Pictures at the Olympic Training CenterSunday, November 14, 2010
November 8, 2010
Hey mom!!
Things are going good for me. Ya it has actually been REALLY warm here. I dont understand haha. It hasn't snowed at all yet. Apparently it is supposed to snow on thursday? At least that is what people tell us. But we will see, during the mornings it is chilly and at night. But during the day its like 70-80. It is really warm for November. My companion wants it to be REALLY cold, apparently he likes it like that. I'm not too excited haha. But it's supposed to start cooling off a lot this week. And also another thing that happened, Daylight savings ended or whatever. So we jumped back an hour, and now when we wake up its already daylight at 630 and yesterday it got dark at 530, like pitch black. So that is exciting.
Ya i think the mission is different with everyone. It depends how you look at things, and how you look at the things that are kinda thrown your way. I have known Elder's that have gone home and call back and like check up see how things are doing. Or Elder's i have heard about that after they are released they just cry for hours, cuz they can feel the mantle get lifted off.
Last week we went to the Olympic Training Center. It's here in Springs. It was way cool. And we saw people training and stuff. I will send a few pictures so you can see :)
Also, yesterday was the coolest day ever. We had the opportunity to meet an Apostle of the Lord. Russel M. Nelson came to Colorado Springs and all the missionaries in the mission came together and he talked to us. And we got to shake is hand. It was incredible. I can't really describe how amazing it was. When i shook his hand, you could just feel the power and authority that that man had. It just reaffirmed how these men really are called of God. Elder Nelson is like the smartest person i have ever met. He is a genious. He knows Spanish fluently, hebrew and greek. He just took the scriptures and disected them. And told us all these crazy things, and how it compares to the Hebrew and Greek version and all this crazy stuff. The man is genious. You could just tell he was a man of God. It was such a cool experience. :)
Well i guess that is all i have for this week. I love you all!! I will attach some pictures.
Elder David Kingsley
Things are going good for me. Ya it has actually been REALLY warm here. I dont understand haha. It hasn't snowed at all yet. Apparently it is supposed to snow on thursday? At least that is what people tell us. But we will see, during the mornings it is chilly and at night. But during the day its like 70-80. It is really warm for November. My companion wants it to be REALLY cold, apparently he likes it like that. I'm not too excited haha. But it's supposed to start cooling off a lot this week. And also another thing that happened, Daylight savings ended or whatever. So we jumped back an hour, and now when we wake up its already daylight at 630 and yesterday it got dark at 530, like pitch black. So that is exciting.
Ya i think the mission is different with everyone. It depends how you look at things, and how you look at the things that are kinda thrown your way. I have known Elder's that have gone home and call back and like check up see how things are doing. Or Elder's i have heard about that after they are released they just cry for hours, cuz they can feel the mantle get lifted off.
Last week we went to the Olympic Training Center. It's here in Springs. It was way cool. And we saw people training and stuff. I will send a few pictures so you can see :)
Also, yesterday was the coolest day ever. We had the opportunity to meet an Apostle of the Lord. Russel M. Nelson came to Colorado Springs and all the missionaries in the mission came together and he talked to us. And we got to shake is hand. It was incredible. I can't really describe how amazing it was. When i shook his hand, you could just feel the power and authority that that man had. It just reaffirmed how these men really are called of God. Elder Nelson is like the smartest person i have ever met. He is a genious. He knows Spanish fluently, hebrew and greek. He just took the scriptures and disected them. And told us all these crazy things, and how it compares to the Hebrew and Greek version and all this crazy stuff. The man is genious. You could just tell he was a man of God. It was such a cool experience. :)
Well i guess that is all i have for this week. I love you all!! I will attach some pictures.
Elder David Kingsley
November 1, 2010 Email
Hey mom!!
This week was pretty good. We had 2 investigators at church and that was awesome!! So we are really excited for that. We had zone conference this past week and it was just kind of a crazy week. But i enjoyed it. Well funny thing is, we had our carpet cleaned by a member this past week and iguess he moved our couches and stuff and he found my camera. Man i was so happy. I didn't lose all my mission pictures after all. Ya i had only 1 SD card. So maybe i will get a 2nd one or something just in case. But i will send a couple pictures today of the past months or so. I did get my Halloween Box, thank You :) Tell mckaye as well. The cookies were deliciuos. I was a little confused why 2 of the chocolate chip cookies were wrapped in seran wrap. haha. But they were all good. We enjoyed them so thank you :) We had quite the party last night. haha. Cuz we had to be in at 6 and it was fun. We bought like pizzas and stuff the day before and made those. We wore our costumes too ha. IT was cool too, cuz we went to go visit a family after church and they fed us Posole. And it was delicous. I had like two bowls, and man i could just keep eating it.
We Didn't have a trunk or treat or anything because i guess like last week we had a baile del sombrero. And so that was the halloween party aparently for the branch. But the english ward did one on saturday, but we didnt go.
Man every one is leaving!! That is super crazy. But they don't leave for like a couple more weeks now right? I feel like the holiday season is going by a lot faster. I can't believe that it is already November!! WOW!! And guess what? It hasn't even snowed in the city yet, well at least where i ahve been. There is snow on the mountains, but apparently it always snows on halloween and it didn't. And today is a little cloudy and it was sprinkling but no snow. So i think it might be a little milder year, but still, i feel like it's freezing ha.
Well not a bunch of stuff is new. I'm going to try attaching pitures so hopefully that works. I love you all. And thanks for everything.
Elder Kingsley
This week was pretty good. We had 2 investigators at church and that was awesome!! So we are really excited for that. We had zone conference this past week and it was just kind of a crazy week. But i enjoyed it. Well funny thing is, we had our carpet cleaned by a member this past week and iguess he moved our couches and stuff and he found my camera. Man i was so happy. I didn't lose all my mission pictures after all. Ya i had only 1 SD card. So maybe i will get a 2nd one or something just in case. But i will send a couple pictures today of the past months or so. I did get my Halloween Box, thank You :) Tell mckaye as well. The cookies were deliciuos. I was a little confused why 2 of the chocolate chip cookies were wrapped in seran wrap. haha. But they were all good. We enjoyed them so thank you :) We had quite the party last night. haha. Cuz we had to be in at 6 and it was fun. We bought like pizzas and stuff the day before and made those. We wore our costumes too ha. IT was cool too, cuz we went to go visit a family after church and they fed us Posole. And it was delicous. I had like two bowls, and man i could just keep eating it.
