Hey family,
We are trying to make time effective. Usually, I just go with the zone leaders in their van and work in their area, but today, they are on exchange with the Lemoyne Elders so they can't drive us around. I can't wait for my Dr's appt tomorrow so I know what's going on.
Mon-it was my 11 month mark!! Crazy! and we had the HBG olympics. So the whole Harrisburg Zone had basketball, soccer, volleyball and football events. We started off with basketball and me and Elder Wallis just dominated and got a ton of points. Then we had soccer, and during the team soccer, the game was about over and I went after the ball against another Elder and my knee locked up and I couldn't extend it. I thought at first that it would pop back, so I iced it down and everything until the olympics were over. And even though I didn't even play volleyball or football, Elder Wallis and I still got first place in the first ever Harrisburg Olympics. I was happy about that. I went with Elder Ricaldi to the ER at 6:30 and we didn't get outta there till like 11:30. All they could do is refer me to a specialist.
Tue-I hung out with Elder Bakker and we ran some errands and stuff all morning while Elder Ricardi and Elder Wallis went and worked. That night we went to the BYU Ballrooom dance show. It was sooooooooo good!
Wed-I had my orthopedic appt, and pretty much all they did was make sure my ACL wasn't torn and set me up to have an MRI on friday. Then I went straight to my interview with Pres. and Sister Pugh. Pres. just told me he wants to wait and see what the Dr wants to do before he moves me temporarily or permanently, and we had a good interview. It was sad though cuz it was my last interview with him. We had an appt with Nancy and talked to her about following the Prophet and it went well. Then we went to get Sushi with Sister Acri. She is a recent convert who is getting ready to go to the temple. My first sushi experience was pretty good, it just doesn't fill you up at all.
Thur-Elder Bakker and I hung around the apartment all morning and did area book work....BORING!!!
Fri-Elder Wallis and I took the Zone Leaders van and we stopped by some members. Then that night I had my MRI, I hope it will be a once in a lifetime experience.
Sat-I went with Elder Ricaldi in the am and we stopped by some of their investigators. For lunch Bro. Novitzke took us to this place called the Eagle Hotel, and he bought us each one chicken wing called the Sudden Death Wing. You have to sign a waiver for it cuz it is sooo hot. So we all had one wing, and Elder Ricaldi actually had 2 ( he thought he could handle it cuz he is from Brazil). I went first and just ate it super fast, but after a few seconds my mouth was on fire!! It was the hottest thing I have ever tasted!! I chugged a glass of milk and a glass of water and ate celery and all this stuff. It didn't help too much. It took a good 30 minutes for my mouth to settle down. Elder Ricaldi got 1 1/2 wings down and couldn't take it anymore. Elder Bakker and Elder Wallis both struggled pretty bad and were both teary eyed. We celebrated by getting wings that weren't too hot- and they were way good.
Sun- Church was annoying because everyone asked what happened. I went with Elder Bakker and we saw a less active member and stopped by other people's house.
I hope this week will be better for all of us. But, our faith only grows stronger through trials as it says in Ether 12:6, so they are what is best for us. I love you all. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!! Talk to you next week.
Love
Elder Kyle Black
Saturday, May 30, 2009
5/25/09 email
Family
It sounds like this week was crazy for everybody! Don't get scared or freaked out when I type this, but I hurt my knee this week....it locked up during the HBG Olympics last week, and I had to go to the ER all monday night and get it checked out. Then on Wed. I gad to go see an Orthopedic surgeon and he scheduled an MRI for me and everything and I that done on friday. So for now I'm on crutches, which sucks.. I can't extend my leg all the way back cuz they think a piece of cartlidge broke off. So I'm praying that the worst case senario will be to scope my knee and I'll be back on my feet in a few weeks. I had a blessing and everything and that definitely helped!! Keep praying for me that my knee will heal properly. It definetly has been a hard week, and it was horrible timing to hear about Britney, but I know everything is the Lord's will. I will email more tomorrow.
It sounds like this week was crazy for everybody! Don't get scared or freaked out when I type this, but I hurt my knee this week....it locked up during the HBG Olympics last week, and I had to go to the ER all monday night and get it checked out. Then on Wed. I gad to go see an Orthopedic surgeon and he scheduled an MRI for me and everything and I that done on friday. So for now I'm on crutches, which sucks.. I can't extend my leg all the way back cuz they think a piece of cartlidge broke off. So I'm praying that the worst case senario will be to scope my knee and I'll be back on my feet in a few weeks. I had a blessing and everything and that definitely helped!! Keep praying for me that my knee will heal properly. It definetly has been a hard week, and it was horrible timing to hear about Britney, but I know everything is the Lord's will. I will email more tomorrow.
