Monday, July 31, 2017

notice im teaching my MTC companion, Elder Larsen. first time hearing his tagalog in a year!

hello po nay

i don't got much time for the big boy this week but i'll just say we were greatly blessed. 

thats so cool to hear about the sod at the lake. i did some sod work at the golfcourse and really enjoyed it. kinda a cool puzzle. magic as well. 

getting pretty swimming hungry tbh but i can wait. somedays i literally just imagine floating in cold water. sounds nice like everyday at 2 in the afternoon. 

i got your package! pretty rad stuff! man you have no idea how excited i was! i'll be honest i have lots of shirts now so i sent one to my trainee, hope thats fine! what i would like (and no rush) is a longsleeve, i really need another one. if it could be slim fit (bc im thin) and have that collar that buttons itself down would be gold. but the spinners are fun! a new american told me there huge back hme and i thought it was only here!!! the ones you gave sure are nice. also the pez was a good throwback! the IG books completed the collection so thats fun. super great stuff mom, thanks a million!! 

moneys been super tight bc of travel funds (our area is far from the apartment) so for actually the past couple months i've been pulling off weekly 350 peso grocery bills. ($11 CAD) its been some simple meals and telling nanays were hungry :). 

I had a pretty cool experience in a different companionships area in the Zone called Naguilian. so we had a little suprise visit for them to go over some things and afterwards i was chatting with their older land lady who lives on the property and pretty quickly asked her when the last time narries shared to her. said its been like 10 years! every day she sees and talks to the missionaries but this was the first time in years where one has asked to teach her! so the 4 of us taught her an overview of the restoration of the gospel (Our Heavenly Father, gospel blesses families, prophets, Christs church He established, the great apostasy, the first vision, book of mormon, and praying to know). within 5 minutes my companion (who has been assigned in that area but didnt teach her before) gives her a baptisimal date. man it was a super cool lesson. highlight for sure!!! felt something pretty special :) 

Elder Kearl 







Monday, July 24, 2017

everyone like everyday says my nose is huge btw

#KrinDesigns hooking up :)


Hello Po Nay,

This week has been with a really cool day on splits in an area just north of Cauayan called Naguilian. I was with an Elder Andaya who i actually was with for my whole 6 months in Dupax! my first area! it was great working with him! anyway we were teaching an RM who served in Hawaii but doesn't always come to church and just in the beginning a white man comes down the stairs! i couldn't believe my eyes! nagulat ako talaga! but then i talked with him and found out he is from england. talked for a tiny bit than asked him a question of the soul about why we are on earth. he quickly interrupts and says humans are a mistake and our life is so random with no point. poor guy. anyway i got around to testify of the restoration  of the gospel and i had an amazing opportunity to share the first vision in english. my first time ever to an investigator in english. i was really moved and felt some really strong emotions. super strong spirit and it was the only time he wouldn't interrupt while i shared the gospel to him. he might not have learned something but i sure did. anyway i was thinking about that quite a bit and thought what sad beliefs. i'm grateful that we can know of such important things and with hope we can understand our purpose as spirits having a human experience. not as humans having a spiritual experience. and that experience with him was probably one of the most powerful in my mission. 1 Cor 2:14 is such a reality! Good guy in the long run but it's good living being a Christian!! 

Not much more to add to that except i met the funniest old lady in a tricycle! her husband died like 40 years ago and i said it was too bad and stuff but she said "it's ok, i haven't had a problem since!" she made me laugh the whole time! cherish her. 84 years old, pink lipstick, just killing it! can't get enough of old people tbh. i also was bugging her about her glasses bc they were on the very edge of her tiny philipino nose (everyone like everyday says my nose is huge btw) and she carefully explained why she likes it that way. idk just funny. 

something random but an old investigator we are trying to teach again with a crazy story with the narries here has a husband living in airdrie which freaks me out! but could you tell the mulhollands that if they ever run into the guy that i say Hi and want to teach his wife? thanks.

Elder Kearl - Alma 38 (good read)
 
Sent from Sister Hiatt --- Hi Elders, I love these photos and you
 
avocado season rn so this is the daily and i love it :) 




dad would love these trikes, super epic

nana with pink lipstick

mosipag si Elder Uy :)



Monday, July 17, 2017

avocado ice cream is super weird

me and my comp!