We Didn't have a trunk or treat or anything because i guess like last week we had a baile del sombrero. And so that was the halloween party aparently for the branch. But the english ward did one on saturday, but we didnt go.
Man every one is leaving!! That is super crazy. But they don't leave for like a couple more weeks now right? I feel like the holiday season is going by a lot faster. I can't believe that it is already November!! WOW!! And guess what? It hasn't even snowed in the city yet, well at least where i ahve been. There is snow on the mountains, but apparently it always snows on halloween and it didn't. And today is a little cloudy and it was sprinkling but no snow. So i think it might be a little milder year, but still, i feel like it's freezing ha.
Well not a bunch of stuff is new. I'm going to try attaching pitures so hopefully that works. I love you all. And thanks for everything.
Elder Kingsley
November 1, 2010
Decked out in some winter attire
Beautiful Colorado Springs
Sweater Vest Day
Zone Conference
Our beautiful Halloween costumesOctober 25, 2010
Hello Mother
I am doing good this week. My companion is pretty cool. He is goofy so it makes working with him really fun. Yes I bought a new bike, i was just trying to avoid this question haha. It broke, just the derailer hanger. So it's getting fixed and i will get it really soon. It's a REALLY nice bike, and the guy who is fixiing it is a member and really nice. He isn't charging me labor just for the parts, so it's going to be really cheap. But don't worry it's really good!! Yes i still have the Jcpenny jacket, i havent used it yet. But its started to get really cold. The other day it was raining and apparently snowed in other places. Around us it was like 35 40 degrees or something. So it's coming :) haha. Thank you i am picking up my package today, did you call the mission office? Cuz they called me, and hopefully I don't get in trouble for ordering a package haha. But we will see. Idk why i put the house number haha. I didn't even think about it.
Things are good. My new companion is really funny. He reminds me a lot of Ray Dandridge and Rick Parkerson. So it is really fun. He is really goofy so it makes working pretty fun. The only thing is, is that his Spanish isn't very well, cuz he went home. So i'm depending pretty much on me now. So it's pretty intense sometimes. But i love the guy he is awesome. Oh ya, no new pictures. Guess what, as well as all my bike problems last transfer, i lost my camera, I have looked everywhere and i dont know where it is. So... Ya. Lost all my pictures and everything. But hopefully i will be able to find it, pray that i do. Last transfer was just crazy!! haha.
Hey i look forward to a halloween package! :) We have to be in at 6 on halloween so who knows what we will do. Now that there are 4 of us living in that apartment it's pretty fun.
Well I'm doing really good. I'm not dying yet cuz of the weather. But it will soon come. We are excited for this transfer and we are going to see a lot of miracles. I love you all!
Elder David Kingsley
I am doing good this week. My companion is pretty cool. He is goofy so it makes working with him really fun. Yes I bought a new bike, i was just trying to avoid this question haha. It broke, just the derailer hanger. So it's getting fixed and i will get it really soon. It's a REALLY nice bike, and the guy who is fixiing it is a member and really nice. He isn't charging me labor just for the parts, so it's going to be really cheap. But don't worry it's really good!! Yes i still have the Jcpenny jacket, i havent used it yet. But its started to get really cold. The other day it was raining and apparently snowed in other places. Around us it was like 35 40 degrees or something. So it's coming :) haha. Thank you i am picking up my package today, did you call the mission office? Cuz they called me, and hopefully I don't get in trouble for ordering a package haha. But we will see. Idk why i put the house number haha. I didn't even think about it.
Things are good. My new companion is really funny. He reminds me a lot of Ray Dandridge and Rick Parkerson. So it is really fun. He is really goofy so it makes working pretty fun. The only thing is, is that his Spanish isn't very well, cuz he went home. So i'm depending pretty much on me now. So it's pretty intense sometimes. But i love the guy he is awesome. Oh ya, no new pictures. Guess what, as well as all my bike problems last transfer, i lost my camera, I have looked everywhere and i dont know where it is. So... Ya. Lost all my pictures and everything. But hopefully i will be able to find it, pray that i do. Last transfer was just crazy!! haha.
Hey i look forward to a halloween package! :) We have to be in at 6 on halloween so who knows what we will do. Now that there are 4 of us living in that apartment it's pretty fun.
Well I'm doing really good. I'm not dying yet cuz of the weather. But it will soon come. We are excited for this transfer and we are going to see a lot of miracles. I love you all!
Elder David Kingsley
October 17, 2010
Hey Mother
Things are going good. I'm staying In Colorado Springs. I think i could be here for a while but we will see. I'm with a new comp, Elder Bailey. Its funny cuz every transfer i have a new companion. So that is kinda cool. I haven't bought any warm clothes yet. I'm still using the jacket I found and it keeps me pretty warm, when i need to use it. Apparently it always snows on Halloween here. So i'm expecting first snow in a bought two weeks or so, and then it will just be crazy cold from then on haha. And everything is going fine with me. I'm healthy, so no need to worry :)
I'm excited for this transfer cuz it will be Halloween and Thanksgiving!! I'm excited cuz i talked with some members already and they wanna play some football on thanksgiving. So i'm excited for that. We have one more companionship here in Springs. So 10 missionaries total. It's crazy!! But we got a car so we will be able to drive around a lot more and stuff and go to different places that haven't been tracted in a while. And I will still be living in the same apartment, but now there will be two companionships. So Elder Guzman and his greenie and then me and Elder Bailey. So it should be fun.
Ha I never saw that dragon movie, but i have heard about. Being in Springs you just see things. Like when we go to Walmart and just different places you seen ads and stuff. So i know some things are coming out, but not very much. Like i know nothing about the new electronics. We talked to this one Kid that we just met on the streets and he told us all this new stuff that is coming out and like blew our minds haha. We are still sheltered. That movie looked it could be cool though! Thats cool things are changing around in the Ward. People getting married and such. Man i wonder how crazy things will be when i get back, i can't even imagine.
