Mama I Made it to the Arch..🏙
Week: 22
Date: July 8, 2024
Location: Southside, St Louis Missouri
Email: leah.kimball@missionary.org
Companion: Hermana Bruin/ St George, Utah
Blog: https://livinlavidastlouis.blogspot.com/?m=1
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| ARCHHHH YAY St Louis Missouri July 2024 |
HI YALLL!! Welcome to the best week on my mission! I LOVE THE 4TH OF JULY AND MIRACLES AND THE ARCH ALL IN THE SAME WEEK!!
Yall I want to seriously thank yall for all the prayers!! We are finally back in the promised land!! We got some major miracles this week but the biggest being that WE GOT 16 PEOPLE TO CHURCH!!! SIXTEEN!! THATS THE MOST I'VE EVER HAD EVER! Seriously praying this continues!! It was the best sacrament meeting ever! I bore my testimony about my Savior Jesus Christ and miracles because gosh they are so real and gosh we are literally so blessed!
Anyways, first things first !! P-day was so fun! My comp and I have now taken control of all p-days so that we can do some super fun stuff! Last week we hit some water balloons and that was literally so fun! This past week we had a little barbecue and sand volleyball!! Which was so fun! We had some hotdogs, smores, and watermelon!! I felt very American lol!
NOW FOR BIGGG NEWS: Y'ALL I MADE IT TO THE ARCH !!! AYYYY 5 MONTHS AND I MADE IT!!! So at the beginning of my mission, they kind of told me that I most likely won't serve with the arch in my area because there's not a spanish branch there. Which means I would never go to the arch. I was so bummed!! WELL I MADE IT!!! Basically, I'm already in the closest Spanish area to the arch!! Soooo the social media leaders called Sister Bruin and I up and asked if we'd be willing to drive to the arch and film a couple of ads for them!!! Of course we said yes!! So with that, we got special permission to hit the arch on Saturday and boy was I pumped!!
We finally made it to the arch!! Got all my arch pictures and selfies! Filmed the ads!! I even got to see the baseball stadium!! AYYY BEST WEEK EVER!! Also, at the arch we ran into a bunch of members from all around the world because they were visiting the arch, and saw the sister missionaries!! So so fun! So huge arch photo dump this week !! Haha!
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| Iconic selfie at the arch St Louis Missouri July 2024 |
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| The big city of STL St Louis Missouri July 2024 |
On Tuesday we got to meet with our friend from Cuba named Aysel!! We have been meeting with her for a while now but we can't seem to get her to church. Luckily the branch has assigned me to give a talk .. (all in Spanish..) on July 14th. So I told her about it and she wrote it on a big piece of paper and stuck it on her fridge! She's learning English so we helped her write it out, so hopefully she will come! Luckily, miracles are real.. we got a member to pull up to our lesson with her on Saturday. Got her so pumped and she came to church a whole week in advance! She also went up and bore her testimony! It was more like her presenting her child to the whole branch like Simba but it was so precious!! Miracle numero uno!!
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| Aysels little reminder on the fridge! St Louis Missouri July 2024 |
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| Exchanges with Sister Oja this week!! St Louis Missouri July 2024 |
We also had an amazing little miracle on Wednesday.. After 2 weeks of nada we decided to try a different finding technique. We decided to visit some people that haven't been visited in years, that the elders used to visit. We decided to go to Patty's house. We went to Patty's and we thought it was just going to be another knock and no answer type of door. We knocked and no answer.. so we decided to knock on her neighbors where we actually met Julia! Julia is a member who wants to come back to church!!! So so cool! But that's not the end. After getting Julia’s number we were going to head home for dinner. As we were walking to the car I heard a Spanish guy say.. “Hola Hermanas” and I stopped immediately… I looked at him and I just said (translated of course) “How do you know we are hermanas?” and he said “I am a member of the church”.. then proceeded to invite us in, and asked us to come back and teach his family friends, who aren't members, and guess who that was.. PATTY!!! YAYAYAY!! Miracles on miracles!! They were so awesome!
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| PATTY AND FAMILY PICNIC! St Louis Missouri July 2024 |
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| We love smores and pday! St Louis Missouri July 2024 |
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| Happy 'Merica day! St Louis Missouri July 2024 |
The 4th of July is just the best holiday ever. I was feeling pretty bummed because all the English missionaries had some fun 4th of July plans to get to from their ward and our branch didn't celebrate. Luckily for us tho.. we had president interviews! This is just the bombest time ever! I got to talk to President Mckay and he is just the most inspired Pres. ever! He's really the best! He invited me to read Enos everyday this week and compare it to my missionary work. He promised me joy and miracles.. I was like Ok bomb I'll do it!! Haha
So reading Enos has changed my perspective on so much! I have had some.of the greatest, most frustrating, and spirit filled personal studies! Everyday I have read Enos I have gotten something different out of it, but I do want to share my biggest take away. Quick summary of enos: Enos is a prophet in the Book of Mormon who went to repent to feel remission for his sins and joy. He prayed all day and all night and then was told he was forgiven. He felt immense joy that he prayed for everyone to feel, but my favorite verse in Enos is the very last one.
“27 And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with my Redeemer; for I know that in him I shall rest. And I rejoice in the day when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall stand before him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me: Come unto me, ye blessed, there is a place prepared for you in the mansions of my Father. Amen.”.
This verse is so fire. Sundays are pretty stressful but a good kind of stressful. Where so many people are at church and I want to speak to everyone so they feel loved and welcomed. Although I can't, and I get overwhelmed, but yesterday as I was praying that all of our friends felt the spirit at church and praying they will want to come back.. this verse came back to me. My place of rest is my Redeemer Jesus Christ. Being at church with all my friends was my rest! Bringing others to the mansions in the heavens is what I am so very blessed and thankful to be able to try to do each week! I love my brother Jesus Christ and his sacrifice for me and for all of y'all to bring us rest!
I love y'all, oh so much! Please remember who you are and what you stand for!! Email me!! Kill it this week! God is so good! ❤️🤍💙
-Hermana kimball!
Dad: Cool paco's ride 4 wheelers
Mom: Is that Marie Osmond?
Colton: Showed my comp what you looked like last year. You look so good brotha
Caryn: Vountry life is for y'all, y'all are glowing!!
Taylor: Best FUNCLE
Bailey: Girl group isn't complete without Lexi, and I
Clay: You have some caterpillar on ur lip
Lexi: You keep forgetting that I exist or what... no note for Leah last week
Bella: She's really good
Collins: I love your tik tok side eye moves lol
Capri: Too much fun for you this past week #JELLY #writeme
Kash: You look six years old...
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