Ames - 4/22/13

I dont know about you guys but emailing is getting harder and harder. haha.  i feel like we basicly report on the same thing each week.

its all good though, ill see ya in a few weeks haha.

Things are still going really well here. im super excited to leave this area much much better than how i found it.

We will be having a baptism here in the next few weeks, it may even work out that it will be on the last saturday of the mission, that would be

pretty neat i think.

happy late birthday dad, i forgot to mention that in my last weeks email. I hope you had fun!

So just curious, When is the Pine Creek trip planned for? Just need some dates so i can maybe fill one of those extra tickets.

mom, could you do me a huge favor and set up an Eye doc appointment for that first or second week back. My glasses are in need of replacement. They are pretty scratched up. haha. i appriciate it.

Today for Pday we are going back up to the mountains and having tin foil dinners again. we are going to a new spot though so it should be pretty fun.

 I hope you all have an awesome week!!!!!

 much love,

Elder Ettinger

Ames - 4/15/13

Soudns like you guys had a great week! glad to hear that.

We went over to the grahams last night to visit and they said they had a really good time talking to mom. Brother graham was impressed with the fish tank and sister graham was impressed with mom being so fit haha. they are great people.

This week was pretty good. taught a bunch of lessons to our investigators and less actives, the area is doing so well. We had ward council yesterday and we are planning on having a member missionary class at the begining of may to help inspire the members. its going to be based off of the book, "The power of an everyday mission" by Clayton c. Christiansen. You guys should get a copy of it, its amazing! I would like a copy to for when i get home. so if you see it while you are at deseret book snag one. All the procceds go to the general missionary fund of the church. So you cant go wrong there.

We are down in the Gila valley today. Elder j has not been feeling super good for the past four weeks so we came down the see the doctor. i always like coming back to this place to visit. fun times.

So im glad we got the talks all arranged. i have been telling some friends back home that i was going to be speaking on the 19th, so im glad i can start circulating the correct date to those who may have to travel. No worries though.

I hope you have a great week!

Much love,

Elder Ettinger

Kyle - 4/15/13

Dear Family,

thanks for the emails this week! always fun to hear whats going on.

our past week wasnt very eventful, we were able to teach a couple less active lessons. We went to a stake meeting, and found out about a cultural celebration that will take place a week before we get home. We are required to be there for both nights that they have the show. its like a dance presentation. it should be pretty awesome!

Happy Birthday last week maren! glad to see that your trip to disneyland was awesome! just to think that you were only like an hour away from me when you were there! pretty legit!

mom i am still proud of you for how hard you are working for the race that is coming up! i especially keep you in my prayers that you will do really well! No worries, you are a champ mom!

i have not received my own flight info yet. But thats funny that i will be getting home pretty late in the afternoon. I guess that means i wont have to leave super early in the morning from the mission home. which is what most of the missionaries have to do when they leave.

Things are going alright here in the mission. Really not much excitement going on as far as the work goes, which is a real bummer, but i am doing what i can to stay busy.

thats crazy that we are getting a new stake president! Watch it be doctor locke ettinger haha. just kidding. Seems like pres. lyman has been in there for ever!

today the weather is super nice! overcast right now with a little rain here and there. We are gonna hit up the frisbee golf course today! super stoked about that! ha I'm such a dork

thanks for all the love and support!

hope everyone has an awesome week!

be safe and have fun!

love, elder kyle ettinger

Photos from Kyle - 4/9/13

Elder Kyle Ettinger and Elder Morgan

Elder Ettinger and Elder Jackson

Kyle - 4/8/13

hey everyone,

Not gonna lie i really dont have a whole lot to talk about this week, this email may

be a bit short.

i enjoyed the conference this time! i really should've payed more attention during some

of the talks, but i have found that i have a really hard time not talking to friends when

my mom isnt there to tell me to shut my mouth ha. Sorry mother.

