That letter was for Morgan!! Not youuu. That's why I put her name on it.. Anyways. There is no Sister Kim here soooo Idk. How about Sister Lee? There's an option. It sounds like things are well there and that LA traffic is still the same. Traffic here is NOTHING.. Or at least from what I've seen. I'm in Kirtland. It's wonderful. I love it here. Even though its cold. It's been on average likeeee 30. I am freezing but it's wonderful and totally worth it. I probably won't be so positive in Feb but we'll see.
I don't even know where to start!! So Tuesday we got here and stayed at Pres Sorenson's home. There were 2 other Sisters and 6 Elders so it was fun. Wednesday we had to wake up at like 5:15 to get to the Kirtland Temple at like 7:00. Waking up earlier than I have to is horrible. We had to be there by 7 though and it was really nice! We got a tour of the temple and saw where everything took place. At the end we sat in the main place and sang The Spirit of God. I got to lead the music and stand up in front where Joseph Smith would have sat with everybody else. I don't really know what everything was called because I was half asleep the whole time. But it was so amazing to be there! We got to see where Christ appeared and Moses! And everybody else.. THEN we got a tour of the NK Whitney store from Carl Anderson. He wrote a book on Kirtland or something but he was a sweet old man who knows EVERYTHING about Kirtland so it was fun to get a tour from him. Then we ended our tour in the school of the prophets. It was so cool cause it was pretty much the first MTC. It's where the missionaries would go to learn before they went out and a lot of neat things happened there. I don't really know what happened there because I still need to read my Kirtland Guide :/ I should know something soon though.. After that I met my trainer! Her name is Sister Mayer (People are always commenting on how simaliar our names are and it gets a little confusing.) She is from Houston, TX and she is so fun and is an amazing missionary. I got really lucky. I love her and she's teaching me a lot. I should probably take some pictures and send them to you soon.. The computers here at the library are super slow so I'll probably just make another CD.. That night we were at the sites and we went to the school house so a senior couple could go back inside. There was another man in there when we came in and we figured when the senior couple left that he would go with them and he didn't. We were talking to him and after a few minutes the converstation started getting a little personal and it was really uncomfortable. I could see Sister Mayer discreetly looking for the VC # on our phone and she called them and used the code word we have here for help. Sister Black (One of the senior couples) answered and she had no idea what Sister Mayer was asking for so it took like 30 seconds before she realized we needed help and finally 2 of the elders came in and asked if he wanted to see the upstairs. Everything was fine but it was just really funny how everything played out. We won't let Sis Black forget it either haha.
The next day we were in our area so we had a lesson with one of our investigators. He is older, single, kind of looks like a bum, has MS and is the absolute most sweet man ever. He wants to get baptized but has word of wisdom problems so we're working on it. Then we went tracting for the first time. It was freezing and nobody was really interested but it was a good experience. Then we had our last lesson with another single, old man. (for some reason that's all of our investigators..) He is my favorite though!! We met at a members house and were planning on teaching him the restoration but it ended up being taught on the plan of salvation which was fine. But the whole time all of the adults were trying to give him this huge complex lesson and he's really simple minded and I think all of it went over his head :/ Sister Mayer and I only got to bear our testimonies a few times but I think that helped him. At the end I asked him if he would be baptized and he said.....YES! We have a lot to work on though. We set the date in Feb and he said that was too long so we moved it to Jan. I'm really hoping that happens. It's the best. I love being a missionary.
On Friday we were at sites all day again. I don't remember a lot of what happened but it's been a week of firsts.. Even for my comp. Everything that's happened has been really bizzare and out of the norm. But it's been so fun! Oh, we both are from super warm, not snowy places so driving in the snow has been eventful.. Pray for us :/ It really hasn't snowed a lot though! Only one day really and it's not sticking so it's been really nice. Friday night we had our ward Christmas party and it was pretty fun. I didn't know anybody so it was a little overwhelming. I met a man who grew up in TO.. His name is Bro Cardon. I don't remember his first name but his dad (Phillip Cardon) was the bishop in to3. He moved when he was 8 though and he's a little bit younger than you guys. Gpa would probably know his dad..? Let me know.
