Hey everyone! How are you all on this fine and lovely day?
I am doing well, I just
figured out I have changes, so I am both happy and sad. Happy to get to know more people and a new
area, but sad to leave the area that I have helped change and progress so much.
I think I have changed more in this area
than I have at any other time in my life, so I will always look back on my time
in David with gratitude to the Lord for giving me the opportunity to serve
here, and for the trials, blessings, and miracles I have passed through
here.
This last Friday, we had
a triple zone conference with the President of the Central America Area, Elder
Carlos Amado. He is known for being a
speaker who machetes a lot, so a lot of missionaries were saying they were a
little nervous about what he was going to talk about. But, as it says in the Book of Mormon, the
truth is only hard to the unrighteous. The Lord knows the desires of my heart to be obedient, and that I am trying, so I
wasn't nervous. It was one of the best conferences
I have attended, and I had the cool experience of singing “Oh My Father” to the
tune of “Come Thou Fount” and play it on the trusty guitar. Hermana W sang with me and it was
great! Elder Amado talked about learning to understand the language of
the spirit. He talked first about how
the gringos learning Spanish have a hard time, and then macheted the Latin
missionaries because they are not learning English, and told them that it is a
commandment for them to learn English.
He also talked a lot
about marriage and life after the mission, and he said that we should get
married as soon as we can after the mission, not to wait. That freaked me out a
little! haha! But it was a great
conference, and as I have tried to put the things I learned into practice in my
life, I have felt so much happier these past three days! I am trying to be as obedient
as I can to the mission rules right now!
Yesterday we made the
mac and cheese, and it turned out good! Not
as good as when mom makes it, but it was good, and everyone loved it! We made it with the Riasco family, the same
family we ate Christmas dinner with, and the root beer pulled pork with. They
want to come visit so they can eat mom's cooking!
Going back to school eh?
That is awesome, I know you guys will do
great! I am super excited to get home and go right off to school! It talks about education in my patriarchal
blessing, and I really am anxious to get back and begin studying. Speaking of that, as you know, all things will
be happening at Utah State after the mission, but only if you can help me apply
there while I am in the mission. Could
you guys look into that please? President gives us permission to use internet
to apply for colleges, but I don’t even know where to start, plus I don’t have
any of my transcripts. If you could look
into that for me, I would be very grateful! Thanks!
Also, Tyler emailed me, and told me he has a job waiting for me when I get home with L and M's trucking company! I just told
him Sundays off, and I am in…quite a blessing to have connections like that. Well, not much more time. I will let you know next week what comes of
changes! I love you all so much!
Love,
Elder Austin Michael
Kipp
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