Oh today, cuz we are in Springs, we get to go greenie tracting. The greenies arrive today and then we have to go tracting with them at like 230. So that will be fun. I remember doing that. And i remember who i went with so its pretty exciting stuff.
Well i guess that is all, remember I'm staying in the same apartment, so you can still send stuff there. I love you.
Elder david Kingsley
Oh and i'm buying a book off amazon to help me with my spanish, just so you kno
Things are going good. I'm staying In Colorado Springs. I think i could be here for a while but we will see. I'm with a new comp, Elder Bailey. Its funny cuz every transfer i have a new companion. So that is kinda cool. I haven't bought any warm clothes yet. I'm still using the jacket I found and it keeps me pretty warm, when i need to use it. Apparently it always snows on Halloween here. So i'm expecting first snow in a bought two weeks or so, and then it will just be crazy cold from then on haha. And everything is going fine with me. I'm healthy, so no need to worry :)
I'm excited for this transfer cuz it will be Halloween and Thanksgiving!! I'm excited cuz i talked with some members already and they wanna play some football on thanksgiving. So i'm excited for that. We have one more companionship here in Springs. So 10 missionaries total. It's crazy!! But we got a car so we will be able to drive around a lot more and stuff and go to different places that haven't been tracted in a while. And I will still be living in the same apartment, but now there will be two companionships. So Elder Guzman and his greenie and then me and Elder Bailey. So it should be fun.
Ha I never saw that dragon movie, but i have heard about. Being in Springs you just see things. Like when we go to Walmart and just different places you seen ads and stuff. So i know some things are coming out, but not very much. Like i know nothing about the new electronics. We talked to this one Kid that we just met on the streets and he told us all this new stuff that is coming out and like blew our minds haha. We are still sheltered. That movie looked it could be cool though! Thats cool things are changing around in the Ward. People getting married and such. Man i wonder how crazy things will be when i get back, i can't even imagine.
Oh today, cuz we are in Springs, we get to go greenie tracting. The greenies arrive today and then we have to go tracting with them at like 230. So that will be fun. I remember doing that. And i remember who i went with so its pretty exciting stuff.
Well i guess that is all, remember I'm staying in the same apartment, so you can still send stuff there. I love you.
Elder david Kingsley
Oh and i'm buying a book off amazon to help me with my spanish, just so you kno
Friday, October 15, 2010
October 10, 2010
Hello!!
I'm doing good. Things are going better so nothing to worry about!! :) Man sounds like you had a pretty busy week!! Glad Things are going good though. :) Man time just flies by doesn't it? Before I know it I will be at a year. I can't believe it!!
Things are going good in Springs. It's starting to get really cold, ha well for me. Like this morning we walked to the Libray and it is really cloudy and was sprinkingly, i'm guessing it was like 50 but with the Wind Chill it was about 40-45. So pretty nice. I really like it but at the same time it's just starting haha. Umm just so you know, no i took out that 40 bucks because the bike i was using broke so i thought hey i can fix it and ride it, and so it got fixed and cost 45 bucks. So i paid it and then two days later something else broke. So i was really frustrated. I just have the worst luck with bikes. So i feel really bad having to use more money to buy a bike, I'm sorry! :(
I really like Sunday's. We still work and everything, but i like being able to go to church and stuff. It's fun. But at the same time Sunday's are hard cuz your trying to get people to church, find rides, and things like that. 3 Companions is definately way different then it was in the MTC. haha. It's pretty crazy. Idk if i will be staying here in Springs, i had a little feeling i might be going to Alamosa again. But we will see. I will most likely stay here. And if i do i will probably be with Elder Guzman again and now there are going to be 4 people living in our apartment when transfers start, so that is probably gonna be crazy. I'm probably gonna be buying some winter clothes today. i found a sweater thing that i have kind of been wearing, but i might buy some other things today. So we will see.
I kinda had a really cool expereince last week. But i will be sharing that with you later!! I might buy like some pull up bar thing or something too. Cuz man I'm getting fat haha. I need to start losing weight!! I hate it!! But i have just been accpeting it haha. But now i just wanna lose it all!!
What else is pretty cool that happened this past week. Oh ya i really like Wheat Thins I found out. I think i told you, but it's weird, ever since i have been on my mission i like things that i didnt use to like. I love Shrimp now. I have eaten it a bunch. And like just little things, I just eat it haha.
Umm well I guess that is all for me. Thank you for all you do and all the sacrifices. Sorry for just having the worst luck with bikes in the entire world haha.
Love you all
Elder Kingsley
I'm doing good. Things are going better so nothing to worry about!! :) Man sounds like you had a pretty busy week!! Glad Things are going good though. :) Man time just flies by doesn't it? Before I know it I will be at a year. I can't believe it!!
Things are going good in Springs. It's starting to get really cold, ha well for me. Like this morning we walked to the Libray and it is really cloudy and was sprinkingly, i'm guessing it was like 50 but with the Wind Chill it was about 40-45. So pretty nice. I really like it but at the same time it's just starting haha. Umm just so you know, no i took out that 40 bucks because the bike i was using broke so i thought hey i can fix it and ride it, and so it got fixed and cost 45 bucks. So i paid it and then two days later something else broke. So i was really frustrated. I just have the worst luck with bikes. So i feel really bad having to use more money to buy a bike, I'm sorry! :(
I really like Sunday's. We still work and everything, but i like being able to go to church and stuff. It's fun. But at the same time Sunday's are hard cuz your trying to get people to church, find rides, and things like that. 3 Companions is definately way different then it was in the MTC. haha. It's pretty crazy. Idk if i will be staying here in Springs, i had a little feeling i might be going to Alamosa again. But we will see. I will most likely stay here. And if i do i will probably be with Elder Guzman again and now there are going to be 4 people living in our apartment when transfers start, so that is probably gonna be crazy. I'm probably gonna be buying some winter clothes today. i found a sweater thing that i have kind of been wearing, but i might buy some other things today. So we will see.
I kinda had a really cool expereince last week. But i will be sharing that with you later!! I might buy like some pull up bar thing or something too. Cuz man I'm getting fat haha. I need to start losing weight!! I hate it!! But i have just been accpeting it haha. But now i just wanna lose it all!!
