Totally "Fort Worth" It!

Hermana Kelsey 5:4 -email-

Dear family,
I am getting transferred. I’m going to A. on Wednesday. I am super sad, because I am going to miss the people we are working with now, and there are lots of great things happening here in T. and also in K. But I know it’s where I need to go. I probably won’t get your package for a while, because it will porbably go to my old apartment. That’s okay though.
Tell people so they can send me letters!!
We had a really great week this week too. We had a competition in our district to see who could get the most new investigators in one week, and we lost, but our district got 37 new investigators. Wow! It is really cool. We had our last p-day for the people who are getting transfered from this area. It was super fun.
I’m sorry to hear about Cole. I will definitely be praying for him. He is such a good guy. I hope everything works out good. Keep me updated.
Dad: Tell Annette that I see Sister H twice a week, because we stay at their apartment when we go down to Killeen. She is a really great missionary. I’m gonna miss that girl. 🙁
That’s cool that Meg and Jase are in your ward. Where are they living now? Tell that girl that she needs to write me a letter!!!! 🙂
Riley: How is life? How is my sweet niece?! Adorable, of course. I already know that though. You should write me a real letter soon. If I have time to write letters to people than you surely have time to write a letter to me. :)Emmy: Did you get my letter? I hope so. You should send me one back soon. I hope girls camp is great for you. I always loved girls camp. I really do miss it.

Anyways, I love you all. Sorry this is so short. We took too long at p-day activity so now I have to hurry. But thank you for the birthday wishes. I’m not gonna lie, this birthday kind of sucks. I really wanted to stay in T. for another transfer. But it’ll be okay. 🙂 Bye, love ya.
Hermana Kelsey
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Howzit-Elder Flexy!


Elder Flexy 13:2 -email-

Make,

this week has been very nice we are working hard with our recent converts. we had eleven people at sacrament meeting. And we are working very hard! we went to a game park today saw some pretty sweet critters we saw elephants, rhinos, springbucks, warthogs, and an oschrich. the oschrich ate our doritos out of our hands it was pretty sweet. im glad to hear that all is going good. well there isnt a scout program here in swaziland but that would be cool. i miss camping and stuff it was so nice to go every month when dad was the scout leader those were good times. but ya Nhlangano is a cool place to be!! well love you
    Love Elder Flexy
   I had to teach Elders Quorum today the lesson was on family responsibilities I did an object lesson using the 25 lbs of lead I bought to weight pinewood derby cars and split it into four grocery bags, then I got four volunteers and told them to hold the bag with their upper arm by their side elbow at a ninety degree angle  which all could do easily. Then I took all the bags and gave them to Jase (Jase and Megan live in our ward now) to hold, he could do it but in a few seconds his forearm started shaking and he was starting to strain. Then we talked about families sharing the many duties that make a household run smoothly. If only one person does everything It gets to be too much, even if you could do it for a while.

Baba,
wow thats a cool object lesson we have to use those all the time when teaching because the people have a hard time understanding. i taught the lesson on preisthood offices to the investigators class at church it was a good lesson. we are teaching this lady named Khanisile and she is powerful she should be baptised on the thirty first of this month. well this computer cut my time short so i better go. love you. And YA!!
    Love Elder Flexy
Riley,
well its ok if you dont have a grip by the time i get there i’ll help you out i love you man. keep your head up!!!
    Love Elder Flexy
M,
 well my little sister im glad your going to camp have fun love you
    Love Elder Flexy

Favorite TV/Movie Quotes! Mr. Holland’s Opus

Mr Holland’s Opus
 
Gertrude Lang: Mr. Holland had a profound influence on my life and on a lot of lives I know. But I have a feeling that he considers a great part of his own life misspent. Rumor had it he was always working on this symphony of his. And this was going to make him famous, rich, probably both. But Mr. Holland isn’t rich and he isn’t famous, at least not outside of our little town. So it might be easy for him to think himself a failure. But he would be wrong, because I think that he’s achieved a success far beyond riches and fame. Look around you. There is not a life in this room that you have not touched, and each of us is a better person because of you. We are your symphony Mr. Holland. We are the melodies and the notes of your opus. We are the music of your life.
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A friend on the back porch!

We had a special guest at the back door, 
the other morning! 

This is him through the storm door. 

He’s kinda cute!! 

And of course you know, I laughed
and laughed, and then snapped this picture to share with you!

We don’t know if he has a name or not. 

How nice of him to visit!!

There was also a friend of his, on top of my darlin’s truck, too. 

Family History Friday: This Day In History!

If you are writing the history of one of your ancestor’s, or just trying to make a timeline of their life? A great place to see what happen in history is at 
“The History Channel”
 website.

They have a great website it is 
www.history.com 

One of the tabs across the top is called 
“This Day in History.”

You click on the tab and it will give you information about things that happened on this day in history. What if you want to know about another day in history? You can pick a day, and find out about that day too! You can find it  here!
Happy Family History Friday! Love, Joy

Totally "Fort Worth" It!

