Week 42...Turtles and Lightning Bugs!!

Good morning to ya

Been a pretty fun week in Petersburg West Virginia. 

Started out by having exchanges with elder munden, me and him were going to one of our investigators who is in the nursing home. 

Right when we walked in some lady walked up and ask us to sing because their male lead singers were 

No shows. I hesitantly said yes and so did elder munden. We walked in a room where a bunch of old people were sitting and waiting for someone to sing to them. 

Then the lady gave us books and the piano played. So for about 45 or so minutes we sang to everybody in the nursing home. It was a little awkward at first but then it became pretty fun. 

We then went to another investigator who we just barely picked up and we talked about trucks and tractors it was pretty sick oh and the atonement. 

Then we exchanged back and Me and elder walgamott went back to Petersburg. 

The next day we went out and helped some random guy set traps for a prairie dog that was getting in his garden. Then I found another turtle this one wasn't a snapping turtle but of course I jumped out of the car and grabbed it was smaller this time then we put it back in the trees.

Saw my first fire flies recently and if you haven't seen fire flies they are awesome 

 I caught 2 of them and took videos of it pretty sick in my books.

We have been getting a lot of missionary work done we now have a total of 17 investigators and 2 for sure want to get baptized one of them is getting baptized the 23rd of June and another one is not quite sure but he asks about every time we meet with him. He is just wheelchair bound so maybe we can wheel him into the Potomac river or something to baptize him I think that would be cool. 

So it's pretty sick we stay busy most the time Elder Welling my MTC companion is district leader for Romney and Petersburg and he gets to do his first baptismal interview for someone in Petersburg so he is pretty excited for that or scared whichever works. 

And we been having a lot of fun as well. 

We got to drive to Winchester and get an oil change on our car and get the tires rotated so that was a good long trip but on the way back we stopped at Splunkers which is a super good place to eat and there is only one in the world one of the best burgers ever when you bite into it and grease goes everywhere super unhealthy but worth every bite. And the ice cream is great too. 

I'm getting super good at poole while our laundry washes at a members home we play poole in there downstairs. Every Monday I've picked it up very decently I am a hustler now I go for 40 dollars a shot... No just kidding. 

I got threatened for my kids life by a member who is leaving town and needs her plants watered she will make sure my mom and dad have no grandkids if I let her plants die. She jokes around a lot but she seemed pretty serious this time. So I have come to the conclusion that I will water her flowers.

We got cut back on miles down to 1575 instead of 1650 so now we are really cutting it close and we got to go to Winchester for zone conference and also to romney for exchanges and district meetings. 

But we'll make due because we good like that. 

It rained and I was okay with that besides the mudslides, but now it is just way to hot the humidity is killer, right when you walk outside you are covered in sweat no matter what but our car you can start while your inside so it will cool down before we get in it. It's pretty convenient that way. 

Also everybody here thinks that I am 23 to 37 years old when I ask people. Like for example the other day we pulled up to a gas pump and I ask a guy how his day was he said good then looked in the car and ask if elder walgamott was my son. And he is older than me. They think that he is 15 to 18 years old. I still thought I had a baby face but whatever.

Taught a non member about the plan of salvation and where we will go after this life he agreed but his wife didn't. Well long story short he had a massive heart attack the next day and died. So he definitely believes what we were teaching him now maybe he could come back for a little bit and tell his wife that what we were talking about was true. We told a member about that and they said that was amazing and wonderful she said the lord needed him to hear that before he could die.

We got a call about one of our solid investigators and some little birds had got around that when we got done taking him back to the nursing home after church that he passed away after we left so we had to go back about 845 that night to see if the story was straight and it turns out somebody did die but it wasn't our investigator and it was a female and it was on Friday. 

Some of these rumors sure get me. Because that telephone game got totally mixed around by somebody I just want to meet the person who started it. 

Anyways instead of writing in my journal I am gonna start typing the events that happen throughout the week into notes like I am doing now and then sending in an email. I figured It would be easier and my emails may have been getting boring so this way they wont be as painful to read, just longer...

Remember write me letters everybody I promise I will write back I have tons of envelopes and stamps 

PS. send to 1604 Michael avenue Petersburg West Virginia 26847 and then we will be friends forever, what a deal!

Anyways have a great week I'll be waiting for letters in the box thanx!!! 

Note:  Once again this is Aunt Wendi, I have to agree with Elder Killian, Lightning Bugs, fireflies whatever you want to call them are AMAZING!! They are another one of my favorite things here.  Our kids LOVE catching them.

