This week was awesome! We were able to help Pablo Gomez be baptized this past Friday! It was awesome to see how much he had changed from first meeting him to being so excited about being baptized! Truly a testimony builder of how much Heavenly Father loves his children that he will prepare a way if they have that desire! Pablo definitely had that desire even though his family didn't support him all the way, he knew that the branch ward supported him but most importantly that Heavenly Father supported him and that's really all that mattered! It was so good and it was so funny before the baptism he got there a little early and wanted to change into his suit, so we changed into our white clothes and then went to the gym and hung out for a little. My boy Pablo is a baller so we got some shots off before his baptism and then after the service Pablo and all of us balled until we had to clean up! It was the best baptism ever! I have such a love for him, he honestly is my brother for life. I just think back to when I got the impression to go by his house and how I felt that connection right away. I will be forever grateful that I followed that impression.

This week we also had a family home evening with the branch! It was awesome! We set up a kind of haunted house thingy, that represented Lehi's vision of the tree of life! Me and elder Numbers were the people in the great and spacious building and it was so funny to yell at all the people walking down the iron rod. We almost got some people haha but I'm glad that they continued forward and got to the tree of life! it was super fun!

We had exchanged with the AP's this week too! I went with Elder Hart, who is going home this transfer, and I was his last person to exchange with him! Honestly he is such a beast missionary and I learned so much of how important teaching simple is! I'm gonna miss him a ton but we worked so hard for his last exchange!

This past week I have been doing a lot of personal study of hope and doing the small and simple things! And I can truly testify that the small and simple things are the things that can keep us strong in the gospel! Those small and simple things are daily prayer, daily scripture study, and serving! Don't be complacent! You are either progressing towards heavenly father or not... but those are the things that can strengthen our faith everyday!

We also had a cool opportunity to be on a video call pannel for Elder Hagues stake! It was awesome, they called in some of the missionaries from the stake from all around the world to answer questions from the priesthood! Hearing the testimonies and experiences from the other missionaries around the world from their stake was awesome and definitely helped me grow mine as well! It was an awesome experience and I'm super grateful for the time that I had to give advice and bear my testimony to others in california too!

Also shoutout to my Aunty Nica!!! I love you so much! Thank you for the package! Me and all the elders I live with enjoyed the oreos! haha

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

Con amor,
Elder Ka'ili

This week was bomb! We had Zone Conference, 2 exchanges with the District Leaders in the Zone, and a super good Sunday!

On Tuesday we had Zone Conference! It was awesome! We learned and were reminded about the importance of remembering him in everything we do! We talked about remembering him but also remembering who we are. One of the biggest parts that stood out to me was when we were talking Helaman's sons, Lehi and Nephi and why they were named that! In Helaman 5:6 it says, "Behold, my sons, I desire that ye should remember to keep the commandments of God; and I would that ye should declare unto the people these words. Behold, I have given unto you the names of our first parents who came out of the land of Jerusalem; and this I have done that when you remember your names ye may remember them; and when ye remember them ye may remember their works; and when ye remember their works ye may know how that it is said, and also written, that they were good." This scripture stuck out to me so much when P Jackman read it. It honestly made me think, "Why was I named Amoni?"After that it honestly gave me a boost of energy and I felt the spirit so strong! I made a new goal that I would remember who I am named after and also to remember the other 2 names that I represent out here in the mission, Ka'ili and Jesus Christ's name! The Zone Conference was so good. They also made everyone get flu shots, it was so funny seeing everyone line up and get them!

Wednesday we went on exchanges with Elder Raymer and Elder Numbers! I went with Elder Numbers to his area and the exchange was super good! I got to go back to my old area that I was in and talk with some of the people that I use to teach before and also see the other members that I was super close with in that area! Elder Numbers is a beast missionary too!

Saturday I went on exchanges with Elder Wells. Lol he's still a greenie so I got to have a little fun with him! But we had a crazy experience. So we were finding in the morning and we just weren't having the success that we wanted so we decided to go back to the car (we were walking all around his area knocking doors) and to pray of where we needed to go! After the prayer elder wells told me he thought of the number 9 right after we prayed so we looked at 9th ave and found this focus person so we went over there and when we got there it was crazy. So we got out of the car and just heard yelling and screaming and slams coming out of the house that we were about to knock. We heard super loud, "vato levantate!" and then a slam. I looked over to Elder wells who was shaking and asked, "Do you want to still knock the door?" and surprisingly he said yes! So we went up and knocked, I thought to myself the least we can do is stop this person from beating up the other person... and then we just hear a door slam on the other side of the house.  This guy comes out with a huge knife in his pocket and a gun in the back of his pants and starts screaming at us. Every other word was a f word. Honestly I thought we were about to throw hands! haha My adrenaline was pumping. He told us to get off his property and when he found out that we were Mormons he got even more mad, and started bashing Joseph Smith and making fun of us cause we can't drink coke or something like that! haha I kind of chuckled when he said that and he didn't like that too much.  I told him, "ok man, have a nice day." Then he said you have a nice day *mean word*. We got back in the car and then something crazy happened right after that... the JW's pull up like 2 secs after us and literally go knock on the guys door. He comes out and starts screaming at them too! It was insane and we were like, "Dang God is really trying to stop this guy or help him with something since both of the missionaries from 2 different churches show up 5 min apart!" It was crazy! But later that day we had the same situation happen, except we found this awesome guy named Rene! He was so prepared to find this message and we are super excited for him!

