so first off chris holy cow. the email i recieved from dad was the first one i read. what a testimony in the protection of the lords missionaries.
for us here transfers are on feb 2nd and im anxious to see what happens.... changes are coming i can feel it. pres has some tricks up his sleeve. but do you know what today is?? today is my 1/4 mark of how long ive been out on my mission. chris hit his the beginning of this month--his is every 6 months and mine is every 4.5...so this is the first and last marking point we will hit together. and not only is it my 1/4 mark but is also herman laytons 3/4 mark...so today the annual quarter mark ritual of burning a tie will be taking place. :)
this week i have really loved this week. we are teaching some awesome people and i jsut love this. we are teaching this family and we have been going over and seeing them and its just so fun and they just have desire to learn and have so many questions and awesome stories and they love making crafts. so their my kind of people. but they finally came to church on sunday!!!!! it was awesome! and they loved it! :) i cant wait to go see them again this week :) :)
Twice a week we have been going to the Rockford Rescue Mission and helping there. we ususally serve food and what not. but i seriously love going there. we get a chance to talk to some of the people and i believe i talked to you about this a bit earlier but there is this program specifically for men with addiction problems that come and they basically like live there and take classes and work together at overcoming their addictions. and i have such a cool opportunity to talk to some pretty awesome people. who have such strong testimonies in their savior and having faith. it is so fun and cool to see how relationships build and that it gets easier and easier to go and talk to people there shamelessly about the gospel. i really feel that most people really like talking about religion especially with someone who has a firm belief in one. its just not a usual conversation people have with others so having this badge on saying that i am a representative of jesucristo really is awesome.
we are moving next week the 28th and 29th and this should be an interesting stich what with being in all this snow and stuff and the fact that we are moving not one set of missionaries but 2 into completely different appts. so we have been working on that this week to see that everything can be easy peasy lemon squeezy on those days.
we are moving next week the 28th and 29th and this should be an interesting stich what with being in all this snow and stuff and the fact that we are moving not one set of missionaries but 2 into completely different appts. so we have been working on that this week to see that everything can be easy peasy lemon squeezy on those days.
we had zone meeting last tuesday and that was aweomse i think i mentioned a little about it last week. but it was pretty motivating and uplifting. we are now able to go on mormon.org cause theyve updated that site up and its super super nifty. check it out and watch some videos even make your own profile so that others can get to see that mormons are real and normal people with just a little bit of extra-ordinaryiness to them :)
its about a 2-3 hour drive to get from here to the chicago temple. and mom i had no idea that youve been there! thats so cool! its a pretty teeny tiny temple but still beautiful all the same. the blessings and peace that come from the temple are pretty beautiful themselves.
other than all this stuff the work moves forward and pushes on. i seriously love being out here and am so grateful that the lord worked extra hard to get me out here cause this has seriously been some of the best experiances de mi vida. its hard and fun and so worth every minute of it. whoever can--do it and go on a mission! ITS THE BEST!!!! :)
I love you all and look forward to hearing from you soon and recieveing butt loads and butt loads of letters in my mail box this week! ;p
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