Sunday, November 16, 2014
email 11.10.14
Well this week has been quite the tormento! But
life would not be quite as fun without the craziness. Also we would not
be able to learn how to rely on the Lord quite as well.
So
we did spend almost all last week in the hospital with cute hermana
Rosen. She really went through the ringer. With her blood clotting
disorder, everything got more complicated. She saw a hundred doctors
and about a thousand nurses. We took turns staying overnight in the
hospital with her, and the other one would go out with one of the other
hermanas in our branch (we have 2 trios), to get some sleep and teach
some lessons, the usual. The whole ordeal was quite exhausting, but I
think we all learned alot through the whole thing. First I had a ton of
time to study and think and also watch church movies, so all very
conducive to learning. I took the time to reflect on my mission, the
things that I have learned, and set some firm goals for when I go home.
I did some in depth study of what it means to be a disciple of Christ.
I just want so badly to be an emissary of love for the Lord to his
children. I just want to do what is right and follow my savior. I have
been so blessed to see so many people make that choice to follow their
Savior and witnessed how it has changed them, and everything about their
lives too. I am grateful for this past week because it gave me so many
opportunities to serve, and to show my love for my Savior by loving
others. The good news is that Hermana Rosen is doing much much better.
She just has to be careful and not lift anything at all...but she
should have a full recovery. God is good, he protects us. busy busy busy
It was Hermana McRae's birthday!
Also my cute cute cute perfect Genesis at the Halloween Party!
email 10.27.14
This week was out of control! And it also
felt like a month long, but the good news is that we made it, and
things are starting to calm down.
So transfers were on
Tuesday, and Hermana Rosen went down for a couple of days to go to the
temple with the departing missionaries, so I was missing my right hand
man for a few days. I stayed up here with Sister Armstrong, and we took
care of business. Two sets of our sisters had to move, so we were
running around like crazy. Later on Tuesday night, Hermana McRae joined
us (our new compy) and we continued to run around like crazy.
Wednesday we helped the sisters get settled, cleaned a disgusting
used-to-be elders apartment, and taught some lessons. Thursday we got
word that we are not allowed to have 6 girls in our apartment...so as
soon as hermana Rosen got home we got ready to move ourselves
out...still teaching lessons....Saturday we spent running around
collecting furniture for all said new apartment changes, and moving
ourselves in. Then we went out to dinner and taught some more lessons.
It was all very eventful and by Sunday morning my cuerpo was sore in
all the ways...but surprisingly still feeling upbeat! We just did
work. And we were really tired. But we are all feeling much better
this morning. One more transfer!
email 10.20.14
Okay folks, here it is, I will be spending
my last transfer here in the Harrisonburg! And I am just too happy. I
didn't think I was going to be transfer and I was right! So we are
happy happy happy here. We are getting a new companion too, which is
always exciting. Hermana Rosen is going home in the middle of the
transfer, so for a few weeks we will be in a trio. The going home thing
is starting to feel real, which is scary, but I am trying to sort things
out so that i am not scared! I keep telling myself that it will be
good to be able to come home and be a better human, and help others be
better humans too. But it is still sad, and i think it will be hard.
Anyway...we
had another great week! We are still on the hunt for those elect, but
meeting great people along the way. We have done some good quality
knocking this week, and the good news is, it still works! We found this
cute cute lady named Lucia, who struggles with a ton of health
problems. She is older and just so fragile, and so so so excited to
learn, so we jumped right on that. We found some other fun hispanics,
and I remember every time how much I love them, and how they are my
gente. This week I have been studying about the Natural man, about putting off our "natural man" desires and feeding our spiritual desires. I feel like the temptations from satan are so real and so subtle, and it is too easy to act like the "natural man". I have learned that we cannot even take one day a break to strengthen our spiritual man, because any slight chance he gets he will snake his way in. I am trying hard to have enough self control to just do what God wants me to do, and not what I want to do. To react to situations the way he wants me too, to love people the way he wants me to, to be the human he wants me to. I am so grateful for my mission and for all of the things that I have learned. Living the gospel protects me. And I will never not live it, because without that protection scary scary things happen.
email 10.13.14
This week has been filled of some
good hard missionary work. We have come to a little bit of a dry spell
with the investigators, so it is time to find some new people! Hurray!
Just some quality time knocking doors. I actually really really really
enjoy knocking the doors, everyone is just another surprise, and you
never know who is waiting for you! Also it really helped me gain
appreciation for English missionaries, they knock way more than we do!
We
did find some new gems to start teaching this week, which is just fun.
One of them is actually a former that I taught last year, his name is
Cesar. Not sure if you all remember, but he was actually the first
person I ever contacted in Spanish. We met him in the Wendy's the first
day of the mission, and he came to church the first week. He is
hilarious, and a little bit flaky, but wants to learn, so we are
excited. We also started teaching a 15 year old boy names Juan, which is right up our alley, so that is fun fun fun. He is a soccer fanatic and actually really good (we think).
Spiritual Fiesta
After MLC lunch at the chicken fiesta, with sister Rose! yay!
email 10.6.14
Well I am not even sure where to start, but we had a good, very long week!
We
started off the week by finishing out our Book of Mormon read-a-thon,
which was too much fun. I had never sat down and read the Book of
Mormon like that all the way through, and it was awesome. You just get
so much of the story line when you sit down and read it straight
through. I decided to highlight everything about Christ and the
Atonement and to really try and focus on that, it was amazing. I just
know with all my heart that Christ is my Savior, this is his book, and
he wants to help me in every moment. I also recognized how much the
Book of Mormon pleads with us to plead with our Father in Heaven. And
so many do, and are blessed. How silly of us to neglect praying, I will
never to that again, well I am going to try. We are so lucky to have
the Book of Mormon, it is just true true true.
Mid
week we went down to Richmond to go to Mission Leadership Council. It
is an all day meeting with sister training leaders and zone leaders.
They train us and then a couple days later we have our own zone meetings
and train all the missionaries in our zone. It was neat to be in that
meeting, and partake of the information in a little different way, and
then adapt it specifically to the needs of our zone. We did have a
scary chat about how to stay active when we go home, which was
specifically for the leaders because a ton of us are going home soon,
but it was surprisingly, upbeat. I am just excited to be better.
