Christmas in the mission field

Happy Thanksgiving

I love you all dearly and hope that you find solace and love this season. I've been writing 1000 things I am grateful for and it's opened my eyes to see what the Lord has blessed me with. Thank you for everything that you do and for all of your love.

Love you and see you soon.

Halloween

Who needs trick or treating when you can play Zombie Nerf War with the missionaries.

Called to Serve

Missionary hike


Crazy sisters (Penrod, Brown & Kirts)

6 Months- it seems like only yesterday

I still can't believe that I have hit my 6-month mark. It seems like only yesterday that I was at the airport saying goodbye and then at the MTC wondering what the heck I had done. Well those days are long gone, most of the time. We have had a great week out here and it just seems to be getting better by the minute. Things are going well with my new companion Sister Penrod. She's really outgoing and really has a desire for the work. It's really made me be bolder and have a louder voice (not literally).

We have a few people scheduled to be baptized this month and we are super excited to have them enter the waters of baptism. They have all shown such great faith, commitment and love.

I love you all and am so blessed to call you family. Thank you for all that you do and the support that you are to me and my family.

Love,

Sister Kirts

So I got a newbie...again...

Dear Mom and all who take the time to read this,

This week I found out who my new companion was. Her name is Sister Penrod and she is from Indiana. It think it's so true that even though I'm not serving a foreign mission I definitely have had some foreign companions. I mean Idaho, Denmark and Indiana are WAY different than I expected. I told Sister Penrod and my previous companion Sister Brown that we have a gardener and they about fell over. They were all floored that we didn't do our own gardening....let's just say I felt a little stupid.....Oh well, it's supporting the illegal economy of California....now isn't that what it's all about?

Onto the rest of the week: Well President Miller, my mission President, told Sister Penrod, Who loves to work out that she would love me because I love to work out. Now I don't really know where he got that information from, I mean I love playing sports, but running aimlessly has never been one of my favorite pastimes. Needless to say she has kicked my rear a bit in getting me to run faster and harder...need I remind her that we are up in the mountains and we have NO oxygen up here....I mean come on....I know, I know, it's good for me, but it's just taking me a while to get used to it.

We are still living above the barn house and let's just say that I'm still getting used to having spiders crawl up through the drain when I am showering. I didn't expect to have that happen here, but oh well. At least I saw it...That was a good thing.

We got to play volleyball today and it was awesome. They have sand courts out here and I love to play on them. It feels like were at the beach, other than the rain it was pretty awesome. We played with the other missionaries and then we went and grabbed some of the best Mexican food ever. I really love those dirty places and we finally found one in park city. yay!!!

Now onto my purpose, I guess that I should get to that sooner, seeing as I am a missionary. Well let's get onto the spiritual side of things. It has been amazing to see how the Lord prepares people in our path and that at times we have to move a different way to be able to meet those people. Three of those people are a family. The Mother's name is Christine and she is amazing. She has been through a lot with her kids and on her own. She is progressing really well and it has been great to see here grow in her faith in Christ. Her children are adorable. They are so excited every time they get to go to primary.

We also found an amazing woman through a member. She was so prepared by the Lord it's not even funny. She is an at home care giver and she was at a home when some sisters were guess what....visit teaching....and she asked if she could meet with missionaries...can you believe that....she wanted us....How cool is that. Well we went and talked with her and she was so amazing. She had lost her mother about a year ago and was just so unsure about where she was and what had happened to her. I was just able to bare witness of the plan of salvation and that her mother was learning the same thing right now. That this is the true church and that she can gain that knowledge for herself. She was so excited and she agreed to be baptized at the beginning of September.

I also got a visit from an amazing friend, Emy Dambara this week which really brought my mood up and things are great with the new greenie. I don't really know why I keep training, but it's harder than I thought. But I figure the Lord qualifies.

I love you all and hope that all is well.

Love,

Sister Kirts

Thank You

I am still learning what Heavenly Father's plan is for me out here, but I have been able to see that as I place everything in a so-called box if I forget my life and focus on this short time that I have to serve him with all of my might that I am able to find out what it is that he needs from me. I hope to accomplish all that he has for me to do here. It's a beautiful place to be and I know that the Lord provides for us when we are mindful of what he wants from us.

It's getting a little hot out here for my taste and I’m glad that winter is only a month or two away. I still can't believe how fast the times go but as I've heard it said that we only have 18 months to devote and we must to all that we can.

I appreciate so much all of the support and love I feel from each of you each and every day. I appreciate all that you do for me and my family. You mean the world to me and I am so happy for the opportunity to know you. You have all been wonderful examples in my life and I know that I would not be here without you.

Sister Brown and I talked about that this week as we have been working on confidence and thinking about what really brought me out here, it wasn't really just one thing. It was a culmination of events and things that took place at a certain time in my life. I know that the Lord prepares us for all that will be placed in our path and I know that he will be there to help us.

I love you all and hope that you are all doing well.

Love,

Sister Allison Kirts