What else is pretty cool that happened this past week. Oh ya i really like Wheat Thins I found out. I think i told you, but it's weird, ever since i have been on my mission i like things that i didnt use to like. I love Shrimp now. I have eaten it a bunch. And like just little things, I just eat it haha.
Umm well I guess that is all for me. Thank you for all you do and all the sacrifices. Sorry for just having the worst luck with bikes in the entire world haha.
Love you all
Elder Kingsley
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
More Pictures
My comp is the one in the blue hat, then there's Elder Chavez and Alonso
My awesome bowling skills
October 4, 2010
Hey mom!
Happy Late Birthday.
Man its starting to get COLD up here. Haha. At least for me. Like yesterday morning when we were gonig to conference it was like 49 degrees and the member taht gave us a ride had the windows down the whole time. Its like a 15 min drive haha. It was cold!! And at night when the sun goes down it gets really cold. So i'm probably gonna go out a buy a light jacket or something, cuz i dont even have one of those. But Just so you know.
Conference was awesome!! I especially enjoyed the Priesthood session. I thought that one was AMAZING!! And like every talk was just powerful. Elder Kearon's talk in the priesthood session was really awesome too. And then yesterday it was a little bit harder to get things out of conference cuz we were in our normal building and we watched it in spanish. So i dont know how much i retained from it, but when the talks come out i'm definately gonna read them. They were still really powerful. I'm just not fluent in spanish yet :)
Yesterday in between sessions the president of the branch showed us some mormon messages cuz we havent seen anything. And there is one that i really liked, its poweful. Its called Forgiveness or something like that. Look it up on youtube if you havent seen it, its really good. Its about a guy Named Chris williams i think. Also go online to mormon.org and look at the new commercials the church has. They are really cool. They are showing them in springs but we ahvent seen any so they showed us some yesterday. Cuz like i said Springs is a testing spot. There are bilboards foro mormon.org too. So its really cool!!
Ahhh the mail man, man that was just a huge pain. Because our names werent on the thing like when you open the box. He was sending everything that he recieved back. And you would think he would notice it changing cuz it switches pretty much every 6 weeks. But for some reason he decided to do that, man so annoying. I feel bad for everyone that sent letters. Sorry!! But ya we talked to the guy and he said for now on he will leave any letter that says Elder in it. So you can send it back to my house if you want. But there are only two weeks left in the transfer so just so you know. Oh ya and we ahve another comp with us for these last 2 weeks, due to some circumstances. SO that should be interesting. His name is Elder camarillo!! Well i guess that is all for this week.
Things are going good.
I love you all
Elder Kingsley
Happy Late Birthday.
Man its starting to get COLD up here. Haha. At least for me. Like yesterday morning when we were gonig to conference it was like 49 degrees and the member taht gave us a ride had the windows down the whole time. Its like a 15 min drive haha. It was cold!! And at night when the sun goes down it gets really cold. So i'm probably gonna go out a buy a light jacket or something, cuz i dont even have one of those. But Just so you know.
Conference was awesome!! I especially enjoyed the Priesthood session. I thought that one was AMAZING!! And like every talk was just powerful. Elder Kearon's talk in the priesthood session was really awesome too. And then yesterday it was a little bit harder to get things out of conference cuz we were in our normal building and we watched it in spanish. So i dont know how much i retained from it, but when the talks come out i'm definately gonna read them. They were still really powerful. I'm just not fluent in spanish yet :)
Yesterday in between sessions the president of the branch showed us some mormon messages cuz we havent seen anything. And there is one that i really liked, its poweful. Its called Forgiveness or something like that. Look it up on youtube if you havent seen it, its really good. Its about a guy Named Chris williams i think. Also go online to mormon.org and look at the new commercials the church has. They are really cool. They are showing them in springs but we ahvent seen any so they showed us some yesterday. Cuz like i said Springs is a testing spot. There are bilboards foro mormon.org too. So its really cool!!
Ahhh the mail man, man that was just a huge pain. Because our names werent on the thing like when you open the box. He was sending everything that he recieved back. And you would think he would notice it changing cuz it switches pretty much every 6 weeks. But for some reason he decided to do that, man so annoying. I feel bad for everyone that sent letters. Sorry!! But ya we talked to the guy and he said for now on he will leave any letter that says Elder in it. So you can send it back to my house if you want. But there are only two weeks left in the transfer so just so you know. Oh ya and we ahve another comp with us for these last 2 weeks, due to some circumstances. SO that should be interesting. His name is Elder camarillo!! Well i guess that is all for this week.
Things are going good.
I love you all
Elder Kingsley
September 30, 2010
Hello Mother and Father!!
Yep I'm doing great. I know its been a while. But i went to this leadership training thing monday tuesday and wednesday. It was from like 7am to 5pm. So We have P-day today and then another one on Monday!! So this week will go by fast especially with Conference coming up.
This transfer has been the worst with mail so far. Also for the fact i think my mail man screwed something up and was sending mail back. Because he didnt think anyone lived there? This has been happening for like the past week. So that is kinda frustrating. So to anyone that got a letter sent back that is why.
This Leadership Conference was the most amazing thing i have ever attended. It's so crazy to see. The mission is changing, as well as the church. The church is putting out a new program on mormon.org and they have a bunch of commercials. I dont know if you have heard of it. But Springs is one out of the 7 places that they are testing it out in. It is really cool. But the Leadership Conference. Man i cant even describe how amazing it was. How strong the spirit was. My testimony was so strengthened on like everything. The 2nd day was the best. We talked a lot about the Book of Mormon. And it really is true how the Spirit only testifies of Truth. Becuase i dont think i have ever felt the spirit as strongly as i did on that day. Just the whole day was FILLED with the spirit it was amazing.
And on Monday night we applied what we had learned and we went to an investigators house and we knelt down to pray at the end and asked her to pray. She gave a sincere prayer and at the end, she just said i feel a burning in my chest, man the spirit was so strong. We are actually learning these new lessons that the Church has put out. And as we have seen the more we use them and what we have learned, the more success we have. And it is so true!! SO i'm super excited to share this with everyone. Man it was an amazing 3 days. Super exhausting but rejuvinating at the same time. Oh and Im SO EXCITED for conference. Wow it is gonna be an amazing weekend!!