5/18/09 email
So Monday- just the ususal P-day here in the HBG. We just played indoor soccer and basketball with the Lebanon Elders(Lundquist and Eads) and the Middleton Elders (Boekweg and Thacker) and that was a lot of fun.
Tue-we went and did service at Sister Winters house again. We did yardwork, and I had to trim her yard which was fun. We went downtown and saw Gerald. We walked around and talked to people until we went to the Sundreds for dinner, which is what we do every tuesday, and it's awesome cuz every week they have a ton of food and a whole gallon of delicious chocolate milk. After dinner we went back downtown and Brother Lieb met us and we had a lesson with one of our investigators named "Cuba", and he is from Cuba of course and he is awesome. He says we are "beautiful people" and likes us alot.
Wed-In the morning we went and had a lesson with a guy named Michael that is from Africa! We taught him the restoration and he was way interested. We gave him a Book of Mormon and he became a new investigator! We saw Sister Enders and Sister Stalters, just two old ladies we go visit in a care home and talk and sing to them. It's fun. That evening we saw Nancy and talked to her alot about the Book of Mormon and the 10 commandments. That night we went and got Ritas!! It's so good- it's frozen custard and Italian ice mixed. Amazing!!
Thur-Zone conference!! It was super good to see everyone. After that we went with Bro. Novitzke (ward mission leader) and we saw Gerald and we taught him about the Book of Mormon again.
Fri-We pretty much just worked the whole day and taught a few lessons, but that was it. We did see Nancy again and taught her the Word of Wisdom which she was very receptive too!
Sat-Long hot day! We walked around forever and just taught and chatted.
Sun-We went and had dinner with Sister Wisler, and then went downtown for the rest of the night. We saw Gerald again which was fun.
Love
Elder Black
Tue-we went and did service at Sister Winters house again. We did yardwork, and I had to trim her yard which was fun. We went downtown and saw Gerald. We walked around and talked to people until we went to the Sundreds for dinner, which is what we do every tuesday, and it's awesome cuz every week they have a ton of food and a whole gallon of delicious chocolate milk. After dinner we went back downtown and Brother Lieb met us and we had a lesson with one of our investigators named "Cuba", and he is from Cuba of course and he is awesome. He says we are "beautiful people" and likes us alot.
Wed-In the morning we went and had a lesson with a guy named Michael that is from Africa! We taught him the restoration and he was way interested. We gave him a Book of Mormon and he became a new investigator! We saw Sister Enders and Sister Stalters, just two old ladies we go visit in a care home and talk and sing to them. It's fun. That evening we saw Nancy and talked to her alot about the Book of Mormon and the 10 commandments. That night we went and got Ritas!! It's so good- it's frozen custard and Italian ice mixed. Amazing!!
Thur-Zone conference!! It was super good to see everyone. After that we went with Bro. Novitzke (ward mission leader) and we saw Gerald and we taught him about the Book of Mormon again.
Fri-We pretty much just worked the whole day and taught a few lessons, but that was it. We did see Nancy again and taught her the Word of Wisdom which she was very receptive too!
Sat-Long hot day! We walked around forever and just taught and chatted.
Sun-We went and had dinner with Sister Wisler, and then went downtown for the rest of the night. We saw Gerald again which was fun.
Love
Elder Black
5/11/09 email
HOLA FAMILIA!!
I forgot to tell you something on the phone yesterday about this week -we almost saw a shooting go down. Two guys were arguing with each other and there was lots of yelling and foul language and then we heard this girl say, "if my mom gets shot somethings going down.". It was crazy cuz we were trying to see an investigator during the whole thing and we finally decided to get outta there. We almost saw a girl fight too which would have been super crazy.
Mon-we balled it up!! We played basketball and volleyball all day! It was so fun, but I was super tired. We had a lesson with sister Beuhler and we read the Book of Mormon with her and that was good.
Tue-We did service at Sister Winter's house and then she bought us some chicken cheese steaks and they were super good. We worked downtown for the resto of the night.
