Letter #45

Sent:	Mon 1/13/14 12:44 PM

Hello!

I'm glad you liked the poem I sent! And I'm super glad you received the letter at Aunt Kathie's house!! I thought I was being pretty clever ;) The poem truly does express exactly how I feel as a missionary though. And it's true what Sarah said about how you can't really explain or put into words your mission experience. I'm glad that little Josh was able to read it before he left for the MTC. I still can't believe he's going that soon! So Crazy! Anyway, it looks and sounds like you and Chels had a great time in Salt Lake. That gymnastics competition looks like it was a blast! How was the seminar? OH!!! And is Stacie pregnant again?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! That is SUPER exciting!!!! If she is, when is her due date?? It better be after I get home! Lol! And do you happen to have Sarah's e-mail address? How is she doing? 3 jobs? Crazy lady!

This week was a pretty good one for me as well! We had interviews with President and Sister Young and I just love them so so much! President asked me how I feel about training again so I have a feeling that's might what happen this next transfer. He also said some other really great things about the future that made my heart really really happy!! :D It seems like the weeks keep flying by faster and faster. A lot of our appointments fell through but the incredible lessons that we were able to have with our progressing investigators, made up for those that didn't happen. We met with Holly again and she is honestly the most prepared investigator I have ever met! We taught her about the Word of Wisdom, and she was very accepting of everything and has set a goal date to stop smoking by the 25th!!!! She is seriously SOO golden and SOO excited for her baptism! We also met with Dan again and he was so excited about all the things that he found while studying the Book of Mormon and the pamphlet that we left him. I'm pretty sure he said "I'm getting goosebumps" like 30 times! He is just AWESOME! Another lesson we had was with a Recent Convert. She's 13 and during her lesson she stopped us and started telling us all about the drama going on at school and her little crush on a boy... It made me super grateful that I'm not in High School anymore. Haha! Last night we had a few minutes until our dinner appointment so we decided to stop by one of our Potential Investigators that we found while tracting a while ago to tell her about a class that we are having at the church. We shared a scripture from the Book of Mormon and the Spirit hit so strong. She totally broke down in tears and thanked us for coming into her life and that this is what she really needs right now. It's moments like these that really build my testimony that Heavenly Father truly does place us in certain situations and places at just the right time. I love this gospel more than anything else and I feel so incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to share it with everyone I come in contact with each day. I honestly don't know where or who I'd be if it weren't for this gospel and the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know that He lives and that He is there for us no matter what. He wants us to come to Him and partake of the peace and happiness that only He can offer. I love him so much and I love the person that I am becoming because of Him.

I hope that you have a wonderful wonderful week! You are the BEST!

I LOVE YOU!!

Love,

Lynds :)

P.S. TODAY IS MY 11 MONTH MARK!!! Crazy stuff!

P.S.S. Does it seem to be going by fast or slow at home?

 

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