Letter #14

Sent: Monday 5/27/13 11:18A.M.

Grants Pass is completely different than Albany and I am loving it here! It's in a valley that is covered in trees so when we go tracting, it's in the woods!! It's so weird but awesome! Except my feet have been hurting a lot. This area is a TON bigger than my last area and we don't have as many miles to use the car so we pretty much walk everywhere. I'll be okay though :) My new companion is Sister Marble and I just love her!! She is the greatest! We were in the MTC and both came out together so we're both trying to just learn together and it's been great! It's crazy how much a like we are! Her boyfriend is on a mission right now too! So it's nice to have someone who can relate to what i'm feeling sometimes but don't worry we are staying focused and things are going great! I LOVE THIS AREA!!! The ward is so amazing and missionary minded! It helps so much! We have awesome ward missionaries and we are working with lots of people right now and plan to have 8 this week on date for baptism!!!! When President Young told me that we were going to be companions he said, " I believe that two soft-spoken sisters, will make one outspoken difference" or something like that! He is such a wonderful mission president and he truly is inspired. When he called and told me that I would be going to Grants Pass, he said that his original plan was to keep me in Albany so that I would be in the Salem mission and he would keep Trevor in the Eugene mission. He told me though that he had been praying about it for weeks and that the Spirit just kept telling him No and that he would wake up everyday and my picture would be in the Eugene mission area. Or that's how he felt at least. He told me that the Spirit kept telling him to not split us up. It has made my testimony of prayer, fasting, and even faith grow so much. I have such a firm testimony in all these things and I can't say how truly grateful I am for this gospel, this work, and this mission. I just love it. The people we are working with are so prepared by the Lord and I can tell that this transfer is going to be a good one! I don't think I have ever been so happy! Even on rough days when people yell at us and tell us to go away, I still feel happy all the time!

I hope everyone is doing well back home and enjoying the heat!! It's been kinda cold here lately. I love you all so much and know that you are all in my prayers! Thank you for all that you do for me. it truly means the world!

 

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

 
Love, Sister Hall :)

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Letter #13

Sent:	Mon 5/20/13 11:23 AM

Mom!!! I don't have any time at all right now because transfers are today and I'M BEING TRANSFERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to Grants Pass!!!!! And my companion will  be with Sister Marble!! I was in the MTC with her!! I am out of time but hopefully I will be able to e-mail when I get to Grants Pass! It's about a 5 hour drive so we'll see! I love you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much!!!! Thank you for your prayers!! :)

Love,

Sister Hall! :D

Letter #12

Sent:	Mon 5/13/13 2:42 PM

Hello!!

It was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good to see everyone yesterday on skype!!!! I loved it!! It looks like everyone is doing great which makes me so happy! I just wish we had a little more time so that I could have talked to you a bit longer. But oh well, it was still awesome to see everyone! I told you how I feel about Transfers and I would like to ask you to please please pray that Trevor and I will both stay in the Eugene Mission. I know that if one of us were in the Salem Mission we'd be able to communicate which would be great but to be serving in the same mission is so so much more special to me because I know that Heavenly Father sent us to this mission and mission president for a reason. Tell Janiece that it's okay that she hasn't written back yet, I just wasn't sure if she had gotten it because it seems like noone gets my mail. Anyway, today for P-day we went on a hike this morning up in the mountains past Lebanon!!!!! Let me just say, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I honestly felt like I was in a jungle!! It was amazing!! I will try to send picture soon of it!! There were 3 different waterfalls that were just gorgeous! Oh!! Also, when we were on our way there, we went through Lebanon and I saw the street where Trevor used to live!!! I know i'm a dork but I just love the guy and think it's cool that we have been in the same areas and meet a lot of the same people! I hope everyone had a good weekend! It seems like all is well back home and enjoying the heat. I love all of you so so so much! Thank you for all that you do for me and for your prayers. It means so much to me :) I love you and i'll talk to next week! Love Ya!

