Thank you so much for all the love and support! I wouldn't be here without you. I know it will be hard but it will be so worth it! This is what I have wanted to do my whole life and I can't wait to go serve the people of Chile! I love this gospel so much:)

Sister Kylie Poulson
Chile Concepcion Mission
Mexico Missionary Training Center
Carretera Tenayuca-Chalmita #828
Colonia Zona Escolar, Gustavo A. Madero
07230 Mexico, Distrito Federal
Mexico

Sister Kylie Poulson
Chile Concepcion Mission
Castellon 1063 Oficina Norte
Casilla 2210
Concepcion
Chile

kylie.poulson@myldsmail.net

See you in 18!!

The Farewell

      Well I guess everything is finally becoming real! I spoke in church December 14. Finals were still coming up the next week and I was so focused on studying that I wrote my talk at 4:00 Sunday morning. But that is the best talk I have ever given! It helped that I was able to speak on Jesus Christ and how he is our example. What better topic for a soon-to-be missionary than that?!

      "God the Father has given Jesus Christ a name above all others, so that eventually every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ. He is the way, the truth, and the light, and no one can come back into the presence of our Father in heaven except through him. Christ is God the Son and possesses every virtue in its perfection. Therefore, the only measure of true greatness is how close a man can become like Jesus. That man is greatest who is most like Christ, and those who love him most will be most like him."

      Like it says, if we love him we will be more like him. So how can we do that? We can follow in His example. We can put Heavenly Father first, serve others, practice Charity-the PURE LOVE of CHRIST, and remember Jesus Christ and all he has done for us. The Atonement was the greatest act of love ever given on this earth.

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland discussed a relationship between facing the difficulties of missionary work and remembering the Savior’s Atonement:
“Anyone who does any kind of missionary work will have occasion to ask, Why is this so hard? Why doesn’t it go better? Why can’t our success be more rapid? Why aren’t there more people joining the Church? It is the truth. We believe in angels. We trust in miracles. Why don’t people just flock to the font? Why isn’t the only risk in missionary work that of pneumonia from being soaking wet all day and all night in the baptismal font?
“You will have occasion to ask those questions. I have thought about this a great deal. I offer this as my personal feeling. I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are The Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him? …
“… When you struggle, when you are rejected, when you are spit upon and cast out and made a hiss and a byword, you are standing with the best life this world has ever known, the only pure and perfect life ever lived. You have reason to stand tall and be grateful that the Living Son of the Living God knows all about your sorrows and afflictions”

Countdown to New Years

Everyone has their countdowns to Christmas. I have my countdown to New Years Eve. That's the day my life will shift from being an ordinary (but slightly ridiculous) college student to being a missionary.

28 days until I leave to the Mexico MTC.

27 billion things to get ready. 

26 more minutes of a talk that I need to write.

25 minutes a day that I need to read the scriptures. 

24 hours a day that I think about a mission.

23 hours of the day that I am awake.

22 days until Christmas (just for all those who don't have their countdowns).

21 or more times I have gone to the temple since receiving my call.

20 minutes of Spanish study I should be doing.

19 years of preparation.

18 months I am expected to serve.

17 weeks I have been in college.

16 minutes to walk to the temple.

15 days until I move back home for a couple weeks.

14 days until my parents anniversary. And my last full day in Provo.

13 strands of lights decorating my apartment.

12 days until FINALS.

11 days until my farewell (and my birthday!!).

10 skirts and dresses.

9 thousand 5 hundred miles from here to CHILE!!

8 true roomies and friends here at BYU.

7  hours of studying each day to prepare to pass finals.

6 pairs of my "favorite" Mary Jane shoes.

5 amazing family members that will be greatly missed.

4 missionary best friends that give me advice each week.

3 Christmas traditions to finish before I leave.

2 weeks of college left.

1 purpose: to bring others unto Christ.

 {Called to Serve HIM}

 {My MARVELous Family}

 {The field is white, already to harvest}

{Best Parents EVER!!!}

 {Not my weekly temple trip, but it is one of my FAVORITE temples}

 {Greatest blessings a girl could ask for}

 {Derek, me, Kaitlyn, Trevor}

 {Grandpa and Grandma Pace}

 {Grandma and Grandpa Poulson}

 {Brigham Young University}

{Mission Call}