1 YEAR!!

Elder Keller is doing great. He has been in Denton Texas for quite some time and really became a part of the community there. He has been transfered to Weatherford texas a small old college town west of Fort Worth.

Yes, it has been one year. I can hardly believe it and other times I think it's about time! It's also been about a year since Kaden has driven the area he is in now he gets to drive. This  area also doesn't have a spanish branch so the members come to church and the Elders  translate. The sunday school teacher just had a baby so often the Elders teach there as wel, so Sundays are busy.

Excerpt from letter:

Met some awesome members today. They made me eat a habanero chili pepper plain to "pass the test" did it without crying boo-ya!  met a cool family wife and husband invited us back for another lesson tomorrow. Father offered to give a closing prayer kneeling! cool!


Elder Keller's companion is Elder Allen they have a tough area with the translating but I know they will be guided to the families that are looking for something more. They work really hard.

Elder Keller and Elder Allen

Jeanna

 

Elder Keller and Elder Aguirre

Where's the gun show?

It's been one HOT! Summer!

Disclosure: this Blog is written by Elder Keller's mom from her point of view!

Elder Keller has been in Denton Texas for 12 weeks now. This is the longest he has been in any one place since the MTC. He loves Denton his last letter he said he lives by a prison a salvation army and the hood, and he loves it. Denton is just above FOrt WOrth  it is a smaller town but still big in comparison to home.

Excerpt from Elder Keller's last letter home:
Thursday, today started off the day saving a guys life and car! He ran out of gas and tried to pull off the road, but his car didn't make it up the little hill to get into the parking lot and he was outside trying to push it. It was pushing him unto the street and there was a bunch of traffic. SO I'm on the other side of the road and I see this and so I go across the grass and jump the curb into the street and weave past cars my companion was still on the side of the guy because he didnt' cross at the light so he got there just a teeny bit before me. They had it stopped but it was starting to go backwards again. I got there and pushed and we got ot over the hill and to the gas station.

Kaden is doing great, doesn't every missionary mom say that?  I think every missionary says that.

There are a lot of great young men out and going out in the area and each time I go to a farewell I am comforted to know that they are in the Lord's hands and through him they can and will accomplish great things and make a huge impact on this earth.

Finally an update! haha!

Kaden is currently serving in Denton Texas. This is his 3rd area and he is with a brand new elder, Elder Aguirre. I had Kaden write a little something to update ya'all so this is from him. I was hopin ghe'd email so Ididnt have to type but that isn't the case so please forgive my typing errors and know that from now on the updates will be me summarizing what he has going on.

The spanish has been a blessing I still make mistakes here and there but for the most part I can speak and understand everything. I'm on a bkie all day everyday and I love it. It is ridiculously hot and I'm almost always sweaty, but I'm slowly starting to get used to it, so hopefully when I get back to Utah I will like never sweat. THe people here are amazing I don't get to see much classic Texas stuff cowboys, cows and stuff but I know a whole lot about Mexico. I eat spicy food non stop like non other now. I don't even have to test salsa or chilis before I eat them I just down it.

The scriptures really do have all the answers to whatever it is you are going through especially the Book of Mormon.  I learn new scriptures daily that apply to me and what I am going through as well as the investigators. At the beginning of my mission there were a lot of things holding me back, mainly myself. I was afraid of reaching my full potential as a missionary because I didn't want to become weird or boring in other words I was being selfish.  If the mission has changed one thing about me it is that I care about other people more than I care about myself and that I find happiness when others are happy.
Elder Keller

Elder Keller truly is growing and magnifying his calling. So often we hold back for fear that we will offend others. When the only person we are short changing is ourselves. How can we uplift others when we are holding back. Lift the bushel and let your light so shine. That is one of the greatest lessons I have learned from Elder Keller.

Jeanna Keller

Elder Keller has arrived in Texas!!

Jan 3rd Elder Keller left the mtc for places unknown and for a new language! He has began to settle in Temple Texas. 

He has all ready had some amazing experiences. THe following is an excerpt from his letter:

  So Juan Garcia is a member and he had 2 strokes and went into the hospital and was bleeding out because all the arteries in his throat were clogged and so they did surgery on it and after he started to lose blood pressure like crazy! We got there and he was in shock and shaking like crazy and so we gave him a blessing and after he started to breathe normal and wasnt shaking and yesterday at church we heard that he is doing just fine!! (: it was one of the coolest experiences of my life. So we have taught a bunch of lessons and iv even extended a baptismal invitation!! Being a missionary is awesome!

We are so happy to just know where he is. An interesting fact I found out about Temple Texas is that a school there is the Wildcats. Funny Weber is wildcats and that is where Kaden is planning on going to school. Just a quirky fact. 

Some of the Elders at the MTC!