HEY HEY EVERYONE! WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS!
- The exchange with Elder Potter... I'll explain
later... #SplashElders
- Got a cute pic with a lil kitty. #CougarsDontRoar
(check pics)
- GOT A CARE PACKAGE WITH MY MOMS SALSA!!!! GREAT ODINS
RAVEN. First thing to go into the new fridge. Thank you for the peanut butter
balls and everything else! The notes were great! No doubt the beautiful artwork
from Z and Diz were the best!
-New apartment is sweeeeeeeet. But I miss the fresh
chicken eggs and morning jogs in the middle of nowhere. As we left the trailer
I felt like the dude from "Interstellar" when he's crying as he drives away. We
had the dirt road and everything. Just needed some Hans Zimmer (just for you
@PMarti)
- members gave us some stuff for the new apartment...we got a grilled cheese maker!!! I promise I'll take better care of this one than the one Jared and I destroyed last year while living in the bunker.
- ate deer for the first time, pretty dang good
- TOY STORY 4 IN
JULY OF 17 AND DISNEY ANNOUNCES STAR WARS LAND!!!
Journal entry for that day is a good one. #MMDH
- played a game of 21 after grabbing some Mickey D's for
lunch. This is after I saw on Facebook that Michael Jordan died. I was heart
broken. Other elders were around 12-18 points
I was still at 0....Then I told myself... I'm doing it for Space Jam. Made a
stormin comeback, hit a 3 to get me to 20 then had the free throw to win it. Elder Potter, Schneider and McMahon were getting their
taunting game on. Was told I had my zipper down... It wasn't... SO I ZIPPED IT
DOWN. Pictured the mountains behind the hoop, moon in the sky,
spot light to my left, sex panther to my right, punch bag down at my feet,
"I go back" by ma boy Kenney Chesney in my ears.
.... Swish! Most inspired ball I have played, Just for you MJ. I
still think you pushed off but I hope you enjoy ballin up in the spirit world,
you are no doubt the GOAT. RIP MJ.
- had another wonderful elders quorum. This weeks topic -
talking about how Belgrade PD needs to start carrying bows rather than guns...
Like I said, one does not simply walk out of elders
quorum with faith in the Belgrade police department. These guys are straight up
like the Manns, Jared, Team Beta Alpha, the Leprechaun, and myself.... I think
that's why I love elders quorum
Another pretty sweet week. No doubt the main highlight
being the exchange with Elder Potter.
We both have a month of experience out here so I was kind
of nervous but oh man it was awesome!!! First great experience being at dinner
with a member. The Richards. I got to meet Ratchet. the most awesome puppy ever, our
selfie game is strong. Elder Potter and I were about to start our lesson then
they stopped us, said that we are still teaching but they want us to try a
different teaching approach. They had us pull out a BoM and flip to a random page
and put our finger down and pick a random scripture. We next read the scripture
out loud and had to teach a lesson tying the two scriptures together. Scripture
roulette. They said we are at a disadvantage cause we are on exchanges and haven't
had much experience with each other... They had obviously never heard a lesson
from the #SplashElders
I picked Helaman 5:6 (so close to Helaman 5:12!!!!)
6 Behold, my sons, I desire that ye should remember to
keep the commandments of God; and I would that ye should declare unto the
people these words. Behold, I have given unto you the names of our first
parents who came out of the land of Jerusalem; and this I have done that when
you remember your names ye may remember them; and when ye remember them ye may
remember their works; and when ye remember their works ye may know how that it
is said, and also written, that they were good.
Elder Potter picked Jacob 2:21
21 Do ye not suppose that such things are abominable unto
him who created all flesh? And the one being is as precious in his sight as the
other. And all flesh is of the dust; and for the selfsame end hath he created
them, that they should keep his commandments and glorify him forever.
That's right... Both picked scriptures on commandments...
#ChurchIsTrue #SplashElders
Eventually led to a complete on the go lesson about
keeping the commandments and following the example of those who came before
us.
"Representing the name on the back of our
jersey" - Splash Elders always tie it back to sports - anyway for an on
the go lesson it freakin rocked!!
I turn to him as we are walking back to the car that
night and say "bro we were like Steph Curry in his prime... HE HASNT EVEN
REACHED HIS PRIME YET!!! Then he says "we are like Klay and Steph.... We
are the splash brothers"... I stop walking and turn to him.....
--------- WE ARE THE SPLASH ELDERS!!!!!! -----------
- and it stuck!
You know in Step Brothers when Brendan is like "did
we just become best friends????" That's pretty much what it was.
The greatest experience we had was tracting into Troy and
Jason. Just 2 guys kicking back on the porch sippin some beers. We get up there
and start talking, total downpour starts so they invite us up to sit with them.
We talk about Christ and religion and some pretty hilarious rumors about Mormons.
It rocked. Next day we went over, they wanted to learn more. Elder Potter and I
taught about prayer and at the end Troy wanted to pray, hadn't prayed in over 3
years. Most sincere prayer I have heard. Spirit was so strong, you could see it
in their eyes. A lot more happened that night, but I'll leave it at that (sorry
I'm pulling a Nephi on ya)! I know someday they will be baptized, whether it be
a month or 5 years, and the splash elders can sit back and proudly say we
planted that seed!
