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Out on a WIM #34

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Hiiiiiiii, How are youuuuu???

Hello my most wonderful fam.
Well! It sounds like each and every one of your cute selves is doing ever so well. I love hearing about what’s going on with everything 🙂
Ok so this week was challenging, yet AWESOME.
This past Tuesday we had our last Zone Meeting with everyone all together. It was so sad. Elder G. (who I have been serving with since I was born) (on the mission birth 😉 He is like my brother. He has been my zone leader and helped me a lot. He left the island. And Elder R. my other zone leader. And one of the other Elders I was serving with here in Elder G. all left. I may or may not have shed a few tears. And by few I mean a solid 279 tearlets… (if that is even a word) IT WAS HARD. I think I was still trying to jump back into the swing of everything.
Along with that, Zone Conference is tomorrow and President M. asked us to memorize and whole chapter from the BOM (Book of Mormon). Remember what I said about him having a lot of faith in people?? Yeah……… So I have been memorizing 3 Nephi 14 it is coming along. I also have memorized D&C 121:34-46, D&C 31:3-7, D&C 20:37, and 2 Nephi 4: 14-26. ANYWAY lots and lots of memorizing and it can get stressful at times. Along with trying to do all the other things in missionary work.
Ok so one of the biggest tender mercies this week was: Yesterday we had like a solid 3 people at least plan for them coming to church. And without fail everyone told us they couldn’t in the morning and we even set up plans and everything to get them there. So I was feeling really sad… Like, why in the world will no one come to church????????? So we were having testimony meeting and all the testimonies were just what I needed to hear…. AND THEN! Sister A. My cute recent convert got up and bore a solid testimony and was talking about how thankful she was to have been taught by us. Then Brother K. got up right after her and bore a solid testimony too. THEY MADE MY WHOLE DAY! And I was just thinking the Lord is so kind to me. I am so blessed. And right at the moment where I felt down and like there was not success. He so tenderly reminded me of the success we have had 🙂 It was great!
The people we are teaching are all so fantastic. I love them. I pray that the Lord will direct us best in how to help them… Just like Alma 🙂
Anyway!!! Good learning week 🙂
Mom: Thank you very much. You are so kind. I watched the short clip from skype that I got and a cried a little so I haven’t been watching it. But yes I am so happy and blessed! I can’t believe it is 2014… It’s wild! That’s so cute about the kids. Jesus IS the answer for everything. You are so cute with the kids. I am glad to hear all is well. Anyway I love you a ton.
Daddy: Sounds like all is going well and you are taking care of car problems as usual. Give Murph (the car) a big hug and kiss for me… Have great week and I love you very much.
We are so blessed! Let us all make the most of 2014!!!!! I love you all very muchly. I’ll see you all this year! Tee hee! Have a blessed week.
The church is true. Christ lives!
Love with all my heart, Sister Emily 🙂

Out on a WIM #33

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Hello my most dear family.

Ok so to start off I will tell you what my transfer call is……………………….………………………. (drum roll please) I AM……………………….…………………………………………………. STAYING in this area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I honestly can barely believe it. This’ll be my 6th transfer here and also my 9 month mark. Crazysauce. I am excited! Yet I know it’s just going to be that much harder when I have to leave……
Anyway! So. It was great to talk to you all on Skype! You are all looking mighty fine if I do say so myself. It was great to see you all and hear your voices. It went by WAY to fast. But I am back in groove after feeling sad for a minute! I am actually feeling pretty rambunctious that I was able to make Janet cry… JUST KIDDING. But it really made me sad. You were all killing me. Also when I got done I looked over and Sister H. was crying too!! Man alive.
Sounds like you have had a great week since I have talked to you though 🙂
Ok so when I am transferred…. which who knows when that’ll be! We usually get the calls on friday and saturday. Then we leave for the new island on the following Wednesday! But who even knows when I’ll leave this beautiful island. All I know is when I do I am going to cry like a baby.
There has been lots that’s happened since we spoke! Many miracles even…. This wonderful friend of a member came to church yesterday and he hadn’t been taught much but there was a lesson on the temple. And here I am thinking oh shoot this is not a goood lesson to have when he is here and fresh. Then he started telling me that he wanted to be able to be baptized so he could make it to the temple and he was talking about how that could be his motivation… IT WAS EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!! He said that he was tired of going to church with no progression just clapping his hands, singing and being preached to then leaving… Awww it was a tender mercy. He is actually living in the elders area so we won’t be teaching him but that’s alright 🙂
We also had a 1st lesson with this young man named K. and he completely soaked in what we were teaching. The lesson was all over the place but led by the spirit and he agreed to baptized!!!! He is legit. He said well will you both be here long enough to here for my baptism…??? It was so great! So we’ll see where that goes. 🙂
Anyway lots going on here. I am ready to own this transfer and to work even harder than ever.
This week has been swell. I have learned a lot. Two of my good friends that are elders were giving me advice before they leave and were just telling me not to be so hard on myself and to just trust the lord and trust in myself and don’t second guess myself. I am so blessed to be serving in this Zone they are my fam for now. LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!
I love you all, the church is true. Christ lives and loves us. Have a great week. I know I will!
Muchly love, Sister Emily 🙂

