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You guys my sister is awesome! I am so anxious for her to be home. I hope you enjoy her emails as much as I do! PS 52 days until she gets home!!!!!

Hello Family!!!

Did you know that the birthplace of John Wayne is in Winterset, IA?! I didn't know that till I was in Winterset this past weekend!! SO COOL!!! I didn't get to go to his home because the Lord's work is more important than that. BUT I did still take a picture of the street sign... haha! OH and that picture of the snow coming off the roof... SCARY!!! Haha! We did NOT walk under that....

Anyways- this week was so good! Have I told you how much I love my companion?! She is so awesome!! I will tell you some reasons why in a minute after I tell you what happened. So we have been working a lot with the members here! We have been serving them any chance we get. Well, this past week it has snowed a lot here so we thought of a list of members to go see and to shovel their sidewalks. So the happy little Arizona and Texas missionaries went on their happy way serving and having little lessons with our members and less-actives. It went really well and we found a lot of success in it. Towards the end of the night my left hand was a little achy, but not too bad. Well, I went to bed that night and at 3am I woke up in SO MUCH PAIN!! My whole left arm hurt and my back was throbbing... I laid back in bed and went to sleep. That morning we called the nurse and long story short, we had to stay in. I felt so foolish. I did not like it because that day we had some AWESOME plans to go and see some less-actives and members.... But Hermana Stroud was just awesome to me that day. She just served me all that she could and she made some cookies that we ended up giving to all of the Elders in our District. She is just so awesome!!

I just have to say, again. I AM SO EXCITED FOR WILL!!! And I am SO EXCITED for Justin!! We are all going to speak Spanish and just have a blast! And I feel like ya'll will be able to help me with my Spanish too because it is still a struggle for me. I do really good when I test myself on paper, but speaking not so good. I can understand good, but I am a little awkward of a speaker. Haha! Hermana Stroud and I speak it as much as we can too which has helped a LOT!

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You have got to watch this music video! President Jergensen shared it with us on Friday and it is BOMB.COM worthy for sure!! I love it! It makes me so excited to do service for others! I think everyone should add this song to their iPods... haha! It is that awesome! :)

I love being a missionary and really helping others come to Christ. It is such a privilege! We went to Des Moines this past weekend for exchanges with the Sisters there and we went to visit this family. The dad's mother is dying of bone cancer and we could feel the heaviness that father was feeling because he was driving back and forth to help out his mom as best as he could. I was able to bear my testimony about the Atonement of Jesus Christ to that man. It was so cool to hear of his faith in Christ and about how he knows that he doesn't have to go through this trial alone.

I am so very thankful for a loving Savior who really does help us through the hard times as well as the easy times. I feel as humans we feel like "I just have to be tough and get through this". Why?! Why did Christ come here?! So "he could know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities" (Alma 7:11) He did what he did so he could help us! We dont have to do it alone! I know that to be true! I know that the Book of Mormon is true! I know that God speaks to us today through His chosen prophet, Thomas S. Monson.

I love you all!!! I hope you have a great week!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

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Con Amor,

Hermana Wadsworth