Wednesday, August 28, 2013

I just wanna dance...


Please note^^ I haven't been dancing in 9 months and I'm suffering from serious withdrawals this week. It's my stress relief. So you can imagine 9 months of stress without dancing or swimming to relax me. It builds.

Anyway. I love you.  HELLO FAMILY!
I made a bunch of bullet points of things I want to say so this email once again will probably be super scattered. (:

First of all-- I finally qualify as one of the super exhausted missionaries. I was saying my prayers after personal study the other day so I was kneeling down leaning on my chair and I totally fell asleep! I'm pooped. I woke up eventually though. Lol. Hilarious!

OH ALSO I JUST REMEMBERED THAT YESTERDAY WAS LAUREN BAKER'S BIRTHDAY. DEAR LAUREN-- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU READ THIS BUT I LOVE YOU AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU OLD WOMAN!! I HOPE YOUR LIFE IS PERFECT! BUT I KNOW ITS NOT BECAUSE NO ONE'S LIFE IS PERFECT! BUT REALLY I HOPE THAT IT'S SUPER SUPER HAPPY AND THAT YOU FEEL SUPER SUPER LOVED BECAUSE I LOVE YOU AND SO DOES JESUS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PUNKIN HEAD!

So this pas week was weird. On Tuesday we went on exchanges with our sister training leaders (Sister O'Brien came to Bade with me and my companion went to Taoyuan with Sister Parker). It was cool because I was in the mtc with Sister O. She's great. Anyway on the second day of our exchange, the rain was OUT OF CONTROL. Seriously riding our bikes in the rain is pretty closed to swimming because it just comes down in sheets and soaks you to the core! It's the greatest thing! But we had finished up the exchange and it was time to head to a meeting place to get our companions back when we got a call saying that because of the Typhoon we needed to stay inside. So we didn't get to exchange back. We had to stay in the rest of the evening. So our exchange extended to be a two night sleep over. It was fun. The next morning we met at the train station so that Sister Hammer and I could go up to Taibei for a Trainers/Trainee meeting we had which I'll tell you about in a minute. While we were exchanged I showed S. O'Brien my pictures. She recognized Sam from when he served in her stake in Seattle. HILARIOUS! Oh also-- Sam-- everyone who sees you and my sister think you look like spiderman. Also everyone loves Sham. They think you two are beautiful. It's true. You two are beautiful. And so is the rest of the family. Then everyone sees my pictures and says--- oh.. is this really you? Yep that would be my life. Everyone thinks I look completely different. And I do. Because right now I'm just always wet (sweat or rain) and my hair is always up and I wear the same thing everyday (well not really but thats what it feels like after nine months) and I have helmet hair. It's a beautiful sight. (:

So this past week I finished reading The Doctrine and Covenants. I also only have the Book of Revelation left in the New Testament. And this week I'll read the Pearl of Great Price. And I'm reading the Book of Mormon in Chinese. It's cool. But I'm sure you can guess what this means!! Yep-- I'm starting the Old Testament sometime in the next two weeks. It's not the first time I'm starting it and I know there's a lot in there that won't mean a ton to me so I just want to find out how other people study the Old Testament. I want to get as much out of it as I can. Suggestions?

So there is this one street that I have driven by a million times. It's Bo'ai Jie. Every time I see it I want to go. So finally on exchanges we went there to find a new investigator. We knocked on every door and it wasn't until the last one that we had much success. We taught this little old woman how to pray. I don't know how much she understood, but she said a prayer with us and said we could go back and see her again. My companion and I went back just the other day. While we were waiting for the member who was gonna help us this guy biked by then came back. He was obviously chewing binlang (betel nut). He asked us a little about the church then cut us off to find out if we drank beer. We said no and told him the things we avoid. When he heard we don't chew binlang he biked away. When we realized out member wasn't coming we went to knock on this ladies door. Her son and husband (who were obviously a little high from binlang came to the door) they said she was on the toilet and invited us in. Yep. That's when the spirit alarm started going off. We just started backing away and told him we actually had something else going on then we hopped on our bikes and BOOKED IT. There was no way we were staying there. The spirit completely peaced out and we were determined to go catch up with it. Once we turned of the street things felt much better. Moral of the story? Well there is no huge point to this story except for the fact that I am determined my whole life to stay within the presence of the spirit. When He leaves, I'll follow. Sometimes we end up in situations that seem fine at first and quickly find out that we need to go. There's nothing wrong with that, just go. Leave. Stay with the spirit always because He will protect you.

