Newman, Kade

Sorry for the very late and short email but highlights from this week  We found a family of 7 and have already had 2 lessons with them and have invited them to pray about baptism so that was a big tender mercy! My comp Elder Jacox is literally so amazing and he helps me out so much for being brand new which is helpfully being a first time trainer  I gave my first priesthood blessing in Spanish on exchanges so that was a new experience for me! And the mother of my future God child bought me and my comp 49ers shirts so sorry fam but I have to be part of the niner gang for now but go cards! If you want photos join the Google photos link! I love and miss you all until next week!

Hello everyone sorry for the late email crazy pday but I'll keep it short  Being a trainer in the 3rd transfer keeps me on my toes but I literally love my comp to death and he loves doing the work so all is well with that. But besides this week was covered with lots of meetings with new missionaries and training.  Besides the boring stuff I've had some success getting Elder Jacox into the mission world in Richmond! We got to see one of my favorite friends miss Laura and she literally asked me to be her new babies God daughter! I didn't know what to say feeling honored I obviously said yes so guess I'm gonna be a Godfather! Don't know what that entails I'll keep yall updated.  Regarding the title of the email I've just grown to love the gospel serving the people here and serving my savior this truly is a great work. I'm so glad for the opportunity to repent daily it really is true joy! I love the gospel and that it blesses families for all eternity! I lov...

Hello everyone how's everyone doing?  It's been a pretty good week but I did have to say bye to Elder Hsu but I got a new comp! My new comp is Elder Jacox from somewhere in Utah I've never heard of haha. This is Elder Jacox first time leaving Utah and he never even been on a plane before so that's crazy. It's gonna be interesting for sure since I've never trained before but I'm going with faith!  This week was pretty hard because one of our members who we saw multiple times a week passed away and I've been feeling it. One of the hardest things I think I ever had to do was to go to the families house to give them blessings and keep my emotions under control during the blessings it was hard. I'm actually so glad Elder Jacox was there because I wasn't myself I was really emotional and he kept us grounded for sure I'm thankful for that. Besides that it was a good week just trying to get Elder Jacox settled.  A big lesson I learned from this week ...

Howdy yall it's been a pretty great week this email won't be long but long story short what's been going on is lots of finding lots of seed planting and lots of frustration haha!  The frustration part is coming from our friend Raheem he is so ready to get baptized and his mother is refusing to even meet with us or bishop or anyone from the church which is making us sad. We thought we were gonna have them come to a baptism and the visitors center in Oakland and they low key lied to us and said they were on their way for 2 hours and we basically wasted our day! So that was sad I kinda shed some tears but it is what it is. So we basically can't do anything with him like get him to church or baptize him or even meet with him without mom's consent so we've been going through it over here. Besides that it was a good week alot of exchanges and successes with talking and finding people. I love my ward in Richmond and I'm scared I'm gonna get transfered out this ...

Sheesh so much happened this week I'm not gonna lie. First off want to start by saying conference was just the most amazing thing and conference couldn't of came at an even better time it was amazing! I learned so much more about my covenants with heavenly father and learn more about what my perspective should be on my mission.  President Nelson said it best "Think Celestial!" Couldn't agree more. Often times when it gets extremely hard I'll be thinking why the heck am I even out here or think why was I called here at this specific time. I don't think president Nelson could of said anything more perfect than keeping that eternal perspective. We all have a divine role in Jesus christ work here on earth and we gotta wake up! And we gotta get to work so we can be a hand in his work! There is just so much more to what we already understand and so much more we can learn I've really been needing to humble myself throughout this whole mission experience that...