This
weekend was the best! I just love conference so much more. It was
powerful to have just finished reading the Book of Mormon, re-asking if
is was true, then re-asking if Joseph Smith was a prophet, and also if
Thomas S. Monson is a prophet. And getting an over-whelming answer of
yes yes yes, these are all the best things, and don't ever forget it. I
loved how focused conference was on Sustaining our prophet and
following their direction. The gospel is just so simple, and if we live
it we can be more like our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, which is
what we want. After all was said and done I had an overwhelming feeling
that I just need to focus on being a little better, being a little
kinder, loving a little more, dedicating myself a little more, and be
constantly converting to the Gospel. I love the prophet so much, his
guidance, his clarity, and mostly his love. I know that God loves me, I
trust in the atonement of my Savior, and I know that everything is
going to be just great. I know that this is the true church, and I am
so excited to share that with simply everyone.
We
met finally had a lesson last night with our Miracle find, Franklin,
and he wants to be baptized! His wifey is very Pentecostal, and not so
hip on the idea, but we are going to work with them. I know that
Heavenly Father will provide a way for the gospel to reach their home. I
love them so much!
I am so happy to be here
in Virginia, I love learning and growing and changing. I love love love
you all so much! Have the best week!
love, Hermana Myer
email 9.29.14
Mi familia!
Well life is
great, and mission life is even better. And that is real. I am never
coming home. We had another amazing week, and I am just too happy.
Maria,
Keyla, and Ester got baptized on Friday! And after much preparation
everything went relatively smoothly, and it ended up being beautiful.
They are just so prepared, and excited and happy, and it was just
perfect. They were only a little bit nervous, but mostly just so
happy. It is just so fun to be a missionary and watch people change,
watch them become happy, watch them to become more like Christ. I am so
lucky. We also had a ton of support from the ward, they fit right in.
Afterwards we had to have a fiesta, claro, and everyone had a great
time. Sunday we did have a little scare when they were 10 mins late and
almost missed getting the Holy Ghost, but all is well, they have been
confirmed!
We had a couple of exchanges this
week which was all kinds of fun. I felt like I learned so much from
working with all kinds of different sisters. I just felt like I had no
reservations, and just helped them do work, and we saw all kinds of
miracles. I stayed here with an English sister and all day we just had
miracle after miracle, and I kept having to translate for the cute
sister so she could see how awesome God is! We knocked into this guy
who was almost baptized a couple years ago in New Jersey, but they had
to suddenly move and lost contact with the missionaries. I asked him if
he wanted to be baptized now and he said yes, so sweet.
This
weekend we started out Book of Mormon read-a-thon, and things are going
great! We decided to read out loud together to avoid falling asleep,
which proved to be a great idea. It is fun too because then we can
discuss what is going on and figure everything out. There is a lot of
things that I did not know about the Book of Mormon! I am learning so
much. It is neat to be able to read is really fluidly, just going
straight through, I have been able to make a lot more connections. I
have been marking all of the scriptures that refer to Christ, his
atonement, his qualities, ect., and it has been an amazing experience.
The Book of Mormon really is just another testament of Jesus Christ, of
his divinity, and the Plan that God has for us. The idea is that after
the whole mission reads the whole Book of Mormon that missionary work
will just explode, and I think it will. I am just so grateful for this
opportunity that I have to grow my testimony and to keep learning.
ALSO
huge miracle. We have been visiting Darlin and Yuleli's family, my
cute recent converts, and they are really coming around. When the girls
got baptized last year Jose, their dad started coming back to church,
and now their mom is starting to come back too! They told us last night
that they are preparing to go to the temple. They know that it is a
huge commitment, but they are getting excited! We had the best family
home evening with them.
So all in all I am
happy, and being a missionary is the best thing that I ever decided to
do. But seriously, whoa. Me and the Mana Rosen are just having the
best time, working hard, and laughing every day until we die. So life
is great. ALSO the women's broadcast was my favorite, we have the best
church/leaders ever. I love you all, have the best week!
xoxo Hermana Myer
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Adventures in Richmond
My cute Cristian, growing up. I asked him if we could take a picture and he said, in a very suave voice "con gusto". Too funny.
This is my posterity, my hija, and her hija. They are too cute.
Elba and Karina.
email 9.22.14
This week has been insane. In the best way, por supuesto. But just out of control all at the same time.
I am not even sure where to start. So first of all we are having a baptism this Friday
or Maria, Keyla, and Ester, and they are just progressing like crazy.
They are so excited for their baptism, loving church, and eating up
every lesson. It is just fun. They are such sweet girls and we are so
so so happy for them.
We have a cute pregnant
investigator, Cinthia, and her nine year old daughter, Nicole, who are
just awesome. Cinthia is super cute, but opinionated, sassy, strong,
you know, my kind of person, and just gets it. They had missed a couple
weeks of church, so we taught them about the Sabbath day, and bam there
they were Sunday.
We
met a serious, black, Dominican man, named Nino this week when we were
looking for a former that I taught last year. He is super intelligent,
and we teach him one principal, and hes like ohh yes that makes sense.
He came to church this week and afterwards he said "that was really
positive, and I will be coming next week". He is sweet.
The
cute branch here is doing so well, they are all just started to get
excited, and starting to figure it out. We even meet in the chapel
now. It is just so fun to see all of my gente and to see how they have
progressed over time. The Chavez family is doing wonderful, I just get
emotional thinking about them. My cute cute cute people.
So the area is rocks.
So now for the Richmond Adventures. First on Wednesday
we had sisters meeting, with all the sisters in the mission. It is
always the best meeting, because we get to talk about feelings and also
eat salad together. Me and Hermana Rosen trained on Faith and Esther.
It was a real tear jerker. We taught about "self talk", and having
faith in God and faith in our potential as divine daughters of him. It
is just so important to me that ever sister understands her worth, and
how much our father in Heaven loves them. So this self talk thing is
cool. What you do it you read your patriarchal blessings and create a
list of "I am statements", por ejemplo, "I am patient". So then you
make a list of 5-8 I am statements. Then everyday you make small goals
of how you can be each of those things, and as you act, those I am
statements literally become who you are. It is sweet. Anyways the
meeting was awesome, and afterwards all the Sister Training Leaders went
back to presidents house to have dinner before we went out on splits
with sisters in the area. Then we stayed over the night in the mission
home because the next day we had a Sister Training Leader training
meeting. We had way way way too much fun. We got up early to play
sports with president, and just had a big sleepover, followed by another
amazing meeting the next day. We were spiritually and physically
exhausted, but happy, so that was good. Then we spent that evening in
our own area, but then Friday
we turned right back around to go to Richmond again, more specifically
Chesterfield, because our cute cute precious Elba was getting baptized!
