2 John 1:12

"Having many things to write unto you, 

I would not write with paper and ink: 

but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, 

that our joy may be full."

The only problem is that my joy is full as a missionary, I really don't want to leave Wisconsin, I wish that I could stay here and be a missionary forever. I don't want to go back to the real world. I am literally crying about it right now. This has been such a wonderful experience, and I wish it didn't have to end. 

Love,

Sister Koyle

 objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

Mission Road, Stop sign, and Bittersweet Ave, I couldn't explain it better myself.

 Exchanges with Hermana Haderlie!! My last exchange

My last district meeting. Elder Xiong, Elder Bauer, me, Sister Hess, Elder Williams, and Elder Wright 

Face masks with Sister Hess

Caves/hiking from P-day last week

I love being around so many missionaries! especially on P-day. Just one of the props of serving in Green Bay.

This is the week! (this is what Elder Bauer wrote in my planner this week)

First off my homecoming talk will be on April 30, 2017 at 11:00 am and the address is: 

530 Villa Drive

HEYBURN, Idaho

Everyone is welcome!!!! Please come :) and invite your friends

It is pretty weird when you can count the days you have left on two hands, I literally never thought I would get to this point, I hit a spot on my mission where I just realized that I am a missionary and that this is just my life and it will never end so I just accepted it, but that isn't quite the case anymore. I am so glad for the wonderful things that I have been able to learn over this past year and a half. I have learned a lot about myself and a LOT about the gospel and about missionary work and the importance of it. I have learned a lot about Wisconsin and the people here and I have really come to love it here, and to love the people, and their obsession with football, cheese, and alcoholic beverages. I really love how beautiful it is here it is so green and even in the winter the snow is pretty. I will definitely miss it, I will treasure the experiences that I have had here, and the people and the friendships that I have made. 

I am just so grateful because I feel like before my mission I had a testimony, but I can now say that I am converted. That is my favorite phase in the Book of Mormon "and all those who were Converted unto the Lord, never did fall away" I want to be that person who never falls away from the Gospel of Jesus Christ because I know that it is the way, I know that He is the way. I know that it is only because of Jesus Christ that we have any hope at all, it is because of Him that we can repent and what a wonderful gift that is. It is only because of Him that we can over come death and be reunited with our families for eternity. It is only because of Him that we can have eternal life and we all know that eternal life is family life. Elder Bednar says that if a testimony is what you know, than conversion is consistently being true to what you know. It is living what you know, which means having faith in and accessing the atonement of Jesus Christ everyday, and every week, and every month and every year for eternity. The only way that I have come to know this and gain a testimony and conversion to my Savior is through reading and studying and pondering and praying about the Book of Mormon, it is in fact another testimony of Jesus Christ and I can honestly say that it is the one thing that has brought me closer to my Savior. I loved President Monson's talk for conference and how he invited us all to read it and to gain a testimony of it. I can promise you along with Moroni that if you read it and sincerely pray about it that you will feel the spirit of God, and you can know for yourself the truthfulness of it, and the truthfulness of Jesus Christ. 

One thing that gives me comfort at the end of this wonderful journey I have been on is that I can still be a missionary, and not only can I be, but I am still supposed to be a missionary. Each one of us has this role and responsibility and calling to share the gospel with the world, to spread it to all the earth, we took upon us this responsibility when we were baptized, when we made covenants with Heavenly Father to take upon us the name of Jesus Christ and be his representatives and share this message with the world. Even when I take off this black tag I will still be a missionary. I want to thank everyone for everything for all of the help and support and emails and letters and cards and packages everyone has sent me, it is a lot easier for me to do the Lord's work when I knew that I had a whole bunch of people cheering me on. I hope that everyone had a fantastic Easter! I love you all! 

Sister Koyle

Exchanges with Sister Mansfield, we both go home together 

 This is all of the JW material that I picked up :(

​Weekly Planning: Sister Hess did this and then I looked at the boards later and noticed what she put. M is for missionary and my commitment is to teach repentance and baptize converts :)

So members fed us cheese cake 4 times this week! #Blessed This is a picture of the snickers one. 

We went to Lambeau again for Sister Hess' Birthday, this is the Pro shop, they have cheese cup holders to hold your beer. 

Elder Allton, Elder Sluga, Sister Haderlie, Sister Rasmussen, Me, Sister Hess, Elder Goldsberry, Elder Palacios at Lambeau. 

Also Sister Hess turns 21 today!

