Helen's Baptism!!!

Ok for those who don't know, Helen is a lady I taught for almost 8 months in Morialta. But more about that later.

I've recently noticed my emails have gotten short. And that I have been lacking in the responding aspect. Today I'm making that all up. Oh that's right, this email will be a novel. So please, sit back, relax, and enjoy the story.

So Tuesday, we had a combined south Australia mission conference for President and Sister Johansson's last zone conference. It was so good! I got to catch up with a bunch of missionaries. I was so happy to be among friends. It's sad to see President and Sister Johansson leave, but hey, it's the mission for ya. Get close to someone then they dip. Oh whale 🐋. Then after we had a lesson with our new member Chris. And then a lesson with Rob Cadger. I absolutely love Rob. He is progressing so well it's unbelievable. After Rob we had dinner with the Blackmores which was amazing. Love their family. Then we had a lesson with our indigenous friend Simon. He is doing so well. He absolutely loves the Book of Mormon which is a great thing to hear as a missionary. So we're happy.

Wednesday was just full on busy like none other. We had district council in the morning which was amazing. Following that we had a lesson with Charlie which was amazing. Then we had a lesson with his neighbor Jodie who is actually doing pretty well. Following that we door knocked for 30 minutes. After door knocking we had a lesson with Chin and her family. The lesson was good, we talked a lot about missionary work and why we are here serving missions. The spirit was strong. After Chin we saw Sokol. He is doing so amazing. He's super excited for his baptism this next Sunday. Then, we had a lesson with our friend James at Ryan and Karen's. That lesson went... well. It's so hard to teach at their house because they like to talk, but hey, we work with what we got. Then to close the night we started our exchange, I went to Tea Tree Gully with Elder Ginn.

Exchange time. Tea Tree Gully is still lit. We biked instead up bussed. It was pretty lit. Dang am I out of shape. But that's why we do it. We visited a bunch of members, door knocked and it was lit. Pretty good exchange. Friday was then pretty great. We had a bunch of lessons that went very well. So yeah it was good.

Saturday we had a lesson with the Bongco family. They really got into it and were super involved which was awesome. After that we had a lesson with Mel. We had one scheduled Wednesday but she said to come Saturday so we didn't know how interested she really was. But turns out she was super excited. We talked to her for about an hour and it went so good. After that we had two great lessons with inactive members. One is planning on coming to church this week. So that's pretty cool.

Now the time we've all been waiting for, Helen's baptism! Ok so my last day in Morialta, Helen asked if I'd come back for her baptism. When I showed up she was so excited. She tried to hug me but I said nope and stuck out my hand for a handshake. It was so good to talk to talk to the members. We were there literally an hour and half talking. I got to talk to some the priest I taught mission prep to. It was such a great experience. I miss that ward so much. After that we went to this caravan park which was beast. We had a lesson with this dude name Jonathan. Pretty lit dude. 

So yes, that's my week. It was amazing. I am very happy. 

A spiritual thought comes from an Elder Bednar's devotional. If all you have is a testimony, you run the risk of falling away from the church. It won't be enough. You must truly be converted to the Savior. That will keep you on the right path. 

Love you all! Have a stellar week. Talk to you when I do.

-Elder Kapp

Helen's Baptism

Elder Bushell

Elder Shum and Elder Orr

Intake

Exchange

Sister Hathaway and Sister Myers

Sister Fehoko

Some of the district

Some Stuff Idk

 G'day my amigos,

What a week it's been. Miracles, stacked on miracles, stacked on learning opportunities. Shall we break it down? Oh we shall.

First miracle, Tuesday. Why you may ask? Because we had a green day! For those who don't know what that is, it's when every single lesson, contact, phone call and everything planned happens. Sadly we don't get them a lot, but we had one on Tuesday! We had a lesson with an inactive member who wants to come back to church. We also had a lesson with our new member Chris Hendry. He's doing... ok. Prayers would definitely help. After that we had a lesson with my guy Rob. It was stellar. He's doing amazing. Then we door knocked and met this awesome lady named Mel. We'll see if anything comes from that. Then we had a great lesson with our friend Cosmos and then with Sokol. Sokol is doing amazing! We had his baptismal interview and that went fantastic. Now we just wait for the day and he'll get baptized. After Sokol we saw our friend Simon our indigenous friend and it actually went very good. It was a very blessful day.

Then Wednesday was also insane. We had four straight lessons with President Hollow. The first was with Bee. It was a very spiritual lesson. She believes in Jesus but has never belonged to a specific church. After that we had a lesson with our friend Chin. She is doing good. Just her uncle doesn't want her coming to our church. But we got his number so we'll see what we can do. After Chin we saw Sokol which I talked about earlier. Then to close the night we saw Ryan and Karen. There umm also doing ok. 

Other lessons have been with the Andersons, a bunch of members, and door knocking. Overall it was a good week. We had exchanges and I was with Elder Oliphant. It wad a good exchange.

A spiritual thought, to quote Sister Johannson, "Just Jesus".

Love you all have a great week!

Elder Ginn

Exchanges

Lesson with Naveen

Facebook Video

Happy Mothers Day Pt. 2

Happy Mother's Day!

This is a much deserved holiday, especially for my mom. She is the greatest ever. She's always been there for me and supported me. My mom is one of my heroes and best friends. Love you mom!