She is a dear investigator, that Hermana Rosen and I taught together,
and I taught for the whole 6 months I was there. She had a few
challenges before she could get baptized, but she always knew it was
true, and now she gets to have the blessings. We were just thrilled,
and there were a ton of missionaries there who had all taught her, it
was a sweet experience. Our member dropped us off at the baptism, so we
spent the night again at the mission home...but on our way to the
mission home the member let us take a stop to see our cute favorite
Cristian, and Ruben! We were about in tears, and they were just as
happy to see us. We were very blessed. The next morning President and
Sister Wilson drove us back up to Harrisonburg, because they were
conducting interviews.
I just have to
talk about President and Sister Wilson for a sec. They are my heroes.
We have spent a ton of time with them recently, and I just try and soak
up every bit of advice from them that I can. Sister Wilson just does
her own thing, and President Wilson loves her to death. I really feel
like President has helped me to grow my desires to be good, to follow
the commandments, just because it is the right thing to do, and for no
other reason. He just makes me want to be better. I love and respect
them both so much. On Saturday after the interviews they took us out to dinner, and we had a wee of a time. I love them dearly.
Sunday
was awesome, like I said, everyone came to church, so we were happy.
This morning we also got the privilege to see the movie "Meet the
Mormons". It was awesome. Apparently 70% of people that watch the
movie want to talk to the missionaries. So I don't know if it is
playing at home, but get people there. It is just very informational,
really helps you see who we are, and how diverse we are, even with the
same beliefs.
I am happy here in the
Harrisonburg, really really loving it. I am just so happy to be a
missionary, so have such a great purpose, and I know that through the
Lord that I can accomplish all he wants me to. My Heavenly Father in my
best friend, and I know he will never let me down. Isn't that just
fun. I love love love you!
Besitos, Hermana Myer
email 9.15.14
Riley Jane is back to first address if you have a hankering to send her
some snail mail. Thank you all for loving this amazing girl! Have a
great week!
Hermana Myer
228-D Rocco Ave
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
There
are just so many things to say, I have no idea where to start. First
of all could not be more thrilled to be back in the Harrisonburg, with
my Hermana Rosen. Just too good to be true. Cried sitting on the pew
by myself in transfer meeting (because she had to stay up here). Mostly
just too too good.
So I guess first things
first, I got to see my cute Darlene and Yuleli! They are just cute as
ever and just ecstatic to see me, which is always fun. They have been
doing great, when they got baptized their dad was reactivated, but there
mom was a different story. She started warming up to us, but told us
that she promised God she would never go back to church, not even go in
the building, besides for her girls baptism. But a month ago Darlene
went to the temple for the first time to do baptisms with the ward, so
the whole family went along to go into the visitors center, and even
their mom went! Then the next Sunday she came to church. MIRACLE. She
didn't come for a few weeks, but she came yesterday, and we shared a
hug and a cry right there in the middle of the chapel. That is gong to
be an eternal family, and I couldn't be more thrilled. It has taken
them a while, but how blessed am I to be able to be here again with them
to help them get to the temple. God is just too good to me.
I
got to see my cute Flor (favorite member whose childbirth I witnessed)
and she has been having a rough past year. I was devastated because
they moved earlier in the year to Texas and some sketchy things where
happening, and they had to some back to Harrisonburg because her husband
had to go to jail here for a few months. So that was really sad. But
she was also so happy to see me and we had an awesome lesson with her,
and she just gets it. She has not lost her testimony through all of the
hardest times. And the kids are as cute as ever, and Genesis is huge!
Just darling. She is just so fuerte and such a good example.
The
branch is doing great, it is growing, and they even meet in the Chapel
now. They are just so cute. I am just so excited to be back and
actually speak Spanish now, and I know that there are a ton of reasons
why I am here.
As for being a Sister training
leader, it seems pretty much the same! We are over 4 sets of sisters
who we do exchanges with each 1 time a transfer. So not too much
English work! Hurray! But we are here to help them be better, set
visions for them and their areas, and mostly just love them. We have
another set of hermanas in the ward, my bff from the CCM, Hermana
Wilkins, so that is fun. I don't really know the other sisters, so I am
excited. Mostly we just are supposed to be good examples and love
them, and teach them! This week we have a training meeting in Richmond
so I will get more of an idea.
As for
being with Hermana Rosen it has been amazing. The first night we got
together we talked forever and we are both just at the best time in our
missions to do work and to have faith. We are teaching a lady named
Maria and her two cute daughters Keyla and Ester. Last week, when I got
here, they where not feeling sure about getting baptized, saying they
were going to go back to the Catholic church etc...but that first night
Hermana Rosen and I talked about having faith in God that he can work
through he and just making him our best friend through prayer...and then
we just worked like crazy. They all had their little hold ups, but
after much fasting and prayer and talking, they all knew it was they
needed to and wanted to do. We saw them last night after church and
they all three committed to be baptized on September 26th.
It was a miracle. I just saw God working so hard, and us trying
everything we could, and it worked. Faith is real. He listens to us.
He loves us, and he is just good.
I am so so
so happy to be here, there is just so much goodness. We have been doing
a lot of contacting and talking to people, but we are not wasting time,
the people who are ready are the ones we are teaching. I know that
Heavenly Father loves us very much, he cares about us individually. My
Heavenly Father is my best friend, and I know I can trust him with my
life, and I know that when I have faith in the Savior, everything will
turn out just fine. I love love love you all so much! Have the best
week!
Besitos, Hermana Myer
email 9.8.14
Well I am sad to report and I leaving my cute hija,
it was a day of tears that is for sure. We have some really good work
going on up here in the woodhood. I am leaving, and becoming a sister
training leaders, and she is staying here and training! A little loco,
but it should be good. Mostly Hermana Collins is really nervous, but
she is going to be great! Hurray!
Last p-day
we found the only Jamba Juice in Virginia for Hermana Collins, Me and
the STLs surprised her. It is on the Marine base. We were very sneaky,
and she cried. So fun.
This week the work
slowed down a little bit. For whatever reason we didn't see all of our
progressing investigators until the weekend...so that was hard. BUT we
had some really really great lessons when we did see them!