Out on a WIM #32

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Alright fam.

To start off… am exceedingly sorry I did not get to write you yesterday. They had switched our p-day to Tuesday and did not tell us until after we emailed on monday!

Uh… Christmas here…. How do I put this nicely??….Haha just kidding. It is nice here. It is too extremes either people just think christmas is no big deal or they go all out and crazy. We have not hardly gotten to have lessons with many people around this time of year. So according to our numbers this time of year is stinky.. BUT it has been fun. I am glad it doesn’t feel much like christmas really! Everyone is just so so so busy it’s crazy. And yeah I am sweating my guts out as we speak but it’s been my first warm Christmas and my first Christmas away from home. It has not been bad at all 🙂
I was planning on Skyping you around 5 o’clock tomorrow…. Which would be roughly 3 o’clock there… Will that work?? AWWWWWW….I wish I would have known what time tasha bear would be there before… We are helping one of the RC’s in the branch SIster W. cook lunch from nine until twelve tomorrow. She has no family or anyone to be with for Christmas so we can’t bail on her. Darn it.
And to answer your question: Yes we drive on the left hand side of the road. And the roads here are prolly half the size of the roads at home.. I am a skilled driver now! It’ll be weird driving when I get home.
I am so excited to talk to you all tomorrow! I will try not to cry! I am making a skype account right now…. I set one up. Just in case you need to know…. Also I have no clue how skype works so hopefully it all goes well.
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm…….. it sounds like all of you are doing great! This will probably be all for today. Since I will talk to you tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) :):) Yayyyyy!!!!
You are all so wonderful and I hope you have a good 30 or so hours until I talk to you.
MERRY CHIRSTMAS!! Iove you!!!
I love Christmas as a missionary 🙂
Lots of love, Sister Em dog Billionare!

Out on a WIM #31

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Emily and Sister H. got caught in the rain @ the Monkey Sanctuary! Funny!
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Hello my cute fam! How are you all??
So. Erin got her mission call???Ahhh!!!!!!!!! Tell her I love her and am so proud of her. That is so exciting!! Missions are the best 🙂
YES I got my package. 🙂 It was the best day ever. Thank you so much it was so wonderful! No don’t worry about sending more. You are fine. I loved it so much. I am waiting to give Brother K. his shirts for this Saturday so he can wear them on Sunday for Chirstmas 🙂
Ok so business: Transfers are not until after Christmas… So I will still be here until then. Transfers are at the start of January. I will start the Skype and find you 🙂 It will be some time on Decemeber 25th……. Hahaha just kidding probably in the evening time or afternoon?? I am not sure… When would work best for you. We are the ones who choose a time but we will have to coordinate with the elders too but I will let you know all the details by next email for sure! I am super excited to see and hear you all. It’ll be pretty rough maybe though…
Anyway I am glad you have been getting my letters I send!
Ok so the keyboard I am typing on is being exceedingly difficult…. So I won’t get to write a whole ton today… I am so sorry.
But this week, SIster W. went to Trinidad for a meeting for a few days so we had SIster H. with us. She is so cute. She brings out the goofy in me.. It was a lot of fun.
We are still trying to help M…she is very sick from cancer. IT IS SO HARD. 🙁 everything in the world is trying to stop us from helping her to move forward. But nevertheless we shall push forward with faith.
We have 3 people with a baptismal date and a couple more praying about one. It is wonderful I hope we will be able to help them all 🙂 The Lord is blessing us a lot.
We went to the beach this morn and played football (soccer) and volleyball. It was so great.
I am so sorry that my grammar and everything is all off. This keyboardkeeps on sticking and is making this hard.
Ummm…. I am so excitedto see you all soon 🙂
Thank you for the package and your love! I am so blessed with the gospel and to be a missionary at this time in the West Indies. I am really grateful for all of my many blessings. I love the Lord, I love His work. And also I love all of you.
Have a great week and be good!
Keep on keepin’ on 🙂
LOVE with all my heart, Sister Emily.

