Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Kirtland/Solon, 5/10/11




Hi everyone,

Sorry, I hardly have any time to email today, so I will just have to send out one email! It was so good to talk to all of you on Mother's Day. 

Mom, today we are going to the Italian section of Cleveland! It's called Little Italy. I will send you pictures!

This week has been wonderful. I will just send you 3 pictures and explain each of them:

1. This is Chente, our Mexican investigator. He doesn't speak any English! But somehow, we are teaching him. We have only had 2 lessons so far, but at the last one, we didn't have a member with us, so it really tested our Spanish skills! We ended up talking a lot about the Book of Mormon, and about the Virgin Mary. He had asked us some questions about her last time, so we read 1 Nephi 11 with him, and he loved it. I love hearing the Book of Mormon in Spanish--it gives me chills.

2. This is Sister Devenport, me, our investigator Michelle, and Sister Patterson, who has become a good friend for Michelle. She came to church for the second time in a row on Sunday! She is the sweetest lady in the world, and her baptism is coming up soon! She bears her testimony of the Book of Mormon to us every time we go over there--she always says that she feels better when she reads it, and she has just been eating it up. I think she's in Mosiah now?

3. This is me at pioneer school! It's that season again, as well as the season for giving more tours at sites-yay! We're starting to see more groups from Utah--people coming out for summer vacation. Lately, I've been trying to focus my tours more on the things that make Kirtland unique--well, not unique, but the main reasons Kirtland is important, like the revelations received here, the Kirtland temple, the stories of the people who were prepared here to accept the restored gospel, and the priesthood offices that were restored here in Kirtland. I love this time in church history, it is so hopeful and is all about restoration of everything! (You should all read up on our ancestor Edward Partridge, by the way--he was one of those people who was uniquely prepared to accept the gospel.)

I love you all so much, and I'm sorry this email couldn't be longer! Have a wonderful week!

Love,
Katherine

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