It seriously rocked with Elder Potter. We just click, we
get each other. For the first time since the night time slip n slide in Murray
Park, I thought to myself "I don't want this night to end" as we were
heading back to the trailer. We have plans for a Kenney Chesney road trip in
the summer of '17 and getting matching t shirts with our heisman pic on the
front, "splash elders" on the back. Crazy that what started off as
following each other on Twitter a few months ago has led to! What we really
need is the trifecta, getting Elder Schneider in there too (we picked him up at
the airport and he and Potter were comps in mtc). He's the one kissing my hand
in the district pic. He's companions with Elder McMahon, who I also did an
exchange with, McMahon is a stud. We had some fun! We didn't feel like
companions on these exchanges, we felt like friends and that showed in our
teaching and finding. We got work done!
Another good week out in the field. Tough grasping the
concept that I have been gone for over a month! Once again, I challenge all of
you to pray... Pray a lot! Give it all up, give the Lord everything you got,
and tell him to guide ya. It's tough, it requires faith and it requires
sacrifice. But like a favorite hymn of mine states (#27 -Praise to the Man) - "sacrifice brings forth the blessings of
heaven". I love that hymn, especially love that line. Seek to help those
in need, sacrifice whatever it may be to bring others closer to Christ, or even
bring yourself closer to Christ. Give Him everything you got, "all
in" as Coach Whitt would say, and he will guide you. The sooner you
realize that, the sooner your life will be changed for the better. Give up whatever is holding you back from
coming closer to Christ and serve others to help them become closer to Him.
Elder Martino of the 70 is speaking to us Thursday (pretty excited!!!).
He asked us to study up on charity and I want to share something I studied.
In Moroni 7. Verses 46 and 47 talk about charity.
46 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity,
ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity,
which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail--
47 But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it
endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall
be well with him.
Something I did was replace "charity" with
"pure love of Christ" in verse 46. Check out how cool this is.
46 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not the
pure love of Christ, YE ARE NOTHING, for the pure love of Christ NEVER FAILETH.
Wherefore, cleave unto the pure love of Christ, which is
the greatest of all--
So powerful. We have been commanded to have the pure love
of Christ, think of how much Christ loved others, we have been commanded to be
the same, how cool is that! Quote I thought of and try to live by is "don't be the person that looks down
on others, be the person people look up to." Replace "person"
with whatever role you are aspiring to magnify or perfect. Could be
"player" "teacher" "leader" "coach" "parent" "sibling" "elder"
"sister" whatever, and I encourage you to live and act with that
mindset. Be an example, be a leader, show others the pure love of Christ. Don't
look down on em. Rather be someone others can look up to.
I'd like to end with a quick shout out to my best friend
who turns 2 this week. I look in my picture book and one picture on the left is
of me holding you for the first time in the hospital, and the one on the right
is of me holding you as we go to pet the farm animals in frontier land. A lot
has changed in those 2 years, and a lot will change in the next 2 years. But
you'll always be Z and I'll always be Uncle K. Love ya buddy, you're gonna be
an Awesome big bro. Have a happy birthday Ezra.
I bought a bigger photo album so all my pics could fit in
one haha.
Opening page has 3 pics. First, the 6 of us in Australia
at my baptism, then the 9 of us at Abby's wedding (I was 9th wheeling hard
core), then the 13 of us before I left. Soon it'll be 14 (referring to Zeus
here not a spouse, #sorryMom). I look at the pic of us In Australia... And try
to imagine what life was like before kasey, Kurt and Britt. Then I look at the
pic of us at Abby's wedding and wonder the same thing... How did we live
without z, Diz, BayBay, and Lex?!?.
I continue to think our family can't get any better, or
get any happier.... Yet It seems like we do. Last week I got a pic sent to me of Z flipping through
the Book of Mormon and a selfie the family took as they started my Book of
Mormon challenge, for a split second I was homesick, but then I noticed
something.
They're happy.
I see pics of how big BayBay is and videos of Diz saying
"Hi K" (that plucked my heart strings) and Z balling up at Jungle
Jims (future splash elder), apparently Zeus is already kicking too. I love
getting all these updates, seeing how happy everyone is at home. I didn't think
we could be any happier, yet once again... here we are. The song "I'm on
Top of the World" came to my mind (oh I miss normal music).
I'm so very grateful for them, so very grateful that the
Lord continues to bless us with experiences and trials that bring us closer to
together, closer to Him. So grateful the Lord continues to defy my thought of
"we can't get any happier, life can't get better".
That's what the gospel of Jesus Christ brings. Magnifying
what joy we have into something MUCH greater. With this gospel, It's not
"I'm on top of the world" it's "we're on top of the world",
so get up now, get up now, get up now, cause we're on top of the world.
Give everything you have to the Lord. Devote all your
heart might mind and strength, and I promise you, you too will think "can
life get any better" ... then Heavenly Father comes in clutch and blesses
you even more. Pretty good cycle if you ask me!
So ya.... Pray, serve others, all that fun stuff, you'll
get blessings. Seek to help others, help your own family.
Well that's all I got! Kind of all over the place. Quick
spark notes summary.
- Splash elders
- Turn to Christ and share his love with others, give up
whatever is holding you or others back
- my family is awesome - Heavenly Father just keeps on
amazing me. We just get bigger and happier. Let the gospel of Jesus Christ
magnify your homes.
Love ya guys!
- Elder K
-- it wasn't till the next day we discovered the MJ death
vid on Facebook was a hoax. I swear whoever made that did it just to screw with
elders cause they know that's the only news access we got. Oh well, still had
the 21 comeback of a life time. #SplashElders
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