Love,
Sister Hall :)

 

 

Letter #11

Sent:	Mon 5/06/13 1:47 PM

Mom!!!!!
Thank you so so so sooooooooooooooooo much for the package!! I absolutely LOVED it! Thanks for adding in the extra stuff! So.....
Guess what??!?!?!?!?!?! Next week is mothers day and I get to skype!!!! I'm not sure exactly what time but most likely around 3:30 pm!! I really can't wait to see and talk to everyone! I hope all the family will be able to be there!! Anyways, this week was soo slow. All of our appointments fell through so we did lots of tracting. 12 hours to be exact. 4 hours one day! I got crazy tan  lines on the tops of my feet. Haha! We were able to meet with some of our investigators though! One of them being a lady named Joanne. She is amazing! The moment we sat down on her couch she wanted to  know everything about the church! It was great! I love appointments like that,where their asking tons of questions and just wanting more! We also had a lesson with Mike and Stephanie!! They seriously are so wonderful! Mike told us last time that he was envious of our faith and that he wanted to come closer to Christ. And last time we invited him to be baptized when he knows that the things were teacing him are true. He said he would!!! He is so great! He asked us if we would call him every so often to remind him to pray. His wife is a little hesitant to everything. She grew up Catholic but she seems to be opening up a bit more as we keep meeting with them :) So... You know how last week Beverly was on date to be baptized? Well, on Thursday she completely broke down in tears and told us that she just can't make a decision and that she feels hopeless and like she's wasting our time. I kinda fell apart too...... I love her so much and I know that she knows this gospel is true. She knows it. She has felt the spirit so many times and she loves coming to church. We have tried discerning her needs and she just comes up with something else. She has a mental disorder and I think that's part of the reason why it's so hard for her to make a decision. We are not giving up on her though. Another lesson we had this week was with Kiara. She's the girl that is 18 and has been investigating the church for almost 2 years now and wants to be baptized! She has the strongest testimony of a nonmember that i've heard from such a young person. We kinda set a date with her but she just broke up with her boyfriend who was the one that was going to baptize her but now she's having a hard time getting over him and trying to figure out who will baptize her now. She's a strong girl though and knows the church is true as well. It's just that Satan keeps getting in the way of all the people we are teaching. I really don't like him very much. This past week Sister Schrishuhn and I were told that we were going to teach the Book of Mormon Study Class... I'm pretty sure that I learned more from that class than anybody else there. We disected each verse in 4 chapters and I had know idea how much I was missing as I was just reading it. I love that I am constantly learning each day! I can feel my testimony growing and it's just a really great feeling :) Oh! So, a couple nights ago I woke up at 2 in the morning with awful stomach pains like I did that one time. It was horrible!! I only got 4 hours of sleep that night and Sister Schrishuhn said that I was crying in my sleep. But anyways, I really hope that everything back home is going well. I loved the pictures from Weston and Wyatt! They made me tear up a little. I can't wait to see and talk to you guys on Sunday!! Please please try to get everyone there! I LOVE YOU!!! SEE YOU SOON!!!!!!!!!

Love,

Sister Hall :D

Letter #10

Sent:	Mon 4/29/13 3:44 PM

Hi mom, here is my favorite scripture for my missionary plaque:

Alma 26:12.

What picture are you putting on my plaque? Talk to you next week :) Love You!

Letter #9

Sent:	Mon 4/29/13 12:12 PM

Mom! You're e-mail is so long. I don't have time to read it all right now so i'll have to print it out and read it then write you a letter. I HATE that we are timed on these computers!! Anyway I will tell you how my week was and then try to answer all your questions.
WE SET A BAPTISMAL DATE WITH BEVERLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot tell you how happy I am about it! I have seen her progress so much in the short time that i've known her and I am so excited for her! She is such a great lady! I can't wait for you to meet her someday! So the two kids that we've been teaching are so ready to be baptized but they aren't coming to  church. And it's a  requirement that they attend church at least twice before they are baptized. We have finished teaching them all of the lessons and now we're just waiting for them to come to church and for the dad to be worthy and ready to baptize them. I love this family so much. They really are incredible and have such strong testimonies. I really hope and pray that they will just come to church and recognize and remember the blessings that the gospel has to offer. Oh!!! Another thing that happened this week... Okay, so we were visiting a less active they have like 5 cats and one of them died last week and they called us to come and bury it..... We went over and I dug a hole and got super muddy and the box with the cat in it was super stinky. Anyway, they offered us cookies I said sure and they pulled a bag out of the freezer. It's kinda dark in their house so I just reached in and grabbed one. It was as hard as a rock and it kinda tasted stale and a little funny.. I didn't want to make them feel bad though so I just ate it. They told us to take the whole bag of cookies with us and when we got in the car to go Sister Schrishuhn asked me to get her one and when I pulled the cookie out of the bag, it was covered in CAT HAIR!!!!!!!!!! I just about threw up! I told you that cats were everywhere here. I didn't know they used them in their recipes too though... Yuck!!!!! Ugh!! The weather here is awesome right now.. It's been super sunny and I even got tan lines! Haha

