Things are going great here. I am training a new missionary named Elder Reese and he is from Surprise AZ. This week has been pretty awesome so far.
During Zone Conference there were lots of changes in the mission organization and Elder Grow said that there needs to be a greater sense of urgency in the mission and be obedient. I think that the mission will start to do these things and we will start to baptize more!!!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Email 10/15/09
We played football with a bunch of missionaries at Robert Morris University and it was way fun.
We spent the week tracting, cleaning our apartment and moving.
We had dinner with Pres. and Sister Summerhays and they asked us to teach them a lesson-they were the investigators. We had to commit them to be baptized, it made me a little nervous. It went well and they were impressed with how well we taught.
We spent the week tracting, cleaning our apartment and moving.
We had dinner with Pres. and Sister Summerhays and they asked us to teach them a lesson-they were the investigators. We had to commit them to be baptized, it made me a little nervous. It went well and they were impressed with how well we taught.
Email 10/08/09
Things are going great!! I just talked to Pres. Summerhays this morning and he told me I will be training next transfer!! I am excited about that. Transfers are going to be crazy cux the day of transfers we have our mission tour and C. Scott Grow of the 70's is coming. It will be a long day.
We got our "new car" --it's not a car--it's a huge soccer mom mini van. It's pretty funny actually.
General conference all weekend. I am discovering that as I progress in my mission General Conference just keeps getting better and better. This conference just blew my mind. I loved Elder Holland's talk about the Book of Mormon.
Sweet is the work. I just want you all to know that I know that the Gospel is true and that it has been restored in these latter days through the Prophet Joseph Smith. I know that my Saviour and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, lives and loves me. I know that missionary work is the most important work on this earth!! I love you all.
We got our "new car" --it's not a car--it's a huge soccer mom mini van. It's pretty funny actually.
General conference all weekend. I am discovering that as I progress in my mission General Conference just keeps getting better and better. This conference just blew my mind. I loved Elder Holland's talk about the Book of Mormon.
Sweet is the work. I just want you all to know that I know that the Gospel is true and that it has been restored in these latter days through the Prophet Joseph Smith. I know that my Saviour and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, lives and loves me. I know that missionary work is the most important work on this earth!! I love you all.
Email 10/1/09
Pittsburgh is already starting to get cold. It has been cold and rainy all week.
We went and contacted a referral named Jim and we taught him and his fiance. We had a good lesson with them, he had been out to Salt Lake and toured Temple square and everything. We gave him a Book of Mormon and he is excited to read it.
I had an interview with President Summerhays, and it went well. Hopefully things will keep picking up and we can help our investigators continue to progress toward baptism.
We went and contacted a referral named Jim and we taught him and his fiance. We had a good lesson with them, he had been out to Salt Lake and toured Temple square and everything. We gave him a Book of Mormon and he is excited to read it.
I had an interview with President Summerhays, and it went well. Hopefully things will keep picking up and we can help our investigators continue to progress toward baptism.
Email 9/17/09
I turn 21 tomorrow!! Crazy!! Time flies when you are having fun. Things are going great!! We are just trying to find new people to teach right now, and the work is going a little slow, but I know that it will pick up eventually. Beechview is a tough area, but hopefully we can soften the people up eventually and have success.
Monday night was the first Steelers game so we couldn't do much. There was a missionary "farewell" and it was really good just kinda over the top cuz he like played the guitar and everything. That's PA for you.
We walked around town and did some tracting and talked to people.
We are planting lots of seeds and doing our best. Hopefully we will see miracles and success in the future.
Monday night was the first Steelers game so we couldn't do much. There was a missionary "farewell" and it was really good just kinda over the top cuz he like played the guitar and everything. That's PA for you.
We walked around town and did some tracting and talked to people.
We are planting lots of seeds and doing our best. Hopefully we will see miracles and success in the future.
Email 9/10/09
I didn't get transferred and I'm still with Elder Mendoza for another 6 weeks. This week wasn't too exciting and not much happened. Hopefully next week will be better.
We did lots of tracting and stopped by lots of less actives in our ward. We got to visit with a few of them.
We did find a new investigator named Earl, we had a great chat with him and I am excited to go back tomorrow. We also have a new investigator named Bill and he is a way cool guy.
We did lots of tracting and stopped by lots of less actives in our ward. We got to visit with a few of them.
