More pictures

Here are some more pictures. This is Kevin and Jordon Nickerson. This is Elder Hanni and Elder Anderson on Christmas Eve.This is Kevin calling home on Christmas.

New Pictures

This is President Jacobson (his mission president) and Kevin. This is when he is on exchanges with the Fredricton Elders.
This is sideways but it is how they dress everyday.
In Houlton it will be getting down to -1 plus windchill this week. Brrrrr!

New Companion

This is Kevin's new companion Elder Andersen. He has been out about a year and is from Centerville, Utah. Since Elder Andersen is new to the area of Hulton, Kevin is pretty much the one running everything. He said " It was totally daunting at first and I prayed a ton. It was more like a desperate plea for help! As I did so, I have felt the Lord lifting, inspiring, and empowering me. Who the Lord calls, he qualifies. "

Here is Kevin eating a HoneyBun. He says he calls this picture "Elder Hanni is Stressed Out."

Kevin on exchange with Elder Wark. Elder Wark is from Scotland. (the Scottish flag is in the background).

As for the Main weather Kevin says "The past week has been pretty stinkin cold. In the day it has been in the 30's and the 20's at night, but the wind makes it freezing! I've been wearing my thermals, tuke and gloves. I'm going to pick up a scarf and some thicker socks today. Brr. It actually snowed yesterday. We've got a couple inches on the ground. "

One final quote... "We've run in to all sorts of characters lately. Missionary work is great.I am really learning and growing a lot right now. I have to! Elder Andersen knows nothing about Houlton. The best way to learn is to be forced in to it I guess. "no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing" The work is still progressing because the Lord is truly blessing me

Big Update

I think it's time for an update. Kevin told me to share some pictures and stories.

Here's Kevin preaching the gospel to everyone!

He says there been a lot of ladies power walking. They don't slow down for him when he opens his mouth, so he power walks with them.

He hopefully has 2 upcoming baptisms.

He says he's cold and it's only October.

That's about all the information. More information next week.

Well the pictues turned out really small. We'll have to get better copies, but for now this will have to do. You can kind of see them.
This is Kevin's first companion Elder Rupe. He is from Salt Lake.

Here he is at the first baptism of his misison. He didn't help teach this lady but he was excited to be able to be there for the baptism. It's a great way to start off the mission. They baptize people in the lake there.

About 1 week out!

Kevin's been out about 1 week. He already has 3 baptisms coming up! The tempature there is around 35 and gets to about 65. He placed his first Book of Mormon on the 16th. He said Houlton is about the size of Heber or Manti. He also said the members there feed him sooooo much. And there's a nice senior missionary couple that always makes sure there is food in their fridge. He also said that he doesn't feel like a missionary yet, but he's noticed that as he teaches and testifies and keeps himself really busy, he feels something growling inside of him. There's a missionary in there and he want's out. Roar!
The missionary email rule is he can read any email someone sends, but he can only reply to immidiate family. So anyone can write him.

We'll have more information next week.

Kevin's in Maine!

Kevin left Utah, landed in Halifax, then drove to Houlton, Maine just across the Canadian border.

Kevin's outta the MTC!!!

Kevin left the MTC on Augest 14!! He is now somewhere in Canada!! We are waiting to get a letter from him to know where he is. He called home from the Boston airport.

MTC Companions

Kevin's MTC companions are Elder Clarine (in the middle) from Pleasant Grove and Elder Michelis (on the right) from San Diego.