Well I'm trying to think of what else i can write to you. This week was a long and fun week. But i will be writing you again on Monday. But if maybe you could send me some stamps that would be cool. Well i love you all.
Have an amazing weekend!!
Love elder kingsley
P.s. I'm not quite sure which mconkie it is. I will try to find out.
Yep I'm doing great. I know its been a while. But i went to this leadership training thing monday tuesday and wednesday. It was from like 7am to 5pm. So We have P-day today and then another one on Monday!! So this week will go by fast especially with Conference coming up.
This transfer has been the worst with mail so far. Also for the fact i think my mail man screwed something up and was sending mail back. Because he didnt think anyone lived there? This has been happening for like the past week. So that is kinda frustrating. So to anyone that got a letter sent back that is why.
This Leadership Conference was the most amazing thing i have ever attended. It's so crazy to see. The mission is changing, as well as the church. The church is putting out a new program on mormon.org and they have a bunch of commercials. I dont know if you have heard of it. But Springs is one out of the 7 places that they are testing it out in. It is really cool. But the Leadership Conference. Man i cant even describe how amazing it was. How strong the spirit was. My testimony was so strengthened on like everything. The 2nd day was the best. We talked a lot about the Book of Mormon. And it really is true how the Spirit only testifies of Truth. Becuase i dont think i have ever felt the spirit as strongly as i did on that day. Just the whole day was FILLED with the spirit it was amazing.
And on Monday night we applied what we had learned and we went to an investigators house and we knelt down to pray at the end and asked her to pray. She gave a sincere prayer and at the end, she just said i feel a burning in my chest, man the spirit was so strong. We are actually learning these new lessons that the Church has put out. And as we have seen the more we use them and what we have learned, the more success we have. And it is so true!! SO i'm super excited to share this with everyone. Man it was an amazing 3 days. Super exhausting but rejuvinating at the same time. Oh and Im SO EXCITED for conference. Wow it is gonna be an amazing weekend!!
Well I'm trying to think of what else i can write to you. This week was a long and fun week. But i will be writing you again on Monday. But if maybe you could send me some stamps that would be cool. Well i love you all.
Have an amazing weekend!!
Love elder kingsley
P.s. I'm not quite sure which mconkie it is. I will try to find out.
September 20, 2010
Hey mom!!
Ya this week was pretty good actually. I liked it a lot. I had a really cool experience when i was on companion exchanges. We were just tracting some houses and we knocked on this ladies house and her door was open and she yelled. "are you the mormons or jehovahs"? SO we told her and she came to the door. Well her screen door was kinda broke so elder Alonso offered to fix it, so as he was fixing it she let me inside and i began talking with her. I found out that missionaries had passed by a bunch of times but she had never let them in. So i asked her, well what made you let us in? And she looks at me and says, "well you have red hair, and i really like red hair" (Oh by the way this lady is in her 70's or so) And so i was just like wow well thank you. (So then i thought well man maybe the Lord used me to get into her house.) So we kept talking and we started talking about the church and the apostasy and restauration and everything. And the spirit was super strong, and she just looks down and says "I have never heard this before." And so at the end we invited her to here the lessons and have the missionaries continue to come by, and she just paused for like a minute looking down, and says ya they can come by next week cuz this week im gonna be out of town. So that was a really cool experience that i had that i liked :)
Also, yes i fixed my bike thank goodness!! So we started riding bikes and then the next day.... it got stolen!! hahaha!! Awesome i know :) But Luckily, one of the elder's that went home left his bike, the only thing is that i have to buy new peddles for it haha. So i think i will doing that today.
Also yesterday we ate dinner with the son of Bruce R. McKonkie. Who is actually the stake president of our stake. So that was really cool. After we ate dinner we just talked and asked him questions and he shared with us a bunch of things so that was awesome. Oh ya, so we had stake conference yesterday as well. It was pretty cool. I think it was for like 2 other states as well. Like all the stakes in those states. Cuz it was broadcasted. And Elder Perry and Elder Ucthdorf talked to us. As well as 2 other people but Im not quite sure of there names. So ya this past week was pretty fun and exciting I definately enjoyed it :)
Last P-day we went to the dance place but its a specialty dance. Its a brazilian fighting dance called Capoeira. Or something like that. i heard there are crazy videos on youtube so you can look and see what we were TRYING to do. haha. Its really cool cuz one of the ZL's here is from Brazil and there is a member that is actually in charge of the class and owns it and stuff. So he did a session with us for free and everything. It was really fun.
Well i guess that is all for this week. I love you all and thanks for everything you do :)
Elder Kingsley
Ya this week was pretty good actually. I liked it a lot. I had a really cool experience when i was on companion exchanges. We were just tracting some houses and we knocked on this ladies house and her door was open and she yelled. "are you the mormons or jehovahs"? SO we told her and she came to the door. Well her screen door was kinda broke so elder Alonso offered to fix it, so as he was fixing it she let me inside and i began talking with her. I found out that missionaries had passed by a bunch of times but she had never let them in. So i asked her, well what made you let us in? And she looks at me and says, "well you have red hair, and i really like red hair" (Oh by the way this lady is in her 70's or so) And so i was just like wow well thank you. (So then i thought well man maybe the Lord used me to get into her house.) So we kept talking and we started talking about the church and the apostasy and restauration and everything. And the spirit was super strong, and she just looks down and says "I have never heard this before." And so at the end we invited her to here the lessons and have the missionaries continue to come by, and she just paused for like a minute looking down, and says ya they can come by next week cuz this week im gonna be out of town. So that was a really cool experience that i had that i liked :)
Also, yes i fixed my bike thank goodness!! So we started riding bikes and then the next day.... it got stolen!! hahaha!! Awesome i know :) But Luckily, one of the elder's that went home left his bike, the only thing is that i have to buy new peddles for it haha. So i think i will doing that today.
