Teaching with The Bears

This week was very much out of the ordinary but I can't quite explain why.

Tuesday was my 5 month mark, crazy stuff.   We did nothing out of the ordinary, food pantry studies, the usual, and then we had a mini lesson with Karla. All and all a really slow day, we didn't even really celebrate :(

Wednesday we did some service and help set up a wedding, ok scratch that I took the role of the wedding planner. Let me explain!! So first off I need to thank Lex for letting me help set up her wedding, what 2 yrs ago (oh man that's crazy!!)  So they saw on Pinterest what they wanted to turn the gym into, but they were a little unsure as to how to do it. So Sister Jones (the mom of the bride) and I went to work.  With a little prior experience and a little ingenuity I crafted up a storm.  Within three and a half hours the two of us had put up a tent that didn't look all too shabby if I might say so myself! Haha.... But really, I was the only one who had done anything similar, and let me tell you it was a lot of fun!! I'm not being sarcastic :) ;) Well I tell you what if I stay at this rate I'll be the next best wedding planner :) At least this one turned out
a thousand times better then the last one did :)  They were really grateful.   I told them that they could all fly out to help me with mine whenever that is.   hahaha I also told them after all of that chaos I was never having my own wedding! Haha... I had recruited the Hermanas to come and help us.  We've gotten really close this week.

That night we had a lesson with Danielle and it when so good.  Ten min before we were to be there she texted us and was like “hey, hope
you guys don't mind I brought a friend with me, I want her to learn a little bit more about the Mormon church too because I think you guys are awesome” !! Whoot whoot !! Who does that? I was so happy #bestinvestigatorever!  Anyway, we had a really intense lesson about the plan of salvation.  They had question after question, and she had annotated, the Book of Mormon like no tomorrow.  She’s so cool. I still am back and forth though.  I can’t decide if she just wants the information for educational purposes of if it’s to know which church to join.  I really don't care all that much because she is an awesome person to teach and she is feeling the spirit so I have faith that it will move her:) so now we have two new investigators Danielle and her friend Emily :)

Thursday we had zone training.  It was really good as usual I love President Bingham, honestly I could listen to him teach all day long!! I would have loved to be in one of his institute classes.  The majority of the zone training was on working together as a mission, as zones, and as districts and most importantly as companionships to get the job done.  We also broke down characteristics of some of our favorite Book of Mormon characters.  Their attributes and how we too can become great.  I
always learn a lot at zone trainings and I love seeing and learning because that's in turn when I get to see my weaknesses and my faults which
then allows me to know where to go so I can improve.  Later on that night we had dinner and a lesson with the Cunninghams. It was a really good lesson.  We talked about the daily things that we should be doing, praying, reading ect...   I challenged them to read and mark the Book of Mormon cover to cover the same way I did when I first received a testimony of it. That being when as a family my mom had us all go through and mark each reference it had to the Savior. That was a neat experience for me!! I challenged them to do that by New Year's Eve. So hopefully they'll do that and they'll gain a stronger testimony of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.

Friday in between the appointments we had we tried to weekly plan but we didn’t get too far.   Most of our day was spent teaching and service.  We helped Robin box up her whole front room because they are coming in to fix some water damage.  That was fun!!  We had to fit a whole lot of stuff into a teeny tiny area. Good times, good times.  She is doing really well though just plugging along in this endure to the end stage.  Later that day we had a lesson with Karla! She is doing so good, she's loving life :)  We talked about the Plan of Salvation.  She had a lot of great questions and she's moving right along!!

Ok the best of the best days are still to come….. Saturday was truly one for the books. So a little background, the Chicago Bears are doing an outreach program to the community this year. With that, they did a practice at the high school right across the street from the church.   It was free and it was going to be packed... so for selfish reasons of my own, I really wanted to go. But being a missionary I couldn't.   I wasn't going to miss something like this haha...   So I was thinking all week how could we capitalize on this.  Well, my answer came through Sister Jones, and we decided to do a lemonade stand with the Hermanas hahaha..... Just picture this for a second.   Ya, I don't know what was going through my head but we went along with it. Saturday morning I was pumped.   We got it all set up, and the people started coming in like floods.   It was crazy!!  So our lemonade stand failed, mainly because I couldn't sit there any longer me and Hermana Ammit went to town.  I had never really street contacted before but let me tell you I caught on fast. Needless to say we us two gave out over 200 + pass along cards we had over 80 really good conversations with people, and on top of that we got 20 phone numbers  aka 20 pni (potential new investigators) Go Team!!! There were so many people!   It was so much fun!   I hope that one day I get to go to the city and do that every day because it was the best time I've had on my mission, in the eyes of contacting!!  And then we came back when the event was ending we did it again.  I didn't get to go to the practice but I got to do something even better.   I got to share the gospel with so many people!!

