Peanut Butter Waffles

Well the week is over. Let me say, this was a very humbling week. My last area we were having 3-5 lessons a day and just had so much progression, to our new area having one lesson on Sunday for the whole week. Don't get me wrong, that one lesson was a huge blessing. It's just frustrating. This is my second time whitewashing this area and it just frustrating we have to restart again. But we have faith so let's see what happens.

The major excitement this week was we got to go to the hills. There's this small town I've always wanted to go since the first time I was in this area. We just couldn't because we didn't have a car. But now we have a car so we went to this small farmers town. Let me tell you, nicest people ever. We found three people and almost every single person talked to us. They were super nice. It was such a happy and blessful day. 

The rest of the week we were just visiting past people, members, and door knocking. It was a slow week but we were able to still see miracles so that was good. Also during the week we went on exchanges with the Mawson Lake's Elders and Elder Soliai came to Modbury with me. It was a good exchange, he's a super fun and baller Elder. 

A tender mercy was breakfast, I had peanut butter waffles. It was pretty amazing and made me happy. 

A spiritual thought this week is Doctrine and Covenants 45:62 "For verily I say unto you, that great things await you;"

Love you all have a good week!

Comps

Possum

Missionaries

Sokol's Baptism and Transfers...

 Hi Everyone!

So this week was amazing. So much happened. Like holy crap I was all over the place. But that's what the mission is all about... Right? Oh well, let's just get into it. So I'm going to start backwards to forward, try to keep up.

Sunday: What an amazing day. A highlight of the day was Sokol got baptized. It all went very smooth. He was excited and told us nothing would stop him. We didn't drop him in the water which was my biggest fear. So all in all, it was an amazing experience. He was so excited. Nothing beats the joy of seeing someone get baptized. 

Now a bonus, was the caravan park that evening. So for those who don't know there's a massive caravan park with cabins and stuff. We went and had the most amazing experience with a group of guys from Vanuatu. We had family home evening. They played the guitar and sang and dang they had amazing voices. The spirit was so strong and they were so excited about the Book of Mormon. They asked if we'd come every Sunday at 5:30. And a bonus we visited two others groups and had such an amazing lesson with our friend Jonathan. Sunday was absolutely amazing.

Okay now our friend Mel. She is so lit!!! She literally knows every little thing about the church. She said our visits is the highlight of her weeks. So #sheprettylit. Our other friends who are doing amazing is Rob, Chin and her kids, some less actives and heaps more. We've been super busy which is good. We went back to the Bills family and finished digging out their fence. Super tiring but man a good workout. Gotta get the gains. We saw Samuel Blackmore who is doing great. I love seeing the progress with him and can't wait for him to return to church. 

I know I said I'd probably write this long, but honestly can't remember the week. I know a lot happened. But who knows what.

Okay now transfer call time. So they changed the zone leader area, I'll basically be going back to my last ward but it's bigger now. I have mixed feelings about it. It was an area loved, but man do I want to get out of this location. All my areas have been touching and I don't know why I've been kept around here for my whole mission. But just gotta trust the Lord and pray for the best.

A spiritual thought is 3 Nephi 22:10

"For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee."

Alright I love you, have a stellar week. 

Sokol's Baptism

Caravan Park

The Elders

Moving Members

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

Ceduna Sacrament and Emus

 Ok like, what a great week!

Y'all are probably sick of me saying that but I'm loving the work. This email might be long, or it might not be. Guess you'll have to read to the end and find out;).

I'm going to start with our exchange this week. The exchange was with the Whyalla Elders. My companion and I felt very strong that I should go with Elder Keller. So we told them and they said us two would be going to Ceduna. I was very happy with the opportunity to go again. On our drive over we saw an emu. I haven't seen one in the wild until then so it was super cool. Such funny looking animals. Once we got to Ceduna (A total of 8 hours of driving for the day) we had a lesson with two of their friends from Peru who actually work at the motel we always stay at. They let us use the dinning room for the lesson and it went absolutely amazing. They absolutely loved Restoration and are super keen. After that we got dinner at Bills Pizza as always. The pizza lasted us three meals, so good! 

The next day was busy. We were having the first sacrament meeting in Ceduna so our day was focused on teaching about the Sacrament and then inviting everyone to come. One thing about Aboriginals, they love Jesus and everything we have to share, but they love their sleep more. So morning church was going to be a big faith tester. We had some amazing lessons throughout the day. We got to go to town-camp and teach a group of indigenous people there. We were also able to give the sacrament to a couple of members who were unable to attend on Sunday. Then to close off the day, we had a baptism interview with their friend Adrienne Kennedy. It was such a spiritual experience. I love doing baptism interviews. She's ready and excited for her baptism. She'll be the first baptism in Ceduna. So cool! Then that night in our Motel room, I looked at the wall and it was moving. Turns our it's like this 9 inch centipede. It took us smacking it with the shoe three times to kill it. But we got it. 

Finally, it's Sunday. We spent the morning driving around trying to wake people up for Sacrament. One of the members of the branch drove a couple hours to be apart of it and it went absolutely amazing. We had it on the sand like 15 feet from the ocean. This experience was definitely one of the biggest blessings I've seen on my mission. Definitely a blessing to be apart of it. Everyone who came out loved it and said they felt the spirit so strong. After that, we drove to Whyalla, ended exchanges, then drove home in the dark. It's honestly such a vibe driving through the bush in the dark. Between the two days of driving, I drove 17 1/2 hours. I'm so exhausted, but hey, we got it done.

Okay so that's part of the week. The part in our area was absolutely amazing as well. We had some amazing lessons. We have some indigenous friends we've been trying to see and finally had a lesson and it went so amazing. They had two massive pit bulls who were the sweetest dogs. Funny story, earlier that day while door knocking we saw someone chasing a massive pit bull so we dropped our bags and joined in, and eventually the dog was caught. Some fun exercise to mix things up haha. 

On top of that we had an amazing lesson with our friend Sokol. He's doing great! Then we had a lesson with the Anderson brothers and they are doing so great.

And finally we had a dinner with some Filipino members and had tons of Filipino food. And to add the cherry on top, I ate with my hands. With permission! Like, dream come true!!! Little me would be jumping off the walls. And to close the day, we had the Filipino duck egg thing. So gross! But I had to do it. 

My spiritual thought comes from general conference as a whole. In conference the word covenant was used 194 times, and the word temple was used 179 times. I think there's a theme that God wants us to know. So as you watch or reread conference, keep a look out for those terms.

Well I love you all and hope you have such a good next week. I promise whoever emails me this week, I'll email back next week.

-Elder Kapp

Ceduna Sacrament

Ceduna Peru Friends

Ceduna Sacrament pt 2

Filipino Egg

Big Bird