Also this week I learned so much and I feel like my confidence and understanding has really grown. During a lesson we had last week we were reading from the scriptures and there was a moment when the Spirit really hit me and I suddenly understood a lot of the things I was confused about before. My heart was so full and is still full of gratitude. I have a firm belief in preisthood blessings and I know that the blessing President Young gave me really has helped and since that day I have really seen myself and my testimony be strengthened. I know  that Heavenly Father answers our prayers and that He knows each one of us personally and I know that I am serving here in the Oregon Eugene Mission for a reason. I also had the opportunity this week to go on splits with the Laurels in a different ward. I was able to take them tracting and it was a real confidence builder for me. They really depended on me to be their guide and I feel like it helped build my confidence so much because I didn't have anybody to rely on but myself and the Lord. I truly want to be the best missionary that I can be and the missionary that Heavenly Father wants me to be and I know that with God all things are possible and I know that if I continue to be diligent and work my hardest he will help me every step of the way.   Another thing I learned this week was to really just listen to what our investigators are saying. I've always been worried about what I was going to say next but this past week I really focused on just listening to them and I noticed that  as I did, everything else just came. I love this work and this gospel with all my heart. I know that my Savior lives and I will do all I can to follow Him and give all my life to him.

I love you so so so SOOOOOOO much and I hope you have a really great week!! I really can't express how much I appreciate all that you have done and do for me!

Love,
Sister Hall

P.S. Sorry this letter is all over the place!

Letter #8

Sent:	Mon 4/22/13 12:13 PM

Hi mom!! How are you doing???

So this past week has been quite the roller coaster. 3 of our investigators with a baptismal date, are no longer on date. We plan to have 2 of them back on date tonight though. The 2 we are meeting with tonight are part of a less active family and the dad has had a hard time with the word of wisdom in the past and is still some what struggling with it. We told him that if baptizing his children is something he really wants to do then we know that he can overcome this challenge and be ready. We talked to him on Thursday and he told us that he really appreciates our concern for him and his family. He said that he truly is striving to be worthy to baptize his children. We know that he can do it! One of the highlights of this week was when we had a lesson with a couple in their 50's. The spirit was so strong and before we could ask for a return appointment, he asked if we could come back again next week!  I feel like I have really learned a lot in just this past week. I feel that I am becoming a stronger person and begining to be more confident in myself. Even though it's hard at times I still wouldn't trade the experiences I've had for anything. People always say that a mission prepares you for the rest of your life, and I truly believe that it does. My relationship with sister schrishuhn has been getting better. we've talked a lot this past week about how we're feeling and that helped. Thank you so much for the thought of sending flowers! That was sweet of you and don't feel bad about me not getting mail or packages. It's not a big deal. One thing you could maybe send me in the package is dried mangos and one of those big bags of almonds from costco? Nuts are super expesive here, i don't know why and i've been craving almonds. Just the plain ones. You're amazing!
Sorry this letter is all over the place,i only have a limited time on the computer and random thoughts just come into my head. Thanks for making this e-mail all bright and colorful with lots of cute icons! It makes me smile :) Mom, thank you so much for all that you do. I really don't know what I would ever do without you! I hope that you are doing well and hope you have a really good week. I promise I will write more in my letter!

I love you!!

Love, Sister Hall

                                                      Sister Hall and Sister Schrishuhn

Letter #7

Sent:	Mon 4/08/13 3:57 PM

Mom!!! Thank you so much for sending me all of the e-mails from Trevor! I don't have enough time to read them all right now but hopefully i'll be able to print them off and read them soon! Also I might have to reply and answer all of your questions through a letter because today is transfer day and we don't have very much time... like usual! Haha anyway, I can't believe i've already made it to my first transfer! I've been in the field 6 weeks and on my mission 8 weeks! It's SOOOOOO crazy!! I am staying here in Albany but Sister Francom is being transferred to Springfield. I'm sad to see here go but I am so grateful for all that she has taught me and for being so patient with me. My new companion is Sister Schrishuhn! She is great! I just barely met her and she seems like a really awesome person! I can't wait to get to know her more. She's been out only 4 months as to Sister Francom was out 1 year on the 3rd of April! Sister Francom and I were able to do some service at a members home the other day with the Zone Leaders and it was so much fun! We pretty much redid their whole backyard! This week has been another incredible one! We have seen so many miracles and sometimes I would find myself just smiling and sometimes even crying because I witness the miracles right before my eyes. I can't even say enough how grateful I am to have the opportunity to be serving a mission especially here in the OEM (Oregon Eugene Mission). I love this work with all my heart! I know that the Atonement of Jesus Christ is real and that this truly is His church restored upon the earth again today. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that through it I have gained a greater relationship with my Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ :)

I'm so glad that you were able to watch General Conference! It was so awesome to hear from the leaders of our church! They are truly inspired!

