Action packed week!

HEY FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

WE HAD ANOTHER ACTION PACKED WEEK, FULL OF MISSIONARY EXPERIENCES AND MIRACLES. THE WORK IS SO GREAT AND ALWAYS REWARDING WHEN YOU FIND JUST THAT ONE THAT IS READY FOR THE GOSPEL! IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR ENJOYING THE MISSIONARIES OVER THERE IN THE WARD. WE'RE SO MUCH BETTER THOUGH.. HAHA JUST KIDDING.. HEY MISS YOU GUYS AND HOPE YOU HAVE ANOTHER FUN TRIP TO PINEDALE WYOMING! ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOUR ALL READY LEAVING THIS WEEK.. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? SO ILL BE SENDING A PACKAGE OF TODAY SO YOU SHOULD GET IT BEFORE YOU LEAVE.. HOPEFULLY!

THIS TUESDAY WE HAD OUR FIRST SET OF INTERVIEWS WITH PRESIDENT J..... AND SISTER J....... I ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE, IT’S TOO BAD YOU ONLY HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES WITH HIM. BUT HEY HES A VERY BUSY MAN. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE ABOUT 50 INTERVIEWS TO DO THAT DAY.. THEY ARE GOING TO BE SO GREAT FOR THIS MISSION AND I AM GOING TO GET TO KNOW A LOT BETTER HERE AS THE MONTHS CONTINUE ON.

WELL THIS WEEK WE HAD A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE MOVE INTO THE WARD... A LOT OF MEDICAL STUDENTS GETTING READY TO START SCHOOL UP. THE AREA WHERE WE SERVICE HAS A LOT OF STUDENTS IN IT, LIKE 15 FAMILES OR SO... WE ENJOY DOING MISSIONARY WORK WITH THEM, BECAUSE THERE ALL ONLY 3-5 YEARS OLDER THAN WE ARE.. SO WE GET ALONG PRETTY WELL.. PLENTY OF MIRACLES FOR THE WARD.. SO WEVE BEEN TEACHING A LADY THAT LIVES IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITH ALL OF THE STUDENTS LATELY.. SHE IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, SHES SUPER NICE.. BUT WE DONT HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN OR AFRICAN IN THE WARD.. OTHER THAN N.... WHO GOT BAPTIZED. BUT GUESS WHAT THE LORD PROVIDED ANOTHER MIRACLE FOR US.. A LADY MOVED INTO THAT SAME COMPLEX AS HER AND IS A MEMBER. SHE JUST GOT BAPTIZED ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF AGO AND IS SUPER STRONG IN THE GOSPEL.. SHES AFRICAN AMERICAN TOO... IT’S SO GREAT TO SEE HOW THE LORD WORKS..

WE ENDED UP TEACHING HER MOM AS WELL, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT SHE DOESNT SPEAK VERY GOOD ENGLISH.. SHE SPEAKS ARABIC.. SO WE GOT HER AN ARABIC BOOK OF MORMON WE ARE PRAYING THAT SHE READS IT AND DESIRES TO LEARN MORE..

TODAY I FEEL LIKE I GOT HIT BY A BUS... WELL THE STORY BEHIND IT IS... ON SATURDAY WE WENT A PLAYED FOOTBALL EARLY IN THE MORNING WHICH WAS SUPER FUN.. RIGHT AFTER WE HELPED SOMEONE MOVE.. WELL THAT SAME NIGHT WE ENDED UP HELPING SOMEONE MOVE AND AT THE LAST MINUTE.. SO THE LAST FEW DAYS IT’S BEEN HARD TO WALK... HAHA O WELL LUCKILY ITS PDAY..

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU GUYS AND HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A SUPER SAFE TRIP TO PINEDALE... HAVE A LITTLE FUN BUT NOT TO MUCH FUN WITH OUT ME.. HAHA ILL CATCH YOU NEXT YEAR.. BRET HAVE A EARLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! LOVE YOU.. KEEP STAYING STRONG IN THE GOSPEL AND EVERYTHING WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPY!

