March 19th

March 18, 2013

Hello Family,

It looks like you guys had a good time celebrating my birthday with out me.  Probably kind of reminds you a little like last year.  My first Birthday out on the mission was all right. I guess it was as good as it could have been. I didn't really expect it to be that fun, haha. Just another day on the Mission.
Well I don't really have much to talk about this week. That can be a good thing sometimes. All of our investigators are continuing to progress. Ricky Holman the 9 year old is ready for baptism, just waiting for his mom's approval.  Hopefully her heart gets softened a little. We saw the Romanian family this past week. They are still reading out of the Book of Mormon. They know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true they are just having a hard time trying to find time. Its hard to get a hold of them. All of our other investigators are progressing and just moving up in the lessons. We did find one more investigator Mathew Williams. He is a pretty promising investigator as well. He said as soon as he knows that the Book of Mormon is true he will join the Church.  This past week has been a crazy week though and we haven't had the most time to find new investigators. We have 9 investigators already that are progressing nicely.

I was called by the Assistant to the Presidents this past Tuesday and they told me that I have been called by the Lord to train a new missionary.  I will be staying here in Fort Yargo and we will be on car share. We will have a car one week and be on bikes the other. This past week we had a car the whole time. I am pretty excited to train a new missionary.  According to President Wolfert the Trainers are the most important missionaries.  I'm pretty excited and nervous at the same time. This will be the first group of missionary's that have only been in the MTC for 2 weeks.  I'm training and I will most likely be in Fort Yargo for another 3 months. We have some great investigators for the new missionary. I just need to tell him that it wont always be this good on all his areas. Well wish me luck! I will let you know how it is going next week.  Hope you all have a great week. And Thank-you for all the Happy Birthday wishes!

Love, Elder Kyle Buhler.

March 11, 2013
Dear Family,
Hey everything is going great here in Fort Yargo. We have been working hard and still finding some new investigators. I'm still struggling a little on my street contacting so that is what I'm going to work on this week, one of my goals. I'm pretty good at tracting though. So I have that going for me at least. This past week we taught the Verdin kids, who are the two kids that are a part of a less active family and their kids are not baptized yet. We taught them the Restoration and they understood it pretty good. As good as a 11 and 12 year old can understand, I guess. They are super excited for baptism. The parents really enjoyed us to, they told us that it rekindled the fire of the church and hopefully they start to come back to church some time soon.
We also taught Ricky Holman the 9 year old kid who is also a part of a less active family, this week we taught him some of the commandments specifically: Obedience, Prayer, Scripture Study, Keep the Sabbath Day Holy, Follow the Prophets, Baptism and Confirmation. He is ready for Baptism his mom just needs to soften her heart a little.
Next we taught Gilbert again he wasn't showing much interest in our church two weeks ago but this past week he seemed pretty interested. He is beginning to see how important our message is now.  So we are starting to see progress.
The Romanian family has been hard to get in with again.  They are still reading the Book of Mormon. We have an appointment to see them this Wednesday and we will teach them The Plan of Salvation.
As for new investigators go I was on an exchange with Elder Thomas, the District Leader, and we were out tracting. We knock on a door of a lady named Tina Burns. She was talking with us for a while and starting talking to us about her dealings with Jesus Christ and she started to cry. She recognized us as representatives of Jesus Christ and was excited for us to teach her. We taught her The Restoration last Thursday and she is now reading the Book of Mormon. She one of the best investigators that we have now.  That's not the best part. She was so happy that we came she started to give us many referrals of people for us to teach. One of which was for a lady named Anna. Anna is currently taking care of three grand daughters. Her son past away in 2010 and their mother left them with her. Her granddaughters are 13, 14, and 15.  Apparently the first year after their parents left them they tore up Anna's home and put holes all over the walls and they started to punch her and beat her up. When we taught her and her granddaughters last Saturday there was lots of holes in the walls.  This past year they have been better. Well long story short Anna's sister-in-law is Mormon.  Her brother didn't have the best life before.  Her brother was starting to prepare to become a member of the Church and was cleaning up his life and she recognized the change in him. We taught her The Restoration and she was super excited we came.  She has been searching for the true church her whole life and she told us that the Mormons might be it. We told her about organization of the church and what we do at church. She got super excited and told us that is exactly what her granddaughters need. She is super excited for us to teach her The Plan of Salvation this Saturday and so are we.
That's all my stories this week.  Just when I think things couldn't get better, they do. I hope that you guys all have a great week and that you are all healthy and happy.  Thank you for all that you do.  I miss you all.  Remember all of life's questions can be answered in the Scriptures. If we take the time to diligently search and seek out our answers. The Holy Ghost gives us the power to know what is right and wrong. Scripture of the week.

Moroni 7:12-17

 12 Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that which is evil cometh of the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God, and fighteth against him continually, and inviteth and enticeth to sin, and to do that which is evil continually.

 13 But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God.

 14 Wherefore, take heed, my beloved brethren, that ye do not judge that which is evil to be of God, or that which is good and of God to be of the devil.

 15 For behold, my brethren, it is given unto you to judge, that ye may know good from evil; and the way to judge is as plain, that ye may know with a perfect knowledge, as the daylight is from the dark night.

 16 For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God.

 17 But whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in Christ, and deny him, and serve not God, then ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of the devil; for after this manner doth the devil work, for he persuadeth no man to do good, no, not one; neither do his angels; neither do they who subject themselves unto him.

LOVE, Elder Kyle Buhler