Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Keep writing!!!!
Keep writing Jeanne. I know she loves getting letters. Also, send her any pictures of fun things that are going on with you.
Tranfer news, Miracles, and Mission Council-May 18, 2009
Dear family and friends
So many exciting things have happened this week that I want to tell y'all. Hopefully I can remember everything that I wanted to write.
Lets see, first, we had transfers Tuesday. My new companion is Sister Biddle. We served together in the same district when I first came out here. She is a great missionary. She is from Billings, Montana and has been out on her mission for 15 months now. I am so excited to work with her and we have already seen miracles together.
At transfers I found out so great news. Some missionaries, I don't remember who, found Donnie Hill in the hospital and she still wants to be baptized. She has another baptismal date too. Also Kim Cooper and her husband Art are getting baptized this month!!! I love being able to hear about people I taught and how they are progressing, it brings such joy that I can't explain it.
Now that I am thinking about all this Tuesdays was a very good day, no it was a great day. That same night we taught Jessice again. This was Sis. Biddle’s first time meeting her. We talked about recognizing the Spirit with her again for she still had questions about that. At the end of the lesson we asked if she had any more questions. She said no she had no more questions, we had answered all of them. Miracle! That was the first time she did not have a million questions to fire at us. We asked if she had any more comments or anything she wanted to say and her response was, "No, I am done." That kind of scared me for a few seconds, I was worried about what she meant by done. Did she mean she as done with meeting with us or was it something else. Then Sister Biddle asked what the next step for her was. She said, "The next step for me is to get baptized. There is only one thing I disagree with about in the church, and that is coffee. But that is a small thing and I am willing to sacrifice it. So the next step is for me to get baptized." What a dream and miracle. She was to check her work schedule for a date but she is thinking about getting baptized the first week of June. She has changed so much since last week. I love seeing the change that comes over people when they are truly converted to the Lord. It is the Holy Ghost that converts people.
Friday Sister Biddle and I had the opportunity to go to mission council. This is were all the zone leaders, assistants, and mission pres. get together and talk about how to improve the mission and what things they need to focus on this transfer to farther the work along here. This was my second time being able to go to this. I love being able to see the leadership in this mission in action. I know they are inspired of God. The Lord's hand is over this work and He guides it according to His will.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Christ's church on the earth today. He is the head of this church. Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God. Joseph Smith did see God the Father and Jesus Christ. God hears and answers our prayers. He knows each one of us personally.
I love y'all and have a great week.
Love,
Sister Keys
So many exciting things have happened this week that I want to tell y'all. Hopefully I can remember everything that I wanted to write.
Lets see, first, we had transfers Tuesday. My new companion is Sister Biddle. We served together in the same district when I first came out here. She is a great missionary. She is from Billings, Montana and has been out on her mission for 15 months now. I am so excited to work with her and we have already seen miracles together.
At transfers I found out so great news. Some missionaries, I don't remember who, found Donnie Hill in the hospital and she still wants to be baptized. She has another baptismal date too. Also Kim Cooper and her husband Art are getting baptized this month!!! I love being able to hear about people I taught and how they are progressing, it brings such joy that I can't explain it.
Now that I am thinking about all this Tuesdays was a very good day, no it was a great day. That same night we taught Jessice again. This was Sis. Biddle’s first time meeting her. We talked about recognizing the Spirit with her again for she still had questions about that. At the end of the lesson we asked if she had any more questions. She said no she had no more questions, we had answered all of them. Miracle! That was the first time she did not have a million questions to fire at us. We asked if she had any more comments or anything she wanted to say and her response was, "No, I am done." That kind of scared me for a few seconds, I was worried about what she meant by done. Did she mean she as done with meeting with us or was it something else. Then Sister Biddle asked what the next step for her was. She said, "The next step for me is to get baptized. There is only one thing I disagree with about in the church, and that is coffee. But that is a small thing and I am willing to sacrifice it. So the next step is for me to get baptized." What a dream and miracle. She was to check her work schedule for a date but she is thinking about getting baptized the first week of June. She has changed so much since last week. I love seeing the change that comes over people when they are truly converted to the Lord. It is the Holy Ghost that converts people.
Friday Sister Biddle and I had the opportunity to go to mission council. This is were all the zone leaders, assistants, and mission pres. get together and talk about how to improve the mission and what things they need to focus on this transfer to farther the work along here. This was my second time being able to go to this. I love being able to see the leadership in this mission in action. I know they are inspired of God. The Lord's hand is over this work and He guides it according to His will.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Christ's church on the earth today. He is the head of this church. Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God. Joseph Smith did see God the Father and Jesus Christ. God hears and answers our prayers. He knows each one of us personally.
