Here is the latest from our missionary!! I did ask him how quickly he will get packages...obviously I'm a bit late...but here is some great happenings on the Hawaiian mission front!
i dont know how quickly because i havent gotten any packages. but it takes about 5-10 days for me to get letters.
we gave him foundation for his prayers. and i didnt know that d&c 134 was all about that! i should let him know! because i couldnt find much about it. i just told him d & c 132:45 where it says God reveals all things and restores all things in due time, but now i can really help him if thats the section for sure! he doesnt have a problem with joseph smith or the book of mormon. just that it seems like the church changes because of social pressure. and with polygamy i told him that it has always been off and on throughout history (abraham had it but nephites didnt)
but yeah. he said that our answers were better than any he had recieved before and that he would definitely pray about it!
i dont have a family pic, or any thing and i still need my priesthood line!
thats cool about amelia! i cant wait to see her growth! thats cool that youre a ward missionary! and we found a new investigator this week! her name is jennifer and she has a husband in the military and she has a 4 year old son with extreme special needs. so we taught her the restoration last week and wednesday were teaching her the plan of salvation which will be especially good for her because of her son! so i think that this will really be good and she'll get baptized!
thats cool that youre doing the work too! but i gotta check more emails now! haha if you could let kelly and mom see this email that would be cool so i wouldnt have to write everything out again! thanks sis! i love you too
kyle
Monday, October 27, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Letter from the Mission President
All - Here is a letter that was sent by the mission president. Please be courteous of his request and understand that it is for the benefit of Kyle so he can be the most productive missionary he can be!
Dear Sister LaBarre,
Aloha! We are grateful to have your missionary in our mission. We have had several situations recently that have prompted me to call your attention to a most difficult and delicate matter. My strongest desire is to help your missionary succeed as a missionary. Consequently with great love and sensitivity, I need to discuss with you the issue of visits to Hawaii by family and friends.
Our missionaries face a difficult challenge. While many may half jokingly remark that a mission in Hawaii is a prolonged vacation, the realities are that the beauty of this place is both a blessing and a burden. The streets are filled iwth people in recreation apparel and the atmosphere is often one of distraction. Our Elders must face this in white shirts and ties and our Sisters in dresses. They work diligently to bring the message of Eternal Life through Christ to souls caught up in temporal pleasures. If they lose focus in their calling, they frequently turn their thoughts towards their home and friends. They become discouraged, sad and unproductive.
We love our missionaries. We spend many hours strengthening them, counseling them, and providing encouragement which will lift their spirits and give them courage to continue in the work of the Lord. You can help us in this effort to strengthen your missionary.
Hawaii is among the world's most sought after vacation spots. The families of many of our missionaries plan vacations to Hawaii. We regularly hear from parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, friends, acquaintances, friends of relatives, ward members, former ward members, school chums and others requesting addresses and phone numbers of missionaries so they can "just say hi" or take them to lunch, dinner, church meetings, sightseeing, meeting companions, meeting former companions, visiting members, new converts, investigators, former ward members and countless other "activities" always for just a few minutes or just an hour. Experience has proved these visits to be uniformly adverse to the best interests of the missionary. The missionary frequently loses the Spirit in his or her work. The companion of the missionary is also adversely affected somtimes even more dramatically.
Many parents request an "exception" for excellent reasons. however, the visit by family or friends always is communicated through the astonishingly effective grapevine and every missionary who wants to see family or friends on their vacation trip reminds us that "so and so" got to see their family, why not me?
We urge you not to plan any vacation trip to Hawaii while your missionary is serving here. If you do plan such a trip to Hawaii, we strongly urge you to avoid any contact with your missionary. Do not plan to meet up with them, attend church where they are laboring, request they have meals with you or arrange any contact whatsoever. Please inform all other family members of this request and discourage friends likewise. We plead with you to not write your missionary and ask them to request permission for family or friends to visit. All such requests have the potential to create tension and disappointment in the missionaries that we love so much.