Well, that was my week in a nutshell ;) we had a lesson early today with Danielle and she made a really cool comment that I thought was pretty funny.  So she has studied many many religions, both for her own knowledge and for her major so keep that in mind.   She said “if you’re looking for Christian church the Mormon church is where it's at! It's got the best morals the best set up and I would have to say it's the best Christian church there is”.  Well what Danielle doesn't know is that not only is it the best Christian church, it's the true church!!  Ah man, I love being on a mission!  It's been the best!! I'm so grateful for all of you back home that have helped me become the person that I am today, and for all of you that have helped teach me along the way! Heaven knows I wouldn't be out here working really hard having some of the best experiences of my life without you!  It all came into perspective on Saturday when I walked up and down the same sidewalk 100+ times sharing restored truths making people smile sharing what little light I have with them! This is what it's all about. I wish you all could #1. Be out here with me experiencing these same things and #2 jump into my heart and feel how deep my love is
for you all. The Church is true!!! I love you all!!  Have a magnificent week!!
Keep smilin
Sister Kendrick

The becoming

Hey y'all,

So this week has been something else.  Well, here are a few highlights...

Monday we ran ragged trying to see everyone.  It was Sister Grant’s last day and we had to see everyone one last time:) I was very impressed she didn't have a hard time fitting everything in and she kept everything under weight and she didn't even have to leave more than 3 outfits behind ... Go Team!! oh and one last thing, we weren't up late packing!! She is awesome!!!

I love Sister Grant so much!! I was so sad to see her go!! She taught me so much.  She really prepared me for the rest of my mission!! She was a great example to me of the kind of missionary (and person, for that matter) that I want to be. She went out strong! She left it all out there for the Lord!! One of the coolest parts about being on a mission is that you gain life long friends. She and Sister Jones have been too good for me ;)

Okay, so Tuesday we woke up way to early and headed out to transfers.  I got a Greeny!! Whoot Whoot!!! Her name is Sister Christiansen.  She is from a small town called St. David in Arizona.  She loves to play video games and watch TV.  Safe to say she is sacrificing her wants and desires for Heavenly Fathers which I think is pretty cool!! She is the youngest of 5.  She's pretty cool :) Most of Tuesday was orientation for the new missionaries and their trainers. It was so much fun.  It was like a flash back, crazy that was almost 5 months ago. When we got home I showed her the area and we went to work !!

Wednesday

We went and visited Gail.  She got a job so she can’t meet on Fridays any more.  She's such a hoot!! We taught her about the 2000 stripling warriors.  She had me laughing so hard.  I was describing what these young men were like and why they are so important and she was like, “Kendrick those boys sound mighty fine, I think you should marry one of them” I told her, “oh Gail, don't you worry. Don't you fret!! I’ll get me one of those boys one day!!  We also did some service for her.   We conquered her room!! AHHHH!! Let’s just say that I took 3 big garbage bags of crap to the dumpster, and then I wanted to burn my clothes!!   After I left that place, the floors were shined like the  top of the Chrystler building !!  

Thursday

We had a lesson with Karla and HER SISTER. She is really interested in the gospel and wants to learn all she can!! IT is so cool what an example Karla is to those around her!! We had the lesson outside and right in the middle of it, it started to down pour!! We didn't care!! Nothing could stop us from testifying about the gospel and the restoration !!

Friday

So we went and saw Robin, and guess what!!! She going to go to the temple !!! whoot whoot!!! I’m so happy for her.  The first week I was here she was inactive.   Then at week 3, she started coming back to church regularly.  Now flash forward 5 months and she is going to the temple!!! I am so so so proud of her !! She is an awesome daughter of God.   ah man, there are no words to describe the love that I have for her!!!

