Hey Family,
Miss you guys. im glad to hear you all had a very good week. thats awesome that you had a chance to hangout with leslie and max, im sure you had a blast, and im loving the pictures. haha dads looking pretty cool with your rastas.
this last week our primary here in soli also did a program. the whole time watching the kids singing i was just thinking about all of my nieces and nephews and how they also were singing and performing the same thing. it definitely brought comfort to me. im sure everyone did great in their parts.
good news about jake and katie getting sealed in the temple. thats way exciting, they are going to have a beautiful family. its crazy though that they have already been married a year. time flys by so fast. aren't matt and ericka married too??? wow thats crazy.
well here in solidaridad everything is going good... yesterday we had a baptism, we baptized a girl of 9 years, Miriam.. she is really sweet. her parents (yuliana and guermo) also want to get baptized but they cant right now because they are living together and arent married.. buts thats not all of the problem.. yuliana was married before and hasnt gotten a divorce. but she also has no clue where her husband is. they have been seperated for 7 years. we are going to see what we can do so they also can be baptized. seems to be alot of cases like that here.... NOBODY IS MARRIED!
I am really liking this new position as a D/L i am getting the chance to use another part of the priesthood and help here in the mission in a differant way. its just really time consuming...lol but thanks so much for all your love and support.. right now i gotta get going we're going to go eat little ceasars pizza...yummm well i will talk to you all later LOVE YOU ALL....
Elder Kingston..
Oh and thanks so much mom for sharing that story about maile... =)
write me.... love you all
Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Solidaridad
hey family.... how have you all been??? i hope fantastic.
its good to hear from you...
well to answer your ? dad, yes Liliana was baptized this last Saturday, but i wasn't there... i got changed to a new area... its still in Monterrey, its called Solidaridad. I'm with elder Morby now who is from Ogden, Utah he has been out 8 months on his mission. its a pretty interesting change because this area is super humongous and now I'm on a bike and the other is i am now a district leader.... i have a district of 9... 3 sister missionaries, 2 other companionships of elders and me and my companion.... haha its pretty interesting. instead of just worrying about my area i have to worry about every one else's too! as a district leader i have to teach all my district every week for an hour and a half in a meeting we have every Tue morning... i call and check up on everyone... and i interview the people that are going to be baptized... to be honest i was really shocked and surprised when they told me... and a little nervous about the whole thing.... but i really am liking it... I'm getting to experience so many things on my mission that i never have before. I'm using it as a learning opportunity.... i think my favorite part is interviewing people to be baptized.... the spirit is so strong and it helps me to see how i can improve in my teaching so that when the investigator has their interview they feel comfortable in answering...
i know David was a district leader... i was wanting to ask you for some good ideas or activities i could do in my meetings??? if you have any good tips or ideas hit me with them... Jaycee and Kenji too....=)
well i don't have too much time to write but i just want you all to know i love you and pray for you everyday.... have a beautiful week.... LOVE YOU GUYS....
Elder Kingston
its good to hear from you...
well to answer your ? dad, yes Liliana was baptized this last Saturday, but i wasn't there... i got changed to a new area... its still in Monterrey, its called Solidaridad. I'm with elder Morby now who is from Ogden, Utah he has been out 8 months on his mission. its a pretty interesting change because this area is super humongous and now I'm on a bike and the other is i am now a district leader.... i have a district of 9... 3 sister missionaries, 2 other companionships of elders and me and my companion.... haha its pretty interesting. instead of just worrying about my area i have to worry about every one else's too! as a district leader i have to teach all my district every week for an hour and a half in a meeting we have every Tue morning... i call and check up on everyone... and i interview the people that are going to be baptized... to be honest i was really shocked and surprised when they told me... and a little nervous about the whole thing.... but i really am liking it... I'm getting to experience so many things on my mission that i never have before. I'm using it as a learning opportunity.... i think my favorite part is interviewing people to be baptized.... the spirit is so strong and it helps me to see how i can improve in my teaching so that when the investigator has their interview they feel comfortable in answering...
i know David was a district leader... i was wanting to ask you for some good ideas or activities i could do in my meetings??? if you have any good tips or ideas hit me with them... Jaycee and Kenji too....=)
well i don't have too much time to write but i just want you all to know i love you and pray for you everyday.... have a beautiful week.... LOVE YOU GUYS....
