Dear Family,
WOW. What do I even say? I'm so happy to hear things are going good 5 hours South from here. Make sure to get the boys giant elk for me. I'm so glad you got to see Elder Till!! I'm glad you hugged him haha. Thanks for all the pictures and videos! I'm still trying to figure out how to do videos, but all the pictures were so cute :) Btw, I got your Dear Elder, it was wonderful! Love you guys so much!
But seriously. I AM SO GLAD I DECIDED TO GO ON A MISSION. I know this is where I'm suppose to be and there isn't anywhere I'd rather be. I get up at
5:30am every day. Yeah that's for real. And I go to bed at around
11pm every night (by the time I write in my journal and get ready for bed) I have classroom instruction with my district 6 hours every day and around 2 hours of scripture study. They are so amazing!! I'll make sure to send pictures. My companions (yes, I have two) are Sister Lee from North Logan, she had a stroke when she was ten and so has a little problem with the left side of her body. She has a little limp and a hard time using fine motor skills with her left hand, but she's an inspiration. Such a sweet girl and so dedicated. My other companion is Sister Kang and she's from South Korea. She speaks amazing English and I seriously love her. She's also sweet and a little quiet, but being around the loud and sassy Sister Penman she's been totally coming out of her shell and she's jokes around with me all the time! I love it! I'm in a room with 3 bunk beds, but its just us three in the room!! So I get my own vanity/desk to use in the morning and that is heavenly. Also, I listen to my ipod every morning to get us pumped for the day. Obviously it's all my hymn cds, but I don't even feel bad I can't really listen to anything else. How can you not have an amazing day if you start it off with Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing?
The days are just flying by. They made us teach the first day we got here! In a group, but nevertheless it was a little scary!
Tomorrow we start teaching our Progressing Investigator. We do that four times in the MTC before I go to the mission field. Every day I'm learning so much, making friends, and having such an incredible time. My district are my best friends because we all are here for the same purpose. We all have testimonies of this church, but here is where we are becoming converted to Christ because that's what it's all about. I just heard a talk yesterday and it was about our Savior. I just want to remind you to say your prayers every day and when you say "In the name of Jesus Christ, amen" Remember that, we say Christ's name because without his Atonement we wouldn't be able to speak to our Heavenly Father. I just think of Prayer so differently. Always be grateful and hold to the rod ya'll. I love you so much!!! Have a great week! And kill some fat elk for me!
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