Thank you so much for the letters that you guys sent!!! All those experiences that you shared are very inspiring and uplifting and awesome!!! I have the BEST family in the WORLD!!!!! :)
But as far as winter stuff, I'm great! I have a great coat, gloves, and an AWESOME scarf from lest year that I kept! I'm all set! And actually this year, it might be better if you didn't send me anything. I have everything I need, and I don't want to make it a big thing for you guys to have to send so many boxes. If you happen upon a cool cheap sweater, I would love some variety, but you really don't send a lot. I'm not going to be out here for much longer anyway.
But Jazzmen didn't make to church again. She's going to be dropped if she doesn't make any progress soon. I'm kinda tired of her anyways.
But transfers are on the 19th! It's kinda lame that it is so close to Thanksgiving, so if I end up getting transferred, I'm going to be with a new ward that won't even know me! But I've been here for a long time, and tons of people ask me when I'm going home hahah!
But I haven't quite gotten the box, but if you said that you put some clothes in there, I am SO much more excited to get it! Sometimes I get sick of the same few shirts and shorts I have.
But all the spiritual experiences that you guys have shared with me are very inspiring!!! Mom your faith in prayers is just motivating and unmatched!! The verse that comes to mind when I think about your faithfulness in in prayers is Alma 31:38. With faith in prayers, all things are truly possible.
And Dad, I love what you said about the CS Lewis quote! I have studied happiness a lot lately and I have found that some people think that when you get things, your happy. Getting an A in class, winning a game, going on a date, things like that. But if that's true, then the opposite must be true right? Statistically, missionaries have 99 bad things happen to them before we get a "yes" or something good. Which is SO not true! I'd say we are the happiest saps in the world!!! We just immerse ourselves in the teachings of Jesus Christ, and that's what brings lasting happiness. (Mosiah 2:41). I also learned that paraplegic people are just as happy as lottery winners!! Isn't that crazy? It is my hope that I can categorize every one of my desires, and repent of the bad ones, and keep the good ones! It's pretty hard though. The natural man is a pretty hard one to kill. But I'm sure that when I do, I will be the happiest person alive!!! (Moroni 10:32-33)
But me and Elder Pace are doing pretty good, we have been working really hard, and we actually broke my lessons taught in a week record! But we still don't have an investigator that is really progressing well. One thing that I learned this week is teaching with charity is everything. If you don't have charity, you are truly nothing. You're just a "tinkling symbol". And I learned that on the path to gain charity, it all starts with prayer. With the way you pray for the gift of charity and also by the way you pray for others. Which is something that I will be doing this week.
Well!!! I'm out of time!!!! I love you guys so much!!!! Have a great week!!!!
-Elder Judy
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