Elder Kingston
My Testimony of Jesus Christ
Hey Family,
Happy Birthday David and Jaycee! I hope you guys had a great birthday...=) David your getting old bro....30 whoa
haha well I'm glad to hear you all had a great week.... here in the mission everything is going great... we had the baptism of Priscilla on Saturday it was very special... we also had her and Edna's confirmation on Sunday...=)and this Sunday Lilliana will be getting baptized... I'm pretty excited about that.... she is also really excited for this opportunity to start over brand new and perfect....
tonight we find out if we have changes.... i am kind of stuck in the middle of wanting to go and staying.... i would like to go because i already have more than 4 months here in this area and its really small.... the reason why i would like to stay is for my converts here . . . and my companion... i love each and everyone of my converts.... each of them have their own story of conversion to this beautiful gospel.
haha yeah president Treadway is right i do have a pretty hard head... everything has been fine with my stitches, i will be having them taken out this wed... so don't worry too much... oh and responding to dads ? about what i would like for Christmas.... haha i know when i was little i always liked making a Christmas list... i think that was one of the things i liked most about Christmas... making a list and waiting ...having patience and hoping that I would get what I asked. for! till this day i still like making Christmas lists....haha here are some things that i wouldn't mind receiving for Christmas:
Letters from every body.... pictures..... perfect push up :) i don't know if you guys have ever seen it before but should be easy to find, i would really love one because i need to get back into shape! my new balance running shoes.... i don't know where they are but should be around the house.... 212 cologne.... ties.... socks....white shirts... etc.... there's a few things =) your probably saying wow James hasn't changed at all.... hes still greedy... haha I'm sorry.... ill try and work on it!
well i guess i better get going but i just want you all to know that i truly have a strong testimony of this great work that i have a privilege to be in. i know that each and every one of us are a son and daughter of a father who is in heaven. i know that he wants for each and every one of us to return to his presence, and that he sent his only begotten son Jesus Christ here on earth so that we can return and live with him in his heavenly kingdom. and my love for my savior and redeemer Jesus Christ is great, he truly came down from his throne in his kingdom in heaven to take upon him all of our iniquities, trials, sickness and affliction so that we may find peace and love in this life and the next.... that we may have hope in entering the kingdom of God. i truly am grateful for Him because through Him i can go back and live with Him and my Father in Heaven and my beautiful family here on earth. these things am i so grateful for and know to be true and i share it with you in the name of Jesus Christ amen. =)
Elder Kingston
Happy Birthday David and Jaycee! I hope you guys had a great birthday...=) David your getting old bro....30 whoa
haha well I'm glad to hear you all had a great week.... here in the mission everything is going great... we had the baptism of Priscilla on Saturday it was very special... we also had her and Edna's confirmation on Sunday...=)and this Sunday Lilliana will be getting baptized... I'm pretty excited about that.... she is also really excited for this opportunity to start over brand new and perfect....
tonight we find out if we have changes.... i am kind of stuck in the middle of wanting to go and staying.... i would like to go because i already have more than 4 months here in this area and its really small.... the reason why i would like to stay is for my converts here . . . and my companion... i love each and everyone of my converts.... each of them have their own story of conversion to this beautiful gospel.
haha yeah president Treadway is right i do have a pretty hard head... everything has been fine with my stitches, i will be having them taken out this wed... so don't worry too much... oh and responding to dads ? about what i would like for Christmas.... haha i know when i was little i always liked making a Christmas list... i think that was one of the things i liked most about Christmas... making a list and waiting ...having patience and hoping that I would get what I asked. for! till this day i still like making Christmas lists....haha here are some things that i wouldn't mind receiving for Christmas:
Letters from every body.... pictures..... perfect push up :) i don't know if you guys have ever seen it before but should be easy to find, i would really love one because i need to get back into shape! my new balance running shoes.... i don't know where they are but should be around the house.... 212 cologne.... ties.... socks....white shirts... etc.... there's a few things =) your probably saying wow James hasn't changed at all.... hes still greedy... haha I'm sorry.... ill try and work on it!