Saturday,

The Sister Training Leaders were in the park earlier this week and a girl named Danielle came up to them and asked them if they were missionaries and if they could teach her a little bit about their religion. Crazy, right??   So it gets better!!  She lives in our area so we get to teach her!!  It was music to my ears.  I felt bad for the STL's though because she is solid.  We had a pass off lesson with the STLs and it was so much fun and the spirit was so strong.  Danielle is microbiology major with a minor in religion.  A little while back she decided that she wanted to do what was right in the eyes of God but she didn't know what church to join so she decided to do her homework and figure it out.   She has studied a lot of religions just looking for the truth.  Well guess what she just happened to stumble upon the truth.  She is so cool!! At the end of our lesson she asked, “What do you guys want me to read for next time”? We gave her the scripture 2 Nephi 2 and she asked, “Is that all”?? Needless to say, she is solid and I’m excited to see where this will go.  She doesn't have a whole lot of time.  She is just back home until school starts and then she will return to Denver, so once again time is against me but never worry,  I got this! Nothing is imposable with the Lord on my side!!

Sunday,

Mr. Sheffield came to church again and we had a great lesson with him later that night, on the plan of salvation.  He believes everything we are teaching him. He is just a little slow to act but, hey we got time :)

Anyway, this has been a terrific week.   Being a trainer is a lot harder than I ever thought it would be but I know Heavenly Father qualifies those he calls, and if nothing else, I have gained a better relationship with my Father in Heaven.   With all the prayers that I’ve been saying lately, you would think that we were joined at the hip!  I’ve truly seen where I need to improve and what I need to become and the missionary and the person that my father wants me to be.   The refiners’ fire is real! I’ve been studying the qualities and the leadership of King Benjamin in my studies these last few days.  If I can be a sliver of the leader that that he was and have as much love and serve those around me then maybe one day I could get a hang of this leadership role:) Anyway, life has  been good.   I’m enjoying the ride :)

I love you all and hope that you have a marvelous day and a terrific week.   You are all in my prayers!!   

I love you

Keep the faith

Keep smilin

Love,

-Sister Baylee Kendrick-

What a week!!

Hey! Hey!!

Okay, so it’s not a legend!!   It’s the cold hard truth!!   The week before a baptism is the craziest of craziest weeks.   If something could go wrong it does, and anything and everything gets thrown in your direction! But all and all it always ends up working out one way or another :) I won’t go into the nitty gritty, but this week was one for the books!

For the majority of the week, we were spending time with Karla.  She had a interview with President Bingham on Tuesday. While she had her interview, we talked with Sister Bingham and the member that had brought Karla. We were having a grand time getting to know one another and swapping stories, when it started to dawn on me that Karla and President had been gone a long time. An hour went by, then an hour and a half, two hours. Sister Kendrick and I were getting a little worried. Finally, a little over two hours, and they came out. We got the good to go! Karla and President Bingham really connected and he was able to help her through a lot. She was more ready and excited than ever for her baptism!  

The next day we were able to take Karla to go buy a dress (funded by the one and only greatest mom on the earth).   When I told her my mom wanted to buy her a dress for her special day, she started to cry.  She was so so so happy!!  What I didn't know at that moment was that Karla didn't own a dress or a skirt.   When she first tried it on, she said, "oh my goodness I look like ... I look so ... I look like so pretty!! I look like a woman”.  It was a lot of fun to see here smile!!

So since I’m on her I might as well tell you about the baptism.  It was amazing! it was so so so good!! Her mom and 2 sisters came so that was really cool! The Hermanas translated the entire program and taught Karla’s mom the first discussion. That was cool! When it was time for the baptism, everyone was herded into the room and then we were just waiting for her to come down into the font.  It seemed to me forever but I asked the elders and they said it was maybe a min.  I ran into the bathroom to see what was happening, if she had gotten lost on her way to the font ( well that is what I had hoped because in my head there was one of two reasons why she wasn’t in the font  1)she got lost or 2) she didn't want to be baptized).  Needless to say, I was panicking just a little bit.  When I walked into the bathroom, she was crying.  I grabbed and gave her a hug ( ok now I was sure she wasn't going to go through with it).  I asked her what was wrong and she said,

K: I just feel like crying

SK: like a good crying or a bad crying?

K: well I think that I’m just feeling the spirit so strong right now that I just want to cry

SK: well Karla your right. That is the spirit and it’s telling you that what you are about to do is what Heavenly Father wants you to do, so get you little butt in that font and get baptized.  What are you waiting for??  (ok so maybe I should have gone about that a little differently but hey it is what it is haha)

It was so cool!! She was baptized in Spanish so that her mom could understand what was going on.  It was amazing, and then she got up and shared her testimony with us.  It was awesome.  The spirit was so strong!

