Email Letter and Pictures - March 27, 2014

Hey everyone,

I’m doing really well. So this last week was a little crazy and a lot happened but I’m going to make a long story short and say that I spent the last four days with Elder Drury cause Elder Agramonte and I could no longer be together. Good thing yesterday was transfers and I got my real new companion, his name is Elder Mendez, he is also Dominican and I’m kind of his mission dad, well I guess I’m technically his step father but I will be finishing his training cause the elder he was with was un able to do so. But he is full of energy and ready to work which makes me really happy. Right now he hasn’t really had a good mission experience so I’m hoping to fix that.

I’m not really sure I’m ready to train but I guess president sees something that I don't. I sure hope he´s right about this ha-ha. Either way I’m going to be doing my best ha-ha. Hope everything works out.

That’s it for this week everyone. I'll write you again next week, love you all.

- Elder King

Email Letter and Pictures - March 19, 2014

Hey everyone,

So this last week was really special. My companion, Elder Agramonte, is now working really hard, which he hasn’t been until this week. It was really nice to have the spirit in our lessons again, and what a difference it makes! Now we´re having people in church and the branch is back to where it was about a month ago.

But the coolest thing that happened this last week was that it was the tour of the mission by Elder Claudio Zivic. So President Douglas chose about 6 missionaries that would be able to have interviews with him, and I was one of the lucky few. It was a very great and spiritual experience. He is very inspired and really helped me figure out a couple things. I’m not really sure how often that happens in life so I had to make the most of it. Ha-ha but yeah he is a really cool and special guy.

So transfers are this next week and I have a promise from President that I will be staying here in San Fran, and that I will also be getting a new companion. I am happy about both of these things. And I really hope I’ll be able to find whoever is still waiting for me here.

Well that’s it for this week I love you all and I’ll write again next week.

- Elder King

With Elder Claudio Zivic of the Seventy

Email Letter and Pics - March 5th, 2014

Hey!!

So not a lot happened this week but the things that did happen were significant. I had the great opportunity to baptize a lady named Veronica this week and her 2 sons. This was huge for me cause she was my first lesson ever in the mission, I cant even explain how happy I was ha-ha. I really wish you guys could see her when we first started teaching her, cause she doesn’t even look like the same person. She really is just the best ever and her kids are super funny and athletic so we just have a blast with them.

Other than that nothing has really happened, we’re just trying to get people to teach right now cause all of our investigators that were progressing are baptized now ha-ha. The hard life of a missionary... anyways that’s it for this week I love you all.

- Elder King

Three boys in one of the member families - they wrestle all the time, and remind me of Me and my brothers Sean and Carter when we were their age. They are so much fun!

Veronica and her two sons at the baptism

Me and Veronica

Me and Veronica's sons

Veronica and her sons

Email Letter - February 26, 2014

Hey everyone,

I’m doing great here and having a lot of fun, I’m probably in the best shape of my life walking up and down hill 10 to 15 times a day, if not more. I’ve never actually counted ha-ha. But things are going great in the work. My comp and I are having a lot of success and also a lot of fun ha-ha. He is one of the funniest people I know which is saying something cause I know some pretty funny people, (myself being number one of course).

But this weekend we are going to have a 2 day intercambio cause my comp will be going to the temple with a family that he baptized last year, and I will be baptizing Veronica and her two sons. It’s going to be a big weekend for the both of us. And we´re both very excited.

That’s really it for this week everyone, hope you all have a great week.

- Elder King

Email Letter - February 19, 2014

Hey everyone.

Not a lot big has happened this last week. You know just the spirit of the lord touching the hearts of men. ;) Ha-ha. No but seriously this week has been really good. My new comp is named Elder Agramonte. Getting a new comp has been a really good experience for me, and I’ve grown a lot in this last week.

Our investigators are doing really well and we have a lady that we´re going to baptize not this Saturday but the next. She and her kids are really excited and can’t wait. I honesty wish I had a picture of this lady from when we first started teaching her to compare to how she looks right now. Cause seriously she doesn’t even look like the same person. It’s a truly amazing experience to how the blessing of the gospel truly changes lives.

Well that’s it for this week everyone. I love and miss you all.

-Elder King

Email Letter and Pictures - Febuary 12, 2014

Hey everyone! Sorry it’s been awhile since my last group email, I’ve just been really busy and not had a lot of time to write. But I’m doing great, I’m still in San Fran. And I had my first baptism this last weekend.

We had been teaching this part member family, where the husband was a less active and the wife and kids were non members, but we got them married legally this last Friday, and on Saturday the wife and oldest son were baptized, and they both asked me to perform the ordinance, I was really nervous but everything went smoothly.

Other really big news is that the branch that I am serving in that in November only had 20 people coming to church every Sunday is now big enough to become a ward. This will officially happen sometime in the next two months or so. This is really big for the branch as you can imagine. Needless to say the members are ecstatic and the missionaries are able now to work harder than ever with the now significant help of the members.

Today I got my new comp. He is a native Dominican that is a little shorter then my shoulder and is rather round. Ha-ha. But I am very excited to get to know him and work with him. There is a pretty good chance that I will kill him as well, but we´ll see.

Well that’s it for this week, I love you all and you’re always in my prayers.

- Elder King

Pictures - Feburary 5, 2014