Extreme Amounts of Corn
Week: 53
Date: February 10, 2025
Location: Sandcreek, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Email: lexi.kimball@missionary.org
Companion: Sister Bangerter/St. George, Utah
Mission Blog: https://iputtheradincolorado.blogspot.com/
Leah's Mission Blog: https://livinlavidastlouis.blogspot.com/?m=1
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| Our daily car rides 💁♀️ Sandcreek Colorado February 2025 |
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| Post leaving the congregation speechless after our bomb talks!! Sandcreek Colorado February 2025 |
I honestly don’t even know what to put in this letter because nothing much happened this week. We still don’t know anyone, and this area is still confusing as heck. But it's all good, because we've got the Lord on our side!
We had P-Day and it was awesome. We're the only sisters in our district, so we didn’t join the district call and didn’t know where we were going for lunch. I turned to my trusty comp and said, “How much do you wanna bet we’re going to BDubs?” She laughed, and I texted the elders to ask where we were going. Sure enough, it was BDubs! Every elder probably loves BDubs because of the TVs, but hey, I called it.
We went bowling, and as we we're getting out of the car, this lady next to us yelled, "Y’all Mormons?" After talking to her for a bit, we realized she was higher than a kite! It was hilarious. She turned to Elder Hobbs and said, "Man, your jawline can cut fruit, it’s so sharp." We all just died laughing!
We have this family, the Schlossers, and they are literally the funniest family ever. They texted us before dinner asking what we don’t like. So, I told them “extreme amounts of corn.” When we showed up, they said they almost made everything with corn in it just to mess with me. They thought it was hilarious, and now they all tease me about my “corn trauma.”
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| 0.5 at whata!!! Sandcreek Colorado February 2025 |
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| Yeah just two pretty best friends 💁♀️🤪 Sandcreek Colorado February 2025 |
Our goal this week for our zone was 1000 street contacts. We ended up parking in front of a Maverik and just yelling at people from our cars, and it actually worked! We found a bunch of people, and one guy even said he’d met with missionaries before. I pulled him up in our app, and turns out he was already on record, had been scheduled for baptism, but stopped meeting with missionaries because he didn't gain a full testimony. What are the odds we’d just yell from our car to him? It's literally God! We also street contacted another guy who was baked out of his mind, but he was interested in hearing about the restored gospel, so we’ll see how that goes.
We had an amazing lesson with our friend Ryan. A little context: Ryan is 30 and has been meeting with the sisters since September. He was on date for baptism in January, but that fell through, and he ghosted the missionaries. They brought him a pie and started meeting with him again. So when in doubt, bring a pie! We talked about the gospel and how it blesses us, and Ryan is not normally one to make eye contact, but for this lesson, he was so engaged. It was super spiritual.
This Sunday, our mission did a mission-wide fast for our friends. We invited our two most progressing friends, Ryan and Prosper, to fast with us. Prosper is from Ghana and actually met with missionaries there. He’s awesome. They both fasted with us, and the spiritual power was amazing. Ryan works in produce at a grocery store, so he said he would throw grapes in his mouth and then remember he was fasting and have to spit them out. It was so funny!
We were at ward council when all of a sudden, my phone buzzed, and I saw a text from Brother Schlosser (a ward member) who was sitting across the room from us. It was the "Schlosser mission plan for 2025," and it was a huge list. I texted him back, “Is this AI?” and then called him out in ward council for already having an awesome plan. He said his "uncle GPT" gave him some ideas. We all died laughing!
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| The receipts of Bro Schlosser! Sandcreek Colorado February 2025 |
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| Found a sister who's taller than me so score!! Went on exchanges with her and literally why did so many people ask if we played basketball???🤨 Sandcreek Colorado February 2025 |
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| Superbowl party?? Couldn't be me Sandcreek Colorado February 2025 |
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| Same kid same Sandcreek Colorado February 2025 |
I know this restored gospel grows my relationship immensely. God and Christ knew Joseph by name. Heavenly Father literally said, “Joseph, this is my beloved Son, hear Him.” Now, insert your name: “Sister Kimball, this is my beloved Son, hear Him, love Him, follow Him.” You may not have heard the Lord call you by name, but He knows each one of you, and He knows your name. Elder Neal A. Maxwell said, “I testify to you that God has known you individually … for a long, long time (see D&C 93:23). He has loved you for a long, long time. He not only knows the names of all the stars (see Ps. 147:4; Isa. 40:26); He knows your names and all your heartaches and your joys!”
Love you all! Have a great week! See you soon.
Xoxo,
Sister Kimball
P.S. Quick shoutouts:
- Dad: Super Bowl wasn’t the same without us.
- Mom: So many people say I look just like you!
- Colton: Told the story of an elder recreating The Lord of the Rings to our district—best thing they’ve ever heard.
- Caryn: You have permission to slap the elder.
- Bailey: Finally I can talk about your son! Me and the baby at the beach 🏖.
- Taylor: Congrats on "The Empire Strikes Back" (1:56:45).
- Clay: Big accomplishments for you this year! 2025 is your year! 🌟
- Leah: I also tell people you’re engaged.
- Bella: I thought Anastasia and Fantasia were the same thing—are they not?
- Collins: Let’s rodeo in San Antonio!!
- Capri: No invite, but I got you, Capri!!
- Kash: He’s a scholar from what I’ve heard.
- Reese: My niece beat all y’all’s nieces.
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