This past Sunday was Elder Hagues b day and such a good Sunday too! We were able to get Alberto and Pablo both to church! They both have baptismal dates for the 26th so we are pumped for them! After church we were able to go to another missionary panel where we talked in front of all the youth that are preparing for missions in the stake! It was such a good experience and the spirit was so strong! After dinner with Presidente Moreno we went to a Baptism for some of the hermanas in our zone. We finished the night with correlation! One of the best Sundays I have had on my mission! A lot of spiritual events that I was able to go too!

This week was so good! I hope you all have a good week as well! Les amo mucho!


Con Amor,
Elder Ka'ili

This week was awesome! We had MLC, ZLC, and General Conference all this week so it was filled with meetings but also the spirit of course!

For MLC (Mission Leadership Council) Me and Elder Hagues had the opportunity to talk about our zone to the rest of the zone leaders in the mission. We discussed what we did last transfer to establish a family culture in our zone! It was cool, we talked about the different goals that we set and then had a little power point of pictures of fun things we did! Sister Jackman right before us talked about how it takes a village to raise a boy or a girl. I just thought back about how my dad use to say that to me. It was an awesome opportunity to talk in front of the other leaders and give advice of what we can do to be leaders but not just leaders, but examples to all those around us! It helped me more than anything recognize what I did and see what I can do better for this transfer! It was a lit meeting and we got to learn a lot from the President Jackman, Sister Jackman and the AP's!

General conference was SOOOOO GOOD! I could go on and on and I wish I could just put my notes on here, but the highlight of general conference has to be when I saw my little cousin Sammy on the big screen! Haha I was like no way!!! and of course I had to tell everyone that was talking about the cute little baby at the beginning of conference that that was my cousin haha!  But conference was so good! I learned so much if I could put it in a couple of sentences this is how I would sum it up. We need to commit completely and take our covenants more seriously and be ALL IN! We need to put God first no matter what comes our way. GOD ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE FIRST. We need to learn how to recognize the Spirit and receive revelation our own personal ways! DON'T DOUBT A PROMPTING. FOLLOW IT IMMEDIATELY! Be faithful, not faithless. I have to say from this general conference it feels like they are preparing us for what is going to come in the world and it sounds like Satan is going to be bringing out his big guns! So we have to be ready, read our Book of Mormons every day, every day ,every day,. Pray every day, every day,every day, and take the sacrament every week, every week, every week! We have to be prepared, we have to put Him first, we have to keep our covenants and the commandments and everything will be OK. Even though things will come, we have to trust in God and let our faith help us through the hard times. I loved conference and learned so much! I cant wait to start re listening to all of them! I also cant wait for next conference! Its going to be CRAZY!!

I love you all and hope you guys have a good week! Re listen to the general conference talks! They will help you each day! Read the BOM and pray every day! You will be blessed! I know this church is true with all my heart! Have the best week ever! Les amo!


Con Amor,
Elder Ka'ili

What a week! We went to SEATTLE and we had transfers this week!

We went to Seattle for the temple with Itzayana and Leiticia, our recent converts and it was so good! Being able to do baptisms with them was an experience I'll never forget! It was so nice to feel the spirit. Being able to see them go from just people that we knocked into 2 months ago to walking into the temple was a feeling that I cant' describe in words! It was so fun. It was raining so hard as we were going to the temple too and then right when we got there the clouds split and the sun beamed right on the temple. It all started a little rough but the ending was so awesome and spiritual! I am so happy for Leti and Itzayana though and the way they are going! Their whole life is changed because of the Gospel! Being in Seattle was crazy though seeing all the trees and a big city was so nice! Haha it was crazy... I've been in Yakima too long lol!

Transfers were awesome. Elder Hagues and I were the transfer site coordinators and it was hecka fun! We had a horn and got everyone hyped for this upcoming transfer! It was super fun!

Love you all! Have a good week! General conference this week!!! Letzgoooo!


Con Amor,
Elder Ka'ili