We know of your love for your missionary. Please join with us in protecting your missionary so your missionary can obtain the fullness of the Spirit that comes from dedication, focused service to the Lord.
Sincerely,
Stephen N. Peterson
President
Dear Sister LaBarre,
Aloha! We are grateful to have your missionary in our mission. We have had several situations recently that have prompted me to call your attention to a most difficult and delicate matter. My strongest desire is to help your missionary succeed as a missionary. Consequently with great love and sensitivity, I need to discuss with you the issue of visits to Hawaii by family and friends.
Our missionaries face a difficult challenge. While many may half jokingly remark that a mission in Hawaii is a prolonged vacation, the realities are that the beauty of this place is both a blessing and a burden. The streets are filled iwth people in recreation apparel and the atmosphere is often one of distraction. Our Elders must face this in white shirts and ties and our Sisters in dresses. They work diligently to bring the message of Eternal Life through Christ to souls caught up in temporal pleasures. If they lose focus in their calling, they frequently turn their thoughts towards their home and friends. They become discouraged, sad and unproductive.
We love our missionaries. We spend many hours strengthening them, counseling them, and providing encouragement which will lift their spirits and give them courage to continue in the work of the Lord. You can help us in this effort to strengthen your missionary.
Hawaii is among the world's most sought after vacation spots. The families of many of our missionaries plan vacations to Hawaii. We regularly hear from parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, friends, acquaintances, friends of relatives, ward members, former ward members, school chums and others requesting addresses and phone numbers of missionaries so they can "just say hi" or take them to lunch, dinner, church meetings, sightseeing, meeting companions, meeting former companions, visiting members, new converts, investigators, former ward members and countless other "activities" always for just a few minutes or just an hour. Experience has proved these visits to be uniformly adverse to the best interests of the missionary. The missionary frequently loses the Spirit in his or her work. The companion of the missionary is also adversely affected somtimes even more dramatically.
Many parents request an "exception" for excellent reasons. however, the visit by family or friends always is communicated through the astonishingly effective grapevine and every missionary who wants to see family or friends on their vacation trip reminds us that "so and so" got to see their family, why not me?
We urge you not to plan any vacation trip to Hawaii while your missionary is serving here. If you do plan such a trip to Hawaii, we strongly urge you to avoid any contact with your missionary. Do not plan to meet up with them, attend church where they are laboring, request they have meals with you or arrange any contact whatsoever. Please inform all other family members of this request and discourage friends likewise. We plead with you to not write your missionary and ask them to request permission for family or friends to visit. All such requests have the potential to create tension and disappointment in the missionaries that we love so much.
We know of your love for your missionary. Please join with us in protecting your missionary so your missionary can obtain the fullness of the Spirit that comes from dedication, focused service to the Lord.
Sincerely,
Stephen N. Peterson
President
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Comments
All,
Now, I know that a lot of you may be blog illiterate and not know how to place comments...so this is going to teach you how to do that. Elder LaBarre comes on here periodically (i.e. yesterday) and there were no comments for him to see! So...take out a pen and paper...or better yet, as you are reading follow the instructions:
1. Click on the link that says "Comments", this can be found at the end of any of the posts (currently all but one say "0 comments")
2. Type in your comment in the "Leave Your Comment" box (be sure to sign your name at the end so Elder LaBarre knows who left the comment)
3. Click "Publish Your Comment"
See how simple that is? Also...we have a "followers" section that you can add yourself to. No, you do not need to worry about adding a photo if you don't want to...but that is another way to show Kyle who is coming on here and following his mission! So, lets get going!!
Now, I know that a lot of you may be blog illiterate and not know how to place comments...so this is going to teach you how to do that. Elder LaBarre comes on here periodically (i.e. yesterday) and there were no comments for him to see! So...take out a pen and paper...or better yet, as you are reading follow the instructions:
1. Click on the link that says "Comments", this can be found at the end of any of the posts (currently all but one say "0 comments")
2. Type in your comment in the "Leave Your Comment" box (be sure to sign your name at the end so Elder LaBarre knows who left the comment)
3. Click "Publish Your Comment"
See how simple that is? Also...we have a "followers" section that you can add yourself to. No, you do not need to worry about adding a photo if you don't want to...but that is another way to show Kyle who is coming on here and following his mission! So, lets get going!!