I am very suprised that no one mentioned anything about there being an 

announcment about the Cedar City Temple.

right before they started announcing the new temples i leaned over to a 

friend and said "St,george city 2nd Temple" and then he announces Cedar,

and i was like "Well it might
as well be st george 2nd" haha it was really funny!

im stoked to have another temple close by! we are so spoiled!

It was really fun to talk to everyone on moms birthday! glad that you enjoyed

it to!! Happy birthday to maren this week! Hope you have lots of fun at disneyland!

i am super duper jealous about that!! haha, i understand that you cant come visit though

it would have been super fun, but its alright! we can look forward to may 25th! woo!

thanks for the love and the prayers!! May the work continue here in the Hillside ward!

love you all

Love, elder kyle ettinger!

Companion from Jerome, ID

P-day hike

Ames - 4/8/13

Confrence was AWESOME! probilby my favorite confrence of all time!

Dads thought was very accurate about the fist pumping haha. there were quite a few talks on missionary work, loved them all!

Durring one of them our Ward Mission Leader texted us and said "This is what our ward needs!" i hope that the ward was listening to the spirit of those talks.

Talking to you all was loads of fun on friday! Sorry that i lost service and didnt get to say bye. It will be fun to swap all the fun stories in the family room.

 So i promise that this is not a joke or an April Fools... My companion can even testify to the truthfullnes of what im about to write...

The night before confrence i turned to Elder Jones and said, They are going to announce the Cedar City utah temple tomorrow, thats my guess"

And then just before the announcement i also re announced this to the family that we were watching confrence with. Im guessing that i dont have to tell anyone how

this proved to be Prophetic ;) I did have a little tiny bit of insider knowlage but i still made the guess...

Im  excited to get into this week, we have alot of awesomeness planned out. The area is doing SO much better now than it was when i got here. It makes it so much easier to focus on the work when there is work to do :)

Not a whole lot else to report for the week.

Thanks for all your love and support!

Much love,

Elder Ettinger

Ames - 4/1/13

The only joke that i pulled today, and will continue to pull, is telling the members that im getting transfered back to tucson. We went and got our hair cuts at one of my favorite members here and i told them that i was getting transfered and they were so bummed. Unfortunatly the dad called me out pretty quick on the fact that it was April 1st. Darn. Im going to try it a few more times if i see members throught the day.

My reaction to dads email... Pissed! I turned to elder J and explaind the crazyness that happend. This is what i was thinking. "Why would dad go shoot my gun without asking? why would he think that it would be ok to shoot it when he knows verywell that i havent got to shoot it yet. Wouldnt he think that i want to shoot it first? does he know that that gun has NEVER been shot? haha." As i started reading i didnt really mind that dad got it out and was looking at it and what not. A little quirked because there is stuff in that suitcase that i didnt want you guys to see yet. (Little surprises) but then when i read that dad and clyde took her out... Whoa! Not happy! haha. We will have to go shooting the minute i get home!

This week was an awesome week to end the transfer on and to usher in this last one. We had a couple lessons with investigators, 7 lessons with less active members and 5 lessons with active members (We count those in our mission now.) And we got a new investigator that asked her member friend what she needed to do to be baptized!!! hurray! So with her and a couple others we are hoping for three baptisms by the end of april or for sure by the end of the Transfer. Im excited!

One of our less active lessons this week consisted of Gold panning. Remember how dad kyle and i tried doing some panning in california. and dad was the only one that got anyting. Im suer kyle and i got fed up and impacient so im sure thats why we didnt find any. Well elder j found two flakes and i got one. Today we are going to a new panning spot to get some "Pay Dirt" and pan it for pday. Hoping to get rich quick!

im excited going into this last transfer of our missions. Its been an awesome ride andI have learned a ton!

I hope everyone has a great week, and Mom have an awesome Birthday!! I hope dad surprises you with something cool!

Thanks for all your love and support!

Elder Ettinger