We
saw our cute Hernandez family who have come to church a few times, but
are just still on the fence about really committing. We taught them
some of the commandments and they willingly accepted to live them. They
really are so great, just still a little unsure. They have a baptism
date for two weeks, pray for them. I had the opportunity to bare my
testimony to them, like the whole thing. I just felt right and like
what they needed to hear. It was kind of surreal, when I was talking it
just didn't seem like I was saying the words, it was almost like I was
listening to myself too, and top it off in Spanish. It was just cool. I
felt the spirit working directly through me. Fun.
We
had a super fun lesson with our ninos, noelia and Amilcar. They are
still coming to church a reading and all that jazz, but are lacking
support from their parents...We had a lessons about using the
scriptures, church, and prayer to conquer our doubts. So clearly we
filled up waterballoons with paint and water and pinned them to a foam
board and labeled them our doubts...and then we labeled darts with the
scriptures, church and prayer, and then we popped our doubts with the
darts. It was too fun. I love teaching kids, they are humble and happy
to learn. They are my favorite.
On Friday
night Mishel came out with us again. She just started community college
so she has been pretty busy and not able to come out with us, but
finally we found a time. She told us that she had been having a hard
week and was feeling a little depressed, and by the end of the night she
was just happy. Sharing the gospel makes us happy. That is real.
And how could anyone not be happy after a great lesson with Hector! He
is a real gem, I will attach a picture. He tried to give me a besito
when I said goodbye, but I intervened real quick. Too good.
Anyways
we spent some time saying goodbye to our favorite people, some tears
were shed, but I can rest easy knowing I am leaving Hermana Collins
here. She is the BEST!
ALSO we had zone
meeting and they told us that the week of the 27th the whole mission is
going to read the Book of Mormon all week. We will do normal studies,
and if we have any super super solid appointment we can leave to go to
those, but other than that everyone is just going to read the whole Book
of Mormon. We are super excited!
I love being a missionary. I love this gospel so much. I love being happy. Keep sharing the gospel. Love love love you!
xoxo Hermana Riley Jane
Gems
email 9.2.14
This week has been awesome. Por supuesto. Every week is the best week, really.
We
have some really awesome investigators right now, so we have turned our
focus to really caring for them. I mean we always really care for
them, but we are just so busy that there is not time for door knocking
or anything.
We have our two cute ninos that we have been teaching,
Noelia y Amilcar, who are just awesome. They come to church every week
and every baptism, and they love everything. They are just still not
feeling ready. We decided to have a really in depth study of the
scriptures with them, because we know that the Book of Mormon really is
the only thing that will convince them. So we did what we call a large
plate/small plate study. So you get a question and write it at the top
of the page...then you make two columns, one for the facts/story and one
for what you learn from the spirit. Then you read, essentially
anywhere in the LDM, and then you get answers. It is unreal. Everyone
needs to try it. The spirit was so strong, and I was even getting
personal revelation like crazy. It really is a personal study thing,
but we were just there guiding them, and studying ourselves. But moral
of the story is, the Book of Mormon answers our questions, and kind, and
its true. Pray for our cute kids, they are almost there!
On Wednesday we did an exchange with the Sister
Training Leaders, one of whom is my BFF from Harrisonburg, Sister
Seegmiller, so we had the time of our lives. She doesn't speak Spanish,
so it was an adventure for all of us. We did teach a lesson to the
children of the Hernandez family, who we have been working with, in
English so that was good. We needed to get them up to speed because
they understand way better in English. We also got our cute retuning
less active youth, Steven to come with us, and it was just good all
around. Sister Seegmiller is a really patient and simple teacher. She
is just so good, and so happy. I love serving around her, she just puts
others first and helps me be a better missionary. I am thinking life
long friends with that gem. Speaking of gems, not sure if you guys are
aware, but the scriptures refer to Joseph and Hyrum Smith as "gems for
the sanctified" DC 135:6, feast your eyes on that.
So we have this really hilarious investigator named
Hector, who is just the light of our lives right now, he never ceases to
amaze us, a real gem. We have been teaching him at our of our fuerte
members home every time. They are both older men, so its a little new
for us, but he is super interested and super excited always. So on
Friday night we get to the members house and he wasn't there, and Hector
was walking out and was like well hey Hermanas, I read the Libro de
Mormon, so we still have to meet without Jose! And we were like YES.
And then he mentioned it was Friday night, so we should probably go have
the lesson at Taco Bell, because you know we should go out...so that
was too good. He did all his reading about getting baptized and was
like okay "I am going to be baptized, but not on Sunday when I come to
church" we had to reassure him a few times that we weren't actually
just going to push him in the font if he came in the building...and
everything ended up going well. He loved church! Hurray! Also almost
every day since we have met him we see him riding his bike, just all
over town, and he is just always so happy to see us. He said he is
going to cry when we leave...so that will be hard because transfers
calls are on Saturday, and I think one of us is out...because we are
getting 7 new Hermanas! Anywho, church was great.
Virginia is filled with gems, and they mostly just
speak Spanish, but it is okay, one day you will meet them all! Mostly I
am just so grateful to be a missionary, I am learning so much,
especially about becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ and what that
really means. I have been studying about becoming pure in heart and
what that really means. I am still working on it, working on giving it
all over to the Lord. Still a work in progress, but I am happy. I love
love love being a missionary!
Love love love you all!
xoxo mana myer
ps Felicitaciones Luke! I really cant believe you drive. that is nuts. but fun!
also
check out this pictures of my basil plant, Hermana Collins is a tad bit
Jealous because mine are taller than hers...and yes she was crawling
across the table to attack me. Sometimes studies get long...
Fiesta Espiritual
Also we made pupusas with the familia Hernandez. This is Evelin, the mom, and Stefani, the daughter. SO CUTE.
My mana Heibert, she was at the zone conference with Elder Anderson :)
email 8.25.14
This week has been awesome. Seriously so unreal. I had no idea
that we could use our time so efficiently. I thought we were goners
this week for teaching lessons and such because we had two long
meetings, one in Richmond, but we killed it. And It was so much fun.
And we had a trillion "fiestas espiruituals", seriously people have been
saying that all week. So fun. I love being Hispanic.
So we started out the week with my FAVORITE meeting
ever, which is of coarse Spanish forum. We get to see all of our people
there, and talk about Spanish work and sing together real loud, and it
is always the most spiritual. I trained this time about helping new
members and recent converts get to the temple. Favorite subject
really. Then my cute mana Rosen trained about just having better
lessons, and a lot of other gem things about being a missionary and
trying to be better, and we had some good laughs and some good tears on
that one. She has just been such a good example to me, I have learned
so much from her and I am so grateful we ended up here together on the
Mission trip. I just left that meeting feeling revived and ready to get
back to work.