October 20, 2008
Here is the e-mail from this week:
this week has been slow. we didnt recruit or baptize anyone, but we finally found out what the hold up is for geoff and tiffany in their progression! they have a problem with like the whole polygamy thing and black suddenly getting thepriesthood, like why the church decided to change their doctrine (and to him it seems like they did it under the pressure of the world movements and should have held their ground to keep the doctrines) obviously we tried the
easiest answers but he wants more written proof i guess so were gonna call the mission president and ask for his advise! or just talk to him tomorrow because its zone conference tomorrow!
I miss the snow :( and cold :( and the need for hot chocolate :( but yes, elder kaiser and i get along just fine haha my bike works again. a member fixed it for me (got me new bearings and put them in for me!) so that was cool! no bike accidents and im healthy! well im running out of time again so until next week captain planet!
love kyle :D
this week has been slow. we didnt recruit or baptize anyone, but we finally found out what the hold up is for geoff and tiffany in their progression! they have a problem with like the whole polygamy thing and black suddenly getting thepriesthood, like why the church decided to change their doctrine (and to him it seems like they did it under the pressure of the world movements and should have held their ground to keep the doctrines) obviously we tried the
easiest answers but he wants more written proof i guess so were gonna call the mission president and ask for his advise! or just talk to him tomorrow because its zone conference tomorrow!
I miss the snow :( and cold :( and the need for hot chocolate :( but yes, elder kaiser and i get along just fine haha my bike works again. a member fixed it for me (got me new bearings and put them in for me!) so that was cool! no bike accidents and im healthy! well im running out of time again so until next week captain planet!
love kyle :D
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Handwritten Letter - October 18, 2008
I received a handwritten letter from Elder LaBarre today...that would be why I didn't get an e-mail to share with all of you last Monday. He had sent a couple of handwritten letters to our sister, Kelly, I was feeling a bit left out (I get the mail)...so I complained (I know I'm a terrible sister) so he sent me a snail mail letter and no e-mail. I think there needs to be some sort of balance between e-mails and letters seeing that I am giving his fans the info they desire! Needless to say, his letter was pretty entertaining since he is seeking forgiveness for not handwriting letters to me...so enjoy!!
** Note** This letter is partially written in cursive!
My Dearest Sister Heather,
I hope that thou canst forgive the folly of not hand-writing you a letter, because I am truly sorry for my neglect! I guess I just figured it would be alright because you write me e-mails a lot and Kelly doesn't as much as you do. So I'm sorry! ... There really isn't anything new to report this week besides that we taught Christine the first lesson from Preach My Gospel and she received it well! So that was good! Other than that I've just been gaining muscle and losing fat! Our dinner calendar is full all the time which is good! I don't have much food between dinner and dinner most days (I guess breakfast I east some oats).
Love,
Elder LaBarre
PS. No matter what you see yourself as, you're always at "10" in God's eyes!
Isn't he a good brother?!?! Gotta love him! Until next time!
** Note** This letter is partially written in cursive!
My Dearest Sister Heather,
I hope that thou canst forgive the folly of not hand-writing you a letter, because I am truly sorry for my neglect! I guess I just figured it would be alright because you write me e-mails a lot and Kelly doesn't as much as you do. So I'm sorry! ... There really isn't anything new to report this week besides that we taught Christine the first lesson from Preach My Gospel and she received it well! So that was good! Other than that I've just been gaining muscle and losing fat! Our dinner calendar is full all the time which is good! I don't have much food between dinner and dinner most days (I guess breakfast I east some oats).
Love,
Elder LaBarre
PS. No matter what you see yourself as, you're always at "10" in God's eyes!