well i guess i better get going but i just want you all to know that i truly have a strong testimony of this great work that i have a privilege to be in. i know that each and every one of us are a son and daughter of a father who is in heaven. i know that he wants for each and every one of us to return to his presence, and that he sent his only begotten son Jesus Christ here on earth so that we can return and live with him in his heavenly kingdom. and my love for my savior and redeemer Jesus Christ is great, he truly came down from his throne in his kingdom in heaven to take upon him all of our iniquities, trials, sickness and affliction so that we may find peace and love in this life and the next.... that we may have hope in entering the kingdom of God. i truly am grateful for Him because through Him i can go back and live with Him and my Father in Heaven and my beautiful family here on earth. these things am i so grateful for and know to be true and i share it with you in the name of Jesus Christ amen. =)
Elder Kingston
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
7 stitches
Hey family!
How have you all been??? It sounds like you are all doing great. General conference was awesome, huh?! Luckily I got to see all sessions except Saturday afternoon. It was a wonderful and special experience, especially when you bring investigators and you can watch them and their reactions when they first see the prophet for the first time. We brought Liliana. She is a single mother and is 22. We brought her to the morning session on Sunday and she had a great experience. I looked over and she was crying after President Monson's talk. I asked her how she felt and she told me," really good" =) Priscilla also went, she liked it alot. She will be getting baptized this Saturday.
So I got my first set of stiches here in Mexico haha! ( I bet mom's mouth just dropped) and I got them today.! 7 of them in my head. This morning we went to the temple and after a beautiful session we went to play soccer. Everything was going great. I made 3 goals whoo hoo! The ball was up in the air and I went to head butt the ball ,as was Elder Choate, and unfortunately we bumped heads! Luckily Elder Choate just got a big bump on his head but I had to go get stiches, ha ha! What a fun missionary story to tell. I had my first stiches while on my mission. This happened about 4 hours ago.
Other than the stiches there isn't a whole lotta news. Elder Lopez and I are working hard and we are definitely seeing blessings from our Father in Heaven. Thankyou so much for your prayers, they really help alot. Sometimes it gets really hard when I think about you because I really miss all of you. But I know that you are all praying for me and that really gives me comfort. Thankyou so much for that.
Wel,l I've gotta get going, times running out... just remember that I love each and every one of you and I think about you all the time.
Have a great week...=)
Love,
Elder Kingston
How have you all been??? It sounds like you are all doing great. General conference was awesome, huh?! Luckily I got to see all sessions except Saturday afternoon. It was a wonderful and special experience, especially when you bring investigators and you can watch them and their reactions when they first see the prophet for the first time. We brought Liliana. She is a single mother and is 22. We brought her to the morning session on Sunday and she had a great experience. I looked over and she was crying after President Monson's talk. I asked her how she felt and she told me," really good" =) Priscilla also went, she liked it alot. She will be getting baptized this Saturday.
So I got my first set of stiches here in Mexico haha! ( I bet mom's mouth just dropped) and I got them today.! 7 of them in my head. This morning we went to the temple and after a beautiful session we went to play soccer. Everything was going great. I made 3 goals whoo hoo! The ball was up in the air and I went to head butt the ball ,as was Elder Choate, and unfortunately we bumped heads! Luckily Elder Choate just got a big bump on his head but I had to go get stiches, ha ha! What a fun missionary story to tell. I had my first stiches while on my mission. This happened about 4 hours ago.
Other than the stiches there isn't a whole lotta news. Elder Lopez and I are working hard and we are definitely seeing blessings from our Father in Heaven. Thankyou so much for your prayers, they really help alot. Sometimes it gets really hard when I think about you because I really miss all of you. But I know that you are all praying for me and that really gives me comfort. Thankyou so much for that.
