Our Church has so
much language that is peculiar to
it….and so does missionary work! Yesterday at conference I was talking
to one of the BYU study abroad students about the group's trip to
Germany and then Sister Judd came and joined us. And one of the places the group
went is actually where Sister Judd's trainer is from. So Sister Judd said,
"Oh that's where my trainer is from! She's dead now." This poor girl
got this horrified look on her face and oh it's bad but it was so funny.
Mission lingo is funny. Sister Judd's trainer is only dead because she is
no longer a missionary! In mission terms, I was "born" in Wien.
Don't worry, we explained to her that Sister Judd's trainer is actually alive
and well.
More quotes . .
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Elder Richman said,
"The Spirit was so strong it punched you in the face" (speaking
about Jenni's baptism)
"I'm
wearing new socks today. One says Satureday and the other one
says Sunday." That's from our bishop at Jenni's baptism. He went on
to talk about how Jenni was getting baptized on Saturday and
confirmed on Sunday. And the connection between the two days. He's funny.
So I hear you saw
Baagii's video of us! Do you remember me telling you about her? That was a long
time ago. She's still wonderful. And Richard too. After we sang our bishop
told us he was mad at us because we hadn't sung for our ward.
So we watched
conference at the Stake Center and it was soooo good! We watched Relief Society
and Saturday Morning on
Saturday and Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning on
Sunday. And I watched it all in English. There was a room where it was in
German and a room where it was in English. So don't worry we were watching the
morning sessions at the same time! I thought about you a lot and I liked
thinking that when they talked about full-time missionaries you were thinking
of me!
Watching conference
as a missionary was just as wonderful as I had hoped. I was reminded again
about how much our Heavenly Father loves us and how much He wants us to return
to Him. Elder Eyring told us that there is not one of us that He has not given
angels charge over, that He does not desire to save, and that He has not
prepared a way for our return.
Good news, I have
had a couple people tell me that I look Swiss. I think it was
my first Sunday in our ward and a ward member legitimately
told me they thought I was from Switzerland.
Just a thought from
preachy sister missionary Katie. The article in the August Ensign
about no corrupt communication was really good.
The work goes on.
Sister Judd and I have had some times, particularly this week, that we have had
a lot of fun.
This week we had a
family home evening with a family that is investigating the church but it's
hard because the father and husband in the family is not really in the
picture and they're not actually legally married. But they have four adorable
kids and we taught them the story of Daniel in the Lion's den and talked about
the importance of prayer and committed them to pray as a family. Want
to know how to say lion's den auf Deutsch? Because I know now. It's “löwengrube”.
Well family I love
you lots. I hope you enjoyed conference as much as I did. I also loved that
President Uchtdorf said to "Doubt your doubts before you doubt your
faith." I love that. I'm so grateful to be a missionary. I really do
love it. There are so many wonderful members of this church. Thanks for all of
your support!
Love you!
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