More news from the island of Kauai:
well im not in a polynesian ward but if tongan is a thing president wants me to do then i will be in one! haha my ward here is predominantly hao le (white). ive gained about 10 lbs so far on my mission (most of it is muscle because of my first area) but im trying hard not to gain anymore!!!
im so glad amelia is healthy! i pray for her and lily pretty much every night!
i think we might have a baptism coming up in march with this guy! (all we were waiting for was for he and his fiancee to get married) so now they are and we can get him ready for baptism (he's ready for it) we just have to do a recap on the lessons and commitments! but im excited because its my first baptism. but ill try not to count my chickens before they hatch!
no i didnt get a package yet but now i know i need to look forward to one! maybe ill get it today!
i love you sister!
kyle
Monday, February 23, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
February 9, 2009
Here is the latest and greatest from the Hawaiian Island of Kaui:
its hard some days with my companion ... so i just lead by example and try to be the best i can be...but its hard and it can be discouraging sometimes...:/ oh well i know that God loves me and will bless me for my efforts!
we found a potential investigator this past weekend and we have a return appointment with him on saturday! hopefully he is receptive!
also we found this woman who tried to bash with us and we destroyed her doctrinally and all she could come up with is 'why wont your church let the hill cumorah be excavated and how come there arent any bones or armor from that battle there?' and then she said that a friend of her mother in law apparently 'dug up some false documents in the church records and because he found them the church sent him a mail bomb!' wow. thats so believable! haha and then she sent my companion some anti stuff that claims the church contradicts itself on several points so we just told her to check out lds.org and mormon.org to find out info on our views as a church. i used the anology of you dont go to a foot doctor for open heart surgery. (further clarification about the "bashing"):
we didnt really bash. she just raised the questions and we answered them with true doctrines. (she couldnt get a comback to those) and it wasnt an atmosphere of anger or anything, but she sent the anti stuff and its kind of runny because the guy she used as a source is an ex-mormon atheist. and yet she views him as a viable source of info on our faith! haha she did ask us how joseph smith died and i told her and bore my testimony of the divinity of his call and work and his death sealing his testimony in blood! and the Spirit was very strong in that moment (for me at least) and it renewed my testimony!
i dont know if that is his case but i know i havent had many opportunities to teach and i havent baptized anyone so far! but thats ok because im not here to baptize. im hear to invite!
hopefully she finds real truth and stops being an enemy of truth. :D
i love you sister and i thank you for your prayers and support!
kyle
its hard some days with my companion ... so i just lead by example and try to be the best i can be...but its hard and it can be discouraging sometimes...:/ oh well i know that God loves me and will bless me for my efforts!
we found a potential investigator this past weekend and we have a return appointment with him on saturday! hopefully he is receptive!
also we found this woman who tried to bash with us and we destroyed her doctrinally and all she could come up with is 'why wont your church let the hill cumorah be excavated and how come there arent any bones or armor from that battle there?' and then she said that a friend of her mother in law apparently 'dug up some false documents in the church records and because he found them the church sent him a mail bomb!' wow. thats so believable! haha and then she sent my companion some anti stuff that claims the church contradicts itself on several points so we just told her to check out lds.org and mormon.org to find out info on our views as a church. i used the anology of you dont go to a foot doctor for open heart surgery. (further clarification about the "bashing"):
we didnt really bash. she just raised the questions and we answered them with true doctrines. (she couldnt get a comback to those) and it wasnt an atmosphere of anger or anything, but she sent the anti stuff and its kind of runny because the guy she used as a source is an ex-mormon atheist. and yet she views him as a viable source of info on our faith! haha she did ask us how joseph smith died and i told her and bore my testimony of the divinity of his call and work and his death sealing his testimony in blood! and the Spirit was very strong in that moment (for me at least) and it renewed my testimony!
i dont know if that is his case but i know i havent had many opportunities to teach and i havent baptized anyone so far! but thats ok because im not here to baptize. im hear to invite!
hopefully she finds real truth and stops being an enemy of truth. :D
i love you sister and i thank you for your prayers and support!
kyle
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
February 2, 2009
Kyle has been transferred as we all know, and he is doing GREAT! Here are some words from our missionary!
the letters (in Tongan) are a,e,i,o,u,m,n,ng,t,k,f,l,s,p,v
haha im already learning some tongan words and i know how to pronounce it already so that has helped me!
i have a tongan preach my gospel book and im gonna be getting a tongan learning packet for effective teaching! As far as i know ill be on kauai for the rest of my mission... or maybe ill go to big island or maui! haha but who knows? ofa i api (i's are pronounced as an e sound) that means love at home!im super excited to learn the language though! and i cant wait till im fluent!haha
town called kalaheo. with the area were teaching 3 people and we plan to commit one for baptism at the next appointment for march (she has a word of wisdom problem) the area is pretty big! i went from covering like 1/3 of a town to covering about 5 towns! haha half the members are less active over here... oh also we email a whole lot earlier than in mililani! we usually email around 8-9 am so thats fun!