Over the last couple of days my companion and I have decided that we need to call former investigators. But we don't have any. So we raided the elder's records and pulled out all the females that have ever been taught in Bade. There aren't many, but there are some. And we can see the missionaries that started teaching them-- there are some names I recognize as people I knew before my mission. It's super cool to see that I can go find the people that my friends have taught. I'm determined to find them. (:

So a Christlike attribute I have been trying to develop my whole mission is diligence. I don't think I've ever been diligent in my whole life. Anyway after our last district meeting my district leader when around and thanked each of us for different qualities that we have. He told me that I am diligent. That is the first time anyone has ever said that to me. I think that means I'm finally getting there. I have been working harder. I still have a lot of room to grow, but it was nice to see that I have been improving.

This past Saturday we went to a training meeting. It was kind of a review/follow-up for all of the first transfer missionaries and their trainers. We discussed many things including stress management, how to improve our studies and work habits, and how to be better as a companionship. It was super awesome. I took some notes that I want to share.

"We are to learn our duty from the Lord and then diligently follow through" -Henry B. Eyring.

"Missionary work is not easy because salvation is not cheap! Why do we expect this to be easy for us when it was NOT easy for Him?

If the missionaries come to love and appreciate the atonement, it will carry them.

You have every reason to stand tall and know that the Savior and Redeemer of the world understands." -Jeffrey R. Holland

Every morning when I wake up I need to think "what kind of missionary am I going to be today?" Then I need to go do it! I can do it!

I also decided that I want to be the kind of person that the Lord knows will do just what He asks of me.

The end. There was so much more learned there about how I can improve myself as a trainer. Sister Hammer and I are implementing some new things into our missionary work here. It's good. It's all very good.

Also this past district meeting an elder in my district said something that really changed my perspective on myself as a missionary. He said "You can count the seeds in an apple, but you can't count the number of apples that come from one seed." It's true. I have been planting a lot of seeds out here in Bade. I have been doing what I've been called to do. The end. (Okay reading back on all of this it looks like just a pump up session for me to be a better missionary. Hilarious. I love being a missionary!)

We've shared this scripture with quite a few people Alma 56:44-48. MOM I AM THEM AND YOU ARE MY MOM. AND I LOVE YOU AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE IMPACT YOU HAVE ON ME AND MISSIONARY WORK HERE IN TAIWAN.

Dear dad-- I use that pillow case you drew for me and every time I wake up and see it I know that you are praying for me. You have been such a huge example to me of hard work and love for the gospel.

Moral of the story is that I love my mom and dad so so much and I want everyone to know it!!!!

Lastly-- I read "Our Search for Happiness" by Elder Ballard this week. It seriously is so good and it is a really great beginning explanation of our church for anyone who is willing to understand but really doesn't know anything about it. It's short. Dear all people in world (member or nonmember) go get it and read it. It doesn't take that long and it really explains well what this church is about.

A great line in the back though refers to missionaries who give up their time hoping they can repay the Lord. He says that on our missions we realize that we will realize that we can never do more for Him than He has done for us. Dear family-- never for get. I know that the Savior lives. I know that He atoned for us. Through Him we can become complete. Every aspect of our lives can find completeness. Anyone who thinks there are holes in their life or in their heart doesn't understand the atonement. You don't need to have those holes. Because of the atonement our families can be eternal. NEVER STOP BEING FAITHFUL TO THIS KNOWLEDGE.

I love you all!
Love,
Cae

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Hello you pookie heads!



Dajia hao!

First of all-- I'm almost done with my 5th transfer. I can't believe it. We only get 11 transfers out her and I'm almost to number 6. It amazes me how quickly this goes by. My companion and I were talking last night about how this last transfer has zoomed by. Really though. I'd say this has been the fastest transfer of my mission thus far. It's interesting because I still don't know what is going on here in Bade. One week we have a bunch of solid investigators and the next week we have none. The work is very inconsistent which is tough-- but I guess that means I need to just be consistent in talking to everyone. It's our job to help build a foundation for sister missionary work in this area so I need to step it up and help things just consistently press forward to helping many souls come unto Christ. The brothers reminded me in emails today that I haven't really talked about my companion much. Her name is Sister Hammer. She's from a small town just outside of Logan, Utah. (And she's talked to me about going to USU after my mission-- they have a really good elementary ed program... it's fluttered through my thoughts, but I really haven't pondered on it too much so there's nothing to worry about.. just a thought). Anyway she's just 3 months younger than me-- but really so much more mature because I'm about 5 years old. She is the most optimistic person in the world and I adore her. We definitely will be friends forever and we would've for sure been friends before if we didn't live in different places. She plays lacrosse and drives a motorcycle. And she sprays cockroaches with raid when I'm freaking out and crying like a baby. She's great. Ya'll would adore her. Just like me!

