He Can't Wait to Hold the Priesthood!

November 2, 2015

Hi Ya'll! 

So yesterday me and my comp kinda forgot about the time change.  We thought we got up at about at 6:30 but we actually got up at 5:30. Our elders picked us up for church and when we got there we were all confused because people still weren't there and it was almost nine. One of the members commented and said that we were really early for church, which just confused us more. We asked the member what time it was, and than we remembered the time change and that an we were an hour in a half early for church!lol 

Jonathan's (Destiney's dad) doing great! He got a blessing from our Elders and really liked it, he was pumped to get a blessing from them!:D He also can't wait to hold the Priesthood, which is super cool because I've never had a an investigation be so excited about receiving the Priesthood and about the Book of Mormon. Jonathan's trying to stop smoking and he's really started to use less and less. Jonathan's so ready to be baptized, he's loving everything we're teaching him and it all clicks with him. Jonathan is pretty much our mission dad and his family (The Stricklands) is pretty much our family. Whenever we go there, which is all the time, they feed us and they don't care if we just snack on their food. They even asked if it would be ok with our parents if they adopted us and kept us forever lol The girls love us, little Hailey sometimes gives me a kiss on the cheek. She is so cute!:D They'll probably be the hardest family to leave. I'm so glad i at least have 4 more weeks here!

We went to the beach last week for our p-day and it was way fun! And I caught another fish! It wasn't very big but it was still legit:D While we were walking down the pier we started talking to this guy that was fishing and he let me use his fishing pole, literally 10 seconds later a fish caught hold of the hook and I reeled it in :D I got a couple of pictures of me holding it and pretending to eat it. 

Also, please tell Grandma that I love her and happy birthday!:D Well I got to go but love ya'll and hope ya'll have a great week!

Love, Sister Keables 

#MissionaryForLife

Hi Ya'll! 

So this week was an ok week and nothing really funny or exciting happened so I don't have much to share, sorry:( Last Saturday we went and did service for this lady and that was really fun, and she has three horses!:D We helped her for a couple of hours and she really appreciated it. 

Did i tell ya'll that we hearted attacked our elders and mooned them? Mooned is almost the same thing you just cut out moons and write things on them. We also heart attacked some members and investigators and that was really fun!:D Mom, guess what?! in 5 weeks I hit my halfway mark! It's so weird~time goes by way too fast. Also I got the letter you sent me, thank you! Sorry I don't have much tell ya'll but hope you have the greatest week ever, and hopefully next week I'll have more to share with ya'll!:D #MissionaryForLife

Love, Sister Keables

"So this week we had a baptism!!"

October 12, 2015

Hi Ya'll!

So this week we had a baptism!! Destiney's mom and sisters were baptized and a lot of people came!:D It went really well, and they looked so happy after the baptism. (Baptisms are my favorite!:D) All baptism are special and each is a miracle, but to see a family came together in the gospel was amazing and wonderful to experience and see. Destiney's dad came and he really enjoyed it.  He came to church as well and really like that too. Before Saturday he wasn't really interested in talking to us then he asked us to come over a few hours before the baptism. Sister Elms actually came down from Long Beach to the baptism and we went on splits for a hour or so. She and I taught Jonathan most of the Restoration, and he was really open about it and loved it. He came to the confirmation the next day too and really enjoyed it. We went and saw them after church and set Jonathan with a baptism date!:D He was kinda hesitant but he was ok with setting it as a goal. Me and Sister Mozingo have a really good feeling about the date we set with him, which is November 14 and both think it's going to happen. We were talking to Andi about going to the temple to be sealed together as a family and she can't wait!:D 

Also......I"M STAYING IN PICAYUNE!!!!!! Nothing is changing, me and Sister Mozingo are so excited for this transfer! We're super pumped, so is Andi's family. I get to spend Halloween and Thanksgiving with them and they've already offered to feed us! They we super happy when I told them i was staying, I LOVE THEIR FAMILY!!:D 

I have to go but love ya'll and I hope ya'll have the best day ever!:D

Love, Sister Keables

 Me and Destiney

Me and Andi's Family 

Me Hailey, Andi, and Lily

 

After the Baptism! 

Pictures From the Week of October 5, 2015

Our Elders

Me and Hailey

Me and Lily 

Elder Bennett is holding crushed Oreos 

Destiney's Baptism

Destiney's Young Women Group

This Week Has Been an Awesome Week!

