✨️Temple Day✨️

Hello everyone! We had a temple pday this week so that's why you're hearing from me today. A lot has happened since my last email so lets get into it.

We started the week off with some exchanges which was lots of fun. We were able to talk to lots of cool people and planted lots of seeds. 

The big low light of the week was right after getting a new person to teach our friend Joey texted us and said he wasn't ready to get baptized Sunday. I won't lie I was sad. I've been working with Joey since the day we found him and I just wanted him to receive the blessings of baptism so badly. But after talking to my stl I felt more peace about knowing that him feeling ready is most important.

We had amazing lesson with one of our friends and she expressed her desire to work towards baptism! Plus her boys are so cute!

Friday we got kicked out of another store. Rip. No more finding there (at least for a little bit).

We had an amazing lesson with Joey and he felt the spirit while reading the Book of Mormon! We set a new date for him so everyone PLEASE keep praying for him.

We had another great lesson this time with our friend Marquette and put him on date for baptism! The Lord is hastening his work!

Zone Conference! I saw Sister Hendrix so that was a win plus I learned lots. There was a big emphasis on really listening to our friends and getting to know them before we jump into teaching them.

Today for pday we are went the temple and let me tell you God listens to the prayers of our hearts. Today we got to the temple pretty early so we were waiting in the dressing room before a session and a worker came up to us. She asked if we wanted to do 1 initiatory and we happily said yes! If you know me you know I LOVE initiatories and haven't done them since the mtc so I was so happy! PLUS one of the workers was from my last ward so mega tender mercy! 

The rest of pday we're getting food with our district then doing some cleaning before our apartment inspections.

Spiritual thought: 

"Walk with Jesus and allow thay to be what matters most and continue to give him your all!"

This was one of the key points I took away with me from zone conference and I think we can all apply it to ourselves. Remember to make Christ the center of your life because through him all things are possible.

Love you all!

-Sis.Kapp

DC pt1

DC pt2

Zone Conference

Temple

✨️Miracles Upon Miracles✨️

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great week! This week was really good for us.

On Tuesday we had an awesome lesson with our new friend Caitlin. She is so sweet. Right after she sent in her ad to meet with us her little boy told her he wanted to go to church, and she and her 2 boys came Sunday.

Wednesday we spent most of the day at a new missionary training. Overall it was pretty good, I definitely learned a few things to help me train.

A cool miracle from Wednesday is when trying to visit someone who submitted an ad we met their neighbor who is interested. We read a scripture and set up a time to meet later.

Thursday we were able to have a few short lessons over the phone and had an awesome lesson with our new member, trying to get him ready for the temple.

Friday was awesome!!! We were able to put our friend Joey on date for baptism for next week. So everyone PLEASE pray for him! 

Sunday was also SO good! We had 4 friends come to church. They all made connections with the branch and seemed to feel the spirit there.

Today is Sister Stoker's birthday so we are going to DC so that should be fun.

Spiritual thought: While studying my Book of Mormon this week I was studying about the Stripling Soldiers. These young sons fought valiantly and were blessed for it.

Alma 57: 26

"26 And now, their preservation was astonishing to our whole army, yea, that they should be spared while there was a thousand of our brethren who were slain. And we do justly ascribe it to the miraculous power of God, because of their exceeding faith in that which they had been taught to believe—that there was a just God, and whosoever did not doubt, that they should be preserved by his marvelous power."

Through their faith they were preserved and blessed by the Lord. As we are faithful and strive to so the Lord's will to the fullest, we will see similar blessings.

Love you all! Have a great week!

-Sis.Kapp

Last Week's beach finding

Celebrating Sister Stoker's 1 month

WAWA Cookies & Cream Milk 10/10

🏵He is Risen🏵

Hello everyone and Happy Easter! I hope you all had a great Easter and General Conference! This week was a busy one!

Wednesday we had transfers but since I'm training I didn't get a companion so the other sisters who are training and I went on a little exchange for a little over a day. Let me tell you, we had so much fun! It was so hot and sunny when we were knocking and then we went to the metro finding and got POURED on after lol! Maryland weather is crazy. Plus we got Café Rio and went to Sheetz (a gas station) and I was able to make a dirty soda so 10/10 exchange!

Thursday we went to the mission office, met the new sisters (not knowing who we'd be with) and had some trainings. At the end we learned our companions and I'm with...Sister Stoker! She is so awesome! She has jumped in the fire and is working so hard! 

Conference weekend was so awesome! We got to watch the Saturday morning session with part of the mission at the Visitor Center and it was so cool standing up with a bunch of missionaries to vote during the Solemn Assembly. That evening we just watched the next session of conference at our house and did some finding.