Wel,l I've gotta get going, times running out... just remember that I love each and every one of you and I think about you all the time.
Have a great week...=)
Love,
Elder Kingston
Monday, October 4, 2010
Letter from September 20, 2010
Hola family!'
It's good to hear from you! sounds like this week was alot calmer than the other weeks...haha wow thats crazy you guys are actually thinking about moving... do you think you will move before I get home?? That would be so wierd... by the picture it looks like a really nice house... haha but I think any house looks nice after being surrounded by concrete houses and with these missionary houses that none of the missionaries clean.... jk and mom I'm really excited for you and your gettaway week with grandma and your sisters... sounds like lots of fun...=)
This week went by super fast.... apart from finding and teaching the gospel, we had the opportunity to celebrate the independence of Mexico... which was in 1810 against the Spaniards.... it was really fun and we took some investigators ( Edna, Priscilla and Abraham) they really liked it.... Edna was going to get baptized Sunday but instead is going to be baptized tommorrow..=) she is really excited and is going to be such a great convert... also Priscilla has a baptism goal for this Sunday... so we will see how that goes...
My companion and I are in finding mode, working really hard so that we can find those people who are prepared and ready to follow our Savior Jesus Christ.. it's going to be a great week...=) but to answer your ? mom my companion and I are getting along great. With every companion I learn something new, with Elder Lopez I really believe it's humbleness. He has had such a rough life and is still so grateful for all that he has. I'm so grateful for all the many opportunities I have to learn here on the mission and I am definitely taking advantage of it! well I've gotta go but remember that I love every single one of you and pray for you all everyday.
Love,
Elder Kingston
oh and dad good luck on your talk.... =)
It's good to hear from you! sounds like this week was alot calmer than the other weeks...haha wow thats crazy you guys are actually thinking about moving... do you think you will move before I get home?? That would be so wierd... by the picture it looks like a really nice house... haha but I think any house looks nice after being surrounded by concrete houses and with these missionary houses that none of the missionaries clean.... jk and mom I'm really excited for you and your gettaway week with grandma and your sisters... sounds like lots of fun...=)
This week went by super fast.... apart from finding and teaching the gospel, we had the opportunity to celebrate the independence of Mexico... which was in 1810 against the Spaniards.... it was really fun and we took some investigators ( Edna, Priscilla and Abraham) they really liked it.... Edna was going to get baptized Sunday but instead is going to be baptized tommorrow..=) she is really excited and is going to be such a great convert... also Priscilla has a baptism goal for this Sunday... so we will see how that goes...
My companion and I are in finding mode, working really hard so that we can find those people who are prepared and ready to follow our Savior Jesus Christ.. it's going to be a great week...=) but to answer your ? mom my companion and I are getting along great. With every companion I learn something new, with Elder Lopez I really believe it's humbleness. He has had such a rough life and is still so grateful for all that he has. I'm so grateful for all the many opportunities I have to learn here on the mission and I am definitely taking advantage of it! well I've gotta go but remember that I love every single one of you and pray for you all everyday.
Love,
Elder Kingston
oh and dad good luck on your talk.... =)
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Seeing lives change
Hey family, Wow that's awesome that Jacosa, Angela and Tawna did a triatholon. Felicidades! But yeah dad, that would be sweet if we do it next year.
Sounds like there have been alot of changes in callings. Katrina congratulations on your new calling.=)
It sounds like you guys had a great week and pretty busy too... that's good then you guys don't have to think about me so much. jk
This week was great, the Rivera family and Rosa Maria were confirmed and they are doing well in the church, really excited.