NAY!

really don't know what to mention this week so i'll send alot of photos because "pictures are worth a thousand words" hopefully. 

on breaking news its avocado season! ive had some avocado icecream and its super weird! it tastes great and i continue to eat it but my mind is not a fan so i feel like gagging. seriously the wierdest ice cream out here. 

it's been all going very smoothly tho. i'm getting more and more excited everyday to teach and learn. it is super fun teaching, not going to lie. i have also been reviewing my life a little bit more and my approach to discipleship. it's interesting in John 21:15-19.  i think what happens when the resurrected Christ comes to his apostles. He noticed that they had immediately gone back to their same old ways like after Jesus leaves the earth. all the work that they did is as of naught. he gives them fish after a long hard day of none, sits them down, asks Peter (the one who denied him 3 days earlier) if he loves him 3 times. Peter does and he receives the council to feed His sheep. sometimes i worry i'll go home and resume to my old ways, even if they were not that bad, and not remember or just forget the things ive learned out here and all the becoming that has happened. will i get reminded? after reading my patriarchal blessing i realize things really have to be different when i go home. no comfort in the growth zone di ba? 

anyway, other than that we are teaching some very complex and interesting familys rn. very fun, but challenging. a good one is a family who is part of a korean "organization" not religion but organization. they beleive all churches are right and accept everything. they strive for world peace through religious unity but do not understand that unity is under one head. it's unity, not compromising. inter faith stuff is super important, dont get me wrong. i love it. this family is amazing tho. they have like 7 kids all with korean names and they are the most calm and respectful family i have taught. LOVE IT! it's fun teaching them and talking to them. 

tbh i dont know where this email is going but heres a taste into my life. 

ELDER KEARL


the Assitants to the President and the Assistant to the Assitants to the President


doing some teaching

this is how woke up on canada day


looks like ray charles


Sunday, July 16, 2017

hanging out with president hiatt

candid all the way and fed by sister hiatt :) life is good in cauayan :) 



Sunday, July 9, 2017

got a new comp and he is an angel from above


hey nay,

nothing much to report but i finally got a new comp!! not going to lie but this week was a little harder than some because i spent a lot of time with the missionaries who were going home and i hated it! there is so many i love and appreciate like Elders Ishibashi (my first ZL) and Elder Olsen (my roomate for 2 cycles) but their feelings of anxiety and nervousness just shed on to me and i found it super hard to sleep those nights. this word is stupid but just the worst vibes. 

BUT i got a new comp and he is an angel from above. i have never met anyone so perfect and kind and christ like in my whole life. lots to learn from the guy. i'm really getting sick of having great companions. when am i going to get a hard one?  Elder Sorronda from Mindanao (the place getting destroyed rn). goes home in september. legend. lots to learn. so little time.

ELDER KEARL!













Sunday, July 2, 2017

no pics bc i'm scared my dirty camera will crash the system at the mission office

NAY! 

it's been the strangest week yet and still no pics bc im at the mission office emailing and i'm scared my dirty camera will crash the system.

so on wednesday after having Elder Uy's childhood friend stay the night i had an interview with president, then Elder Uy did. than me again and Elder Uy is the new assistant! and he's absolutely terrified! but because of that i have not had a companion in my area since wednesday and all the way until the next wednesday. and it has been hectic trying to find people to be with. but every morning i go with the assistants to the office and than i plan solo, perosonal study, no companion so no companionship study and than CLS and spend the rest of the day till lunch helping in the office. i worked a couple days with just members from the branch and just the feeling of not having a companion made me so sad and lonely! but then night comes around and i'm reunited and it feels soo good! there has been sacrifices though and i've had to work in other areas which is fun but my people are thirsty over there for the gospel! also being a solo Zone Leader is part of the fun.

Saturday was neat because i went with the Assistants to the mission office because they had a meeting with president to plan a meeting for all the Leaders in the mission and president just invited me to join and help. super rad. talked about some things that are up and coming, so shhhh. also sunday night because the assistants were so busy with transfer day and all the missionaries going home i stayed with them there till like 11 and got to talk to an elder ill miss dearly: my first Zone Leader from hawaii, Elder Ishibashi. gets me pretty emotional to see him go tbh. 

another thing is Elder Olsen, the old AP and my roommate for 3 months now is going home on wednesday and i'm getting pretty antsy about it. hes just from rexburg so i hope to see him more because i'm really really close with him. getting really sick of goodbyes. 

not much else to report except my next comp is absolutely amazing. it's weird knowing your companions before you become companions but i think its time i finally have a challenging companion for once. i've been way to blessed so far. 

Lifes Good,

ELDER KEARL