September 28, 2015

Hi Y'all!!!

This week as been a awesome week! Destiny's baptism went great and the Spirit was so strong! All of her cousins and aunts came and they all looked so happy!:D I think it was one of the best baptsims I've ever been to.  Destiny looked super happy as well. And her mom and sisters came who aren't members, which was really great because her mom loved it, and she wasn't really interested in learning more about our church. I actually saw her and her sisters crying during the baptism and I had a hard time holding back tears:D I love baptisms! They're so special and words can't describe the joy you feel when you watch someone you love and help get baptized. On Sunday her family came to see receive the Holy Ghost, including her mom and little sisters. She was given the Holy Ghost and afterwards our bishop opened up the meeting for testimonies. It was the perfect Sunday for her mom and sisters to come to church:D Destiny actally bore her testimony and it was very powerful, she started crying and in turn made me cry. I've never had a recent convert bear his or her testiomy the day she or he was comfirmed. So that was really cool!:) A few people after her, I bore my testimony and was mainly talking to her and her family. I love Destiny's mom and sisters, they're wonderful people and I could tell that the Spirit really touched each of hearts. Ever since Destiny started going to our church, she's been praying that her mom and sisters will want to came to church and will have a desire to learn more. Me and sister Mozingo went and saw Destiny and her family and shared a scripture a with them. This was the first lesson that her mom and sisters were involved in. And even though we just shared a scripture me and Sister Mozingo really felt the Spirit and then asked her mom and sisters to be baptized on October 17! And they said yes!:D Destiny almost started crying, her mom was and I'm so excited for her family!  Sunday was a great day and Heavenly Gather definitely blessed us a lot this week!

Got to go, but love y'all and hope your having the an awesome day! #MissionaryForLife #MJM

Love Sister Keables

#LifeIsGood:D

Getting ready to go tracting 

#MissionaryForLife!

September 21, 2015

Hi everyone!!!:D

Guess what?!  We have a baptism this week on Friday night! One of our investigators is getting baptized and she can't wait! Her name is Destiny and she's 16 she has family that are active members, and they're all coming to see her get baptized:D Hopefully a lot of the members will come and support her.  I think they will though because we have awesome members!:D 

This week has been a great week. We saw a lot of people and our numbers were a lot higher than last week!:D Sister Mozingo is awesome, and I'm excited to serve this transfer with her. A few days ago me and Sister Mozingo made a new friend and we named him, Keebler Mozzy G:D On the way to an investigator's house we found this butterfly and literally spend 25 minutes holding it and taking pictures with it lol It was pretty fun and it was worth the 25 minutes:D

A few days ago me and Sister Mozingo were knocking doors and we met this guy named Harlen. He told us that he had said a prayer that morning asking God to help him find a church. And we knocked on his door that same day and invited him to church. He told us that he's been to a lot of other churches, but he still feels like something is missing. He didn't have time for us to share a lesson with him but he told us that he wanted to come to our church the next day. We texted him Sunday morning gave him the address and asked him if we was coming, then a few minutes later he texted us and told us he was on his way. We were so excited!lol We were in ward council that morning when he texted us and I'm pretty sure the second counselor in the bishopric could tell we were really excited:D Mainly because we both almost jumped out of our seats lol Harlen came to church and he was only there for the first hour but we were so excited he even came at all! We also saw him and his daughter after church and taught them the Plan of Salvation. It went really well and both of them really liked it. Jordan, his daughter, really liked that we answered questions she had that no others churches could answer for her. Harlen and Jordan both have a baptism date for October 17 and I'm really excited for them!:D 

There's this less active in the ward and a few days ago she brought us pizza and then brought it over for us to eat. While she was at our apartment she showed us some exercising that work really well. Her name is Sister Harrin and she's 52. She looks way younger! And we found out why, she works out for 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours at night every night. She showed us some exercises and were been trying to do them at least every morning. Me and Sister Mozingo are so sore! We walk like old ladies and it's now painful to go up stairs:D lol

Got to go, love ya'll and hope your have the greatest day ever!!:D Sorry i haven't responded to ya'lls letters.  I haven't had a chance yet:( I CAN'T WAIT TO TALK TO YA'LL IN ALMOST 2 MONTHS!!!:D #MissionaryForLIfe!