We also had a baptism. His name is Joel. He is really cool! He is a boyfriend of a member in our ward. I really thought he was a member when I first got here cause he always comes to church AND with a white shirt and tie on! I just found out a few weeks ago that he wasn't a member. Then we started teaching him and he excepted to be baptized. Also good news is that Rosa Maria's son Dwight (11) came to church yesterday to see the confirmation of his mom and he saw the baptism of Joel and now he wants to get baptized next week. It's such a great experience to see people change their lives and follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The hard part like, dad said, is that they stay firm in the church. That part is the toughest It really depends on the ward too, cause if the ward doesn't befriend them or do their visiting teaching recent converts seem to fall away from the church, but this ward that I'm in is great and really friendly!
So tomorrow we have changes, I'm pretty sure my companion, Elder Combe is going to leave. He already has 6 months in this area. Im gonna miss him. We got along really well. But yeah I gotta get going.
Thankyou so much for your love and support.
Love you guys,
Elder Kingston
Sounds like there have been alot of changes in callings. Katrina congratulations on your new calling.=)
It sounds like you guys had a great week and pretty busy too... that's good then you guys don't have to think about me so much. jk
This week was great, the Rivera family and Rosa Maria were confirmed and they are doing well in the church, really excited.
We also had a baptism. His name is Joel. He is really cool! He is a boyfriend of a member in our ward. I really thought he was a member when I first got here cause he always comes to church AND with a white shirt and tie on! I just found out a few weeks ago that he wasn't a member. Then we started teaching him and he excepted to be baptized. Also good news is that Rosa Maria's son Dwight (11) came to church yesterday to see the confirmation of his mom and he saw the baptism of Joel and now he wants to get baptized next week. It's such a great experience to see people change their lives and follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The hard part like, dad said, is that they stay firm in the church. That part is the toughest It really depends on the ward too, cause if the ward doesn't befriend them or do their visiting teaching recent converts seem to fall away from the church, but this ward that I'm in is great and really friendly!
So tomorrow we have changes, I'm pretty sure my companion, Elder Combe is going to leave. He already has 6 months in this area. Im gonna miss him. We got along really well. But yeah I gotta get going.
Thankyou so much for your love and support.
Love you guys,
Elder Kingston
Old Letters
(Sorry, I'm so behind posting James' letters. - Mom/Rosanna)
August 11, 2010
Hey Family,
Thanks for the input on things... sounds like you guys had a great week... oh and Katrina thanks so much for the package, I was so excited to see it.=) I loved the pictures, especially the one with everyone and Uncle Pat's guns...haha and thanks for the letters and m&ms.... you're the best!
As for me, my week went well! We have found some pretty good investigators that seem like they're gonna progress, which is good. Yesterday we had some pretty powerful lessons. One of which was with Jovanna. Jovanna is part of a Christan church and has been baptised by emmersion and everything. So she's a little bit hard to talk with. Yesterday we talked about the apostasy with some pretty good scriptures from the bible, then about the restoration.. When I recited the first vision I could feel the power so strong and I knew she could feel it too. She had tears in her eyes. I asked her how she felt and she gave a strong answer. . . .GOOD! I know she knows this gospel is true, she is just scared to take the next step. I have faith that she will act on what she knows and join the church.
I'm so excited to be out here on the mission and learn and grow through helping others, it's the best feeling ever when you can see your investigators keeping they're promises and taking steps in their lives to follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I gotta go but before I forget I sent you guys a package last Saturday. I sent it with a family who is going to Utah and they are going to drop the package off at Elder Combe's house and E. Combe's parents are gonna send it to you guys. Hope you enjoy it. It's not anything too big.
Well I gotta go.
I love you guys... have a good week.
Love,
Elder Kingston
August 2, 2010
Hey Fambam,
=) I'm happy to see everybody is doing great and that dad you have a great class and mom you were able to rocover from camp.
Here in my barrio, Los Andes, everything is going good. Yesterday we had two confimations. Alejandro and this girl, Dinorah. Dinorah came to church last week to see Andres get the spirit conferred upon him and turned out she is somebody that we, along with many other missionaries, have been looking for. She was baptized 8 months ago but never recieved the Holy Ghost. We started teaching her and we got her confirmed yesterday. The Lord truly put her in our way.=) I'm just so grateful to be an instrument in the Lord's hands. Last night me and Elder Combe went over and got them excited about missions. Dinorah is 20 Alejandro is 17 and Andres is 16 and they all are planning on serving missions. whoo hoo! To see the joy in them when talking about serving missions really filled my heart with love for this beautiful work. And already they are doing missionary work. Alejandro told me he has been talking to a bunch of people about the church and he has like 8 that wanna come... its sweet! Mom, thanks for sharing that experience about Brigham Young, it's so true. Well I would love to keep writing, but I gotta go.
