talked abuot the blessing about faith! it wasgreat she had met with missionaries and had them over to dinner when they livedin another state! she was excitted to meet more missionaries! we went inside ofher house for a few minutes and it just felt like a mormon house! it was reallycool! well miricals hppan everyday! it is great! love yall and thank you soomuch for the support! i hope yall have a great halloween! dad thanks for theletter!
love yall!
Elder Joshua Kiser!
golly this week was a triel..... we did alot, it was justalot of wierd stuff, and deffintaly patint testing! but it is all over and i amliving so it is okay. my comp got sick. saturday we went to a wedding, and wegot to open the door, then lock up! it just took 6 hours.. and a bunch of otherwierd stuff. i think i know why! i feel as if i have been oped up to a wholenew world in a way. overload of information it seems like! ive read 2 nephi 31and re read it many of times this week! Do you know that God only speaks a fewtimes in the scriptures maybe 5-10 times at the most! and one of the times isin 2 nephi 31! it talks about the Lords purpose and Gods purpose, and the HolyGhosts purpose, and there all one purpose! then it talks about what we must do!and it is the same thing! and now you might be thinking i am 18 months into mymission and now i am thinking about this? like i knew it, but it never reallyhit like it has in the last weeks or so! i always thinking of the restorationis the church being restored, Joseph smith, the preisthodd power, temples, andsoo much more! do you whant to really know what the restoration is? it is theGospel, the Doctrine of christ! the only and true doctrine!!!! the restorationis, Faith, Reptantance, Baptism, Reciving the Holy Ghost, enduring to the end!that has been restored! all that other stuff is really neat and fun to talkabout, but not what a missionaries purpose is! i have learned more about those5 topics in the last 3 weeks then my whole mission! it has been amazing, but ican feel satin really trying to make things pop up so we cant go out side, eventhough wiered things have peoped up, i feel like i have been more successfullin the last 3 weeks then my whole misson! my testimony has really grown and mydrive has gone up as well! foristance why would i tell some one about authortycoming back to earth if they dont yet have faith in Christ? another example ishelping people stop smoking, if you teach people to have faith it will lead torepentance, repentance will lead people to stop smoking! it works way better!we were talking to a brother nammed tray! we tracted the whole street and ofcoarse he was the last door! he was a bit slow to talk, told us we wereworshiping false Gods, and a bunch of false things. we talked for about 45 minsand he really like it! we talked about faith and how it brings us peace! as wewere talking he possed... and said i need to repent dont I? it was amazing! hewas sooo real and wanted to know more about God! one last story, we tracted aHUGE neigborhood! and everyone and there dog was stamming doors at us ( lame )and of coarse the Last door we knock was this family who has a strng testimonyabout God! and of Christ! and we talked abuot the blessing about faith! it wasgreat she had met with missionaries and had them over to dinner when they livedin another state! she was excitted to meet more missionaries! we went inside ofher house for a few minutes and it just felt like a mormon house! it was reallycool! well miricals hppan everyday! it is great! love yall and thank you soomuch for the support! i hope yall have a great halloween! dad thanks for theletter!
love yall!
Elder Joshua Kiser!
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