Well this week was packed, Monday we had interviews, Tuesday we had p-day, Wednesday was my last Zone Training Meeting and it went super well, Thursday we blitzed with the Marquette sisters, Friday was my last Mission Leadership Council in Oshkosh, and Saturday we exchanged with the Spanish Sisters. I wish soo badly that I knew Spanish, but that's alright, I will learn someday soon. Literally when I went to the spanish area, I was useless, Sister Rasmussen taught all of the lessons all by herself and I just stood there or sat there until it was over and then I said Gracias, Audios! or Hasta Luego, that was a new one that I learned. :) It is funny though because even though I had no idea what anyone was saying and I almost fell asleep during one of the lessons, I still knew what was going on, I would catch words here and there and the tone of their voice tells a lot, and I could tell by what page of the pamphlet Sister Rasmussen was on and things like that. 

President Williams said that he is going to squeeze everything out of me that he can over these next few weeks, so that is great, that basically just means that he wants me to work really hard, and give it everything that I have. In my interview with him last week the first thing he says is "Sister Koyle!! You have three weeks left!!" and I was like almost in tears, like Oh really? Well thanks for telling me President, I had no idea, why don't you just twist the knife a little harder? 

Anyways, enough about that subject. In MLC someone said "God's work is not to fix situations, but to build people." And I was just thinking about that and how completely true that statement is. We know that His work and His glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. That means that we are here to learn and to grow and the only way that we can do that is through experiences, good and bad. We know that because of Jesus Christ that immortality is a gift given to all, everyone can overcome death and be resurrected because Christ broke the bands of death and that is what Easter is all about. We also know that we can have eternal life by living the gospel of Jesus Christ. President Williams often talks about how eternal life is not a matter of geography, but a matter of becoming, becoming like our Savior. There will be ministering angels in the Celestial Kingdom, but I don't want to be a ministering angel, I want to be able to reach my full potential, and receive all that the Father has in store for me. That means continuing to have faith in Jesus Christ, continuing to repent daily, or more, continuing to make covenants, and to keep and renew the ones that I have made through partaking of the sacrament weekly, and continuing to follow the spirit. I know that this is the way, that following Jesus Christ is the way, to true joy and happiness in this life and in the next. I hope that everyone has a fabulous Easter.

Love,

Sister Koyle

 Blitz's with Sister Wallace, one of the Marquette sisters

 Exchanges with Hermana Rasmussen, one of the Spanish sisters.

This is me in the Neville museum last week, living my dream mission in Africa :) It looks pretty legit doesn't it? 

​The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the way, and it is found in The Book of Mormon :)

We found this awesome street art, so we just had to take pictures with it.

And a miniature Lambeau field made from like 15 thousand legos

General Conference

So my mission president is extremely busy, so the only time he could do interviews with the Green Bay districts was yesterday, so therefore our P-day is today! Conference was great! my old mission president was called as an area 70 I believe. We were sitting in the chapel with a bunch of other missionaries, we all heard Raymond A. Cutler and we about flipped out! So that was pretty exciting. There were so many great talks though. I cannot choose a favorite, but I did really enjoy Neil L. Andersen's and how he talked about overcoming the world. And I really liked S. Mark Palmer's and how he talked about missionaries, it was really wonderful for Sister Hess and the zone leaders and I to hear his talk because we have been discussing what to talk to the missionaries about tomorrow for zone training meeting. I love how he said "What can we do to change the hearts of those missionaries who have not yet learned the joy of being obedient?" and then he talked about what Jesus did and how in Mark it says "Then Jesus beholding him loved him". So then the question changes to, What can I do to change so that the missionaries can feel Christlike love through me? How can I be more Christlike? I'll let myself answer that question :) 

This week has been pretty great, we have had some cool experiences, one morning for companion study we sang how great thou art, and then a few minutes later the old catholic lady from downstairs was knocking on our door. She said that we just sang her favorite song and that we sounded like angels, then she gave us chocolate and gave us an open invitation to come down and talk with her whenever we wanted, so that was a very sweet tender mercy. 

As of Friday, the new Easter video has officially been released! to watch this amazing video go to https://www.mormon.org  Then, share it with everyone you know :) Because believe it or not, not everyone knows what Easter is actually about! Seriously, just go knock on people's doors and ask them, and you will be surprised when people say they thought it was about chickens and bunnies. We are so blessed to have the knowledge that we have about our Savior, that we can be resurrected again because of him and that we can have eternal families, and return to live with Heavenly Father, and Jesus Christ for eternity. There is no greater blessing. I love this work, it is truly the Lord's work, and what a blessing it is to share the gospel with others. 

Love,

Sister Koyle

Exchanges with Sister Hendricksen 

 Fish Fry Friday

The new Easter cards! Jesus is watching . . . always watching :) 

​​One of my favorite general conference quotes