It was so awesome being able to see all of you yesterday! I was
honestly counting down the hours all day! You all look amazing, a little
bit white, but amazing! I can't wait till I get home and get to be with
all of you again. I miss you all so much! Just
keep doing all the fun crazy things that our family always does!
Christian will be home soon and will hang out with all of you for the
summer and that will be crazy awesome! Someone should learn sign
language over the next 18 months so we can have a secret
way to communicate when I get home. I'm positive it's a lot easier to
learn than Bulgarian or Swedish. You all rock and I wish I could call
you every week because that would be super cool.
My past week has been pretty awesome, we had "dropped" an
investigator about three weeks ago and on Friday night I was with a
member of the ward and I felt like we should swing by and see him so we
did and we had a really cool visit. We didn't teach him
anything or really get into any deep discussions but we talked about
baseball and the Oakland A's. We talked about summer time and BBQ and
then he took us into his backyard and showed us his BBQ set up and let
me tell you, this set up is perfect. Mom, I am
500% positive that you would love this set up next to the pool. It was
so nice. I made him promise to BBQ for me at some point and he said
that he would love to. Then we set up some service that we had talked
about before and now we have plans to tear out
and rebuild 100ft of fence in his backyard. (That's a project that would
never happen in NY!) super excited about that. We are going to get the
elders quorum over there and he is suddenly going to have tons of LDS
friends and then he will have to come to church
to hang out with all of his friends and it will be awesome! I'll let you
all know how all that turns out.
I got to meet another less active single lady that lives in our
ward and she was so nice. We were talking to her and asking her about
how she came in contact with the church and she ended up telling us her
conversion story and it was really a great experience
being able to sit down and talk with her. She told us about what she had
learned about how the church helps her in her life and I learned a lot
from her. She told us about how her life was a struggle and only bad
things seemed to ever happen to her and her
family. Then after learning about the church she realized that there was
good hiding behind the bad the whole time. She told us that at that
moment she made a choice. She said that she decided to put everything in
the Lords hands and all that you can do after
you have done that is pray for strength and patience. It reminded me
about how The Lord is always there to help us but he doesn't take us
down the pain free easy path he takes us right through everything bad,
right through those mists of darkness. At times
we will hit clear patches and it will be easier but it's never ever
going to a walk in the park. Do not pass go, do not collect $200! You
have to work for it! But The Lord is always at our side with arms ready
to catch us when we are tired and ready to collapse
and give up.
We have the power to overcome anything and everything that Satan
will put in our path! Hold tight to the iron rod! Never let go, not even
for a second, don't even loosen your grip, it's never worth it! The
scriptures have so many powerful promises of blessings
that can change our lives forever and all we have to do is reach out and
accept them. Heavenly Father loves you, He knows you and he will do
everything in his power to help you on this difficult journey of life.
Don't make it harder than it has to be!
I love
each and every one of you. I am willing to do anything I can to help
anyone and I want to help because I know the difference it can make. Be
strong and carry on!!! Have a fantastic week and I will hear from you
all again in 7 days!
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