WASSUPPP!!!
- exchanges with Elder Daniels in Cutbank. Fun lil town.
Have signs that tell you where to go to get to Canada, 30 minutes away from
border. They have a mural on Main Street of Indians that looks like the one in
the Pawnee, Indiana Parks and Rec Department. #VoteForKnope
- Went onto the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Definitely
a humbling experience. While tracting I was asked if I am from the F.B.I.
- Also saw a car pulling a sled with kids on it in.
#WelcomeToTheRes.
- Cutbank had a Mickey D's. That's a big deal.
- The guy we played chess with last week is also an insanely
good ball coach. Doubt he is as good as Elder Boyd and I last year, but he's
close. #ShoeBox #PrayForTheWhiteBoard
- WARD CHRISTMAS PARTY ROCKED!!! Balled with the primary
kids after. Elder Asbury and I plus Will Thompson takin on everyone else. We went
hard, Will is awesome. The nativity was really cool. Spirit was super strong.
- I was sitting there eating and chatting with some members at
the party and the bishops little kid comes up and whispers to us that the Bishop needs
to see us in his office. Instantly I'm thinking "oh crap, what did we
do..." Turns out Santa needed some help getting stuff ready.
#CrisisAverted
- The Relief Society hooked us up with some left overs after
the party and was super happy to give them to us. Well, after balling so hard we
forgot about the left overs until we got back to our apartment. Then we remembered and
couldn't imagine how heart broken they would be if they found out we left them
there, these ladies are pretty much our grandmas. Despite it being past
curfew... We had to go back for it... And we didn't want anyone to see us.... You know what that
means....- STEALTH
OPS -
- Pull into the parking lot at 21:30 hours. Still a
few cars there for the people who were cleaning up. Run up to the church and peek in.
One tango heavily armed standing by entrance 1 (Spencer Briggs with a vacuum).
Move onto entrance 2. Get inside. Tactical Roll across the hallway. Retrieve
the special cargo from the kitchen. Go out the back exit. Run back to car.
Drift out of the parking lot (it was money, the ice helped). No one saw us, the
left overs were good, Relief Society still loves us, #AchievementUnlocked. You
can call me Elder Bauer.
- Elder Asbury ate octopus and tried to counteract the
smell with spraying Axe everywhere. The combination of those two were.... Ya...
Remember the one lady's reaction to the cologne my car is
named after in Anchorman??? <<<< my reaction
- decorated Ginger Bread men at a members home
- Put a chihuahua to sleep during a lesson on Christmas
Eve. So cute.
- Tried building a Gingerbread house but it went south
quick and I just started eating it right there out of frustration.
- Beckers are outta town so my lone source for CFB
updates is Brother Skinner. Good dude, big Cougar fan. Told him the red tie he
was wearing looked good on him. Had a good chat about Sitake and Tuiaki.
- you know that little gun Austin Powers has??? One of our
investigators has one! The .25 cal bullets are so rare a box of bullets is
actually worth more than the gun.
- tried a hover board at the Gouchenours and they are
sweeeeet!!!!
Gotta get those approved for #Tracting🚜💨
CHRISTMAS WAS AWESOME!!! Definitely one I'll never
forget. Went to the Gouchenours (remind me a lot of the Thackeray's) that morning and Santa brought us light
sabers!!!! We were having battles with the kids and Elder Asbury somehow took a
chunk outta my pinky. Game stops, I look at it and yell "THEY
WORK!!!" Then we keep on playing. Actually bled pretty bad, it was quite
the raspberry. I got Vaders saber, Asbury got Luke's... I'm his trainer/father...
He's my trainee/son... Plus his lightsaber is green. Those terms are considered
Babylon out here in the MBM but we thought it was funny. Gotta love missionary
humor.
Plus if I got Vaders saber then I guess that technically
means I wife Padmè, #AchievementUnlocked. Combine the lightsabers with the nerf
guns my mom got us and we may actually have something to do on preparation days
out here!!! Got some motion activated singing Christmas ornaments we are using
as frag grenades. We are planing on cutting out some cardboard hostiles and
setting up stealth raids in the church today. I got my go pro for it. You have
to get REALLY creative in Conrad on Mondays as a missionary.
