Hello my family and friends! You can wake up now, September is over, haha. Hope you all enjoyed General Conference. I know I certainly did. So let me start by telling you how the week went. Lately we have been working hard to find new investigators to replace the ones that are being baptized. It's been hard the last couple of weeks to find people that want to listen to us. But this week we were blessed with five new investigators. It was very exciting, and they all seem like really faithful people who are motivated to change their lives and come in line with Christ. So we had a little fun with the district on Wednesday. We had our district meeting and when we were on exchanges with our district leader the week before I mentioned that it might be fun to do an Asian DTM. He loved the idea so we had an Asian DTM. It was really fun, but we also learned a lot too. We also were able to have a baptism between conference sessions which was really cool. The guys name is Tony Mondragon and he has basically been waiting two years to turn 18 so that he can be baptized. There were tons of people there and it was really awesome to see how long he was willing to wait to make that covenant.
So conference was awesome! Saturday we watched it at two different members houses who were in the same ward as Tony. They cooked us food and made sure we were comfortable so that was really nice. Sunday we watched it with the Spanish branch, which was cool. We had to wear headphones, but I felt like I was on my mission in Mexico or something. I also got to work on my Spanish as I talked to people. The talks were amazing. I really liked the talks by Sister Thompson and Elder Cook. Elder Cook said something that really helped me. He said we should not mourn for opportunity lost. It really helped because I've been reflecting a lot about when I came home and the opportunities I lost. But it helped me to know that I'm back out and doing the Lord's work, so I shouldn't be worrying about the past. President Erying is always my favorite. He always has personal stories and you can tell he has a tender heart. President Monson is always hilarious. I think he knows he is trying to be funny, but he also helps us feel the Spirit and strive to be better as members of the church. I love it when he talked about the Beatles saying "All you Need is Love" which people tell me all the time and I tell them it's not true. Now I have a prophet to back me up, haha.
I talked to President Pitts about when I'll know where I'll be reassigned to. From talking to him I'll most likely be reassigned somewhere in the states, but ultimately it's up to an Apostle. He said he'll put in a recommendation around October 17 and I'll know probably right before I leave. So I'll probably know in about a month what is going to happen.
I think the best spiritual thought this week is to take a talk from Conference and over the next 6 months really try to apply it to your life and live it. The talks are modern revelation to prophets and apostles and they are meant for us RIGHT NOW!!! If you can't remember everything, that's alright. Just try to remember a talk where you felt the Spirit the most and look it up online. Mark it, take notes, and make goals of how you can better live that principle in your life. I promise as you do so you will be better prepared for the challenges you will face over the next six months. I love you all and pray that we can all do our very best to follow the teachings we learn from the Lord's chosen servants.

Godspeed,
Elder Kendall

Hello family and friends. Fall is here and it is great. I think fall is my favorite season. What a week. So a couple of experiences we've had. Tuesday we split of and I was able to see this guy named Andrew who we've had a hard time seeing lately. We went over to his house earlier in the day and didn't see him, so we tried again towards the end of the day. He was home and let us in and told us about some of the problems he's been having. He asked for me to give him a blessing. It was amazing, the words weren't even from me, but it was exactly what he and his wife needed to hear. I think he trusts us a lot more now and were meeting him on a regular basis. So we have these two investigators named Kyle and Rika. They are from Vegas and they are living with Kyle's grandma here in Payson. They are super awesome and golden. They're both about 20 years old and they've never heard of the church until they moved here. They always have the most profound questions and are amazing about going to church and reading the scriptures. They want to be baptized, but they can't until they either get separate housing or get married, which is hard right now because they don't have jobs and are living with Kyle's grandma. But we love teaching them and they are super awesome. Saturday Elder Billy and I had the opportunity of baptizing two kids named Michael and Malcolm. They are the funniest little kids, they remind me of Trevor and Cameron. But there was only one problem. We forgot to call someone to fill up the font, which takes approximately three hours. We had to rush there to start filling it up and the sisters came and helped us take pictures of water from the bathroom into the font. It was an adventure, but they were baptized and it was really cool. So those were some experiences I've had, but not a bad week.
So spiritual thought of the week. One saying you hear a lot on your mission is, "Be the kind of missionary that your mother thinks you are." It's a good thought to motivate yourself when you feel like being disobedient or to not try as hard as you should. But I was thinking about family and how when I think about you guys I always remember the good times. Sure we've had our down times and argued, just like any other family, but every time I think of memories they are always good and I see us as being a perfect family. So my thought for the week, "Be the kind of family that I think we are." Obviously we won't be perfect, but every time there is an argument or things seem to be down, remember that we should try to make positive memories that we can remember for the rest of our lives. I'm almost sure that any argument we have only has small importance, but if we let it get out of hand it will have lasting consequences. I know you all love each other very much and can do what it takes to always love and support one another. So that's my thought for the week. Stay strong, say your prayers, read your scriptures. Be like Christ and try to serve others. Love you tons and can't wait to hear from you.

Godspeed,
Elder Kendall