MUCH LOVE AND SUPER LOVE AND EXTRAORDINARY LOVE!!

LOVE ELDER THOMAS JAY KIRTON!

Sweet Bike

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Sunset in Iowa!

HEY!! HELLO!! HEY!!

It’s been another great week here in the mission field, in the Waukee Iowa! Draper Days sounded super fun.. and the boys look like they are definitely ready for a good hunt.. haha.. Ryan is down for a little bit he’s still alive that’s good.. love you man.. get better soon.. So the crazy thing is..  ,the N......, the ones we live with, were down in Utah for a little bit. I would of sent you some stuff if I would have known.. they didn’t have a whole lot of time though.. Brother N...........s dad lives pretty close to the Draper temple, small world huh?. Keep having plenty of fun!

This week we experienced a few new changes in the ward. On Thursday we had sisters come into the ward, like I was telling you about.. We split the ward, now we don’t get to see everyone we’ve been working with as much. It’s all good though, the work will move forward faster with two sets here now.. The whole zone now has two sets of missionaries in every ward. so its super cool to see the hastening of the work happen right in front of us. We didn’t have a lot of time this week to do a lot of missionary work, do to the changes and stuff, we’ve been getting a lot of stuff ready for the new missionaries coming in.. it’s all part of the zone leader stuff, we have a good time with it though. I really enjoy doing it all as well..

This Sunday we had a crazy thing happen at church... one of the recent converts that was baptized about a year ago, decided to come to church.. but.. he came with a bat and wasn’t too happy with the church and what’s going on with his life. Luckily he didn’t do anything super crazy.. We had to go out with our ward mission leader, who happens to be a cop, and talk to him a little bit. Everything worked out great and no one was hurt.. Things that people will do sometimes.. people are crazy..

We had a couple of great lessons this week, with a few of the investigators that we’ve been working with.. Sometimes I wonder how people can deny the spirit when it hits them super hard.. But hey we just have to help them recognize it, because the gospel is true and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is Christ’s church here on the earth, God will answer anyone if they will but ask God with faith in Christ, a sincere heart and real intent! The great thing about the work is that it is so true and that’s something no one can take from me at all... No matter the bad times and hard times, you can always know that the work is true and that motivates you to do better.. I love the work!

LOVE ELDER KIRTON!                                                                                                   
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Strength in numbers!

 

 

HEY THERE!!!! YOU’RE THE BEST!! FAM! EVER!!

SO, THE WEEK HAS BEEN SUPER FUN! WEVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF MISSIONARY WORK.. JUST LIKE ALWAYS... HAHA THAT’S WHY IT’S ALWAYS THE BEST WEEK EVER! JUST DO MISSIONARY WORK AND YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE GREAT WEEKS, NO MATTER THE SITUATION! IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD A FUN WEEK WITH MRS. WILSON AND THE WARD! I HOPE WE WILL HAVE A FEW MORE WARD ACTIVITIES COMING UP IN THE FUTURE.

MAN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING ON MISSIONS IN THE WARD, WHICH IS SUPER AWESOME, WE ALWAYS NEED MORE MISSIONARIES OUT HERE! NICOLE IS TOTALLY GOING TO COME TO THE IOWA DES MOINES MISSION.. HAHA WOULDN’T THAT BE SUPER CRAZY! WELL SHE WOULD BE IN THE BEST MISSION IN THE WORLD, SO .. YA... OCT IS THE DAY.. THAT’S COOL, I BET YOU ARE ALL ANXIOUS FOR THAT DAY..

THE MISSIONARIES THAT GOT INTO THE CAR WRECK ARE DOING A LOT BETTER, THE ONE JUST HAS TO DO A LITTLE REHAB FOR A WHILE, DO TO THE FACT THAT HE HAD BRAIN TRAMA! I SAW SOME PICTURES OF THE CAR THE OTHER DAY, AND MAN.. YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE THAT HE COULD OF WALKED AWAY FROM THE WRECK.. BUT THE LORD WATCHES OVER US ALL!