Week 41...Snapping Turtle....

It was a good week in Petersburg,

Found 6 new investigators this week and we have been pretty busy and having a good time. 

I found a huge turtle it was a snapping turtle I touched it and it didn't appreciate me. So I left it alone didn't realize after the fact that it could of took my finger off but it's whatever 

There has been a major flood here that's taken out a lot its been raining really bad had to pull over a couple time while driving so that we could see to drive. 

Are bishop and a couple other members had to drain water out of there basement. 

And the roads were closed because the river was running over the road been pretty crazy it has done nothing but rain for a long time.

Haven't had to help with service for it but if it gets worse I will. 

It's a warm rain anyways stays about 70 or 80 all the time. So can't complain to bad. 

It's super green here very nice drives when we go farther out 

Anyways I have a lot of stamps so whoever wants to write letters please do so I have 300 envelopes and 100 stamps awesome when my family rights me but others as well can just a suggestion. Anyways have a great week 

Kody would LOVE to get some letters and as my kids say..."some old fashioned mail"....here is the address:1604 Michael avenue 

26847 petersburg West Virginia in case you want to send a letter 

 All the rain that Kody mentions...it is true BUT look how beautiful and green everything is!!!

 For Kody this is like going back home....he LOVES working with cattle and has a small herd of his own.

                                       A great picture of Kody and the cow even posed!!!

Week 40!!! King of the grass!!

Happy memorial day.

So this week was pretty sweet I got to see my brother get baptized from across the country we watched it with an investigator who is very close to baptism and they thought it was great. 

The 4 man romney district I am in is doing great with lessons as a 4 man district together we taught close to 70 lessons and got 23 new investigators in one transfer  I would say for 2 companion ships that is decent. So it will be cool to see how this transfer works out. 

Found another investigator who says he wants to be baptized and is starting to come to church so its all adding up for us here in Petersburg started a little bit slower but Rome wasn't built in a day. 

It's super green here now and grass grows fast so we have been helping cut it. You can about watch it grow while your cutting it so it's a little bit discouraging while we do it but we are finding interesting things like orange turtles and snakes. 

But it is hot!!! 

But I love it here hope I stay here for a while If it was up to me.

Members are feeding us really well we just had deer meat sloppy Joe's so that was all along watching him shoot prairie dogs and rabbits outside so kinda cool. 

New and awesome 

definitely had a lot of ribs hamburger and hotdogs so anyways that's that have a great week. 

  Note:Since we have the privilege of living out here...when Kody says you can see the grass growing as soon as you finish..it is the TRUTH!!

Week 39!!

Petersburg West Virginia

Transfer calls came last night and I am staying in Petersburg for another transfer and I like it here we have a baptism June 23rd and she is super pumped we also got 3 reactivations and it's super sick we are down to 10 investigators now but they are pretty solid 5 of them see progressing really well had 11 lessons this week and 6 were member present. We are trying to reactivate one member who has an airport so maybe he can show us the airplanes. That would be sick and get him back to church j 

I went on a sick exchange with my MtC companion elder welling. We had a great time and got work done in romney. 

We have a new mission president coming in soon gonna miss president and sister Christiansen a lot but it will be cool to have a president from the Congo so that's pretty sweet.

It is getting really humid and hot it's just hard to get used to don't know if you ever do. 

All the animals don't seem to care saw a cat in broad daylight giving birth and another feeding its kittens outside pretty weird. 

Seeing a lot more deer now just about everyday. Like if I didn't see at least one deer a day I would think it was the 2nd coming. 

THE members here are really. Liking us they told us that they really don't want us to leave and that we are two of the best missionaries we have here so thought that was pretty sweet.

My companion is Elder walgamott still and we have a really good time he is from Middleton Idaho

It's been raining like crazy as well and the river looks like mud so fishing is not I'm the near future. 

We were going to see a less active member and we were sliding all of the road and scraping bottom but we made it. So it's all good it's getting ready for bear season here so everybody is loading there hounds up its pretty sweet I get to talk a bunch of houndsmen and give them book of Mormons and pet their dogs. It's the life also I am going go catch some copperhead snakes and send them to my dad and my aunt they would appreciate it theres a couple rattlesnakes out here too so they can take pick. 

That's it for the weekly new of elder killian have any questions or you wanna talk to me just hit me up!!! 

Week 38!!

This week.

First off happy late mothers day to all hope you had a great one. 