This past week we visited a less active with the relief society president. It was an amazing experience. We were talking to her and then we sang a hymn with her (singing hymns really do lead to miracles). Then we asked her what Jesus Christ means to her. She started to talk about Him and how she found the church and ended in tears because the spirit was so strong. Her testimony is amazing. She told us about how she prays all the time and how during her lunch break at work she reads the Book of Mormon while she eats and how she shares the gospel with everyone and is making plans to invite co-workers to come meet with us. She said she wants to make it to church but sometimes she works overtime on Saturday nights and gets home REALLY REALLY late and that it's tough to get up, but she promised she'd make it to church this Sunday to take the sacrament. The whole time meeting with her was so spiritual. She's amazing. She said the way she met missionaries was because they just felt like they needed to turn down her street. Then they knocked on her door and found her. Anyway, the really cool part about this is that this is one of Jace Stoker's recent converts (at least she said Stoker and I don't know of another that served here in Taipei at that time... it all fits). Anyway it was really exciting to hear that I was visiting with someone who one of my friends helped find the gospel. Way to go Jace-- she's on fire! It was an awesome visit and she came to church on Sunday! She had to leave early for work, but she made it and she looked amazing and she's helping many people learn more about the church.

Also one night we were biking home and we got cheered on by a Buddhist parade. We passed them and they passed us like 8 times and every time they would all cheer. Buddhist parade cheering for God's army. POINT FOR TEAM JESUS! Also we bike by the army camps everyday and we always wave at the army men and smile. Someday they will be out of military service and they will need direction in their life and they will remember the sister missionaries that waved to them everyday and want to know why they were so happy. Then they will run into missionaries and their life will change forever and for the better!

Yesterday was some weird holiday and everyone did ancestor worship like all day. There were shrine things all day. It was weird and it all smelt like incense -- which really is a putrid smell.

Also-- I'm getting fat. Body beautiful needs to recommence. NOT EVEN KIDDING I'M SO FAT!

Last Tuesday we got broken up with. We were teaching this old lady who had met with missionaries 30 years previous. It was really heart breaking. She was awesome. She had some weird points of view, but she was pretty open to things. Then that's it. She texted us and said that she's busy and she knows what the God wants her to do, but that she just can't meet with us anymore. Heart=broken.

Remember that one time I mentioned that we had a cockroach. Well ever since then my district leader has prayed daily to make sure we didn't get anymore. Two days ago he got really sick and said he forgot to pray for it. That evening we found a half dying roach on our floor. It was an easy kill. My fearless companion took the raid and sprayed the life right out of that little turd. I'm not gonna lie though it was gross. A lot like seeing that spell from Harry Potter that makes them shrivel up and die. Eek.

Also-- I bought parachute pants. And I love them.

Also we have a dilemma. Our neighbor next door collects trash and boxes and pushes them around on a cart all day and calls it work and somehow she's doing okay (I have no idea). She asked for our boxes, but then the gambling ladies who live downstairs said we should actually put our boxes in a community pile. So now we just have boxes and a bunch of trash just sitting in our apartment that needs to go out. We know that if we just put them outside the door it will be taken care of, but then the gambling ladies will know.. and vice versa. WHAT DO WE DO?!

Okay I'm short on time so one last thing. The other day one of the elders in my district was sharing his testimony of  Joseph Smith. He brought up a good point. Let's just look at EVERYTHING Joseph went through for this gospel. He took a lot of hard hits. If he was just a teenage kid playing a prank I believe that would have ended when the mocking started about a month after the first vision. HE WAS NOT JUST PLAYING A PRANK OTHERWISE HE WOULD HAVE QUIT. Joseph Smith is a prophet. The Book of Mormon is true. This is the restored gospel and the only true and living church on the face of the earth. A lot of people took a lot of pain and suffering for this gospel and a lot of people are still sacrificing so much. This is the truth. Anyway. I know it. You know it. And if you don't yet-- go find out.