I hope everyone back home is doing so well and that you are enjoying the sunshine! I know that I have never been so grateful for the sun in my whole life then now. It only rained like 4 times this week and that's a record! Haha!  I will try my absolute hardest to get a letter out to you today! I love you so much!! Please forward this e-mail to my dad and whoever else might want to see it! Thank you so much for everything! I love  and miss you!!! Have a great great week!!

Love,

Sister Hall :D

Letter #6

Sent:	Mon 4/01/13 12:55 PM

Mom!!!!!!
This week was SO great! I absolutely love this work! Sister Francom and I saw lots of miracles, both big and small. Yesterday when we were tracting, a lady and her niece came up to us and said "Hi, you're mormon, right? Will you pray with us? It was so awesome! We prayed and then walked with her for awhile. She said she wants us to share more with her and her sisters family!! We also committed to kids to be baptized on the 27th of April! I am so excited for them! They are such an amazing family. I love getting to know new people and helping them come closer to Christ and strengthening their faith. I just love this gospel with all my heart!

Don't worry at all about sending me an Easter package, in fact please don't. Lol I don't mean to be rude but we have gotten so much candy, cake, brownies and just other random stuff from members that we are getting rather sick of sweets. Haha weird I know. Anyway, Easter yesterday was such a great day! We went to Bishops for dinner and had an easter egg hunt. They made us feel right at home :) That's so scary that Janiece's bank got robbed! I hope all is well with her and the family. I got a letter from Olivia and it totally made my day! She is just the cutest! And I also got an e-mail from Trevor's grandparents with all sorts of updates! It's so great to hear how everyone is doing back home! I have been wondering about the same thing about the new salem mission. I'm not sure who stays and who goes and we won't know until the 1st of july but no matter where we go, it's because that is where the Lord needs us. Oh! Will you please send me a letter with everyone's e-mails and addresses please? I don't get very much time on the computer so it's hard to write everything down and still have enough time to write everyone. I hope you are all doing well! I pray for everyone back home as well as the people I teach everyday. I don't think my prayers have ever been so long in my whole life. There are so many people to pray for but it's so great! I love you so much and I am so grateful for all you do for me! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

Love,

Sister Hall

Letter #5

Sent:	Mon 3/25/13 12:08 PM

Hi mom!!! How are you? So.... My car is sold? That's so weird. What's even weirder is that I haven't driven for like almost 2 months! Can you believe that i've been out almost 2 months!!?!? It's just crazy! I'm so glad you had a fun birthday and that you liked my gift! I was so worried that the mug might have broken so I hope it didn't. That is so awesome that you guys planted a garden!!! And it sounds like everyone is doing well! That makes me happy! And it's good to hear that you and Rich are doing something productive together. Tell him that i'm sorry I never congratulated him on getting the priesthood. That is something so important and I am proud of him for being able to get it. Tell him also that Im really grateful for all that he's done for me and thanks for making you happy :)
So this week was a bit slow but it was good! We saw lots of little miracles throughout each day and now have 5 new investigators to teach! Even though this work is hard sometimes I have really learned to appreciate the good things in life and how grateful I am to be apart of this wonderful gospel and to have the knowledge of the everlasting truthfulness of it. Serving a mission has really forced me to get out of my comfort zone and do things I wouldn't normally do and sometimes it's just SOO hard and I want to cry but it is such a growing experience and I know that a lot of the things i've learned just in these past couple weeks will help me throughout my life. It's really strengthened my testimony and I am so grateful for the opportunity I've been given to serve a mission.

I love you so much and love getting letters and e-mails from you! Tell everyone I said "Hi!!"

Love,

Sister Hall

P.S. Sister Francom's parents wanted to know if they could get your phone number and address and for you guys to meet maybe? Let me know if that's something you want to do?