Not a huge turn of events happened this week but wasn't bad had 10 lessons and 7 were member present so we didn't do to bad and we got to 2 new gators. 

We did hit a snapping turtle accidentally while it was on the road I think it's okay but we definitely rung it bell a little but he crawled off the road after the thump. 

I got to talk to my family yesterday which was awesome bishop had us over and we had a nice meal and a good time. Even though it was the first mothers day without my mom to pick on I made it through 

We have been using miles trying to find people quite a bit we are up almost 900 miles and it's only the 14th so not good. 

Which means we try and walk as much as we can and it is now 96 degrees and working on 88 percent humidity give or take. So my nice white shirts I have been using shout bleach and oxy clean or you wouldn't be able to call the color white anymore. 

Members have been feeding us quite a bit now so we are getting a lot of referrals from members and from church head quarters as well it's hard to remember to visit all these people we have a ton of potentials and 11 investigators and still working on contacting referrals that we received so been busy doing that. 

Still seeing a lot of new places here don't really run out of places to go. And we are still seeing tons of deer crossing the road anyways every day 

Anyways talk to you all next week 

 These pictures do not come even close to doing justice to how green and beautiful it is right now, everything is in bloom and so full of life..truly AMAZING!!!

Mother's Day 2018!!

One of the FAVORITE parts of Mother's Day that all Missionary Mom's look forward to is the chance to see and talk with their Missionary.  The Killian family was no exception!!

Here are some pictures from the call!!!!

                                               A family photo with Grandma Killian!!

 As Kody calls them on the right is his "Homie" Layne Bolinder and on the right is his "cousin" Dustin Mecham.

                                 Heaven only knows what Kody was doing here.....silly boy!!

Kody and his companion!!! This is one of Kody's favorite companions.  Since he has been in the mission field he has had 3 AMAZING companions and this Elder is right up there!!!

Kody got to talk for a whole hour with his family because his companion who has been out 18 months and is the Senior companion said it was okay.  When it was time they introduced each other to their families, shared some laughs and said goodbye until Christmas!!!

Week 37!!!

Petersburg, West Virginia

So I haven't wrote emails the last 2 weeks because, my good excuse is I didn't want to. 

Anyways a lot has happened we one found a part member less active family and the family is getting reactivated their daughter wants to be baptized so she came to church and is excited for that. 

I am excited for it as well. 

We have been using a ton of miles in this area trying to find people and exchanges with the romney elders are killing are miles we are 6 days into the month and at almost 500 we only have 1600 throughout the entire month. And we have to go to district meeting which is a 90 mile round trip. 

Anyways last Monday I got the opportunity to go fishing at a private pond she raises her own fish she got albino trout and rainbow trout it's pretty sick I did pretty good I'd say caught a lot of fish we fried them all up it was good as we ate we watched people bate the deer in. 

We got to ride in the bishops camaro it is pretty sweet he took us to a teaching appointment in it.

We see deer on a regular basis the real problem is trying to not hit the deer that have already been hit there was one that got hit and he was still dragging his back legs across the ground. Wish I could have done something but oh well we had to hurry to zone conference. We definitely have had close calls on deer though

We are teaching one guy, Ricky and he went out back and started his Harley for us while we were talking to him. His pit bull named buddy ran out and ran around the trailer park a lady chased him away with a gun so he has to move out because they keep companion to the man lord about the dogs. He read the book of Mormon though and he really likes it. 

They are refilling the tractor with deisel so I can drive it again its not really in my eyes a tractor it's like a big lawn mower but cant complain to much because not everyone gets to drive a tractor on their mission and work with sheep and cattle. I hope eventually that I will get to ride a horse but that's way far from realistic anyways. 

I went on exchanges with elder munden and we were knocking doors and we ran into this door that's says please do not push on door it will close, so I took a picture because I thought my common sense was bad. And we got to kill cochroaches and we ate them... Just kidding they weren't big enough 

It's been raining quite a bit lately because it's West Virginia but it has flooded multiple times now the first time there was campers and tents and parts of houses just floating down the river its flooding again today so hopefully we can get out car with 4 inch clearance on it around the next couple days I think we should either get a car with higher clearance or a horse but that's not my choice we will have to make due with what we have until then.

It's been getting pretty hot knocking doors around here 93 degrees and 60 percent humidity and it ain't even summer yet so it's not even that bad yet thus morning it's 100 percent humidity and 49 degrees at 7:00 that's what the temperature was its going up. 

That's this email for you...

 ELDER KILLIAN