We did find a new investigator named Earl, we had a great chat with him and I am excited to go back tomorrow. We also have a new investigator named Bill and he is a way cool guy.
Email 9-3-09 catching up
It's already the last week of my first transfer back.
We went to the Pitts. zoo with 2 of the assistants. We went to the Thompsons house for breakfast on wed. and they are from AZ so they made us breakfast burritos!! It was super bomb.
We had a tough week tracting and looking for new investigators.
We went to the Pitts. zoo with 2 of the assistants. We went to the Thompsons house for breakfast on wed. and they are from AZ so they made us breakfast burritos!! It was super bomb.
We had a tough week tracting and looking for new investigators.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
email 8/27/09
Hey everybody! We are going to the Pitts zoo today so I gotta make it quick!
Thursday- After p-day was over we went and saw the Gonzales family and taught their 12 year old son whose name is Bay. It was fun and he is a cool kid. Then we went and visited 2 less active families.
Fri-In the afternoon we did tracting and found some good potential investigators. At night Elder Smith (my MTC comp) and Elder Olsen came and slept at our apartment and that was super fun.
Sat-We went and helped a non-member family move and it was really fun! We got to know them really well and they want to have us over for dinner so hopefully that works out.
Sun-We had meetings and church- and guess what? I had to give another talk. This time I was the youth speaker so I only had to talk for 5 minutes.
Mon-We had district meeting and talked about using our time wisely and being consistent. Elder Segura, one of the Assistants, talked about consistency and committed us all to become Peyton Manning-like consistent missionaries. So that's what we are trying to do. Then I went on exchanges with Elder Segura in Upper St. Clair, and saw lots of people and had tons of lessons. After dinner we were stopped and asked if we are the mormons and we said ya and she said that she had met with us before and wanted to meet again. So we went to her apartment with her and her brother and had milk and cookies. We had a super good lesson with them, they new what we were talking about and believed it!
Tue- Elder Segura and I did some tracting and then exchanged back and I went back to Beechview. Then Elder Mendoza and I went and saw the Charles family and had a lesson with them. I went on another exchange with Elder Ward who is a zone leader. I went down to Washington, PA and ironically enough that is where Matt Coronado goes to school. What is even crazier is that the Bishop of that ward know Matt Coronado cuz he teaches at that school. So they are gonna try and get in touch with him and I am gonna try and go down there and teach him. Cool huh!! So we had a really good days work down there.
Wed- I woke up and showered and stuff, and I went to put my contacts in and i couldn't see out of them. So I went to Elder Ward and asked him if he wore contacts and he was like yes, we figured out he had thrown mine away because he couldn't see. We went tracting and found 2 new investigators. Then I exchanged back to Beechview.
I love you all!! Have a great week and keep working hard!!
Love
Elder Black
Thursday- After p-day was over we went and saw the Gonzales family and taught their 12 year old son whose name is Bay. It was fun and he is a cool kid. Then we went and visited 2 less active families.
Fri-In the afternoon we did tracting and found some good potential investigators. At night Elder Smith (my MTC comp) and Elder Olsen came and slept at our apartment and that was super fun.
Sat-We went and helped a non-member family move and it was really fun! We got to know them really well and they want to have us over for dinner so hopefully that works out.
Sun-We had meetings and church- and guess what? I had to give another talk. This time I was the youth speaker so I only had to talk for 5 minutes.
Mon-We had district meeting and talked about using our time wisely and being consistent. Elder Segura, one of the Assistants, talked about consistency and committed us all to become Peyton Manning-like consistent missionaries. So that's what we are trying to do. Then I went on exchanges with Elder Segura in Upper St. Clair, and saw lots of people and had tons of lessons. After dinner we were stopped and asked if we are the mormons and we said ya and she said that she had met with us before and wanted to meet again. So we went to her apartment with her and her brother and had milk and cookies. We had a super good lesson with them, they new what we were talking about and believed it!
Tue- Elder Segura and I did some tracting and then exchanged back and I went back to Beechview. Then Elder Mendoza and I went and saw the Charles family and had a lesson with them. I went on another exchange with Elder Ward who is a zone leader. I went down to Washington, PA and ironically enough that is where Matt Coronado goes to school. What is even crazier is that the Bishop of that ward know Matt Coronado cuz he teaches at that school. So they are gonna try and get in touch with him and I am gonna try and go down there and teach him. Cool huh!! So we had a really good days work down there.
