Monday, March 24, 2014

Week 60: Elder Buhler Lost His Phone!

Dear family, well this has been a good week. I went on exchanges with Elder Tolman who apparently mom knows his family. He’s a really cool elder from my district. Anyone during our splits I lost the phone. Now i don't know how much you guys know how much I need the phone to call everyone for mission related work but yes I lost it. I had to spend $30 to make calls. My comp and I learning to work together. This week is kind of short but ya it’s been a good learning time for all. I miss you all. Oh and  there has been a riot in Taipei and it’s an actual riot. Things are intense here.Thanks for everyone's emails. It really cheered me up. I'm trying to be a good missionary. Shout out to Jessi for getting his call to Ecuador and Jenn Fred for getting her call to Czechoslovakia. I can't even spell it. Love you all. Elder Buhler

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Week 59: Another Week in the Mission Field





Well first off, congrats to my li’l brother Jacob for being the smartest person in Utah! He honestly deserves everything that is coming to him as far as success goes. He is really making SHS a better place and hopefully the world; really proud of him. Mom and dad’s genes obviously skipped a child ahhha!!

Anyways, this week has been super hard and good. Hard because we had a bunch of new rules introduced to us this week and it has been kinda hard and over whelming honestly. 

We had a baptism this week with Kyle. It was pretty cool ‘cause i found him playing basketball - completely basketball proyselyting. I found him last year with Yang and I thought I would never see him again and then bam baptized this last week! I am the Sunbeam teacher for English class and i started to teach them the Star Spangled Banner. It was pretty funny! I love the kids a ton. I played prelude a couple times this week and it was really good, so thanks mom for all the cool sheet music of hymns you sent me. They loved it and were really surprised that i could play piano. Um, nothing new. The sisters baptized a family.  There was this activity at the zone meeting about setting goals and they checked who could jump the highest and yes i did jump the highest! Um it’s been a long week signing off. 


Kirk out!

Friday, March 14, 2014

Week 58: Fasting Does Work Miracles




Ni hao everyone!
 Well this week has been one of the most stressful on the entire mish. No joke. Well it’s been full of miracles.  We got K to commit to baptism this Thursday. The power of fasting is actually real. It’s crazy. Every day I have fasted something super cool has happened.
Sunday for example I taught the best lesson I have ever taught. I was teaching an atheist. We talked about everything.  I finally took off my coat and explained how science history fact and the gospel can all work together I explained new theories and the gospel.  I explained history and philosophy. It was amazing. Honestly i felt like a college teacher. I then asked if he would be willing to be baptized he said yes in 4 weeks as I teach him. Best moment ever.


Elder Buhler

** Sorry friends, this week's post had too much personal information about Josh's investigators that I really didn't think we wanted on the web. If you'd like to get a copy of his email, just email me and I'll forward it to you.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Week 57: Investigators are Doing Great!




1. What new thing happened this week? I got a new companion

2. How are your investigators? They are all doing really well.

3. Do you have a new companion? New area? Same area, new companion.

4. What are the biggest miracles you have seen on your mission? Well I feel the change I have had in myself to be honest.


Hey ni hao everyone !!! First off, I just got made senior so I am a late bloomer!! Its been a crazy week. We have been waiting for Elder B to go home!!! Great guy!! Yesterday we went to the church and watched the Emma Smith story... wow! Honestly she is such an amazing woman. I don't care what anyone says she was so strong and I know for a fact i would not be able to go through what she did!! She is so strong!! I feel if anyone had a right to not like the church it was her. She lost everything but I feel a lot of people don't understand her !! 

Anyways... this week all of our RCS just decided to show up at church. It was insane. I was so happy. The investigator that I have been working with since last year is progressing !! 

I am so happy to have Elder Yang baptize him!! 

Lately i have been trying really hard to read in the Book of Mormon everyday and Preach My Gospel. The latter is hard for me just because its so boring but Elder Case from back home invited me to it so I love being able to follow one of his invites. 

I honestly love reading the Book of Mormon. We went to the temple this week and it was fun seeing Elder Noll and chilling with him . The new temple movie was amazing. You should all see it when you are married and ready to go but it was awesome!!! Eell hey I know that was a whole spiritual over load.

So I think something funny that I did was we went to Chili's... ah man it as a pretty penny but so worth it ... ranch dressing is so good.....  um well honestly nothing else new has happened.

I look forward to the day when i can see you all again but till then I must as they say in every Joseph Smith movie "press forward..." 

Love, Elder Buhler