Feliz Navidad

 Mom,

So I don't know exactly what to say we just talked. We have a baptism coming up for the 24 of January. I'm sacred I won't get to see it, but that really doesn't matter I just want to be there to see someone progress. So it was super weird seeing my room a different color and the Christmas singing and what the honk are monkey balls. It sounds kinda weird. Anyways, thanks for everything. This next week we will be hitting the pavement hard so I'll have more to write about. Keep sending those videos. I sent several videos and Elder Freestone is sending some. They are pretty funny. 

Well I love you so much. Keep being awesome!

Elder Kotter

We Are Wet

Mom,

Well first off to put your worrying heart to rest, I GOT MY PACKAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for all the goodies like Oreos and Ritz and peanut butter and the Dr. pepper and the decorations for my room they are awesome. I still gotta put them up but when I do I'll take an awesome picture with them. SO NOT AN EPIC FAIL THIS CHRISTMAS THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So this week was one of those downs. I had an up week last week,so this week was a down week. I don't know what happened people just started using there agency in the very wrong way. Satan can be tricky. That guy drives me up the wall. But now it just means we have to work a lot harder and get that reaction to his action. That's how physics works, for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. We'll be bouncing back at him. The thing about the gospel is if people would just do it, it would make things go so much better. We did find this one awesome family who were a reference from the other elders. They are just awesome.  They really want to know I can feel it. Keep them in your prayers that would be awesome.

So today we got a special Christmas treat and we got to watch a movie Ephriam's rescue. I would recommend it. Its about a guy named Ephriam who goes and helps the Martin hand cart company. It's really good. Also if y'all haven't seen it yet, go watch 17 Miracles too. Those two movies really get you thinking, "what am i doing to help in this work." It really got to me today. 

I love y'all so much and I cant wait to see y'all Thursday. I love you!

Elder Kotter

Dropped on My Head

Mom

So i will be Skyping on Christmas day!! We have several options of where we can go. What time would be best for y'all?

Well, this week was awesome like always. I don't know why, but people just keep falling into our laps. For example, this week we come to church and we are there saying hi to all the members when a member comes up to us and says elders this is my grandson he has never stepped foot into the church before. His mom, my daughter, sent me to bring him to the chapel so y'all could give him a blessing of comfort. His mom is a member and she is  less active and isn't comfortable to come yet, but she wants y'all to give him a blessing. So of course we did. Before we gave the blessing we asked what the problem was and the grandpa said he's super nervous and randomly he will just freeze up and cry. The little kid says its because he's seeing shadows and spirits in their house. S,o we get the idea hey we could go dedicate the house for this less active lady. So she lets us in and we do the dedication prayer. Afterwards we are just talking to her about everything and she starts crying, and we ask what is wrong. She said nothing she was just so grateful that the missionaries would come and visit her and she wants to come back to church but doesn't know how. So we will start teaching this sister because of the faith she had in the priesthood to help her son. We also ended up giving her a blessing too.

Another story

So we are teaching this guy who has received the lessons before from missionaries. He wants to get baptized but he feels something is holding him back. We go through the baptismal interview questions with him because he also asked about that what they were and all that stuff. He gets to the part about knowing that Joseph Smith was a prophet and he says that's my problem. I have doubts about that. So we pull out the Book of Mormon and tell him this is the evidence of Joesph Smith and read Moroni 10:3-5 then he looks at another verse where it says that Moroni will be at the judgement bar and God will say didn't I send this man and his writings as a voice crying from the dust. He read that and in that moment he said elders I want to get baptized; who do i need to talk to. 

There are miracles happening all around us. We just have to be prepared to see them. Keep up the work of salvation y'all can do it.

Love

Elder Kotter