What the Hail
Week: 60
Date: March 31, 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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| Tall queens!! Sis Brady 👑 Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
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| Fountain no doubtin 🫳🎤 Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
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| It was sunny so comp study outside for the tan 🌞🧴 Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
Y'all, crazy week this week—so many weird occurrences! I don't even know how to explain it, so let's get to it!
On P-day, I learned how to play Spikeball. Y'all, I've played before, but I don't know why I'm always so confused about it. It's like pickleball—I know what to do, but just tell me when to swith, cause I don't know! Lol. Anyways, we played, and this Elder and I were teammates. We literally got destroyed, but we tried, so that's what really matters, ahaha. It might have been my fault for not really paying attention when he passed it to me. But hey, for like my third time ever playing, I'd say we looked good.
We played another game with the volleyball called KILL, where you have to spell out the word by passing the ball. Then, on the fifth hit, someone can catch it and throw it at another person. Our DL, Elder Chidester, literally showed no mercy. You can get the ball and yell "freeze" so you can throw it at someone, but you don't have to yell "freeze"—so he chose not to because he likes the hunt. He literally pitched the volleyball at his companion every time. Like, this ball was going 80 mph, I swear. It was literally frightening when he got the ball. He said his mind just sees someone moving and immediately targets them—literally like deer hunting, lol.
This member gave us a bag of chocolate, and Sister Bangerter and I are trying to eat fewer sweets. So, we saw these two 22-year-old guys walk into Maverik, and I rolled my window down and said, "This is so random, but do y'all want this bag full of candy?" Then I added, "I know this looks so sus—I swear it's not drugs." I forgot I was in Colorado, so these guys then said they would've been fine with the drugs. 🤦♀️ So then we taught them about Jesus!
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| Ok fine Colorado is gorgeous!! Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
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| "Cookies and cream" - Sis Piutau ✨️ Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
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| Roadtrip to Pueblo 🚗🫢 Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
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| A little photo shoot for y'all 😘 Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
Y'all, I had Zone Conference!! Literally my favorite time because I get to see all my friends and hear some wise wisdom from our mission leaders. Also, road trip to Pueblo. ✌️😜 It was a great Zone Conference!! We did PMG Mastery, where they ask a question about certain info in PMG, and you have to answer it and say what chapter it's in. Well… y'all, let's just say I raised my hand like 10 seconds after everyone else (it's the slow reader in me, lol), and President totally thought I was first, haha. So I stood up and answered the question, and then he asked where in PMG that was found. For the life of me, I couldn't remember, and someone around me kept whispering "PMG chapter 14"—which doesn’t exist!! 🤦♀️ I got revelation, and it was PMG chapter 13. So I got some candy, and I felt super cool at this moment in time! 😎
Also, y'all, we were driving home from Zone Conference. It's like an hour drive from Pueblo to Colorado Springs, so we're driving on the highway, right? But then Maps takes us off the highway and makes us drive these back roads through farm towns to our apartment. I don't know why. It was literally the weirdest drive ever. But it might have been God's intervention, so I wasn’t gonna do anything about it! It was freakin' weird!!
We went tracting, and this older lady comes out, immediately looks me up and down, and says, "You're tall like me." The girl was 5'7", so I was kinda confused. Then she said, "I used to be 5'11"." And I was like, ohhhhhhhh!! She then looked at me and said, "You need to find yourself a man that’s 6'8" like I did!" 💀 I said, "Girl, where did you find a 6'8" man?" She said she just attracts tall men, and she would pray for me to find a tall husband!! It has got to be the funniest conversation I have ever had!!
Okay, y'all, we were at this family's house—the Clarkes!!! I absolutely adore them. I was looking for my phone, and my bag is sometimes a bottomless hole. I lose so much stuff it's not even funny! So I tore that thing apart and could not find it. I told my comp it had to be in the car because I knew I brought it with me in the car. So I went out to check—it wasn’t there. I just assumed I didn’t look hard enough and that it had to be in the car.
