Elder Jesse M Killpack September September 29, 2014

Dear Family, 

I don't know everything that I can put down on for this week. We did a
ton of work and people kept almost all of their appointments. We
taught three lessons one day with our ward mission leader. Three
people came to church. And a family wants to get baptized. Well just
the parents. Their kids are still in Mexico. It is really sad how people
separate their families and have to do it to provide for them. This
family is going back in a month so we will see if they go back members
or just very prepared investigators. It's kinda funny because they are
fairly white but speak Spanish and nothing of English. We are going to
keep working hard so that we can be able to keep up the numbers and
maintain all the people we found. So many people are prepared. We went
to a house looking for someone but a different man came down. We
talked to him about learning English and  took him and showed him
the church. He was interested in the gospel as well. He had kinda
stepped away from the religion scene to make sure he was doing  the right thing. We will see if he comes around this next week. I
can't write down everything but know that I'm very grateful for this
week and the hand of the Lord that was ever present. 

Love

Elder Killpack









Teaching the spirits in prison. 

Elder Robert Scott Killpack September 29, 2014

Modeling the Lederhosen

The Beer Wagon Horses

Hanging with the Neuotting Elders

It was a good week here in Landshut we are starting to teach a lot of lessons! We taught 12 lessons this week, which is pretty good here. We have 7 baptismal dates!! The thing is, is that dates don't mean anything unless they actually get baptized! 

We taught Adwoa and Pratt twice this week! They are a cute little family they have two young kids and are really trying to find the right way in coming to Christ! Adwoa is scared about life because she doesn't want to go to hell. We were able to teach her the Plan of Salvation and were able to help get rid of that fear!! The Plan of Salvation is the greatest thing in our gospel!! I love it so much because it helps us everyday whether we know it or not. One of my favorite quotes now is "Faith is the antidote to Fear." That is so true.  If we have faith in the Plan of Salvation then what is there to worry about. We all know people that have died and it feels like we will never be able to see them again or  think it will be possible. That is the beauty of this Plan of Happiness. We can know through our faith that this is not the end. We have people waiting for us. Some people are waiting just to be with us again and are as happy as could be. There are also the other people such as the Granz's who are trying everything they can on the other side to get their work done and that alone gives me the faith that we will see these people again.  Especially people who we have lost that were so close to us!! So think about your fears, then think about your faith concerning those fears. If your faith doesn't relieve the fear, then find out why and grow your faith. We are here to grow and learn and the more we do that, the more our faith/antidote will grow and overcome all of our fears. I know this is true because I have seen this in my life and see it start to change the lives of the people around me. This is why faith is the first principle of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!!

Oktoberfest!! Oktoberfest was a blast! I love Germany. We had our Lederhosen and were looking mighty german in the biggest party in the world! Had a classic Brotwurst and enjoyed watching people sing drinking songs and enjoying the german culture, the only problem was that nobody there wanted our Das Wort der Weissheit pamphlets! (Word of Wisdom) They really do know how to have a good time here without being totally out of control haha. I will send some pictures and videos hope you guys like it!!

ELDER KILLPACK

They even have Jesse's favorite ride

Sister Bailey Jayne Love September 29, 2014

Family and Friends,

This week has been a blur! We got a surprise phone call on Tuesday saying that I needed to be to a leadership meeting on Thursday and that I would have to find my companion a place to go. It was so incredible. Brothers Donaldson and Littlefield (from the missionary department) were there to train us. I learned so much! Now it's all just a matter of implementing it into the work.

They said that they had this corporation of some sort do a survey. They asked people "If you were given the opportunity to learn about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and invited to be baptized would you?" I can't remember the exact numbers, but it worked out to be that each area in our mission had an average of 900 people that said yes... I'm really upset that they didn't give these people as referrals to the missionaries.. anyways I guess we'll just have to go find them!

Another thing that stuck out to me was that Brother Littlefield said "Eternity swings on very small hinges" just something to think about day to day.

They also taught us how to simplify. I never thought that it would be a bad thing to know too much about this gospel.. I still don't know enough, but when teaching spiritual babies we need to keep it simple.

Overall it was an amazing experience.. Not sure why I was there because it was just zone, district, and sister training leaders.. I felt super out of place.

Well I love you all! The work is moving forward each and everyday! make sure you don't get left behind!

