Sorry folks, I am playing catch up here. Blogging is new to me and a bit overwhelming.
So, K is going to Syria...for a year...at least. We won't be teaching him now, unfortunately. :( Finding is a bit of a struggle. We can talk to every person we see that day, but none are interested. They don't have a desire for the gospel or they are super anti. I feel like it's a lack of faith on my part. I am trying to repent of that, but it's hard when that's the norm. You talk to someone and you set up an appointment and everything, but then they aren't at the appointment. Turns out they didn't want to say no and hurt our feelings. Whatever. There is always one out there who will listen, and at least I'm planting the seed, right?
So...that is an awesome tender mercy. I'm glad you shared it with me. That's so cool that you were able to see the hand of the Lord in your life. My tender mercy is getting to email you today. Literally. When we were on the list to go to the temple, I asked Amy to tell you that I might not email, and I really thought I wasn't going to get to, but now I do! I was stressing a little bit that I wouldn't get to email you.
I also got a call today from a Sister that is going home. She was in charge of musical numbers and since she's leaving, I am now in charge. Hmmmm....this is going to be fun. Now I can call people and make them nervous. Bwa-ha-ha!!! JK. We'll see what happens.
The temple was pretty sweet today. We had a lot of fun. I was able to talk to some missionaries I haven't seen in a while, and just relax and not worry about anything. I sorta worried, but not too much. I was wondering if that was you. It felt different at the temple today and all I could think about is you. :) I love you so much mom, and you are just great! Thanks for being an awesome friend and helper through your daughters crazy life. You are such a strength and example to me. I was thinking at the temple today that this is what we'll get to do to get into the Celestial Kingdom. I want to be able to go to the temple every week when I get home so that I can be prepared to enter Heavenly Father's presence. This is the time to prepare to meet God, right? Just a thought. Sorry it's so short. It's just a quick one today. Love you so much!
It's been pretty chilly lately. Hopefully it stays that way for bike week! It would be quite lovely ;) It's going okay with just one companion. We have a lot more room in the bedroom now, I'll tell you that much. ;) I did get your package. At first I couldn't figure out what holiday is on the 18th, but then it clicked: HUMP DAY. Hey! Mike, mike, mike, mike, mike! Guess what day it is!?? Guess what day it is!!!???? ....hump day.... HUMP DAY!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! That is exactly what went through my head. Yep. It's crazy that I'm already half way! Dang! It goes so fast. The days feel like weeks, the weeks feel like months, the months feel like days.
My week hasn't been too bad. Monday we went to the temple as you know. It was pretty good. :) Tuesday, we just said good bye to everyone, because Sister B was leaving. She's in Bartlett now, which is the same city as the temple, lucky dog! Wednesday was transfers, so we were getting that stuff done, and then the G's son was baptized, so that was pretty cool, too. It wasn't set up all the way, so we asked a bunch of missionaries at transfers to help us out. It was the missionary baptism, no joke. It was awesome though. I really like the G's. Thursday we visited in-actives. Not a lot happened that day. We did have dinner with the G__'s. They are great! Sister G cooks really good food. For desert we had fruit with dip. Her dip is divine! It's 8 ounces of cream cheese, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, and a teaspoon of vanilla. It's pretty awesome. I could eat that all by it self. Just sayin'. Friday was just weekly planning. It was pretty boring, per usual. Saturday was pretty sweet. We are working with a part-member family. The boys name is D and he's 11 years old. We went over with the goal of setting a baptism date and we had him pick. Do you want to know what day he chose? SEPTEMBER 20TH!! We have a week to teach him all the lessons! It's crazy! But it can be done, don't you worry. Then it was Stake Conference this weekend, so we had all those meetings to go to. We also taught D again yesterday. It was lesson 3, The Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the law of Chastity. It was super easy. We got this down. His baptism is still on. And then we walked four miles to go and see a member because we don't have any more miles to use. :p Oh well. It will be okay. We are teaching D again tonight the Plan of Salvation and Enduring to the End. This will be fun. :) His little sister, N age 7, fights for attention, so I have her help me and I promise her a sticker at the end if she promises to sit by me the whole time and to be quiet. It works.
