October 3, 2011

Hey dear family!!! How are you all? So, first things first. Conference was great!!! We were able to watch all 4 sessions. The first one we made breakfast for our ward mission leader's family (my cousins - the Clarks) and then watched the first one with them. And the other 3 we just went to the stake center. Some of my favorite talks were ... I forget the one guy, but he talked about President Monson once told him, "It's better to look up." That was really cool. And then I loved the stories President Monson told about having faith. I love the prophet. He knows exactly what we need and he's so sweet and funny as well. And I'm so excited for the temple they are going to build in Provo! I once sang in that spot! Cool! I am also excited for the other temples as well. :D It was a good 2 days full of spiritual wisdom and guidance. So funny thing. We email at our ward mission leaders business. Usually he's not here, but this morning he was. So just as I was about to step into the building he jumps out in front of the open door and scares me with pig noises! Scared me to death! He loved it... my face was priceless apparently. Haha. Makes me think of the times Scott and I would try to scare each other. Oh! Do you know where Sulffer, Oklahoma is? One of my investigator's daughters lives there. Just curious... This last week or so we have been weeding out our investigators. So we still have 10... probably more like 9 investigators. The new mission president is making so changes. The old mission president had made changes to what our planners and pmg said about how to count numbers, but the new one is now changing it back to how the presidency have asked us to do it. It'll be good. I'm excited for the new changes even though it's kind of confusing...but starting to make more sense. Also! Today we (Sister Withers' and I) get a new sister. 2 Temple Square Sisters are coming out today, a week earlier than our transfers. So for this week they are going to hang out with a companionship until next week when transfers will happen. Next week will have 2 more new sisters! We'll see what happens. Who knows. Yep. That's about all the exciting stuff that I can think of. Oh! We did exchanges last week again. I was with Sister Polidario. I've been with her a few other times. It was fun. I got to lead out our area. Man, a lot of weight, but a really good experience for me. It was good. And we had an intense lesson with an investigator that day. He said he was going to pray about what we told him. We'll see next week what he says. Yep. Oh! And yesterday before general conference our zone had a breakfast burrito feast. I was trying to do the eggs...the kitchen didn't have much in the supplies of spatula's, so I grabbed a spoon and then asked, "Is it okay if I use a spoon?" Then an investigator said, "You really don't cook much do you?" Haha...yeah...I'm not that great it the kitchen, but I can do some things...also when we fed the Clarks I cut a cantaloupe for the first time! Haha, Sister Clark could tell I had never done it before, so she showed me. I think I'm not that use to being in a kitchen, so when I get in there for the first few minutes I am uncomfortable until I get my groove going. Yep. Life is good. I love my companion... sometimes we have our moments, but it's like any other sibling relationship. She tells me that I am like her sister, Rachel, in a way. But we enjoy being together a lot. It's fun. Life is good. I can't think of anything else way exciting, unless you want to hear something I said. At first it may sound rude, but the way my head was thinking it wasn't rude. I was talking to one of the zone leaders on the phone. We were talking about the fruit juice he was bringing for the breakfast and then I said, "Talking about fruit, what about that less active?" He and Sister Withers were cracking up laughing. I didn't mean it in the bad sense. I was thinking of the fruit of the vineyard from Jacob 5. Seriously! Yeah...but it kind of came out bad...opps. Haha. Yep. That's me for you. Anyways, I love you all bunches and bunches!!!!!!!!!!
Love you a million times a million!!!!
Have a great week!!!
Oh! I read in the bible this week about Jesus Christ raising the girl from the dead. He told the father when they found out she had died, "Be not afraid, only believe." We just need to have faith that things will work out, even when all seems lost. Now I love that story and the meaning it has behind it. "Only believe." Sometimes it's hard, but I know that it will be worth it like it was for Jarius, for his daughter was raised from the dead. So remember, "Be not afraid, only believe."
Love you lots and lots!!!
Your missionary,
Sister Kristi Walston