I love y'all and have a great week.
Love,
Sister Keys
Drop and Flash Flood-May 4, 2009
Hello family and friends,
This week was a little hard. Earlier this week we had to drop a lot of our investigators. You can't teach people desire or to have real intent. It is always hard to have to stop teaching these people that you care so much about but when they are not willing to change and have no desire to change there is nothing you can do. The Lord is merciful and will continue to give them second chances though and one day they too will know.
We had some crazy weather this week too. Sat night we had a huge lighting and thunder- storm. As we were driving back to Mesquite from Forney on the freeway we could not see anything in front of us it was raining so hard. A lot of the roads flooded too. We pulled off to the side of the road after we were able to finally get off the freeway, and we watched some cars be stupid and drive through the flooded under pass. We went to the bishop's house for he was the closest and stayed there until the roads cleared up a little bit.
Well I hope all you mothers have a great Mother's Day.
Do something extra nice for your moms this week.
And here is a part of what she wrote her mom...
Dear Mom, This week went ok. We did not get to teach Julian or Jose this week. But Julian did come to church for the first time and it went well. I am really excited for him, I think he is very prepared. I am worried about Jose though for he was not at church and he is always there. Hopefully he did not get anti'ed for anything. We had another really good lesson with Paul and he prayed at the end of it again. He will get there someday for I feel he knows it is true he just has to be willing to sacrifice a lot for it. And Jessica is still coming to church but she does not want to give up her coffee.
Transfers are May 12 so I will know next Sat. night if I am getting a new companion or being transferred or anything like that. But there are no English sisters coming into the mission anytime soon so there will have to be a three-some somewhere.
Love you, Sister Keys
This week was a little hard. Earlier this week we had to drop a lot of our investigators. You can't teach people desire or to have real intent. It is always hard to have to stop teaching these people that you care so much about but when they are not willing to change and have no desire to change there is nothing you can do. The Lord is merciful and will continue to give them second chances though and one day they too will know.
We had some crazy weather this week too. Sat night we had a huge lighting and thunder- storm. As we were driving back to Mesquite from Forney on the freeway we could not see anything in front of us it was raining so hard. A lot of the roads flooded too. We pulled off to the side of the road after we were able to finally get off the freeway, and we watched some cars be stupid and drive through the flooded under pass. We went to the bishop's house for he was the closest and stayed there until the roads cleared up a little bit.
Well I hope all you mothers have a great Mother's Day.
Do something extra nice for your moms this week.
And here is a part of what she wrote her mom...
Dear Mom, This week went ok. We did not get to teach Julian or Jose this week. But Julian did come to church for the first time and it went well. I am really excited for him, I think he is very prepared. I am worried about Jose though for he was not at church and he is always there. Hopefully he did not get anti'ed for anything. We had another really good lesson with Paul and he prayed at the end of it again. He will get there someday for I feel he knows it is true he just has to be willing to sacrifice a lot for it. And Jessica is still coming to church but she does not want to give up her coffee.
Transfers are May 12 so I will know next Sat. night if I am getting a new companion or being transferred or anything like that. But there are no English sisters coming into the mission anytime soon so there will have to be a three-some somewhere.
Love you, Sister Keys
Friday, May 15, 2009
Pictures that were included in the May 11th email
Jeanne.
Jeanne birthday.
Jeanne and Sister Gross. 
Jeanne as a book of mormon.
Jeanne as the Bible.
Story of Nephi.
Story of Nephi take 2.
Jeanne and Sister Biddle.
Jeanne and cereal.
Jeanne and ?.
Yahaida and Oscar.
Back to K and F only, Baptismal Date-May 12, 2009
Howdy family and friends,
It was been another eventful week here in Texas. I found out a few days ago that Yahaida and Oscar got baptized!!! I am so happy for them.
Wed. we meet with Toroy and Sis. Turnbull. They are living with each other. Sister Turnbull use to be less-active. Toroy has been taking the lessons since Feb. They live in Mesquite. Anyways on wed. we talk them and it went really well. We talked about the law of chastity with them. They are now getting married May 23!!! And then Toroy wants to be baptized and he set a date for May 31!!! I am so excited for them. Sister Turnbull has 4 daughters and Toroy is perfect with her children. Sister Turnbull wants so badly to be married in the temple and now they are both on the road to being sealed as a family in the temple.
