I feel pure joy when I see the gospel is completing families

Heyy :) I sure love you all! So I wrote letters for you all last week but I didnt put them in the mail yet but I will during this week when we pass the post office.

Wow so something that Im hearing a lot lately is the importance of just doing our best to complete our missions. Its really been neat. Its also an interesting phase in my life right now because I seriously only have 3 more months left and I have SO much to do, something I like though is that Im in a relatively new area which gives Many opportunities of new ideas and things to bless our area.

We will be working a LOT more with families in which not everyone is a member, because for me some of the most Rewaring experiences has been when I see how the gospel is Completing families. We will start really focusing on this.

So this past week we had some really unreplacable experiences that made my heart fill up with joy and feelings of excitement for our friends that we are teaching (recent converts).

Firstly being that we had a family night in the house of Arthur (10 yrs old) he has 3 younger siblings that arent yet 8yrs old, but his mom has been a member all her life. But anyways she is not yet putting in the effort to bring her kids to church, but when we talked about the idea of a family night everyone was super excited. And she invited 2 of her friends, a less active and another friend who has not yet visited the church. And so we planned to teach about plan of salvation but then when we arrived arthur asked us if we could show the movie the Restoration (Im having dai-ja-viu and am thinking I might have already said this but then maybe I just wrote it in my journal) anyways so we taught a little about what was happening in the video (while his little sister was trying to have my attention haha,) and so we showed the video and I was preparing to share my testimony about it when I felt inpressed to ask Arthur to explain the video.

AND wow did he ever explain it!! :)!!

He was like "ya I will explain it, Ive basically memorized it since I watched it about 7 times"

it was soooo awesome, 

He explained the Restauration of the Gospel SO perfectly and wonderfully and I just saw him as a missionary and I was just so excited and happy for him, and really he explained it probably better than we could have. In such a faithful way that it was obvious to everyone that he KNOWS that Joseph smith really IS a prophet called of God, and this is HIS restored church on the earth again.

The other wonderful experience was that Thabata ( she was baptized about a month ago, but confirmed a member in our first week here)

she has been visiting almost every single day with us, and she told us the other day that she feels her faith building the more she visits people with us and teaches with us. And she is 13 years old (so it made me think of Laramie although she is 14 now) 

and like when she visits with us we thought she probably would just listen or bear her testimony at the end, but she FULL on participates in all parts of missionary work.

And she said to us the other day how she was leaving a church activity with the other kids and because it hailed there was a bit of ice on the ground, and they just had a blast throwing bits of snow at each other and how they passed a different group of kids (that werent doing the best of things/drinking and things like that)

and she said 

"WOW, I just looked around at my friends and thought and just looked at how truly happy we all were, and we were doing things good, and I realized this is way better than what other people are doing, because we dont need those other things to try to be happy, and it was just a really good moment."

So that was so wonderful to hear, to know that she truly is continuing strong in the church and now is building strong Good frienships that will help her maintain firm in the church.

Then on friday we helped her write a talk (giving ideas and helping with scriptures) and then when she gave her talk on sunday she hardly even looked at her paper and she was talking so sincerely and bearing her testimony and wow I felt SO proud of her.

It made me think of how it must be for a mom, to be able to see her kids living in righteousness and choosing to do good, its really cool. And its so interesting because I know that here being 13 is basically an adult, but Im always preoccupied with her safety and things like that, its really interesting haha.

But anyways I love my mission, Im so grateful for the things Im learning and Im grateful for you all and your support.

Also Carol (a wonderful lady we are teaching) said she Loved the church, (she visited yesterday wahoo!!) and so thats a wonderful exciting thing.

I LOVE YOU ALL

andddddddddd

HAPPY EARLY BDAY FOR SPENCE!!!!

Wahooooooooo 16 years old!!!!!! Remember to be a gentleman!! ;) I love you!!!!

Obedience brings blessings! Exact obedience brings miracles!