P.S.S. Did you get any of the pictures I sent or did chels show you?

 

                                                  Lyndsie's apartment in Albany, Oregon
                                              in the 3 Lakes Ward and the Lebanon Zone

 

 

                                         New missionaries to the Oregon, Eugene Mission

Letter #4

Sent:	Mon 3/18/13 12:44 PM

Hi mom!! How are you doing?

Guess what????? There has been a change in the e-mail policy! We can now e-mail anyone outside of mission boundaries!! That means everyone!!.. Except Trevor :( But that's okay. Will you tell Janiece that she can send e-mails to me if she would like from Trevor? And I think you can e-mail him too! I am so happy that he sent you a letter! I'm so anxious to see what he said! I wanna know so bad how he is doing and what has been going on with him and the work. I hear that he is doing very well but nothing more than that. Anyways, last thursday was zone conference and it was SOOOOO great! I learned so much and got to see Presdient and Sister Young again. It's always nice to see them! A lot has happened with Beverly. She actually told us that she wanted her baptism to be on a special day and I had told her before that your birthday was on the 23rd and she remembered and said that she wanted it to be on that day because of you! I was so excited but then she said she had something that day so we're aiming for the 30th! We are also currently teaching two kids a 9 and 12 year old. The 9 year old girl said she wants to be baptized as soon as  possible and the 12 year old boy said he wasn't sure because he was learning about science stuff in school so working hard with him. We have been seeing a lot of miracles lately and it's just so exciting! We ran into a couple 2 weeks ago and they agreed for us to  come back but they haven't been home the past 2 times but they are seriously GOLDEN! The lady is big into  the t.v. show sister wives and thought that we were sister wives as well. Haha! oh the things people think about mormons she also thought we never dated. EVER! Haha! Sorry this e-mail is all over the place. Have you been forwarding my e-mails to my dad? if not will you please do so! I will try to write him and kayla and sarah but there's barely enough time to write you and pres. young. I hope everyone back home is doing well! I miss everyone so much! This past week was kinda hard for me cause I was feeling really homesick but I'm okay :) I will try to send some pictures and write more next week! Tell everyone that I love them all so much!

P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I love you so so so so so SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much!!!! I hope you have the best day on Saturday! I wish I could be there!

Love,

Sister Hall :)

Letter #3

Sent:	Mon 3/11/13 3:35 PM

Mom!!!!! I love you so much!! And I love your e-mails! I won't have time to answer all your questions but let me just say that this past week has been so crazy! It's definitely been a roller coaster. I don't even know where to start! So we are teaching this lady who has been through a lot in her life. She has a son who is autistic and a daughter that is a lesbian. And she LOVES cats. Actually everyone in Oregon loves cats. They are seriously EVERYWHERE!!! I can never seem to get the cat hair off of my jacket cause everywhere I go there are cats! Anyways, back to Beverly. Yesterday we had a lesson with her and it was so insane. I'm not even joking when I say that. I felt like the Spirit and Satan were in the room at the same time.. I honestly don't even know what happened. When we left we were so extremely exhausted. We were at her home for 4 hours and we were an hour late for dinner. We've taught her all of the discussions and have asked her to be baptized multiple times but she said that she believes that all churches are true and that she was already baptized in a different church and that God accepts that. I will tell you more next time because I'm running short on time. The whole mission had a conference call the other day and we were told what zones were going to be in the new Salem mission. Some of us will be put into that mission but we won't know until July. We all committed to making these next 4 months the 4 months of Miracles. Sorry my letters are all so choppy and all over the place. There is so much going on in my mind right now. Thank you so much for forwarding Janiece and Trevor's e-mails to me. They made me smile SOOOOOOO SOO big!! President Young talked to me yesterday and said that Trevor is doing extremely well and a couple of nights ago during a conference call I heard Trevor's voice! Haha I'm a dork I know!  Anyway, I will try my best to get a letter out to you today but even P-days are crazy busy! Will you please forward these e-mails to chelsie and dad and whoever else might want them. Tell Roman I said Happy Birthday and give him a hug for me. That's too bad that Ry and Kel didn't get the house :( That just means that there is a better one somewhere else. Tell Janiece that I have already seen and met a lot of the same people that Trevor has met and tell the rest of the family that I love them so so much and miss everyone like crazy!