Isn't he a good brother?!?! Gotta love him! Until next time!
Monday, October 13, 2008
October 13, 2008
So, today's e-mails were full of nothing!!! Pure NOTHING!!! So, he got a bit of torment. I do suppose we should feel lucky that we got photos this week...so...no worries...hopefully next week! Love to you all!! Mind you, this would be the perfect opportunity for you the humble readers to leave a comment so we know who is scoping Kyle's site! Thanks.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Some Photos To Enjoy
Kyle finally sent some photos! So, here is a brief highlight of his time at the MTC and his beginning days in Hawaii!! Enjoy!!
Elder LaBarre and Elder Buhrley.
Climbing on walls...I think this is where he gets the nickname "Spider"??
Elder LaBarre's District visiting the Provo Temple
Elder LaBarre enjoying a game of pretend basketball?
The great plan of salvation! I love the kits!
Elder LaBarre and his MTC companion, Elder Buhrley pointing to Hawaii on the map (can you see it??)
Elder LaBarre's MTC District with a teacher.
Oh the mischief elders get up to in the dorms!!
Here is Hawaii!!!
Oh sweet! Elder LaBarre's "dad" (Elder Kaiser) made him a sign! In the mission field, when a missionary trains another missionary we refer to the trainer as a dad or a mom (mom is for sister missionaries) of the new missionary and they have their mission family tree.
Bored on the first day??
Is he trying to tell us something?
I am guessing this is Elder LaBarre's apartment decorated for Halloween!
Elder LaBarre and Elder Buhrley.
Climbing on walls...I think this is where he gets the nickname "Spider"??
Elder LaBarre's District visiting the Provo Temple
Elder LaBarre enjoying a game of pretend basketball?
The great plan of salvation! I love the kits!
Elder LaBarre and his MTC companion, Elder Buhrley pointing to Hawaii on the map (can you see it??)
Elder LaBarre's MTC District with a teacher.
Oh the mischief elders get up to in the dorms!!
Here is Hawaii!!!
Oh sweet! Elder LaBarre's "dad" (Elder Kaiser) made him a sign! In the mission field, when a missionary trains another missionary we refer to the trainer as a dad or a mom (mom is for sister missionaries) of the new missionary and they have their mission family tree.
Bored on the first day??
Is he trying to tell us something?
I am guessing this is Elder LaBarre's apartment decorated for Halloween!
Monday, October 6, 2008
October 6, 2008
This is exerpts from Kyle's e-mail today, mind you I didn't remove anything of relevance. I'm trying to get information out of him. If you want a question asked and answered, just put it as a comment to any of the entries and I will be sure the question is asked and answered! Also, we'd love to see who is following Kyle's mission...so leave comments!! Love to you all!
"The investigators that I've met are Tiffany and we just got 2 more on Saturday by referral, Christine and her daughter! She wanted a chinese Book of Mormon because she's a linguist for the army and wants to learn her chinese better! And learn a lil about our church and beliefs and her daughter is 11 and interested and familiar already with the church! So thats cool. Tiffany and Geoff Browne. Geoff is less active but we're working on him too! So that's good and Tiffany is pregnant and they have 2 others (younger than 8). Mililani is on Oahu and it's about as far from the ocean that you can get on the island! ha ha My companion is Tyson Kaiser and he's from Broomfield, Colorado! So that's cool!"
"The investigators that I've met are Tiffany and we just got 2 more on Saturday by referral, Christine and her daughter! She wanted a chinese Book of Mormon because she's a linguist for the army and wants to learn her chinese better! And learn a lil about our church and beliefs and her daughter is 11 and interested and familiar already with the church! So thats cool. Tiffany and Geoff Browne. Geoff is less active but we're working on him too! So that's good and Tiffany is pregnant and they have 2 others (younger than 8). Mililani is on Oahu and it's about as far from the ocean that you can get on the island! ha ha My companion is Tyson Kaiser and he's from Broomfield, Colorado! So that's cool!"
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