This week was good! 

We had transfer calls this week and I am...... staying in Yakima! Haha after this transfer I will have been in the same apartment and same branch for 8 Months! Im pumped though because the new missionaries that are coming into my zone are solid and we are going to finally have more elders than sisters... haha which is always better... jk jk only for playing sports haha! But yeah I am excited to stay because now I am going to be able to go to the temple and do baptisms with my recent converts Leti and Itzayana! And also me and Elder Hagues have some people that we are working with that have baptism dates for October so I will be here for that as well! So in the end Heavenly Father knows what he is doing with me and I am glad to stay another transfer! Also another blessing of staying another transfer is Me and Elder Hagues have something coming soon.... keep an eye out on my Facebook! lol

This week Me and Elder Hagues were trying to meet with Alberto, somebody that has so much potential! So we were really willing to do anything we can to meet with him. We called him and he told us that he was going to be feeding his chickens and changing out their water and if we wanted we could come and talk to him a little over there. So you already know we took that service and teaching opportunity real quick and went over haha! It was so fun to grab all the chickens and put them back into there coops! He has a little boy named Armani and he was going crazy with the chickens! It was so funny! Then after we were able to have a bomb lesson with him on Alma 32 and talk about the things that can help him grow his faith in our savior! It was an awesome day! 

Yesterday we had our  "Por que Yo Creo" Charla Fogonera! In English our "Why I believe" fireside! We have them every transfer and they are always one of the biggest highlights of my transfer! We ask like 3 or 4 recent converts or just converts to share their conversion story and their testimonies are always so strong and help the people that we are teaching so much! The spirit that is there every time is the best! Yesterday all the missionaries in my zone sang during it. We sang "Como Puedo Ser" or "How can I be" in Spanish! Me and Elder Hagues played the Uke and everyone sang! It was so fun! Sister Jackman even gave her testimony in spanish! Haha it was awesome! 

I love you all and hope you all have a good week! 

Con mucho amor,

Elder Ka'ili

Dang I don't even know where to start! These past 2 weeks have been so crazy! The Lord is blessing our zone so much. The past 3 weekends we have been able to see baptisms every Friday, Saturday or Sunday. We have been filling the water for a different companionship and we are looking forward for another one this week!
This week Elder Hagues and I had the opportunity to represent the mission at this stake young men's missionary activity! It was a panel and all the young men from around this area got to ask us questions about the mission or about preparing for the mission. We had 6 of us up on the panel. It was us and a couple of RM's too! Man it was so nice to be able to hear the testimonies of those RM's, I could tell by the power of their testimonies how good of missionaries they were. One of the guys there was named Bryan, and he had just returned from his mission the day before. His testimony of the Book of Mormon, just by hearing it, strengthened mine! Sharing my testimony and sharing my experiences I have had with the Spirit with the young men has helped me look at my mission at a whole different perspective. If anything, this whole activity helped me more than the young men! It showed me how important the decision of coming out on a mission has changed me and will change me for the rest of my life. Making the decision to come out on my mission is the best decision that I have made. Even though some days are hard, I don't regret a thing about coming out here! It was an awesome experience!

This week we were able to set a temple date with Itzayana and Leticia our recent converts and are planning to go to the Seattle Temple this Saturday! We are pumped! Last night we went over to their house and talked about family history and help them set up an account! It was sweet!

On Tuesday it was one of the Elders' birthday that we live with so we had to celebrate; and what's a better way to celebrate than SUSHI! Haha we got so much sushi that we were dead! It was so much fun though. The sushi ain't as a good as the ones in Utah and they don't have all you can eat so that sucks! But it was nice! I gave him that fresh haircut for his present haha!

I love you all and Hope you have a good week!

Con Amor,
ELDER KA'ILI 

This week has been one of the best weeks of my mission! Leti and Itzayana got baptized, we went to the Temple, we had Super Zone Conference, We went to Othello for another baptism, this week was insane and packed with Baptisms!

Leti and Itzayana's baptism was so good! I was blessed with the privilege to baptize Itzayana, the daughter, and Elder Bradshaw my old companion came back and baptized Leti, the mom! It was crazy! So the baptism was suppose to be at 7 PM but when 6 came around they messaged us and were like, "nos vemos a las 8 verdad?" and we were like oh shoot noooooo! Haha and then they told us that they weren't going to be able to come till 8 because that's what they planned for so we had to scatter around and txt the branch and move the baptism till then! It was crazy but everything worked out and the baptism was beautiful! They shared the testimonies at the end and it was one of the those moments in my mission where it was just a clarification of why I need to be in this area. They have become my family and will be my family forever! The love I have grown for these 2 is insane. It took them 4 weeks knowing the gospel to get into the waters and grow a testimony like that and I honestly just feel super grateful for the opportunity to be a small part in their conversion! 

Earlier this week we had Super Zone Conference and me and Elder Hagues got to conduct it! It was so lit! We had all the southern zones in the mission all in one building! Zone Conference was themed like an EFY except we called it EFM for especially for missionaries! We had classes that were super good! We talked about all different aspects of missionary work and what we could do better and I learned so much! It was one of the best zone conferences I've been too! One of my favorite quotes from zone conference went a little something like this, Anything worth it in life is on the other side of fear! If there is anything I have learned about my mission would be that fear is Satanas biggest tool! In order for us as missionaries or just members to improve we have to get over the fear, trust in god, and move forward. I know the biggest miracles and where I have grown the most is when I have feared god more than man! Something that I am still working on but the quote is so true! 

We also went to the temple with the zone this week! It was so nice to be back in the temple! Ahh the peace that comes from being inside the temple is something that I wish for everyone to feel! But it was super fun, I can't wait to be back home and go to the temple whenever I want! Its going to be good! 

This week was so good! I love you all and hope you guys all have a good week!