Mom, I want you to know how much I love and appreciate all that you have and that you do for me. I am so grateful that you are my mom and for all that you have taught me. I was told I have a package at the mission office but I won't get it until they bring it to me because it wasn't sent through USP. I'm guessing it's from chels. Tell her she can e-mail me anyday anytime!

I love you all!!

Love,

Sister Hall    

Letter #2

Sent:	Mon 3/04/13 2:33 PM

Hi mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love you so much!! Oregon is AMAZING!!!! It is so incredibly green and moss grows everywhere!! I am in a place called Albany in the 3 Lakes Ward and the Lebanon Zone. Lebanon is where Trevor was just before transfers, he was transferred to Roseburg but I’m not really sure where that is. My zone leader Elder Tilley said that he went on an exchange with Trevor just a few weeks ago and talked for hours about us and just everything. It's nice to know that even though we can't stay in touch, others within the mission can keep us updated on each other as well as you and Janiece! My companion in Sister Francom from Santa Clara Utah! Small world, huh? We didn't know each other before so it's been fun getting to know her. We live in a 2 story apartment that has a balcony and a huge grassy backyard! My first tracting experience was a lot different than what I expected. I never knew how many churches/religions there were in the world, let alone one little area. I swear there is at least 15 different churches within like 4 blocks of where I live. It's insane! Oh!! President Young is absolutely great! I love him and Sister Young already! They are truly inspired and I can tell they truly care about each and every one of us missionaries. The work is really hard and sometimes I feel like I’m not strong enough to be serving a mission or it's not for me, especially when people slam doors in your face and tell you that they don't believe in God but they believe in Extra- Terrestrial things aka aliens. It makes me truly sad for them. But I just have to keep remembering that Heavenly Father has a plan for everyone and maybe they’re just not ready at this time to hear and accept the Gospel. But I do know that I am where I am supposed to be and I am so happy to be here! I don't really have much time but please tell everyone that I love them and that they are always in my prayers. I got your package of cookies at the MTC and they were super delicious! My roommates loved them too! I haven't gotten a package from chelsie yet but if you guys send anything else please send it to the mission home address. 55 West 29th Ave., Ste A Eugene Oregon 97405. I am so glad that you are keeping in contact with Janiece, please continue to do so and let me know if there are any updates on how Trevor is doing! Please forward this e-mail to my dad. I don't have much time to e-mail everyone but I will try next week. I love everyone so so so much and hope you are all doing well!

Love,

Sister Hall

Lyndsie & Sister Francom (1st companion)

Lyndsie with President and Sister Young 

 

 

P.S. Sorry about the call at the airport.. the bus started smoking on the way to the airport so we got there late and our flight was pretty much boarding when we got there. I LOVE FLYING THOUGH!!! It is SOOO cool!

My apartment address is 2522 SE Main Street Albany Oregon 97322 but I don't know when transfers are so it would probably be best to just sent everything to the mission home so I don't miss it.

 

Letter #1

Sent: February 20, 2013 1:37 PM,

Hi mom!!

How are you? I'm sorry that I haven't written you until now. The MTC is a crazy busy place! We don't get time to our selves at all. The only day we really do is P-day but they're on Wednesdays and i got here on a wednesday and leave next wednesday. Time is a weird thing in the MTC. We wake up at 6:00 and don't get back to our residence hall until almost 10:00 at night so we pretty much have 17 hour days. I don't think i've ever been so mentally, physically, emotionally, and spirtitually exhausted in my whole life. The first couple of days were really hard for me. I was feeling so inadequete because i felt like everybody knew so much more than I did about the gospel but i've learned that it doesn't really matter how much you know the doctrine beacuse we are taught to teach by the spirit. I am in a tri- companionship which means i have 2 companions instead of 1. There is Sister Peterson who is from Pittsburg Pensylvania and is an art major at BYU. Then there is Sister Hancock who is from Ogdon utah who is a tiny, spunky, and quite loud but they are both sweet girls. I don't have much time left, i'm doing my laundry right now and there are like a million other missionaries that need to use the computer as well and our time on the computer is timed. But I want you to know how much I love and appreciate everything that you have done and do for me. I love getting letters from home! They help SOO much! I miss you like crazy mom and hope you are doing well.

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

Love, Lyndsie

P.S. Please, please stay in contact with Trevor's mom! Thank you! Tell everyone I said Hi and that i love and miss them! Give petey a hug for me!

Love you!

Dropping her off at the curb...

 

 

MTC District after a session at the Temple