Letter #65

Sent:

Mon 6/09/14 3:28 PM

Hello!

I can't believe it's Monday again! The time is going by so insanely fast. I'm not quite sure how much I like it. Dad e-mailed me and told me that I only have 10 weeks left................. Not okay. It's hard to think that that day is coming.

This past week was SOOO amazing! Well mostly just Thursday cause I got to see Trevor!! It was one of the best days thus far! I can't even explain how great it was but I will try. Sister Falepapalangi and I drove up to Eugene that morning and we all met in the chapel. President talked a little bit about "Being More" and finding "Treasures." He told us that we were going on a hike up near Florence (near the Coast) to Sweet Creek. He told us too really listen to the Spirit and search for those treasures that were hidden and how we could relate it to finding families. The trail was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! There were tons of waterfalls all along the way. When we got to the end, there was a great magnificent waterfall where we all sat around and talked for a minute. Something kind of funny happened while there.... I was standing somewhat near Trevor when they were taking pictures of everyone. Sister Falepapalangi was trying so hard to get pictures of just Trevor and I but it was pretty impossible. I guess President Young caught on to what she was trying to do and told me in a very nonchalant way that he needed me to stand up and take a step forward. He then told Elder O'Neal (who was standing next to Trevor) that he needed him to back up to block the sun (there was no sun at all- Haha!) He also told Sister Young that she needed to duck down for a minute. Lol! He snapped a picture of the two of us side-by-side with the waterfall in the background. I could feel every missionary staring at us. I. JUST. LOVE. THAT. MAN. This probably isn't making any sense but all in all- It was my favorite day!

Since President and Sister Young are going home soon, we decided that we would make their last MLC the best one yet. Some of the missionaries made t-shirts for everyone to wear and Sister Fale' and I made lays for them. We had a really wonderful meeting. For the last hour, President and Sister Young did a Q&A  and that was fun. They were both being so funny the whole time. They started talking about the new mission president and that was really rough, especially at the end. I couldn't hold back the tears and I looked like a mess. President also took Trevor and I out to the foyer and talked to us for a little bit and told us that he wanted each of us to write a letter to each other in the month of June. That was a huge blessing to hear. It seems like the closer the time gets to going home the more I miss Trevor. Anyway, I'm sorry if this e-mail is all over the place and doesn't make sense.

The rest of the week was really good too. We met almost every one of our goals and it felt so good! One of the goals we set was to have 2 people on date for baptism, we got 4!!!! We had a lesson with Sophia, the 11 year old girl and it went so well. We invited her to be baptized and when she said yes we asked her what she felt, she started tearing up and said, " It feels really good that someone is actually asking me." Her parents both passed away awhile ago so her grandmother is raising her. We are beyond excited and can't wait for her baptism day!! We also had a very spirit filled lesson with one of our less actives. She just got her temple recommend and so we talked about temples. I cried. A LOT. I felt kind of guilty though because I received a ton of revelation in that lesson for myself about my future family when I probably should have been receiving it for her. It was a really tender experience though and it makes me want a family of my own SO bad! We had a lot of other really great lessons with our investigators and I wish I could tell you all of them but I am running out of time. I hope you know how much I love and appreciate all that you do for me. I love you so so much!

Love,

Lyndsie

Sister Hall

 
P.S. I just found your e-mail so I will try to read it and get back to you.