Let my inner @pettbryan take control Christmas Eve as we
were driving to Great Falls and I had a slight emotional breakdown in the car
while jamming to Archie. Kinda hit me I get to actually talk to my family that
next day!!! It was soooo good talking with them. Felt like a dream... Then Kurt
started asking inappropriate questions 3 minutes in and I knew it was real.
Figured they'd behave since I'm a missionary and everything but.... Nope.
Probably should've been re-set apart after. That's my family for ya! With the
exception of hormonal @pettbryan there weren't any tears until the very end.
Took some advice from Lucas to pray with them before I hung up and I'm glad I
did. Few months ago I talked about a yell that rings through mountains near and
far, well the spirit of God burns through the mountains near and far too. Love
my family very much. I have the best family in the world.
It felt like it did in July except the kids are bigger and and
Lala is A LOT bigger. She won't be for much longer ;)... SO EXCITED FOR
TODAY!!!!!!
Christmas really was special. A little bummed I only have
1 more as a missionary. It was a special day, the members we got to be with. Visiting the nursing home. Light saber battles. Just a
fun day! Next year we are going to combine light saber battles and nursing home
into one... #TDFW
I am studying from Alma this week and now getting into the
war chapters, #BuckleUp. It talks a lot about the preparation the Nephites did
for war, compared to the lack of preparation by the Lamanites.
Nephites were prepared both physically with armor and
weapons, and spiritually by looking to Alma who would receive revelation from
the Lord. Despite being outnumbered, the Nephites are able to trap and corner
the Lamanites. 🔥Moroni🔥
tells his men to stop "inflicting wounds of death" and calls up
Zarahemnah. He offers a deal to Zarahemnah, that he and his men will stop if
the Lamanites will drop their weapons and promise to not start wars again.
Zarahemnah puts his weapons down, but says he won't make any promises.
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS GOOD.
Moroni gives Zarahemnah and his men their weapons and releases his inner coach Whitt by responding with... "We will end this conflict", "Make em Quit", Nephites made em quit, and win the battle. Moroni doesn't take no for an answer. #AllInOrInTheWay
2015 was a little crazy for me. I loved it ... Disney
World. WWSUN UVid. #OperationCarbonFreeze. Dirty Disney. BayBay. Disney60/Being a Disney Fugitive. Farewell Golf
Trip. Getting roasted at Cody's cabin #7thWheel. Greatest mid night slip n
slide ever, #OperationABRO. ULegacy.... Etc...
Then July came. Second half of the year was a little
different...
... MTC. living in a trailer. Hitting Jimbo. SPLASH
ELDERS. Elk Burgers. Community Cafe. Thrift store. sitting in gum. Cruisin in a '69 Camaro. Hitting a deer. Pod ball. Getting pulled
over. Mexican Horse Races. Burger Bob's. Kicking rocks. Getting a companion
that after 3 months is your brother. Entering an area and leaving it feeling
like its home. Members that feel like family. Seeing Oscar dressed in white.
Teaching a family whose spirit and testimony was so strong they were really the
ones doing the teaching.
That second half of the year was a lot different than
anything else I'd experienced. It was hard, and it beat me up pretty good at
times. The Lord pushed me, and challenged me. He exposed to me
my weaknesses knowing it would leave me with no choice but to turn to our
Savior, and for that reason is why these last 6 months have been the best of my
life. They have torn me up at times, leaving Belgrade especially, but they have
taught me a lot. Taught me how much I love being a missionary and love serving
my Savior.
New year coming up. Challenge yourself, Prepare yourself.
We may not be facing blood thirsty Lamanites, but we all have conflicts. END
THE CONFLICT that is in your life much like Moroni and what the Nephites did,
make em quit, don't take no for an answer.
Best way to do this is with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Turning to God
isn't always gonna be easy but BELIEVE ME it's worth it. He will show you your
weaknesses, but only so he can help you strengthen them.
Love you all, have a Happy New Year. Everyone's got those
resolutions in the back of their mind, use the Atonement to help you, END THE
CONFLICT. I'm seriously so pumped for 2016. My 1 full year of missionary work is
about to begin. It'll be a challenge, but that's what it's all about!!
At the end of the day no FaceTime call can ever show how much I
love my family, and 2 years isn't near enough to show how much I love our
Savior.
Family on 3.
-Elder K
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