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HELLO!

So I cannot believe that I have friends getting married... STOP. Haha crazy. I LOVE YOU friends at home.
I am currently eating my favorite candy (hi-chews.) and I am waiting for my food at PF changs. Yummmm. I'm keeping an eye out for Beyoncé because she lives way close to where I am. HAHa. I'm so happy. Today I get to get a haircut and I CANNOT WAIT. Back in a salon!!!! Oh how I've missed doing hair :) I am cutting off 5 inches.. Much needed hair cut. I loooove P days.

GREAT week. I can't believe how much I love the people here. I don't ever want to leave this area. The people are SO amazing. I have made some really strong connections with a lot of the people here. Transfers are just around the corner. And I felt like transfers were yesterday! I'm crossing my fingers that I will stay another cycle .... Eeeeee!!!  But I will do whatever God wants me to do. Heavenly Father knows where I need to be. I just think being here for the holidays would be so awesome. And I really love Sister Wilkes. It will be her LAST cycle! She is a good missionary. So I guess we'll find out what happens in about a week!! Ahh!!

The area that I am in is BLOOMING. I looooove it. We have SO many
people to work with and it feels so good to teach the gospel. Things are realllllly starting to pick up here and I am so happy about it. We have two baptismal dates and We had SEVEN investigators at church!!!!! MIRACLE. It's a miracle when we have one at church but SEVEN!?!? That NEVER happens. I was soooo happy. And the thing about the investigators that we have right now is they are all so serious and SO normal and so awesome. I don't know how many times I said "I don't ever want to leave this area..." over the week. We are so busy and the members are so willing to come teach with us. I feel blessed. So happy. #thankful

It was a FUN week. I wish I could list everything fun that happened. But I just can't. Just know I am having FUN. And working hard. ;)

How did I get called here? I can't handle it. I can't believe how right this is. This is where I am supposed to be. THIS GOSPEL is so important. I feel bad for those who don't understand the importance of it! Because I don't think I really realized how important it is until I came out here. I think every person in the whole world should serve a mission. I would be so so so sad if I wouldn't have come out here. I would have had no idea what I was missing out on. AHH I just feel so blessed to have the gospel and to know and understand the gospel. It makes all the difference. I am so happy.... BUT please remember that this is hard. Although I've never been happier.... I have never been so tired. So spiritually tired and physically tired as well. I NEVER thought I'd miss my loved ones at home as much as I do. I didn't think I would have to miss my bfffffff's big day. Didn't think I'd have to be SO selfless. ... Crazy though, because I don't want to do ANYTHING else. I don't want to ever stop sharing the gospel. I love the gospel. I love my Heavenly Father. I love my savior Jesus Christ. I am so confident that this church is true. I have SUCH a strong testimony that god hears us and he knows us. He knows what we need. He loves us.

PRAYER is my favorite thing right now. I love prayer more than I love peanut butter. My prayers have come a loooong way since I left on my mission. I LOVE to say my prayers. I love to pour out my heart to Heavenly Father. And to tell him how tired I am. I love telling him how much I miss my family. I love telling him how fat I feel after eating the meals the members feed me. I love asking for forgiveness for my shortcomings of the day. I love THANKING him for letting me have this opportunity. I LOVE praying to him. And I've never felt so close to him. He cares for all of us. He IS THERE. So PLEASE everyone don't deprive yourself from the wonderful blessing we have to COMMUNICATE with him. Prayer is amazing. I LOVE PRAYER. So I INVITE all of you to pray harder than you ever have before. And literally POUR OUT YOUR STINKIN HEART. Let your prayer be SINCERE. Don't just bow your head and fold your arms and "pray" without being sincere, .... If that happens.. re- do your prayer. A prayer should be straight from your heart. Your TRUE desires. In fact yesterday I prayed to god that I would be able to buy a dress that I saw the other day in madewell. Now just because I prayed for that does that mean I'm going to get it? No. In fact I probably won't get it. But it felt good to tell Heavenly Father. And I think Heavenly Father enjoyed hearing that from me. I LOVE my Heavenly Father. He is so smart and so loving and so right. I Love him.

I guess that's all for now. Talk to you in a week!!! Maybe I will
share more stories then. CTR

Love abbbbbbba

a cute member family!

I slacked on picture taking this week. I will send more later ;)