Wed- I woke up and showered and stuff, and I went to put my contacts in and i couldn't see out of them. So I went to Elder Ward and asked him if he wore contacts and he was like yes, we figured out he had thrown mine away because he couldn't see. We went tracting and found 2 new investigators. Then I exchanged back to Beechview.
I love you all!! Have a great week and keep working hard!!
Love
Elder Black
Thursday, August 20, 2009
8/20/09-email
Hey everybody!
Everything here is going great! Elder Mendoza and I are doing well and working hard and we had a really good week to show for it. My knee is getting better and better.
Thur-Pday was pretty fun. It was suuuuper humid and hot !! We played football again and some basketball-I just shot around. Thursday night was hard because the Steelers were playing so it is pointless to tract.
Fri-Friday afternoon we did some tracting and stopped by a few people. Friday night we went to the Charles' house and watched the Testament with them and it was super good -the Spirit was very strong!! After that we mowed their lawn for them.
Sat-in the morning we went to the Greenwald's house to help them chop wood cuz their 75ft tree fell over. Luckily it just damaged power lines. We got to teach Emily about the restoration, and talked about Baptism with her. At night we had our Elder's quorum party at President Morans house. We had lots of food, and hung out for a bit. They all talked about the G20 event where a bunch of world leaders meet, and it's coming to Pitt and there are supposed to be lots of riots.
sun-We had two investigators at church. We went over to the Hoskins house for dinner and they invited their friends the DeMasters family over for dinner too. We had a lesson after dinner and answered alot of their questions. We gave them both copies of the Book of Mormon.
Mon-we had district meeting in the morning, and it was my first time conducting a district meeting since I have been back. We talked about obedience and I learned alot.
Tue-We saw the Carters and had a lesson. We had dinner at the Thompson's house- he is the ward mission leader and he is in dental school. They are from Mesa, and she made some bomb mexican food. Pork enchiladas. we went to FHE for the last time this summer.
wed-We went to this restaurant Old Mexico, and it wasnt very good. You have to be from out west to make good mexican food.
Well that's my week. Be safe and do work.
Love
Elder Kyle Black
Everything here is going great! Elder Mendoza and I are doing well and working hard and we had a really good week to show for it. My knee is getting better and better.
Thur-Pday was pretty fun. It was suuuuper humid and hot !! We played football again and some basketball-I just shot around. Thursday night was hard because the Steelers were playing so it is pointless to tract.
Fri-Friday afternoon we did some tracting and stopped by a few people. Friday night we went to the Charles' house and watched the Testament with them and it was super good -the Spirit was very strong!! After that we mowed their lawn for them.
Sat-in the morning we went to the Greenwald's house to help them chop wood cuz their 75ft tree fell over. Luckily it just damaged power lines. We got to teach Emily about the restoration, and talked about Baptism with her. At night we had our Elder's quorum party at President Morans house. We had lots of food, and hung out for a bit. They all talked about the G20 event where a bunch of world leaders meet, and it's coming to Pitt and there are supposed to be lots of riots.
sun-We had two investigators at church. We went over to the Hoskins house for dinner and they invited their friends the DeMasters family over for dinner too. We had a lesson after dinner and answered alot of their questions. We gave them both copies of the Book of Mormon.
Mon-we had district meeting in the morning, and it was my first time conducting a district meeting since I have been back. We talked about obedience and I learned alot.
Tue-We saw the Carters and had a lesson. We had dinner at the Thompson's house- he is the ward mission leader and he is in dental school. They are from Mesa, and she made some bomb mexican food. Pork enchiladas. we went to FHE for the last time this summer.
wed-We went to this restaurant Old Mexico, and it wasnt very good. You have to be from out west to make good mexican food.
Well that's my week. Be safe and do work.
Love
Elder Kyle Black
8/13/09-email
Hey everybody!
Things are going good here! My knee is doing good.
Thur- pday was suuuuper fun! We were playing football and I got to play quarterback since I can't do anything else.
Friday-we had zone conference, and it was very interesting. President Summerhays got up and we all had to list all the things that missionaries were doing wrong in the mission. And then he got really bold about it and just told everyone what needed to change. So I was happy because that meant the mission would hopefully get more obedient, but some of the missionaries were pretty upset about it.
