Ka Ka Kenora

Hello Friends and Family from the beautiful area of Kenora!

Winter is approaching very rapidly, all the beauitful trees are bare, and snow is coming and going as if I were in utah. so that is pretty interesting, I brougt the weather with me! However Kenora is still beautiful, and I am enjoying my time with Elder Ruth, he had a hard first half of his training, but since I had a tough training as well, we get along and I am able to help him out better.

So. The work. Kenora branch does not like new members or baptisms, which is strange, because it's what the prophet (so really Heavenly Father) has asked us to do, and they do not want it! there are a lot of difficulties with that, but despite this we are progressing people quite nicely. Our most prominent investigators right now are Michelle (hey look mom!), who is a 9 year old foster child, Derold, a native man in his thirties who only has one tooth, Kevin, a farmer who is really great and takes us up to the canyon to chop trees down and work on his cabin, and Ken, who is a 91 year old man. Pretty interesting group, but hopefully as we work more and do our bet to find new people, they will progress into becoming faithful members of the church.

My spiritual thought this week has to do with moroni 10:32. I have learned from this that if we live a faithful life, and do the best that we can, that the Lord will allow us to become perfected through Him. Through Christ, we can become perfected. I love this concept, and I am so grateful for that knowledge, and I hope that I can help others enjoy the blessings of that knowledge as well.

I love you all, I am grateful for your support, and I hope you each have a wonderful week!

With Love,

Elder Kendall

Kenora

Hello friends and family from the beautiful area of Kenora, ontario!

 

Seriously, this place is like a dream. There are so many lakes, and trees, and rocky terrain, I feel like I am home, besides the tall mountains. Kenora is right by a lake that has 14,000 islands, and it is seriously one of the most beautiful areas I have ever been in. I am happy to be hear, desite the unique challenges.

 

the population that I have to work with is about 7500, which is a lot lower than the 50,00-75,000 I had in Winnipeg. But i know we will find prepared people. Also, Elder Ruth and I ( by the way, Elder Ruth is great) are walking elders, so that will be a unique challenge. The branch has told us they don't want us baptizing anyone, they like the branch the way it is, so that is strange, but it will all work out. I am running short on time, but I hope that you all have a wonderful week, thank you for your support! Love you all!

 

With Love,

Elder Kendall

Good Bye- North End Winnipeg

Hello friends and family from the city of Winnipeg, Canada!

 

at least for one more week. This thursday is our transfer day, and I will be going to Kenora, Ontario province, to train Elder Ruth in the Kenora branch!  I am looking forward to it, it will be a new adventure and a new opportunity to preach the gospel, in a much smaller city. It will be different, but wonderful at the same time. Elder Ruth is from Texas, and he attended BYU-I before his mission, that is about as much as I know. I actually am just doing the second half of his training, and then we will see what I do from there!

 

It is exciting to be a part of something new, but I am going to miss the gateway ward, and the North End area. I learned so much here, and the ward took a completely 180 degree turn from when I first came into the mission, and it is great to see that I was able to contribute to that, however, it is kind of tough to leave the people I have been teaching, especially Janese and Darrell. Both of them asked me to baptize them, and because of various circumstances I wasn't able to. Usually I am not one to dwell on numbers, but it is kind of hard when I looked back and realized that only 1 of the 9 people that I had set baptismal dates with was able to be baptized while I was here, but I guess that is how these things go. At least I can say that I gave this area my all, and that I will continue to do so in Kenora. Wherever the Lord calls me, I will serve with all I've got.

 

My spiritual thought this week is found in 1 nephi 15:8. Our stake President gave a talk on questions in the Book of Mormon at a recent stake conference, and he explained that there are 543 questions asked in the Book of Mormon (I think). So, this is a question that Nephi asks to his brethren: "have ye inquired of the Lord?" I think this is so profound, regardless of its simplicity, and this is a question that we can always ask ourselves. Whenever we have a problem to overcome, a decision to make, a burden that needs lifting, we can ask ourselves, "have we inquired of the Lord?" the Lord wants to bless us, he wants to help us, and I know that if we will turn to Him, he will give us the blessings that he is anxious to give. I love my savior, and I am grateful to be in His service.

 

I love you all, thank you so much for the support, and I hope that you all have a wonderful week!

 

With Love,

Elder Kendall