Perfect by Ed Sheeran duet.. 🤪
Week: 29
Date: August 26, 2024
Location: Southside, St Louis Missouri
Email: leah.kimball@missionary.org
Companion: Hermana Bruin/ St George, Utah
Blog: https://livinlavidastlouis.blogspot.com/?m=1
Lexi's Mission Blog: https://iputtheradincolorado.blogspot.com/
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| Sylvia and Mario!! My favorite people ever!! St Louis Missouri August 2024 |
Wow what a fireee week it has been!!! Y'all we had the grandest miracles ever. Spoiler some guy called us and basically asked to be baptized. Let me tell y'all all about it!!
Y'all P-day was so fun!! This district is literally so fun!! We hit that pickleball tourney of course. Which I am so good at, can't wait to crush some real tourneys after the mish! Then we had a water balloon fight and played ultimate Frisbee. The water balloon fight was kind of brutal because as soon as we all got our water balloons, one of the elders absolutely pelts a balloon at my right ear lol. I was deaf the rest of P-day… no worries though, because Hermana Bruin and I hit up Walgreens and bought some swimmers ear drops, which I never thought I'd had to buy out here… (background: we can't swim on our missions).
After Pday, the week just kept getting so good!!! So first off, Wednesday was just a fire day. Hermana Bruin and I got to plan the district council training and y'all… WE ATE THAT UP!!! literally gave the best training of my life. We even planned a super duper fun practice where we used glow sticks to find candy in the dark lol. There was symbolism of course but it was just so fire, and this district has been seriously so fun!! I’m gonna miss them all so much, but each district here has been dope so far, I'm very blessed!!
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| Cool statue on our way to study some español!! St Louis Missouri August 2024 |
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| live, laugh, lovin my free rootbeer !! St Louis Missouri August 2024 |
Wednesday we had a billion Facebook referals flooding into our PMG!! It was awesome, and they are all so amazing. Our first one was Leo. Leo is awesome, he's 19 and from Mexico!! He met with the temple square missionaries over zoom one time, and now he's hooked.. We’ve been teaching him and its just been the best. He's a little shy to talk to girls his age, which is kinda funny.. Although, we think he's warming up to us because he sang twice to us.. he even tried to get us to sing a duet with him to the song Perfect by Ed Sheeran.. lol so awkward. He's trying to be a famous singer.. and honestly he's really good!! He pulled up to church this past Sunday and we have had four lessons with him in the last four days.. like what, we are trying to have him learn how to sing Gethsemane so he can sing it as a musical number ASAP #imnotjoking.. !!
Next up is Alex.. Alex is awesome!! He's from Guatemala and he met with missionaries there. Then he moved to Colorado and met with some Hermanas there. Then he moved here and he will be here for good!! When we met with him on Thursday, we asked him what he knows and he started teaching us all of the missionary lessons. He told us that he wants to be baptized… we were like, uh okay say less!!! Although, he told us that he wants to come to church then choose a date for his baptism. So we were like sweet, but he got called into work yesterday, so he couldnt’ come :((( literally so sad.
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| Quick office run elevator selfie! St Louis Missouri August 2024 |
Now time for anotha bomb miracle!! Ana yall!!! She is the best!!! We have been meeting with Ana for about a month and a half and she's come to church four times with her daughter Cristina and partner Cristian!! I've told y'all about Ana, but she struggled with understanding a lot of what we were teaching her because of what she was raised being taught. Luckily, after patience and prayers she seems to be putting all the pieces together and she has so much faith. We have loved meeting with Ana so much! She faces a lot of opposition with her partner Cristian when it comes to the gospel.. but we know he will come around soon!! On Friday morning, we finally invited Ana to be baptized on September 15th!!! She was so excited and she says she feels ready!! We promised her opposition in these coming weeks and she's so funny!! Translated, she was like “Oh trust me, I know, this morning I was reading the Book of Mormon, and the devil was trying to make me sleep”... hahaha she's the best!! Transfers are coming up soon, everyone pray that I stay so I can be here to see her baptized!! 🙏
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| Glow in the dark district ! St Louis Missouri August 2024 |
So let me fill y'all in on a little situation that has been going on for my comp the last couple of weeks. Last week when we were on exchanges she got bit by chiggers… chiggers bites. So turns out chigger bites are no fun and she got 3.. and they swelled up so big and she had huge blisters full of pus.. You're welcome for the imagery. Anyways, they were getting real bad and so we had to drive all the way to the office on Friday to get her to the doctor. She got her blister popped and wrapped up, and as I waited for her I got to try all the mints at the doctors office!! Fun Friday!!! lol, it's pretty funny though because her legs are all wrapped in gauze and she walks super slow, so I just yell at her as we are speed knocking some doors, “C'mon crippp” (short for crippled).. Anyways, just pray for my comp y'all, hopefully she finishes out strong!!
Saturday, nothing too special happened until the after nine. We had to do a Walmart run to get the mummy (my comp) some more gauze lol! We ran into SYLVIA AND MARIO!!! The couple I helped baptize back in June!! What a bendición!! Seriously it was huge, they started telling me all about their new callings at church. Then Sylvia was going on how Camilo and Caled (her little boys) are going to go on missions one day, thanks to us!! My heart just about bursted! I love them so much, it was so fun to have one last goodbye!! And it was so cute because Sylvia put it all together how the first time we met was at Walmart and the last time we will meet for a while is at Walmart!! It was so pure! I also added them on Facebook, I'll definitely be back after my mission to visit them!! Anyways, it was just such a blessing to see them!!
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| Family history em !!! Cool experience connecting our new Cuban friends to family history !! 🫶 St Louis Missouri August 2024 |
Sunday was a total blast!!! We got to see Ana, Cristina, and Leo at church, Francisco and Fran came again!! Then our cute Colombian family, Jorman and his kids, Dulce and Liam came!!! It was so fun to have them all there and our members are genuinely the best!! Although, yesterday I was doing everything in my power to distract all the children so they won't distract their parents. I was definitely playing baby sitter!! But I heard what the speakers said was apparently very spiritual so that was a win!!
Speaking of spiritual, for my spiritual thought, I just wanted to share a verse that I love so much from the Book of Mormon, and it's from Mormon 9:15 and it says
“15 And now, O all ye that have imagined up unto yourselves a god who can do no miracles, I would ask of you, have all these things passed, of which I have spoken? Has the end come yet? Behold I say unto you, Nay; and God has not ceased to be a God of miracles.”
God has not ceased to be a God of miracles and I can truly testify to that. When the work gets slower here or I feel desanimos to continue I have to remember God is not ceasing to work miracles in my life. Many friends have talked to me about the miracles I'm lucky to see each day and this week I will be better about recognizing the smaller miracles!! But what a miracle to be alive and to be teaching the joy in Jesus!!!
I love y'alll so much!!! Look for those miracles this week!! Y'all are my faves and I pray for each of y'all!! God is so good!!!
Dad: Pretty bummed ur rose is us being gone… I know you miss me.
Mom: Got my haircut today.. I miss you
Colton: Utah without me is no fun
Caryn: Powerful single mommin' this week
Taylor: Haven't heard from you in a sec
Bailey: Big business girl got no updates for me this week :(
Clay: Nana fills me in on your love life
Lexi: Still waiting for that pic of you and sista J
Bella: Your tiktoks give me so much life!! They are so cute
Collins:I'll buy you a drink at Sodamigo when I get back !
Capri: Dad mailed that card you lost to me, I'll buy you a soda when I get back to make up for it!
Kash: Big brother soon
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