Thanks for the emails and pictures!! Love
you guys. It was fun to re-live the moment that I arrived from HT with Jami's pictures. I'm sure she loved it just like you guys have said. It
is literally a trip of a lifetime. Like her, I learned and grew a lot on
that trip. It was really cool to see Kaylee out there on the northwest
coast with Madi. It looks beautiful up there, honestly. Kaylee sure has
grown up...she is the one that probably has grown up the most since
I've been out here. Mom, Dad, I'm glad you guys had a great time on you
anniversary celebration. You deserve it. Haha Dad I got a kick out of
the pictures of Brooks that you sent me. He's a cute little kid and I'm
sure he'll be really good at sports when he's older. Thanks for the ward
missionary news. Our ward is seriously on fire right now. Last night my
mind was going a hundred miles an hour. It dawned on me that in 2 weeks
I'll be giving my homecoming talk. That is honestly going to be a very
strange experience for me. I'm just not used to talked about the Gospel
in English...but we'll see how it goes. This Sunday is fast Sunday,
so I'm going to head up there and give a final testimony in Spanish :)
Tell Jami that I'm also excited to share experiences from HT with her.
It'll be fun. Mom, good luck with all the school stuff. I'm sure you an
expert now with the years of experience that you now have as a teacher.
Dad I'm sure it was weird for you to not have any kids at the Coon
reunion...did anyone make fun of you guys?? haha
Anyway you asked me how this week went, and how the
work has been going. Elder Conrad and I killed it this week. We taught a
ton of lessons to investigators and we also we were able to visit our recent
converts. It was a good week. Manuel and Pedro from that reactivating
family are doing really good, but they weren't able to get baptized this Sunday.
Their dad obviously wants to baptize them, and we also want it to
happen that way. He wasn't able to get an interview with the bishop
because of his work. We have the goal to baptize them this Sunday the 3rd of
August...lets hope and pray!! Also, we saw Leonardo again this week. He
got back from Puebla, and we saw him a few times this week. He told us
how he was having trials from family and friends telling him not to get
baptized and stuff. After some cool experiences with prayer, he is super
excited to get baptized again!! He also went to church, and we invited
him to be baptized on the 3rd of August as well and he accepted. I'm
really excited!! He wants to go on a mission already and everything.
He's 22 years old. This week we want to have a super good one. I want to
finish well and with no regrets.
Thanks Dad for what you said. It's true I thought
about all the things that I've done and learned and the way that I've
served and being able to make it all the way to the end, and honestly I
feel great. It's a satisfying feeling, but I still have a wee left, so
I'm not done yet! I want to thank all of you for your amazing support,
prayers, and encouragement. I couldn't have done it without you. I LOVE
MY MISSION and I know I've served where the Lord wanted me to serve. I
LOVE THIS PEOPLE, LANGUAGE, AND COUNTRY. Part of me is really sad to be
ending..and leaving this place, but obviously I'm excited as well. After
all that being said, I still haven't quite understood that fact that I'm
on my last week...anyway..the Church is true. Jesus Christ is our savior and Redeemer. I know that we have divine potential to become
like our Father in Heaven thanks to our great example and friend; even
the Son of the Living God, Jesus Christ. Our Father send His Son because
He loves us and wants us to inherit all that he has. What a blessing.
con amor,
Elder Ryan Kitchen
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