Ok so if I am hearing correctly it sounds like all is well mostly.

I am excited to hear about Liz and all that good stuff. And sad to hear about grandpops. I will def keep him in my prayers.

Alright alright, getting down to the nitty gritty. This week was………………….. AWESOME!

Ok so first off we had Zone Conference this week. On tuesday. It was THE BEST. I got to see a lot of missionaries I have served with in the past and it was so good to hear from President M. I love him and Sister M. I learned a lot. They talked a lot about teaching in the language of the people.. As in teaching according to each need individually. We all learned about the trials that we go through and the things we learn. He taught us a lot of doctrine and helped us to understand the Plan of Salvation. He said we will all be tested to the core. And at this point in our lives we will welcome it because we will understand things we need to learn and that it is preparation for the life to come. We practiced our teaching skills and it was all around wonderful.

Everything was just gravy.

Wednesday we had interviews with President M. I had almost memorized my whole chapter… 3 Nephi 14 but I was still trying to get the last couple verses.. President M didn’t mind he was very kind about it. I had a solid interview with him. He did some role plays with me and told me how proud he was, and grateful for my hard work… Awwwwww 🙂 I thanked me for loving and training Sister H. properly. Then after that we went with Sister M. to get lunch for us all. And then Sister H. and I ate with the 2 of them. We then took Sister M. out teaching and it went really well. I LOVE Sister M. She helped us to figure out and teach to the investigators concerns.

Saturday we had met with this man J. and his friend M. At first they were both skeptical of us and had heard bad things about mormons. Then they just opened right up. I know it was the spirit. At the end they were so interested and understood what we taught! They both really wanted a Book of Mormon 🙂 It was a cool experience. They kept saying Sister (Emily) I have not seen you without a smile on your face this whole time… WHY are you so happy? Then I was able to bear my testimony. It was wonderful.

One of our people we are working with G. who is planning to be baptized on Feb 9th. We found out that the house that he lives in is actually this lady who is a Pastor and he is her deacon and she is providing a place for him to stay for that reason. So to baptized he’ll have to find a place to stay and everything. It has been a real challenge for us and him. He spoke to the Pastor lady and she flipped out on he…. sorry, him (my bajan’s coming out) And so now he looking for a place to stay so he can leave his deacon duties there and be baptized by someone who holds the priesthood authority. Talk about being tested to the core! He has grown so much along with his testimony. He said once he is able to he will leave so he can come to church and be baptized. So we’ve been praying hard. I know the Lord will help him.

We also met this cute fam that we are starting to teach. They are looking for the truth and a place to raise their family in 🙂

At church on Sunday we were expecting at least 3 people there and only one came… But wait what a blessing that one came 🙂 And we’ll hope for more next week!

Anyway not much more for this week!

Mommy: Tell everyone hello for me 🙂 Thanks for taking care of everything while I am gone. I really appreciate you a lot. And I am sorry about your lack of sunshine… I am soaking in PLENTY for you 😉 Tell Liz I love her and good luck! She will be amazing. I love you mommy bear. I hope you had a good winter solstice! 😉 Have a good week. Thanks for your letters of encouragement.

I love you all and want you to know that you are great!

The Church is true.

God bless you.