I love you all!

Love,
Cae

Hello Family (8/11/13)



I've decided that you can make my email address public on my blog, facebook, etc. Anyone can email me and I love hearing from people. Just make sure that it is well known that I don't have much email time in the morning, so I can't promise long detailed responses to everyone. I will try to answer any questions people ask, and I love you all.  micaela.anderson@myldsmail.net

This week was interesting. On Monday night we had a dinner with a member family and a part member, less active family. We are starting to teach them and bring them into the fold. Dinner was so delicious... Except for the pig foot soup... Right when I saw it I knew I was done for. I've been there done that and I don't want to do it again! My poor companion. I was able to choke down the foot, but she had a harder time. Everytime they weren't looking I always told her to put it in my bowl and I'd eat it for her. She never did (thank goodness.. lol), but that was tough for her and now she's having a hard time with a lot of the food out here. It's a texture thing. Seriously-- pig foot is the PITS. You don't even understand how much I do not want to eat it ever again.

This week we had a zone training meeting in Taoyuan. It was good. Also far away. Also we got lost. But people forgave us for showing up five minutes late and we had a great time. I learned something that I really like. This is a metaphor that one of the sisters shared. It's in response to the fact that sometimes life is hard and our trials seem so painful. She said: We are a cottage. Christ is the builder/remodeler. He starts out when we are young adding pictures to the walls and other furnishings to make better. Then things get a little tougher. He starts pushing the furniture around and changing the carpets. Not super comfortable, but we're still happy and comfortable being a little cottage. Then all of the sudden He takes out a sledge hammer and starts taking some serious hits at the walls. These changes are painful, they are big, and the process is hard. But as we take a step back we can see that Christ will take us, a small little cottage and making a temple. Sometimes our trials are really hard. Sometimes they seem unbearable, but as long as we faithfully endure and submit our will to the Lord, we will most definitely come out better. Beautiful. 

I also found out that on September 27th we are having an outdoor zone conference that we can wear our service clothes to. HOORAY! THAT'S GONNA BE THE GREATEST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!

Also-- I'm thinking about getting a new camera for my birthday... Or maybe the end of my mission. Moral of the story is that I want to be better at taking pictures. Looking at my pictures though I see that if I mess around with my camera I have I might be fine with this for the rest of my mission, but really I want to get a good camera eventually and be better at the whole photog thing. I mentioned to mom that I want to follow the swim team around next year and take all the pictures for the end of year slideshow. It'd be good practice.

Speaking of pictures-- I was asked to be a model the other day. So hilarious. This woman saw us talking to another lady about English class then stopped us and asked if we could be her models. She does hair and make-up and would dress us up in a wedding dress (modest of course) and have a photo shoot with us. I asked president. He said no. It seemed like it's be super fun though. Also hilarious because little does she know-- I am NOT the model type and don't actually fix up too well. Hilarious.

Yesterday we had a member bring two of her work friends to church. I was super excited for this teaching opportunity... but after we met the girls I heard them walking away and say "that was super awkward." SO EMBARRASSING. Moral of the story is that I don't do well with first impressions. I have a feeling that this is a foreshadowing of the type of person you are welcoming back home next year. I apologize for how uncomfortable I am. Lol.

Also at church there was a misunderstanding with a member because of the language barrier and I think I really hurt her feelings. We wrote her an apology letter and heart attacked her door last night. I really hope there are no hard feelings. It was literally just a language thing and I felt terrible about it. Moral of the story is that chinese is still hard.

Yesterday for lunch we went to a members home for lunch. It was so tropical. She's from Vietnam (and also one of my mtc teachers recent converts). She fed us these awesome burrito type things that we wrap ourselves. I can't even describe it. They were so delicious.

Also this past week we hit 39 degrees C. That's 102F. SO SO SO SO HOT! It's the hottest day of record for a while. Sick.

We also had a miracle during English class. We have one student in our English class. He's pretty much a progressing investigator. Last week we invited him to be baptized and he accepted the invitation. Then this week we  taught the word of wisdom. He was nervous about it, but the spirit was so strong when we taught him and he said he's willing to try it out. He's technically the elders investigator, but we're pretty much tag teaming. I can't explain how great it was.

