July 9, 2012

Hola mi familia favorita!

 

So, guess what?!?! I am STAYING here another transfer with Hermana Baird! We are so very excited!!!! That means that by the end of next transfer, I will be in Des Moines for half of my mission!!! Crazy right?! I am so very excited! I feel like the luckiest missionary in the world!  it is so amazing to me to see the hand of the Lord in this work! I love reflecting on the last 6 months and just thinking about how much this branch has grown and changed. It is so very, VERY exciting! I love it!!!! I know this is a really random side note, but since we are going to be here for Des Moines we will be able to go to the State Fair which we are both super-duper excited for!!!! haha! and i keep trying to download pictures, but the library computers aren't letting me for some odd reason. Sorry!

 

Anywhosers... It is going to be a great transfer, i can feel it! Even though it is going to be really sad to watch Hermana Draney leave. She is such an extraordinary missionary and i have learned so very, very much from her because of her example of love and hard work and really just everything she is as a missionary and as a daughter of God! I can tell that the mission has truly changed her because i have seen her change in the past 3 transfers i have been with her. (isnt that crazy?! I have been with her for almost 5 months!!!)

 

This past week came and went TOO FAST! But it was a good week! Nothing extraordinary happened. I have come to a conclusion about myself this past week. I met Sister Craner, well this was a while ago actually, and her husband Elder Dr Craner (he is the doctor for our mission) anyways, i felt like her and i were really the same person as far as personalities go. Well, Elder Craner said something like " I think we are all born a certain age and we just stay that age all of our lives" Well, i think that i am about 10 or maybe 12 still. haha! I am a responsible adult, but i have fun like a 10 or 12 year old. HAHA! Hermana Baird, for her birthday (which happens to be July 1st, like Mary) she got a bunch of MoTab CDs that we listen to in the car. Well, I dance to these songs and my companions get such a kick out of it. I love the simple things in life! Like pretending that i am on a merry-go-round. :) and i like skipping and stuff. haha! 

 

Oh, another thing that happened this week... Hermana Collazos, who is from Spain, came with Hermana Baird and I while her companion, Hermana McGrath and Hermana Draney went up to Ames to do exchanges! It was really fun to be with her. Well, on Friday night at about 6, Diana, who is a member in our branch, called me and asked me to give a talk at her sons baptism about the Holy Ghost! Oh man, i was so nervous! But Hermana Collazos helped me make sure that i translated my talk correctly, which i did! There were just a few grammar things i forgot. :) But anyways, we were there the whole day on Saturday preparing like: we filled up the font, prepared the special musical number and man! It was such a great day! There was such a sweet spirit there at the baptism! They also said that i did good on my talk too. It is getting me really excited for getting our investigators baptized! None of them have a date, yet, but IT IS SO COOL! There are no words to describe the feeling that you feel when someone is baptized. I am so thankful for the Book of Mormon which teaches us about the why of being baptized, the why of Jesus Christ being baptized! I just love this work so, SO much!

 

I have been studying a lot about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. This talk i just read this morning, I have read it before, but i think we should all read it. http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/04/none-were-with-him?lang=eng And remember the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

 

I know that this Church is true! I know that this church is lead by God's Prophet, President Thomas S. Monson. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that it was written for us so that we could know the way to get back to live with our Father in Heaven. I know that families are eternal! I know that my Redeemer lives!  I am so very thankful for this opportunity i have to go around teaching this good news to the people here in Des Moines! 

 

I love you all and i pray for you every night! Thank you so much for the letters! I sure did love them! I will write you back as soon as i can! Have a great week!

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Love, Hermana Wadsworth