Tour Passed Off

 Hi everyone!

I feel like a lot but nothing happened this week all at the same time.

We spent about 3-4 hours studying everyday to work on one of our tours. We also practiced segments one of the tours everyday. After all that studying, we passed off our full tour and start giving them tomorrow! 

We had an extra p day on Friday since we only had a half one the week before. So, we went antiquing, thrifting, and got ice cream. Lots of fun but we were all tired by the end of it.

We had another game night. One of the senior couples brought the best cake ever, and I don't really like cake so that's saying something.

We also got our church assignment. We're in the Perry ward which is a nice 30 minute drive from our house, it reminds me that I'm not in Utah and that there aren't churches on every corner here. But my ward is good, very small, but we have some entertaining half deaf old ladies so it's fun.

Spiritual thought: In the Kirtland Temple tour you learn about the effort that the saints put into building God's home. They did their best to make it the exact way God wanted it. Though it wasn't perfect, God still accepted it. This is just a good reminder to us that though we're not perfect God will still accept us.

Love you all! Thanks for the love and support!

-Sister Kapp

Post tour pass off

P-day activities

The Whitney Store

Go to the Ohio

Hello everyone! Like the title says I'm now in Ohio. Finished up the MTC now getting ready to give tours.

The last week of MTC we had a devotional on the importance of the garment from Mathew L. Carpenter of the Seventy and it was super good. This was our last day with the elders so they gave some of us sisters a blessing before we go and it was a powerful experience.

On Monday and Tuesday in the MTC I started my Ohio training. My teachers were great and did a good job at preparing us for what was to come at the site. Part of our training was giving a tour of the MTC which went well and was a cool experience to learn more about the history of the MTC.

Wednesday we had a 2:30 am wake up call and got on a bus, the front runner, tracks, and 2 planes and now I'm in Ohio.

We got to tour the Kirtland Temple the day we got here and it's really neat. I won't lie, I was so tired so I'm excited to go there when I'm more awake. 

We've be able to tour all the sites, so the Temple, the Smith home, the Johnson farm, the Ashery/Sawmill,  and we've gone through the Whitney Home and Store many times since that's the tour we need to have learned by Thursday.

I've been able to give segments of the  Whitney Home and Store tour and it's been really cool learning about it.

But yeah preparing for those tours is what I've mostly been doing.

Some other stuff is that I got a new companion, Sister Lane! She's awesome, she was one of my roommates in the MTC. We have 6 sisters in our house and they were all in our MTC district so it's been fun. Our house is from the 1800s so it has some funky characteristics.

I learned that it's tornado season so that's a new thing for me.

We had game night with the Senior missionaries Saturday which was so fun! The seniors are awesome and spoil us so much!

There's a commemoration for the Kirtland Temple dedication and all the Sisters are singing in the choir.

Last but not least, I've officially been a missionary for 1 month! Pretty crazy.

Spiritual thought: Something I have learned here is that God truly does provide a way. I've seen it in the history of the restoration and in these fast few days as I have been trying to learn the tours. It takes effort but know that God will always help and will make His will possible.

Thank you all for the love and support!

I love and appreciate you all!

-Sister Kapp

Said goodbye to our teachers

                                      

                                           Last few days being comps with Sis Hendrix

Sister Lane

Ohio Sisters & President and Sister Frischknecht

                                                            Kirtland Temple

I had to show off my backyard

Last Week of MTC

Hello everyone! Like I said I have less than a week left in the MTC, crazy! 

This week was good. So, let's get into it.

We had our first sacrament meeting Sunday and it was the most spiritual testimony meetings I've ever been in-it was so neat! My companion and I taught part of the relief society lesson on the Holy Ghost and it went good! This coming up Sunday I'm speaking in sacrament on the Book of Mormon so hopefully it goes well. 

All the girls in my district decided to sing in the choir and we got to sing in our devotional. The devotional was so good! A member of the presidency of the 70 and his wife spoke.