Sister Love

Beautiful Ohio

Sister Farmer

Elder Jesse Killpack. September 22, 2014

Dear Family and Friends,

This week was about enduring to the end, and seeing the blessings that

come from it. We contacted tons of people but none  chose  to

keep their appointments. But that's how the work goes. We found some

people that are ready to accept the truth. Last night we talked to

Mario, a man I found a while back on exchanges. We were on our way to

the church at the end of the night when we saw him and began to talk

to him. We went over our last lesson and got back up to Joseph Smith

and the Book of Mormon. As we talked about it Elder Turner mentioned

that we were going to watch a video but we went ahead with a couple

questions he had. We offered him the book and he said no, saying that

he wasn't worthy or ready to take it. We took the time to explain

that it was the only way he was going to become close to God again. 

It was one of the most personal times for my testimony. 

To explain to him that sometimes we don't even feel worthy

to pray to God and talk to such a magnificent being. Yet it is the

only way to become worthy in His eyes. The atonement is infinite and

can cover anything except denying the Holy Ghost. Don't do that! haha.

As we kept talking he reminded us about the video we had

forgotten. We shared it and it was crazy strong. Elder Holland

explains the introduction to the Book of Mormon very well. The man

began to feel a change of heart and looked very contemplative and

accepted it and thanked us a lot. He was almost to the point of crying.

Almost. Haha I am excited to hear about the temple and I can't wait to

be a part of all that as well. This week I got a hold of old Ensign with

articles about the Book of Enoch. Nothing has made me want to know

more languages like that. It made me feel like I should

look into using language skills to work in the church somewhere. I would love

working with old documents or something. It would give me an easy way

to always be building up Zion and bring about more knowledge to

myself and the world at large. I'll still need to do more thinking and

praying. If you want to delve into some crazy stuff, read those

articles by Hugh Nibley, my new hero. They are called A Strange Thing

in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch. I will never look at Genesis

or the Book of Moses the same way again.  I love you a lot. I am going to

come back smart just you watch and ever so humble.

Love

Elder boy named after dog

P.s. Still don't know how I forgot that story. Classic.

Elder Robert Killpack. September 22, 2014

WOW!

Been an AMAZING WEEK! 

So last week we had an Austausch where me and Elder Barnhart did work in Landshut. He is from Passau. What was stressful about this Austausch was that I was in charge and had to plan for everything.  Take lead in discussions and basically rely on the Lord because there was no way I was ready for this. So we had a lesson that night and I was supposed to take the lead.  It was a German investigator, and I was freaking out because my German is not quite there yet. I was surprised to see the gift of tongues and the Holy Spirit speaking for me as I taught Schwester Mespe and Edith! I was going off testifying die wichtigkeit des buch mormons and it was amazing to see the spirit start growing in their eyes and to hear them commit to reading.  Praying with real intent made the lesson that much more spiritual!! It was just so amazing to see the work of Lord going on when I seriously had no idea what was going happening. After that lesson I asked Elder Barnhart what had just happened. I literally don't know what I said. It goes to show that it is the Lord, not us, who are teaching these people!!

Adwoa and Pratt! So our district leader used to serve in Landshut and knew this lady and her husband that were really interested in the Gospel. She had a baby and got way sick so they lost contact with them.  Elder Spencer, our district leader, told us to go see if they are still interested. They were! We taught them this week and talked about the restoration. They said they love this church but want to know everything about it before they decide to join. We were still able to make baptismal dates with them and now have 2 more people on the road to salvation!!! It is really funny because we now have 6 people with baptismal dates and they are all African. None are german. hahah (I think that maybe the Africans are a little more humble;) 

So we went to Neuotting this last weekend for an Ausstellung. I don't the word in English haha but it's  like a set-up or exhibit. There was a fresh Golden there. Had only been here for a week now. When we first got to Ausstellung, I had a feeling that I should go out with the new Golden during his first Ausstellung.  Both of our trainers looked at me funny but said okay, its your doom basically.  haha. I was able to go finding for about 2 hours with Elder Nebeker. It was really good for me because I had to take the lead in talking to every person and not rely on someone else to translate for me. I was training for 2 hours basically and it was super scary, but one of the best experiences of my mission yet. It was pretty intense having to be the one to answer every question even though the person was speaking way fast german. With  the power of the Lord again I was able to do it!! We were able to place 4 books of mormon that day which is quite a bit for one day. It was just so cool to see how far I have come and how much the Lord has help me get to where I am! I have been so blessed on my mission with my companion, my ward, and with the strength of the Lord. I could not be happier right now and I hope that all of you can find that same happiness. A huge step

is to take a step back. Look at what the Lord has done for you, and given you, and there is seriously no way you can not be happy!!!

Love you ALL

Elder Killpack

This is the cat I baptized! 

Missionaries forbidden.

                                                                         Alleyway

    

Classic Germany

Sister Bailey Jayne Love. September 22, 2014

Super Jealous!!

