Elder Robert Scott Killpack. September 28, 2015

Dear Everyone😉

Thank you so much for the love you have shown me this last week! I
feel a great sense of the Lord's love for me, for you and for everyone
of His children. So thank you for your support and love, it has
touched my heart. I wanted to share two simple things that I have been
trying to do this last week that have helped me get through stress and
helped me work more positively. First, preparation instead of
procrastination. Elder Hunt has a quote that stuck out to me, " poor
preparation precedes pitiful performance. If we are always prepared we
perform better and we dont have the feeling, like something isnt done.
And that gets rid of a lot of anxiety, but that is a hard thing to
do... To ALWAYS be prepared, but the Lord will help,me be better at
that😀. The second is to always be kind. I feel like sometimes, when I
get with other missionaries, or with my comp I get too sarcastic, and
dont really think about what I am saying. I dont say anything super
rude, but small things add up, and I have noticed that saying those
small things, over time, take their toll on me as well. I have being
trying super hard to ONLY let nice words come out of my mouth
Ephesians 4:29. And james 3:2-5. As I have done that, I have had so
much joy! Be Kind = Joy :) I have the strongest testimony, that the
strongest force of good is the pure love of Christ. Romans 8:35-39. I
love these people so much. And Christ' s love is what changes peoples
lives! Love you all! Have a fantastic week!

Elder Robert Killpack September 14, 2015

Family,

Wow, that was the fastest 6 weeks of my life! I dont understand how it
is possible that time can go by so fast. Well lets get started with
what happened this last week. First, we had a week full of tausches
which means I was only with my comp for three of the seven days of the
week! Elder Miller and I had a solid tausch here in Stuttgart and then
right after that with Elder Donald in Stuttgart as well! We had stake
conference this last week which was a blast! We had an amazing zone
council! Transfer calls ( i am staying with elder hunt). My son Elder
Bates is having a son, so I will be a grandpa! Life is great! A
baptism in Innsbruck, a guy a taught one time there right before I
left, but it was cool to see that first lesson take place and know he
ein Bündnis mit Gott geschlossen hat! A mew baptismal date in our area
with Kevin! Sweet lessons with Felix! And a whole lot of good
conversations on the street and seeing the spirit working within them
as we testified of the truth! Love you all!

Elder Killpack
One more thing,

As we were at stake conference, one of the members from Pforzheim came
up to me. While I was there she had this disease on her hands. She had
had it for years, and could not get rid of it. The disease made her
hands blister all over and made her hands hurt really bad, and limited
her use of them, perhaps even harder for her, was how her young
students would act when they saw her hands while she was working with
them. She had a really hard time with it. She had tried many different
medicines but nothing seemed to be working. With our mortal
understanding, the situation seemed hopeless. As I was serving in
Pforzheim she very humbly asked me to give her a blessing after
church. We went into the primary room with her and her husband to
perform the blessing. I still can remember the tears coming down her
face as she explained the situation and how it was affecting her
physically and emotionally. I dont remember what was said during the
blessing, but I can still to this day remember what I was feeling,
thanks to the holy ghost. I remember feeling the greatest sense of
Love the Savior had for her. I remember feeling a peace after the
blessing that her faith would be made manifest through the healing of
her hands. I didnt think too much of it after though. The days just
passed by and then I was transferred. As I saw her again this last
sunday and shook her HAND, I realized there wasnt a SINGLE blister on
her hands. She just looked at me and starting crying and thanking me
for the blessing. I know it wasnt me and that it was the power of God!
And that because of her faith that her hands were finally healed after
years! I was over flowed with the sweetest joy to realize I was a tool
in the Lords hand in bringing somebody such joy. I am so grateful for
the power of the priesthood and the reality of its restoration!

Elder Robert Scott Killpack August 24, 2015

Dear Family and Friends, 


Another week in Stuttgart. We had a pretty full week this last week. We had Zone Training this last week and it went rather good. We really tried to help our zone understand the importance of goals, and how we can make progress as a zone. That is the biggest thing we are trying to work on here, PROGRESS. And the best about about that, is that you can always make progress no matter what! I love it. I was lucky enough to go on a tausch with Elder Howarth this last week in Tübingen. He was my MTC comp so that was way cool to work with him again! We had a good time and I Was able to learn a lot from him! I am really grateful for the power of prayer and that the atonement always us to improve our weaknesses. I have had a rough time adjusting to this position and trying to find how the Lord sees me leading. I have been super stressed and having no time at the end of the day to slow down hasn't helped. I have really relied on the Lord so much to help me be able focus and get the Job done.  I Love you all and want you to know how much I love my mission!

Elder Killpack

Elder Rober Killpack August 31, 2015

A lot to say not a lot of time

1. Exchanges in Pforzheim, good to be back
2. 5 new faces in church
3. Making schnitzel with Elder Hunt
4. Interviews with President, inspired man
5. Being a missionary!
6. Loving life
7. Smiling

Highlights of the week!! Love ya'll

Elder Killpack September 7, 2015

Dear Family and Friends,

Well we were really blessed this last week here in Stuttgart. I will
cut straight to the chase. As you can tell my the subject we talk
about baptism with our investigators this last week. It was really
cool to see that two of them accepting to be baptized on October
tenth!! I am way excited for them!!!! Wooooo! And the best part is
that one of them introduced himself at church as a future member of
the church of Jesus Christ! How sweet is that?! It was the coolest
thing. I just cant wait for october! We also saw a way sweet
progression in the zone. We are trying to get the zone to hit a goal
of 100 lessons every week, or in other words 100 people nourished by
the good word of God every week! When we started this goal we were at
about 60, and we made progress the first week, but since then we have
been struggling with that. But this week we hit about 80! It was way
sweet to see the zone tak a step in the right direction again. I am
proud of those guys! We also had MLC this last week. I love learning
from president Kohler. He teaches so well. I learned a lot on how to
be a better leader. And why we are here! I am so grateful for all the
amazing things I get to learn as a missionary! Love you all!

Elder Killpack