This week was pretty good. Probably the biggest miracle was Sokol was put on date! It took three tries. The first, he almost dropped us, the second, he said he wanted to read the whole Book of Mormon, but this time, he said he was ready. Shows you just have to trust in the Lord's timing and miracles will come.

Then Wednesday we had in person MLC. The meeting was great as always but the best part was being able to go to the Temple with the MLC and President and Sister Johansson. It's been a long time since I've been able to go and it was such a great blessing and joy to be able to go. Then after we all went to this super fire burger place. Definitely a time to remember.

The rest of the week was pretty good as well. We had another good lesson with our friend Chin and her family. Hopefully they'll be able to come to church this next week. We also had a couple of lessons with our friend Rob. He's doing great. This next week, we're going to try to have a little BBQ with him. Then we also had a lesson with our other friend Rob. He's ok... We'll see what route we end up taking with him. Then our indigenous friends Khandy and Simon are so fun to teach. They're very humble and love us coming over. They also have two of the cutest Pit bulls. 

Our members are doing so great. We now have like eighty more than before. So on Sunday it was a challenge trying to get to know everyone. But baby steps, we'll get there. Some highlight member visits was the Howells, who are an older couple who are my very favorite. Then of course Charlie who's been helping us teach his neighbor Jodie. We've been doing Book of Mormon reads with him and are now working with him on coming to church. Then we just saw some less active members and our new members. Pretty good visits for the week.

A spiritual thought this week comes from the talk, The Cloven Tongues of Fire. The quote is, "Too many of us are like those whom the Lord said “[came] with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, … [and] at the time of their conversion, were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and they knew it not." What a gift the comforter is, and so overlooked it can be. We literally have a member of the Godhead promised to us to be our constant companion to be with us as long as we live worthy. This isn't just to help us when we read the scriptures or pray, it gives us help and guidance for all aspects of our life. School, work, families, literally all things. That is such a gift and needs to be utilized more often.

As always, I love you all! Thank you for everything and all you do. Let me know if there's anything I can do for y'all. Have a good Mothers Day. Talk to you next week.

Temple

Dinner after temple

Sokol on date

Exchange with Elder Shum

More temple

Blue tree

Snapdragon and Butterflies

 Alrighty, let's get this show on the road.

This week was kind of just a blur. It just went by super fast. So I'll throw in all I can remember, and hope for the best.

One of the biggest things that happened in this mission this week, was Adrienne Kennedy got baptized in Ceduna! We were able to watch on zoom, it was such a special event. 

Something also super amazing that's been unrolling, is our friend Rob. Now Rob is an interesting guy don't get me wrong. But man is the spirit changing him. We saw him Tuesday and Friday this last week. When we visited him Friday it was so amazing. He was telling us that he could see why God sent us to him and how he knows we are men of God. He's a little stubborn don't get me wrong, but luckily for him, I love to get my way. So we'll get it him. 

Also this week we had exchanges with the other Paralowie Elders. Elder Herndon came to our area with me. It was a very good exchange with lots of miracles. We got to door knock which I haven't done in forever. We had a lesson with the Anderson brothers. Let me tell you about them. They would be the most beast members, if they just kept commitments! I love them to death but they won't come to church for whatever reasons. I'm literally going to go over there with a shopping cart, put them in it, hitch it to our car, and drive to church. But I must trust the Lord's time (even though sometimes I wish he'd just move his clock forward). Anywho, after their lesson we had another lesson with Chin and her family. The lesson went good, they're just praying about baptism. So hopefully they act on the answer they get. 

Other amazing miracles this week: Our friend Sokol is doing just terrific. He's now been taught everything but fasting, which we'll do this week. Now, we wait for him to finish the Book of Mormon and he'll get baptized. What we'll start doing for lessons now is probably just Book of Mormon reads. But hey, like I said earlier, just gotta trust the Lord's timing. 

This week was just packed with lessons, but especially with lessons with people we haven't gotten a hold of in a long time. It was good to bring the spirit back into their lives but also see it working on their lives. One last giant miracle was something that happened last night. So there is a member in our ward who doesn't come to church. The bishop really wants her to return, so we have tried everything. We've gone over and she's ignored us, called and once they figured it was us, they hung up, we baked cookies and all this. And nothing. Well yesterday I kind of felt like we should stop by which I wanted to ignore, my thoughts go as follow:

Me: "No"

God: "Yes"

Me: "Really"

God: "Yes"

Me: "Fine"

So we went, and let me say, God knows his children. She answered the door and it went absolutely amazing. We had such a spirit felt discussion and saw the light of Christ in action. Now I don't know what changed from this time we went over and the many other times, but here's what I do know, God loves all his children, and will do all he can to help them return to him, and we were able to see that in action on Sunday. What a blessing and miracle.

Now something random, South Australia got rid of a Stake this weekend. So now there are two. There are a bunch of Wards combined and some created. So we'll have a new name for our ward, mostly the same people, just more members. So I'm excited.

A quick spiritual thought:

3 Nephi 24:6

"For I am the Lord, I change not..."

What more could we ask for. We have the most reliable source of help and guidance just one prayer away. What a true gift that is.

Well times to finish off this email. Thank you for all you do my friends and family. Love you all, have a great week!

Nertz

Me and my Comp

Spider