Also yesterday we ate dinner with the son of Bruce R. McKonkie. Who is actually the stake president of our stake. So that was really cool. After we ate dinner we just talked and asked him questions and he shared with us a bunch of things so that was awesome. Oh ya, so we had stake conference yesterday as well. It was pretty cool. I think it was for like 2 other states as well. Like all the stakes in those states. Cuz it was broadcasted. And Elder Perry and Elder Ucthdorf talked to us. As well as 2 other people but Im not quite sure of there names. So ya this past week was pretty fun and exciting I definately enjoyed it :)
Last P-day we went to the dance place but its a specialty dance. Its a brazilian fighting dance called Capoeira. Or something like that. i heard there are crazy videos on youtube so you can look and see what we were TRYING to do. haha. Its really cool cuz one of the ZL's here is from Brazil and there is a member that is actually in charge of the class and owns it and stuff. So he did a session with us for free and everything. It was really fun.
Well i guess that is all for this week. I love you all and thanks for everything you do :)
Elder Kingsley
Sunday, September 19, 2010
September 13, 2010
Hello mother!!
Things are going good for me. Thanks for all the news!!
When it comes to flushing in there are like a few reasons i think, but then again I'm not exactly sure cuz its the Lord. But the missionaries could not be having success, something might have happened. Or ya i dont really know haha. I kinda new my comp, he was in Garden City which is like an hour from Dodge. And so i met him when we had zone conference last transfer. So ya he is pretty cool. Ya im probably gonna start needing some winter clothes coming up in the next couple weeks maybe. Right now the weather is perfect!! I love it. We go tracting and there is a breeze and its like about between 75 and80 and then in the mornings and nights its a little colder, i think. But its great. It gets dark here pretty early and is gonna get darker and darker so we have to be careful with what we do. I think my suits are good? Haha. They are pretty dirty. I havent dry cleaned them at all yet. My blue one is probably in better shape. They are fine i just dont wanna dry clean them cuz they are expensive so i think i will be good for a little. My tracting charcoal pants have rips in the bottoms but nothing bad i just keep wearing them. I will let you know when they disenegrate. And YES they all still fit thankfully :) haha.
Man that is crazy about all the missionaries leaving. The time just flies by. Its crazy. I have a feeling once we hit Oct time is just gonna fly on by because of all the holidays and stuff. But who knows. Ya i heard alittle about the BYU airforce game. I wish i could have gone haha. Being here we meet ALOT of military workers so that is kinda cool. The Branch here is awesome. I love it. There are just tons of different ethnicities. Peru, el salvador, puerto rico, colombia. So that is really awesome. Spanish is getting a lot better i think. I'm starting to learn a lot of new words to try to help me.
I'm trying to think if any crazy things happened this week. But i dont think so. Things are going good. Oh ya idk if i said, but my bike broke this week. So we have had to walk ALL week. Which made it really hard, but a member is gonna help me fix it today. So thats good. Well i guess thats all. Tell everyone i love them and miss them!! Until next week
Things are going good for me. Thanks for all the news!!
When it comes to flushing in there are like a few reasons i think, but then again I'm not exactly sure cuz its the Lord. But the missionaries could not be having success, something might have happened. Or ya i dont really know haha. I kinda new my comp, he was in Garden City which is like an hour from Dodge. And so i met him when we had zone conference last transfer. So ya he is pretty cool. Ya im probably gonna start needing some winter clothes coming up in the next couple weeks maybe. Right now the weather is perfect!! I love it. We go tracting and there is a breeze and its like about between 75 and80 and then in the mornings and nights its a little colder, i think. But its great. It gets dark here pretty early and is gonna get darker and darker so we have to be careful with what we do. I think my suits are good? Haha. They are pretty dirty. I havent dry cleaned them at all yet. My blue one is probably in better shape. They are fine i just dont wanna dry clean them cuz they are expensive so i think i will be good for a little. My tracting charcoal pants have rips in the bottoms but nothing bad i just keep wearing them. I will let you know when they disenegrate. And YES they all still fit thankfully :) haha.
Man that is crazy about all the missionaries leaving. The time just flies by. Its crazy. I have a feeling once we hit Oct time is just gonna fly on by because of all the holidays and stuff. But who knows. Ya i heard alittle about the BYU airforce game. I wish i could have gone haha. Being here we meet ALOT of military workers so that is kinda cool. The Branch here is awesome. I love it. There are just tons of different ethnicities. Peru, el salvador, puerto rico, colombia. So that is really awesome. Spanish is getting a lot better i think. I'm starting to learn a lot of new words to try to help me.
I'm trying to think if any crazy things happened this week. But i dont think so. Things are going good. Oh ya idk if i said, but my bike broke this week. So we have had to walk ALL week. Which made it really hard, but a member is gonna help me fix it today. So thats good. Well i guess thats all. Tell everyone i love them and miss them!! Until next week
September 4, 2010
Hey mom!!
Things are pretty good. The reason I'm emailing today is because Monday is labor day and its transfers. So we actually checked transfer calls today, and then our regular P-day will be on monday. We just cant email because the libraries will be closed.
But yep, looks like I'm headed over to Colorado Springs now. haha. I just had "to get the heck out of dodge" apparently. I'm going to be flushed in AGAIN. haha. We will see how that goes. I'm going to be with a companion that has been serving in garden, his name is Elder Guzman and he is from Bolivia. So we will see how that turns out.
This week has been pretty cool. We did Companion Exchanges this past week and that was fun. I'm trying to think of all the amazing things that happened this past week, but honestly it was just a normal work week. Elder Kelley's birthday was yesterday we didnt really get to celebrate it haha. One of the investigators here actually had us over for dinner on Thursday for his Birthday. It was really good.
We found a couple of investigators this past week. We are still working hard. Unfortunately we didn't have people at church this past sunday. It's frustrating. I don't really know what to write. I guess I will just let you go then. Sorry this email is so short. You will be hearing from me in Springs next week. I'm excited, I heard Springs is tight. oh and one other thing, I think i might be following the pattern of my trainer (E. Castillo) He served in Alamosa for 3 months, Dodge for 1 1/2 months, then Springs for 11 months. haha. I kinda have a feeling i might be staying in Springs for a while. But we will see.
Well love you all!!
Take care.
Elder Kingsley
Things are pretty good. The reason I'm emailing today is because Monday is labor day and its transfers. So we actually checked transfer calls today, and then our regular P-day will be on monday. We just cant email because the libraries will be closed.
