Hola ever'body!This last week was awesome!! Cami got baptized! She's 9 and her mom is recently reactivated. Elder Kurowski baptized her and on Sunday I comfirmed her! It was way sweet! It went very well even tho I've never done that before and Cami was sooo happy!!
This last week we got a refferral from a bishop about this family of three(mom Athena, and kids Andy(20) Mia(19)). They moved out of her parent's house so that they could get baptized! We haven't even taught them a lesson yet but she knows who she wants to baptize them!! Super awesome!! Thanks for all your prayers! This is God's work and is not possible without his help!
Transfers are tomorrow. Can you believe I've been here 6 weeks?! Time flies when youre having fun =) I'm staying in the Kaysville East area (nope we don't have a car but I'm looking for a bike, the Sandholtz actually might have one, so I'll keep on that. I have bike things tho, so I'm set =) but my trainer was called to be DL in the Hyde Park up by Smithfield. He will probobly finish in that area and its cool b/c that is his greenie area haha. My new comp is Elder Boizelle (boy-zell) and I already know him cause he's in our district haha but hes cool.
The East Stake in my area has been shut down from active proselyting I guess because its not being very fruitful? But we still teach lessons and such (and also live in that stake) we just don't search them out.
It's good to hear about the ward. Sounds like a lot of stuff is happening! Yeah, Spencer better write me ;) Maybe when school's out. I got a letter from Brett! It was awesome!! I still have to write him back tho, he's in my write back stack =)
um...what is a Compassionate Service leader?? sounds cool..
Got the snail mail! and i ve been meaning to write one back but these last few weeks have been busy. and nope I don't have white pants yet. Hey! I colored eggs too!! But only four. One of them has all the fam's names on it. Can't wait to eat that one ;) One of them is from a story Elder Kurowski and I are writing about a Russian-Soviet-snowman-spy. It's super cool. its going kinda slow tho cause we have to write it during our lunch time. One of them is a bumblebee and the other one....I cant really remember.. but its fun =)
I will definately pray for those people you mentioned. Thank you all for all your prayers!! It's wonderful! I love you all so much!!! Thank you for all that you do, I definately have been born of goodly parents! =)
Love, Elder Kendric Hale =)
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
April 7th, 2009 letter
Hola Yall!! soo... General Conference was AWESOME!!! It was like being baptized into the deep end of the pool of spiritual awesomeness!! (hows that for an analogy =) My favs were Pres. Uchtdorf and Pres. Eyring's during the priesthood session about not getting distracted by the little things in life so much that we crash, and helping our comrades in this spiritual battlefield we are in, because "No one gets left behind!" I also loved Gary E Stevenson during Sunday pm about how we are never lost when we can see the Temple. And then Elder L Tom Perry's about member missionary work and how important that is!! I had to stop myself from jumping up and yeling WOOHOOOO!!! because member missionary work is sooo important! I used to think that the missionaries could do it all but it is almost impossible or not very successful without the members. I challenge everyone who is reading this to find someone for the missionaries to teach. I know that is easier said than done, but it is possible if we pray and search sincerely because this is the Lord's work and if we ask Him and work WITH Him, He will prepare people to be baptized. I have a testimony of this. I love this work!!
As far as missionary scriptures, I couldn't decide on one, so here are my favs: Isaiah 61:1-- Alma 29:9-- 3 Nephi 5:13-- 19:28--love y'all so much. Sorry I didnt get to all your q's, but I still love you.
Elder Hale
As far as missionary scriptures, I couldn't decide on one, so here are my favs: Isaiah 61:1-- Alma 29:9-- 3 Nephi 5:13-- 19:28--love y'all so much. Sorry I didnt get to all your q's, but I still love you.
Elder Hale
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
3/24/09 Letter from Kendric
Hey everyone!! this week was pretty good, this morning we went to the Bountiful Temple again!
i did not get your snail mail yet did you get mine?