Hey my wonderful family! So I am having some very good experiences this week and I dont know if I mentioned it but my companion sister Moreira is awesome!! Im very grateful for her and her desire to be obedient. Because Ive been trying my whole mission to be exactly obedient and really basically all missionaries are obedient but there were always tiny little things in which I wanted to be EVEN more obedient but not everyone felt the same urgency and so now with sister Moreira I really AM able to be exactly obedient because SHE is, its very great because I know that miracles will start pouring out because of it. Something that Im really excited about is that the ward mission leader of the other ward talked to us missionaries and said that they are doing an open house every thurday mixed with a type of family night in the church for people to have the opportunity to make friends that will help them stay strong in the church. So Im really excited about this idea and really in our ward there are a Lot of wonderful activities because of the effort that all the leaders are putting into their callings. Its really amazing.

An experience that was a tender mercy the other day is that we planned with a member to visit a family with us and while we were waiting to meet up with Tai we saw the family leaving the house to go to the hospital (the daughter was sick but now she is better) and so we after wards waiting a bit more for tais and then felt that we could go visit someone because we thought maybe Tais forgot. And so we visited the most of a recent convert (thabata) and it was really Really good because we taught about the plan of salvation (and then in church her mom asked if thabata already can enter the temple to do baptisms for the dead, and I said yes she sure can and then she responded saying that it would be a wonderful thing for her to do!! Wowwwwwwwww how amazing is that?! She wants her daughter to do baptisms for her ancestors, I definitely hope this means that she is feeling the truthfulness of the Gospel).

So anyways during the lesson we got a call from Tais and realized that we had gotten confused and were waiting at different places to come in contact with each other (it was our fault because we forgot that we had decided on a different place to meet up ) but anyways afterwards we realized that it would be AMAZING to bring Tais to visit Caroline (basically we know that caroline is prepared to hear the gospel and so we will do everything to visit and teach her) and so we went with tais to the house of Caroline and no one was answering the door for quite some time. And I just prayed in my heart because I KNEW that it was SO important for carol to have a friend in the church and really tais is Beyond amazing and fun and so I was just hoping and praying that carol would arrive. But I knew that whatever happened that things would work out. And then she answered the door!!Wahoo! And so they talked and they were basically instantly friends it was so great (because they both are recently married legally with their first child and it was just so great) and so anyways that is something that will be wonderful because Tais said that she would invite Carol and her husband for a family night :)! So we are really hoping with that.

Also I am loving visiting the family of Arthur (10yrs old) who is the oldest of the 4 kids in his family and so the first to be baptized, and his mom is a less active member but he knows Everything about the church and wants to be a missionary, I think we just need to help get them a ride for church on sunday. But Im really loving the opportunity to visit them and teach them and this tuesday we will do a family night in their home and Im preparing a lesson about the plan of salvation and how families can be together forever. So it should be fun. 

But Im loving the experiences Ive been having and Im excited to continue working hard and try to help as many people as possible.

I love you all!! And I loved talking with you guys,

love Sister Kimball

we will be receiving a new mission president

SO!!!! We are getting a new mission president (President Dalton) and we were asked to write him a letter, and this is the response I received (I already love my new mission president and his wife, but of course I love all the mission presidents Ive had the pleasure of serving under)-President Radenbaugh, President Batt, President Pinho (of the seventies) and soon to be President Dalton

Cara (Dear) Sister Kimball:

Thank you so much for your very thoughtful letter.  I appreciate your wonderful words.  I also was very impressed with your excellent drawing of the São Paulo Temple.  I LOVE that temple so much.  When I served as a missionary in Brasil, our mission offices were in the building directly behind the temple, so I got to see that beautiful edifice often and have such a great love for it.

Also, I couldn't agree more with you about what you said regarding the most powerful language of all (the Language of LOVE).  Not enough people understand that, but when a missionary falls in love with their mission (and the people that they serve), magic begins to happen.  That is when the Spirit really can take over and touch hearts the way they need to be touched.

I am THRILLED to hear that you are working to be EXACTLY obedient.  The Lord blesses the obedient more than they can understand.

I look forward to getting to know you and working with you in this work.

Keep being obedient......It will ALWAYS bring miracles!!

Com amor,

Presidente Dalton (e Sister Dalton)

Happy Birthday Laramie!

So it was absolutely wonderful talking with you all!! I sure loved it also for today

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARAMIE!!! WAHOO 14 years old!!!! How was the dance???

Was very interesting talking in english (or trying to haha)

but Im excited about everything thats ahead of me these next 4 months. 

