March 17, 2010

hola.
my keyboard is being dumb and wont let me capitalize or do exclamation points. so i promise i am a happy person. haha.
im glad you got those letters. i printed off a bunch more, of different ones that i might be sending down in a little bit. its good to hear that everything is giong super well down in the az.

so a lot has happened this past week. i will only share a few things. one thing that was interseting is i met two elders who are going to india, and im very jealous. apparently only elders who trace back in the generations to india or have like some type of indian blood in them are allowed to go, and its an actually mission not a service one. i talked to them for like 15 min about how i had been interested and stuff. it was really cool.

one thing that happened this week was, mom hold your breathe, i had to go the er on saturday.

so we went to dinner on saturday and i got this thai noodle thing not thinking anything of it. and i ate the whole thing. after i finished eating my lip was swollen and my chest was hurting, so i decided to go take some benadryll and go to class. 20 min later things werent getting better they were actually worse, my face was bright red and swollen, and i felt like i had hives all over my body, and my chest killed. so we went to the front desk and called the dr. they ended up giving me the epi pen shot and taking me to the hospital, where i recieved a nice shot in the hip and 4 pills. it was quite the experience.

dont worry about me, everything is perfectly fine, and im doing great. i just now know to never trust the asians. ha apparently it was cooked in peanut oil or had peanuts in it and i had no idea since i have never eaten peanuts. but really dont worry about me, the lord is protecting me, and watching over me. im doing great up here and still loving it. getting to know my companions a lot better and loving them.

the other experience that was really cool, was that every tuesday night we have a devotional. last week we had a member of the 70 come in and talk to us. then this tuesday i had the opportunity to here from an apostle of the lord. quinton l cook came and talked to us. it was the craziest experience i have ever had. as soon as he walked in the spirit swept over all of us. his wife talked first and she talked about music, which i really enjoyed and she said something to the extent. "there is nothing more powerful then truth, except truth in a musical setting" something like that. it was really awesome. its been hard cuz apparently we are ona music fast so i havent been able to listen to any music up here cuz it gets to out of hand? anyways elder cook came up and talked and it was so powerful. i had a lot on my mind and he addressed so many things that i had been thinking about. the lord really loves us, and has these amazing apostles that lead and guide us. at the end of the meeting he blessed us, it was the most spiritual thing i have ever experienced. it was amazing to a part of his blessing, he blessed me. it was amazing.

anyways, things are going great up here still. its crazy i have been here two weeks. it feels like 2 months haha. but im loving it, and im working out. ya baby. haha and eating healthier. i havent had a soda for about a week. yes. ha. well i love you all. write me.

love
elder kingsley