So much fun!!

Hello family, so nice to hear from you all this week, I have been thinking about yall a lot! I sure do love you!

So my first week as a trainer was so much fun! Elder Buxton is the man!  He is so funny, and I even convinced him to sing with me in the regional choir! We have seen a bunch of miracles, we have been praying to find a family to teach, and we found TWO!!! I am so jacked! I was no kidding dancing down the street after we taught them! SO SO COOL. Other than that, nothing all that crazy happened last week. But its whatever haha! I also got to rip off the siding of an old house this week, and that was a ton of fun! So today, my MTC companion came down with his new greenie from Hastings to spend the night with us for a meeting we have tomorrow! So we are going to play some ball and party because we have to be in our house by 6:00 tonight. Its so nice to see Elder Russell. Other than that, just another normal week! I really love Papillion, I wish I could spend my two years here! Its just an amazing town with amazing people. We have a big week coming up. We have the opportunity to study with President Gardner on Wednesday morning at our house. That should be really cool! And then that same day we get to go on exchanges with the AP's! and I am super pumped about that. I just love being out here. Every second is the best.  Seriously, I cant stop smiling! and I cant explain how much fun I am having! Life is too short to not smile everyday!! There is always a reason to smile, you just have to look for it. Anyhow, that was my week, next week I will have a ton more to write about!

Elder Kirby

Questions from family:

Have you eaten anything odd?  I ate pickled okra a few weeks ago, and that was interesting!

Do you workout?  We run and lift weights almost everyday.

Do you spend more time walking or driving?  We drive a lot more than we walk, except when we are short on miles!

Have you ate any corn? (hahaha)  We eat corn at every meal!!!

Any tornado's?  Only one tornado so far! (mom note: He is sad about that, I reminded him he is not a storm chaser)

What's been your favorite moment so far?  Catching a pig and a goat!

                                          Elder Russell and I emailing home!

Training after just 12 weeks!!!!!!

Hello Family, Thank you for all of your emails, I had a crazy week this week. I hope you are all doing well, and know that i miss you and love you all like crazy!

My week was absolutely crazy. So transfer calls come in on tuesday morning, and president tells you whats going on, so its really nerve racking.. so our call came in at 6:47 a.m. and Elder George answers the phone and president tells him he will be opening a new area, and training a new missionary. I started to laugh and make fun of him, because he told me the day before thats exactly what he doesnt want to do. But as always, karma sucks. I hear president say "can i talk to Elder Kirby?" my heart dropped, i answered, and he says "Elder Kirby, how would you like to train a new missionary in the papillion area?" Now keep in mind, i just finished being trained on monday... so i was a little freaked out, but i accepted. Only 4 missionaries in the group i came out with are training. Two of my good buddies, Elder Russell and Elder Brinkerhoff are both training as well. its apparently very uncommon to train this early, but i guess president knows best. I feel VERY inadequate and not ready at all, but i know that Heavenly Father will qualify me for the work. So with that being said, my new Greenie is Elder Buxton from Sparks Nevada. .    He is such a good guy, and i am so happy he is my companion! I really miss Elder George like crazy, but we still get to see him all the time because he lives 3 miles from me. So i will be in Papillion through christmas time now, unless something crazy happens. So thats cool, i love this area so much! The people are so amazing!! Because of transfers, this week was really weird and not very productive, but we still managed to get some work done somehow haha! I played some foot ball with the local kids and they taught me how to dance! They are so much fun haha i love them. Other  than that, not much else has really happened this week, i sang in sacrament meeting this week with the choir, and we are now practicing for our christmas concert! Im having so much fun out here, and i am learning a ton of new things! President suggested that i read the Book of Mormon and pick out all the doctrine in each chapter, and record what i learn from every chapter. It is so sweet, and i have learned more stuff than ever. I LOVE the Book of Mormon. Its amazing. I would suggest reading in 1st Nephi 16 and just picking out all the different doctrines, and really looking deep into the chapter. Anyhow, thats whats going on up here in Nebraska! Its slowly getting colder around here! But its still the same old beautiful place! Hopefully i have more to write about next week, But thats all for now! I love you!!

Love, 

Elder Kirby

Yooooo

Hey Fam, Im happy to be able to write you again, i sure miss you guys! 

This week was good, not very eventful, but good nonetheless! So this week, i got a flu shot. And the only reason i did, was because Target was giving $5 gift cards to anyone who got one there, so i decided to take one for the team so i could get some chips and a gatorade. It was a sacrifice well worth it. The only other really cool thing i did was at farm friday this week, i got to play with a scythe!! it was so much fun! i cut down a bunch of Sweet potato plants so we could dig them up easier! We dug up over 100 pounds of sweet potatoes by hand. I got a pretty sweet blister from that, but oh well haha! We are going out to teach the Dodds tonight after we E mail. Lets see, So this week, i finished my "12 week training" so i am finally done being trained!! Thank goodness, The only bad thing about that, is on wednesday we start a new transfer, so Elder George might be leaving me! Ill be sad if he goes, because he is a really great missionary, and has taught me a ton! but you never know, i could even be the one leaving Papillion! we dont find out until tomorrow morning! OH YEAH!! WE WENT TO THE ZOO TODAY!!! it was so much fun and so cool! it is voted the best zoo in the nation for a reason! it is so cool! i loved it! There are so many cool animals and different things to do! its all indoors, and has like a giant desert dome and a huge aquarium as well! definately one of the coolest things i have ever done! We had a blast! Anyhow, that kinda wraps up my week as far as cool things that happened, it is starting to get kinda slow around here! But we are still working hard! i got a weight set from Matt, and i have been lifting everyday! my legs were so tired today that i could barely walk up our stairs! Haha i was getting kinda chubby though! Well that wraps up my week, im still having a ton of fun out here! Hopefully more fun stories next week! we get to take out new missionaries tomorrow! so that will be fun! Anyhow more to come next week!

Love,

Elder Kirby

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