Newman, Kade

Wow what another just amazingly spiritual and stellar week! Here's the quick updates  PDAY. Last pday we played a bunch of zone games and it was so much fun!  Noche Buena! Christmas eve was another amazing day! We spent alot of our time that day being santa clause and delivering all the Christmas gifts to the whole zone! We also performed again at the visitors center for an event there. And HOLY MOLY was that place packed! I was so nervous there was like over 180 people in there. And the VC is not a big place so that was alot for me! But I clutched up don't worry flawless singing performance by me and the other missionaries in our group!  Christmas! Christmas was magical! We were able to get together with our districts and do a short district council! We made Christmas cookies! And then after the 2 Oakland zones all did a white elephant gift exchange and it was awesome! Some very creative and mischievous missionaries! We also had a Christmas dinner and we invited our...

Hello everyone! How is everyone?! Everyone hyped for Christmas?! I hope so! I'm definitely really excited! We have a lot planned with our zone so I'm hyped for that! First Christmas being a zone leader so having to plan a lot of stuff for missionaries is stressful but hopefully it works out and it's the best Christmas fir everyone!  Alright here's the week!  On Tuesday I had an entercambio (exchange) con Élder Halftermeyer. It was one of the coolest exchanges I ever been on! In the morning we received 8 referrals for clase de ingles and we called all of them and they all answered! We invited them to the class and all 8 of the people we called showed up! And 8 other friends the Spanish elders had showed up! They had 16 of their friends there! That's crazy! They all wanted to go to church for Christmas too! We also had a lesson with their most progressing friend and he was probably one of the sweetest guys I've ever met. His intent was so sincere and he was like a...

Hello everyone! Here's another rundown of an Oakland missionary! Oh boy where do I start....here are some highlights!  We moved apartments! I'm in the same apartment I was in last year during Christmas so it's so weird but nostalgic I love it! I feel like it's kind of motivating me more bc it reminds me of the good old days with Elder Kohler! Shout out Elder Kohler! And happy late birthday!  But we've been praying for more media referrals lately and we finally got a golden one! We got a referral for a man named Muez! He's so amazing and prepared! He's from Ethiopia and he's got the purest heart and desire to follow Jesus Christ! We took him to the VC and he loved it! So happy the lord answered our prayers! Yay!  Another highlight! We had an insane side quest with my old comp Elder Allen and his comp Elder Brown. It was interesting that's all I got to say....let's just say we had to call a paramedic for someone else. Very interesting service oppor...

Hello everyone! Sorry it's been a minute since I've sent an email! But here are the quick updates! Just finished out another transfer in Oakland and I'm staying another transfer!! That's back to back Christmases in Oakland! Super hyped about that! This week we are excited because we are working with the YSA more and getting the ysa members out to lessons and to finding! It's been good so far and helps those who aren't sure if they want to serve missions yet. Super exciting! My Thanksgiving was super good! We got fed A BUNCH at one of our members houses it was clutch! All the classics like turkey and ham and stuffing! So good! Got to talk to the fam back home ofc they're all great! I Don't tell them a lot but I do miss you guys <3  The lord has absolutely blessed our efforts to make new plans to find people to teach! This area has had its ups and downs with finding people but I felt like we were really blessed this week with new people to teach! We eve...