Dear Mom,
That's so inspired that you shared the scriptures in D&C 6!! I've used those scriptures a lot in sharing them with other people, but I didn't even think twice about applying them to myself! Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I got the feeling to read my journal a few days ago, so I'm reading it just like scriptures! right now I'm in the "section" where I'm a few days out in the mission field! hah I was so green... :) I think what's really cool about what the scripture says about "say nothing but repentance unto this generation" I've taken that to include my companions, other missionaries, and people I come in contact with. When I know by the spirit what I'm doing is right, I feel like it's a commandment of the Lord to stay faithful and diligent to it. If it's not my words, but my example that is preaching repentance, so be it, so long as I'm fulfilling the Lord's will. But yay!! Thanks for the update!! That's so fun! I was wondering about you guys going skiing!! That's come up a few times in conversations about skiing. You guys need to keep up your skills so you can re-teach me everything I've forgotten!
Yeah I'm going to contact the mission office about my apartment, because the floor is curling up around the toilet, and tub, and revealing the nasties from beneath... eck. BUT!! a miracle happened this week!! I went to the other missionaries' apartments, and I wish I took before and after pictures of when I first got there til now! THEIR apartments are looking a LOT cleaner than they used to be! and they admitted that the cleanliness may or may not have been inspired by our place... :) It was super awesome! It re-invigorated me to continue cleaning up after myself and one other person :)
My 3 wards are doing ok! We cover 8th ward, 9th ward and YSA Branch (which is over ALL of Safford). We have one 10 year old we're baptizing this week!! woohoo!! His dad (less active) is going to baptize him, and he wants me to confirm him! I'm so excited! :) We also have our other investigator, Frank, come to church this passed week! he only stayed for sacrament, but that's the most important part! We'll work with that! :) He said he wants to be baptized on March 28th (Dallin's birthday wooo!) but I know the spirit has prepared him to accept a date MUCH sooner than that ;) haha
One of the miracles I saw this week was during fast Sunday! I was hungry.. obviously.. towards the beginning of the day when I didn't have all the reasons for my fast written down and figured out just yet, so I was just "wandering" around the kitchen looking at the food longingly, when the impression came to me so strongly, that I spoke it out loud: "the Lord wants to give me something better." BOOM! I was never hungry or even tempted to think about even BEING hungry the rest of the day because, along with my reasons for fasting, I would repeat that to myself every time! :) I don't know what it is yet, but I'm super pumped for it!! haha :)
SO! I have a person in my ward that works at the Nauvoo temple seasonally, and he said that he would have been working at the time I got my endowments!!! whaa?! super cool!! So I built a new deck for him for his trailer-house :) hahah
ALSO! we had this Mission Unity Day on January 1st where we had the entire mission come together and play a whole ton of games, sports, and other activities!! it was soooo fun!! I hung out with Elder Malcarne the whole time :) hahah it was to beesstt!!
LAST THING! We had a lesson with the 6 year old I told you about, and my companion actually said some things!! On top of that, they were freakin inspired!! It was soo cool! it was like a 60-40 teaching lesson!! I was soooo pumped!! things are DEFINITELY getting sooo much better!! Plus I feel like we're actually good friends! :)
I love you mom! Thank you for being inspired and loving me so much. I am so grateful for all the hard lessons you taught me, despite my grumbling attitude towards...all of them... I really appreciate the influence you've had on my life. It's done nothing but good for me here on my mission. I love you!
Love,
Elder Judy
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