tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65342146432057504002024-03-12T18:48:56.875-07:00Elder Riley Christian KnaphusServing in the Canada Edmonton MissionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-34605933534086481942014-05-20T08:44:00.001-07:002014-05-20T08:44:17.732-07:00May 12th: I have seen so many miracles as I have served the Lord<div>
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Well it was really fun seeing all of you yesterday for mothers day. its
getting really weird, and starting to get harder to focus on the work.
but I'm hoping to work really hard this last week. its weird though
having to start thinking about packing and weighing my bags soon and
silly stuff like that. today is a really beautiful day though, we woke up
early and drove to a track so i could run it was really nice, i timed
myself and i ran a mile in 7 min. but i got a side ache half way through
so i think i can do it a lot faster. it was fun though. the family we
called from are awesome they arent even in our ward, my companion
actually grew up with them, and they are in the ward next to us. i think
the mom wants me to marry one of the daughters. they said i should come
back to Canada and stay with them haha. </div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Well I'm not really sure what to
say other then I love you. and that I know the gospel has been restored. I have seen so many miracles as I have served the Lord. but still the
most amazing thing is the still small confirmations we can receive from
and through the Holy Ghost. it has been such a blessing to be able to
learn how to better follow promptings and see the beautiful fruits of
living the gospel. I know that the fundamental principles of the church
are the true way to joy even eternal joy. I have gained for myself a
sure testimony of the 9 core doctrines of the church. but most
importantly I have come to know my Savior, I have seen his hand guide
those I teach and I have seen his atonement change lives, mine included. I
am so grateful for the Prophet Joseph Smith. as I have gained a
testimony of the event that took place in the grove of trees I can
better understand what took place in the garden of Gethsemane.</span> Anywho I
thought I would share some things I have come to know since I don't think I have done it any other time through e mail. <br />
sure love ya Elder Knaphus</div>
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<span style="color: red;">To Dad: </span><br /><div>
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thanks papa smurf. ill have a good last week. it
was really good seeing you all. I'm getting excited about starting life
soon and trying to get married and what not. it should be an adventure. I'll have to chat with you when i get home about
what i should do in life. do you know what time I'm getting released? ha
during weekly planning i was looking at my planner and trying to figure
out what I'm going to do when i get home. that was the only thing i didn't know about. well i hope things are going
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Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-54219545350890112172014-05-20T08:34:00.003-07:002014-05-20T08:34:20.566-07:00May 4th: so that was a nice little miracleMy week has been great. we are teaching lots of African people. so thats
been cool we are teaching some Hindu people from India as well. today we
went to the temple and it was amazing i received lots of answers to my
prayers so that was amazing,. now I'm going to get a haircut so i will be
looking good for when i get home, the guy sitting by me i just started
talking to him and i got his info he is from Rwanda and has been
praying for guidance, he also lives across from our church so that was a
nice little miracle. well i will be talking to you soon so i will just
say stuff then sure love ya!!!!!!<br />
<span style="color: red;">to Mandy:</span><br />
MOAB! ah I'm jealous we will call in the evening like at seven..... we
are doing it at a Filipinos house so that will be fun. man tell mubby
poo happy late birthday. see you in 15 days!!! Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-39227194618905653582014-05-20T08:30:00.002-07:002014-05-20T08:30:46.134-07:00April 28th: I'm trying to find as many new investigators as possible before I leavewell things are going really good. Its weird to be going home soon. I'm
still working hard so thats good. I'm trying to find as many new
investigators as possible before i leave so thats fun. i officially
cannot possibly have another baptism before i go home. that sounds
pretty cool having all those missionaries around for dinner. you should try and
bring a non member for them to talk to. I'm excited to see Maxy puppy. so
what color is my room? i will skype we already got offered to do it at
someones house so we will set it up. thats just in a week or two isn't
it. that's crazy. i will try to make a list of things i want to do when i
get home so we have something to talk about when i skype. well pray for
me not to get to trunky! love elder K<br />
<span style="color: red;">to Mandy:</span><br />
Man i have been playing with lots of little kids lately and it makes me
think of Scar. man i could use some Pats bbq that sounds pretty good. i
would be down to play some softball. are you excited to cut my hair in a
couple weeks? haha, you can tell your local missionaries that i would
love to go out with them. well see you in 24 days <3Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-2237716548463343592014-05-20T08:24:00.000-07:002014-05-20T08:24:05.515-07:00April 22: 30 days left "I'm still loving the work"My Easter was just grand, we spent almost the whole day tracting and had
very little success because everyone was doing family things. I'm
thinking I'll prolly just wing my homecoming talk. if i chose my favorite
topic we would be talking about the blacks and the priesthood. our Easter Sunday was neat elder Christofferson came to our stake and spoke
to us. he talked to us about the name of Christ and how there is power
in his name. its really cool that Logan is doing such a good job as
branch mission leader. I have had a few mission leaders who didn't really
care about their calling and it really made it harder on us as
missionaries, so its cool to see how stalwart he is with it. i think it
was definitely a calling that was inspired by god. well yesterday i got
my flight plans and a letter from my president talking about going home.
