"That letter that you sent was great. i loved the stuff you looked up about nutrition at BYU. i definitely want to finish at byu and like you said i think it will be really fun if whitney and jordan are there and my sister and her family. and also alot of my cousins will be there. like anthony and his new wife and... wait the people i was thinking about will be on missions or done with college, but it will still be fun with both our sisters near by. i think that nutritional science sounds the most like what i want to do. when my mission comes closer to its end ill probably ask you to look up more stuff. in the letter i got in the package from you and my mom, i loved the cereal that you guys bought me. and i thought it was funny how you guys included the nutrition facts haha that was sweet.
oh you asked if i like nice ties old ties funny ties, well the ones i like are polyester ties. they might be kinda hard to find. i only see them at thrift stores and stuff. polyesters are really good for the rain and they usually have some pretty cool designs. maybe at the DI they would have some. if you cant find any anything you get me i will love. i know you probably hate that answer. just get one that you think looks nice and that will be the one i want.
hey in your letter you also said that you saw missionaries on bikes... i wanted to know where you saw them at. in utah? i didnt know missionaries ride bike out there. or did you mean in japan?i thats okay that the diet isnt working that well just keep commiting to doing better and then it will eventually happen. i cant wait to eat healthy with you when i get back. is it going to be wierd for you that my whole eating habbits have changed? remember how i used to eat fast food every meal of the day man that was horrible. i remember you always saying that fast food is gross and now i would agree with you.
anyway about me, we had tonya's baptism on saturday. it was great. elder larson baptized her and i confirmed her. her daughters will be baptized probably in the next couple weeks so that will be good. we have been really blessed in this area. we have so many people to teach its awesome and we have found some pretty sweet investigators. we had one of those little miracles that you always hear about this past week. i gotta go but long story short we went to an appointment and the person wasnt there and we were about to leave but something told us to stay and knock afew doors. well the last door that we knock on happens to be this guy that has been wanting to get back to church and invited us back. i love it when those things happen. the lord is definitely in the work. the church is true we both know that and lets not forget it.well see ya
love kyle
ps Thanksgiving and turkey bowl is tomorrow!!! what are you doing for thanksgiving?"
11/26/09
11/24/09
11/19/09
10 November 2009
Sorry it's been so long!!
" Well this letter is gonna be short because i'm freakin tired. We just got done playing Settlers of Catan, yeah, we're nerds. we play it like every P-day. We actually played two games and i won both. it was sweet.
Anyway did i tell you that Elder Larson Dear Janed his gf. I can't remember if i told you this or not but the day after E. Larson sent the letter he got apackage from, guess who? Kailee, his gf. In the package was this nice picture book and it looks like she spend a good bit of time doing it, so I felt bad for elder Larson. He didn't seem to care too much. He says everything will work out with them in the end. Elder Bishop and I thought it was o funny that that happened.
So have you seen Sean yet? man that is so crazy that he's home now. Has he changed any, did he have a homecomin talk yet?
Next is Greg and Jordan. They get back soon too. wow. I think it's going to be so fun the summer I get back because everyone will be home. In the newsletter some of them say we're going to do Temple Tour '10 which would be awesome.
Hows the eating healthy going? I've been doing pretty good still but i think i've lost some weight since i've been in Meadowbrook. because of the bike I'm sure. It's so hard o gain muscle mass and weight for me. i don't know why, i guess it's just my genes. But i guess I shouldn't complain I'm sure there are plenty of people that would love to have the problem i have haha.
Have fun in STG
Love, Kyle
" Well this letter is gonna be short because i'm freakin tired. We just got done playing Settlers of Catan, yeah, we're nerds. we play it like every P-day. We actually played two games and i won both. it was sweet.
Anyway did i tell you that Elder Larson Dear Janed his gf. I can't remember if i told you this or not but the day after E. Larson sent the letter he got apackage from, guess who? Kailee, his gf. In the package was this nice picture book and it looks like she spend a good bit of time doing it, so I felt bad for elder Larson. He didn't seem to care too much. He says everything will work out with them in the end. Elder Bishop and I thought it was o funny that that happened.
So have you seen Sean yet? man that is so crazy that he's home now. Has he changed any, did he have a homecomin talk yet?
Next is Greg and Jordan. They get back soon too. wow. I think it's going to be so fun the summer I get back because everyone will be home. In the newsletter some of them say we're going to do Temple Tour '10 which would be awesome.
Hows the eating healthy going? I've been doing pretty good still but i think i've lost some weight since i've been in Meadowbrook. because of the bike I'm sure. It's so hard o gain muscle mass and weight for me. i don't know why, i guess it's just my genes. But i guess I shouldn't complain I'm sure there are plenty of people that would love to have the problem i have haha.
Have fun in STG
Love, Kyle
7/21/09
8 July 2009
I just got back from fotball and shopping and now its 5:30 and P-day is almost over. I swear, on P-days the hours go like twice as fast than on regular days.