For the Sunday morning session of conference we watched it at our church. Beforehand our friend Joey texted us saying he might not come cause he had a rough week so we were blessed with the peace of conference and he came! And let me tell you that session was geared toward him. Plus 2 formers came and we set up a lesson with one of them.

Originally we didn't have a dinner appointment for Easter but Saturday evening one of members called us to make sure we had an appointment and when he found out we didn't he made some arrangements for us to come over Sunday evening. So we had dinner and watched the evening session with him and his family. Such a major blessing and highlight of Easter.

For pday we are going to scout out some beaches and get some grocery shopping done.

Spiritual thought:

A quote I loved from conference by Elder Gilbert was,

"You don't have to be perfect to be in the church. You just have to do your best and Christ will make up the rest."

This so true! We are all God's children and all he wants is for us to be coming unto him. We need to not let our fears of imperfection keep us from coming to him.

Love you all!

-Sis.Kapp

Transfers

Rainy Exchange

Sister Stoker

Temple

Easter Eggs

I'm A Mom!

Hello everyone! These past few days have been eventful.

We were able to do service for this member who is about to have a baby which was so fun! We just helped get their nursery ready.

We have interacted with a few people in kinda sad situations so prayers for them!

While knocking we had this sweet little girl telling us who lived where and it was just so fun.

Then we met a really sweet lady named Melissa and were able to share a scripture, give her a Book of Mormon, and got her phone number!

Something silly that happened is we got kicked out of a store right as we were leaving...oh well

We got transfer news and I'm....staying and....training

I'm a little nervous to train but am also super excited. All I know is that she is going to be brand new and I'll meet her Thursday!

Today for pday we had a breakfast with our zone and are signing everyone's transfer journals. Then we will get some groceries and get stuff ready for this next transfer.

Spiritual thought: 

2 Corinthians 2

"10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;"

I just love this verse, especially for the Easter season. The fact that Christ forgave everyone is amazing! It shows how important forgiveness truly is and that if it was important enough for Christ to then we should too!

Love you all! 

-Sis.Kapp

Mastens!

Got followed by chickens

Annapolis District

Elder Soares!

Hello everyone! It's been a fat minute so I'm gonna try to not make this too long.

These past few days has been good! 

I got to go on exchanges with Sister Hartnet which was super fun! She is an awesome missionary! I definitely learned a lot!

A major highlight is that Elder Soares came! He spoke all about our call to be missionaries and to focus on our love for Christ.

We had awesome lessons with our friends Joey and Marquette! They are both progressing so well so everyone keep them in your prayers.

We were able to have some lessons with some of our members which I love! Some of them share so much wisdom with us.

Today for pday we got to go to the temple for the first time in SO long. Traffic was so bad so we barely made it on time but we made it, and the lady I was sitting next to was SO sweet! AND I saw Andy! It was her departing temple trip so seeing her was a major blessing!

We also went to the National Mall to see the cherry blossoms, so pretty! And we saw a member from Utah on the metro!

Spiritual thought: Something I loved that Elder Soares shared was, "When it's not easy, come unto Him and find strength."

Through Christ we can find strength through everything so turn to Him always!

Love you all! My next pday is Tuesday because of transfers!

-Sis.Kapp

John J

Temple

Cherry Blossoms

Highs and Lows

Hello everyone! This week was an interesting one. 

This week started off awesome with interviews! I had such a good conversation with my mission president where I got lots of advice and he gave me the confidence I needed. Then that day was so warm and sunny. I had so much fun knocking doors and talking to people outside.

The big low of the week was when we had a very disturbing and kinda scary call with a friend. Let's just say we are not allowed to meet with them anymore.

A miracle in disguise is when our lesson didn't show up. After waiting a little for one of our lessons we called him and he said he forgot and wasn't coming. So we decided we'd talk to the few people in the restaurant and head to our next thing. I decided to talk to the worker on break (I normally don't talk to workers cause I'm scared of getting kicked out) but the spirit prompted me to and I am happy I did. He is SO cool! I was able to teach him a few things and give him a Book of Mormon right there. We had an awesome lesson at the end of the week AND he came to church!

We had an awesome lesson with someone who sent in an ad and he came to church too! He is super cool and super open to learn.

A sad moment was when I talked to this super cool girl at a grocery store but then when we texted her she said she wasn't interested. BUT a sweet old lady we talked to said she felt the spirit when I handed her a card, so sweet!

Sunday was SO good! Like I said 2 friends came to church plus a few former people we taught were there. All the talks were so good in church. They were all about our Heavenly Father and Savior's love for us.

Then that evening we had a devotional with Bonnie Cordon. SO GOOD! Our friend Joey was able to come and he loved the devotional and visitors center. AND I saw the Mays!!!!!!! I won't lie that was the HIGHLIGHT of my week! A true blessing from God.