Sat-we tracted all morning and found some potential investigators. Then in the afternoon we saw a couple of less active families. We taught the Maloneys, Carters and Sister Schmidt.
Sun-I found out saturday night at 10:00pm that I had to go to the Waynesburg branch with Elder Ang-Bejar (one of the AP's) and give a talk. So saturday night I quickly put a talk together, and sunday we went to this little tiny branch of about 20 people and spoke. I spoke about the Book of Mormon and it's mission, and it went really well. Then that night we went and had a lesson with the Charles family.
Mon-It was sooooo humid. Monday morning we had district meeting with the Coraopolis district because the AP's are the only other missionaries in my district, and they couldn't come. We had a really good lesson with Wilbur, and went to the Murdock's for dinner.
Tue-we tracted all morning, no luck unfortunately. At night we had FHE at the Hopkins and one of our referrals came. She is a girl named Emily and her boyfriend is on a mission in California. Hopefully we can start teaching her.
Wed-we had lessons with the Charles family, and saw some less active families.
I hope all is well
Love
Elder Black
Things are going good here! My knee is doing good.
Thur- pday was suuuuper fun! We were playing football and I got to play quarterback since I can't do anything else.
Friday-we had zone conference, and it was very interesting. President Summerhays got up and we all had to list all the things that missionaries were doing wrong in the mission. And then he got really bold about it and just told everyone what needed to change. So I was happy because that meant the mission would hopefully get more obedient, but some of the missionaries were pretty upset about it.
Sat-we tracted all morning and found some potential investigators. Then in the afternoon we saw a couple of less active families. We taught the Maloneys, Carters and Sister Schmidt.
Sun-I found out saturday night at 10:00pm that I had to go to the Waynesburg branch with Elder Ang-Bejar (one of the AP's) and give a talk. So saturday night I quickly put a talk together, and sunday we went to this little tiny branch of about 20 people and spoke. I spoke about the Book of Mormon and it's mission, and it went really well. Then that night we went and had a lesson with the Charles family.
Mon-It was sooooo humid. Monday morning we had district meeting with the Coraopolis district because the AP's are the only other missionaries in my district, and they couldn't come. We had a really good lesson with Wilbur, and went to the Murdock's for dinner.
Tue-we tracted all morning, no luck unfortunately. At night we had FHE at the Hopkins and one of our referrals came. She is a girl named Emily and her boyfriend is on a mission in California. Hopefully we can start teaching her.
Wed-we had lessons with the Charles family, and saw some less active families.
I hope all is well
Love
Elder Black
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
8/6/09- email
Family!!
Everything is going really good here. Elder Mendoza and I get along great, it's true that opposites attract because we are definelty different.
Thursday- We went to the church and hung 0ut while everyone played dodgeball. It was so hard. Eventually I will be able to just jog and stuff.
Fri-Man that was a long time ago. We tracted in the afternoon, but didn't have any success.
Sat-Loooong day. We tracted all morning, and that afternoon we decided to visit the less active. None of them were home, so back to tracting. After dinner we had a lesson with Sister Schmidt who is less active. We walked her dog with her and had a lesson.
Sun-We don't have church until 1:00. So we have meetings before that. There are lots of graduate students in our ward. We ended the night at the Charles family for a lesson.
Mon-We did service at the Charles and helped them level out some ground to put an inflatable pool up. We are trying to do lots of less active work cuz that is a big thing for this area. We did find an investigator named Wilbur. He is a really nice older guy that really enjoyed talking to us. I am excited to go back and see him.
Tue - We tracted all morning and found another investigator named Ed and gave him a Book of Mormon.
Wed-We saw our most solid investigator Kris and she has been to church and liked it. We taught her the law of tithing and it went really well.
So that was my week. Love you all.
Love Elder Black
PS yes I have a car - thank goodness.
Everything is going really good here. Elder Mendoza and I get along great, it's true that opposites attract because we are definelty different.
Thursday- We went to the church and hung 0ut while everyone played dodgeball. It was so hard. Eventually I will be able to just jog and stuff.
Fri-Man that was a long time ago. We tracted in the afternoon, but didn't have any success.