During the week we taught a zillion and a half
lessons. We have been so busy and the best kind of busy, the really
productive kind. Since our area is humongous now that the elders lost
their car, we only have time to teach people that are super prepared and
progressing. It is all very uplifting. We also had a member invite
his friend over to have the charlas in his house and asked us to come,
so that was sweet. The guys name is Hector and he was freaking out he
was so excited about the Restoration and the Prophet and got down on his
knees right there after we talked about the first vision and prayed
about Joseph Smith. We were like oh yeah yes lets do that, good idea.
It was rich.
Also we had another prayer miracle this week. I love these they are just so good. So we got home one night like riiiiight at 9:30
so we are hurrying in and then turns out the door to get into our
building is broken, someone had twisted the lock so the key didn't work,
so we start to panic a little because we have not phone number to call,
its past office hours...you know. So clearly we decide to pray, and
then nothing happened. So then we just thought that we should start
banging on the door, and then about one second later our cute Hispanic
neighbor pops right out and opens it up for us. It was a milagro.
On Saturday Elder Anderson of the seventy and his wife
came to talk to us, and that was another fiesta spiritual. They were so
great. They talked to us a lot about faith, how to grow it, what to do
with it. Elder Anderson said one thing that reminded me of Dad, he
said that we grow our faith when we keep commandments. He also talked
to us about communing with the Spirit, and how it is another language,
and we need to really study and pray and learn that language, because it
is vital. We are so lucky to be missionaries and receive all kinds of
direction and guidance from General Authorities.
Sunday was just another treat. First of all our cute
family, the Hernandez family, came to church again! We were just so
happy. And as a little surprise President and Sister Wilson came too!
They spoke in Sacrament meeting, then had a meeting with all the Youth,
and then we had combined Relief Society and Priesthood. It was so fun.
They talked about the restoration and of coarse missionary work. We
even did role plays with all the members to help them practice talking
to people. It was just too much fun.
We are so blessed, and happy, and tired from all of the
spiritual parties we have been attending. But it is just the best! I
love you all. Have the best week. Talk to strangers and tell them to
come to church, or even better yet people you already know. Wouldn't
that just be fun? Love love love you all!
besitos, Hermana Riley Jane
email 8.18.14
Mi Familia!
As always this week was very
eventful. I love being a missionary. We just have so many
adventures. Very rarely do things work out the way we think/want, but
it is always SO GOOD.
So we started out the week with an awesome Zone
Workshop. Mostly just trainings and such. But one that was
particularly cool was about working with the Ward leaders, and how we
can do that better. We have such a unique opportunity right now to be
learning all about what kind of leaders we need to be, what our
responsibilities will be, and of coarse helping the leaders that we work
with be the very best! That was good. After the meeting we had a
little exchange with the other hermanas because we were passing an
investigator off to them. They have been having problems with their car
not starting and after we were done with our lesson we had to go save
our cute companions. So we get there, and we decide we need to jump the
car, but then we realize that we all don't really know exactly how to
do it, so we call a member. Cesar comes with his little brother
Emmanuel to help us, well to teach us how to jump the car. So its not
working and we have been there for a good 40 mins, when we FINALLY
decide to pray...DUH. So Cesar is working on the car and us
missionaries and Emmanuel decide to huddle up and say a prayer, and
after we said "Dear Heavenly Father" the car started. After the prayer
Emmanuel was like hey we didn't even need to pray! So we took that
little teaching opportunity, and learned a lesson ourselves as well.
Prayer is real, always use it, silly missionaries.
Also Tuesday night we had an awesome lesson with our
family investigators about the Temple and Eternal Marriage, and it was
just the happiest. I just love that really that is what our goal is
here as missionaries, not just to baptize people but help them have an
eternal family, and inherit all the blessings of the celestial kingdom.
And also I want all my cute Hispanics to be with me up there, so that's
why we gotta work hard to help them. There are just so many blessings
to be shared.
Our cute investigator Veronica told us this week
that she is going to be baptized. She has not been able to come to
church yet because her parents don't let her leave the house (we are
working on them), but she just bore her testimony to how happy she is
with all the things that we have been teaching her, and she wants it so
bad. That was a good day.
We found some new investigators this week, a
Guatemalan family. After the lesson I was saying that one day I have to
go to Guatemala, to see my people...you know...and then the mom started
freaking out and got super excited...and said oh well you just need to
marry a Guatemalan, and he can take you there...IN FACT here you should
marry my son (19 year old boy sitting in the room), he would love that,
then you two can go to Guatemala together. So that was fun, second
marriage proposal...but this time from the mother! COOL.
Our best friend in the ward, Mishel wanted to make
us lunch this week and she was so excited planning this big
surprise...and when we got there she was making pancakes. She was just
so happy as to how American she had become in the last four years that
she even knows how to make pancakes. She is a real gem. Then of coarse
we spent the hour answering all her questions about going on a mission,
she turns 19 in January and is SO excited. Best.
Also I don't know if I talked about Jhonny last
week, but we met with him two more times this week, and is was awesome.
He is the one who has been mixed up in all kinds of trouble in his
life, in and out of jail, ect...and he just wants to change so bad. It
is definitely a process, but the atonement is real, and he wants it. I
have been so grateful for my new way of looking at people, being able to
see them the way God sees them, every single human has the potential to
be good. We are all Children of God, and we can all make it back. I
love being a missionary.
Yesterday was of coarse filled of Milagros we met 4
super super super prepared people. YES. One of them, Rudy was asking
us about what he has to do before he can get baptized, then our member
started on a rant about the Word of Wisdom, and I was freaking out a
little inside...but then he was like oh what a coincidence, I just
decided to stop drinking coffee because I think it is bad for my
health...and we were like yeah no, not a coincidence! We met a guy
named Lazaro, we taught him on his doorstep...and then we gave him a
pamphlet to read, and he was like oh okay I will read it, but I am going
to have all my questions ready, and we were like oh okay. YES.
Anyways, the mission life is just the best. I love
it. God blesses us every single second. Mostly it is just good to be
alive. Love you all!
Besitos, Hermana Myer
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Buenos!
Classy pictures in front of Dennys!
This is Hermana Collins favorite treat, just a little carmel covered pirates booty :) She noms.
email 8.11.14
Well well well, another great week. This week was pretty
tranquila, and fun, and surprising, and good all around, as usual. Just
the normal mission trip adventures.
