Elder Kyle Van Lindt - Tahiti Pape'ete Mission

Hello Everyone! Sorry I wasn't able to send an email last week! I was just SO excited to skype with my family! This last week was awesome! For P Day we went and did a tour of Tahiti with some members. We had a great time visiting all of the sites here! It was such a blessing to be able to serve here in Tahiti! I love this beautiful island and all of these people! I am so lucky to be able to serve my mission here!  These are the Elders that I live with (I'm the only one that speaks English)  The family that gave us our tour We had 2 baptisms this week! What a great blessing to see two of our investigators get baptized this week! I was so happy for them and the change they made in their lives! It is always so cool seeing someone from the first time you meet them and then watching them enter into the waters of baptism! At the baptism we had 6 of our investigators there to watch and almost all of them told us they want to get baptized now! The

Hi Everyone! (This is Kyle's mom) So BIG news this week ... mission rules have changed and now we can call, message and video chat with our missionaries every P Day! This is SO exciting for us!! His weekly emails will continue next week! Thanks again for all of your love and support! 4 months left! Love, Kara

laorana!!! I hope you all had a great week this past week! All is going well here in Tahiti! We had transfers this week and Elder Banthoud and I are staying together for another transfer. I am excited to serve with him again! This week was a good week! Here are a few highlights from this last week! I fixed my bike! One of our investigators we have been teaching for awhile finally came to church on Sunday! I was so happy to see her there! During this last 6 week transfer period Elder Banthoud and I were able to give 53 blessings! I love serving in this area where we get to go to the hospital all the time! An inactive family we have been visiting came to church on Sunday! We have been working a ton with inactives lately! I love my mission. It has been the best time of my life serving these people. I have such a great love for them. I am grateful the Lord sent me here to serve these people! I have learned so much on my mission that I know I wouldn't have learned if it w

Hello Everyone! I hop that you all had a great week! This week was busy for Elder Banthoud and I. Here are a few highlights from our week! We had zone conference this week. It was super great! We talked a lot about the Spirit and how we can feel the spirit more often in our lives. Temaui got baptized! He is a little boy who has wanted to be baptized for a long time now, but his parents wouldn't let him, but finally they accepted! I am so happy for him! When he bore his testimony at the end of his baptism he said, "I am proud to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ and I am proud to take upon me His name" Super powerful coming from a 10 year old! We had our Soiree Cinema this last Friday. We had so many investigators there and so many inactives. It was a great film, with great popcorn and drinks! Moainui bot baptized! She is 19 and has followed the missionary lessons for 3 years now and because of the power of the Spirit about 3 weeks ago and was bapti