Elder Kirk's Email

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From: James Schmidt <schmidt.james@myldsmail.net>
Date: Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: Thank you for the photo
To: Benjamin Kirk <benjamin.kirk@myldsmail.net>

Wow, those are great scriptures and insights.  Thank you so much Elder Kirk.  And thank your parents for the nice visit.  It was great they came in the office and we got to meet them, and then to see you all at the program was fun too!

       Thanks for all you did Elder Kirk to help us!  You are a terrific missionary.  We watched you handle lots and lots of problems easily and calmly and with strength!  And in the meetings you conducted very professionally!  I'll never forget the first day in the office when you called the Stake Presidents to let them know their missionaries were coming home!  Wow, you were great on the phone.  It was like you made calls like that every day, and yet it was your first time with only a day or two experience of being in charge!

     Good luck in everything.  Are you going to work now, head to Utah State in the next few weeks?  Good luck, you will handle it admirably!

The Schmidts

On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Benjamin Kirk <benjamin.kirk@myldsmail.net> wrote:

Yeah no problem. It was fun being in the office and being spoiled so much by having you. You both are so charitable. 

One of my favorite scriptures is Words of Mormon 1:7.  A lot of times we don't know why the Lord tells us to do things. Even Mormon didn't exactly know from the beginning why he had to write and compile the records. But when we trust in the Lord, we don't always need to know everything. HE does and will lead us.  

Some other ones are Ether 12:27 and Moroni 10:32. I'm grateful that perfection is a process and that we have the enabling power of the Atonement to help us be better than we could be by ourselves.

Hope all is well in the DR! 

-Elder Kirk

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:48 PM, James Schmidt <schmidt.james@myldsmail.net> wrote:

I was wishing I'd had my camera that day!  We're grateful for the picture and also for the time we got to share with you in the office, Elder Kirk.  You are an amazing person and we wish you the best in everything you do.  Say, I'd like to mark my scriptures with one or two of your favorites if you'd like to share.

Thanks and have fun on your new adventure!

Luv,

Los Schmidts