But yep, looks like I'm headed over to Colorado Springs now. haha. I just had "to get the heck out of dodge" apparently. I'm going to be flushed in AGAIN. haha. We will see how that goes. I'm going to be with a companion that has been serving in garden, his name is Elder Guzman and he is from Bolivia. So we will see how that turns out.
This week has been pretty cool. We did Companion Exchanges this past week and that was fun. I'm trying to think of all the amazing things that happened this past week, but honestly it was just a normal work week. Elder Kelley's birthday was yesterday we didnt really get to celebrate it haha. One of the investigators here actually had us over for dinner on Thursday for his Birthday. It was really good.
We found a couple of investigators this past week. We are still working hard. Unfortunately we didn't have people at church this past sunday. It's frustrating. I don't really know what to write. I guess I will just let you go then. Sorry this email is so short. You will be hearing from me in Springs next week. I'm excited, I heard Springs is tight. oh and one other thing, I think i might be following the pattern of my trainer (E. Castillo) He served in Alamosa for 3 months, Dodge for 1 1/2 months, then Springs for 11 months. haha. I kinda have a feeling i might be staying in Springs for a while. But we will see.
Well love you all!!
Take care.
Elder Kingsley
August Pictures
This picture was on Saturday. All ten of the missionaries here were waiters at a quincinera. So that was pretty cool. This is all of us with our little rag things.
Snake!
Me being awesome riding my bike.
In the basement of this other companionships apartment.Wednesday, September 1, 2010
August 29, 2010
Familia.
Things are going pretty good this week. The weeks are just flying by for me it seems like. I feel like everything around me is changing and I'm just like staying still or something. Ha it's hard to explain i guess. So i sent quite a few pictures so i hope you got all of those and i hope you enjoy all of those.
Man i wanna go to the temple. I feel like i have forgotten everything ha. Just 6 more months until i get to go on my Jubillee and go to the temple :)
The weather is getting a little cooler now. So its not too bad. But that sounds crazy about the Hail. I wanna see a tornado so bad. But i guess they dont have many in Dodge because its so hilly. But if i go to garden i might be able to see some. They practice the alarm like once a week. So we hear this loud siren like once a week for tornados. Its kinda annoying. I will have to get some pictures with all the cows they got here. Its crazy. Its a completely different world haha but i love it.
Well i honestly dont have a lot of new news. Things are going for me though. Spanish is going a lot better. I love it, i love being able to speak in spanish. ANd i love the spanish culture!! So ya. I guess that is all i have this week. Sorry for not having too much info for you. But i hope that the pictures work for you all.
I love you all
Elder David Kingsley
Things are going pretty good this week. The weeks are just flying by for me it seems like. I feel like everything around me is changing and I'm just like staying still or something. Ha it's hard to explain i guess. So i sent quite a few pictures so i hope you got all of those and i hope you enjoy all of those.
Man i wanna go to the temple. I feel like i have forgotten everything ha. Just 6 more months until i get to go on my Jubillee and go to the temple :)
The weather is getting a little cooler now. So its not too bad. But that sounds crazy about the Hail. I wanna see a tornado so bad. But i guess they dont have many in Dodge because its so hilly. But if i go to garden i might be able to see some. They practice the alarm like once a week. So we hear this loud siren like once a week for tornados. Its kinda annoying. I will have to get some pictures with all the cows they got here. Its crazy. Its a completely different world haha but i love it.
Well i honestly dont have a lot of new news. Things are going for me though. Spanish is going a lot better. I love it, i love being able to speak in spanish. ANd i love the spanish culture!! So ya. I guess that is all i have this week. Sorry for not having too much info for you. But i hope that the pictures work for you all.
I love you all
Elder David Kingsley
Friday, August 27, 2010
August 22, 2010
Hey mom!!
Things are going good for me!! Man you guys are having parties like all the time down there it seems like haha. Just kidding. Man i wish i could have costa vida or chipotle. I think the only Chipotle is Pueblo, and or Colorado Springs. There isnt anything like that down here in Dodge city. Just a lot of hispanic fast food and stuff. There is this food place that is supposed to be really good that i havent been able to go to yet called Pastorcito. So i wanna go there soon. And you remember how my last two companions were from El Salvador? Well they always talked about a food called Papusas. And just the other day i had one, they are so bomb!! Man, so i have to find the restaurant here that sells them, cuz not many people know how to make them and apparently they are hard to make but they are SO good!! haha.
I'm so backed up on letters haha. It comes to P-day and i dont even want to write letters cuz i just wanna chill haha. But Slowly but surely I'm still writing them. So keep writing letters cuz i want more letters i love letters :)
We found a lot of investigators this past week. We had like a total of 16 people that we could get to church. And only one of our investigators came. But that is okay. It was way cool. He is guatamalan and we just started teaching him last week. We are gonna pass by again this week and hope that he can go to church this sunday and then we can baptize him!! That would be awesome. K is good, he is only 14 and i dont think his parents wnat us teaching him or anything. So it's been a little hard with him. But were gonna pass by tonight. And R is good, he is just hard to get in contact with. We have quite a few more investigators that I'm working with so its really exciting. I hope we get to see some action sometime soon :) Me and Elder Kelley are doing good. I will send you a couple of more pictures that are pretty cool i guess haha.
Well i guess that is all for this week. I'm trying to think and i dont think anything TOO exciting happened this week. Just the normal. Well i love you all. thank you for all your prayers.
Love
Elder Kingsley
Things are going good for me!! Man you guys are having parties like all the time down there it seems like haha. Just kidding. Man i wish i could have costa vida or chipotle. I think the only Chipotle is Pueblo, and or Colorado Springs. There isnt anything like that down here in Dodge city. Just a lot of hispanic fast food and stuff. There is this food place that is supposed to be really good that i havent been able to go to yet called Pastorcito. So i wanna go there soon. And you remember how my last two companions were from El Salvador? Well they always talked about a food called Papusas. And just the other day i had one, they are so bomb!! Man, so i have to find the restaurant here that sells them, cuz not many people know how to make them and apparently they are hard to make but they are SO good!! haha.