all the sudden things got real haha. its really weird he wants me to
start devoting time in my studies to making lists about the future and
stuff like that haha it pretty weird. its becoming harder and harder to
focus on the work i have found that i just have to keep working or my
thoughts wander haha also this p day we played some football and it was
really fun. its really odd trying things for the first time as a skinny
person. I'm so used to being the slow kid and not doing too well with stuff
like that, but now I'm pretty good. but its like i dont know how to use
my body I'm like a baby deer walking for the first time. but thats okay I'll adjust. my new comp is running with me now so thats fun, but he is
really slow so its not much exercise, but its better then nothing, also
since it was Easter week end there was lots of sales and i kinda went
all out and decided to buy a whole outfit to come home in haha so i will
be looking fresh to death when i get home. amyway its been a good week I'm still loving the work and I'm excited to be home in just a few weeks.
LOVE YA<br />
PS. hey so in conference members were challenged to read from PMG have you been able to do it at all?<br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I asked the ward what Riley's homecoming talk should be about and here is their answer:</span><br />
" This is so exciting. Pres Boyer asks returned missionaries to share
missionary experiences and bear testimony of gospel principles."<br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Riley's response:</span> "sounds like i will be talking about the law of chastity." haha!!!<br />
<span style="color: red;">To Dad:</span><br />
whenever there is a temple built in an area the
missionary work increases. so thats a good way of getting non members to
know about the temple being built in their backyards. you could also get
a hold of some temple open
house invites and give them away to everyone you meet on the streets of Indy. it would be easy you could just start talking to people, then let
them know you are there working on the temple, then it would start an
awesome convo about what temples are. then you
could invite then to the open house. man I'm excited to hear a cute
little Scar's prayer. little kid prayers are the best. nothing makes me
happier then wen a little kid prays for us. it melts my heart, i hope
this last month is a good one too. i set lots of
goals to work hard and hoping that things pay off:)<br />
Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-51920389642269817572014-05-20T08:11:00.001-07:002014-05-20T08:24:40.762-07:00April 14th: My new companion is a studmy week was just swell. my new companion is a stud he is a really good
teacher and I'm a good finder so we are going to kill it. so far this
week we have found 4 new investigators. so that is really good. its definitely weird going to an old area but the members here like me a
lot. so thats good. everyone is giving me a hard time though all they
talk about is that I'm going home soon which is pretty annoying, but life
happens. one of the people i found here got baptized and he is now not
fully active so I'm working with him. we also have an investigator family
from Sudan and there kids are so freaking funny just little black
hoodlems. its really weird that Scar face is two! thats quite the
landmark. whats her favorite type of toy maybe i can get something for
her from Canada like a toy moose or something stereotypical. did you
have the blister missionaries teach stu lesson one? the only big clothes
i would keep is maybe some animal shirts. they are just tall tees now
ha. I'm probably gonna do absolutely nothing for my birthday. prolly just
enjoy doing some tracting.well i sure
love ya lots im looking forward to seeing you in about a month.<br />
<span style="color: red;">to Mandy</span>:<br />
Thats so crazy that scar is two! hopefully Maxy puppy is doing ok. my
new area is great my new companion is really sweet. he was pretty disobedient before i came but he knows better so he is doping really
good he is an awesome teacher and we should have lots of success before i
leave. well i love you to the moon and back have a beautiful day
byeeeeeeeeeee<br />
<span style="color: red;">To Dad:</span><br />
Thats too bad that Garrs knee failed...
life happens then we die i guess. I'm surprised Manny is still fighting
he is getting old. well I'm getting really close to the month mark so
thaty is pretty scarry,.<br />
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Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-81625540698591702412014-05-20T07:59:00.002-07:002014-05-20T07:59:45.198-07:00April 7th: Back to Lakewood for my last transfer Seems like there is a ton of
stuff going on at home right now. hopefully Garr makes it. i really enjoyed
conference i received some really cool revelation, so that was neat i
really enjoyed elder Bednars talk it was something i have never really
put thought into but rang very true to me and my situation at the end of
my mission. so today i got a transfer call I'm going to one last area.