Hello Everyone!!

Things have been SLOOOOWW... As of late, but the hand of the Lord is in everything we do! There are so many miracles each and everyday! I should really start writing them down because by the end of the day so many have happened that it's impossible to remember them all.

Our ward is continuing the 40 day fast and I can just feel all the promise that's on it's way. We're working hard to find those people that are prepared. Some of them might be right in front of our faces. We taught a less active on Saturday and he uninterested husband had so many questions. We told him that we have answers and we're meeting with them again on Thursday. That's just one example of everything that's been happening. It's really exciting.

I love my mission. More than I ever thought I would. I've learned so much about myself but more importantly I've learned about our Heavenly Fathers plans. I love the temple so much because of the work that we can do for others there. Family History seems to be everywhere the past couple of weeks. From Bobby's experiences to the opening of the Ogden temple. Just going onto LDS.org shows how important that work is. I'm so excited to go to the temple again, but I know that I'm doing another very important work outside.

I love you all! Thank you for everything!

Sister Love

Elder Robert Scott Killpack , September 17, 2014

Great Week of Missionary work. 

Baio... He is doing great haha he is one funny dude. He is from the heim and very humble. So the last two weeks he has wanted to come to church but wasn't able to because he didn't know how to get there. Albert his roommate was supposed to show him the way. But for some reason, Albert wasn't  able to come either. So last week we took Baio to the church and showed him how to get there from the Heim so he could come! He was a little drunk that night and kept saying how sorry he was for not coming because he hates disappointing people! He was also super sorry that he broke the word of wisdom and said that from that day on he would never smoke or drink again. I just hope he remembered all of that:) He has a really big heart and the desire to learn and be baptized is there, but he is just having problems quitting smoking and drinking. I know he will be able to do it but it will just take some time!!

We had Zone training last week as well and it was really good!  Elder Garret and I had to teach our Zone a little about Exact Obedience, and I learned so much from that! I read through the scriptures and saw all the promises and blessings given to us when we are exactly obedient. And after reading all of that I don't want to be anything but exactly Obedient. I know that it will be hard but if I/we try our hardest then the Lord with the mercy given us with pick up the slack:)

I don't know if I have talked about Mike yet, but we had a really good lesson. Mike is an eternal investigator and just has his views on church and never has wanted a Baptismal date because he hates planning for things so far in the future. He just wants to be led by Christ in the moment. So what we did we in a sense was tricked mike... hahah we told him how we have someone being baptized on October 11th and wanted him (Mike) to take the same lessons and steps has someone that is going to be baptized would. But we won't give you a baptismal date, we just want you to be ready to be baptized on October 11th and he accepted haha! So hopefully all goes well with him!! He is really close just needs that last push. It's is kind of cool because its a little part of Jesse's mission in mine because Mike is from New Jersey!

My first real German Talk!! I gave a talk yesterday in sacrament meeting and it was a pretty cool experience. I prepared the whole week before I mean the last three days before I had to give my talk! I wrote my entire talk in English. Ya I know crazy right? Then the craziest thing happened I tried to translate it and did really good. Elder Garrett only had to help me correct 80 percent of it. When I got up there I didn't look at my written talk the whole time except for the 6 minutes that I read from it!!! Wow I did so great just fluent. Already best one out there..... It was a good Sunday because later that day the Elders from Neuötting had a baptism and it was way cool to see someone go under the water and enter into this church clean and pure!

Oops and then we almost burned our apartment down... Yup it was an almost tragic day!  Elder Garrett and I were making stir fry and noticed that we forgot some sauce when shopping last p day, so we decided to go to our basement, It's like our grocery store. We literally  live on top of a grocery store. We started to cook our noodles  full blast on the stove.  Mistake number 1. Then we left to go get the sauce. Right before we left our apartment I thought we should pray because we always do before we go outside, but we decided it was only going to be 2 seconds and  we didn't  need to pray for that... we were wrong. As soon as I walked out and closed the door Elder Garrett hit his pockets and didn't have the keys...  The only spare is in Vienna, Austria with the Senior Couple in our ward. OOPS. Mistake number 2.  We were freaking out because the stove was on and we didn't know what to do. We called our branch president and he was going to help us out, but it was going to cost 500 euro of Personal Money to fix it. He then  called us back and said because of the fire hazard in the apartment, the  fire department would come open it up for free. So he called them and 5 mins later the sirens came to our door!! Wow, was that embarrassing!  Haha but the moral of the story is to always pray before you leave the house;)

Have a great week!

Elder Killpack

Teaching the Kitty, 

Shout out to Sammy and Max!

A poor picture of the entrance of OKTOBERFEST.