Out on a WIM #30

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HELLO EVERYONE!!!

This week was indeed a great week! IT FLEW BY. AH!!!!! They always do. It is blowing my mind how fast time goes by. Yet I learn and grow so much in the time that’s flying by. It doesn’t even make any sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway let me stop being dramatic. Oooohhh! I am indeed excited to get the package 🙂 Don’t worry about sending anything more for a long time! I may not even need another package… I know it’s expensive! Sorry bout dat!
You went to a Christmas Devotional?? That sounds wonderful. I am exceedingly glad you all enjoyed it. And Sister Missionaries are the BEST! Oh so I am writing so early today because we are going to the monkey paradise place where we can go and feed monkeys! I am excited. I will let you know how it goes.
Anyway Momma sounds like you are doing great and having lots going on as usual 🙂
I will let you know about the call/ skype when I find out. I will find out soon ok?? I AM SUPER EXCITED! Yet kinda nervous… I don’t want to feel sad! But I think I should be fine. I haven’t seen any of your cute faces in a long time!
Ok so as for this week:
We met some really nice people this week. One of which is my miracle story from the week!
Miracle Story: SO…… Earlier this week or maybe it was last week…. ANYWAY sometime, we were out finding/contacting/tracting. And it was starting to get dark so we were going to start heading back to the cyar(car). So as we are walking to the cyar we pass this man who is outside his apartment. They said good evening all polite like people do here. I didn’t think much of it, we said good evening and passed. But I felt prompted to turn back around and go back and contact him. I was like ok lets get one more Sister H. So we went over there and this man was great! AND HE IS MARRIED. With a great wife. I am sitting there thinking “this never happens!” Haha so. we taught him a little about our message and set up a return appointment. So we went back there just this past Saturday and D… (the man we met) was not there. But his wife was. So we started teaching her and explaining the gospel and Restoration to her. SHE LOVED IT. She soaked it all in and understood it completely (which is also rare) It was wonderful so she said she’ll read the booklet we left with her and the Book of Mormon as well. She is so great and we taught her about the priesthood authority and how her husband could hold it. She said she wanted to tell her husband because he is the head of the household about the things we had shared and that they would pray about it together 🙂 Anyway miracles all over the place.
We also were shadowed this week by one of the ZL’s (Zone Leaders) and our DL(District Leader)! It went well. We went to go see M. and figure out how we can best help her. It helped a lot.
Awwwwwww…. The people here. They are angels. I love them so much. I really hope I do not have to leave this area soon but it is very likely since I have been here FOREVER!
Something crazy that happened this week is we took one of the members to go see a Less active (they are good friends) And they got in a huge fight and started yelling at each other. It was really sad.
This week we are going to go start teaching one of the members grand sons! He is so cute! I literally have no idea how to teach the gospel to a little kid. So i guess we will see how it goes! We’ll have to think of some fun ways to teach him 🙂 I am sure it will be fine!
Anyway those are some points from this week!
I can’t remember if I told you already but M. and SIs. C. are teaching me a little bit of French so when she comes out teaching with us in the car I have her teach me how to say things in french! It is a lot of fun!
Oh yeah and I am sorry that you are all suffering in the snow… I am nice and warm here 😉 Hahaha!
Anyway I love you mommy! Thanks for the package that I haven’t gotten yet but you are the best!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all you do. I will let you know about talking to you on Christmas ok??
Daddy: Haha pops I can just picture you now going to town with that huge snow blower! You are so funny! But I am glad you enjoy it so much and are able to help out all the nieghbs. I am glad to hear you are doing well 🙂 I luff you! Have a great week.
P.S. Sorry fam I wish I could tell you everything and say clever things and make my emails more interesting but there is just not enough time!
I love you all and thank you so much for the support you give me. I am blessed. So blessed it’s prolly not fair. I wish I could give my blessings out to other people who need them more than me.
Have a great week. I love each and every one of you very very very very much.
Love always, Sister Em dog Billionaire 🙂
God bless you all!