Love, Sister Keables

The Gulf of Mexico

We found Big Foot's shoes! 

Sister Mozingo, my new companion! 

I am who I am because of Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, the gospel...

September 14, 2015

Dad!!!!:D I LOVE YOU!!

Thank you for the long email you wrote me and the one you sent this week, it was fun writing letters to you, mom, and Ryan:D It took me a couple of days, but it was worth it:) This email might be a little confusing because I'm responding to both emails, we'll see how it goes:D

It's so weird I'm already at 6 months! It went by so fast, it's disgusting lol My new companion's name is Sister Mozingo and she's awesome.  She's been out 4 months and is a great missionary! It's weird that I'm introducing her to the area, I feel like I just got here. Your actually pretty accurate lol The church is one of the few places I know how to get to lol I can get to Wal-Mart, and the elders apartment without a map. That's it lol Sister Mozingo's GPS doesn't work so we've been using a map of our area to get around. I love maps! Without it I wouldn't really know how to get anywhere lol Yea, my skills when it comes to how to get places hasn't really improved So far introducing her to the area hasn't been too bad.  I've been here for three months so I know the people and the members pretty well. And I know that Heavenly Father has been helping me. I know this is a chance for me to grow both as a missionary and spiritually. He doesn't give us anything we can't handle so I know I'll be ok:D Our Savior is still our Savior so all is well:D Thanks Dad, I have a LOT of weaknesses I'm working on but I am who I am because of Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, the gospel, and the people who have been placed in my life. I wouldn't be who I am if Heavenly Father hadn't blessed me with the best parents ever! And blessed me with experiences to help me grow and change. Dad you already are grown up! lol Plus your already a far better person than I am! ( I LOVE YOU!)

No worries I'm really bad at emailing and sorry I didn't respond to your last email to me forever ago. I can't wait to tell these stories in person! We have a lot of potential converts, it's just harder to find people who are really ready and want to make and keep commitments. But they're out there and Heavenly Father will let us know where to go:D

You have your garage again?! That's awesome!:D Its going to be weird coming home and not seeing that room. You've been wanting that room to be taken out for years I'm glad you were finally able to do it.  Ya'll got 12 baby chickens! Didn't see that coming, how old do they have to be to start laying eggs? 6 dollars for a dozen eggs?! Snap, that's really expensive! I think its almost 4 dollars in Mississippi, which is really expensive for a missionaries budget. Well that's going to be really cool coming home to fresh laid eggs:D

Yep, speaking in front of people. Your favorite thing in the world lol jk Your going to do great Dad! That's awesome that you get to work with mom and you get to go to the same meetings that she goes to:D Sorry I'm trying to respond to this email, but I need to go so I can't write a lot:(

Guess what the same month you retire I came home 2 or 3 weeks later!:D I'm so glad you finally get to retire, you'll finally get to do something you enjoy doing for work. And you desire it:D (Your the best dad ever!)

Your going to kill it when it comes to Real estate, I'm really excited for you:D By the time I get home I'm sure you'll have sold like 10 houses!

I already knew mom would do great in her classes, does she have all A's? I wouldn't be surprised:D (mom is always busy lol) That's cool that she wants to graduate at the same time Ryan does.

That makes me really happy to hear that Ryan's doing well and that he's enjoying school:D How bad was the summer in Chico this year? I didn't think our summer was that bad but everyone else says it's a really bad summer. I got into the 100's a couple of times but so does Chico, personally it didn't bother me. The last couple of days have been really nice though. Two days ago it was raining all day and today and yesterday its been really nice. Did you get a picture of Ryan in the mascot suit? I'm trying to picture him doing that lol 

I need to go but thanks for updating me on how everyone is doing and what's going on in their lives!:D Also tell Ryan girls have cooties! And that any girl he dates or likes I have to scan first:D

LOVE YOU DAD!! And I'm so proud to call you my dad! I'm so grateful that you and mom got married in the temple, because of that you and mom will always be my parents!:D

Nope, I love you more!:D

Love Sister Keables

Pictures From September 6, 2015

We went to the space museum! 

I love license plates! 

Some of the places we've tracted 

We met some new friends! 

Sister Elms

Elders Bennett and Lovell 

Thanks Mom! 

Zone P-day

Last day for the Picayune missionaries!  Elder Lovell and Sister Elms got transferred! 

Yard Sale 

 Slushies