Sunday September 30th

Temple Training - Provo Temple

We have really enjoyed our four days of Temple Training. Elder and Sister Hammond were our Trainers. What a truly spiritual experience. We were excited to learn that Provo Temple does 4,000 baptisms a day between 5 AM and Midnight. It is the busiest temple in the Church.

PROVO TEMPLE

Elder and Sister Barfuss from Medicine Hat Alberta were in the Temple Training with us. They are going to the Manila Philippines Temple. We travelled down with them from Calgary. 

We are off to England tomorrow.

September 23/12

1st week at MTC

Monday through Friday we studied Preach my Gospel and learned how to give lessons as a missionary.
This was a challenging but great learning experience. Our teachers were Brother Keddington,Porter, and Lystrup. They were amazing returned missionaries. The senior missionaries were organized into districts of 8. We practiced by teaching "investigators" and other senior couples the first 2 discussions. On Tuesday night we attended a devotional with Elder Paul E. Koelliker of the Seventy as the main speaker. It was inspiring.



Below is a photo of our district. Our afternoon teachers Brother Lystrup and Brother Porter are in the middle. From left to right on the left side are Elder and Sister Yaskus (Lithuania) and Elder and Sister Wilckens (Tennesse). On the right side of us is Elder and Sister Steurer (Rome).

Below is a photo of our morning teacher Brother Keddington with us.

Today we attended a live broadcast of the Brigham City Temple dedication (139th Temple). It was a spiritual feast. In talking to Cameron he confirmed that Calgary will be the 140th Temple dedicated.

After supper today ( and by the way the food is great) we attended a fireside with Stephen B. Allen, Managing Director of the Missionary Department, as the main Speaker. He was a very dynamic speaker. He had us both laughing and crying.

Tomorrow we begin training in the Provo Temple. We leave for London on October 1st.

Our greetings to everyone.

Elder & Sister Kiddle

Sunday September 16, 2012

GREETINGS FROM THE MTC

We arrived at the MTC on Saturday just after 6 p.m. We travelled with Elder and Sister Barfuss who are from Medicine Hat. After being shown to our rooms we were taken in a shuttle van to Cafe Rio where we enjoyed a Mexican salad.
Sacrament Meeting was off to a start at 8 a.m. this morning followed by Music and the Spoken Word. The speaker in RS was Sister Sheri Dew. Priesthood was taught by  a young zone leader.
This afternoon we went for a walk- feel like we are in the tropics. A beautiful hot, sunny, blue sky day in Utah . Loved it.

Our first experience in the cafeteria today - great food!

This evening was our first fireside - speaker was W Tracy Watson- Director of Missionary Department Proselyting  Division. He said our best friend should be The Book of Mormon.

Registration is at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.

Till next time

Elder & Sister Kiddle

MTC

Our British Visa arrived on Monday August 20th so we can breath easy that our journey will not be delayed.

We enter the MTC on September 15.  Our training begins September 17th.