We had
some really great lessons, and even found some members that had be
hiding, silly guys, we always find them! Anyway I learned a good lesson
this week about waiting on Heavenly Fathers timing. He is such a
tricky little guy sometimes. But I just know that he has his plan, he
loves us, and he gives us what we need when we need it.
Our cute Noelia, who was supposed to get baptized
this coming week, had a bit of a breakdown. She is 15 and her brother
is 11 and the hermanas had been teaching them since way before we got
here. Anyways she had a bit of a break down this week. We were going
through the baptismal questions with her and I think it is number three
that asks about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon, and she just burst
out in tears. She told us that she has been begging for an answer, she
comes to church every Sunday,
she reads the Book of Mormon every day, but she has just not received
an answer yet. She has the most sincere desires, and she wants her
answer so bad, and she is just distraught that she has not received it
yet. Of course we are working with her on recognizing her answer and
being patient, but it just touched my heart, how much she really wants
this. I just thought about how so many of the answers I have received
have been easy, and others hard, but in the end they are always
answered. I just know what she will know someday, and we have to be
patient for when the time is right. Yesterday we fasted with her, and I
had one of the best experiences I have ever had with fasting. I was
able to receive direction not only for me, but for her as well, and the
Sacrament is always a million times better when I fast. I love being a
missionary.
I did have a surprise visit from the one and only
Jessica Nelson, which was so random, and the best! Things were just
normal as ever, just best friends. Which is funny because I think we
have both changed quite a bit over the years. But it was good to see
her!
We started doing assigned splits with the Relief
Society women this week, and so far so good. We really do have so much
support from the ward, which is really nice. It just makes me want to
be a really really really good member missionary when I get back, you
know to pay it forward. Our bishops wife, Hermana Arana came out with
us and we had a wee of a time. Just as missionary work sometimes goes a
lot all the appointments fell through and no one would really let us
in...BUT there is always a miracle to be had! It started pouring rain
and we were just walking around contacting some potentials but then we
saw this kid walking his dog that looked like my cute Cristian from
Chesterfields, so we had to stop him. He was super nice and Hispanic
but was trying to get out of the rain, but of coarse we noted what house
he went into and went back to knock the door like10 mins later...I
think he was a little freaked out, but then his mom came the to door,
and was like "oh hi, Mormon missionaries? My daughter goes to your
church with the neighbors sometimes, please come back and teach me about
your church on Monday at 6." That mostly never happens, so we died of
happiness and knew that we needed to meet her! God is just so good to
us.
My favorite thing this week was lunch with Hermana Claros. She is a member who feeds us every Thursday
for lunch, and she is the biggest gem on the planet. She is just my
mom here in Woodbridge. When I am at her house I feel happy, and loved,
and like I can keep being a missionary even if sometimes it is a
poquito hard. I love her.
I love being a missionary. I love the gospel. And I
love you! I hope you guys are looking for opportunities to share the
gospel all the time, and praying for them too. I love love love you!
xoxo mana myer
Buenas!
Meet Yallena, she is the biggest GEM. She is the daughter of our cute investigator Grisel who we love so much. When she thinks she has to make the windy face. :)
email 8.4.14
We had so many breakthroughs this week, the work kind of exploded and it was so much fun!
First
of all, I had a miracle with my stomach. I got a blessing, and then
decided to stop taking my vitamins...and life is good. God is good.
Just another reminded to always act in faith. Miracles are real.
We got a new set of Hermanas this week! So my good
old pal Hermana Chambers is up here, and she is training too! So that
was exciting because she is my friend and a really good missionary and I
love her! ALSO my bff Sister Seegmiller, who I served with in
Harrisonburg got transferred up here and is my Sister Training Leader,
so we are just having a party here in the Woodhood!
Okay so mostly we just had a million of surprise
member present lessons, which is always the most perfect, and also found
a ton of people to start teaching. We were lagging a little bit on the
new investigator front, but then we were blessed with a million sweet
referrals and then we just talked to everyone, and now we are busy busy
busy teaching.
We met this super awesome guy named Johnny, who is
just the most prepared. We were actually looking for his dad, but he
was asleep, so he let us in anyways. We started talking to him and he
started telling us about his life. He is a little rough around the
edges, but he is in the process of becoming sober and changing! He told
us how his life had no purpose, he was just running around and doing
bad stuff and he hated it and he felt bad inside and he wanted to
change. So he is in that process right now, we invited him to be
baptized and he was so excited, it is exactly what he wants and needs.
He is a gem. More to come.
We have been teaching this cute family for the past
transfer, the Hernandez family. The old hermanas were teaching them,
and passed them over to us, but we didn't get to see them for the first
two weeks we were here. But when we finally started teaching them we
were so excited. They had so much potential. Every time we would go
over they had the best questions, they were reading in the Book of
Mormon, and they want to know if it is true. BUT they had never came to
church. Finally on Saturday night we had a lesson about keeping the
Sabbath day holy. They were so sincere and committed to come to church
on Sunday, because they really understood the importance and want to
know if it is true! YES. They came, they loved it, they felt the
spirit. It was just perfect. Also all the testimonies were really
appropriate, and so that was also a huge blessing.
I think last week I told you about the less active
family, Ascencio, that we have been working with...well they came
again! I about cried. BUT then Kevin, the 9 year old, got up and
shared his testimony. He said that he knows they haven't been at church
in a while, but now they are coming again and he is never going to stop
coming because it feels like home. Then I actually cried, and I think
everyone there too...even the Elders. You know how I feel about my cute
ninos, they just have the most pure testimonies and intentions, and I
love them.
I don't know if I have ever mentioned our friend
Blanca. She is a cute young mom in our ward and she was our first
friend here. She has two cute little boys, and a recent convert/less
active husband...so we visit them. They fed us dinner this week and I
was just so impressed by her example. She just wants to be good, she
puts 110% into all she does, and she is the cutest mom. I am so
grateful for all of the really really good example that I have in my
life.
This week I started reading Preach My Gospel from
page 1, just to mix it up. And I am so happy I did. I have been
reminded about how much power and authority that we have as
missionaries. I really just want to live up every second of having that
privilege. Because it really is a privilege. I read the Following up
talk from conference again and he invites all members to read the PMG, I
know that we will all be truly blessed as we continue to go forth and
share the gospel :)
Funny: We taught this new little family this week
and when we were leaving, the little boy was said "HEY! you guys are
really smart, and know a lot of stuff, but next time can you teach us
about Abraham Lincoln?" We died.
