Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Subject: Almost one Month in!

Hey all you wonderful people!! So yes mom the whole 1228 thing is the right one. It doesn't really matter. that number is just my departure date from the MTC like I said before. 1228 is fine. So now.. tell me.. are you forwarding my e mails or not???? PS tell Jordan to write me back and stop slacking off!!!

Well let's see.. this week has been great as always! I'll just tell you three things that happened this week that were fantastically amazing :) definitely some top Spiritual moments so far!

To start out this past week we had an amazing Devotional by Elder L. Tom Perry of the Twelve. Never a bad way to start of the week! It was amazing! The Spirit that an Apostle of the Lord brings into the room is uncomparable! You could just feel in every word that he spoke how much he cared for every single one of us and wanted us to succeed... so that's the first thing!

The Next most wonderful thing that happened had to do with my prayers being answered. So I talked to you about how Brother Wilkey took Elder Brown and me aside and told us that we were doing a great job but that we needed to do just a little bit more.. well this week we found out not only what he told us that but also how we could do a little bit more. Well it's getting time for the older Russian Elders who are here to ship off to the field.. so on Sunday Brother Wilkey interviewed Elder Brown and me and told us that the Lord has chosen us as the new Zone Leaders. Haha couldn't say I wasn't expecting it with the amazing companion that I was blessed with.. So now we have a whole branch of missionaries to look after, we have a lot of new responsibilities! It's pretty interesting!Brother Wilkey told us that the old Zone Leaders recommended us very first and that's exactly who the Branch Presidency wanted to pick as well... so that was a boost of confidence but I can't say I feel like I deserve this because I have no idea what I am doing and 50 missionaries are looking to us on what to do! AHH!! Oh well the Lord will make up our weaknesses and we will figure it out with his help :)

Last thing that happpened this week happened earlier today.. We went to the temple again, like on every P Day, but today we got to watch the native Russians as they performed sealings for the very first time. Ordinarily Missionaries are not aloud to do this but because it was for family it was aloud.. wow! It was just one of those experiences again where you just can't help but feel blessed and spoiled because of where you live and the family you came from. They were so happy and excited to have to opportunity to preform this sacred ordinance for deceased family members. I don't think we ever really grasp how lucky we are...
Well every week brings new adventures. I have new spiritual happenings every hour of everyday :) sometimes days are hard but it was never ment to be easy. And that's ok because I think it will just make it mean that much more when I get things right eventually! You all should be jealous that I get to take a break from the world for the next two years cause I know that I feel bad for you!I am the lucky one!

Well I guess I have a little more time than I thought to type so I will just tell you one more quick story. So every since my experience at the RC talking to that man and getting missionaries to his house I think that elder Brown has felt a little jealous.. for an obvious reason becuase I am just that amazing jk... but today I think he got an answer to his prayers. today as we were leaving the temple we were walking and then he just stopped and said that we had to go back and talk to a lady that we had just passed. First of all, in the MTC you don't really talk to the outside world much so this was wierd, but he felt inclined so we decided to go. As we were talking back the woman yelled to us to ask if we would help her. so we went over and I guess she has some disease that makes it really painful to carry anthing at all so we grabbed her stuff and started walking with her. Then she told us she was catching the bus.. as she said that the bus went by and stopped at the stop so we ran ahead to hold the bus for her. It wasn't an absolutely breath taking experience but... I believe it was just one of those tests to make sure that we were listening aka Elder Brown was listening because I obiously wan't. Pretty cool tho eh :)

:) not a day goes by that I don't pray for my family and friends. I love you all so much! You have ment so much to me and been great examples. I feel so spoiled to have so many people love and care for me... That's why I am out here :) to spread that love around that all of you have taught me to use!

Oh and PS Russian is hard but I am getting it down good enough with a lot of help from the man upstairs :) Maybe I'll write you some russian stuff if you ask me too.. who knows...