and I'm serving with another struggling companion. haha should be fun. my
new area is actually my old area. I'm going back to Lakewood. so it will
be pretty unique, well I'm now on my last transfer which means a month
and a half so thats really scary. I'm starting to freak out a little bit
but I'm excited at the same time. i bought some clothes last week so i
have stuff to wear when i come home haha I'm really sad that I'm getting transferred cause the elder replacing me is one of the worst missionaries
in our mission. so its like all that hard work i have been doing will
just go to waste. I'm also pretty worried about elder Cassell because he
wont be able to stand up for whats right... oh well thats life. i plan
on just tracting and finding the rest of my mission because the area I'm
going to has nothing going on, they have no investigators. so it will be a
good time. my new companions name is elder Hedley i know him pretty
well because i was his zone leader. he is a really good teacher but
struggles with a few rules but i think he will be alright. well i love
you lots look forward to seeing you soon! Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-86142812191153386802014-05-18T14:50:00.001-07:002014-05-18T14:50:16.150-07:00March 30: Knockin' doors, takin' names<div>
well this week has been great, nothing really new happened, we had
an investigator come to church on a fast Sunday and she decided to bear
her testimony, but all she did was tell her life story. it was super
akward she talked about all sorts of things that probably shouldnt be
talked about in a chapel haha. other then that we have been just knockin
doors takin names. we have been getting bashed a lot lately, but i kinda
like it. i have found out lots of ways to catch people lying so it
works out well. but I try not to bash because no good comes from it. i
have convinced some one we live with to come running with me in the
mornings so hopefully that lasts. he is a kinda chubby mexican so its
kinda slow pace but its better then nothing. jaja so I'm pumped on that,
it makes me feel a lot better in the mornings. this week i also went on
exchanges with elder Marsh! it was so much fun. he is a stud. when we
were on exchanges i got to go to there gym and i ran for 4 miles after
not running for a long time, and i got a blister because i was wearing
service shoes but it was really nice. i have come to really love
running. im getting excited about coming home, its gonna be weird when
april hits this week because then in my brain I'm thinking its just next
month! crazy! well this week I'm going to do some shopping becasue there
is a memeber who works at H&M and gives us a discount so im going to
get clothes to bring home so i have something to wear when i get back.
its weird shopping for skinny person clothes haha. well this week is
going to go by super fast we have a jam packed week especially with
general conference. well i love you with all my heart im excited to see
you in a month and a half Love Elder K</div>
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man hopefully my room dosent end up being a super
gay color. haha sounds like you are quite busy with the temple. i guess
its better to be busy then not though. Garr is pretty wild, riding across the USA, that just
sounds miserable to me haha. is he doing it
on a ten speed or what? hopefully mom made him a packing list with
everything he needs for the trip haha. I'm really excited about
conference this week. it is always a good time. im hoping to have some
prayers answered as i listen to those inspired men and
women. well hopefully things go well at the job. i sure love ya lots
and im excited to see you soon. elder K
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Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-75063645898815774842014-05-18T14:43:00.002-07:002014-05-18T14:43:38.413-07:00March 24th: Excited for Conference<div>
Man it sounds like things are going really well. things here are
going good. we are seeing lots of progress but also having lots of set
backs. we are making lots of new goals and i think i will be very busy
the next two months. its pretty weird that im officially under two
months left. its going by too fast. im excited for conference because i
feel like it will give my lots of inspiration of what i should do when i
get home. also we are having an apostle visit our stake for stake
conferenece in April so that will be awesome. i heard rumors that its
elder Bednar. im starting to have dreams of home almost every night so
that has been kinda sucky. but im starting to get more excited about
coming home. it will be really sad not being a set apart missionary but
life moves on. my mission president said that my new mission call is my
patriarchal blessing haha any way <span style="color: red;">the father of the chartrand family got
baptized this week so that is really awesome. now all seven of them are
memebrs and can be sealed in the temple. </span>well im getting a haircut
today so that will be nice. and im lovin life. oh how did your eye
surgery thing go? LOve Elder K</div>
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The whole crew!! They are all members now</div>
Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-72422260845232596142014-05-18T14:33:00.000-07:002014-05-18T14:33:10.034-07:00March 16th: Fear not, only be believing<div>
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Fear not only be believing. ha this week was really good. we
found 3 new investigators and they are all really solid. we also gave a
few potentails to the sisters in our ward and they became investigators
too. so we saw lots of miracles this week. one thing that is a little
hard is we don't teach too often we mostly find. i think it is becasue my
comp has struggled so bad his whole mission that he has never really even
tried teaching someone, so our teaching unity is terrible, so God just
has us find people who are in other areas or single women to pass over
to sisters. but its all good. we are doing lots of practice teaching so
he gets more comfortable. lots of the people we have found are on date
to be baptized so its been really neat. anyway
things are good here im excited but nervous to come home its wild that i
now know the time of my arrival that scares me haha<br />
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STAY BLESSED Elder Knaphus</div>
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<span style="color: red;">to dad: </span><br /><div>
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hey there! its not wildo baggins its gimly the
dwarf with the battle ax. well thanks for telling me my flight info.
thats pretty wild to think about. I'm not sure i like it. man it is wild
to think Jon Deidrich is going on a mission. i still
view him as a child. i think it will be pretty wild to see how much
older people are. it might be weird for them to see me skinny too haha
well this week was good for me. we found 3 new investigators and they
are pretty solid. the only problem is one is in
another ward and another is in YSA so only one we get to keep teaching.
its been kinda funny in this last area. i think becasue my comp
struggles a little god dosnt give us too many people to teach but we
have been finding people like crazy. just for other missionaries. which i really actually enjoy. i have come to really love
tracting. and most missionaries refuse to even go tracting so I'm
completely fine with it because someones got to do it. anyway i love ya
lots it sounds like things are going well</div>
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BYE Elder Knaphus </div>
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<span style="color: red;">to Mandy: </span></div>
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I'm having a hard time figuring out what to do. I'm leaning
towards staying at home cause then i can figure out career stuff a
little easier but also i fear that if I'm at home i will fall back into
bad eating habits and bad habits in general. i also think it would be
fun to be able to continue doing lots of missionary work in Indy. but i
signed up to take that fireman test that dad emailed me so i might look
into that. im not sure. i have lots of ideas but nothing to solid yet. anyway i
love you to the moon and back! sounds like i will be seeing you at
around <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1037197819" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">4:30 on may 22nd</span></span> :) <br />
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LOVE YA Elder Canophouse</div>
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Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-67133534154623804972014-05-18T14:25:00.000-07:002014-05-18T14:25:10.269-07:00March 10: I have had a milion answers to prayer this week<div>
Things are going nectariney here!!!!!!!! its warm!!!!!!!!!!!! my
companion has experienced a mighty change of heart and is doing amazing.