ON TUESDAY, I WAS SICK FOR ABOUT HALF THE DAY, WITH A SINUS INFECTION, BUT MEDS.. ALWAYS SEEM TO FIX THAT.. HAHA THAT WAS THE ONLY BAD PART OF THE WHOLE WEEK!

THE OTHER EXCITING NEWS FOR THE WEEK IS, THAT WE ARE GETTING SISTERS IN OUR AREA. WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO SPLIT THE AREA AND STUFF. THEY WILL BE COMING IN ON THURSDAY. IT WILL HELP US OUT A LOT, ITS SUPER HARD TO GET EVERYTHING DONE THAT YOU WANT TO HERE. WE JUST DONT HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO DO IT. WE WILL THEN HAVE A SUPER SMALL AREA, MOST LIKELY THE SMALLEST THAT I’VE EVER BEEN IN! ABOUT 2 MILES BY 3 MILES.. THIS NEXT TRANSFER IS GOING TO BE CRAZY, O YA BY THE WAY I’M STAYING IN WAUKEE AGAIN.. YES! WAUKEE IS THE BEST! SO THAT MEANS THAT I’LL BE IN THIS AREA FOR 6 MONTHS! ELDER MAUGHAN IS ALSO STAYING! WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TRANSFER AND HOPEFULLY BAPTIZE A FEW PEOPLE!

ON SATURDAY THERE WAS A BAPTISM FOR THE DES MOINES WARD, IT’S THE ASSISTANCE'S WARD. THE FAMILY THAT GOT BAPTIZED, IS THE FAMILY THAT WE’VE BEEN HELPING TEACH. SINCE THEY ARE ALWAYS OUT OF TOWN. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO SEE THEM GET BAPTIZED THIS PAST SATURDAY! THERE WERE 7 TOTAL THAT GOT DUNKED! H...... ALSO CAME TO THE BAPTISM SO THAT WAS A BLESSING AS WELL.. ONE OF THESE DAYS WE ARE GOING TO GET HIM AND HIS FAMILY BAPTISED!

WELL THIS WEEK BEEN AMAZING AND THE NEXT 6 SHOULD BE AWESOME TOO.. SO A THE RELEASE DATE IS GOING TO BE THE 14 OF FEBRUARY.. MOST LIKELY .. IT’S NOT SET IN STONE, BUT IT’S A GOOD GUESS..

ENOS IS A REALLY GOOD CHAPTER THAT TALKS ABOUT PRAYER. UM.. D&C 9 IS ALSO A GOOD ONE TO.. IT HELPS UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN RECEIVE ANSWERS TO OUR PRAYERS.. HOPEFULLY THESE ARE GOOD, I JUST KNOW THAT WE COULDN’T DO MISSIONARY WORK WITHOUT PRAYER! IT WOULD BE SUPER HARD AND IT JUST WOULDN’T WORK VERY WELL.. WHEN YOU PRAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IT CAN COME IN ANYWAY SHAPE OR FORM.. THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE.. ETC.. BUT IT DOES WORK!

I LOVE YOU ALL AND HOPE YOU HAVE A SUPER AMAZING WEEK!

MUCHO LOVE ELDER KIRTON!!

THANKS FOR THE PACKAGE KARA AND THE LETTERS!!

 

Frizbee Golf Fun

O Family! who aret in Utah,                          

Yes it has been a fun week for us as well, with the 4th and other exciting things that have happened this week with the new mission president. I did get the package you sent, thanks so much for everything! We already ate all of the popcorn though.. haha it was great.

The fourth of July was a super fun day for us, we were out doing missionary work till about 6 and then had to park the car, so no drunk drivers will hit us.. So we basically get an extra pday from 6 and on. The O..... family had us over, they are from Brazil, so they really know how to throw a party. Sorry I didn’t get any picks for you. That same night we watched very few fireworks and more fireflies. haha yah the fire flies are out again, I wish you could see them they are super sweet! But anyway that wase basically our day. So did you do a lot of fireworks? 