Sat-Loooong day. We tracted all morning, and that afternoon we decided to visit the less active. None of them were home, so back to tracting. After dinner we had a lesson with Sister Schmidt who is less active. We walked her dog with her and had a lesson.
Sun-We don't have church until 1:00. So we have meetings before that. There are lots of graduate students in our ward. We ended the night at the Charles family for a lesson.
Mon-We did service at the Charles and helped them level out some ground to put an inflatable pool up. We are trying to do lots of less active work cuz that is a big thing for this area. We did find an investigator named Wilbur. He is a really nice older guy that really enjoyed talking to us. I am excited to go back and see him.
Tue - We tracted all morning and found another investigator named Ed and gave him a Book of Mormon.
Wed-We saw our most solid investigator Kris and she has been to church and liked it. We taught her the law of tithing and it went really well.
So that was my week. Love you all.
Love Elder Black
PS yes I have a car - thank goodness.
7/30/03- email
Hey everybody!!
Write letters now to my apartment 2750 Broadway Ave #7 Pittsburgh PA 15216. Hopefully I will get lots of letters (HINT)
My new area is called Beechview, it's a suburb of Pittsburgh. Pitt is super cool, the skyline is awesome. I am already a District leader again and Elder Russell is in my district. My new companion is Elder Mendoza, is is from Medesto CA. He is a really cool missionary and a hard worker which is awesome. The Pitt mission is different, everything is more laid back and less obedient. We will see what happens I just gotta keep doing what I do and hopefully the HBG will rub off on the Pitt.
Mon- flew to Pitt. Saw all the new missionaries, and went out to dinner . Then went to the mission home and hung out that night.
Tue-I went to the training meeting with the new missionaries. Then we had our transfer meeting and I got to see all my friends which was awesome.
Wed-Tracted all morning in the rain. Then Stephen Covey spoke to us, it was really cool. After that we stopped by a bunch of less active members and had good lessons with them. I feel so lost here- I need a GPS.
Everything else is good, my knee is kinda sore. There are tons of hills here which I definitely couldn't have prepared for. I will be careful and work hard. I love you all!!
Love
Elder Kyle Black
Write letters now to my apartment 2750 Broadway Ave #7 Pittsburgh PA 15216. Hopefully I will get lots of letters (HINT)
My new area is called Beechview, it's a suburb of Pittsburgh. Pitt is super cool, the skyline is awesome. I am already a District leader again and Elder Russell is in my district. My new companion is Elder Mendoza, is is from Medesto CA. He is a really cool missionary and a hard worker which is awesome. The Pitt mission is different, everything is more laid back and less obedient. We will see what happens I just gotta keep doing what I do and hopefully the HBG will rub off on the Pitt.
Mon- flew to Pitt. Saw all the new missionaries, and went out to dinner . Then went to the mission home and hung out that night.
Tue-I went to the training meeting with the new missionaries. Then we had our transfer meeting and I got to see all my friends which was awesome.
Wed-Tracted all morning in the rain. Then Stephen Covey spoke to us, it was really cool. After that we stopped by a bunch of less active members and had good lessons with them. I feel so lost here- I need a GPS.
Everything else is good, my knee is kinda sore. There are tons of hills here which I definitely couldn't have prepared for. I will be careful and work hard. I love you all!!
Love
Elder Kyle Black
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
7/22/09
Kyle got his flight information- he will be leaving Phoenix Monday at 6:00. He will arrive in Pittsburgh at 2:30 with all of the new missionaries. He is very excited to get back out, especially when it has been 115 degrees here.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
6/08/09
Here is an update on Elder Black. He returned home on saturday, May 30 to have knee surgery. He and Elder Wallis took the HGB Olympics very seriously.
On monday, June 8 he had the surgery to repair the torn cartlidge. He is now undergoing 3 hours of physical therapy everyday. His therapist is hoping to have him ready to return to the mission field within the month. He goes back to the surgeon next thursday- we are hoping he is pleasantly surprised.
We will keep you all updated.
On monday, June 8 he had the surgery to repair the torn cartlidge. He is now undergoing 3 hours of physical therapy everyday. His therapist is hoping to have him ready to return to the mission field within the month. He goes back to the surgeon next thursday- we are hoping he is pleasantly surprised.
We will keep you all updated.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
5/26/09 email
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
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
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
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