The key

Sorry the blog wasn't up sooner, between mine and my parents computers both upgrading to windows 10 I haven't been able to get them (ether computer) to let me put the cool, awesome pictures up :(


My address is....  
111 Dewers St apt 204 Aurora IN 47001

Hey there momma,
Hold on you can't have a heart attack, I'm doing just fine. I didn't move to far away, I just moved a couple county's down. I'm in a place called Aurora Indiana. It has been quite the week nether me or my companion have been in this area before, and so we don't know anything really about what's going on. I met the old mayor tracking and we are now teaching him, it has been really cool plus he gave me the key to the city!!! I will send it home soon. I hope that everything is going well on your half the world.

Hey dad,

I hope everything is ok, this week has been awesome. I am in Aurora Indiana it is a tiny town right on the Ohio river. It over looks Kentucky on one side, and Ohio on the other while I sit on my back porch in Indiana. It has been pretty sweet my companion is Elder Hamption, he is from Dallas Texas. He is a champ we get along great, we were both put in this area at the same time though so we don't really know any one or anything. We are really just trying to figure it out, so my new assignment is to re open this area. The prez closed it down 4 months ago because of circumstances, but has asked me and elder Hamption to re open it and try to make things happen. So far it has been one of the best experiences as a missionary even though it has been hard, we are meeting a lot of people and the ward is so excited to have the elders back. It has been great, they have been super supportive. The ward just became a ward about a year ago, so things are growing around really well. A lot of people from across the river in Cincinnati move over here to get out of the city.
well, I love you dad

Transfer Day!!!

 

we got to hear from Elder Cox this week! He was super sad that he was leaving all his friends in Indiana but we know he'll be good. Thanks to Susan for the pictures! I'm sure we will be getting more from the mission presidents wife :)

 

I know I'm a week behind but here's the letter from last week :)

 

This week was good because our air conditioner was fixed, but hard because of a lot of drama. You would think that missionary life would be drama free, but it is quite the opposite. I don't think that I can get away from it, but oh well ha ha. I don't know what's in store for me next because I have been having a lot of stuff going on between my zone leaders, and the mission pres.. They're going on a lot of exchanges I think to make sure I am ready for something, but it's stressing me out a lot. I guess I just have to learn that the lord has a plan, and that if I am doing what I am suppose to that everything will be taken care of, but I guess we will see what happens. Other than all that I have been doing pretty awesome, and had a good week.

 I love you mom 

love elder cox  

No better place to be

 

Hanging out with Robert at the Temple

 

The ward council has been sending us to do all the dirty work. ha ha we are going around and finding out peoples divorce dates, and get info for records, people don't like to talk about that kind of stuff. We have a girl named Michelle on date for the end of the month, she is the girl that just ran up to us in the parking lot. We are also working to get our new contact Doug on date, he is doing awesome he has no knowledge of any religion at all. He didn't know how to pray, he never had. Its like starting everything with a clean slate, its crazy cool! Other than that just working hard, our a/c went out in our apartment about 2 weeks ago. Its been on average 90 or more, and I was just getting grouchy and no sleep and it was bad. I have been blessed a lot the past few days here have been getting down to the 70s at night so I'm doing a bit better. Our landlord is going to replace the whole unit on Tuesday, so I am soooooo looking forward to that, and I think my comp is to. I have been pretty grouchy with the heat and no relief at all, its gross humid all the time but oh well. ha ha

Well i love you dad !!

Going to the temple with Doug.

 

Hi mom, sorry I didn't email you yesterday we had a big zone fun day, it was great!! We got to go and play corn hole, bean bag toss,  or in the rest of the world. ha ha

Then we played apples to apples, and then we played never have I ever, it was super fun!  Well we have had a pretty good week over here, other than our a/c going out the last 2 weeks, but they are fixing it as I write this email. I can not wait for the good night sleep that I am about to get tonight! I'm just dead dog tired today, it is just so crazy all the time. We got to go to the temple today, it was really cool I just love it!  We took our investigator Doug, and he said it was an amazing experience so we are excited to see were he goes. Other than that everything over here is pretty good,  I just got a pair of shoes from the goodwill for 4 dollars, and a couple ties. umm 1 pair of my black suit pants just died, ha ha there was no redemption, worn thin. 

 I love you so much mom thanks for being the best!!! 

Okay, so I missed a few awesome pictures from the last few weeks so I'm catching up..

 

here is the elders with Jordan at the temple for her first time doing baptisms for the dead.

the Elders taking a selfie with awesome Sister Knotts

(she also takes and posts pictures on Facebook of the elders)

Spending more time at the temple

The baptism went awesome, he is doing great. He got up at the end and bared his testimony, and is was awesome. Then earlier that day we got to go to the temple, and I just can't wait to have one right by our house. I love going to the temple so much, it just makes me feel so good. Well I got to do all the confirmations, I got to record, and witness baptisms to. It was so much fun, I just love it WOW!!!  Jordan and I are a hoot, ha ha she reminds me a lot of Kasey. They are the best, it will be hard to leave this area when I do. Other than that I keep having dreams that I have come home, and I'm wandering around and saying hi to everyone. ha ha  
Last night I was talking to dad in my dream, and I went "no way I left my boot in my closet in Indiana" and then I went "wait I have only been out almost a year, wait this has got to be a dream" ha ha Dad was just sitting there looking at me weird and then I woke up. Almost every night for the past week I have been having similar dreams to that, idk but it's weird. Guess what I talked in church on Sunday about the restoration, and my comp only spoke for 15 mins, so I had to speak for 25 mins ahhhhhh!! I did it but I kind of just felt like I was rambling, but a lot of people came up and told me good job, and that they loved my talk. so it must not have been to bad. ha ha Well I love you mommy 

Kimber,
The weekend was awesome we had a baptism, and got to take Jordan our recent convert to the temple and do baptisms for the dead with her it was awesome. The district leader is the same, ha ha and I got to do a training every Wednesday. Sometimes its hard to come up with things but it works out. It sounds like you guys are having all sorts of fun, I cant wait for my pine nuts ahhhhhh they are the best!!! ha ha  well I love you Kimber