The Thursday before her baptism, we had a lesson with Karla.  We went over how the baptism would go with the member couple whose husband was going to baptize her. We also went over what a testimony was and how to help it grow. It really is the primary answers: Pray, read your scriptures, go to church, live the commandments, that make all the difference in the world.

After the lesson, we dashed over to the stake center in Buffalo Grove for the mini-missionary fire side. There we were assigned a mini missionary, which is a youth from the stake 16 or over who serves a mini-mission for a few days during the summer. We got Sister Meza, who was a ton of fun and so excited for the work. We had a blast with her this weekend, and got to teach the Three major missionary lessons to investigators and members! Hopefully she still wants to go on a mission after living it with us in such a crazy week... we had lots of fun!!

Well I as much as I hate that Sister Grant is going home tomorrow, I will get a new companion so that should be a lot of fun!!! I will be training her so lots and lots of prayers that I don't mess it up:) I don't know what her name is yet but, I’m excited either way!!!

We told Gail that I was training and she was like KENDRICK???? Oh that poor poor girl!!)

Needless to say, she is doing really good too haha, oh and Mr. Sheffield came to church!! Life is good!

Well the adventure continues; tune in next week to see what will happen next!!

Love you all

Keep smilin

Love,

Sister Kendrick

Let your light shine

Hey y'all,
How is everyone?? I hope all is good!

Well I'm just plugging along out here life has been good:)

Tuesday we had exchanges, I stayed in my area once again ;)
nothing really to report on ;) oh I guess I could. Say that the Cunninghams came to the food pantry and helped set up so that was cool and oh ya and I lost the car keys in the church.  I seriously walked into the church, walked to the primary room and sat down so Sister Diether could do interviews with some other sisters.  Somewhere along the way I lost them!!  So we literally tore the church to pieces to look for them. Eventually we found them, and we were late to our next lesson but what the hay life happens haha...

Wednesday was packed.  Sister Bingham and the Zone Leaders came to a district meeting just out of the blue and we had to teach.  That was fun and the pressure was on, then we had a lesson with Karla, and planned to have a lesson with a pni, who
actually had to reschedule, then a lesson with Bobby and Robin:)
All the eggs in a basket, right?? We had great lessons with
everyone they are all doing great!!

Ok quick story though, so we asked Gail to come with us to the pni but she was getting her hair done so she couldn't but that night she called us in a panic wondering if we were alright.  Well, we had arranged to have our lesson with the pni at the library, and the neighborhoods on the other side of the road had some shootings bad enough that they had to block the roads off.  I wasn't very thrilled that we had to move the appointment, but Heavenly Father works in strange ways. Who knows, we could have just been in a really bad situation but he was watching out for us!!

Friday, we had a lesson with Gail, I don't know If I told you guys or not but we gave her a children's book to read out of and she
absolutely loves it.  She calls it her BOM comic book.  We had a great lesson with her about the anti Nephi Lehis.  It was great (she says that they people in the BOM had to be black because they name their kids crazy names just like black people today haha) oh and she let me take more pics whoot whoot

 We also had a great lesson with Karla it ended up being like a two
hour heart to heart, about her baptism this Saturday.  It was really really good!!!

Saturday we took bishop to meet Karla, and to finalize some things and later that night we taught the Cunninghams with music ;)  we taught them using How firm a Foundation and Helaman 5:12. We talked about making Christ our foundation ect.... and then we
ended with The Wiseman and the Foolish Man.  They loved the actions.   It was a good time ;)

Sunday we took Charlie with us to Mr. Sheffield’s and we had a great lesson about the Atonement and repentance.   Mr. Sheffield is coming around.

In my studies this week I came a crossed this quote and I thought I would Share ...
“Have you ever stopped to think that perhaps you are the light sent by Heavenly Father to lead another safely home or to be a beacon from a distance to show the way back to the straight and narrow path that leads to eternal life? Your light is a beacon and should never stop burning or mislead those who are looking for a way home” (“That Ye May Be the Children of Light)

Maybe it will get you guys thinking idk, but I hope that you'll use
your light to bless the life of those around you, let your light so
shine!! (Matthew 5: 14-16)

 
Well I love you I hope you have a fantastic week!!

