Querida Familia y amigos, I received a call from the mission office last Thursday that Chris was called to serve in the Guatemala Quetzaltenango mission and I told the person that called me: "I am the happiest person in the world!" I really think that I am. I instantly knew what mission it was because I happen to have a friend from the MTC who is serving there right now. She will be gone by the time Chris gets there though. Honduras, not too shabby of a guess, eh? I was really feeling Central America. Yes! Also, about half of our branch here is Guatemalan so I have talked with a lot of them about Chris' mission call. They are all so happy even though they're from other parts of Guatemala. They told me that Quetzaltenango is cooler than other parts of Guatemala (in a good way, not like Minnesota cool) because it is more mountainous over there. They also told me that almost all of the missionaries there learn a dialect because the mission mostly covers indigenous areas. One member said that if learning another language is really hard for a missionary some don't ever end up serving Spanish, they just stay in one area and learn the dialect there and speak that dialect their whole mission and other missionaries learn Spanish and a dialect. Also there are a few different dialects. Pretty cool. I love Guatemalans!
My new companion, Hermana Peak, is great. She has a very strong testimony of the gospel and so much faith. Most missionaries are nervous and don't want to speak a lot when they first arrive but she loves sharing her testimony so she is always willing to open up and speak. She also has a lot of love for the people already and she was very prepared to be a missionary. I know that we will see great miracles together.This week has a been a whirlwind. I have never trained before and it can be a lot of work. I want so much for her to have a good experience and to start her mission on the right foot. It is the best thing that could have happened at this point in my mission because it keeps me on my toes and the duty helps me to be an even more diligent missionary who seeks the Spirit.
Things are great here. Being a missionary is the greatest thing. I love you all so much!
Con amor,
Hermana Kinghorn
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Pura locura
Hermana Kinghorn in her first white shirt and tie (she was just trying it on to see if it would fit a new member who is about her size)
Hola Familia y Amigos,
I love you all so much! I'm sorry that this will be such a fast email but Hermana Rodrigues and I have to go to a transfer meeting. She is being transferred and is being white-washed into a new area and training and I am training too so we will be gone all day at the training meeting. Things are going well here.
Also, I am guessing that Chris is going to Honduras if it's out of the US and New Jersey if it's in the US... We'll see! Hermana Rodrigues' guess is Florida or New York for the US and New Zealand for out of the US. Love you all.
Hermana Kinghorn
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
La Expiación
Querida Familia y Amigos,
Hermana Rodrigues and I were able to give talks in sacrament meeting yesterday about the Atonement. We were nervous because it was the first time for both of us to give 20 minute talks in Spanish but everything turned out well. I learned a lot from my study of the Atonement. Mine was about how Christ had the attributes and qualification to bring to pass the Atonement. I learned about His humility and love even before he was ordained to be the Savior and His sense of duty and how that strengthened Him to live a perfect life. I love my Savior. I love the restored gospel and how the more we learn the more we realize we have yet to learn. We had a quiet little miracle last night. Hermana Probst and I contacted a lady that is the neighbor of one of our members a few months ago. We tried to organize a FHE with them and the members but it didn't work out. Then just a few weeks ago the lady mentioned to the member that she wants to learn more. The member couldn't remember her name, phone number or where she lived just that they always talked when they were waiting for their children to get off the bus. Her work schedule changed and she was no longer able to see the other lady until last night we went to the member's home and she told us that she had finally contacted her and that we'll see her this week at a Stake Relief Society activity.
Transfers are next week so I'll let you know on Tuesday what happens. I love you all so much. Have a fabulous week.
Hermana Kinghorn
Hermana Rodrigues and I were able to give talks in sacrament meeting yesterday about the Atonement. We were nervous because it was the first time for both of us to give 20 minute talks in Spanish but everything turned out well. I learned a lot from my study of the Atonement. Mine was about how Christ had the attributes and qualification to bring to pass the Atonement. I learned about His humility and love even before he was ordained to be the Savior and His sense of duty and how that strengthened Him to live a perfect life. I love my Savior. I love the restored gospel and how the more we learn the more we realize we have yet to learn. We had a quiet little miracle last night. Hermana Probst and I contacted a lady that is the neighbor of one of our members a few months ago. We tried to organize a FHE with them and the members but it didn't work out. Then just a few weeks ago the lady mentioned to the member that she wants to learn more. The member couldn't remember her name, phone number or where she lived just that they always talked when they were waiting for their children to get off the bus. Her work schedule changed and she was no longer able to see the other lady until last night we went to the member's home and she told us that she had finally contacted her and that we'll see her this week at a Stake Relief Society activity.
Transfers are next week so I'll let you know on Tuesday what happens. I love you all so much. Have a fabulous week.
Hermana Kinghorn
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Dios obra en maneras misteriosas
Querida Familia y Amigos,
Wednesday I went on an exchange in Enumclaw. There are great things going on there and they have a great area. It was nice to go back because it has been a long time since I served over there. (It was part of our area in Kent). They are trying to start a Spanish branch there!
On Friday we went to a baptism in Kent because we had an investigator and I had been asked to give the closing prayer. It was the husband in a part-member family who we had visited often while I was there but he was never interested. It was sweet to see how the atonement can change peoples hearts. They looked so happy. Also, it looked like our investigators weren't going to go because we couldn't get a hold of them. We had been waiting for them to arrive and were running late because they hadn't gotten there. Hermana Rodrigues and I went into a closet in the church and prayed that our investigators could go to the baptism. We called one of them who had committed to go and he said that he couldn't anymore. We still couldn't get a hold of the other one. Then right as we were about to leave to do something else he called and told us that he was on his way. It was a miracle and we know that he felt the Spirit in the baptism.
This week in my Book of Mormon reading I was able to read Mosiah 26 where Alma is concerned about the wickedness of many of the members of the church. He doesn't know what to do so he goes to the Lord in prayer. I love the way the Lord speaks to him and gives him specific answers to His questions. I know that we can also communicate with the Lord through prayer.
Con amor,
Hermana Kinghorn
Wednesday I went on an exchange in Enumclaw. There are great things going on there and they have a great area. It was nice to go back because it has been a long time since I served over there. (It was part of our area in Kent). They are trying to start a Spanish branch there!
On Friday we went to a baptism in Kent because we had an investigator and I had been asked to give the closing prayer. It was the husband in a part-member family who we had visited often while I was there but he was never interested. It was sweet to see how the atonement can change peoples hearts. They looked so happy. Also, it looked like our investigators weren't going to go because we couldn't get a hold of them. We had been waiting for them to arrive and were running late because they hadn't gotten there. Hermana Rodrigues and I went into a closet in the church and prayed that our investigators could go to the baptism. We called one of them who had committed to go and he said that he couldn't anymore. We still couldn't get a hold of the other one. Then right as we were about to leave to do something else he called and told us that he was on his way. It was a miracle and we know that he felt the Spirit in the baptism.
This week in my Book of Mormon reading I was able to read Mosiah 26 where Alma is concerned about the wickedness of many of the members of the church. He doesn't know what to do so he goes to the Lord in prayer. I love the way the Lord speaks to him and gives him specific answers to His questions. I know that we can also communicate with the Lord through prayer.
Con amor,
Hermana Kinghorn
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