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| Sis Wall and Sis Jara |
I am
so sad that I will miss your chinese New Year's Eve food! We might go to
a family's house tomorrow and eat Japanese food, though, so maybe it
will be kind of the same. haha.
I am glad that you are joining
the ARC again. You seem like you always enjoy it. I feel like my face is getting fatter, but the rest of my body is
staying the same! haha. What can I do about this?
Today
is the last day of 2012 and then I get to start my "One Line a Day
Journal" over again.. I am actually really excited about this!! I will
make sure to remind you of fun things that we did on the same day last
year. haha.
I know the morning was pretty
hectic, but I am so glad that I got to talk with you on Christmas
evening! I probably already told you some of the things, but I will just
recount my week to you!
Sunday,
Sister Jara and I went to the Park City ward for church. They had 11
instruments total, including 2 harps, which were my favorite!! By the
way, can I have a harp when I get home? They are only about 8,000
dollars. So.. yes? ...It was a really good sacrament though. Elizabeth
Smart played a couple of songs on the harp.
On Monday, Christmas Eve, we
could go anywhere in the mission that we wanted. The Spanish speaking
sisters, Sister Jara, and I went down to the valley to visit some
families that we know. I got to see the boys that I taught, which was
awesome! The oldest moved to California, but the brothers were still
living there and taking the discussions with the elders, which made me
so excited. In the evening, we went to a mission conference, where we
saw Elder Oaks and his wife speak. I had the opportunity to say the
closing prayer in front of the entire mission and an apostle!
Tuesday, as you know, was
Christmas! We had a meeting at the Family Tree in the morning. A family
from the ward came and gave us stockings with all kinds of presents...
It was so sweet! Then the missionaries in our zone went to the Alden
family home (they own Skull candy) and their house was a castle! I am
sending a few pictures so you can see. They lived IN the mountains and
we could literally see people skiing in their backyard. They were a
really really nice family!! We had a buffet-style dinner with
chef-prepared food! Brother Alden wore onesie pajamas, and I think that
was my favorite part about the entire morning. We worked at the Family
Tree in the middle of the day and then in the evening, we had dinner
with the Portwood family, (you met Sister Portwood on Skype). My
favorite part of the day was talking with you and the rest of the
family!! I loved seeing and talking to all of you! I am sad that I
didn't get to talk to Michael but please let him know that I love him!
Wednesday, we had a really
wonderful experience. We visited a home where we expected there to be 4
unbaptized children. (We found their names on a list). When we got
there, there were 2 boys about 10-years-old and their mom. We talked to
them a little bit and finally I told them the reason we were there. The
mom seemed kind of surprised and said that all of her 4 boys were
baptized. As we talked a bit more, I figured that we would just share a
scripture and leave. I kept getting the feeling that I needed to share a
scripture about the Atonement, but kind of ignored it because it didn't
seem relevant to the conversation. Then the woman told us about how she
was a convert and although she is very active in the church, she has
never had a testimony of the Atonement. She said that she understood it,
but didn't think it could be applied to her. I felt the Spirit so
strongly because when she said that, I knew that we were there for a
reason. I read her the story, "The Room," which talks about how Jesus
Christ signs his name for the mistakes that we've made. When I finished
reading, I looked up and she was crying. We briefly shared our
testimonies of the Atonement, but I know that the Holy Ghost can teach
more effectively than I can, so we said a closing prayer and got ready
to leave. As we were leaving, the woman said, "If you think that your
efforts in the snow were wasted...Trust me, they were not." It is one of
my favorite moments of my mission so far!!
On Friday, we worked at the Family Tree and I had some great
experiences. I am really starting to love it here. The people come in
and see us, rather than us having to go out and find them! We are so
lucky. I gave out 2 copies of the Book of Mormon that night and wrote a
little note to each of the women. Also, Jana (pronounced Hannah), (the
member that I gave my CTR ring to), came in to talk to us for a bit.
While we were talking, she was saying the nicest things to me!!! She was
saying that I am different from every other missionary that she's met
before; that I am very natural and easy to talk to; and that I am very
good at "convincing." haha. I felt so happy and it was nice to hear all
of those compliments!
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| Sis Jara, Casey and Sis Wall |
It has been a wonderful week! I love Park City and
feel so lucky to be here. I haven't gotten a hold of Russ' friend,
although I've called her about 3 times on each number. I will keep
trying.
Tonight we have a New Year's
Eve conference, where we will be hearing Elder Christofferson speak. I
am really excited! Hopefully I don't have to say any of the prayers,
though!
I love you so much! Have a wonderful New Year!!
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| Our small apartment!! |
Our apartment in PC is so small! We walk into a closet like space & have to walk up a ladder to get to our beds & a tiny closet! I had to take my clothes out of my suitcase & carry them up the ladder. haha
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