Keep smiling
Love Sister Kendrick

Pioneer Day

Baylee:  My 2 favorite states!!

Happy Pioneer Day to everyone I hope that you all joined in on the pioneer spirit this week :) thank you all for your love and support!


Tuesday we were able to see Cunninghams, We shared a message with them about the priesthood in preparation for Frank to bless and pass the sacrament.  They were both so excited.  It's so cool when they get excited because most of these things I've always known and they have always been part of my life.   I've taken these little things for granted and it's totally changing their life!! It's awesome!!  On Sunday Frank passed the sacrament!! Life is good!! THE GOSPEL CHANGES LIFES!!

Wednesday
There is a huge cancer hospital by us and there is a lady here that came from Arizona to receive treatments. Her Relief Society president reached out to us to let us know.  We spent some time down there, helping her, mostly just visiting her. She is battling Leukemia and she is not doing very well.  She was talking all sort of medical stuff and I was eating it up!! I miss the hospital!!  Sister Grant thought I was crazy haha.. She is going to receive a bone marrow transplant as a last stitch effort, so hopefully it works!!

Thursday we had interviews with president.   It was great!! It was like front porch sittin talk. It is like I've known him all my life :) I'm not really struggling with anything right now so we just sat there and laughed. I told him a few stories, he told me a few.  He commented on how he read the emails my mom posted on Facebook and how it seems I just jumped in feet first, and then I started running.  He was impressed with all that I've accomplished in so short of time :)  I asked him if he had any advice or what I could do better and he said, “Ask for referrals from those I'm teaching and then keep doing what I'm doing.” It was a good 30 minute visit.   He is a cool guy. We're going to get along just fine.  The Hermanas got in a car accident so after interviews on Thursday we had to take them to the doctors. It took 4 and half hours (the health care here is crazy) so most of our day was spent helping them with that and interviews our day was pretty much done.  We still had to finish up planning, but we got it ALL done.  It was Sister Grant’s 18 month mark Thursday also!! Crazy,right?

This weekend was the picnic that we have been planning our big friend push with and it went really well.  We were able to talk and teach a few people about our beliefs in a very relaxed, conversational way, hopefully we are able to start teaching some of them. The heat kept quite a few people away. It was 95 degrees with 90 % humidity, It was cool, NOT!! I was sweating like crazy haha tmi, but it was a great Pioneer Day celebration

Speaking of the weather this week has not been fun but it makes for
some pretty cool storms.  We've had to stay in because they’ve been
really crazy. We had a tornado warning it was so cool!! I'll send a
video!!

I also wanted to tell you about Bobby.   We met him at the beach. He's amazing! He’s been through a lot and has a very strong relationship with the Lord. He has a sister that's a member and she's been trying to convert him for a long time. He says he believes in a lot of similar things, just has a hard time with The Book of Mormon. Super great guy!! We have been teaching him and it's been great! He came to the food pantry with us and he came to the picnic and he came to church, it's supper cool! We are just working on the Book of Mormon thing right now.  He believes in everything we do but he is being stubborn, and he won't let his guard down, but when we first met him two weeks ago he said he would never go to our church and that changed so I have faith the BOM thing will pass soon too;)

And then Mr. Sheffield is doing great.  He's totally coming around :)  We have taught him a very broad amount of the GOSPEL and he is right along with it. I would bet that we get him to church in a week or so ;)

Karla is on date for August 6^th.  She is doing great!! She loves the church and she loves the ward members. Her biggest concern was that she wanted to make sure she was ready and that she was getting baptized for the right reasons. She now knows that she is ready it's supper cool!!

Last, but not least, we got word today that Nick has met up with the missionaries in San Diego that they are going to baptize him !!! Whoot whoot I'm so happy that there is a happy ending to that story! I'm going to try to Skype into the baptism.

Well all is well here and I’m loving this mission thing ;) I hope all is well at home; you’re all in my prayers ;) Keep out of the heat!! Have a good week!! Love you all!!
keep smilin

Love Sister Kendrick

City Girl

Hey everyone,

So this is going to be a pretty short letter this week.  I was in the city today and this week wasn't very eventful.
Tuesday we had planned on going to the temple with the Cunninghams, but unfortunately they couldn't make it.  They had some family thing they need to care to, so we're just going have to wait awhile.  The food pantry people were so funny; they’re warming up to Sister Grant slowly but surely.