During dinner, it was thundering and lightning so bad, raining cats and dogs!! Then it started hailing—so bad. It was crazy. Colorado is crazy. After dinner, Brother Clarke came out with his flashlight to help us find it, and it was on the ground next to the car, covered in hail. Like, literally—what the hail? But miracles, y'all, because it totally works great! My phone survived a hailstorm! 🤦♀️
We helped someone move, and y'all, I probably wasn’t the best help cause I was there for moral support. But anyways, the EQ moving service (Elders Quorum) came, and they brought their kids, who were literally going crazy. So I took all the games I had from when I was a teacher’s aide for 3rd graders (Collins, remember the good ol’ days by the water fountain?), lol. Anyways, we literally played so many games with these kids to distract them from being annoying to their parents!! Can you tell I love kids? It was pretty fun—we literally did 10 games in 10 minutes cause their attention spans can only handle so much!! #mormonmish
Okay, y'all, literally the craziest day!! We went to Ryan's house to stop by since bro was ghosting us. He wasn’t home, so we headed to the truck and did a little phone call lesson with this guy who actually pranks missionaries. He uses different names and has been put on date to be baptized like 15 times. I don't know why people do that—they waste their time and ours.
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| 4 things I love in this photo: green lights, sunsets, mountains and Whataburger!! 🫶 Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
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| JIMS Motorcycle shop featuring his license plate wall!! Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
Anyways, this older lady knocks on our window and tells us she has Ryan on the phone for us. That was so weird. Ryan talks to us and tells us how his neighbor thought we were suspicious and was gonna call the cops. But he explained we are not, and he was almost home. Ryan hangs up, and the older lady tells us how she saw us at Ryan's house and then saw us get into our car to wait for Ryan. So she called Ryan and asked if he knew two young ladies with a truck. He said no, and she asked if he wanted her to call 911. He said yes. She was about to call, but Ryan called her again and said, "Wait, don't—those people are from my church." Literally so funny. Y’all, if I were to rob a house, I wouldn’t do it in a dress, haha. 🤦♀️
Ryan is doing great, y'all. Turns out he was just off the grid for two weeks to finish his video game. 🤦♀️ Adult skater boys!! Anyways, he said he stopped reading the BoM and praying, so I gave him some backlash, but it's chill. He said he's gonna try again. We just keep encouraging him to pray and ask God if what we have taught is true. Right now, y'all, it's up to Ryan if he wants to put in that spiritual effort to gain a witness.
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| Live laugh love digital camera 📸 Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
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| Oop she zonked 💤😴 post zone conference mood!! Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
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| Daycare 🤱 Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
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| Pink skies 🥹 Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
Sorry, this email was literally so mega long! Anyways, here's a little spiritual thought for y'all. This week has been all about angels—I swear.
29 And because he hath done this, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; neither have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men.
This verse stood out to me in my Book of Mormon reading. I know miracles still happen today, and we need to seek them and expect them. We had this lady share a crazy story about an angel who saved her.
And the thing is, y'all—we all have angels that can protect us. We just need to pray for them in our lives. Every book of scripture demonstrates how willing the Lord is to intervene in the lives of those who believe in Him. Each miracle took time and may not have been exactly what individuals originally requested from the Lord.
Prophet Russell M. Nelson makes this promise to us: "Do the spiritual work to seek miracles. Prayerfully ask God to help you exercise that kind of faith. I promise that you can experience for yourself that Jesus Christ ‘giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.’"
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| Moving mirror pic 💁♀️ Sandcreek Colorado March 2025 |
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| "I love LOVE" 💌 Sandcreek, Colorado March 2025 |
We have to do the spiritual work, and we can expect miracles to abound!
Love y'all!! Time is fleeting so enjoy it!!💌
XOXO
Sister Kimball
Mom: Man, this week had me missing my cow girl momma!!
Colton: 20 seconds of insane courage been using it for missionary work!!
Caryn: The 2 was such a good improvise!! Also I love Reese's closet so cute!!
Bailey: Beach whale is all I got from your photo.
Taylor: I feel like having a Canadian elder in my district has helped me really to get to know your country!
Clay: He's ladies man you might say!! :VHS: very handsome single" had me dead!!
Leah: Man no way I haven't seen you in 14 months so surreal!!
Bella: Summer term is gonna be lit so excited for you Bellz!!
Collins: Missing those times of meeting at the water fountain at 10:00!! - Also what do you call a cow hula hopping?
Capri: Loved hanging with you at school!! - a milkshake
Kash: I love bubbles too don't worry!
Reese: Just tell your mom all you want to do Is look at her!!
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