Love you guys and hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder kingston....
Oh and mom I think it would be better if you send me garments and I can buy the rest here.=)
July 26, 2010
Hey family
wow.... mom it sounded like you guys really made camp a wonderful and spiritual experience. Congratulations!
Well this last week went great. We comfirmed Andres and baptized his brother yesterday. They are both sweet converts. They both are planning on going on missions...=) which I'm way happy about!
Time here on the mission is going by so fast and I'm loving every minute of it, the hard times and the good times! I really wanna use this time so I can grow spiritually and I'm definitely having experiences! One thing I started to do this change is to really love personal study. Alot of times I found myself head bobbing and falling asleep while studying but I am now keeping track of everything I study in a study journal and it has really been helping me out. Right now I am studying the enabling power of the atonement and it is really helping keep the spirit through out the day.
I'm so grateful for all of you and everything you do. I have to go cause im gonna send you guys some pictures but always remember that I love you.=)
Elder Kingston
July 19, 2010
Hey Family....=)
Well thank you all for your wonderful prayers. Even though I can't see you guys I still get comfort knowing that you are all praying for my success here on the mission. This last week went sweet. Andres, a 17 year old that came to church last week was baptized yesterday. His mom is a member but he and his brothers are not. We went to his house last Tuesday to see how he liked church then we sat down and his mom yelled for him saying, "Andres get down here. The missionaries are here to teach you so you can get baptized'' she said it really bluntly but he didnt argue at all. He is a great kid with a great future ahead of him and I'm just so happy for the chance to see him start on this eternal path. This next week we have planned for his brother to get baptized. His name is Alejandro and he's 15. He went to church and really liked what he saw.
Other than the baptism we had, this week has been pretty crazy. On Tuesday we had divisions. Each elder in our zone was put with a different elder for 2 days. I got Elder Bearchia and my companion went with Elder Parrera in Salinas which is about an hour away. It was pretty fun. I learned alot. I really like divisions cause you get the chance to get new ideas of ways to teach. Then we changed back on Thursday. Thursday night we got a call from Elder Flynn, our zone leader, that he needed me and my companion to sleep at his house. Turns out his companion, Elder Bearchia became one of the Presidents Assistants. So we have been a triple for the last 3 days until tomorrow when we have changes. It's actually pretty hard cause we are having to go back and forth from his area to ours. But it's definitely a fun experience!
Wow mom you sound like your rockin it over there with camp. I know you're going to have a fantastic week. Well I gotta go but I will send pictures of the baptism next week. Okay, I hope you all have a great week and remember that I love you. =)
Elder Kingston
July 12, 2010
Wow, what a great surprise to have so many emails! I feel so special....haha! Thanks so much.
Happy birthday Kai. Sounds like you had a great birthday! And mom I hope you don't get too stressed out with all the camp stuff. (read D&C 10:4) I know you are doing a great job though.
This last week was great. We have some new great investigators, Milton and Veronica who are boyfriend and girlfriend. They are really cool. They are both really humbled right now, not only for the hurricane that passed through but also about a month ago Milton was beat up pretty bad by a drug cartel who thought he was someone else. They left him with 2 broken arms and a broken hip. He and his girlfriend came to church on sunday and really liked the church... the only thing with them is that they are not married but have 1 child and she is pregnant with a second... but they also don't live together, so today we are going to talk to them about how they can have a family eternal and about marriage. If you guys can pray for them that they may have a contrite spirit and follow the teachings of the spirit that would be great. We also had a lady named Lupita come to church with us today. Her husband is a member but she is Catholic. They are expecting a baby and she wants the kid to grow up in one religion so she is really leaning toward joining this church. We had the opportunity to give her a blessing last Saturday because she was having stomach pains... she told us that she felt alot better after and that it was a good experience. I feel really good about all of them and I know that if the Lord wants it right now they will take this next step in their lives and be baptized.