Out on a WIM #29

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Hello my dearest family 🙂
It sounds like all is well! Ahhh man I am glad that you all had a great Thanksgiving. I did too. They actually do not celebrate here so I forgot that it was Thanksgiving but then I remembered and missed you all for about a few minutes until I went out teaching 😉
Ok so to get started… Did I ever tell you how much I love the people I am working with?? No seriously I can’t remember if I told you. But I do love them. I love the members, investigators, missionaries, everyone!
This week we went on trade off’s and Sister W. and I went to work in her area and we left Sister H. and H. in my area. We let them find ALL DAY. I know we are mean. But it was a good learning experience.
Also President M. flew in randomly and had interviews with us! It went well. And later that evening PRESIDENT M. CAME OUT TEACHING WITH US. It was super great. I don’t know why but I always get to go teaching with intimidating people! It went really well though.
I have been praying for mountains to climb a lot. And guess what?! Heavenly Father loves me enough to give them to me 🙂 He’s the best. I love he bad.
Also this week we “dropped” a lot of people. But I am also grateful for that. It just means we can go out and find people who are very prepared!! 🙂 It was sad but needed to be done.
This week we went to see M. and all of her hair had fallen off from her cancer treatment… It was so sad.. 🙁 I kissed her head and she said “you don’t want to kiss my head.. it’s ugly..” It is really hard to see her go through all of this.
Sister C. and M. are teaching me a little bit of French so that’s fun!!
This week I have had a few offers on marriage. So I guess when I get home if no one wants to court with me then I will just fly back out here 😉 JUST KIDDING.
I have been reading from the Book of Mormon, New Testament and D and C everyday! They are the best. The scripture that stuck out to me this week is Doctrine and Covenants 6:36 and it is so simple but wonderful. “Look unto me in every thought, doubt not, fear not.” I love this. We should all look unto the Lord for everything and doubt and fear not because everything will fall into place. If we are keeping our end of the deal he’ll be keeping his.
We finally have the new Senior Couple! The M’s. They are cute. I like they.
Yesterday church was great! I started tearing up thinking that I may not be here much longer. Man I feel like this is home. Sometimes I forget I really do not live here. It is so weird!
Funny Moment of the week: Sister Wilson and I were out contacting and we met this lady and she just looked at us and said…. “wait…………. you are the Mormons” then went around her house laughing hysterically saying “it’s the Mormons!!!!!!!!!!!!!” “Hahahahahahahaha” Funny right? yeah no. Hahaha just kidding. Silly people. Anyway life is great I am loving it.
The church is true! Oh and I will be seeing you all soon!
Love always, Sister Emily 🙂

Out on a WIM #28

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Hello my most wonderful family! How are you all? It sounds like you are all just pluggin’ along doing great 🙂

Mom:

