Newman, Kade

Hey yall another Great week! I ain't gonna lie there's not too many updates from this past week! One of our friends Dominic got baptized! He's in a part member home and his family were all there it was great! And our friend Glenn finally came to church! He's been trying to get Sundays off for church and finally did! What a blessing! Had lots of exchanges again! Still get no sleep but hey the joy is there!! The transfer ends this week and for some reason feeling like I'm kinda failing at being a zone leader haha! But I know there's been great strides just classic me being hard on my self lol. Its pretty tough being a ZL sometimes! But I love everyone in the zone so much I can't even describe it!  Highlight of the week was definitely my exchange with Elder Kim! He's from South Korea and a beast and a seasoned vet when it comes to being a zone leader. So he has helped me alot for sure. We just really needed this exchange together we've been cooked this ...

Hello yall! This will probably be another short one lol! Busy pdays! But this week was great put our friend Glenn on date for baptism! He's going into the army soon so we getting him dunked fast! Also trying to find as many people as we can teach out here. It's definitely still a different grind but I just find so much joy talking to people about christ or the plan of salvation! Sounds cheesy but Jesus is Joy! He really is no cap! But love yall here are some pics for the road!

Hey everyone another great week here in the boonies of California...jk but it's getting really exciting out here. Lots of miracles. Like for real had some mission altering experiences. Anyways I'm just doing so good. I get no sleep but the joy is just so full!  I don't got a lot of time to text but had alot of Exchanges as per usual. But the biggest miracle this week was probably on Thursday. We were on exchanges and I was with Elder Norman one of my favorite elders in the mission. And we felt prompted to visit a part member home that hadn't been visited in forever and the family had like 0 interest in the church. But despite that we felt prompted to visit. We knocked and the father who wasn't as nice to missionaries in the past answered the door. He then invited us in and started talking to us. He shared some things he's been going through and expressed something was missing and that hes been praying recently and never had in his life. He said he wants to try a...

Heyyyy everyone!! This week went by sp  quick  holy moly! But obvious highlights from the week was zone conference!! We had 2 members of the seventy there it was honestly life changing!! Before this zone conference I literally have never met any general authorities before so I was hyped to finally meet some! It was Elder Sabin and Elder Dushku of the seventy!   I probably couldn't talk about all the highlights of zone conference I'd go on forever but it was truly a mission altering experience!! But the best part was the day after zone conference we had our mission leadership council which was my first one! And it was like even better than zone conference not gonna lie. It was just pure doctrine flowing! And then at the end Elder Dushku asked if we had any questions and I raised my hand and asked..."could you give us all a shout out at general conference?" And he laughed and said "Maybe I can fit it in there" then he asked us if he wanted to hear what he had ...

Hey everyone! Hope yall had another amazing week! My week here in Oakley California was great! This week we had some meetings which meant we had to sit in 2 hours of rush hour traffic .  But it was great. I gave my first zone training it was crazy bc we had like 3 days to prepare but we were able to do it and I thought it was pretty awesome!  We saw many miracles this week! Mostly on exchanges. Exchanges are basically where you switch comps for the day and we have to do alot of Exchanges because there's 8 companionships of elders we can do Exchanges with. But this past week we had 3 Exchanges! We saw lots of miracles not only in our area but in the areas of the elders we were doing Exchanges with! Truly shows God is listening to our heartfelt prayers! No other major updates. We are preparing still for the zone conference which will be conducted by my comp and Elder Sabin of the seventy will be presiding. Pretty cool! So lots of prep for that!  Spiritual thought ...

The gospel today touched me. It made me think of the work you are doing. The way that you have let Gods love evade you during your time as a missionary. I know that this elevation with stay with you even beyond your mission. I love you! I miss you!    Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus charges us to be merciful and to stop judging others. But we cannot perform such behaviors on our own strength—we need God’s assistance. In the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, Jesus tells his followers: “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” The perfection that he urges—which includes a radical love of enemies, the practice of nonviolence in the face of aggression, the refusal to judge one’s brothers and sisters, and an embrace of poverty, meekness, and simplicity of heart—is not desirable or even possible within a natural framework. The form of life outlined in the Sermon on the Mount would strike Aristotle as excessive and irrational—and that is just the point. Its viabili...

Wow what a busy week! This one's gonna be short but got transfered I have a new comp and a new area. I'm in Oakley and Brentwood which compared to Oakland is the boonies. It looks a lot like gilbert and queen creek which freaks me out a bit haha! Lots of farm land and tract homes. I already love the members tho!! Already had to speak in church last second haha! And we cover 2 wards one being a YSA which is cool and super different!  They also made me a zone leader which I already know is gonna be a challenge! Haha pretty stressful but I'm hyped to get to know everyone in my stewardship! We've already been super busy not getting much sleep. Lots of reports and planning for trainings! And we have to plan to conduct zone conference where 2 general authorities will be there so that's exciting!! Lots of work but we are excited to do it!  Spiritual thought will be short and sweet today! I was reading in alma 36 the best chapter in alma and I was pondering on the pure joy ...