For pday we did a little mall scavenger hunt and we didn't win but we got second, so pretty fun.

Spiritual thought:

During the devotional Bonnie Cordon talked about how Christ is "The Great I Am" and how in life we are going to be faced with challenges that we don't think we can do. She taught that in these moments we need to remember that Christ can do them so if we rely on him we can do anything.

Love you all! 

(We're going to the temple next week so my next pday will be the 26th)

-Sis.Kapp

Temple

Knocking in the sun

Mays!!!

Joey!

🌸Feels Like Spring 🌸

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great week. This week was overall good.

I had a slightly clumsy start to the week when I accidentally sliced my finger with my razor, oops hehe. But don't you fret I am alright it was just a funny dumb thing that happened.

An awesome miracle is that our new member has another friend he wants to introduce us too so I'm super pumped for that!

We had the most AMAZING lesson with our friend Joey! As we taught him and read scriptures on being baptized so we can become as clean as a little child he started tearing up because of the spirit he felt. Everyone please pray for him to feel that confidence he needs in deciding to be baptized.

We had Zone Conference on Friday and it was super good! We talked alot about experiencing true joy by focusing our lives on Christ.

Sunday was SO good! A major highlight was how warm it was! A short sleeve and no jacket was amazing! Our friend Joey also came to church! 

While knocking Sunday evening we had a dog follow us for a little which was kinda funny (don't worry it got returned to it's owners). We saw a major miracle Sunday evening when doing calls we got a new person to teach (our only new person this week)!

For pday we are playing dodge ball with our zone and mission president, so wish me luck!

Spiritual Thought: 

For our Sunday night devotional this week we studied The Brother of Jared and I just loved Ether 3

"5 Behold, O Lord, thou canst do this. We know that thou art able to show forth great power, which looks small unto the understanding of men."

It is an amazing reminder that all we need to be is humble and have faith and we can see the miracles of the Lord as we plead for them.

Until next week!

-Sis.Kapp

Rip my finger lol

Zone Conference

Sunset

Finding with a dog

My 1st Baptism!

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great week! This week was overall pretty good!

An awesome miracle we saw while visiting formers is we got in contact with one but he said he was too busy to meet anytime soon so we gave him a card, told him to reach out when he's available, and went on our way. A few hours later while street contacting he calls us! We were able to have a good conversation and lesson over the phone. Hopefully we will be able to meet this week. 🤞

Thursday I was just having an off day. Little things were making me stressed and things were just not going as planned. Then we got bashed at Chick Fil E, rip. But there were tender mercies throughout and now I just laugh looking back at it. Prior to getting bashed we talked to a super nice lady at a grocery store and had an awesome lesson with one of our new members. It was after I got my "pick me up" ice cream cone that we got bashed. Let's just say we tried to be nice cause we know what it's like when you're trying to share your beliefs with others but when he started hating on the Book of Mormon I politely shut him down and told him to have a nice day. Afterwards Sister Erickson and I laughed about what we could have said and continued our night.

Friday we had some awesome lessons! One was with a friend who isn't interested in converting but he was so respectful and we had an awesome conversation and lesson with him. 

Our other lesson was SO good! This friend came upon some anti but rather than allowing it to scare himself off he came to us for clarifications! We then taught him the restoration and at the end he asked us what it would mean if he thought The Book of Mormon was true. We told him that he would need to decide if he wants to work towards baptism. This week we are going to see if we can put him On Date!

Saturday was so good! It was warm so we were able to do comp study outside and it's was just the best! We had a lesson with one of our other new members and got to have dinner with one of my favorite families.

SUNDAY!!!! John F's baptism happened!!! This was my first baptism so I was STRESSED! Luckily I followed the council of past companions and brought an extra towel because he did forget one lol. He was so happy after and it was so awesome!

For pday today we're mostly running errands so it's gonna be a fun day.

Spiritual thought: In the talk,  "Ask the Missionaries! They Can Help You!" By President Nelson he says, 

"The decision to serve a mission will shape the spiritual destiny of the missionary, his or her spouse, and their posterity for generations to come."

This isn't only applicable to missionaries but every member of the church. As we are faithful and do all we can to follow Christ, God will bless and help our loved ones stay rooted to him. He does this because he loves us and is aware of our efforts.

Love you all!

-Sis.Kapp

Ice Cream!

Comp Study

John F's baptism!!!

Down to 2

Happy Monday! Nothing super crazy this week but a good one.

Because of transfers and Sister Bell ending her mission we are down to 2 sisters on Kent Island so we've been adjusting but it's been good.

We were able to help some members who we helped move last week do some cleaning in their old house before their walk through.

We were able to have a lesson with one of our new members who hasn't had a lesson since he was baptized so that was awesome!