I'm so backed up on letters haha. It comes to P-day and i dont even want to write letters cuz i just wanna chill haha. But Slowly but surely I'm still writing them. So keep writing letters cuz i want more letters i love letters :)
We found a lot of investigators this past week. We had like a total of 16 people that we could get to church. And only one of our investigators came. But that is okay. It was way cool. He is guatamalan and we just started teaching him last week. We are gonna pass by again this week and hope that he can go to church this sunday and then we can baptize him!! That would be awesome. K is good, he is only 14 and i dont think his parents wnat us teaching him or anything. So it's been a little hard with him. But were gonna pass by tonight. And R is good, he is just hard to get in contact with. We have quite a few more investigators that I'm working with so its really exciting. I hope we get to see some action sometime soon :) Me and Elder Kelley are doing good. I will send you a couple of more pictures that are pretty cool i guess haha.
Well i guess that is all for this week. I'm trying to think and i dont think anything TOO exciting happened this week. Just the normal. Well i love you all. thank you for all your prayers.
Love
Elder Kingsley
August 15, 2010 Pictures
Me and Elder Kelley on this big tank by our apartment
Me with a family from Alamosa
The last one is when we were messing around with Elder Davies camera. We took some cool pictures.Hope that will last you until i get some more
Love you.
August 15, 2010
Hey Mom!!
I'm doing good!! We got our key back so we are getting mail and everything is going good.
This past week was pretty good. Like 2 weeks ago we found a lady that is actually from Mexico and we started teaching her. But then we found out she was going back to Mexico so we taught her as much as we could before she left. But we decided to go back one day and talk with her sister and the sisters husband. We have been teaching them and they seem pretty solid. The only is, is that it's hard for them to get work off, and they work on the weekends. So one day this past week we decided to fast for them, so that they would be able to go to church. But the interesting thing that i think i found out, is that God will bless you in whatever way he wants. Cuz that day we ended up finding 2 solid investigators. A guy named R and then a 14 year old kid named K. And I'm just gonna talk about K, cuz he is tight. We started teaching him and he let us in and we just talked. We are good friends, and we have passed by and taught him quite a bit. But this last time that we passed by we watched the Restoration video with him and the spirit was super strong. We asked him to pray at the end, and didnt tell him what to say. His prayer was awesome and it hit me so strong. He said "thank you for having these 2 guys come over and help me through my hard times, bless the unforatunate so that they can have things, and bless people to know, that the Book of Mormon is true, because I believe it to be true.." It was so awesome!! My face just lit up, he is such a solid kid and he loves us. It hit me how real this all is, Being out here and helping people and sharing the truth with them. You never know who you are going to affect in your life. But you need to live in a way so that you can affect people in a good way. I love this gospel and what I'm doing.
So that is kinda my awesome story for this past week. This past week was pretty funny too. We met a lot of intersting people. And one thing that is interesting is that there are a few like Vietnamese people here in Dodge city, that dont speak english or spanish. So sometimes we happen to knock on there doors and they dont understand anything. So this past week that happened to us. And my companion Elder Kelley as we were talking to the asian was just like "Ya my companion smells really bad huh?" and he was just like ya ya ya like smiling. And then Kelley was like "ya he is really ugly i know, okay well bye!" and then we just left haha. I just started laughing cuz i wasnt expecting that at all. It was hilarious cuz he didnt understand a thing, he just agreed with us. Haha.
So School is about to start here in Dodge. College has already started buy like high school and elementary start like this Thursday or something. So that is really weird, now everyone is gonna be gone. One of these days were going on a tour of the meat factories and I'm super excited for that. I'm trying to think of some other fun things that have happened this past week, but I can't really think of anything. Well, I love you all, thank you for all your love and support. You are all in my prayers. Be safe.
Love,
Elder David James Kingsley
I'm doing good!! We got our key back so we are getting mail and everything is going good.
This past week was pretty good. Like 2 weeks ago we found a lady that is actually from Mexico and we started teaching her. But then we found out she was going back to Mexico so we taught her as much as we could before she left. But we decided to go back one day and talk with her sister and the sisters husband. We have been teaching them and they seem pretty solid. The only is, is that it's hard for them to get work off, and they work on the weekends. So one day this past week we decided to fast for them, so that they would be able to go to church. But the interesting thing that i think i found out, is that God will bless you in whatever way he wants. Cuz that day we ended up finding 2 solid investigators. A guy named R and then a 14 year old kid named K. And I'm just gonna talk about K, cuz he is tight. We started teaching him and he let us in and we just talked. We are good friends, and we have passed by and taught him quite a bit. But this last time that we passed by we watched the Restoration video with him and the spirit was super strong. We asked him to pray at the end, and didnt tell him what to say. His prayer was awesome and it hit me so strong. He said "thank you for having these 2 guys come over and help me through my hard times, bless the unforatunate so that they can have things, and bless people to know, that the Book of Mormon is true, because I believe it to be true.." It was so awesome!! My face just lit up, he is such a solid kid and he loves us. It hit me how real this all is, Being out here and helping people and sharing the truth with them. You never know who you are going to affect in your life. But you need to live in a way so that you can affect people in a good way. I love this gospel and what I'm doing.
So that is kinda my awesome story for this past week. This past week was pretty funny too. We met a lot of intersting people. And one thing that is interesting is that there are a few like Vietnamese people here in Dodge city, that dont speak english or spanish. So sometimes we happen to knock on there doors and they dont understand anything. So this past week that happened to us. And my companion Elder Kelley as we were talking to the asian was just like "Ya my companion smells really bad huh?" and he was just like ya ya ya like smiling. And then Kelley was like "ya he is really ugly i know, okay well bye!" and then we just left haha. I just started laughing cuz i wasnt expecting that at all. It was hilarious cuz he didnt understand a thing, he just agreed with us. Haha.
So School is about to start here in Dodge. College has already started buy like high school and elementary start like this Thursday or something. So that is really weird, now everyone is gonna be gone. One of these days were going on a tour of the meat factories and I'm super excited for that. I'm trying to think of some other fun things that have happened this past week, but I can't really think of anything. Well, I love you all, thank you for all your love and support. You are all in my prayers. Be safe.
Love,
Elder David James Kingsley
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