I've been on a mission for 11 months today. That is maybe the craziest thing. This goes so dang fast! But it's mega fun and I learn a lot and grow a lot and I've changed a lot. For the better. I'm still crazy though. Don't worry. (: (: (: (:
I need to tell you all about Bruce. There is a stray dog that lives in our neighborhood. He's always laying all over the place. He has a broken tail but he's such a stud. We named him Bruce and everytime we see him we just yell in really deep voices "BRUCE!" He doesn't understand English though so there's a little bit of a communication barrier. Anyway last week we saw him limping around with a broken foot and starting to get angry and growl at people when previously he used to just ignore everyone. And now he is gone. We miss him.
We did this exercise this past week called penguins. Apparently it gets rid of your love handles... It was really fun. Then the next day rolled around... I believe that it will get rid of love handles because it hurt like the pits. It's good. And our investigator... I mean recent convert now who is a total exercise/health nut was talking to us about what she does to tone her abs. She's super hard core. And I'm not. I'm just a fat lard with really really really strong legs from biking everywhere.
I was really impressed with my ward this week at how good they did at fellowshipping our most recent baptism (last saturday). I hope that our ward in Virginia is like that. It's good to know that I can trust these people that I teach and love so much with the members.
Transfers are coming this next week. I'm not training again so for the first time in my mission I'll be in a normal companionship. We have no idea what to expect. We have a feeling that I'll move out of Bade. Who knows?
Also it's been cold recently. And I'm freezing right now. And I wore sweater yesterday. Cold rain is a very sad thing.
Oh we discovered this week that when old people have trouble with their hands and feet, the doctors out here just cut off their digits. We've met quite a few people that only have like 3 fingers on both hands. It's creepy.
We had a lesson with LM this week. She's so great and still wants to get baptized. We asked her if the whole baptism by immersion thing scared her. She just looked at us and laughed and said "heyyyy I KNOW HOW TO SWIM!" It was hilarious. She's getting baptized!
I love her so much.
Anyway this week has been good. I've been working on having more faith. It's been rewarding. I still need to improve so much because I'm not that great of a missionary... But I know that God loves me.
I can't type anymore because I'm so cold and my hands feel like they are freezing off. But I want everyone to know that I know this is true. The church is true. I've seen the gospel of Jesus Christ work in people's lives to take them from where they are and bring them up to what they are expected to be and I really really know that it's because this is a true thing. This is real life. I know that Christ is my savior and because of him we can learn to forgive people who have wronged us. I know that he's been where we are and he will guide our lives if we will let him. Read the Book of Mormon. It's a true book. I know that Thomas S. Monson is a living day prophet. We must heed his words and do what he says if we want to have hope for the future. I know that when things are unclear or uncertain we can search the abundance of words that God has given us. Words of the prophets modern and ancient. We will be guided. God loves us. He loves me and he loves you. I love you too.
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