I love love love you all the most! you are my favorite family. I hope you have the best week ever!
Love, Hermana Myer
email 7.28.14
Querido familia!
This week was
wonderful, I had a few Nicole moments this week, which always makes for
happiness. As you know my dear friend Nicole is just filled of wonder
and love and joy and happiness always...and sometimes those emotions get
the best of her and she just cries...and me too sometimes!
First I went on exchanges to Stafford. I got to
serve with Hermana Clark, who is just the coolest person ever. She is
Natalie Boud re-incarnated into Hermana misionera. BEST DAY EVER. She
was just so peaceful and calm and I just sat in the front seat and
worked with her in Stafford. We even got to go to a trailer park where
we met this awesome family and invited them to be sealed in the temple
as the commitment for the lesson. It was so cool. The spirit was so
strong, they accepted and are excited to learn more. Then we ran across
the trailer park in the pouring raid because we were late for our
dinner appointment, and then I cried again. Because I was just so happy
to be having the most classic missionary night. Feeling the spirit in a
trailer park=happiness.
The second Nicole moment I had was at the annual
noche de talentos..aka Talent show...in the Hispanic ward=so priceless.
We were forced against our will by the Ward Mission Leader to do a
number...and because we don't have any "showable" talents we decided to
rap the restoration in Spanish. Out of control, but so good. We even
had props..Ill send a picture. They thought we were really funny, so
that was a success. But then the best thing happened, our investigator
Silvestre showed up. We met him a few weeks ago and he was completely
drunk outside he house, but we talked to him to a few mins, and then
taugh him again last week. He works with a member who had invited him,
so he decided to come! And he even decided to sing! It was the most
unreal. So here I am eating some pollo y ensalada, sitting next to
Silvestre, enjoying the noche de talentos, and then someone gets up and
sings la Bamba, and Everyone is singing, and then, I cired again. I was
just so happy. I was with my people, everyone was happy and singing,
my investigator came and loved it, and there was just not one thing to
be sad about. I love being a missionary so much, I would not change one
thing. It is just so good.
Lastly we have been visiting a less active family in
the ward, the Ascencio family. Less actives are my FAVORITE, I just
love them so dearly. So we have been having noche de hogar with them
every week since we have been here. They have three kids and are just
lacking in animo to get up and come to church. But we have been working
with them, loving them, the whole 9 yards. And then yesterday they came
to church! Just walked in with big smiles on their faces, stayed all
three hours, and everyone was so good to them! They were just happy, we
are hoping that this goodness continues! I cried, I was so happy.
Mostly just so grateful that they are trying to strengthen their family
so they can all get to the celestial kingdom together. They are the
cutest.
So this email is dedicated to my dear friend
Nicole. She inspires me to be happy and to have adventures and to love
people, and just to love life.
This week I
have continued studying in the Doctrine and Covenants, and I have been
reading about the different Kingdoms of Glory, and the requirements and
all that jazz. This morning I read about how we really do choose which
kingdom we go to, based on what we decide to do. Verse 32 of section 88 says: And
they who remain shall also be quickened; nevertheless, they shall
return again to their own place, to enjoy that which they are willing to
receive, because they were not willing to enjoy that which they might
have received." How crazy is that, they are not willing to enjoy what
they could have had. How silly! We have to be willing to do what it
takes to get the reward that we can have, and we have the potential to
have all of the rewards in the whole universe! It is so worth it to
keep working! So keep working! I love you all so much, thank you for
being the best family ever!
xoxox Hermana Riley Jane
email 7.21.14
Once again this week I realized how many darn trees there are in
this place, and then I think about how hard it would have been to even
put anything else but trees here, aka houses. But I am so glad they
figured it out, because it is so pretty, and my favorite, and I love
it. I love Virginia, I am so grateful to be here!
This week has slowed down a little bit, for whatever
reason, but still good. We are still being missionary preaching that
good gospel, and we still saw miracles, of course.
We started off with a lovely P-day, going to the "beach" of the Potomac
river...they had a dock and everything! It was not quite what I am used
to, but I really really really enjoyed the time outside in the sun :)
And also part of the dock is actually in Maryland, so we got a little
rebelious and crossed over.
Tuesday was mostly just crazy. It had been
super super super humid, like i am sure over 100% humidity, the most
unreal. And then at night time it will storm, these super awesome
thunder/rain/lightning storms, we always get a good show on our drive
home. But on Tuesday it started raining at like 6 and did not stop
until 12, and our appointments kept falling through etc, and when we got
home it was like we had been in the shower...it was so fun! We were
literally dripping, and freezing, so we got into jammies to plan and
even made hot chocolate, in the middle of the summer!
This week I started the Book of Mormon over again,
and I have been studying it a little bit more in depth. Yesterday I was
reading in chapter five verse five says, "But
behold, I have obtained a land of promise, in the which things I do
rejoice; yea, and I know that the Lord will deliver my sons out of the
hands of Laban, and bring them down again unto us in the wilderness." I
was sitting there thinking about the fact that he was rejoiceing in the
promised land, that he would not actually get to for another 8 years!
But he was already rejoicing, because he was depending on the promise
that he was given. I need to do that more! I have been promised so
many things, in the temple, in my call letter, and in my patriarchal
blessing, and I may not have all the blessings right this second, but I
can have that hope and happiness that one day I will! Just put things
back into perspective for me!
We had a return and report meeting in Richmond for
all the trainers and the trainees, and it was awesome. The APs trained
us on not only inviting to baptism, but inviting people to be sealed in
the temple. Because that is really our goal. I got my fire reignited
to just talk to every single person, to helpt them repent, and be happy,
and mostly to go to the temple! hurray for meetings!
Mostly this week I am just thankful for my family. I
am thankful for people that love me and want me to be happy, that
really care about me. We have been meeting a lot of people that just
don't have that. Last night we finally taught a potential named
Silvestre, he has no one, he wants to be happy. He is going to be
baptized, because this is what he needs. He needs hope and love and
care and support, and that is what we have. I makes me sad when people
don't want what we have, there are so many that are suffering, I just
want to help them!
Yesterday my sweet trainer came to church to visit
me! She has been working at EFY for a few weeks and she suprised me at
sacrament meeting. I about died. She is a gem. She taught me so much,
and it was just good to see her again. Anyway, we had a great week! I
still love being a missionary and teaching and finding and praying.