Nicole going on a mission is super super sweet! It’s something that is super hard to describe, but so worth every minute of it. It’s a perfect time to go, there’s no reason to wait. Well mom it looks like you’ll have a couple more years ahead of you. haha.. no worries though, when doing the Lords work, he provides safely as long we’re obedient. So when are the papers going in? I bet she goes out of the country.. anyway I am way excited for her!

So we’ve been teaching this kid named K.... F..... lately, he’s only 19. He’s one of the smartest kids I’ve ever taught before. That’s a good thing, but also a bad thing. He came to church on Sunday, so that was way awesome. H.... is also doing great and always has some  crazy stories that he shares with us. He’s such a great man, hopefully we can get him baptized soon:)

It’s hard to believe that this transfer is already over next week, it sure fills like it was yesterday. The things that I have learned are very hard to put in words, at least all of them. The more I learn about the gospel the more it seems to make sense to me, why where here and what we need to do to return to our Father in Heaven. Keep reading and praying always so the spirit of the Lord can be with you, so will not be tempted. How’s the reading and praying going?.. every day?

Well the summer is hot and well here in Iowa. We just got done playing a little Frisbee golf with Brother S......, it was a great time. I hope you all have a great summer and enjoy the pool! We will talk really soon, like next week. Be safe you all! loves all around!!

LOVE ELDER KIRTON!!

News from TJ

The whole zone from last month.

 

 



Dear Family!!

It’s so good to hear from you this week! We have had a good week and we’re able to meet our new mission President yesterday. President Jensen and Sister Jensen are super sweet! I am excited to serve with him and get to know a little bit more about him and his life. We learned a little bit about him yesterday, he’s a pretty well known man to some. He’s created the GPS system that the army uses and has like 40 well known books that have been published. He is definitely a well educated man and a very spiritual man at that. I know that it’s going to be lots of fun for the next 7 months that I have left.

I hope Ryan gets better soon, so he can head back out as soon as possible. President Jensen announced a few of the new things that will be happening here in the future of missionary work. I am excited to see the new changes take place and see how they will impact the way we find and teach. One of the big changes will mostly be, is the use of the Internet, we received word that we could possibly be getting some apple equipment... ipad or something like that.. It’s going to be interesting. I will most definitely be updating you on it here in the future.

When President Jensen arrived on Saturday June 29th, he received a call that no mission president would ever want to hear. A couple of missionary’s were hit in their car, while driving back to their apartment. It wasn’t just any old crash. One of the missionary had to be life flighted to the Des Moines hospital. The other missionary is doing well and is out of the hospital right now. the other is still in intensive care and hasn’t woken up all the way yet. It’s a super stressful time for him as a new mission president. It goes to show that there are two forces at work right now, but I know that the Lord will assist in the great cause of missionary work. It has been an interesting start for us with the new mission president, one that we hopefully unite us more!

So this past week we’ve been working with a few people. H….. and T…. have been a focus of ours, for a few weeks now. The other day we went over to invite him to a bbq that the members were putting on... so H…. has this brand new 2013 dodge charger right.. so we asked him when he was going to give us a ride in it, he’s just like, well one of these days come over and all let you take it out for a spin.. the down side is that one of the rules is no driving members or others cars.. I just thought it was super funny. They are doing well, T…… brought a bunch of friends to church, so I hope everything will continue going well with them.

For the good news.. Everything is well in Waukee! We are enjoying our p-day today and will try to have some fun. How about all of you? So it’s super hot there and you’ve got the pool up, sounds fun:) We are still enjoying mild summer temperatures right now. The work must still go on! I love you all and hope that you have a great 4th of July weekend!
Make sure to watch that Sunday broadcast I was talking about! it’s great! love you!

LUVVVVVVVVV ELDER kiRtoN!!;)