Oh! I did know that Al Fox got married, I am so happy for she. She is adorable.
SIX MONTHS?? You. are. kidding. Just kidding I knew it was! But really it amazes me how fast time flies by. But then at the same time it feels like I have been here for a long time in learning and growing sense! It’s going by too fast 🙁 It scares me. Sometimes I just feel really sad when I think about leaving.. Especially where I am now. This place. Awwwww… My heart belongs here.
SO.
This week and month I have been thinking about all of the things that I am so grateful for. I am going to make a list this week of all the blessings I have. 
Scripture(s) of the week: Alma chapter 32. I have been ever so grateful for this chapter. It talks so much about Faith and Humility and really those two go hand in hand together.
Don’t forget to tell Tasha Bear that I love her so much.
That story from Matt Hales sounds great! I am sure he did great 🙂
Church was awesome. Matt Hales gave an excellent talk. He told a story from his mission. He said that he and his companion were walking down the road on the way to an appointment. They passed a woman walking and pushing a stroller. Matt felt like they should talk to her. They talked to her and got an address from her so they could visit her later. Then Matt got transferred. He found out later that the address was not her address, but when the elders went to the door the lady who answered the door said that she had been praying for the missionaries to come. Wow!!! She was baptized. Great story. 
The past couple of days I have been reading through my journal at entries from a while back. It is amazing to see the miracles that have happened and the struggles and joys that I have been through. I am so grateful to be a missionary. I have been learning a lot. Even learning how to be a better mother when I am one. Learning to love even when it is really hard. Which blows me away because I usually can love people so freely. I always remember what you said growing up, “the ones who are hardest to love are the ones who need it the most.” That has blessed me out here a lot. I am so grateful that I get to be humbled very often it helps my faith to grow. I am grateful for the people here. They are my family and heart belongs to them. I’ve laughed with them, I’ve cried with them and they are such a strength to me. I am so glad to be where I am. I know this is where I am supposed to be and it is wonderful 🙂
We have been doing tons of service lately and are finding wonderful teaching opportunities through that.
Funny Story: SO we were in Gospel Principles (the investigator and RCLA (Recent convert and less active) class) and we were learning about the WOW (Word of Wisdom) and somebody was talking about cooking birds (meat) and they made a cheesey joke about taking the feathers off before you eat it. Everyone just kinda laughed forcedly… BUT Sister W. thought it was the funniest thing in the world. She laughed and laughed(she has the cutest laugh) so she just keeps laughing. Next thing ya know we are all laughing just because she was, so the whole class just like erupted in laughter. It was hysterical. (I am not sure if this was “you had to be there moment”) But it was so funny… Hahahaha
Anyway M., she is struggling bad with her cancer. It is so sad. We had a lesson with her this week on the floor because she was in a lot of pain and we all just cried….The Elders came over and gave her blessing. It was a great experience. I love she bad. I hope everything will be ok for her.
anyway I love you mama! Have a great week. Stay excellent.
Daddy: I am glad to hear you fun with Grandmother on Sunday 🙂 Is everybody getting a dog while I am gone?? I am sorry that you will miss the Thanksgiving party! You and me both 😉 I love you Pops! Keep hanging in there. How is Murph? (Emily’s car Brett is driving)
News for this week: We are doing a Thanksgiving lunch with all of the missionaries today!
Sister H. started driving today!
I have read the BOM (Book of Mormon) two times through on my mission 🙂
We met some really nice people this week.
I tried a fig, it’s like a baby banana.
Ammm….. I think that’s all for this week! I love every single one of you a ton! Have you been getting my letts and stuff??
The Church is true!
Love, Sister Emily 🙂

Out on a WIM #27

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Hello my beloved family people 🙂

Mom it sounds like you had a very fun and party filled week in AZ! I am glad everything went well 🙂
2. Do you have a new senior couple yet?
2. We do not have a senior couple yet… We will soon hopefully!
3. How often do you trade off companions?
3. We go on a trade off normally 2 times a transfer so each sister has an opportunity to go out with the STL (sister training leader).
4. Are the Elder’s in charge of you, or the Sister training leader? 
4. Both of them check up on us! I have been working hand in hand with Sister W. (STL) with Sister H. and her comp! So I talk to all of them often. We are like a big family out here.
5. How often do you have district mtg? or zone mtg?
5. We have DM every Tuesday and Zone meeting like 2 Tuesdays a transfer.
6. Are the people who own the daycare where you do puppet shows members?