Saturday we met with some of our investigators and it was really fun. We had dinner at one of the senior couples house. Elder and Sister Johnson. They are a lovely couple from England and I love to listen to them speak :] We had a family there too and we had a little lesson and the mom broke down a little cause some of her children are having a hard time and are inactive and the younger kids (like 9 and 12) were there and I was like ohhhh my gosh! This lady can't do this in front of her kids! I was kind of panicking inside but I couldn't do anything about it. But we know what to talk to them about next time and I think it will help her have more faith and confidence. After that we went to a less active ladies apt to carol and drop off cookies.. She loved it and I haven't seen her smile since I met her so that was nice. We asked her if we could go carol to somebody else and she pointed to another apt building where she had previously lived and told us the number. We got the feeling. She sent us becuase she doesn't like them very much but we went anyways. We started singing and 3 guys in their 20s answered the door and they were covered in tattoos with their pants below their butts and they talked like gangsters or something.. Idk. But they thought it was really funny and we left them our number so they could call us if they wanted to hear more about the church. Then we asked if they knew anybody we could go see. They said to go up to level 3 and ask for Josh.. Again probably because they didn't really like them. But we went anyways. After we sang we asked if the man was Josh and he FREAKED out. I think he thought we were psychic or something but they were really nice! Except the lady sitting behind the door. She was being really rude and smoking and it was kind of gross but they lady who answered was nice and she politely declined. It was interesting but it was neat to go around and share the gospel with some random people. Who knows.. Maybe someday they'll think back and wonder what it's all about.
Sunday. Church went really well.. I had to give the closing prayer in Sacrament. I'm sure you understand how happy I was about that.. But it was fine. The ward here is really small compared to back home. They think it's big too.. It's strange. At ward council though they were talking about callings and we suggested they use some of the less actives and they kind of shot us down which is so dumb because they need callings or else they'll keep being less active!! So we let it go and then in sacrament one of the speakers talked about the importance of having new converts and less actives have a calling.. So there ward council. Maybe next time you'll listen. Everything was going really well until RS. I was leading the music for the closing song and Bro Householder comes in and looks around the room like he's in a hurry. I thought he was looking for his wife but nope.. He was looking for one of us and since I was leading he took my comp and I had no idea what to do! I was in the middle of leading and she was looking back not knowing what to do but kept walking cause he needed her! One of the ladies jumped up and ran out with her so we just ended up going on splits out of nowhere. Everybody laughed at me and kept telling me how funny my face was. Which I'm sure it was! I didn't know what to do! So I was just waiting for her to come back and this girl comes up to me and starts talking to me about our schedule (which I know nothing about cause it's random when we're in our area/sites) so we start looking for my comp to help and she tells me that she wants to come with us just to see what we do and I was like totally! I started asking why and she told me her brother just left for his mission and he's in the mtc and she just wanted to see what goes on in the life of a missionary. I found out he was going to Sweden and I was like "uhhhh no way. What does he look like?!" He's totally the swedish elder I talked to all the time in swedish! I was so happy! So I'm really looking forward to talking to her. She told me she would dear elder him him and ask him if he remembered me so I'm excited to hear back from her. That night we were making calls to memebers and I got a card from a girl who lives in IF. I was so excited to call her and talk to her about Idaho. I told her I was from the Kirtland VC and she was like uhhh? And I was like I got your comment card and just wanted to see how your trip was! Well long story short. She just got her mission call to the Ohio Cleveland Mission Kirtland VC. She thought I was calling because of that! So I told the other sisters and we were so excited and she'll get here at the end of Feb.
So much is happening. I love it here. Ohio is beautiful and super freezing. We're shopping for boots today so we'll see what happens. I got my package with my bedding (Thank you for all the green stuff.. My comp loved it) and I haven't gotten anything else. I have a new address.
Sister Mackenzie Maynard
7800 Kirland-Chardon RD
Kirland, OH 44094
Please post that and send things there from now on. Thank you so much! I have to go..
Love you guys.
Sister Maynard.
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