Football was fun. It was 4 on 4 and we played a bunch of games up to 5 TDs then we would switch teams. I won every game it was sweet. I was kinda mad that it was only 4 on 4 there should have been more people but the zone right next to us said they couldn't come at the last second, but it's all good it was fun. The only problem is I used up all my p-day miles to get to the park that we played at so now i'm going to have to get members to take us shopping and stuff. We can only use 40 miles a month for p-day it stinks.
Anyways, lets see what else is going on...My companion kinda gets on my nerves. He's really uptight about a lot of things and i'm really laid back about things. and he's always so negative after lessons. We'll go into a lesson and then i'll think we did good but then he always says "man, that was such a bad lesson there was no spirit there." I don't know something like that. He's not all bad, he does have some good qualities. He is very obedient and he has a very strong testimony so thats good. I guess i would rather have an uptight serious companion than a lazy companion that doesn't want to do anything.
Ya know whats weird transfers are next week again. On tuesday we find out where we're going if we're going anywhere ata ll. I think I'll probably stay in Gayton unless the President makes me a zone leader or trainer or something. I think it would be sweet to be a trainter. I hope i get the chance one of these days. Zone leader I don't think i would like to be because it takes up so much time. It will be interesting to see what leadership changes will occur this transfer because i think like 14-16 elders are going home and we're getting I think 19 greenies and out of the 14-16 that are going home i think like 11 or 12 are in leadersip positions so we'll see.
my time is running out, well it is out. I'll write more next week.
love, kyle (elder pierce)
Football was fun. It was 4 on 4 and we played a bunch of games up to 5 TDs then we would switch teams. I won every game it was sweet. I was kinda mad that it was only 4 on 4 there should have been more people but the zone right next to us said they couldn't come at the last second, but it's all good it was fun. The only problem is I used up all my p-day miles to get to the park that we played at so now i'm going to have to get members to take us shopping and stuff. We can only use 40 miles a month for p-day it stinks.
Anyways, lets see what else is going on...My companion kinda gets on my nerves. He's really uptight about a lot of things and i'm really laid back about things. and he's always so negative after lessons. We'll go into a lesson and then i'll think we did good but then he always says "man, that was such a bad lesson there was no spirit there." I don't know something like that. He's not all bad, he does have some good qualities. He is very obedient and he has a very strong testimony so thats good. I guess i would rather have an uptight serious companion than a lazy companion that doesn't want to do anything.
Ya know whats weird transfers are next week again. On tuesday we find out where we're going if we're going anywhere ata ll. I think I'll probably stay in Gayton unless the President makes me a zone leader or trainer or something. I think it would be sweet to be a trainter. I hope i get the chance one of these days. Zone leader I don't think i would like to be because it takes up so much time. It will be interesting to see what leadership changes will occur this transfer because i think like 14-16 elders are going home and we're getting I think 19 greenies and out of the 14-16 that are going home i think like 11 or 12 are in leadersip positions so we'll see.
my time is running out, well it is out. I'll write more next week.
love, kyle (elder pierce)
7/7/09
Happy 4th Elder Pierce.
hope you had a good one... this time next year, you will be celebrating with us!
Let the countdown begin!
Let the countdown begin!
6/26/09
June 17, 2009
(letter to Maria)
Hey Mom!
How are you doing? Have you been on call 24/7? I hope not. Well everything is going good here, you probably heard about transfers already so I'm pretty excited that I'm staying in Gayton I've grown attached to many of the people here. I guess that's the key to missionary work, loving the people. My new companion is elder Meacham whom I know nothing about except that he's been out 6 months. I've heard he likes basketball and that he's a pretty cool guy.
Anyways thanks for your continued letters and support. I always get excited to see a letter from you in the mailbox. In your last letter you said kevin has drove on the highway twice! that's awesome. I can't believe kevin is doing so good. He'll be driving by himself when i get back and he'll probably have a car and i will not haha. Where is my car by the way? Is Dad driving it? Tell Kevin thanks for writing me, I love getting stuff from him too.
Well let me tell you how the area is going. Two investigators came to church on Sunday, one was Samuel (sudanese guy) and the other was Chris (the 9 year old that is set for baptism.) Chris is really starting to like church which is awesome because if he wants to come to church then his LA parents will come to church. And that's exactly what we want before Chris gets baptized, for his family to be active.
On Sunday we also taught Pam in the Ashton's home (members, Pam's best friend). We have grown an extremely good relationship with Pam she's pretty much like another mom haha. We have been having really good discussions with her, spirit felt and everything but she just feels so strongly that the Catholic church is true. So at the Ashtons we felt like we should teach about Joseph Smith and we did and it was powerful. Pam explained that she really wants to know the truth, that she would have no problem changing if she found out our church was true. I see why it's so hard for her though, she feels like she knows the Catholic church is true so if she were to turn away from that that would be like turning away from God. Yesterday she told us/me some very interesting things. She said if she ever does get baptized, which she said she doesn't think she ever will, then she would want me to do it. She said that I have made her think and investigate the church more sincerely than anyone else, she said a lot of other things that she wrote in a book that she gave to me. I'll have to let you read it when i get back. So i know i have at least 4 more weeks to wrok on her. She's also told me that i need to consider being a lawyer and then she explained to me all the things i need to do. So who knows, maybe i'll become a lawyer. Ya know what would be awesome is to be a lawyer for the church, now thats something i think i would love to do.
