HI
Wait, what does this mean? Is Zach's face going to be something we can laugh at for a long time now, or does it go away after a little bit? Because you don't seem to concerned ;)
(His older brother has developed Bell's Palsy)
Alright, you need to be honest with me- are you going to take me skiing all the time when I get home? Because all these trips you're taking is making me want to go skiing more and more. I think I might go to the mountains again for another P-day while I'm here, but I don't know yet.
Whoa... Church at 1 PM. That sounds amazing! But at the same time it wouldn't give the Dalton's a chance to make dinner, so maybe it's not worth it ;) I was talking with Elder Fuhriman about his time in Orem (he broke his hand in the MTC, so he spent about 2 months of his mission in Orem) and he told me that just he and his companion were over 11 wards! WHAT!? 4 to 6 of us have a hard enough time just managing one branch of 20 or less people! It's amazing that that happens! Missions are all so different, so I never try to compare, but it's really cool to see how things work in other missions
The english class with so many people is pretty fun, but everyone there is on such different levels, even though there's different courses, it's hard to meet the needs of everyone. I still like it more, though, becuase it's like we're teaching a real english class and not just sitting in the primary room with three adults and talking about super heroes (you'd be surprised how many times that has happened)!
I sent you another email about the release date, so hopfully we'll be able to figure something out quick. Other missionary moms would be (I only know last names) Einfeldt, McMaster, Haskett, Gheen, Haight, and Stahl. I'm pretty sure we're all planning on going to BYU.
Elder Fuhriman and I are meeting with a lot of people right now, which is really interesting, because I've never had this on my mission before. He really doesn't like finding activities, and he knows how missions are like in the states concerning teaching lessons and working with members, so he does all he can to fill our days with meetings. Sometimes it's really good, and sometimes it just means that we're meeting with people who aren't making any progress at all. For the most part, though, it's way better than trying to do finding activities all the time, and we're helping the members out a lot! We're doing a lot with family history, and now I really want to get into that when I get home. We need to figure out what your side of the family looks like, mom!
Mini-miracle time! Yesterday, as I was standing up at the podium translating for church because the batteries in the microphone ran out, the speaker was saying something about how we should be led by Christ and not dragged. When he said "drag", though, I had no idea what he said, so I just guessed a word, but the second time he said it, I heard it and I knew exactly what it meant, and I didn't even doubt! It meant drag! It was so cool! A word I had never heard before and in a situation where I couldn't try to think about what it meant, I was able to just pull it out of nowhere. Maybe not preaching in a new language, but it was definitley the gift of tongues.
I've also been wondering about some scriptures lately. At the end of his book, Nephi says something along the lines of "I pray that many of my bretheren will be saved, if not all in the last day". Peter says the same thing, and so does Ezekiel in the Old Testament. I've been wondering, because these people for sure knew about the last days, and must have known that Jesus was coming a second time to destroy the wicked, but they still prayed about it! But they
knew it wouldn't happen! I wonder if they just had such child-like faith that they prayed for it. They just had so much hope, and I want to know how I can get that much hope as well.
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