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Week 104 - Mission Accomplished!!

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Well ... this is my last letter home as a missionary! These last two years have been the BEST two years of my life. Looking back on all that I have learned, I am grateful and proud to say that I have served a full two year mission! I learned so many things about myself and about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I will forever be grateful for these two years I spent here in Tahiti. I love these people with all of my heart. They will forever be a part of my life. I like to consider myself half Tahitian! I am also grateful and proud to say that I know this gospel and this church are true. I have become completely converted to the truthfulness of this gospel. I know that our Heavenly Father loves us, and that He wants us to have Joy and Happiness in this life. I know that if we follow His commandments and do our best, we will receive so many blessings in our lives, one being the blessing of eternal life. I know that I will live with my family forever and that I will live with our Heavenly Fat
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Week 103 - Almost Done!

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Iaorana!!! 2 WEEKS LEFT!!! Wow time is going by so fast! This last week has been good. Elder Harris and I did a ton of service projects this week. Like 17 hours of service! We had a great time! I don't really have a ton of time! I am trying to take advantage of this time I still have in Tahiti! But yes I am alive and yes I am doing well!  Elder Harris and I I love you all! Elder Van Lindt  Doing a little shopping on P Day  Dinner with great friends! Some sight see'ing around the island
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Week 102 - The Prophet Visits Tahiti

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HELLO, BONJOUR, IAORANA!!! I hope that you al had a great week! This week was super, super, super AWESOME! We had the privilege of having President Nelson here in Tahiti this last week! And let me tell you, it was AWESOME!  Waiting to walk out and sing to the Prophet  All the missionaries on Tahiti participated We had a blast hearing from Elder Haleck and his wife, Elder Gong and his wife, and President Nelson and his wife! It was an experience I will NEVER forget! If I had to type up everything they talked about I would need to write a book! But if I can share one thing with you, it is a little part from President Nelson's talk. He talked about the Plan of Salvation and compared it to a play. And in this play there are three acts. Act one is our life before Earth, Act two is life on Earth, and Act three is after this life on Earth. He talked about how in Act 2 we need to have an eternal perspective on things. There are many people who make decisions in this life on
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Week 101 - Serving Others is FUN!

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HELLO Everyone!!! I hope you all had a great week this last week! This was a fun week for Elder Harris and I! We had another baptism this last weekend. Her name is Maire. She is super awesome and the Lord totally prepared her to receive us. She was so accepting and progressed so easily! It was so good to see her get baptized. Elder Harris, Maire and me On Saturday morning our district decided to do a car wash! Is was SO much fun! We all had a great time! I love being able to have fun, but at the same time serve others.   Serving others is fun to do! Yesterday we had the opportunity to have a conference where we watched a live broadcast of President Nelson in New Zealand. He was speaking to all the missionaries in the South Pacific! It was super great! He was with Elder Gong as well. It was interesting because the Prophet talked a lot about repentance and then the House of Jacob. He talked about the 12 Tribes of Israel as well! I thought it was interesting becau
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Week 100 - Happy Mother's Day!

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Hello Everyone! Best Mother's Day call!! We love and miss Kyle, and are counting the days down till he comes home! Love, Kara
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Week 99 - Last Transfer!

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Iaorana!! I hope you are all doing well this week! This week was a good week! A little slower than normal but still good! So it looks like I will be staring in my area for my last transfer and finishing my mission here! I am actually really excited to finish my mission here! I love this area and all the members! I will also be staying with Elder Harris. This past weekend we had another baptism! We have been so lucky lately with having such good investigators. And the person that baptized her was her older brother who left for his mission last night! It was cool to see. His is someone that I have gotten to know really well while serving here. I am super happy for him to go serve a mission! I am excited to start my last transfer! I can't wait to work hard and give it my all! I love my mission and all the things I have learned and continue to learn! Elder Harrison came back to visit! I hope you all have a great week! I love you guys! Elder Kyle Van Lindt
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Week 98 - Entering the Waters of Baptism

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laroana!!! I hope you guys are doing well and had a great week this past week! This week was awesome! Elder Harris and I had 2 baptisms this past weekend, so that was way awesome! One was a 17 year old boy that we have been teaching! He was a miracle. He actually found our number somehow and called us up to take lessons. We have been teaching him for the last 4 weeks and got him ready to be baptized! His cousins was able to baptize him so that was really awesome! The other person was a woman named Amina. It has been about 3 months that we have been teaching her now. It was great to finally see her get baptized! I had the privilege of baptizing her! She was so happy and it made me so happy! Time is going by fast! I love my mission and the experiences I have had and continue to have! This has been the best moment of my life! I love serving the Lord and his children! I hope you all have a great week! I love you all! Elder Kyle Van Lindt
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