Best thing that happened this week was the fact that we got new beds!!  It was really bad.   I wasn’t even sleeping. And both our backs were in knots so the kind zone leaders brought us new beds and I threw a party!!

Wednesday we had zone conference.   It was so good.  We cover a whole slew of things: teaching not talking, stress management, plan of salvation, overcoming the natural man, Facebook, and the list goes on. This was the first zone conference with our new president and he killed it, it was awesome, I learned so much from him. It's crazy how much energy can be in such a little person haha... He went from pounding the pulpit to jumping up and down to super inspiring and spiritual all in the same breath!! It was great!

Sister Grant went to the temple this week for the last time with all those that are going home this transfer so I got to go on exchanges.   It was super fun.  I got to see Sister Trowbridge again!! WHOOT WHOOT I love her, anyways... They had an appointment set up to teach a 9 little girl and they were totally stuck on how to teach her.   I have a lot of little people in my life and so I was able to design a lesson for her and I felt like it went really good.  It made me really miss Bree though.  I felt like it was blessing that I was able to be there

We had lessons with most  of our investigators and new members this week Karla, Gail, Mr. Sheffield, Bobby and Robin  It's been a good week, a roll a coaster, but none the less a great week !!

Funny and crazy moment that happened we were in a lesson with Karla; I started to relate her situation to a rodeo.  While I was talking she had such a confused look on her face!! I asked her what was wrong and she then asked, “What’s a rodeo?”   I just about died!!!  I'm so far from home its crazy!!

Well it's always so good to write to you and to hear from you.  I hope you all have a great week
Keep smilin
Sister Kendrick

Temple Ready

Sister Grant, she is great! She goes home one month from yesterday, crazy right? She is from Herriman, Utah.  She is the oldest of three.  She loves Lacrosse and loves art.  She knows the scriptures inside and out.  It’s so cool.  She is teaching me a lot!! She is also a very hard worker and loves to give her all.  She has a lot of faith. I'm learning so much from her, I'm trying to learn all her tricks before she goes. She is itty bitty... She is awesome. I've been really blessed!

Another week has come and gone crazy right?? It's been another packed week.  I've just stopped trying to write all the things that have happened and my email is still forever long :( sorry   I hope you are all doing well.   I love you!!

CITY GIRL....
      So last Monday was kind of lame.   In the city where I live, they did most if not all their July 4th festivities on Sunday so we didn't go to a parade or anything like that. We had to be in the house by 7 because it's one of the worst nights her in chi town....  But all is well.  We did get to see a few fireworks from our apartment.  That’s one thing that is crazy here. It's really logical but it didn't occur to me that there is so many houses/ apartments and so many trees and no open wide open spaces so you see can’t see any fireworks that are going off around you. Back home we would go out back or in front and watch fireworks from other cities.  Ya… you can't do that here #imacitygirlnow

GETTIN IT DONE....
      Tuesday we had so much to do here are a few highlights….We started off with a lesson with Trisha, she's the one from Belize. After our great lesson with her last time, her life just exploded and got really busy, so this was the first time we've seen her in a long time.  But it was really good.  We taught her about the plan of salvation. I think it's safe to say that we caught her attention!! She had never heard of the three kingdoms before and that really interested her. She also had a friend, just a few months ago, take her own life, and we talked about that and I was able to bear a firm testimony that I knew that she was on the other side learning about the gospel just like she was. Over all I think it was a pretty good lesson!!
      We also had lunch with Charlie!!! Need I say more? I love Charlie!!! He never ceases to amaze me! Among a lot of other things I asked him what it was like to be sealed to his wife (he joined the church after his wife had passed away)  Oh boy was that a good question to ask.  He shared a remarkable story with us of how he knew she was in that same room holding his hand over the alter, the spirit in our little booth was radiating ahhhhh... So cool... I love Charlie....
      Then we finished the night out strong with a lesson with the newest members of the ward;) (the Cunninghams) we are now preparing Frank for the priesthood so that we can take them to the temple to do baptisms for the dead !!!  I'm so glad the temple is so close that I get the opportunity to do these things.  Later on in the week we did family history with them and, you all know how much I love family history.  It was great!!  They want to do the work for their parents and siblings!!!