 

6. We do the puppet shows at different schools and no please the people are not members but everyone seems to be enjoying the shows! It helps to kind of bring the church out of obscurity! They are a lot of fun 🙂
8. Describe your typical meals in a day?
8. We eat for breakfast: Oatmeal, eggs, bagels, toast and cereal
Lunch and dinner: normal foods! Like Spaghetti, sandwiches, all kinds of stuff we would eat at home!
9. Do you have dinner appts? If so how often? 
9. Probably a dinner appointment every other week or something like that.. On sunday we went to eat at Sister C.’s house! We ate Bajan rice, potatoes and flying fish! IT WAS SO GOOD!! I love the food here bad.
10. What is one thing you wish you had done before your mission to prepare better?
10. I wish I would have gone out with the missionaries and studied more! I feel like I didn’t know anything before my mission! Haha but all in good learning 🙂
11. Will you be able to skype of Christmas?
11. Yes!! I am like almost positive that we will be skyping on Christmas!
12. Do you use phones? cars?
12. Yes we all have phones and communicate very often. We would lost without our phone. Yes we still have our car. Our car is really nice! We drive a new Corolla! Well it gets busted up quickly here because the roads are so narrow and there are always things mashing up the cyar.
(yes a spelled car like that for a reason) That is how the people say the word car here 🙂 hahaha
13. Are you always safe? Have you had any scares? Is it ever “sketch” as Flexy would say? 
13. Yes we try and be very safe. There are of course more sketch times than others. But I have never felt unsafe. The Lord is with us.
Funny story about that: The other day we were at one of our Member Referals house. Mary. She is so wonderful 🙂 But we were having a lesson with her and Sister C.’s and when we were leaving she said she wanted to walk us to our car because it was parked a little further down the road… She told us that there was a robber/murderer that had been around the neighborhood that tries to rob people and then chop them up with a cutlass. Then she started showing us her Kung Fu moves. It was hillarious!!! She is so cute. Needless to say we made it to the car safely.
But mom don’t worry we are fine I promise. But yes it is sketch sometimes. No more details 🙂
14. Favorite scripture of the week?
14. I have been thinking a lot about how great Nephi is and how much we can learn from the first book of Nephi. A lot of times people look over it but I love it. I have still been focusing on 2 Nephi ch. 4 again this week. I have searching and pondering on it so much. Oh man I love the scriptures.
We have met some great people this week and it has been going very well! Sorry I am basically out of time already! This coming week I will send pictures! I love you all so very much 🙂
Have a great week! Love, Sister Emily

Out on a WIM #26

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Hello to my favorite people in the world! How are you all?? It sounds like life is going well for everyone!
Happy Birthday again Mom! Hahaha you are 52! When I saw that you were saying you were 53 I was thinking…. “what in the world, my mom is losing it” Just kidding. You are great 🙂
Tell Sarah that I say good job and that I love her and am proud of her. And Linds too! And Erin when she gets hers!

SO. This week has been wonderful. We had pretty great success this week. We met a family who we are teaching… Which is rare! The families are not super functional here. It is so sad. We met some people who seem really cool. And just now as we were emailing this cute lady walked up to the church and asked us if we had some booklets she could read!! It was great, so we are going to go and teach her really soon 🙂

As for training it’s still going really well. I love Sister H.! She is so fun.

I feel like for the first time in my life I have completely forgotten myself. Sometimes I wish I could just be better now. But I guess I have to have patience with myself too. Lately I have been referring a lot too 2 Nephi chapter 4 when Nephi is talking about how his heart sorroweth because of his flesh and iniquities. When I read these few verses it makes me think of myself. Sometimes I wish that I could just do everything right. I get frustrated because I just want to be good. My spirit gets upset with the “natural man” that is inside of me. Like come on!!! Haha it’s alright 🙂 I am learning a lot and am grateful for these experiences! I love myself, I’ll get there someday. But for now I will just take it one day at a time.

Also I was thinking this morning while I was cleaning about how we can have a relationship with the gospel of Jesus Christ. These words kept going through my head. “Not only do we need the gospel of Jesus Christ, but the Gospel needs us.” I don’t know where they came from.. Prolly the spirit.. 😉 But seriously though. The gospel cannot move forward with out us. Therefore it needs us. And we need it, I would DIE without the gospel in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!! (please excuse my dramaticness) Ahhhhhh man I love being a missionary.