my comp isnt as bad as i had been prepared to deal with. im working on him subtlely because i want the end of his mission to be good and i want him to work hard. so i just suggest things (and i drive) and he is cool with what i suggest (i present it in a way that makes it desireable to do!) and ive also learned to pick my battles. some things arent worth fighting for. like if he doesnt get up in the morning to exercise then im not gonna fight him over it because thats his time. so thats a valuable lesson ive learned... pick your battles!
haha other than that things are great and im excited for the transfer!
i love you
kyle
the letters (in Tongan) are a,e,i,o,u,m,n,ng,t,k,f,l,s,p,v
haha im already learning some tongan words and i know how to pronounce it already so that has helped me!
i have a tongan preach my gospel book and im gonna be getting a tongan learning packet for effective teaching! As far as i know ill be on kauai for the rest of my mission... or maybe ill go to big island or maui! haha but who knows? ofa i api (i's are pronounced as an e sound) that means love at home!im super excited to learn the language though! and i cant wait till im fluent!haha
town called kalaheo. with the area were teaching 3 people and we plan to commit one for baptism at the next appointment for march (she has a word of wisdom problem) the area is pretty big! i went from covering like 1/3 of a town to covering about 5 towns! haha half the members are less active over here... oh also we email a whole lot earlier than in mililani! we usually email around 8-9 am so thats fun!
my comp isnt as bad as i had been prepared to deal with. im working on him subtlely because i want the end of his mission to be good and i want him to work hard. so i just suggest things (and i drive) and he is cool with what i suggest (i present it in a way that makes it desireable to do!) and ive also learned to pick my battles. some things arent worth fighting for. like if he doesnt get up in the morning to exercise then im not gonna fight him over it because thats his time. so thats a valuable lesson ive learned... pick your battles!
haha other than that things are great and im excited for the transfer!
i love you
kyle
Monday, January 26, 2009
January 26, 2009
heres my news!
so ive been on a water diet for the past 2 days and the only food ive had since yesterday is a thing of ritz crackers...yes i am getting transferred on wednesday and guess where im going?!?! im leavin on a jet plane! thats right baby! im going kauai! hahaha im so excited to go off-island! and my mission president called this morning and told me hes sending me to a dying missionary (he goes home after this transfer) and that im to push him hard everyday and make him die strong! and that while im there im to learn as much tongan from him as i can and judge on my abilities after the 6 weeks will determine if i become a tongan speaking missionary! haha so cool! he said 'elder labarre this is a chance for you to really step up!' so im excited!
yeah i hope mirna moves up her date too! that would be cool! but im kinda bummed wont get to see her get baptized... but thats alright. as long as she does get baptized ill be happy! yeah thats all my news for the week so :D
i love you!
kyle
so ive been on a water diet for the past 2 days and the only food ive had since yesterday is a thing of ritz crackers...yes i am getting transferred on wednesday and guess where im going?!?! im leavin on a jet plane! thats right baby! im going kauai! hahaha im so excited to go off-island! and my mission president called this morning and told me hes sending me to a dying missionary (he goes home after this transfer) and that im to push him hard everyday and make him die strong! and that while im there im to learn as much tongan from him as i can and judge on my abilities after the 6 weeks will determine if i become a tongan speaking missionary! haha so cool! he said 'elder labarre this is a chance for you to really step up!' so im excited!
yeah i hope mirna moves up her date too! that would be cool! but im kinda bummed wont get to see her get baptized... but thats alright. as long as she does get baptized ill be happy! yeah thats all my news for the week so :D
i love you!
kyle
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
January 20, 2009
Here is the note from Kyle this week:
haha its alright! you have to worry about more things than me! that stinks about amelia but good thing its just her baby teeth! things out here are good! mirna has a baptism date in april (that will hopefully move up to feb before she goes to OTS) and mari should get baptized in feb (she wants to go to relief society before getting baptized because thats what it will be like the rest of her life) so thats understandable. and were helping jen quit smoking and she said shed read the bom once a day everyday! i dont know if she came to stake conference but she wants to come but has some trouble because of her son (severely handicapped)
this sunday we find out who gets transfered so monday ill be able to let you know if im going!
i love you sister!
kyle
haha its alright! you have to worry about more things than me! that stinks about amelia but good thing its just her baby teeth! things out here are good! mirna has a baptism date in april (that will hopefully move up to feb before she goes to OTS) and mari should get baptized in feb (she wants to go to relief society before getting baptized because thats what it will be like the rest of her life) so thats understandable. and were helping jen quit smoking and she said shed read the bom once a day everyday! i dont know if she came to stake conference but she wants to come but has some trouble because of her son (severely handicapped)
this sunday we find out who gets transfered so monday ill be able to let you know if im going!