We have been able to go to the temple twice already and are going again tomorrow. We get to do all the different ordinances and we're doing sealings tomorrow which I'm so excited about.

On Wednesday my comp and I went on an adventure to the endodontist for her to get a root canal. It went good and she's doing good. Honestly it was really nice to get out of the MTC for a little bit.

My comp and I had our final practice lessons this week and we got a perfect score on one...I honestly don't know how cause the lesson kinda went all over the place but hey we'll take it. The other one we had was so spiritual. We showed the video of the first vision and after that the spirit was so strong.

Something funny about being in the MTC and a missionary in general is that you don't get a lot of entertainment, so little things just become so funny. My comp and I we're trying to do a practice lesson with these elders in our district during class and we could not stop laughing, I honestly couldn't tell you why. Then today we had a devotional on "preparing for the field" and they taught us through a play they performed, and it was just so funny and entertaining for us. 

But yeah that's my week.

Spiritual thought: Boyd K. Packer said, "When you repent of your sins there is no trace left of those sins...The Church of Jesus Christ, bares no scars." (this was shared during our Tuesday devotional)

I just love this because I feel like as people we really hold onto every mistake we make and struggle to forgive ourselves, but it is important that once we repent God remembers them no more.

Love you all!

Temple trip with my district

Walks with the Sisters🫶

I ❤️ my comp

First Week at In Person MTC

Hello everyone!

This week consisted of a few different things so let's get into it.

I ended home MTC and then spent a lot of time packing and with my fam which was great! The drop off was sad but luckily my comp is so amazing and that helped a ton! 

Like I said my comp is amazing! She is so outgoing and kind and is definitely someone I know God knew that I needed. All the sisters are amazing, and I have a great district.

We had a devotional by Elder Bednar called the Character of Christ, it was so good and I would highly recommend it. At the end we had these two guys Justin and Ed come share their conversion story to Christ and it was so neat to hear everything they overcame. They both had a problem with substance abuse and through God were able to overcome it, plus they were super entertaining in the way they shared their stories. Overall, they told us to not dismiss those who seem rough around the edges because everyone needs an opportunity to receive the gospel.

We taught our second practice lesson and it was about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and I think it went well, we haven't gotten our score yet. So fingers crossed.

Something fun is that we saw a deer this morning after breakfast which was pretty cool.

But yeah the MTC is great and the gospel is so true! 

Love all you guys! Thank you for the prayers! 

I love my family1

My amazing comp Sister Henrix

The sisters

The deer

Provo MTC dropoff

 

First Email

Hello everyone!

I wasn't sure if I was going to send an email during Home MTC but I have truly seen God's hand through it so I thought I would share a few thoughts.

I won't lie this experience started out slow but I can confidently say that it is getting better every day. I was blessed to have the best comp ever! Her name is Sister Hendrix and her personality and who she is is definitely something God knew I would need. 

It is crazy home much you learn during the MTC! What is even more crazy is how much God has allowed me to learn and understand more than I ever have in my life. I am more able to find purpose in my studies than I ever have.

A neat experience has been planning for my first lesson with my companion. At the MTC you do practice lessons so that is what we are preparing for. We have been studying the restoration for this lesson and I have learned so much! I never knew all the different things that go into the restoration. An interesting thing shared with us from a teacher was, even though these lessons are practices, we are bringing ourselves and whoever we are teaching closer to Christ as we share our testimony. I loved that because it gave me more meaning and purpose when planning those lessons.

My district is awesome! We have so many different personalities and interests but somehow it all fits together and makes for a fun time. I am so excited to meet them all in person!

Spiritual thought: Alma 32:27, "exercise a particle of faith, yea even if ye can no more than desire to believe" As you seek and put in effort through the Holy Ghost, God will magnify your efforts. He will take any desire of your heart and through your effort will help you learn and grow. I have truly seen that through my MTC experience.

Thank you all so much for the love and prayers, I have felt them. You are all the best!

-Sister Kapp

Setting Apart as a Missionary