Let me think, we did a service project in a members back yard this week! He is less active but came to church on Sunday! We were so happy 🙂 Ummm Brother K. was telling us about missionary opportunities that he has had. He is so great! And L. too. I love them a ton.

Oh man I have been thinking this week so much about so many different things!

Oh! To answer your question from last week about the Christmas Package it’s totally up to you. Whatevs works better for you is what I want to do!

If you do send a package it’d be nice if I could get some of my face powder to be sent!

I am at a loss today! Hahah I can’t remember all that happened this week. Oh just so you know Keat is doing really well! Still a ZL and now training another Elder to be one. He is super busy and working. WHAT A DOLL!!

Anyway! Any questions??

Keep doing great everybody! I love you all very much! The church is true. Go eat some Costa Vida and Chick-fil-a for me!

Is there anything more you’d like to be hearing in my emails that I don’t say?? Let me know!

Have a great week! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

 

Out on a WIM #25

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Hello! This week was excellent. Didn’t quite show in our numbers! But let’s face it numbers don’t mean a thing….. SO yes 🙂 I got the package! THANK YOU, it was a lot of fun! The O’s aren’t there… We actually were lucky to have been there when he dropped it off! Yes you can still send mail there. The Zone Leaders and I check the mail and take care of the O’s stuff since they are not here. We should be getting a new senior couple soon! Prolly next transfer.

Awwwww… I am glad dinner went well for Janny’s birthday dinner!!!
Sounds like you did great in sharing time 🙂
They do not celebrate Halloween here! Ummm… but for Halloween I dressed up as a sister missionary and went around door to door sharing the gospel…. 😉 Hahaha I actually did wear an orange skirt, purple shirt and black cardigan though for Halloween. Me and the sisters all wore Halloween colors and we drew moustaches on our faces at the end of the day for a picture.
Yes my new members are doing really well! Brother K. is about to get a calling and he has the priesthood. Has never missed a day of church and never misses an activity or branch project.
L. is doing well. She bore her testimony in church on Sunday and also was fasting and always pays her tithing and fast offering She is so cute. She always “Sister, I am sorry but will you help me fill out my slip again. They are both SOLID. AH!! I am so happy. Um so Brother K. only has one church shirt and it doesn’t have a collar so he can’t wear a tie and I really wanted to get him something. But I really am not sure if we have money for me to do that… Will you let me know if that’d be possible at all?
My new comp… Yes she is having fun. She is warming up to being a missionary. She has opened up a lot so that makes me really happy. We are good friends, I love her a lot. There is still much to work on but she and we will get there. I just have to remind myself to have patience and take things little by little. I have seen miracles happen with her though so I am excited to see what else is in store. I see a lot of good in her and I know I am blessed to have her as a companion.
Stressed? Me? Noooooooooooo….. Just kidding! A little but I have a better handle on things than I did before. There is just a LOT on my plate and really all I can do is my best. Yes He is already helping and lifting me to a higher plane I believe.
Thanks for everything mommy 🙂 I sure love you. You are such a strength to me.
Tell Dad I love him and I think the world of him.
Ummm this week we performed the puppet show again! It was a lot of fun. We also did an all day service project painting this cute day care center! Lots of service this week. I love it!
I am doing really well. Sometimes I am really tired inside and my brain feels a little over loaded but I really am doing great! I never will let that tiredness show. I am so grateful for this time I have… I would never waste a minute of it! Don’t worry about me in the least, I am working hard and doing my best and learning and growing everyday! It is great!
I love you all.
Special Birthday shout out to the one that birthed me… Mama, I am SO glad you were born. I look up to in every way and you have made me the person I am today. Thank you for choosing to live a good life and be a good mom and raise me in the gospel. It means so much to me. I love you more than anything. Seriously you are still my best friend. I wish I could give you a hug for your birthday and buy you some flowers and stuff but sadly I can’t… But it’s the thought that counts! You know I would if I could. But what I can give you is an air hug and a cool shout out! Anyway back on track… Thanks for all you do. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST MOM EVER!!!!!
One and all have a great week!
Remember Alma 37:6 “by small and simple things are great things brought to pass…”
I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL (I know Janet loves when people do this) So I did just for you as a special birthday gift… 😉