My week has been okay. Satan has been working so hard on me. I've discovered the problem in my companionship, though. It's me. Isn't it always? I know it's not all me, but I feel like it is. Please don't be too worried about me, mom. I'm just trying to get my thoughts out. I talk to Sister S and Sister H on a regular basis, but I don't know what I need to do to fix it any more.
Sorry for that. But I'm hoping you can help me. I don't know who to turn to besides Heavenly Father.
I love you so much mom! Keep the faith!
I was reading in the book of John today in the New Testament. Can I just say that I love the book of John so much? John 1:5 "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehendeth it not. John 8:12 "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." Christ is that light, and even though there are those days where there is so much darkness I do not comprehend the light, I can at least have that faith, that BELIEF that it will be there again soon. I love you so much and can't wait to hear from you and see you again on Christmas day. I will count that as my most favorite Christmas gift ever.
Thanks for the recipe :). Cooking at the senior center is just a service we do. Plus it's an excuse to wear pants ;). We do it every week on Wednesdays. That's just what we do, and we will continue doing it while I'm here because it's great and I have missed it immensely :). It's in Maumelle and we cook from 20-40 ish people. It's not too bad. :)
My Hump Day was pretty sweet! Just your package was the fun. But I loved it. :) I had a lot of fun with my camel. He sleeps next to me. Just a piece from home. I am enjoying the carmels as well. They are SOOOO good. :) Thanks for your letter, btw. I'm responding snail mail as well. :) Still no one to teach. Hopefully soon? It's been a struggling couple of weeks.
So lucky you got to go to all those different temples! I'm so jealous!! I imagine it from a distance. :) I have started reading Genesis/Moses and the Book of Mormon. Cain is a VERY wicked man! Holy Cow! So glad I did not live at that time! Then again, this time is even worse, so maybe I want to? JK! Your "un-anniversary" sounds like it was a bunch of fun ;). Every one here wants to meet you guys because they think you guys are hilarious and awesome. So now you know every here loves you guys, even though they have never met you. ;)
Monday, we had a lesson with D. It was pretty good. His sister was a bit distracting, but we made it through. Tuesday was pretty good. We had a member go out with us. It was AWESOME! Everything worked out well so she wants to come out with us again. :) Wednesday was insane. We were running all over the place because every one needed us. And then we went over to the G's for a little FHE thing. It was a lot of fun! :) Thursday was my hump day. Nothing super exciting happened. Everything fell through and communication issues happened. I got to eat rocky road ice cream at the S's and I showed them the Hump day commercial. They sing it ALL the time now. ;) Friday we taught D two lessons in a row and had him ready for Saturdays baptism. Saturday. The day of the baptism. It was crazy. Brace yourselves for this Saturday craziness. We went every where with Sister S. We were finding less-actives and stuff and then we had milk shakes. They were SOOOO good! As we were eating them, Brother L called (mission leader) and said he couldn't fill up the font and wondered if we could. One problem: we didn't have a car. How do we find someone last minute? Sister S thankfully saves the day and says she can take us, but first we have a dinner appointment we need to go to. So. We get to the dinner appointment and the food is all good, EXCEPT they were serving peas. :p I very graciously passed them up. They put weird stuff with it AND it was cold AND they were canned, so yup. I didn't want any. In the middle of all of us eating and talking, the member, very pointedly looks at me and says (a little offended): "You didn't take any peas." I very clearly state: "I actually do not like peas. So that's why I didn't take any." and I keep eating. The member is (no joke) staring me down at the table. OH CRAP! So.....I take some....a very small portion, mind you. Well, the member says: "Are you going to eat them?" Very pointedly staring me down, daring me to not eat them and see what happens. I say: "Of course I'll eat them! See??" and I eat ALL of them. They did not taste good. You can now applaud your daughter for eating weird, canned peas. I didn't even throw-up! Thank goodness! That would have made it so much worse! Now, onto the baptism. It's all lovely and filled up. It's very nice and the spirit is present. Sunday was normal. That's all I got. It's time for us to go. We have to go get some groceries and then I can sleep. YAY!! Love you so much.
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