The Salt Lake temple took 40 years to build. At first they just wanted to get it done, without sizing the pieces of granite and without a lot of planning and preparation. They worked extremely hard and they thought they were doing it right. After burying and unburying it, they began to feel like this was an impossible task, but they continued anyway. Later they noticed that the foundation had cracks. All hope was lost...so they thought. Instead of giving up, they took out the foundation to resize and fix the broken pieces. They decided that they didn't want to mess up again, so they paid close attention and continued to build the temple. They had to remove the foundation in order to complete a marvelous and beautiful temple. Had they continued with the project without removing the foundation, the temple would have had many more complications and eventually the temple would have crumbled. Just to let everyone know, I got released from being a full-time missionary. In order to build a beautiful temple and proceed with life, I need to fix my foundation. I would really appreciate your support.

LETTER FROM NOV, 17 2014

Hello Family!!!

This was another okay week.. Nothing too exciting.  We had zone conference in Moncton, which is a 2 hour drive from Charlottetown.  I had to drive again, but that wasn't the worst part...So you know how it costs 45$ to get off the island...we try and save money by carpooling, so we squished 6 big missionaries in a tiny truck, 3 in front, 3 in back.  #ClownCar.  The actual conference was good.  President Leavitt is an absolutely amazing teacher, I love him!  The conference went til 4:30, but I wanted to talk to him afterwords, which lasted another hour, then everyone was hungry after that, so we went to Dairy Queen, for another hour.  We all decided to eat in the car, I didn't realize I ordered so much food for me though.  How am I supposed to drive 2 hours home with delicious food waiting for me in an extremely squished car?  I had Elder Blum, he was sitting right next to me in the front, feed me.  When it got time for me to eat the ice cream, I put it on cruise control and had him steer while I ate my ice cream...It was so funny, but I was so exhausted by the time we got home.  The rest of the week was pretty normal.  I don't want to be the stereotypical missionary who writes emails like: "I got a new investigator, they are doing well." "I taught my investigator today"...So briefly, ALL OF OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE DOING REALLY WELL, THEY ARE STILL ON-DATE. Nothing too exciting...Oh, E was baptized Saturday and can I just honestly say everything went wrong that day...Elder Balle and I got to the church at 5 to start filling up the font, one problem, NO HOT WATER..Here I am trying to call bishop and everyone else, then my phone dies.  I have no idea what to do now.  We actually didn't have any numbers written down any where so I couldn't even call from the Church's phone.  So, I got on Facebook to try and message people, and I see that E is on.  I wanted to warn her that the hot water was not working.  Bless her soul, she still wanted to get baptized that night cold or warm water, she was ready.  One of my messages I sent her, really funny, I said "You know why everything is going wrong, It's the devil not wanting you to get baptized. TELL HIM TO GO TO HELL, THIS IS YOUR DAY, NOT HIS!" She laughed and said everything will be Okay...HOW THE HECK IS SHE STAYING SO CALM, I WAS SO STRESSED AND FREAKING OUT? Everything ended up working out and as she came up out of the water she took a deep breath because it was so cold.  I felt so bad for her, but it was a great service.  I actually had the opportunity to confirm her on Sunday, that was a very powerful experience.  

This area is still doing really well, and I pray that it will continue to do well. 

That was my week...Like always it had its ups and downs.

Love you all,

-Elder King

LETTER FROM NOV. 11, 2014

Good Morning Family!

This has been a very stressful week!  We were preparing for M's baptism most of the week.  We met with him everyday so that he would be able to stay on track.  The day of his baptism, we were setting up everything a few hours before and he called us...At this point I was FREAKING out.  I had no idea what he was about to say.  He called and said that he was getting cold feet, he didn't want to continue with the baptism.  My heart was broken.  He agreed to come meet with us at the church with his parents.  Now I'm really starting to freak out.  They came over and surprisingly enough, his parents, who are Catholic, were extremely supportive.  He just had a few concerns that we resolved within the hour he was there.  After the meeting he agreed to be baptized that night! woohoo! Can I honestly say that was a really nerve racking moment.  He got me all worked and nervous for the actual baptism.  I had the biggest headache, but it was such a good experience.  Few things almost went wrong during the baptism...first, I slaughtered his last name, M , then I forgot to tell him to bend his knees, the font here is SMALL, so I had to turn him diagonally towards the stairs.  He almost hit his head on the stairs and the wall, but he didn't.  It was a really cool experience. It was a fantastic service, Elder Raymant and Sister Lewis sang a duet, the speakers were really good, and m''s whole family came to support him.  O and quite a few non-members were there, including one of our neighbors.  

Elder Balle is my new companion.  He is really nice.  He has only been out 6 transfers, so we both aren't that super experienced.  I pray that this will be a good transfer.

Other than that my week was pretty normal.  O, one last thing, R and S asked if I could baptize them on Dec 13....AHHHH- No I am excited, just nervous and stressed. HELP! HAHA

I hope you guys have a great week lots of love

-Elder King