like he is honestly a top notch hard working missionay now. so that has
been a mighty miracle. i have seen like a million answers to prayers
this week so im pretty pumped. a less actie i fouund tan months ago is
now fully active so thats neat. also we are just having tons of success
in our area. our investigator showed up to church and really enjoyed it.
he wants baptism at the end of this month. also another family we
tracted into but passed over to the sisters came to church. so we had 7
investigators which is really good. i can feel God moving this work
forward. thats good that Logan got a calling, i really want to be a ward
mission leader when i get home. well on our p days we just meet up as a
zone and goof off pretty much. i snuggle with elder Marsh a lot because
he is in my district. i also play chess sometimes. I'm getting really
good. you should tell Garr that i could beat the poop out of him. there
isnt really anything fun to do in Edmonton. i could go to the zoo or the
west ed mall but i have been to zoos and malls already in my life, so i
really have no desire to waste money. ha but im planning on going curling
with some members sometime soon because that would be realy awesome.
you should study preach my gospel. its the best. well i love
ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Knaphus</div>
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<span style="color: red;">to Mandy:</span><br /><div>
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im so freaking good. how are you dearest sister? Sundays are a
good thing. i felt the spirit a lot this week as well. we had a zone
conference and our mission president threw down! it was so awesome. he
made a new mission standard and he expects us to get 6 new investigators
a week. so we are going to be working our little bums off. man i want
to hear baby Scar singing. do you think she would want to make a blanket
fort with me when i get home? what do you think i should do when i get
home? im kinda scared... well i love ya lots Elder Chickie Knaphus</div>
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Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-26736788371627074782014-05-18T14:18:00.000-07:002014-05-18T14:18:29.393-07:00March 3rd: I feel like my time is growing short<div>
Hello cute mom! </div>
my week was great! it was really cold
here. with wind chil it was almost -40 which is really bad. so we
couldnt really just walk around or go tracting so we stuck to the busses
and just talked to people. you don't have to worry about me getting a
ticket because i don't have a car. this week was fun though i talked to
lots of people on the bus and we met with some families in our ward.
there have been six baptisms in Red Deer this month. it is a little hard
struggling in this area and working really hard while all the harvest
of my last area is being reaped. but thats okay. i see why i need to be
in this area and things are going a lot better. its starting to get
really weird i feel like my time is running really short. today i bought
deodorant and i thought to myself this is probably the last tme i will
buy deo as a full time missionary. haha also we live really close to
the airport so hundreds of planes fly over us each day. and every time
my companion says woah that airplane is pretty close! almost two months
away. ha hes a jerk. but its all good it doesn't effect me to much.
well mommy dear i hope you have a good birthday. i hope all your wildest
dreams come true:D your the best mom a guy could ask for. im really
excited to come home and give you a big ol hug! love ya!Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-35518339426060335332014-05-18T14:15:00.000-07:002014-05-18T14:15:33.572-07:00Feb. 24th: the dad is ready to get dunked<div>
I had a fine week. we found a new investigator but passed her over
to the sister missionaries. we are having lots of success but its mostly
for other areas. one person i found on the bus is getting baptized in a
couple weeks. so that is neat. also <span style="color: red;">the Chartrands are doing really
good. the dad who is the only one who isn't baptized called the elders
this week and said he was ready to get dunked! </span>so thats super ccol. im
pumped. that means in total 7 people in that family have now joined the
church. well im staying in my area and keeping my companion. so thats
fun. one of the sisters in our area is leaving though so that will be
sad she was a really good missionary. do you not see the missionaries at
church? i imagine they have missionaries covering every ward there.
anyway im really trying to figure out what to do with my life when i
come home. it will be fun to figure it out. love yall!</div>
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man when i go home I'm probably gonna have like ten cavities. so that
will suck. i might try to find a Mormon dentist before i leave and get
some free work done. that's nice that it is warm in Utah. it is still -20
here. i thought i was going to get frostbite last night i was so cold
walking home. man its so weird to hear all about my buddies hanging out
with the fam and stuff. hopefully they don't all get married before i get
back! love you lots <3</div>
Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-43716724779719400972014-05-18T14:07:00.001-07:002014-05-18T14:07:15.153-07:00Feb. 18th: Went to the Temple todaythis week was great we have p day today because yesterday was family day
here so everyone was home with family so we could work hard that day.