A miracle that happened that night is that we decided to call 1 more person because it wasn't quite time to head home and he ended up being pretty cool and we have a lesson set up with this week.

Sunday was pretty good, 2/2 friends that we were planning on being at church came + this guy we never met who apparently has worked with one of new members came! We set up a lesson with him too! 

We got hit with some more snow Sunday but luckily we were able to have our lesson with some members before our cars got grounded.

We were still grounded this morning so my we've just been home but it' been good to rest. We got ungrounded a few hours ago and were able to get some groceries and an oil change.

Spiritual thought: I have been studying about Abinadi in the Book of Mormon and let me tell you, he is so awesome. In Mosiah 17:10 he says some of his last words, 

"10 Yea, and I will suffer even until death, and I will not recall my words, and they shall stand as a testimony against you. And if ye slay me ye will shed innocent blood, and this shall also stand as a testimony against you at the last day."

I just love his faith, testimony, and love for God. He literally died for his faith. It makes me want to do better and do things to strengthen and testify of my faith more.

Love you all!

-Sis.Kapp

End of transfer journal writing

Snow!

Post color changing oreos

1 Year!!!

Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing great! This week was pretty chill.

Most of the week was just pretty typical missionary work. We had a few lessons, members meals, visits, and finding.

A major miracle was that we got back in contact with our friend who was supposed to get baptized last week. Let's just say Satan was working hard on him but we had a lesson and he's back on track. 

Another awesome miracle is that our friend who was atheist went from not believing in Christ to being 50% believing now! It's so cool to see his faith grow!

The day before Valentines Day a member did a nice dinner for us and got us little treats which was so sweet!

On actual Valentines Day we made heart pizzas with a family in the branch and then helped them pack for a few hours. Good times!

On Sunday one of our new friends came to church for the first time and he said he's gonna come back and we're meeting with him this week!

Yesterday we had transfer calls. One of my comps has finished her mission so she is going home and Sister Erickson and I are both staying. It's going to be a fun transfer. 

Yesterday evening we got a referral from a member of a woman who recently lost her husband. Her husband's friend was a member and she is interested in learning more. A major miracle from God! We're excited to help her.

Today we dropped my comp who's going home off and then we got Boba to celebrate my 1 year! You heard me right, I have been a missionary for 1 year! 

I won't lie this year has probably been one of the hardest years of my life but it has also been the most sacred. I have learned and grown so much in so many ways. I have become a better and more patient person and have become a better disciple of Christ.

In this year I have grown to know who my Savior is to me and have grown to truly LOVE the Book of Mormon. Reading it is often the highlight of my day.

Here's a verse I've grown to love,

Alma 7:12

"12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities."

This verse brings me comfort knowing that Christ suffered for me to know how to comfort me in times of need and did for you, too.

Love you all!

-Sis.Kapp

Valentines cookies

One last pic as a trio

1 year Boba

Trusting in God

Hello everyone! I won't lie, this week was a rough one but there were still good things and miracles from God.

The week started with an awesome lesson with our friend Alex who said he is not "opposed" to the idea of baptism. This is a major step because when we first started teaching Alex he didn't even have a belief in Christ.

Sadly this is when things took a turn and we really had to trust in God. Tuesday evening we were supposed to have a Book of Mormon reading over the phone with our friend who was supposed to get baptized yesterday but he didn't answer (not like him) and he wasn't responding to our texts.

The next day he canceled his baptismal interview and wasn't responding to our calls or texts. We still haven't been able to get in contact with him but we are trusting in God.

A miracle God blessed us with was while knocking we met the nephew of a member. This nephew is not a member so we got his number and hope he responds to us soon. 

Highlight of the week was the Sister's Conference on Thursday! I got to see all my old companions (including Sis.Hendrix 🫶). It was so spirit filled! We learned about the importance of our covenants and how they provide us access to the priesthood. We learned about the worth of our role as women in the church and missionaries.

That evening we had an awesome lesson over the phone with our friend Sam. He is so elect! Sadly, we learned that he was leaving back to Houston Sunday (yesterday). He's gonna be gone for at least a month so I hope the missionaries there take good care of him. 

The rest of the week we had a few lessons and visited some members.

For pday we are going to a few different shops which should be fun.

Also, shout out to Sister Erickson who taught me how to crochet!

Spiritual Thought: One of my favorite scriptures to share with people on the street is Moroni 10:32. It says, 

"32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God."

Sometimes after reading it I like to replace the word "grace" for "love" it is through the love of God that we can be perfected in Christ. Remember that he loves you SO much!

Love you all!

-Sis.Kapp

Sweeping bugs out of the font (At least it will be ready for next time)

                                                            

Andy🫶

Sister's Conference

Crochet Master