Whoops!!! Last weeks letter. :)

I'm so sorry. I just found this in my drafts and realized that I didn't send it. Whoops!!! Last weeks letter. :)

"There Is Sunshine In My Soul Today!!" Quote Jefferey R Holland, Quote Eliza E. Hewitt
That sounds awesome Sophie!! I'm glad your shredding it up in Ice Skating. Wow, I hope the skate move you're learning isn't as hard to execute as it is to say. Sorry to hear about your teeth. My teeth are doing great. I miss you too!!

Great work Savannah!! I'm glad you got some delicious treats and a t-shirt. Everything's worth it if you get a t-shirt. Remember that. Sorry to hear about your finger. You should probably just cut it off. ;) I can't wait to see your bubble gun!!

Good Work LOGAN!!!! Way to kill it in the Knowledge Bowl. And HAPPY BIRTHDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Wow. 17 Years Old. That's how old I was when I kissed my first girl. That's how old you will be when you kiss you're first girl, if you haven't already yet. Prophesy made. Get it done.

And no, Mom, the member said that HE had the gift of prophesy and that I was going to become a General Authority. I don't often tell people that I have the gift of Prophesy. And be careful with what you say, Mom, there's no need for my head to get any bigger than it is. First, I have to become a Free Mason, THEN I can work towards being a General Authority. ;) And don't worry, living worthily and marrying the right person is the easy part. Now finding someone person that I can live with and love for the eternity. That'll take some time.

Great work on the Manicotti. You should send me some for my Birthday. :) I really don't care what kind of electric razor. I've never actually used one before, so I couldn't tell you the differences. My neck size is still 16 1/2 (luckily) and my arm length I believe is 32 or 36. Thanks!!

Well, this was a week. Pretty crazy stuff.

Monday we met with some awesome member families and helped them with their own personal missionary work.

It was really cool on Tuesday, because we were meeting with an investigator and teaching him about Apostles and Prophets. In the past, he had some doubts on the Prophet before, but while we were teaching about him, Elder Hansen bore strong testimony on the reality of the calling of the Prophet. I then said "I know that that is true." And then he said, oh so quietly, but audibly "I know it's true too." It was SO GOOD!!!!! He's so ready for baptism. His wife and kid just need to get back. Later Tuesday night we had two missionaries stay over, because they had a big meeting the next day. One missionary, Elder Dardon, has been out in the mission a little longer than I have, so we were able to kick it back to the old days. It was really fun.

Wednesday Morning, our Zone Leaders called us and asked us to trash our apartment so they could take some pictures of a "dirty apartment" to show as an example for other missionaries. It was very ironic that they asked two missionaries with probably one of the cleanest apartments in the mission to trash theirs'. :| Of course, I guess they wouldn't ask missionaries with a dirty apartment if they could come take pictures of it, because then the missionaries would feel really bad. That's not a bad idea though. Needless to say, we TRASHED our apartment. Luckily we had the help of the other two Elders. (I'll send some pics) Thankfully the Zone Leaders helped us clean it up afterwards.

Thursday, one of our investigators took us out to a delicious lunch and we had a great conversation with her about the Book of Mormon and Temples. She is so ready for baptism also. Hopefully that will come soon.

Friday we had the Temple Trip!!! It was pretty great. I got to see a lot of missionaries in the mission. Directly afterwards I had my District Meeting where I made like a hundred Brownies and gave everyone the "Lock Your Heart" Missionary Talk by Spencer W Kimball to read. I recommend it to everyone: Missionaries (Of Course) and Non-Missionaries (So they can rebuke missionaries who don't do it).

Later on Friday, I had the opportunity to go on exchanges with Elder Leung. He's such a great guy. I've been in the same zone as him for 5/6 of his mission. So we're pretty close. We had a great time and met with some really great people.

Saturday and Sunday we GENERAL CONFERENCE!!!!

Apart from listening to the words of the Prophets, on Saturday, a bunch of us missionaries went out to Five Guys for lunch and later (to keep the Flint Family Tradition alive) we went and got Blizzards at Dairy Queen! I committed to Elder Babbel that that will be the last ice cream I eat until I get home (other than on my Birthday, or if a member offers it to me), so I got a large. Most of it is still in our freezer. :)

Sunday was a pretty crazy day. We went by an investigator's in the morning and he told us that he was coming to Conference and a baptism that was happening between sessions. Then he didn't come. So we called him and told him to come to the last session. He said he would, then he didn't. So we were pretty bummed out. On the contrary!! Another investigator came to both the first session and the baptism and she LOVED THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! Us and her RM son are both trying to invite her to get baptized as soon as possible because she is SO ready!! Later on Sunday, we met with our Bishop and his six year-old daughter told me that my Spanish isn't good, so I challenged her to a Spanish Talk-Off. I'll let you know how that goes later on.

One of my favorite Conference Talks was by Joy D Jones. The one woman who gave a talk in Conference. Although most of the talk made me trunky about have kids, I really liked the point she made about how people need to keep their commitments. As a missionary, it is honestly one of the most frustrating things, for missionaries, when Investigators don't keep their commitments. In the world we're living in, people are become worse and worse at keeping their commitments, promises, oaths, vows, etc. One thing I have been focusing on more in my life is being trustworthy with my commitments. If I truly tell someone I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it!! As Joy D Jones says, it is not only a great thing we should practice, it's a great thing to teach to the next generation. We do this by helping them to keep "simple promises." Because with practice comes perfection. :) So that's my invitation to you all, not only to teach the next generation how to keep commitments and promises, but to keep them yourselves!! I commit you to doing that. ;) Well, I love you all and hope you have a great week!!