My awesome companion is awesome!! we get along very well together. His nickname is the Russian Spy and hes a certified soccer ref? haha he also says to tell you that Virginia is the celestial kingdom haha.
about the 18 wards that we visit.. we usually follow our investigators or just visit wards that we havent for awhile. like this last sunday we went to both of our singles wards and a family ward to see if lindsay (less active) came to church after we challenged her. she didnt =( An awesome family is the Lawrences. theyare super cool and eat up every thing we teach them! the dad is a member but the rest arn't. they actually arent married so were working on that, he has to talk to the bishop and work everything out before they can be baptized but its so fun to teach them!. we are also teaching a 9 yr old girl and have a bap date for april 4! sweet!! its so graet!
times running out so ill have to get back about the scripture, sorry.
I love yall so super lots!! thank you everybody for your prayers and suppport!!
my fav scrip right now is mosiah 2:41!! its great!!
lve elder kj hale
i did not get your snail mail yet did you get mine?
My awesome companion is awesome!! we get along very well together. His nickname is the Russian Spy and hes a certified soccer ref? haha he also says to tell you that Virginia is the celestial kingdom haha.
about the 18 wards that we visit.. we usually follow our investigators or just visit wards that we havent for awhile. like this last sunday we went to both of our singles wards and a family ward to see if lindsay (less active) came to church after we challenged her. she didnt =( An awesome family is the Lawrences. theyare super cool and eat up every thing we teach them! the dad is a member but the rest arn't. they actually arent married so were working on that, he has to talk to the bishop and work everything out before they can be baptized but its so fun to teach them!. we are also teaching a 9 yr old girl and have a bap date for april 4! sweet!! its so graet!
times running out so ill have to get back about the scripture, sorry.
I love yall so super lots!! thank you everybody for your prayers and suppport!!
my fav scrip right now is mosiah 2:41!! its great!!
lve elder kj hale
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
3/17/09 Letter from Elder Kendric
Okie dokie! now i can say what i wanted to last week! Apparently you already know where i am because i got your white bubble package. thanks for the pictures Travis!! those are always fun =)
but just to say it, I am in the Kaysville East area and we cover the Kaysville East and Central stakes which includes 18 wards (and one branch) We live in the basement of a members home, Acel and Lidia Evans. they are an older couple and she is a elementary school teacher (she taeches 8 yr olds) and they are wonderful! My trainer is Elder Kurowski who is from Slovakia.... not really, hes from Yorktown, VA. and hes been out 20 months. hes super cool, Its wonderful to be trained by him!
as for the BOM reading, it hasnt really been going a whole lot since i last wrote because ive been studying lots of other topics (its pretty cool to study by topic in the tropical guide =) but that doesnt mean that the race isnt still going on, it is!
These past two saturdays, there have been two boys baptized, both 9 or 10 yrs old. its pretty cool. we have a zone goal of 29 baptisms for April but right now we are only projected at 2, so we are working hard to find new investigators! haha its awesome!! everyone please pray for people to be ready to hear the gospel and be baptized!
I love yall so much!! you are all so awesome!! thanks for your prayers and support! the church is true!! and i love it! =)
Love Elder Kendric Hale
but just to say it, I am in the Kaysville East area and we cover the Kaysville East and Central stakes which includes 18 wards (and one branch) We live in the basement of a members home, Acel and Lidia Evans. they are an older couple and she is a elementary school teacher (she taeches 8 yr olds) and they are wonderful! My trainer is Elder Kurowski who is from Slovakia.... not really, hes from Yorktown, VA. and hes been out 20 months. hes super cool, Its wonderful to be trained by him!
as for the BOM reading, it hasnt really been going a whole lot since i last wrote because ive been studying lots of other topics (its pretty cool to study by topic in the tropical guide =) but that doesnt mean that the race isnt still going on, it is!
These past two saturdays, there have been two boys baptized, both 9 or 10 yrs old. its pretty cool. we have a zone goal of 29 baptisms for April but right now we are only projected at 2, so we are working hard to find new investigators! haha its awesome!! everyone please pray for people to be ready to hear the gospel and be baptized!
I love yall so much!! you are all so awesome!! thanks for your prayers and support! the church is true!! and i love it! =)
Love Elder Kendric Hale
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Extra letter we received "snail mail"
3.02.09
Hola Family!
Here I am, leaving in two days for the field. I guess by the time you get this I’ll already be out there. Thanks for the package!!! It was so awesome to see all those letters and stuff in there. Yeah, my skittles are gone; I shared them with my district and gave the rest to one of my awesome teachers, brother Smith.
