#17
Ramses how are you???? (nacho moment) Hello my most beautiful family! How are you all? It sounds like you’re doing fantastic! I am so very glad to hear that!
Well. THIS WEEK HAS BEEN GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Honestly the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. When I say that I don’t mean that I am struggling. I know you all worry about that but I really am not struggling for the most part! There are times of struggle and times of success. It’s all learning and growing but life is great 🙂
ALRIGHT. So to begin! I know you are all dying to hear how my baptism went……………………..…………………………………………………………….. Well. It was great!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a few little scares because it was both ours first baptism! But we got it all figured out 🙂 So I will send you a copy of the program in a letter. But we had a few speakers and one of the Elders here has a uke! So he played that while we sang the primary song “When I am baptized” it sounded great and Brother K. started tearing up. And his daughter (who’s never shown an interest in the church) came to church!!!!!!!!!! So we had his baptism and I just cried because I was so happy. Brother K. wanted to bear his testimony and it was the most fervent, simple, beautiful testimony. He talked about how he was so lost when we found him but that he knows why he is here and thanked us for all we did for him. But to be completely honest, it was all between him and the Lord we were just blessed enough to be a part of it and help him to understand things. He’s really blessed our lives immensely. So yeah! It all went very well. It was the best first baptism that I could have asked for.
Ummmm… oh I got a letter from Kels and she sounded so worried that I was struggling and said she could tell from my emails. Oh man sorry if I’ve been a negative Nancy!!!! SO I wanted to tell you all that things that I am grateful to have and all of the great things about being it here!
1. It is so bright and sunshiney here. Yeah we sweat our guts out but I am grateful for the warm weather and the sun.
2. I am grateful for the people that i work with here. They are the very best. I honestly feel at home here and the people are almost always very kind 🙂
3. I love my companion. Sister T. is the bomb.com. She has been there for me all the way. Yeah there are times where everything doesn’t go smooth and we are bugged by each other. She is the kindest person in the world and very service oriented. She wants to serve everyone and she knows how to teach simply and help people to understand on their level. We have been through A LOT together and we have had lots of time to learn and grow as a companionship.
4. I love the branch that I serve in. The members are so strong, I don’t know how they do it.
I literally could go on forever. So for all who are within the sound of my voice. Sister Emily is a very happy girl and is not sad! I am alright. Yes a mission is tough. But so am I! So I am going to keep fighting strong. I know I have a lot to improve on and it’s hard to be patient with myself sometimes but I love this work so much!
Don’t worry about a thing…. CAUSE EVERY LITTLE THING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everybody loves Bob Marley 😉
Have fun in Lake Powell family!!!!! Don’t have too much fun 😉
Em- you are the bestest sister missionary in the West Indies! What a joy it is to read your letters and see how blessing others has brought you happiness. There is no greater joy! Love you!