Feb 4th, 2013
Hello family,
I guess you guys heard about the tornado that came through here on
Wednesday. Our mission President informed us about it and told us to stay
indoors. The tornado didn't hit in my area. There were 60 mph winds mixed
with heavy rain. It was still pretty intense for us. I guess the tornado was
about 30 miles from us. We had nothing to worry about. It was crazy. I woke up Wednesday morning and went out side
and it was warmer outside than it was in the apartment. My guess is that it was
around 75 degrees and the clouds were orange and purple. We knew that
something was going down that day. (ha,ha.)
We sat in the apartment from 2 pm for the rest of the night. It was such
a boring day. I don't get how some missionaries can just sit in their apartment
all day doing nothing. I guess some missionaries just want the title of serving
a full time mission and not serving to their fullest potential.
Sounds like you guys have been having some crazy weather too. I miss
the snow. It would be bad for it to snow
in Georgia because they don't have very many snow plows. The whole area, anywhere the snow falls,
gets shut down till the sun melts it.
The people that live in Georgia tell me that they don't know how to
drive in snow either.
This time of the year is tough for missionary work. Or at least
tougher than when I first got to Georgia.
I guess the bad weather puts people in a bad mood and they just don't
seem interested in our message. Once
the weather starts to get warmer it will start to pick up. Elder Rogers and I got here around the same
time so we had to figure stuff out on our own. The missionaries before us
didn't do too much missionary work so we didn't have any investigators to start
out with. We are slowly starting to
find investigators and people to teach. It gets a little discouraging at times
knocking on doors and getting rejected but that's really all missionary work is
about. Our only progressing investigator Sal, has
been reading the Book of Mormon. He
loves it! He told us that he loves the
index in the back and that there is so much to learn in the book. The only problem is that he doesn't believe in
organized religion. We are working on him. He just needs to hear the right words at the
right time. I guess we all do. That is
why listening to the promptings of the Holy Ghost is so important, as a
missionary and as children of God.
I don't have any cool stories to tell you this week. I heard that the Ravens won the Super
Bowl. Missionaries that watched it called
us and told us. There are some crazy things that happen on the mission and
there are a lot more disobedient missionaries in the mission field than you
would think. It is pretty sad. It makes it tough for the obedient missionaries
when they get paired up with the disobedient missionaries. When I was with Elder C, it was though trying to get him to listen to
approved music and do things that are approved by the Apostles and Prophets.
You just have to stay strong and fulfill the promise you made on your mission
call. There are still great missionaries
too and that is what I want to be, a great missionary.
It's amazing, all the things that I'm capable of learning as a
missionary and you as well as a member of the church. I know my knowledge of the Gospel
is growing as well as my Testimony and Conversion. Your conversion to the
Gospel is important just your testimony. Only you know how converted you
are to the Gospel. The more converted you are the more you enjoy church and the
more you enjoy doing service in the church, like callings and visiting/ home
teaching. You start to see the Church as a whole and see your purpose as a
member to the one and only true church. Remember that there are people out
there that are searching for the truth, and searching for a better life. They
just don't know where to find it.
Everyone is born with the light of Christ or the knowledge of what
is right or wrong, or feeling good for doing good, and feeling bad for doing
wrong things. As members of the Church we are all given a gift. That is the
Gift of the Holy Ghost, a constant companion to tell us what is right and what’s
wrong. The Holy Ghost also comforts and confirms truth when you hear it.
In first Corinthians 2 is says:
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the
deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a
man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth
no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the
spirit which is of God; that we might
know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth,
but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for
they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned."
We as members of the true Church have the Holy Ghost to teach us, as
long as we are worthy of this gift. Remember
that if you ever have a question about the Church whether or not something is
true, read the Book of Mormon and pray and ask our Father in Heaven if it is
true. In 1 Nephi 10: 19 it tells us
this:
19 For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the
power of the Holy Ghost. In
these times as in times of old, and in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round.
I know this is true.
We don't really have anyone that we can teach so I guess this is you
guys for now. Haha.
Love you all. Thank you for
all that you have done for me.
Love, Elder Kyle Buhler
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