Wed-In the morning I had District Leader council, which is just a meeting for District Leaders. Our district meeting after was on Christlike attributes and it was really good. We drove back to Harrisburg cuz district meeting was in Elizabethville, then we went downtown and worked for the night. We had a really good night with 3 lessons and 1 new investigator.
Thur-We had the religion fair in the morning, so that was pretty fun. We didn't talk to too many people, but it was still fun.
Fri-We had a really good day!! We stopped a bunch of people downtown and then had a lesson with Nancy and we taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ and set her with a baptismal date of June 6!! She is way excited and so are we!! Keep praying for her.
Sat-We saw Adrian who is one of our investigators, he is from Haiti. He doesn't speak much english, so we took Oles over there cuz he is from Haiti as well, and they just talked for a while in Creole, which is the Haitian language. That night we went and saw Gerald and he gave me a throwback Miami Heat basketball jersey!! That was cool.
Sun-Church was really good. Nancy, Gerald, and Adrian all came to church and really enjoyed it. Then we saw a few people after church, and in the afternoon we called home for Mothers day which was super good of course.
Love,
Elder Black
I forgot to tell you something on the phone yesterday about this week -we almost saw a shooting go down. Two guys were arguing with each other and there was lots of yelling and foul language and then we heard this girl say, "if my mom gets shot somethings going down.". It was crazy cuz we were trying to see an investigator during the whole thing and we finally decided to get outta there. We almost saw a girl fight too which would have been super crazy.
Mon-we balled it up!! We played basketball and volleyball all day! It was so fun, but I was super tired. We had a lesson with sister Beuhler and we read the Book of Mormon with her and that was good.
Tue-We did service at Sister Winter's house and then she bought us some chicken cheese steaks and they were super good. We worked downtown for the resto of the night.
Wed-In the morning I had District Leader council, which is just a meeting for District Leaders. Our district meeting after was on Christlike attributes and it was really good. We drove back to Harrisburg cuz district meeting was in Elizabethville, then we went downtown and worked for the night. We had a really good night with 3 lessons and 1 new investigator.
Thur-We had the religion fair in the morning, so that was pretty fun. We didn't talk to too many people, but it was still fun.
Fri-We had a really good day!! We stopped a bunch of people downtown and then had a lesson with Nancy and we taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ and set her with a baptismal date of June 6!! She is way excited and so are we!! Keep praying for her.
Sat-We saw Adrian who is one of our investigators, he is from Haiti. He doesn't speak much english, so we took Oles over there cuz he is from Haiti as well, and they just talked for a while in Creole, which is the Haitian language. That night we went and saw Gerald and he gave me a throwback Miami Heat basketball jersey!! That was cool.
Sun-Church was really good. Nancy, Gerald, and Adrian all came to church and really enjoyed it. Then we saw a few people after church, and in the afternoon we called home for Mothers day which was super good of course.
Love,
Elder Black
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
05/04/09 email
Hola!! So this week was soooooo good! The HBG is so fun!!! I love talking to the black people and I think that I have heard every rap song ever created haha. I feel at home here so that is good!
mon-transfers-busy,busy,busy!! My new comp is Elder Wallis he is from Idaho Falls. He likes sports and music and we get along great!
tue-first day of bike riding. We rode to Sister Winters house and did service. We had some good lessons and found 2 new investigators.
wed-we had district meeting which went well!! We went downtown and talked to lots of people and had some good lessons. We found a new investigator named Gerald and he is sooo cool! He looks like Vinnie with a beard.
thur-We had such a good day! We had a decent morning of tracting and stuff. Then in the afternoon we went downtown and talked to TONS of people. We had t0ns of lessons and found 3 new investigators. I love the city and all the black people, it's so fun to talk to them and they are so much nicer than white people when you talk about religion.
Fri-It rained pretty much all day so it was hard to ride bikes. The Zone leaders drove us downtown and we had a couple of lessons with some members and found a solid new investigator named Nancy! She is really searching and wants to learn.
Sat-We had the whole day to work and had an amazing day!! Except for in the afternoon I flipped over my bike and scratched up my knee pretty good. It's all good now and it's feeling better. We went downtown for like 6 hours straight and just talked to everyone we saw and we had 8 lessons and found 3 new investigators. So it was an excellent day of teaching, probably the best one on my mission so far!!
