8-5-13

Annie’s Letter

R.I.P. to my blow dryer. So... rewind 16 months. I'm in the MTC and my blow dryer dies. I was like... man! I don't wanna buy a new one! And...it came back to life. magical. back to present...it's worked for 16 months and this week... died. bust. I still don't wanna buy a new one. I've had that one for 8 years! But now it lives in the trash. I haven't been using it very often anyway lately..so I'll probably just get a new one when I get home. It was sad. It's tried to die several times on my mission but always came back to life. Until this time. So sad. Ce'st la vie!

SO this week was a pretty awesome week! We set a goal to get 2 chapel tours this week, we have had a really hard time getting people to come out to the church! But this week we made it a point to get it!Q So we prayed about it kept it in our minds and WE GOT THEM! We actually did one yesterday. We had an investigator, Jim, come to church. He was a little early and I thought "we should give him a chapel tour now" "no...we're gonna do it after church" "ummm...you should do it now." "fine." SO we did and he loved it and then church started. Good thing we listened and obeyed because..he ended up having to leave early. Yay for the spirit. Another good thing we listened moment... this morning while we were studying, Sis Nalls was sitting on the couch and she was gonna pull a blanket over her. She thought "I should shake out this blanket" so she did and out came...THIS MONSTER NASTY SPIDER! We're not really sure what it is...but it's pretty nasty. She killed it and THEN called me out...smart girl :-) yucky yucky yucky. I hate bugs.
Nate is doing well. I'm not exactly sure when he gets home, but it is right quick after I do. Probably in mid November sometime. Not sure. He is loving his mission though. You guys can read my letters, I don't care. Just don't mess up the order or the little bundle they are in! You don't have all of them though...HAHA!

Oh! One more miracle for this week! Last night we made an awesome contact with a referral and then when we left, we had about 20 minutes. We wanted to find a new investigator! We said a prayer, and both had the same name come to mind. So we went... we had met this man once before, his ex-wife is a member. He was getting her address so that we could forward her address to her current ward. We also met his daughter last night, and she is so excited for the missionaries to come. She wants to go to young women's! She was so cute! So we had a quick restoration lesson, and he is our newest investigator. When we for righteous things in faith and work  for it, the Lord will always answer. Check out 3 Nephi 18:18-21. The end.

So...QUESTION FOR YOU ALL! How has knowing that the Book of Mormon is true influenced/changed your life?
this is a question that someone asked...maybe my district leader...anyway, I took some time on Thursday morning and answered that... basically... everything in my life is what it is because the Book of Mormon is true. Obviously, I'm on a mission because it is true. I know that I can be with my family (current and future) for ALL OF ETERNITY! because the Book of Mormon is true. I know that I can be forgiven of my sins and overcome physical and spiritual death because the Book of Mormon is true. I have the standards and the friends that I do because the Book of Mormon is true. BYU was established, and I can go to school there...because the Book of Mormon is true. I know that Heavenly Father hears and answers my prayers, that He is involved in the details of my life because the Book of Mormon is true. These are just a few examples of the things I wrote. The list goes on and on. So take a minute, think about it and tell me how it has made a difference to you :-) Well, I love you guys and I hope you all have a fantastic week! Tell grandpa and uncle Eddie happy birthday for me!

Tata!~

Annie