How was the dance for Laramie?

And today I will call to set up an interview with my mission president to get an eccliastical endorsement

How do you write the name of Rufus? (Cody and veronicas dog?)

Im really happy for them about that. He sounds very fun to have around.

So this week we are going to work alot more with recent converts 

we are having thabata visit people with us (she visited with us basically all last week and it was really awesome and she said she wanted to whenever we wanted to-so like every day!! haha its a blast with her and its definitely helping her want to serve a mission)

Also we will be helping Miriam and Allan prepare to get married but a HUGE blessing is that they Arent living together!!! MIRACLE and so we taught about the law of chastity and they said they would live the commandment and so they can be baptized alot sooner, and we are thinking maybe itd be better for MIriam to be baptized this week and then Allan will view her baptism and have the strength to overcome whatever addictions (smoking) he has and be baptized the next week.

But we will be doing our best to involve members.

But really things are going really good, yesterday after we talked in skype my mind had turned a bit more towards using english so I used english and portuguese with my companion after we entered in the house and we were laughing and laughing about lots of different things and so it was a really nice bonding experience, but she is really great :)

So its been wonderful and I love you all and I will write letters today for everyone :)!!!!!!!!!!

I love you all SO MUCH :)

Receiving a personal answer to prayer

Wow I have quite a lot to tell so I will try to say everything I need to in a way that is fast but informational and can demonstrate how many blessings are happening.

Oh and next week is MOTHERS DAY :)!!! AND LARAMIES BDAY!!! wahoooooo!!

And so sunday about 3 hours my time (i dont know what this is for you guys) buti think I can skype at this hour. But really we havent yet learned what hour we can or where we can but I will call on saturday to confirm)

 Also my english and speaking abilities are becoming more strenuous seeing that I never use english, well at times with my new companion because in english we have certain phrases that dont translate or mean the same thing in portuguese, so only when we are joking. First of all I started missing my companion sister maia but when I got my new companion sister moreira I really enjoyed her and every say we are having more and more wonderful experiences, and I really love her she is really great and we laugh a lot together about experience that happen with us and experiences we had on our missions, or just joking together. But also what i really appreciate about her is that she is very obedient which is wonderful because I love being obedient and so it just helps out a lot. And also she is positive about things, partly I believe because Im so positive about everything and so its really cool :) Im really enjoying it.

SO guess what?! So I heard that a couple sisters thought that opening an area was hard and they actually asked to be transfered and for me I thought that Really they were called and chosen to serve in that area and so they have a work to do. And the more I thought about it the more I wanted an area that others may think is hard, because I know that I will do my very best and work my hardest and never give up, also that i would see  what is wonderful about the area and that miracles would happen.

So my prayers were answered! My new companion just finished being trained and we were called to open an area (that had sisters many times but kept having emergency tranfers and therefore closing.) BUT I was SOOOO excited about everything and seriously its been beyond wonderful and I absolutely LOVE my new ward, I loved for sure my other wards but this one is basically uncomparable and amazing. The Bishop just goes above and beyond anything ive ever seen (and ive been blessed with fantastic bishops on my mission) but we were dividing the area with a set of areas and had TONS of papers to sort through, and he knew every single person in the area book, where they lived, their difficulties or progress and in whose area they reside.

And so this was just mind blowing and a blessing enormous. Also Im learning how to really follow maps and remember street names and where Im at and everything.

but anyways we have an amazing new program to help recent converts who werent able to be truly nourished into being a member firm in the church (or forgotten after baptism) but really out of all the wards Ive seen this ward definitely is more aware of their members and involving them in things and so really didnt have as many problems as others. But something that was an experience really just life changing for me was that we received a list of all the recent converts in the last two years and started planning to visit them. But then also I was searcing in the area book looking at all the baptismal papers and really seeing if all the information was on the papers (an on going project which I enjoy) and i came across a person

Arthur who is 10 yrs old, whose name was NOT in the records of the church 

which is an issue that we will do our best to figure out

but anyways I called bishop to let him know and he said its because the records are in a different ward and things like that

but we searched for the house of arthur (155) and were passing a house (158) that had a boy sitting in front (same as basically all the other houses) but I felt it important to specifically make sure to say h to him, so I turned a bit while walking and said hi to him and he said this phrase that I will remember forever 

"Hey!! IM a member of the church!"

and it was Arthur!!!! so we quickly crossed the street met him and his family and its just amazing he is absolutely wonderful and he said this the other day when we talked to him about serving a mission "Im crazy (excited) to serve a mission!!! Maybe even in the usa!" ah so cute!!!

