Tuesday, June 30, 2009
June 24,2009
Dear Family,
Wow, I just got done with one of the most tiring days of my mission thus far. Sunday I got transferred to Livingston, MT. I cover Livingston Ward, Gardiner Branch (which is right pretty much in Yellowstone Park) and the Big Timber Branch. President made me Senior companion to greenie Elder Lunham. So I got to Livingston and kinda unpacked my stuff and we weekly planned then went and had two lessons. The numbers for the week reset after Sunday so I was pretty much going into a fresh week. We are supposed to have 15 lessons and 3 new investigators each week. Well Monday rolled around and I got up at 6 o’clock and we went running down by the river. It is amazingly beautiful here and later this week we will be taking a trip down to Gardiner to see some potentials and I can’t wait. We have a brand spanking new 2009 Chevy Colorado I get to drive.
Wednesday’s we will drive into Bozeman or take the train, one or the other. The reason I am so tired is that Monday we were able to teach 7 lessons and we also found a solid family and they committed to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. We are way stoked. We set a goal of 30 lessons this week. If we reach that we will be the third highest teachers in the history of the mission since President Fisher has been here. But more important than numbers we have some solid people we have found that will be baptized here soon. President goes home on July 1st, that’s pretty much in a week. It will be weird to have a new President but it will be a good experience. Oh I’m backtracking, but when I got transferred to Livingston I got to drive 2010 Ford Fusion here, it was fun so I didn’t have to ride on the big bus. Oh ya and the mail, you can just keep sending all my tons of mail you send (wink, wink) to the mission home and they will forward it to me. Elder Lunham is tight, he has only been out 2 transfers so I will break him in nice and easy. Haha
One of these days I will send you all some pictures. Maybe on p-day when we are in Bozeman I will print a ton off and mail them. I will also see if the computers we use will allow me to upload any photos.
Love, Elder Kyler Hinton
Wow, I just got done with one of the most tiring days of my mission thus far. Sunday I got transferred to Livingston, MT. I cover Livingston Ward, Gardiner Branch (which is right pretty much in Yellowstone Park) and the Big Timber Branch. President made me Senior companion to greenie Elder Lunham. So I got to Livingston and kinda unpacked my stuff and we weekly planned then went and had two lessons. The numbers for the week reset after Sunday so I was pretty much going into a fresh week. We are supposed to have 15 lessons and 3 new investigators each week. Well Monday rolled around and I got up at 6 o’clock and we went running down by the river. It is amazingly beautiful here and later this week we will be taking a trip down to Gardiner to see some potentials and I can’t wait. We have a brand spanking new 2009 Chevy Colorado I get to drive.
Wednesday’s we will drive into Bozeman or take the train, one or the other. The reason I am so tired is that Monday we were able to teach 7 lessons and we also found a solid family and they committed to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. We are way stoked. We set a goal of 30 lessons this week. If we reach that we will be the third highest teachers in the history of the mission since President Fisher has been here. But more important than numbers we have some solid people we have found that will be baptized here soon. President goes home on July 1st, that’s pretty much in a week. It will be weird to have a new President but it will be a good experience. Oh I’m backtracking, but when I got transferred to Livingston I got to drive 2010 Ford Fusion here, it was fun so I didn’t have to ride on the big bus. Oh ya and the mail, you can just keep sending all my tons of mail you send (wink, wink) to the mission home and they will forward it to me. Elder Lunham is tight, he has only been out 2 transfers so I will break him in nice and easy. Haha
One of these days I will send you all some pictures. Maybe on p-day when we are in Bozeman I will print a ton off and mail them. I will also see if the computers we use will allow me to upload any photos.
Love, Elder Kyler Hinton
June 8, 2009
Fam Fam Fam what is hanging in Gilbert? This weekend it snowed, imagine that, flippen JUNE and snowing geemaneez. We have been working crazy hard. This past week we got 15 lessons again and 1 new investigator. For only proselyting 2 hrs. a night President is absolutely floored. He told me today that he is leaving me in for the new President so I will be here at least another 8 weeks from right now. So Saturday we were on team ups and we spent the entire day in the office folding Talons (our Newsletter) and we were only at 11 lessons when Sunday came around. Sunday evening there was going to be a Jenny Phillips Fireside (famous LDS singer who is on a lot of efy stuff and others) To motivate my companion I said I really want to go to this fireside but there is no way in heck I’m going to go to it until we have 15 lessons. Well guess what, before 5 oclock hit (when the fireside started) we were at 15 lessons. We went and it was a neat experience. They go through the life of pioneers coming across the plains and all the hardships they went through and she sings throughout the fireside with her husband. It was quite impressive. So I have been having a blast working my tail off. Its kinda funny as I work my tail off the rest of the mission gets their tails reamed because the flippen office elders are having more discussions than they are. Zone Conference is tomorrow and I’m sure u will hear all about that on Wednesday during email. I have a killer outfit I’m going to wear. Very tiny purple running shorts and a bunch of other junk for the basketball game. It will be great u will have to wait and see the pictures lawl. Well I hope all is going great and here is your written letter daddy, lol.
Love, Elder Flippen Hinton
Love, Elder Flippen Hinton
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
May 27, 2009
(From e-mail) So this week was a very exciting week we were able to find 3 new investigators and teach 15 lessons which is the goal for full time proselyting missionaries, this week we are going for 20. I’ve learned its all about desire and to always be inspired. The other day we were gassing up and I had a guy get right in my face just screaming at the top of his lungs, it was kinda hilarious because everything he said was exactly what we believe. When you get negative opposition like that its easy to back down but idk what it is about it but it just makes me want to work harder and harder. President Fisher is now currently doing his last round of zone conferences. The end of June he will do his final transfer and then leave 10 days later so we are swamped in the office and these next couple transfers will be interesting ones since the new President will be switching alot of stuff I’m guessing. So I have a lot on my plate I’m pretty sure I will survive this transfer President told me its possible for me to be in there 9 months that’s a long stinking time but my goal in the office is to downright dominate other companionships in lessons so it makes them look stupid that office elders are smoking them on lessons. We had a few investigators at church and the ward is really excited to see a lot of missionary work getting done, since the others have been lazy pieces of hud. Elder Ellenberger is willing to work I just have the wonderful ability of being able to push people higher and higher it may be my intimidating personality idk well I hope you all have a great week love you all. Last week President Fisher’s granddaughter who was visiting cracked her head open while Pres. and Sis. Fisher where in a leadership meeting so we were able to give her a blessing, that pretty much the excitement. hehe Tell Sean to man up gonna smoke him in any sport he can think of in 15 months and something days lol
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