May 29, 2012

Dear Family-

 

I am sure you are all anxious to know what is going on... well, here it is... **DRUM ROLL** I AM STAYING IN DES MOINES WITH HERMANA DRANEY AND WE ARE GETTING ANOTHER HERMANA!!! That is RIGHT! I will be in a TRIO!  Hermana Draney and I are both super excited. It's so funny because we are both so excited, but we want to prepare everything for her. Like make more room for her to put her stuff and we need to move our beds around and everything like that so we will be getting all of that done tomorrow on P-day. YAY! And then Thursday we will get her... I wonder who it is going to be.... stay tuned till next Monday.

 

This past week was a really great one! We met a couple new people. The biggest thing that happened this week that I love is that Hermana Draney and I got to put on our jeans and do service! We were going to check up on a few potentials in a trailer park (it is like a little Mexico) and we saw this family outside painting their brand new fence. We went up to them and really she didn't want us to help because we were in a skirt and all that stuff... after a few minutes of talking with her, she told us that we could help her. She handed me the paint brush and Hermana Draney the paint and we both painted until about 840 and then set up a return appointment to go back the next day. We were both so excited to be doing service!! So, the next day we went back and we all just had a blast. Talking to her and her daughters and painting... THE LIFE! We found out that she actually took the lessons from missionaries before. It was really nice to be will her more on a personal level. We also met a lot of other people because of that service project. The people that live in the trailer park now when they see us says hi and will talk to us more because of it. Service is the best way to meet people- LOVE IT! Oh, so, she has a little boy that is 3 years old that would follow Hermana Draney around. He totally had a little crush on her, it was super cute! When we were leaving, he shouted at us and said, "Bye Baby!" BAHAHAHA! It was so great!!

 

I guess the biggest thing that I learned this week is that the best way to show people that you love and care for them is to serve them. I cannot remember who said this, but someone said, that love is actually spelt T.I.M.E.... SO TRUE! The best way we can show each other our love is by showing it. Hermana Draney and I have done little Family Home Evenings with our members that have little kids about service. We do what is called the "service hand". We cut out a hand and give it to the parents and they give it to one of their kids. So, whoever has the hand looks for opportunities to serve someone in their family and once they do the service, they will leave the hand there and then the next person will do it and they all just keep it going. It seems like a lot of our members LOVE this and their kids are still doing it, which is awesome! 

 

This work is so good! I am learning so much through helping others. I know that this Church is the only true Church on the earth today and that we are lead and guided by a living Prophet, Thomas S. Monson, who has been called of God to lead His church. I know that the Book of Mormon is true. I love reading the Book of Mormon, every time that I read it I feel closer to Heavenly Father and I learn so much about our purpose on earth. I know that families are forever!

 

I love you all! thank you so much for all of your support and letters! Have a great week!!!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

 

Love, Hermana Wadsworth  

 

PS- enjoy the pictures of my District and Hermana Draney and I!

 

:) :)