MIRACLES.....
        Preface, I hope that I am able to put into words the events that took place on Wednesday in a way that y'all might be able to understand and be able to get the magnitude of this experience. This really happened and it counts as a huge miracle in my book...
I don't know how the story ends but I sure know how it begins!!! The story begins June 6th. It was a Monday and Sister Jones and I were on our way to the city for our p-day when the conductor came by.   We smiled at him and we greeted him.  He commented on how we were always smiling and talking to others and how cool he thought that was.  We continued to talk to him and told him we were sister missionaries.  We invited him to church to learn more about the gospel.  He said that he would look into it because he really admired us and thought highly of a church that would raise young women like us, your basic contact right...
            Ok now fast forward one month to the day!!  We were just closing up district meeting when this man, John, entered into the room and he said “peace be with you, I don't know if you guys can help me or not.  This is going to sound crazy, I know, but a month ago I saw two sisters on the train headed to Chicago and I was impressed to share with them this video but I didn't.  Ever since that time I have been think about how I should have shared it with them, and how I didn't follow that prompting!  Last night my toilet broke so I had to come up this way to get a part.  I thought maybe someone here could help me get this video to those sisters so that I can follow through with that prompting!"
       Ok so side note.  When the man first came in I had no idea who he was but once he said he was on the train to the go to work, I saw his face.  My mind was taken back to that day and I remember seeing him sitting in his seat a few rows back.  As soon as he finished talking, I asked him, “was it June 2” and said, “I believe I was”  Then I asked, “do you remember those sisters talking to the…” He finished my sentence “conductor?”  I told him that yes indeed we could help him get in contact with these sisters.  I told him that it was me and Sister Jones...He had wrote up an email, so that someone could pass it on.  This is what the email said:


Peace be with you.

There were two young lady missionaries traveling like the 70.  (2) disciples to Chicago on the Metra.  God compelled me to share this video with them.
Please forward this email to them.

This video shows physical evidence of the events in the bible.

The Holy Spirit will guide you.

God bless you,

John


So we were with our whole distinct when this happened and I was the only one talking because the rest of them minus Sister Grant had their chins on the ground.  After all, I was the only one that knew what the heck was going on!! After it was all said and done and John left the room it, was dead silent for a good minute.  We were all just trying to soak in the experience!!

Ok so,so crazy!!  Am I right???
1. We are never at the church
2. That fact that he found the church (I still don't know how that happened)
3. The fact that the spirit worked on him that hard (I mean this guy
has shaking and he was all blotchy and pale, he was nervous)
4. We as missionaries go find people they don't find us!!    (this is like riding my bike down the road and the spirit tells someone to stop those two on a bike, but this is even better!! Haha;) )

SISTER SCHROEDER
We took Sister Schroeder to Karla's lesson and they clicked so well.  It was such a good thing, totally inspired. I love love love Sister Schroeder she is the best!! I will be friends with her for the rest of my life!!

We have been teaching a lot and trying to build up this area as much as we can!! We're working hard.  There's a fire lit here and we’re fanning it like crazy ;) nothing can stop us :D

I'll end with kind of a funny story.  Sunday after church one of the sisters locked both sets of keys in her car, haha and I walked into all the commotion.   They were trying to figure out how to get in.  The police won't do it and she didn't want to pay an arm and a leg, so one sister said, “Just go ask the next G that walks by the church, 10 bucks says he can do it in a minute”.  Well you all know that I had to get in on the action, I told them that was ridiculous and we are not waiting for a G  to walk by to break into her car.  I said, “at least give me 5 minutes to try it myself”, they all agreed that it wouldn't hurt.  All the men laughed at me... ;)  I grabbed a hanger and went to work.  Less than a few minutes later, I had it unlocked.  Thanks dad for teaching me some good tricks;)  everyone was amazed haha... They said why would you need a straight up G when you’ve got Sister Kendrick.  

The best part of yesterday by far is the fact that Frank received the priesthood and Shelly was crying because she was so excited for him!! She said that she has always known that he is the best man, but now she feels like everyone will know that... So so so cool he was so excited jumping up and down again;) We are taking them to do baptisms for the dead tomorrow so so excited!! I LOVE THE TEMPLE!!!  I hope that they will too.

Well as always I'm doing so well!! It's been nothing but blue skies and the gospel is amazing, it’s so cool being able to see it change others lives as they dive into it and really begins to understand it. Not only does it change others lives, but it changes mine too. The simple truth of the gospel has the ability to bring so much joy and happiness into lives. I love it!!

Well thanks for all the support I love you all!!
Keep smilin
Sister Kendrick