That is pretty much all we do here, oh and a lot of loving. I love love
love you all!
xoxo Hermana Myer
Felicidad
Birthday!
Cute Hermana Penaloza
Ivonne y Fulovio
Our cute member Betty who comes out with us all day every Wednesday, who is moving to Utah this week :(
email 7.14.14
This week was amazing! Being a missionary just gets
better and better every day and also just so classic always. And
mostly just felicidad.
First I did have an
awesome birthday, it was super tranquilla, and relaxing. I got my nails
done, we had a party, and ate brownies. It was perfect!
On Tuesday we had exchanges and my favorite Hermana
Penaloza came to Woodbridge, I lived with her in Harrisonburg. We had a
wee of a time, and just did WORK. It was so fun to be back with her,
especially right before she goes home, and to learn and laugh and all
that good stuff. She is s real gem. We took a member out with us who
ended up knowing all of the people we visited and had a break through
with some less actives. It was awesome.
We also had another breakthrough with a less active
family that the elders have been trying to visit for ages, but have not
been able to get in their home. The daughter called us to ask us if we
could help her with a paper for college, so we jumped at the
opportunity. She is in the Pathway program at BYUI so her paper was
about why we have trials and how we can get through them. She shared
all her experiences with us and bore her testimony, and then came to
church on Sunday :) we were happy. I love getting to know all these
cute people and know their lives and just love them.
We had the coolest miracle with a referral from
Headquarters. It was from the temple and we knew they had member
family, so we headed out! We met Ivonne and Fluvio, the cutest little
Columbian couple. They are SO prepared. Their son and his family are
strong members that go to an English ward, and their granddaughter is on
a mission. Basically they said that they want to be members of the
church and when can they be baptized. We didn't know what to say, so we
started teaching them. Ivonne told us that the sprit has touched her
and she knows it is the right time. I think they have been being
prepared for a long time, and we are so so so excited to teach them!
They had to go to New York this week, so hopefully as soon as they get
back we will be able to start teaching them for real! It was such a
miracle. And they are the cutest little things. Ivonne reminds me of
Grandma Jane and I even had a little moment of crying in the bathroom,
because really Grandma Jane's Columbian twin was sitting outside. It
was a happy happy day.
This week we have been so blessed to have a ton of
members come out with us, and it has made our work so much more
productive. And we have been able to have some awesome lessons with
less actives. I have been trying to focus this week on improving my
prayers for others. It is so silly to try and help people by
ourselves. I love the example of Enos, he pleads for his people,
because he knows it works. And I also know it works. The work is
moving forward here and we are so so so happy!
DC 58:3-4, read that, its good. I love the Doctrine and covenants so much.
Funny:
This morning when we were working out outside our funny neighbor was
going to take the trash out. He is a funny bald guy, who is 50 but
thinks he is 20, rides a skateboard around and is always trying to chat
with us about our car, and we call him Rex. Anyway he asked us how our
workout was going, and told us he a personal trainer and used to be a
body builder, and told us we were doing a good job. Then he informed us
that the whole apartment complex has been talking about us and how they
want to join that "couple" for the morning workouts! He thanked us for
inspiring others, and then we died laughing. What a gem.
I hope you all have the best week! I love love love you!
xoxo, Mana Myer
Bueno
Sneakers, our investigators dog that kills me. He is a puppy and runs around like crazy and that was the best picture I could get, we were all crying/laughing.
God Bless America.
Feliz Cumpleanos, thanks for all the party stuff friends!
email 7.7.14
Todo esta muy bien aqui en Woodbridge. Hemos tenido un semana LOCO. Como siempre. Pero me encanta la vida de ser misionera.
But
really good good good week. The work is rolling right along and we are
talking to everyone we see. We had a training at the beginning of the
week at district meeting on how important the people in our immediate
surroundings are, how God litearally places them there, and if we don't
talk to them, we are doing the work of God a diservice! So we got fired
up on offering the gospel to every single human, and it has really
changed the week. I just feel happy when get to share the gospel. This
morning we saw two hispanics when we were on our walk, so you know we
talked to them and we even set up appoitments! Mostly it was lucky we
both remembered our tags! Life is just happy when you talk about how
happy the gospel is, you should all try it :)
This week we were so fired up about talking to
everyone that when we were stuck in HORRIBLE traffic (we are super duper
close to DC so the traffic gets really bad here) we decided to roll
down our window, and would you guess, there was a hispanic right there
in the car next to us! We chatted and invited him to church, and even
threw him a pass along card. The next time we stopped we were next to
another hispanic, so you know we just continued the pattern. Hermana
Collins thinks I am nuts sometimes, but she goes with and and we always
have a good time!
We have been blessed to mee some really gem
humans here. The other day we were knocking doors and this guy just
stuck his head outside of the window from the 2nd floor and then we
proceeded to teach him the restoration from the lawn. We call him
window popping Juan, he is a gem. We aslo finally got to meet with a
family yesterday that the other sister had been teaching and they are
GOLD. We taught them about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and we had a
member with us, who pretty much taught the whole lesson, invited them to
church, and the whole nine yards. They are so prepared and asked
really great questions, and with a fuerte member friend, they are going
to be solid. We are so excited for them!
The fouth of July was pretty darn good! The
morning started off with a classic Breakfast with the ward. There is
nothing more rich than the Hispanic 4th of July Breakfast complete with
tortillas and beans and even pupusas. Also donuts and orange juice and
all that jazz. They played country music, sang the National Anthem, and
even had USA trivia. We were in heaven, it was just so classic. Our
Bishop is hilarious, we were sitting with his sons, and we were all
dying at his trivia questions, which he ended up not even knowing the
answers to. So good. Of corse we dressed in red white and blue, as I
demanded, to get into the spirt and we had a pretty successful day
contacting and even had a couple of lessons! Sadly we didnt get to see
fireworks, but we did have some glow sticks the grandma Jane sent me, so
we had a good time.
I started studying the Doctrine and Covenants last
week and I just can't put it down these days, the history of the church
is so cool. And all the revelations for us today, I mean we are so
blessed. I am so so grateful for the truths that we have here on the
earth today!
Mostly things are good here in the Woodhood, just
working hard and loving being a missionary as always, and just trying to
find all my cute humans to share the happienss with! I love love love
you all the most! Have the best week :)
love, Hermana Riley Jane
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