So the other day while I was doing our weekly service assignment, I was talking to my comp, when from behind me someone said “Elder Kendric Hale!” I turned around to see Elder Phil Roberts! We talked for a little bit before he had to go and I haven’t seen him since to take a picture with him.
Funny thing tho, yesterday I was looking for Phil, walking thru what I thot his classroom bldg would be and passed a room and one of the elders said “Hey Elder Hale! We have an elder Hale in our district.” Then one of the sisters that was sitting there said “Hey, I have Hales in my family” (Her name was Sister Waters). So I said “Oh yeah? Are you related to Alma H. Hale?” and she flipped out with excitement! Then the other elder Hale got back and we found out he is related to Alma too! So I’m going back later with my family history stuff to talk to them. Fun stuff! =) I gave them my address so we could talk, and also find which line they’re from.
So I just got back from the temple (because that’s one of the cool things you can do on Sundays). I found the other elder Hale and got a picture with him. I also saw elder Phil Roberts and talked to him pretty much the whole time (also got a picture). He’s going to Paraguay , I don’t know which part. He got here a week before me. He’s still cool...haha.
So I’ve gotten lots of letters from awesome people. There are so many loving people out there, I’m so grateful for them. I’m grateful for your letters too! It makes me realize that life outside the mtc still goes on, hehe.
Mom, just to comfort your motherly worries, I’m not starving. Quite the opposite actually, I eat 3 big meals a day. The food here is way good (not better than yours tho!!) and I’m pretty sure I gained 5 lbs. Whatever.
Hey, so at the end of our Sunday devotional, an Elder Bundy said the closing prayer. So I went and talked to him and he’s from St. George and he’s definitely one of those Bundys that have the big reunions J
OH! Another cool thing, my ZL Eldste Smith (going to Norway , also super cool!) was roommates with Brent Parker at BYU. And I met a sister Little who is the niece of the Littles in the Oviedo ward. Super small world at the MTC!
How is the BoM reading challenge going? I’m doing super great! I’m all the way to….1 Nephi 9….yeah, not very far, but I get lots out of it! I dissect almost every other verse it seems like. And my scriptures are getting marked like crazy, even little notes on the sides in blue pen! It’s super cool. 1 Nephi is so much more interesting now. I love how plainly Nephi speaks, and that he “delights in plainness.” Also, I challenge you to look up Mosiah 4:15 and dissect it. I like how it says “walk” instead of look or speak. ”Walk” is an Action word!
I know that the Book of Mormon is so powerful. Just looking at it every day helps. But just looking at food doesn’t make you full, we must FEAST upon the scriptures and read them every day. The Spirit can be felt so strong! It’s awesome! The Church is so true! The gospel is so true! We must endure to the end! Do you know how many blessings there are for enduring to the end? I challenge you to look it up. It’s amazing! You too Jenna! If just Mom and Dad eat, then it doesn’t help you much, does it? =)
I love ya’ll! So much!! Thanks for all your prayers! Praying is awesome too, by the way! I guess I just found that out about two weeks ago. Heavenly Father Does listen! He loves each one of us! So much that he gave us each other! I can’t imagine who I would be without each one of you.
ELDER Kendric Hale =)
p.s. I miss my guitar…my callouses on my fingers are almost gone.
Hola Family!
Here I am, leaving in two days for the field. I guess by the time you get this I’ll already be out there. Thanks for the package!!! It was so awesome to see all those letters and stuff in there. Yeah, my skittles are gone; I shared them with my district and gave the rest to one of my awesome teachers, brother Smith.
So the other day while I was doing our weekly service assignment, I was talking to my comp, when from behind me someone said “Elder Kendric Hale!” I turned around to see Elder Phil Roberts! We talked for a little bit before he had to go and I haven’t seen him since to take a picture with him.
Funny thing tho, yesterday I was looking for Phil, walking thru what I thot his classroom bldg would be and passed a room and one of the elders said “Hey Elder Hale! We have an elder Hale in our district.” Then one of the sisters that was sitting there said “Hey, I have Hales in my family” (Her name was Sister Waters). So I said “Oh yeah? Are you related to Alma H. Hale?” and she flipped out with excitement! Then the other elder Hale got back and we found out he is related to Alma too! So I’m going back later with my family history stuff to talk to them. Fun stuff! =) I gave them my address so we could talk, and also find which line they’re from.
