Who woulda thunk?

Hello family!

 

Doing well today. Not gonna lie, not alot different has happened to me lately.  But i willl try to say something that you will enjoy reading :)  I have heard from quite a few sources the last couple of weeks that my writing skills are "interesting"  or "scatterbrained"  or "all over the place" haha!  Im really sorry that my brain works that way. I could try to change that but i don't really know how to.....so ya! get used to it i guess

 

Even though not alot has happened to me, alot has happened to Sister West, my companion.  She has to get surgery on thursday because she tore her miniscus (sp?)  We are not really sure of all the details but the surgery is on thursday and she might stay with her sister for a little while so i will be a lone ranger.  She is awesome and has a great attitude even though she most likely will have to stay here longer.  The selfish side of me is really sad because I will have to travel with out her and not be with her my whole mission for visa trips and everything haha!  But please pray for her!  I know everything will work out (haha mom :) )

 

We had an exciting moment at the MTC when the fire alarm went off at our residence halls!   most excitment since i don't know when!  we were all in our Pjs all piled into the gym. i of course grabbed my scrapbook, journal and scriptures :) haha i know im such a dork! and such a sister Missionary.  Anyways the alarm made us late for bed...opps and iitt  got all of us awake and hyper. The buildidng did not burn down, it  wwaas just some sisters who burned some popcorn! haha i bet they were embarrassed!  haah!

 

A cool thing we did in class was we watched the testaments in Russian.  To be honest i did noott  understand a whole lot of it haha but the cool part was that i did understand some of it!    So its a long story but thegist of it is that I at first got really frustrated, and then I felt so much comfort and  lloovve.  As he was healing the people, he took one womans face in His hands aannd he healed her sight (I think)  and i thought to myself that he can do that to me, not that i am literally blind, but sometimes i am spiritually blind.  We can all get a individual testimony of christ and figurtively feel the prints in His hands as the Nephites did. We just need to get to know Him, read of Hiimm study His life and BECOME more like HIm everyday.   That is my theme if you haven't noticed,  BECOMING like my Savior.  Not just simply knowing of Him, not just saying and doing the right things, but literally, physically, emotingally, aannd spiritually BEING as He is.  And we can do that through the atonement.  One of thhee  branch Presidency members always says "you are so lucky, you get to stop the world for 2 years (18 months)"  and its true.  I get to stop the world, put distractions behind me and change myselfp AND help others change and find hhaappiness in Christ also.  But in order to do that i must be with Him.  My purpose is to invite others to Christ but someone said "You cannot invite someone ssomewhere that you are not". 

 

:) now i am just rambling (as always) and im really sorry about all the typos all the exxtra letters are from the computer saving it every five second so sorry about that

 

I have become a sister missionary. An outifit is not complete with out a sweater and I wear my hair upt everyday....opps. haha oh well..!  And did you know that yourr  skirts can be too long?  i had no idea to be honest!   The mission presidents wiiffee  told one of our sisters that her skirt had to be above mid calf....i thinki have a few that aare too long....but i don't know if that is a mtc rule or a whole world rule.  We are going to try to ffiinnd out soon.

 

My teacher told me that the coldest it ever got while he was there was -60 F !!!! haha that is so cold!    

 

we watched the joseph smith movie on sunday and i just loved it!    I felt the spirit so strongly and realizeedd that i am here because of what Joseph smith did. As you wttch the movie you realize he was just a man who lived and loved and played and laughed just like all of us.  But you also realize that he is a Prophet of God!  It is so powerful!  we all need to have the faith, charity, courage and desire to know God that he did.  The quote that applied to me from it the most i think is  ""The Lord cals us in our weakness and then qualifies us for the work"!   How ggreat is that! i know that alone i could never succeed at teaching well or learning Russian but with God i will because he will make me able.

 

We had a meeting about Speak your language because we have to for the next 2 weeks. I know that it is importanntt.  I am not just speaking Russian because i have to, I am speaking Russian beceause Goodd has called me to speak Russian and to bring others to Christ through the Russian language!! I know he will helpe me

 

I love you all! This church is true!  I am running outoff time!

 

Love Sister Trottier