Also we had a lesson with a member on her floor leaning our backs on her couches because she was sitting there with her kids and then the member who accompanied the lesson sat down there so we moved too. It was so interesting and also one of the greatest lessons. Despite the three children running around like crazy, we had a great lesson and the spirit was really strong. This lady is awesome!

Eek I'm running out of time. This week has mostly been a seed planting week. We haven't had a ton of lessons and the outward success is minimal, but we have talked to a lot of people and opened our mouth. I admit, there are areas I want to improve,  but we're trying hard. We're planting a lot of seeds and no effort is wasted. We had a really cool lesson with a girl and taught her how to pray. She wasn't interested in meeting with us, but she tried saying a prayer that and said that she's really glad she knows how to pray now because now she really wants to do it all the time. It was cool, but just not the right time for her to be taught (considering that she said no).

Moral of the story is that I've worked hard so far on my mission. I haven't seen the crazy miracle stories of success that other missionaries talk about all the time, but I'm doing my part and I know that it's good.

I am out of time, but I hope you all know how much I love you and how much I love this gospel. I know this is true and I know it changes lives. I really hope that anyone who reads my blog and doesn't know much about the church will look to the missionaries to learn more. They can answer your questions and help you receive all the blessing God has in store. I know this is true and I'm so glad to be a missionary. I need to keep being diligent.

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!
Love love double love,
Cae

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Another week for the record books


This week has moved by so quickly. I'm surprised by how quick it was. It was a good week. I look back and see that amidst quite a few trials we had a lot of success! I'm so glad to share it with you every week as well as things that I've learned from the scriptures.

We had a share of hard things happen to us this week, but the hard things always seem to preceed (spelling? I can't spell at all anymore) a miracle or a learning experience.

So a couple days ago (since we don't have tons of investigators to visit) we had a big chunk of our day that we just had to go finding. Please note-- this is the part of missionary work that I don't feel like I'm good at.  This is the part that you just kind of walk around in populated areas and talk to everyone (although we do this everywhere). This is the part that also includes knocking on doors. This is the part where you have to think outside of the box to get people interested in talking to you. It's hard and a skill that I have far from mastered. In fact whenever I think about it I just get a little intimidated because I think I'm so bad at it. I'll do it, but I'm still working on loving it and figuring the secret. Anyway this particular day we were looking for people to teach and I just didn't feel like I was good at it. Every time I talked to someone, I did what I knew how to do in my limited Chinese and we ended up with nothing. I was telling my companion that this part is tough for me when a woman made a b-line for me and just said "wow you are so pretty!" After some talking we found out that she is Christian so we started telling her more about our message. I was so excited! It was a miracle! But she kept changing the conversation to be about other people that don't have Jesus yet. Then she said she was going to take us to a family's house that doesn't have the gospel. So we followed her. And we followed her. I kept talking to her, but she just walked and didn't say much. And we followed. And followed. Eventually I was looking at my companion like-- what is going on? What do we do. Eventually we stopped. This lady pointed to a family's huge shrine and said "See, they don't have Jesus. They will be home at 8:00pm. You wait here so you can preach to them." Then she left. And that was it. I thought I was gonna die! Literally I was so bummed for about 45 seconds. Then my companion and I just started laughing so hard. This is HILARIOUS! It probably doesn't seem as laughable to you, but we had to laugh because we just walked and walked until this lady saw a house of people who were OBVIOUSLY not Christian. It's just funny.

