Wilhelmsen, Kyle

I'm sure everyone has heard by now that I'll be heading home from my service as a full time missionary tomorrow. It's a bit of a bitter sweet experience. While I'm excited to see my family and everyone else, I'm gonna miss being Arizona and all the friends and family that I've made here. I'm so grateful for my experiences these last almost two years. Thank you so much for everyone that has supported me and sent me love and packages and emails. I hope you all know how much I've loved being in the service of the Lord and growing my testimony. Last night I had the opportunity to baptize a young man that I met almost a year ago and it was such a spiritual experience and a highlight for sure to end my mission on. I love you all so much and I'll see you tomorrow!!

This new area is awesome. I apologize that I haven't written the last couple weeks. Here's an update. I got transferred back down to my first area in Mesa! These last couple weeks have been awesome and we've been working really hard. It's awesome to be back in Spanish work as well. This transfer I'm white washing, training and district leader, so my plate is pretty full, but it's been really awesome to get to work here. The area upon arriving was pretty dead with not much work here. Our teaching pool was essentially empty upon arriving so we're trying to rebuild. It's been awesome though because we've been getting out the door and talking to as many people as we can. We've also been trying to work with the ward members more. Our President said that the zone has been struggling so we need to start trying other things. It's been a cool experience to be here again and work with some of the same people. When we're obedient and diligent we wil...

Hey everyone! Sorry it's been a few weeks since I've emailed. These last few weeks have been great. Time is just flying by. The work of the Lord is continuing to move forward and it's super exciting. We are having a baptism this next week for one of our friends named Siboney. She's awesome. We've also been able to help a lot of our other friends come closer to Christ this week. It's been really awesome. Some of the people we're teaching are so committed to do what's right and to repent and change. I love serving these people. I hope everyone's Christmas was good. Ours was great. Thank you so much to everyone that sent cards or packages and gifts. They were very much appreciated. During this Christmas season it's really cool to reflect on Jesus Christ, and to be able to talk to the people we're teaching about who he was and what he did. We had many spiritual and emotional experiences the last few weeks teaching and testifying of Jesus Christ. ...

We had some really cool experiences this week. We baptized Carolyn and Stewart last Saturday and then this week we were able to take them to the temple! It was such a spiritual experience. They took the name of their son that died in a car crash 6 years ago. It was a very special, emotional and spiritual experience. They were thrilled and it was definitely the highlight of the week. Experiences like those make all the hard days worth it.   It's starting to get really cold here in the mountains. And we're still on bikes. After our dinner last night we came back outside and there was frost on our seats and handlebars. The nights are especially cold. Sunday night we got our transfer news. I'm staying in St. John's this transfer and I'm training a brand new missionary, and I'm still district leader. I'll find out who my trainee is tomorrow but it'll be a crazy experience. I'm on my way down to the valley to spend the night there, so I can pick up my comp...

Good week this week!! Hope it was for all of you guys as well! We had a baptism for Stewart and Carolyn this week. It was super awesome and the spirit was really strong there. I'm super excited for them. We're also trying to take them to the temple this week which will be super good too. This last Friday we also put a couple that we started teaching the week before on date for baptism. They're super cool. He wants to get baptized so bad. This week we've also had the opportunity to start sharing the light the world video which has been a super spiritual experience for us because the light the world video this year is soooo good. It's 18 minutes long and it's all about the birth of Christ. Something else I like about it is that it's super realistic. It'll come out for the church on the 24th but they gave it to us early. I'm getting excited for Christmas and Thanksgiving. The holidays are gonna be really good. Love all of you guys. Have a good week.

This area is awesome!!! The Lord is pouring out his blessings upon us and the people in this area! We're having a baptism this next Saturday for Carolyn and Stewart and we're also planning on taking some of our recent concerts to the temple soon!! My joy is so full serving in this area and I don't want to leave. I love it. This last week we found two new people and they are super solid. They expressed their desire to get baptized and they told us they really wanted to come to church. So they came to church this Sunday and they really loved it!! I'm so excited for this area and what it has in store for us. I love serving the Lord and see him touch people's lives every day. He is really softening people's hearts and giving us the chance to bear our testimonies to people here. I love this gospel and sharing it with other people. I encourage all of you to share it with everybody you can. It really will bless your life and the lives of others. Something else really a...