(i'm going to laser tag, i'll be back in a bit)
okay, i'm back, Laser tag was awesome, the only problem is now i only have like 15 mins. of p-day left. we had about 8 elders and 2 other people there. The last game, the worker did something really cool he turned out the lights and filled the room with fog, so it was intense.
okay i'm running out of things to say. The work is going good, i'm excited for the new trnasfer, I wish Elder Burningham was sticking around but thats the way it goes, i guess i'll see him after the mission.
Tell Kevin i can't wait to see him again, he's definitly one of my best friends and i'm looking forward to seeing movies with him when i get back. Man, mom the year mark is weird it feels like I have no time left, I guess it's given me a renewed sense of urgency, I need to work even harder than i've been working because it's going to be done before i know it.
Anyway, one more thing about transfers, I'm still the district leader but i think i'm only going to have one other companionship in my district instead of 3. it'll be nice, less numbers to worry about and less calls to make.
Okay i love you mom and kevin youa re both great and i can feel your prayers on my behalf. I know you have given me strength. Thanks again.
Love, Elder Pierce
Hey Mom!
How are you doing? Have you been on call 24/7? I hope not. Well everything is going good here, you probably heard about transfers already so I'm pretty excited that I'm staying in Gayton I've grown attached to many of the people here. I guess that's the key to missionary work, loving the people. My new companion is elder Meacham whom I know nothing about except that he's been out 6 months. I've heard he likes basketball and that he's a pretty cool guy.
Anyways thanks for your continued letters and support. I always get excited to see a letter from you in the mailbox. In your last letter you said kevin has drove on the highway twice! that's awesome. I can't believe kevin is doing so good. He'll be driving by himself when i get back and he'll probably have a car and i will not haha. Where is my car by the way? Is Dad driving it? Tell Kevin thanks for writing me, I love getting stuff from him too.
Well let me tell you how the area is going. Two investigators came to church on Sunday, one was Samuel (sudanese guy) and the other was Chris (the 9 year old that is set for baptism.) Chris is really starting to like church which is awesome because if he wants to come to church then his LA parents will come to church. And that's exactly what we want before Chris gets baptized, for his family to be active.
On Sunday we also taught Pam in the Ashton's home (members, Pam's best friend). We have grown an extremely good relationship with Pam she's pretty much like another mom haha. We have been having really good discussions with her, spirit felt and everything but she just feels so strongly that the Catholic church is true. So at the Ashtons we felt like we should teach about Joseph Smith and we did and it was powerful. Pam explained that she really wants to know the truth, that she would have no problem changing if she found out our church was true. I see why it's so hard for her though, she feels like she knows the Catholic church is true so if she were to turn away from that that would be like turning away from God. Yesterday she told us/me some very interesting things. She said if she ever does get baptized, which she said she doesn't think she ever will, then she would want me to do it. She said that I have made her think and investigate the church more sincerely than anyone else, she said a lot of other things that she wrote in a book that she gave to me. I'll have to let you read it when i get back. So i know i have at least 4 more weeks to wrok on her. She's also told me that i need to consider being a lawyer and then she explained to me all the things i need to do. So who knows, maybe i'll become a lawyer. Ya know what would be awesome is to be a lawyer for the church, now thats something i think i would love to do.
(i'm going to laser tag, i'll be back in a bit)
okay, i'm back, Laser tag was awesome, the only problem is now i only have like 15 mins. of p-day left. we had about 8 elders and 2 other people there. The last game, the worker did something really cool he turned out the lights and filled the room with fog, so it was intense.
okay i'm running out of things to say. The work is going good, i'm excited for the new trnasfer, I wish Elder Burningham was sticking around but thats the way it goes, i guess i'll see him after the mission.
Tell Kevin i can't wait to see him again, he's definitly one of my best friends and i'm looking forward to seeing movies with him when i get back. Man, mom the year mark is weird it feels like I have no time left, I guess it's given me a renewed sense of urgency, I need to work even harder than i've been working because it's going to be done before i know it.
Anyway, one more thing about transfers, I'm still the district leader but i think i'm only going to have one other companionship in my district instead of 3. it'll be nice, less numbers to worry about and less calls to make.
Okay i love you mom and kevin youa re both great and i can feel your prayers on my behalf. I know you have given me strength. Thanks again.
Love, Elder Pierce
4/15/09
Birthday
Brother & Sister Pierce,
What a great missionary you
have! We were so thrilled to have dinner
with him and Elder Burningham last night and celebrate your sons
birthday! I know he wishes he were with you in your kitchen having
cupcakes, but hopefully ours did alright as a susbstitute for this
year.
He is a dynamite missionary and we are so blessed to have him in our
ward. We are still getting to know him, but you can see the fire in
his eyes that he has work to do while he's here and he's going to get
it done! We've needed a missionary like him! Thank you for sending
your son to do the most important work there is on this earth!
Enjoy the Pictures,
the McIntyres
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