Week: 71 Date: June 16, 2025 Location: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Email: leah.kimball@missionary.org Companion: Sister Richins /American Fork, Utah Blog:  https://livinlavidastlouis.blogspot.com/?m=1 Lexi's Mission Blog:  https://iputtheradincolorado.blogspot.com/  Ice cream w/ my bestie Sis Matthews!!! Cape Giardeau Missouri June 2025 Hi y’all!! Crazy that this will be your last email from me! Where did all the time go? Ending my mission is so bittersweet—it truly has been the greatest time of my life. And y’all, let me tell you, this last week was no exception. We ended my time in the MSLM with a bomb week! So let’s get into it! This week, Sister Richins and I were reaping the blessings from our diligence the week prior. We had set up sooo many appointments for ourselves last week, so this week was just lesson after lesson! It was genuinely a blast!! We have made the COOLEST friends—Lyla, Adam, JJ, and J-Money (his name is Jaylen, but he told us to call him J-Money...

  Week: 70 Date: June 9, 2025 Location: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Email: leah.kimball@missionary.org Companion: Sister Richins /American Fork, Utah Blog:  https://livinlavidastlouis.blogspot.com/?m=1 Lexi's Mission Blog:  https://iputtheradincolorado.blogspot.com/ I love this 5 foot queen!!! So proud of her and her decision to be baptized!  Cape Girardeau Missouri June 2025 Baptism selfie part 2! I love them!!! Cape Girardeau Missouri June 2025 Baptism selfies part 1!! w/ miss Aerial, Jaylnn, and Analinda!!! Cape Girardeau Missouri June 2025 Iconic missionary and queen aerial pic!! I just love her! Cape Girardeau Missouri June 2025 THIS WEEK WAS WAY TOO GOOD!!!   Like… my BEST FRIEND got baptized!!!!!   AERIAL GOT BAPTIZED!!!   I seriously could go on and on about her and her baptism! But first, let’s start with the week! Monday night, my favvv members—the Staples—took Sister Richins and me out to eat! This was Sister Staples’ request for her 80th birth...

  Week: 69 Date: June 2, 2025 Location: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Email: leah.kimball@missionary.org Companion: Sister Richins /American Fork, Utah Blog:  https://livinlavidastlouis.blogspot.com/?m=1 Lexi's Mission Blog:  https://iputtheradincolorado.blogspot.com/ No smoking motivation from the sisters (us) for Dennis!!!  Cape Girardeau Missouri June 2025 Hi everyone, slower week over here, but that's okay because our friends are still progressing   so so   nicely! ALSO, HAPPY JUNE!!! 🎉 We've taught Dennis every day this week! This guy is truly the BEST! He comes to all of the activities the stake holds each week! We have Book of Mormon class on Tuesdays and Institute on Thursdays, and he does not miss a single activity! On Thursday, he even bought 6 pizzas and brought them to Institute—he is   legit   so prepared!! He had his very last cigarette on Saturday, and we've just been working our tails off to help him stay clean!!! He even got a priesth...