Hermana Kelsey 5:3 -email-
Mi Familia!
Hey everyone! I hope you are all doing great. This week was kind of weird, but pretty good.
Monday: I already told you a little about Monday in the last letter, but I was on exchange with Sister C. We got locked out of our van, because the clicker wouldn’t work, and for some reason some people decided not to tell us that there was a key hidden inside. It was quite an adventure. We also got to watch some fireworks from the sister’s apartment in K. It was cool, because F. was the only place in our area of Texas that got to have fireworks, because of the drought and fire dangers. So we were really lucky to get to see them.
Tuesday: I spent a LOT of time speaking in Spanish. It was really hard, and I didn’t know how to say a lot of things, but when I have to I can get by. It was pretty awesome. We ate dinner with a less active family that is in the military, and then Sister C did this funny spiritual thought with a dish towel. She told a story about a chicken, and how it was her pet, but it got run over by a car because she didn’t listen to her mom, and played in the street with it. Then she folded the towel this certain way, and when she was done it looked like one of those chickens with no head, and all it’s feather missing. It was pretty funny. The kids really liked it too.
Wednesday: We went up to W. for Zone Huddle. It was really fun. I got my real companion back. It was fun to have an exchange for a little bit, but I’m glad Sister S is back, and I don’t have to do all the talking in Spanish. 🙂 Other than that, it was kind of a bust day. We tried to see a bunch of people, and they either weren’t home or were busy and wanted us to come back later. It’s hard when we have days like that. But the good ones make it all worth it.
Thursday: Joe (one of our investigators)’s wife died. She was in the hospital, because she had cancer, but then the cancer went away, but the chemotherapy and all that ruined her insides (her kidneys were failing and her bladder had exploded). She was on life support in the hospital for a long time, but she finally passed away. It was a really hard thing for him. But I know that the things we have been teaching him are definitely helping. He wants to get baptized really bad. We’re hoping he can in a week or so. Hopefully sooner rather than later, because I might be getting transfered this transfer. 🙁 But it’ll be okay.
Friday: We studied Spanish too hard and for too long in the morning. I got a really bad migraine. But I’m still improving on it. My branch president is so cool, and he always tells me how my Spanish is getting better, and I sound like a true Hispanic. 🙂 It’s pretty awesome. I’m really not that good though. But I’m still working on it. Someday, I’ll be able to speak it fluently. Also, we tracted in a trailer park where we met some really cool people, and met a ton more Hispanic people. It was so cool. It’s pretty much a gold mine. We are stoked to be working in that area now. We have a challenge this week in our district to see who can get the most new investigators this week. We are shooting for 20 because I’m pretty sure none of the Elders will be able to get that many. 🙂 Also, if we win we get Olive Garden for free, because the losers have to buy dinner for the winners.
Saturday: We had a really great lesson with one of our new investigators, Elise. She is super cool, and she is actually the sister to one of our other investigators, Edgar, who is also really cool. She will probably get baptized someday. 🙂 Also, one of our other investigators, Lucas, professed his love for Sister S, so we can’t go see him anymore. He has a problem with falling for sister missionaries apparently. It’s sad, because he actually, legitimately was progressing towards baptism. But hopefully if Spanish Elders get put back in our area, they can go see him at some later point. Also, we had some really delicious tamales, made by one of our members. She sells them to make money, so she is like crazy good at making them.
Sunday: We had another hard day. I am now having issues with creepy guys. Our investigator Joe (see above), likes me, and when I went to shake his hand, he all tried to pull me in, and held onto my hand for way too long. It weirded me out, so I just pulled my hand away. It was gross. But it’s all good. Also, I’m to the point where I am now expecting things of people, and they are starting to disappoint me. It’s really hard. 🙁 I want to help them so much, and they don’t want to help themselves, so there is nothing I can do for them.
Today, we went to Grace (Joe’s wife)’s funeral at a Catholic church. It was really different.
I love you all!! Be safe. Have a great week.
Con amor,
Hermana KelseyP.S. Seester! I finally got your letter, and I will be writing you back sometime today. 🙂

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

Howzit-Elder Flexy!

Elder Flexy 13:1 -email-
Make,
This week has been very fun we have been going all over the place.  i’m glad the roof got fixed. and i’m glad landon has made it home safe. ya it will be cool to hang with him next year but ya. we will probably still do the same things just not all the time like we used to.  we have been working hard and having a good time. we had this young boy who is eight years old ride in a taxi alone 8 kilometers to church he is a powerful little guy,  life is good i had an interview with president, and it was nice to talk to him.  mission is fine i’m doing good. 
love you  Elder Flexy
Baba,
Dad i’m glad you’ve been working hard its good to hear all is well and that the roof is finished, we are teaching some very good people and we even had one resieve an answer to her prayers through a dream it was pretty cool. but ya love you give you mor details on how that works out next time.
    Elder Flexy
M
well i’m glad your doing well and i hope you drive safe now that you have your license. i love you little sister.
    Elder Flexy  

Sunday Best! For Keith.

Doctrine and Covenants 122:7-9
7 And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness,  and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, an shall be for thy good. 
8 The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he? 
9 Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood shall remain with thee; for their bounds are set, they cannot pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore, fear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever.
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Should we be protected always from hardship, pain, suffering, sacrifice or labor? Should the Lord protect the righteous? Should He immediately punish the wicked? If growth come from fun and ease and aimless irresponsibility, then why should we ever exert ourselves to work or learn or overcome? If success is measured by the years we live, then early death is failure and tragedy. If earth life is the ultimate, how can we justify death ever, even in old age? If we look at mortality as a complete existence, then pain, sorrow, failure, and short life could be a calamity. But if we look upon the whole life as an eternal thing stretching far into the pre-mortal past and into the eternal post-death future, then all happenings may be in proper perspective and may fall into proper place. 
-Spencer W. Kimball 
I love you, my brother!
Hope your Sunday was the Best!