Anyway later that day we had another trial. We went to a neighborhood that we had knocked at a week previous in order to visit a potential investigator. They weren't home so we decided to knock on the doors we hadn't been to yet. We knocked on the door of this old woman who saw us and immediately said "Bu Yong" (Pretty much means I don't need this.) So I asked if we could do service for her. She said "bu yong." So I asked if she knew anyone we could serve. She started to think for a minute. Then a neighbor came right up to us and said "Why are you bothering this old woman. Can't you see she is Buddhist? We are all Buddhist. Everyone on this street. We don't need you here." I told her we were looking for someone to serve. She just kept ignoring me and saying "We don't need this. We don't want you here. Go away." I just started tearing up right in front of her. Then she left and we walked away from the lady's door. Then I cried harder for about 30 seconds trying to hold it back. I was just so sad for these people. They just don't understand. Anyway, I didn't let myself go. I wiped off my tears before they got worse. We stood in front of the next door for about a minute looking at all the signs that showed they were obviously Buddhist considering whether we actually want to knock on their door. We did. A man came out just as his wife and two kids were walking around the block. We talked for a minute. They said they can't meet with us because their parents are all Buddhist. I asked them, if their parents didn't disapprove would they be interested. They said probably, but they just can't right now. We invited them to English class and moved on. We kept knocking that street. About 15 minutes later they all came out to find us and asked us to come back to their house for water. We went over there and had a great time just becoming friends and answering questions about what missionaries do. We shared a lot that they didn't know already. Then we watched their son sing songs for us in English. It was fun and we started establishing this relationship with this great family. We left them with our information and said we hope to see them again, maybe we can all go out for food. Sure we left and they still felt like they couldn't investigate the church, but they did learn more than they knew before and a seed has been planted. Miracle.

Another miracle. We were biking to Yingge to go to dinner at the Bishops house. Pause-- first of all-- I thought my old area was big. I remember biking around there always thinking "wow this area is huge, we bike SO SO SO much." False. My new area is HUGE. We have to bike so far to get to Yingge. And it's not like we bike a long time with bywalkers on the street to stop and talk to, we bike a long time with nothing around us except for our own thoughts. It's a long trip that we make often. And the way home is the pits because it's all uphill. Anyway we were heading to Yingge. Once you leave the main part of Bade there isn't anyone around, but there were people on either side of us at the beginning of the trip. I was thinking about how we shouldn't just pass everyone up on our way. So I decided that the next person we passed I was going to talk to. I just pulled over. It was this girl who is 16 and she is actually pretty interested. She said she considers herself Christian, but she doesn't know much about it. We taught her a little bit and then invited her to meet with us again and she set up. Sweet girl. It was a great moment running into her.

Then hilarious-- we got to Yingge and we were heading to the Bishops and I saw a cart with this super delicious dessert that my companion had yet to try so I stopped. Not even a second later my companion comes crashing into me. HILARIOUS! I guess she didn't see me stop because she was busy looking at a bakery. Moral of the story: my companion and I are obsessed with food and easily distracted.

On our way home from Yingge that evening we stopped at a 7/11 to get water and we ran into a black man from the Dominican Republic. He spoke Chinese to us with a Spanish accent. It was super hard to understand so I just asked if he spoke English. Turns out he does. That was way easier. Hilarious. It's awkward seeing other foreigners because you can't just assume they speak English so we all just speak Chinese in TERRIBLE accents until someone just brings up English then we all switch and it's much simpler.

Oh I'm supposed to mention that my district leader, Elder Davidson, says hi.

Also-- there is a beautiful place in Bade that we pass by everyday. It's called the Chocolate Reservoir. I'm not sure what that means, but I just know that I must go before my time here is over. It's not open on Mondays though. I guess I'll wait until the Wednesday that we have a temple day. I'm counting down days to go to the place of chocolate and glory and happiness. IT WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL TIME!

Also-- my companion says I get stared at by everyone here. Random people tell me I'm really pretty all the time. Moral of the story is that being here is a MAJOR ego boost and I don't think I want to be in America where not everyone thinks I'm beautiful. Having blonde hair in an Asian country is very useful.

Okay enough of that. Time for the spiritual stuff.

This past English class we were teaching the spiritual part at the end of class and shared about Alma's repentance process in Alma 36. We talked about repentance and how it feels and how we do it. The spirit was strong and there were two people that seemed particularly interested. I felt like I should invite them right there during class to be baptized. One man said he wants to so we were able to get him in touch with the Elders. Another girl said she would think about it and is willing to meet with us.

I know that this church is true. I know that it's been restored. Everything that we expect to happen from Paul's teachings in the bible is happening. We have a living prophet and 12 apostles and they are directed by Christ. We are in the fullness of times with the true and living complete gospel on this earth. This truth is precious. Share it with everyone.

Anyway. That's all for now.

If you haven't read the Book of Mormon yet, go read it! It's a great book! And if you aren't a member of this church and haven't started meeting with the missionaries yet, go do it! There's no time like the present. I know this is true and everyone else can know to if you just do what is promised in Moroni 10:3-5.

Go get 'em champ!