It's still been pretty wet here. I'ts been raining off and on but I'm pretty sure its all clearing up now. The hurricane did alot of damage, in our area not as much, but in my old area which was in the center of Monterrey was hit really hard. I'ts right by the Rio Santa Caterina. You should look it up on google or something. And another area right by us had the church swept away, leaving nothing, pretty sad. It might have taken away our material things but the only thing it did spiritually is lift us up. I'm so grateful for the knowledge I have of this gospel and of the plan God has for us and for the chance to always be happy. I love you all and I am so grateful for the wonderful and supporting family God has given me. I hope you all have a fantastic week!
LOVE YOU ALL,
Elder Kingston
August 11, 2010
Hey Family,
Thanks for the input on things... sounds like you guys had a great week... oh and Katrina thanks so much for the package, I was so excited to see it.=) I loved the pictures, especially the one with everyone and Uncle Pat's guns...haha and thanks for the letters and m&ms.... you're the best!
As for me, my week went well! We have found some pretty good investigators that seem like they're gonna progress, which is good. Yesterday we had some pretty powerful lessons. One of which was with Jovanna. Jovanna is part of a Christan church and has been baptised by emmersion and everything. So she's a little bit hard to talk with. Yesterday we talked about the apostasy with some pretty good scriptures from the bible, then about the restoration.. When I recited the first vision I could feel the power so strong and I knew she could feel it too. She had tears in her eyes. I asked her how she felt and she gave a strong answer. . . .GOOD! I know she knows this gospel is true, she is just scared to take the next step. I have faith that she will act on what she knows and join the church.
I'm so excited to be out here on the mission and learn and grow through helping others, it's the best feeling ever when you can see your investigators keeping they're promises and taking steps in their lives to follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I gotta go but before I forget I sent you guys a package last Saturday. I sent it with a family who is going to Utah and they are going to drop the package off at Elder Combe's house and E. Combe's parents are gonna send it to you guys. Hope you enjoy it. It's not anything too big.
Well I gotta go.
I love you guys... have a good week.
Love,
Elder Kingston
August 2, 2010
Hey Fambam,
=) I'm happy to see everybody is doing great and that dad you have a great class and mom you were able to rocover from camp.
Here in my barrio, Los Andes, everything is going good. Yesterday we had two confimations. Alejandro and this girl, Dinorah. Dinorah came to church last week to see Andres get the spirit conferred upon him and turned out she is somebody that we, along with many other missionaries, have been looking for. She was baptized 8 months ago but never recieved the Holy Ghost. We started teaching her and we got her confirmed yesterday. The Lord truly put her in our way.=) I'm just so grateful to be an instrument in the Lord's hands. Last night me and Elder Combe went over and got them excited about missions. Dinorah is 20 Alejandro is 17 and Andres is 16 and they all are planning on serving missions. whoo hoo! To see the joy in them when talking about serving missions really filled my heart with love for this beautiful work. And already they are doing missionary work. Alejandro told me he has been talking to a bunch of people about the church and he has like 8 that wanna come... its sweet! Mom, thanks for sharing that experience about Brigham Young, it's so true. Well I would love to keep writing, but I gotta go.
Love you guys and hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder kingston....
Oh and mom I think it would be better if you send me garments and I can buy the rest here.=)
July 26, 2010
Hey family
wow.... mom it sounded like you guys really made camp a wonderful and spiritual experience. Congratulations!
Well this last week went great. We comfirmed Andres and baptized his brother yesterday. They are both sweet converts. They both are planning on going on missions...=) which I'm way happy about!