Sun- we had Stake Conference, and it was a broadcast were Pres. Monson, Elder Perry, Elder Jensen, and Brother Beck talked to us. It was pretty good for sure! Then we rode downtown and worked for 6 hours straight again. It was a slower day, we actually knocked on doors.
We did some teaching and found one last investigator for the week named Terrance and he is super cool. He believed everything we said and wants to read the Book of Mormon.
That was our week. Our district had such a good week. Our district alone taught 60 lessons to nonmembers and found 31 new investigators.
Elder Wallis and I are basically starting over in this area cuz he only got here a week before me.
Happy mothers day to all the mothers who read this!!
Love
Elder Kyle Black
mon-transfers-busy,busy,busy!! My new comp is Elder Wallis he is from Idaho Falls. He likes sports and music and we get along great!
tue-first day of bike riding. We rode to Sister Winters house and did service. We had some good lessons and found 2 new investigators.
wed-we had district meeting which went well!! We went downtown and talked to lots of people and had some good lessons. We found a new investigator named Gerald and he is sooo cool! He looks like Vinnie with a beard.
thur-We had such a good day! We had a decent morning of tracting and stuff. Then in the afternoon we went downtown and talked to TONS of people. We had t0ns of lessons and found 3 new investigators. I love the city and all the black people, it's so fun to talk to them and they are so much nicer than white people when you talk about religion.
Fri-It rained pretty much all day so it was hard to ride bikes. The Zone leaders drove us downtown and we had a couple of lessons with some members and found a solid new investigator named Nancy! She is really searching and wants to learn.
Sat-We had the whole day to work and had an amazing day!! Except for in the afternoon I flipped over my bike and scratched up my knee pretty good. It's all good now and it's feeling better. We went downtown for like 6 hours straight and just talked to everyone we saw and we had 8 lessons and found 3 new investigators. So it was an excellent day of teaching, probably the best one on my mission so far!!
Sun- we had Stake Conference, and it was a broadcast were Pres. Monson, Elder Perry, Elder Jensen, and Brother Beck talked to us. It was pretty good for sure! Then we rode downtown and worked for 6 hours straight again. It was a slower day, we actually knocked on doors.
We did some teaching and found one last investigator for the week named Terrance and he is super cool. He believed everything we said and wants to read the Book of Mormon.
That was our week. Our district had such a good week. Our district alone taught 60 lessons to nonmembers and found 31 new investigators.
Elder Wallis and I are basically starting over in this area cuz he only got here a week before me.
Happy mothers day to all the mothers who read this!!
Love
Elder Kyle Black
04/27/2009 email
Hey everybody!! I did get transferred! My new area is .................Paxton Park, which is downtown Harrisburg. And guess what..it is a bike area. and guess what else....I am the District Leader. So I' m really excited about all of that! My new companion is Elder Wallis, and he is a cool guy.
Now on to my last week in Montrose:
Mon-Had p-day in Susquehanna, and had dinner and Family Home evening with the Bells.
Tue-I was on exchange with Elder Alley, and did some service and then had a couple of lessons with some investigators.
Wed-my last district meeting in Susquehanna. We did some tracting and taught alot and found a new investigator named Pat.
Thur- did more service. Had a lesson with Irish and Sarah and watched a video about temples.
Fri-We saw Donna and Christina and set her with a baptismal date. So hopefully I'll hear how that goes and let you know if it went through.
Sat-We did tracting in the morning, and had Alison Bell's baptism. The baptism went well and there were lots of nonmembers there so that was good.
Sun- Said goodbye to people at church.
Montrose was really good, I'm definetly going to miss it alot, but I know I'll love Harrisburg just as much.
Later
love
Elder Black
Now on to my last week in Montrose:
Mon-Had p-day in Susquehanna, and had dinner and Family Home evening with the Bells.
Tue-I was on exchange with Elder Alley, and did some service and then had a couple of lessons with some investigators.
Wed-my last district meeting in Susquehanna. We did some tracting and taught alot and found a new investigator named Pat.
Thur- did more service. Had a lesson with Irish and Sarah and watched a video about temples.
Fri-We saw Donna and Christina and set her with a baptismal date. So hopefully I'll hear how that goes and let you know if it went through.
Sat-We did tracting in the morning, and had Alison Bell's baptism. The baptism went well and there were lots of nonmembers there so that was good.
Sun- Said goodbye to people at church.
Montrose was really good, I'm definetly going to miss it alot, but I know I'll love Harrisburg just as much.
Later
love
Elder Black
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