11/25/13

I am doing good. Yes I got a new companion, the funny thing is that we came out together! :) She is super sweet, and really nice. She is also like 5'10" so when I send pictures home I will look really short but I promise that I am the same height. I live in the middle of nowhere... we live in Sunderland and have to drive 20 min to get to church, 45 min to get to the bishops, and I dont know about others. But it is sooooo cold here. Saturday night there was like a blizzard! it was snowing, and super icy, and the wind is horrible!!! When I go outside I can only feel my face for about 5 min before it goes numb... For some reason I am driving again, dont know how that happened... But I was driving and the car started to go sideways!!!!! SIDEWAYS! It wouldnt let me brake, and I didnt know what was going on. But Sister Scott is from UT so she was able to help me through it. There is snow outside!!! Blah.

My address is:

253 Amherst rd. apt D6

Sunderland, Ma

i think that the zip is like 01006... not sure about the last number though.

I like "hue" and "angel" But if she sees any other colors that are good, we can go with those. I need a nude color ("hue") and I like a soft pink color("angel").

We are going to a members house for Thanksgiving. it doesnt feel the same though. :( But this ward is really great. They are super ready for missionary work, and I am excited to work with them. 

Zone Conference

11/20/13 Zone Conference

I just thought that I would share something from Zone Conference, cause it was pretty fantastic! Elder Nielsen of the 70 was there (exclamation point). He is so tall. I got to shake his hand and say hi after our lunch. And he held my hand for a second, and said that it was really good to see me, and asked me how I was. During this he was starring into my soul. Starring into my soul. It was like he could see everything that I have ever done and will do. Just to shake his hand was a spiritual experience. I took some pictures, but we have to go now. 

11/20/2013 Transfer Week

11/20/13 Transfer Week!

Mom! I am getting transferred!! To Amherst! I am going to freeze! It is a little town in north Ma. I will be in a YSA ward considered the whole population is college students... funsies! 

I got your package!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! I am wearing my boots right now, and I have already looked through a lot of my quote journal. I loved the funny things too. Where do you get those things? 

11/11/2013

It is supposed to snow tomorrow! Eeekk!!! The week was good. We got a new investigator! Yay! :) We are going on splitz tomorrow so I will be in Belmont on the hunt for Mitt Romney!! hahaha lol. Transfer text is this Saturday! So I will find out where I am going, if I am going anywhere. I have a feeling that I am staying though. So next week I will be emailing on Wednesday!! Just a heads up! The work is going really well here. The ward is finally catching the missionary spirit! 

11/4/13 letter

There is  a lady who we are teaching who is from Cape Verde. She is here for medical treatment and is staying with family for the time. She had a tumor in her brain, and they went in and removed it. However, she now has another cysts in there, and a blood clot in here back. She was in the hospital for a week and a half. The doctors are doing a lot of tests to help figure out what is wrong. She is in a lot of pain and is taking pain killers. We went to visit with her last night and she kept saying "God knows". This woman is heartbroken because she has to stay here for another six months at the least, and this is that much more time spent away from her three kids and husband in Cape Verde. She misses her family so much, but all she says is "God knows". Her faith is absolutely amazing. Her visa is expired, so she would have to go back to the Cape to get another one, but she cant because she is receiving medical treatment that they don't have there. And she has to have this treatment to live. And she still says "God knows". If everyone's faith could be like this the world would be so much different. I feel like it would be a better place, where people treated each other nicer, and had more understanding. I have a lot to learn from this woman.  

Newspaper Article from 9/21/13

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130921/SPECIAL/309210301&cid=sitesearch

email 10/14

I want to let you know that I have had a great week. At transfer meeting this Thursday President Haight spoke about obedience and shared this story. It is about a girl on her mission in Italy. Her mission pres had told them in a conference to not go into the water. So one day, a really hot day, her and her comp decided to walk along the beach, and they got closer and closer to the water. Soon they were ankle deep, and then they were calf deep. Then they realized that they needed to get out. Earlier that morning the girl had cut herself shaving in the shower. A few days later this girls leg is swollen and very painful. It got to the point to where her comp had to carry her into the doctors office. The doctor looked at her leg and he could feel it throbbing. So they decide to do an immediate procedure to relive the swelling. When they cut into her leg insects came spilling out. Now this was due to a small nick from shaving and severe disobedience. He shared another story.

Two sister down in South America knocked on this mans door. He opened the door and they said that they were from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He said come in we need your help. His mother was having severe back pain, and they didn't know why. The girls asked if they could look at her back, they got permission, and when they lifted her shirt they saw a hole in her back that insects had made a nest in. These girls were calm and immediately said a prayer. They they were able to get they help this woman needed. Because of their obedience they were able to remain calm, and to do the things which needed to be done to save this sisters life.

Ok, bugs, gross. But it got the point across. Now whenever there is a slight possibility of disobedience we think of the possible consequence, and having insects in your leg is not worth it, not matter what it is.