and also we went to the temple today which was really great. i saw the
new new video it was cool. do you still go to the temple often? we have
been doing a butt load of finding. it has been good. right now two people
i have talked to on buses are on date to be baptized. so that's pretty
cool. also this week <span style="color: red;">Cindy Chartrand got baptized, the grandma of the
family i taught. so thats really cool. it has been a ripple effect.</span> man I'm pretty pumped to come home and meet baby Scar she sounds so adorable. yesterday one the bus there was a lady with a 4, 3, and 1
year old. they were the cutest kids ever, they all had red curly hair.
one of there names was Riley. and i became friends with them all then i
started talking to the mother. and turns out that she went to our church
for a little with a good family friend. and there 19 year old daughter
has a friend on a mission. so that was really neat. she said she would
love to learn more about the church. so I'm pretty excited to teach them.
my comp is still doing good he dosen't wake up in the mornings so i
pretty much just do everything myself but he will come work, so things
are going really good. for my birthday just send me a letter. i honestly don't want a package for my birthday. just save the money so we can go
shopping when i get home. anything you send me i wont even be able to
use because i have too much crap to take home already haha. im not gonna
bring home any clothes or anything so i will bring home a bunch of candy
or anything you guys want. its pretty weird that my birthday is coming
up. also this is the last week of the transfer so that means i only have
two transfers left. pretty scary. well love you lots. <3<br />
<span style="color: red;">to Chris:</span><br />
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sounds like scar is in charge of our household :) anyway the weather
here is beautiful. it makes me a little scared because i have programmed
in my mind that when it warms up i go home haha
so thats fun. well new things we are doing... on valentines day i
bought a bunch of chocolate hearts and taped them to pass-a-long cards
and gave away over 60 so that was kinda fun. we are starting to keep
track of every single door we knock on. so that we
can talk to every person in this whole area. we are trying really hard
to get our ward more united, its a new ward in newly developed houses so
no one knows each other and there is no fellowship. we need someone to do
scone Sundays. i wont get my exact travel
plans for awhile in fact i think they will tell you guys first. well
sure love ay to death.
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but the funny thing is this week i actually got my "trunky call" when
they call to book the flight so i will know my travel plans next month
they said haha thats pretty sad. we haven't heard anything about the
olympics. and we don't watch TV either haha this week was good for me we saw a
great bounty of blessings. and we worked really hard. my companion felt
the spirit very strong this week and we talked a lot and he is doing
really good. and he has a desire to be here now. one cool thing that
happened, we were talking to like an ancient native American guy and
he randomly said. "we knew you" and i was like what? and he said before
you came here(white people) we knew you would come. i asked him how his
people knew and he told us Jesus Christ came to his people. we then told
him we have a record of this account in our church and told him all
about the book of Mormon it was super cool. he said the way he knew
about Christ coming to them is because when he was little some of his
elders where praying and Satan and Jesus both appeared and had a battle
then Christ taught the two elders in his village that he came to them
after he talked to the people in Jerusalem. pretty crazy stuff. anyway
we also found a lost sheep this week and that was a miracle as well, just
lots of cool things going on. <br />
It sounds like Stu and Megan are
gonna get married haha crazy stuff. I'm glad all my friends are still hanging out at the home. I'm grateful for you guys being so welcoming and
having all my friends love our
home so much, it has made a huge impact on my life. well i love you a
lot peace!Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-44772503381796794212014-05-18T13:49:00.001-07:002014-05-18T13:49:38.735-07:00Feb. 3rd: I'm trying really hard to stay motivated<div>
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Dad, I would love to come back and visit the mission. I have no
idea when my release date is. you are probably right though. its
somewhere around May 22. I should get a call in the next week or so
asking what airport I want to fly into and what not. I'm
not sure what we would do though in my mission. there aren't too many
people I would want to go visit. but vacation would be a good time. to
be honest i really dont know what we would do. my mission is a pretty
bland place. haha but it would still be fun if we
did all the outdoor things. and i could see some of the people I taught
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I didn't see too many people in Red Deer when I went to the baptism, just the people
who were there. but it was really cool. the new area is going
good. we have lots of potential we just have
to get things going. my comp is still struggling a lot. i think there
is a good chance he will go home. but I'm not sure. its hard though,
because it makes it hard for me to work hard because he wont get out of
bed and what not. but I'm trying really hard to
stay motivated no matter what circumstance I'm in. anyway i love you
lots. thanks for trying to make me trunky talking about home and what
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<span style="color: red;">to Mandy:</span></div>
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im doing just grand. thats too bad that the superbowl was a flop. at
least it was a good excuse to eat good food. Is Garr gonna try to
get married before me? haha we dont have a car. we walk around
everywhere. im not writing that Payson girl anymore it was more of a
funny thing then anything else. i don't know about coming home. i don't
want to be picked up. i would be down to visit Canada. but at the same
time there isn't much here besides oil. but i hear Hawaii has nice
beaches. haha well i love you to the moon and back hope you have a
beautiful week!</div>
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Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-34150209219635637042014-05-18T13:37:00.002-07:002014-05-18T13:39:18.744-07:00January 27th: The Chartrand baptism!My week was good i got to go to the baptism so that was super cool. it
was actually really cool. <span style="color: red;">the Chartrand family had been praying that i
would be able to go. and the girls were pretty positive that i would be
able to, but there is a mission rule that if its farther then an hour
you cant go. but my mission president called me and said well elder Knaphus for some reason God wants you to be able to attend that baptism,
because another missionary needs to go down to Red Deer for a doctors
appointment the same day, so that was really cool.</span> i also got to hang
out with one of Garr's mission buddies, so that was fun! he told me that Garr was the biggest goofball in the mission. i have been seeing lots of
little miracles in this area but its been hard to be super productive
because my companion is really struggling. we spent all Sunday at the
mission home and what not but I'm hoping he is motivated to do stuff now.