i love you sister!
kyle
Sunday, January 18, 2009
January 12, 2009
Kyle sent this e-mail to our mom:
well we havent been able to talk to mari for the past 2 weeks because the timeschanged for the meetings and she has to drive about an hour to get to church soshe hasnt been able to make it...but were going to suggest the 24th for her (ifits not too late) and hopefully shes ok with that! things are going good!transfers are coming up on the 28 so the night of the 25 ill know whats happening! i dont really have any stories right now haha but ill definitely let you knowwhen i get some! haha i love you mom! have a wonderful week!also! thank you so much for not letting us as children watch the filth that is on tv. because of that i never really watched much tv that everyone else seems to watch. it has always been cartoon network, history channel and disney channel, and if not those i wouldnt watch tv! so thank you for your stirctness in that because if you had let us i would have been de-sensitized and would have been sucked into it! so thank you!love you :Dkyle
well we havent been able to talk to mari for the past 2 weeks because the timeschanged for the meetings and she has to drive about an hour to get to church soshe hasnt been able to make it...but were going to suggest the 24th for her (ifits not too late) and hopefully shes ok with that! things are going good!transfers are coming up on the 28 so the night of the 25 ill know whats happening! i dont really have any stories right now haha but ill definitely let you knowwhen i get some! haha i love you mom! have a wonderful week!also! thank you so much for not letting us as children watch the filth that is on tv. because of that i never really watched much tv that everyone else seems to watch. it has always been cartoon network, history channel and disney channel, and if not those i wouldnt watch tv! so thank you for your stirctness in that because if you had let us i would have been de-sensitized and would have been sucked into it! so thank you!love you :Dkyle
Friday, January 9, 2009
January 5, 2009
We didn't hear about any crazy missionary New Year's celebrations this week, maybe next week! This is the word from Hawaii this week (as you can see short and to the point):
we just have to schedule the date for mari and then she will be set! so we'll give her a call this week to see what she decided! im superexcited and i seriously hope that it goes through! :D love you
we just have to schedule the date for mari and then she will be set! so we'll give her a call this week to see what she decided! im superexcited and i seriously hope that it goes through! :D love you
December 29, 2008
Okay, so I have been really slack getting updates on here for the past two weeks. No excuses, and I will attempt to be better!
Here is the letter from Kyle:
so guess what happened on friday? we had an island wide thunder/lightning storm (very rare in hawaii) and because of that we had an island wide black out! and it lasted from 7pm friday night to saturday noon! we were about to start cooking at a members house when it happened and so we whipped out the camping stove and cooked on there! i make schweineschnitzel! it was sooo good! haha and then on sunday we talked to mari and shes ready to get baptized!!! in january!!! woot! shes looking over the saturdays in the month and will let us know which one she wants to do it on! and we had a lesson with mirna and weve taught her everything and i told her so, and that we feel that she would be ready for baptism but its her choice and we dont want her to feel pushed but we asked her to pray about baptism this week and also about the truthfulness of the book of mormon. i told her that if the bom isnt true than joseph smith was a liar and we dont have the authority to baptize but if it is true then he was a prophet and we do have the authority from God to perform saving ordinances. so she said shed pray about it this week and we have a lesson with her this coming weekend so itll should be good! so we very well might have 2 baptisms this coming month! woot!
other than that i just talked to you less than a week ago so i dont have much else to say :D love kyle
Here is the letter from Kyle:
so guess what happened on friday? we had an island wide thunder/lightning storm (very rare in hawaii) and because of that we had an island wide black out! and it lasted from 7pm friday night to saturday noon! we were about to start cooking at a members house when it happened and so we whipped out the camping stove and cooked on there! i make schweineschnitzel! it was sooo good! haha and then on sunday we talked to mari and shes ready to get baptized!!! in january!!! woot! shes looking over the saturdays in the month and will let us know which one she wants to do it on! and we had a lesson with mirna and weve taught her everything and i told her so, and that we feel that she would be ready for baptism but its her choice and we dont want her to feel pushed but we asked her to pray about baptism this week and also about the truthfulness of the book of mormon. i told her that if the bom isnt true than joseph smith was a liar and we dont have the authority to baptize but if it is true then he was a prophet and we do have the authority from God to perform saving ordinances. so she said shed pray about it this week and we have a lesson with her this coming weekend so itll should be good! so we very well might have 2 baptisms this coming month! woot!
other than that i just talked to you less than a week ago so i dont have much else to say :D love kyle
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
December 22, 2008
Elder LaBarre informed me that his new companion is Elder Stoddard who is from Clearfield, Utah. That was the extent of the information since we will be talking with him on Thursday! I will have more updates after that! He did say though, that if you e-mail him to please e-mail him at kyle_308@myldsmail.net because his hotmail account isn't working right. Thanks and Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 15, 2008
December 15, 2008
Transfers are occuring this week and Elder LaBarre's trainer has been moved. We do not currently have the latest information on the new companion, but Elder LaBarre is extremely excited to have a new companion and someone new to learn from! This is what Kyle said about his trainer and the things he learned from him, "from him ive learned that i want to be a really hard working obedient missionary. also with him ive learned patience, humility, and love."