Transfers are this week and I am going back to just having the Kaufman and Forney wards. I will not be teaching Toroy anymore since they are in the Mesquite ward. But thankfully I am still in the same district so I can still go to the baptism! I am getting a new companion this week too. I will miss Sister Walch and Sister Joseph. It was a great three weeks with them.
We also had a really good lesson with Jose the other night. He made a list of all the pros and cons of getting baptized. It really helped us to better understand the things that are holding him back so that we can better help him. I know one day he will get there, we just need to be patient with him.
I love y'all and may God bless you this week. I know that this is Christ's church upon the earth. He leads and guides us through revelation to prophets. Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God. Heavenly Father does hear and answers all of our prayers.
Love,
Sister Keys
It was been another eventful week here in Texas. I found out a few days ago that Yahaida and Oscar got baptized!!! I am so happy for them.
Wed. we meet with Toroy and Sis. Turnbull. They are living with each other. Sister Turnbull use to be less-active. Toroy has been taking the lessons since Feb. They live in Mesquite. Anyways on wed. we talk them and it went really well. We talked about the law of chastity with them. They are now getting married May 23!!! And then Toroy wants to be baptized and he set a date for May 31!!! I am so excited for them. Sister Turnbull has 4 daughters and Toroy is perfect with her children. Sister Turnbull wants so badly to be married in the temple and now they are both on the road to being sealed as a family in the temple.
Transfers are this week and I am going back to just having the Kaufman and Forney wards. I will not be teaching Toroy anymore since they are in the Mesquite ward. But thankfully I am still in the same district so I can still go to the baptism! I am getting a new companion this week too. I will miss Sister Walch and Sister Joseph. It was a great three weeks with them.
We also had a really good lesson with Jose the other night. He made a list of all the pros and cons of getting baptized. It really helped us to better understand the things that are holding him back so that we can better help him. I know one day he will get there, we just need to be patient with him.
I love y'all and may God bless you this week. I know that this is Christ's church upon the earth. He leads and guides us through revelation to prophets. Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God. Heavenly Father does hear and answers all of our prayers.
Love,
Sister Keys
A sweet referral-April 27, 2009
Howdy family and friends,
Things are crazy here but fun and great. This week we had so many spiritual highlights, it has been amazing. We have so many people we are teaching in these two areas. The Lord is blessing us with lots of work to do. Anyways I will tell you of just some of my highlights from this week.
We had zone conference and pres. interviews both this week. Those are always so uplifting and a spiritual boast for the week.
Saturday was the best day of the week. Earlier this week we received a referral from a member and he set up an appt. for us with a co-worker for Sat. Bro. Brown does not live in our area but his friend Julian Martinez lives in Terrell. That morning we met both of them at a park in Terrell. Brother Brown had brought a Book of Mormon that he had marked and written his testimony in the front of to give to Julian. When Julian showed up he was so excited to listen to what we had to teach him. He was very hungry to learn and very open. The Lord has been preparing him so much. He told us a little about his life and he has lived a hard life. He is looking and seeking for forgiveness from the Lord for past wrongs. And just kept asking us if God is merciful. I could just feel the love our Heavenly Father has for him and that he is a chosen son of God. The Lord has been preparing Julian and I know he is prepared to receive the fullness of the gospel. Julian also asked us if he would have to give up some of the kinds of movies and music he listens too, he has a great desire to want to please the Lord. As we taught him, he was like a sponge just soaking up all that we told him. I don't think I have taught anyone this prepared and ready before on my whole mission. It just a even great testimony to me of the power of member missionary work. If Brother Brown had not invited Julian to listen to the missionaries who knows what would have happened. Members truly do make the best finders!!!
My love for the people here continues to grow with ever min. I have only met some of the people the sisters were teaching here in Mesquite only once so far, but I already love them. I want to help them in anyway that I can. And I can see them as the sons and daughters of God that they are.
The Atonement of Jesus Christ is real. Through the Atonement our hearts and very natures can change. With the Lord's help we can do anything. Christ is always there for us and is waiting for us to turn to Him. He never gives up on us or forsakes us. It is us that give up on ourselves. Always remember He is there and that He loves you so much that He even died for you.
I love y'all. May God bless you.
Love,
Sister Keys
Jeanne included the following in a letter to her mom.
Mom,
This week has been crazy busy covering both areas. We have so much to do and we are teaching so many people. I don't deserve all that the Lord is blessing me with.