anyway the mission is going fast Im starting to freak out a little bit.
but thats okay. I'm still determined to work really hard so that's all
that matters, anyway i love ya byyeeee<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Conversation with Mandy:</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">M:</span> Scarlett looks all grown up which kind of makes me sad but this stage she's
in is the absolute funniest. She has kitty cat shoes on too. You would
like them<br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="background-color: black;">R:</span> </span>oh man, I'm wearing my kitten shirt today. i inspired my whole district
to buy kitten shirts. so that will be cool. we started a kitten clan.
anyway things are going really good i got to go to the baptism so that
was awesome.<br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">M</span>: oh man i forgot to write a good email. did you get to baptize the pregnant girl?<br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">R: </span> no because i didnt get permission to go till the day
before. it was actually really akward because i got there and suprized
them type thing, and they asked if i could baptize them... but it was
already written on their paperwork and what not. <br />
<br />Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-10379218073092479562014-05-18T13:20:00.001-07:002014-05-18T13:20:22.065-07:00January 20th: God is really helping me to come home on a good note oh man. this has been a crazy week my new area is pretty crazy. my
companion has been out for 4 months and he has only been in this area
for two weeks because of an emergency transfer. so i have been staying
up late studying maps and bus routes. but i think i have everything
figured out now. i had to figure things out quick because my new comp
struggles a little bit and he was really scared taking over the area. I'm
really hoping that i can attend the Chartrands baptism, they are
getting baptized this Saturday at one o clock. i email elder Dutson and
he updates me on them. they are doing super good. they have completely
changed there life's. i just really hope i can go because then i can
baptize a pregnant teen haha. thats awesome that you are selling those
books and having success. and yeah i really want to go to school when i
get home. you need to tell me what tests and stuff i need to do and how
soon i need to be all signed up. and i want to go to work pretty quick
when i get back I'm super scared of getting home and having nothing to do. hopefully you guys are finding me some cute girls. i feel like God
is really helping me to come home on a good note because in walking
areas you have to talk to a million people so its totally preparing me
for my first date haha. except talking about J S prolly wont work to
well on dates. also our ward has two sets of missionaries and the other
set are sisters so that is pretty weird. and they get a car too, so thats
pretty gay. but one of them is super cute so i don't really care
hahahahaha oh and we live in a house with 2 other missionaries so its
pretty fun. and my comp dosent work out, but the other guys I'm forcing to
work out with me. its pretty fun. I'm going to come home with a six pack
but im not sure its even possible. well love ya lots<br />
<span style="color: red;">To dad:</span><br />
The new area is good it is a walking area. I'm not a zone leader any
more. I get to finish my mission working hard as a regular missionary.
we are on the bottom of Edmonton and most of our area isn't even on a map
yet because it is all new development. my new companion is from San Jose and has a hard time
being a missionary, but I'm being overly enthusiastic so its working well.
he just needs to forget himself and go to work. i really love my new
area, its a fairly new ward and the ward really
struggles with being unified so it will be a fun challenge but the
bishop and ward mission leader are really good so things will be good. i
love taking the bus and talking to lots of people so I'm enjoying life.
man all my friends are going to be married before
i get home. i definitely want to work right when I get home so you can
book me a flight to Indy now :) well i love ya <3<br />
<span style="color: red;">To Mandy:</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> my new area is
great its a walking area and my new companion is struggling a bit but that's okay. i really enjoy working in walking areas because you can talk
to millions of people. man i had a dream a couple days ago that I was
at the airport and gave Scar a hug. it made me pretty trunky haha. but
any ways things are going good my new area has two sets of missionaries
and the other ones are sisters so that's pretty weird but at least one of
them is the hottest sister in the mission. hahaha well i sure love ya!</span><br />
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comp is elder Cassel or something like that.
god does know all things he is Omnipotent. he has a perfect knowledge of
what the end result of everything will be. we do have free agency he doesn't control us but he knows exactly what we are going to do, just
like an imperfect parent can usually predict things that will happen in their child's life. but he is perfect and has a perfect knowledge of all
things. that's why the bible and the book of Mormon are able to prophecy
of things to come and things that have happened in this dispensation
because God already knows it all. anyway thats crazy that dad is in
china right now. we actually met with the Mandarin speaking missionaries
this week because we have a Mandarin person that might get baptized. man i
would die for some Little America food right now. that sounds really good.