Kyle finally sent some additional photos, so here they are!
Here is the Hawaii temple
We are guessing that this is the missionaries on Halloween...
Elder LaBarre with one of the elders in his flat
Elder LaBarre wanting to make something...
Elder LaBarre burned his toothbrush as a 3 month mark celebration...why I am not sure...but whatever!
Elder LaBarre sweating...profusely! He needs a fan!
Here is a bit of scenery for your enjoyment!
Kyle finally sent some additional photos, so here they are!
Here is the Hawaii temple
We are guessing that this is the missionaries on Halloween...
Elder LaBarre with one of the elders in his flat
Elder LaBarre wanting to make something...
Elder LaBarre burned his toothbrush as a 3 month mark celebration...why I am not sure...but whatever!
Elder LaBarre sweating...profusely! He needs a fan!
Here is a bit of scenery for your enjoyment!
Monday, December 8, 2008
December 8, 2008
so not much has been going on...weve been teaching the same people. we got geoff to come to church though!! thats exciting! thanksgiving was good! we just chilled at a members house, had a lil zone activity and ate...a lot! were going to commit mirna and mari to baptism hopefully this coming sunday! christmas is almost here and it feels like i just left! i burned my toothbrush this past wednesday because it was my 3 month mark ;)
what else? i dont know what else :D
so until next week :D
love kyle
what else? i dont know what else :D
so until next week :D
love kyle
Monday, December 1, 2008
Kyle's Protest
So, Kyle is protesting sending any information over the world wide web because he wants mail...so.............I too am guilty for not sending a handwritten heart felt memoir to my little bro...so let's get to it!! Hopefully he will lighten up this protest when he starts receiving the letters he is requesting!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
November 17, 2008
Remember to send him some snail mail...he doesn't usually have time to answer all the e-mails that he receives as he is only at the library for about half an hour or so to respond to e-mails where he can respond to your handwritten letter much easier. Plus, who doesn't like getting mail in the mail box?? I know I do! Okay, enough on the subject from me...here is what is going on in our missionary's life!
"So today I woke up to 75 degrees, a slight breeze, dew from last night and minimal humidity. Then I went for a run with Elder Walker (he's the new elder in the pad and he's been out for one transfer more than me, so that's cool!) But I wish I had woken up to snow :( "
"I'm a lil sick because my ZL got me sick. So I'm trying to beat it up! This week we went tracting a lot via my request and found 2 new investigators because I basically promised the Lord that I would work harder and I knew he would bless us because of my willingness to do what we had to do. The ward doesn't ever give us anybody to teach, they just act interested in the work but don't really help us out much. One of the new investigators is more than likely going to be baptized in 3 weeks!! She came to church and we had only started teaching her the day before!"
"So today I woke up to 75 degrees, a slight breeze, dew from last night and minimal humidity. Then I went for a run with Elder Walker (he's the new elder in the pad and he's been out for one transfer more than me, so that's cool!) But I wish I had woken up to snow :( "
"I'm a lil sick because my ZL got me sick. So I'm trying to beat it up! This week we went tracting a lot via my request and found 2 new investigators because I basically promised the Lord that I would work harder and I knew he would bless us because of my willingness to do what we had to do. The ward doesn't ever give us anybody to teach, they just act interested in the work but don't really help us out much. One of the new investigators is more than likely going to be baptized in 3 weeks!! She came to church and we had only started teaching her the day before!"
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
November 10, 2008
Once again, a plea for handwritten letters was sent out from our dear elder. Last week he did not receive any mail. So...let's get writing!!!
He was not transferred and he and his companion got another companion (Elder Walker). Elder Walker has been on his mission one month longer than Kyle.
He was a bit down this week because of the lack of love received from family and friends in the written communication type. Hopefully we will all step up and get some mail out to our wonderful missionary!!! Get writing!!
He was not transferred and he and his companion got another companion (Elder Walker). Elder Walker has been on his mission one month longer than Kyle.
He was a bit down this week because of the lack of love received from family and friends in the written communication type. Hopefully we will all step up and get some mail out to our wonderful missionary!!! Get writing!!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
November 3, 2008
I asked Kyle if he needed anything and he mentioned that he would really appreciate having some mail. He is only able to check his e-mail once a week, which is great...but nothing like receiving a letter in the mail on another day. So...all...let's pull out the paper and pen and start writing!! His address is listed on the right.
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