So I just got back from the temple (because that’s one of the cool things you can do on Sundays). I found the other elder Hale and got a picture with him. I also saw elder Phil Roberts and talked to him pretty much the whole time (also got a picture). He’s going to Paraguay , I don’t know which part. He got here a week before me. He’s still cool...haha.
So I’ve gotten lots of letters from awesome people. There are so many loving people out there, I’m so grateful for them. I’m grateful for your letters too! It makes me realize that life outside the mtc still goes on, hehe.
Mom, just to comfort your motherly worries, I’m not starving. Quite the opposite actually, I eat 3 big meals a day. The food here is way good (not better than yours tho!!) and I’m pretty sure I gained 5 lbs. Whatever.
Hey, so at the end of our Sunday devotional, an Elder Bundy said the closing prayer. So I went and talked to him and he’s from St. George and he’s definitely one of those Bundys that have the big reunions J
OH! Another cool thing, my ZL Eldste Smith (going to Norway , also super cool!) was roommates with Brent Parker at BYU. And I met a sister Little who is the niece of the Littles in the Oviedo ward. Super small world at the MTC!
How is the BoM reading challenge going? I’m doing super great! I’m all the way to….1 Nephi 9….yeah, not very far, but I get lots out of it! I dissect almost every other verse it seems like. And my scriptures are getting marked like crazy, even little notes on the sides in blue pen! It’s super cool. 1 Nephi is so much more interesting now. I love how plainly Nephi speaks, and that he “delights in plainness.” Also, I challenge you to look up Mosiah 4:15 and dissect it. I like how it says “walk” instead of look or speak. ”Walk” is an Action word!
I know that the Book of Mormon is so powerful. Just looking at it every day helps. But just looking at food doesn’t make you full, we must FEAST upon the scriptures and read them every day. The Spirit can be felt so strong! It’s awesome! The Church is so true! The gospel is so true! We must endure to the end! Do you know how many blessings there are for enduring to the end? I challenge you to look it up. It’s amazing! You too Jenna! If just Mom and Dad eat, then it doesn’t help you much, does it? =)
I love ya’ll! So much!! Thanks for all your prayers! Praying is awesome too, by the way! I guess I just found that out about two weeks ago. Heavenly Father Does listen! He loves each one of us! So much that he gave us each other! I can’t imagine who I would be without each one of you.
ELDER Kendric Hale =)
p.s. I miss my guitar…my callouses on my fingers are almost gone.
3-10-09 1st letter from the Field
GRRR!!! I just wrote a big long letter to yall but my time ran out before i could send it.
so, a summary...yeah i got your box thanks soo much!! did you get my box yet?? i sent it from the mtc
My trainer is Elder Kurowski, he is cool. my area is Kaysville East and im living in the downstairs of a member's home (the evans). the carlsons came by the other night while we were out and left a big tuppperware of fresh cookies! (thanks) i dont even know how they knew i was here. news travels fast iguess. ill send some pics next week. not much time today...I love you all so much!! thanks travis for your picture!! the hot tamales are great! sorry about the short letter. bigger one next week
Love,Elder KJ Hale =)
so, a summary...yeah i got your box thanks soo much!! did you get my box yet?? i sent it from the mtc
My trainer is Elder Kurowski, he is cool. my area is Kaysville East and im living in the downstairs of a member's home (the evans). the carlsons came by the other night while we were out and left a big tuppperware of fresh cookies! (thanks) i dont even know how they knew i was here. news travels fast iguess. ill send some pics next week. not much time today...I love you all so much!! thanks travis for your picture!! the hot tamales are great! sorry about the short letter. bigger one next week
Love,Elder KJ Hale =)
Monday, March 9, 2009
First pix from the field
Elder Hale's 1st companion, Elder Kurowski.
We haven't heard from Kendric yet because he hasn't had a p-day. But we have received word and photos from the mission president's wife, Sister Joyce. Mission p-day is Tuesdays, and Kendric's first area is Kaysville, UT.
Here's his whole group arriving on the first day. President and Sister Joyce are in front with Elder Hale right behind them.
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