today i have been doing some packing and i found my baptism clothes and i
can fit in one leg of the pants they are so big. haha well <span style="color: red;">we met with
the Chartrand family the other day and they are super ready for their
baptism.</span> they have to be interviewed by our mission president though
because they had pretty rough pasts. but thats okay. I'm hoping that i
get to drive down to see the baptism. well i sure love yall <br />
Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-48431846714223606442014-05-18T13:03:00.000-07:002014-05-18T13:03:12.075-07:00January 5th: We had a little miracle this weekhi mommy. i wuv you. there is like a 90% chance i will get transferred
and next transfer is on the 15th. so we will find out next Monday. but
all is well i think I've been able to accomplish lots in this area so I'm
good to move on and start over type thing. this week we went and gave a blessing to a guy in the hospital and we had to get all dressed up in
like space outfits and wear masks and stuff it was pretty neat. our
investigator family is doing really well they have been smoke free for
about a week. and they are accepting everything, we taught them tithing
this week and we thought it might be a little hard for them cause they
are poor, but they pretty much accepted it immediately. so that was
really good. hahahaha we work until it gets -40 and this week it got -46
and we still worked. I'm gonna be so grateful for Utah winters when i
get home. there is literally so much snow that our city might go into a
state of emergency because they have nowhere to put all the snow.
anyway that sucks about the Bengals. we had a member tell us about the
game and it seems like turnovers screwed us. anyway we had a little
miracle this week. we have an investigator who wants to be baptized but
his girl friend was the only thing holding him back and they split up
and he asked us if he could get baptized this Sunday. haha it was pretty
funny then we told him it was a process so he asked what he needed to
do so we told him to stop drinking and he said he would so we will see
how that goes. anyway i love ya to the moon and back.<br />
To Dad:<br />
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well i will keep you in my prayers for your
dr. appointment. but things always work out for the best so your good. anyway
things are good here, i will most likely miss my baptisms, but that's okay
maybe the missionary that replaces me needs the testimony
strengthener:) but i will find out next week for sure. sounds like it
was a hard week in the house for football. hows the weight loss going?
you were lookin pretty fly at Christmas. anyway Christmas is pretty hard
time to be healthy. today we got haircuts and
the lady told me i have a deficiency of vitamin D so i will have more
energy when i take some pills so that will be cool. anyway i love ya
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new years. it is a good time to re-think things. but its kinda silly
for us cause we set goals every single week so it wasn't much different
ahha. anyway things are going good the Chartrand family is doing great
they are trying to move there date up so i can be there but i told them
not to worry about me being there, but to worry about making sure they
are ready, so we will see. i might get permission to come see it anyways.
but my Christmas was amazing i think i got 6 stockings by the end of Christmas haha the ward here really takes car of us. well i love ya lots
:)<br />
<span style="color: red;">To Mandy:</span><br />
T25 is okay. we went from doing insanity to it so it doesn't really feel
like we are getting a workout. but we also don't have to wake up an hour
early so its really nice. we are starting beta this week so i think it
will be better. the Chartrands are getting baptized on the 25 maybe the
12 we will see. man Scar really is the cutest. its gonna be crazy coming home and getting to meet her. yeah i prayed about joining the army and i didn't feel good about it, so i doubt ill do that. i think I'm just gonna
try business college. i think seeing anchor man two would be a good way
to break me back into gentile life. ha well i love ya with my whole
heart <3 byeeeeeee<br />
<span style="color: red;">To Chris:</span><br />
I get transferred on the 15th and their baptism date is on the 25 haha, but thats
okay. they could possibly move their date to the 12th but they would
have to be smoke free for the next two weeks. which would be hard for all
off them. but we have
been having really good lessons with them. and they expressed that they
want me to baptize them so they want to get baptized sooner but i told
them it dosent matter. and that they just need to do it for themselves.
but it was nice seeing all off you aswell.
hope your travels will be safe :) <br />
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man oh man. things are going so good right now. we are totally
gonna have a baptism on the 11 so thats sweet they are progressing
really quick. everytime we see them they have read and prayed and they
have come to church every week and even quit a job to come to church.
its pretty awesome to see such a crazy change in this families lives.
they went from all of them smoking even the 12 year old. and the 17 year
old is pregnant. but now they quit all their addictions. and are loving
life. they even got us a bunch of christmas presents. it is really
exciting. also are ward is the best, everyone is giving us gifts and stuff,
its ridiculous. im excited to skype home on christmas at nine o clock.
we will be skyping from the Highams house they are really cool they have
a son on a mission in korea. make sure to have everyone be appropriate
though cause they are kinda molly mormons. anyway im struggling with my
diet this time of year but im trying to recommit its just hard. yeah I'm
wanting to get into school pretty quick i was actually really thinking
about going into bussiness so that would be great. welll make sure you
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have one of those brains that can remember to take pictures, anywho. who
is dallin? is dallas married. does dallas live with us? hopefully all
these randoms move out before i come home. I'll prolly be super mean to
them and make them feel uncomfortable. man we have quite a few presents under the tree its pretty
exciting. the memebers here are giving us quite a bit too, someone I
have never met before gave me 12 new pairs of socks. i dont even know
what to do with them all. anyway. this week was one of the best weeks of
my mission. we pretty much had non stop teaching appointments and we
had 4 investigators come to church and we have 5 people on date to be
baptized. im pretty sure they want me to baptize them too, so that will
be fun. unless i get transfered, then i will be pretty sad, but oh well.