So its so wonderful, and we passed the other day but his mom wasnt home and so the house was locked but had a hole in the door in which we talked through to share a message and read the book of mormon with him.

Really this family is incredible and he has 3 more younger siblings and so Im just really excited for them.

But things are wonderful.

ALSO

I has a experience really life changing for me. When i was studying the language yesterday I decided to use part of the time to read in the Liahona (Ensign) that is in portuguese, and i saw an article about Elder Eyring and really I havent ever really read much about his past life or history and for somre reason i felt an impression and strong interest in reading...

This is what was happening he was very involved in BYUIdaho which I first thought- oh cool my school and THEN I learned that President Spencer W. Kimball (who I respect greatly and has meant a lot to me, definitely one of my heros) IS HIS UNCLE

So I was blown away by this and so I was immediately VERY interested to read every little thing about President Eyring,

and so President Eyring was a Professor at Stanford which was ajob and position with many benefits in which he was lovig working there. but then his wife Kathleen asked him "Are you certain that you are doing the right thing with your life" but for President Eyring at the time he couldnt think of anything else that could possibly bring more happiness into his life. But she asked "Dont you think you could study for neal Maxwell" And this ideas to him seemed very strange in this part of the career stage of his life. But she asked If he would pray about it.

And so he prayed (but kind of knew what He wanted to do), and didnt receive a response and he was very happy about this. But then the next day he felt an impression- that if he recived an offer that he should pray about it. And he realized he hadnt been doing that with the offers he had received. So he started praying to be able to know which path was right.

And THEN Neal Maxwell called him to give him an offer at BYU-Idaho.

(and so with all of this I was thinking about my experience with how I love byu Idaho but I wanted more than anything to be in hawaii with you all and how every time I thought about leaving for byuidaho I didnt want to, and so I decided that I didnt have to and then I was super excited and happy to be in hawaii studying there and everything but to be with you all, and how when i gave the idea I received support for you guys for my decesion - the same way that President Eyring received support from president kimball in allowing him to decide what to do, but then how his wife Kathleen asked him to pray about it and he kind of prayed and how mom said that she hoped I prayed about it, which I kind of thought that I did but kind of already knew what I wanted and felt happy about it so that was my choice)

but then with this offer to president eyring to be the rector of Ricks college (byui) he felt this impression (and this is in portuguese)

That it was his escola...when I read this I misinterpreted the word and thought he said "It is my escolha...meaning It is my choice" and I thought Wonderful this is my response that it was his choice and it is my choice and I chose hawaii...

and then I read again

It said "It is my escola...." Meaning: It is my SCHOOL

and wow. It hit me. BYU Idaho IS my school. undeniably.

 And honestly i didnt want this response i wanted to stay in hawaii.

But then I went into the bathroom... shut the door and kneeled and the floor and I prayed and I started crying but I asked:

To please help me know if I need to go to BYU Idaho

and immediately I felt complete and utter peace, my sadness was taken and I felt calm and I knew that this was a response. I KNew.

And so I dont know what i will do with the plane ticket or housing

But i know Im meant to go to ByuIdaho

So I believe school will start there In January

I will continue with my major to be a teacher

and Im fine to live wherever but I think after my mission I will have time to look for housing I think.

But anyways this is all that I felt and decided I would just follow with faith and in church and reading the scriptures and talks by prophets I had this response confirmed about how when we pray at times we dont get responses because we are hoping that what We want will be our response but to follow the spirit.

And so I will.

And so then i was planning all this thing that i will return sep 2 

and Then I received an email from my mission after I decided that byui was correct

about how in reality i might be returning Oct 14 (well they said I would this day but I dont know if its for sure for sure) but knowing this I could have started school sep 6 anyways. 

And so that was another confirmation.

But anyways thats what I received as a response and I will follow what I feel unless I feel impressed to follow a different route.

But I love you all