Sister Walch and Sister Joseph are amazing. I am go grateful to be serving with them.
Jose, Jessica, and Paul are doing great. Jose is praying about a baptismal date. Jessica fasted and prayed this week to find out if Joseph Smith is a prophet. I am excited to teach them this week and see how it went.
We put about 60-70 miles on our car everyday. But thinks should get better this week now that we had a chance to plan things out and figure out with area we will be in each day.
I moved in with Sisters Walch and Joseph since it was easier to move one person's things and not two. We live with a member. We live in their upstairs. We live with Elder and Sister Fluckiger, Elder Fluckiger is an area seventy. I love them so much. Sister Fluckiger is like a mom away from home to us and takes great care of us and is always looking out for us. I love living with them. You would love them too. There is no bed for me so I spent this week sleeping on a cot that the Fluckigers let me borrow. Today we found an air mattress so hopefully that will help me sleep better.
Our address here is
579 N. Collins Rd
Sunnyvale, TX 75182
But I still have the apt. address in Terrell for half my stuff is still there. And I check the mail there still too so either address is fine.
201 Timbers Court #308
Terrell, TX 75160
Things are crazy here but fun and great. This week we had so many spiritual highlights, it has been amazing. We have so many people we are teaching in these two areas. The Lord is blessing us with lots of work to do. Anyways I will tell you of just some of my highlights from this week.
We had zone conference and pres. interviews both this week. Those are always so uplifting and a spiritual boast for the week.
Saturday was the best day of the week. Earlier this week we received a referral from a member and he set up an appt. for us with a co-worker for Sat. Bro. Brown does not live in our area but his friend Julian Martinez lives in Terrell. That morning we met both of them at a park in Terrell. Brother Brown had brought a Book of Mormon that he had marked and written his testimony in the front of to give to Julian. When Julian showed up he was so excited to listen to what we had to teach him. He was very hungry to learn and very open. The Lord has been preparing him so much. He told us a little about his life and he has lived a hard life. He is looking and seeking for forgiveness from the Lord for past wrongs. And just kept asking us if God is merciful. I could just feel the love our Heavenly Father has for him and that he is a chosen son of God. The Lord has been preparing Julian and I know he is prepared to receive the fullness of the gospel. Julian also asked us if he would have to give up some of the kinds of movies and music he listens too, he has a great desire to want to please the Lord. As we taught him, he was like a sponge just soaking up all that we told him. I don't think I have taught anyone this prepared and ready before on my whole mission. It just a even great testimony to me of the power of member missionary work. If Brother Brown had not invited Julian to listen to the missionaries who knows what would have happened. Members truly do make the best finders!!!
My love for the people here continues to grow with ever min. I have only met some of the people the sisters were teaching here in Mesquite only once so far, but I already love them. I want to help them in anyway that I can. And I can see them as the sons and daughters of God that they are.
The Atonement of Jesus Christ is real. Through the Atonement our hearts and very natures can change. With the Lord's help we can do anything. Christ is always there for us and is waiting for us to turn to Him. He never gives up on us or forsakes us. It is us that give up on ourselves. Always remember He is there and that He loves you so much that He even died for you.
I love y'all. May God bless you.
Love,
Sister Keys
Jeanne included the following in a letter to her mom.
Mom,
This week has been crazy busy covering both areas. We have so much to do and we are teaching so many people. I don't deserve all that the Lord is blessing me with.
Sister Walch and Sister Joseph are amazing. I am go grateful to be serving with them.
Jose, Jessica, and Paul are doing great. Jose is praying about a baptismal date. Jessica fasted and prayed this week to find out if Joseph Smith is a prophet. I am excited to teach them this week and see how it went.
We put about 60-70 miles on our car everyday. But thinks should get better this week now that we had a chance to plan things out and figure out with area we will be in each day.
I moved in with Sisters Walch and Joseph since it was easier to move one person's things and not two. We live with a member. We live in their upstairs. We live with Elder and Sister Fluckiger, Elder Fluckiger is an area seventy. I love them so much. Sister Fluckiger is like a mom away from home to us and takes great care of us and is always looking out for us. I love living with them. You would love them too. There is no bed for me so I spent this week sleeping on a cot that the Fluckigers let me borrow. Today we found an air mattress so hopefully that will help me sleep better.
Our address here is
579 N. Collins Rd
Sunnyvale, TX 75182
But I still have the apt. address in Terrell for half my stuff is still there. And I check the mail there still too so either address is fine.
201 Timbers Court #308
Terrell, TX 75160
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