Time here on the mission is going by so fast and I'm loving every minute of it, the hard times and the good times! I really wanna use this time so I can grow spiritually and I'm definitely having experiences! One thing I started to do this change is to really love personal study. Alot of times I found myself head bobbing and falling asleep while studying but I am now keeping track of everything I study in a study journal and it has really been helping me out. Right now I am studying the enabling power of the atonement and it is really helping keep the spirit through out the day.
I'm so grateful for all of you and everything you do. I have to go cause im gonna send you guys some pictures but always remember that I love you.=)
Elder Kingston
July 19, 2010
Hey Family....=)
Well thank you all for your wonderful prayers. Even though I can't see you guys I still get comfort knowing that you are all praying for my success here on the mission. This last week went sweet. Andres, a 17 year old that came to church last week was baptized yesterday. His mom is a member but he and his brothers are not. We went to his house last Tuesday to see how he liked church then we sat down and his mom yelled for him saying, "Andres get down here. The missionaries are here to teach you so you can get baptized'' she said it really bluntly but he didnt argue at all. He is a great kid with a great future ahead of him and I'm just so happy for the chance to see him start on this eternal path. This next week we have planned for his brother to get baptized. His name is Alejandro and he's 15. He went to church and really liked what he saw.
Other than the baptism we had, this week has been pretty crazy. On Tuesday we had divisions. Each elder in our zone was put with a different elder for 2 days. I got Elder Bearchia and my companion went with Elder Parrera in Salinas which is about an hour away. It was pretty fun. I learned alot. I really like divisions cause you get the chance to get new ideas of ways to teach. Then we changed back on Thursday. Thursday night we got a call from Elder Flynn, our zone leader, that he needed me and my companion to sleep at his house. Turns out his companion, Elder Bearchia became one of the Presidents Assistants. So we have been a triple for the last 3 days until tomorrow when we have changes. It's actually pretty hard cause we are having to go back and forth from his area to ours. But it's definitely a fun experience!
Wow mom you sound like your rockin it over there with camp. I know you're going to have a fantastic week. Well I gotta go but I will send pictures of the baptism next week. Okay, I hope you all have a great week and remember that I love you. =)
Elder Kingston
July 12, 2010
Wow, what a great surprise to have so many emails! I feel so special....haha! Thanks so much.
Happy birthday Kai. Sounds like you had a great birthday! And mom I hope you don't get too stressed out with all the camp stuff. (read D&C 10:4) I know you are doing a great job though.
This last week was great. We have some new great investigators, Milton and Veronica who are boyfriend and girlfriend. They are really cool. They are both really humbled right now, not only for the hurricane that passed through but also about a month ago Milton was beat up pretty bad by a drug cartel who thought he was someone else. They left him with 2 broken arms and a broken hip. He and his girlfriend came to church on sunday and really liked the church... the only thing with them is that they are not married but have 1 child and she is pregnant with a second... but they also don't live together, so today we are going to talk to them about how they can have a family eternal and about marriage. If you guys can pray for them that they may have a contrite spirit and follow the teachings of the spirit that would be great. We also had a lady named Lupita come to church with us today. Her husband is a member but she is Catholic. They are expecting a baby and she wants the kid to grow up in one religion so she is really leaning toward joining this church. We had the opportunity to give her a blessing last Saturday because she was having stomach pains... she told us that she felt alot better after and that it was a good experience. I feel really good about all of them and I know that if the Lord wants it right now they will take this next step in their lives and be baptized.
It's still been pretty wet here. I'ts been raining off and on but I'm pretty sure its all clearing up now. The hurricane did alot of damage, in our area not as much, but in my old area which was in the center of Monterrey was hit really hard. I'ts right by the Rio Santa Caterina. You should look it up on google or something. And another area right by us had the church swept away, leaving nothing, pretty sad. It might have taken away our material things but the only thing it did spiritually is lift us up. I'm so grateful for the knowledge I have of this gospel and of the plan God has for us and for the chance to always be happy. I love you all and I am so grateful for the wonderful and supporting family God has given me. I hope you all have a fantastic week!
LOVE YOU ALL,
Elder Kingston
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