ha the other day i tried on my batism white pants. and i can fit in one
leg. it was pretty funny. then my companions started to tickle me and i
was stuck. ha we are pretty stupid. anywhos im pretty excited for our up
and coming baptisms they are really excited plus one of them is prego
so it would be a fun story to baptize a prego person. well im getting
super excited for christmas time is going by really fast and its
starting to freak me out. we i love ya lots and hope you have a very
merry christmas <3<br />
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Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-30196573789406735352014-05-17T22:10:00.000-07:002014-05-17T22:10:27.360-07:00December 9th:I got the packages and the stockings are hung :D elder Dutson was so
pumped. but we did have kinda a weird thing happen we now have a third
companion. so thats kinda strange. his companion got sent home so he is
with us for a transfer. man it sounds like you had quite the week. and i
definitely don't need a new coat, winter will be over in no time. my
ankle is good, I've been working out on it and its getting stronger. yeah
i got my bank card do you think that i need to call it or anything to
make it work. anyway my new comps name is elder Thompson he is a nice
guy he has been out for about 6 months. man this Christmas season is
pretty wild as a missionary. we have been so busy that every week is
just a blur. something cool we got to do is go teach at another church it
was the word of life church and there church is more like a concert
hall. but we taught them all and it was really neat the spirit was super
strong. also elder Dutson got to play on there drums. i dont remember if I've told you but elder Dutson is a pro on the drums. this week we had
our ward Christmas party as well. it was really great we had a ton of non
members come out to it. also we had mlc so we were in Edmonton. it was
pretty fun. well Im excited to see you in 13 days :D <br />
<span style="color: red;">to Mandy:</span><br />
sounds like a super fun week. do you think it will really fall off? this
week i could have lost limbs it was so cold. it got down to minus 44
pretty darn cold. man things are pretty crazy right now. we got a third
companion because someone went home wtih a torn acl so its been hard to
adjust to. and also we have the busiest month ever. hopefully i stay
sane. i got to sleep in the mission home the other day that was fun. im
going to send a package today so i hope it gets home by Christmas.
shoveling has been going good we got a new investigator from it
yesterday so that was cool. anyway i sure love ya i will try to plan out Christmas this week so we can set up the skype. also is everyone gonna
be in town for Christmas? well i love ya lots bye<br />
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Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-24391826646033980752014-05-17T21:05:00.002-07:002014-05-17T22:02:02.717-07:00Dec. 2nd: Lots of success in Red DeerNot Transferred! hip hop hurray! im really glad im staying. we already
have members who have invited us for Christmas. me and elder Dutson are
gonna take some fun fun Christmas pictures together so that will be fun.
ill just send a few to you and you can give them away to my loved ones.
man it sounds like you had lots of fun for thanksgiving. we are having
lots of success here in Red Deer. we are getting lots of new
investigators but having a hard time getting them to church. we meet in a
building that's a 25 min drive and people make lots of excuses so its
been kinda hard. on thanksgiving we just had a feast at a members house
who is preparing to go on a senior couple mission. it was great they
live on a big farm and had good food. they made us eat three coarses of
dessert . so anyways i started working on a Christmas package to send
home. so hopefully it gets there before Christmas. but if its late it
will be a fun after Christmas celebration. we have been listening to
some good Christmas music its great. we currently have been reppin
Michael Buble. its pretty sexy. anyway i love ya lots! happy holidays!<br />
<span style="color: red;">To Dad:</span><br />
im pretty jealous it sounds like you had a great thanksgiving. im
excited for calling home i feel like it will be a big milestone. it also
sounds like lots has changed since last time i called. so am i gonna be
workin on the temple when
i get home? that would be sweet. anyway life is good the work is moving
forward. we have so much potentail. its just been hard getting
everything to work out. love ya lots:)<br />
<span style="color: red;">To Mandy:</span><br />
your prayers were answered im staying in red deer :D man i bet
thanksgiving was fun. I'm preparing a Christmas package to send home so
you should get excited. today we have a really bad blizzard. snow is
flying sideways its pretty fun. man im excited for her to say my name on Christmas!!! loves<br />
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Leslie Knaphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03566651699802768633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534214643205750400.post-59452499865416530472014-05-17T20:47:00.000-07:002014-05-17T22:03:15.209-07:00Nov. 25th: KnittingMan it sounds super fun spending Thanksgiving in Indy. man I'm really
excited for Christmas. I'm really hoping i stay here for Christmas. next Monday is transfer calls so you should all say prayer for me. man Popeyes chicken is the bomb. that market sounds like a fun fun place. this week
was great for me i got to go on exchanges with elder George. that was
fun to catch up with him. we found an awesome new investigator the only
problem is she is amazingly attractive so it might be hard for me to
focus. also this week i finished knitting myself a cute little scarf.
that's about all my ankle has still been hurting so i haven't been
having good work outs. so that's kinda a bummer. when i get home we
should eliminate sweets from our house. im super worried i will get fat
again when i come home. :) anywho im lovin life on the mission. my
president gave me permission to look once a week on the internet for
schooling and such. its scary i don't know what I'm gonna do. anywho i
love ya lots!<br />
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