Hey family! and friends! i started reading all the emails and decided to just print them off, i hope thats ok! i will try to respond to questions next week if it is needed :) thanks for all that you do. this week as i was reading in the book of mormon i read in alma 44:3-5 when the nephites are talking about the reasons for their success and what they owe it to. They owe it to God and to their faith in christ, their diligence in obeying the commandments and, "the sacred support of their wives and children". isn't that cool? the sacred support of their family. I owe all of my success and everything to all of that too and i want to say thank you for the support that you give me. It truly is a sacred support. The family is ordained of God and is sacred. Make sure to remember that when you are talking to and with your family. its sacred. I think everybody to remember that a little bit better.\ i mean you are giong to be tog ether forever so you might as well like each other right?
This week we have been doing alot of contacting for english! we are going to have a big party soon so we all get dressed up in "FREE ENGLISH" shirts and go out and contact all together! its so great, missionary work in jeans! life couldn't get any better!
so you remember our young girl who wants to be baptized right? well her mom isn't as all excited about it as her daughter is and has been avoiding meeting with us.....sooooo haha we decided to just grab the senior couple last night and bring our big poster calender that we made for her and just show up! hahaha yes that was very forward and when she opened the door it wasn't all that welcoming UNTIL she saw the senior couple and we were just like "well we were in the area and we thought we would drop by...." but she just looked at us like "riiiiigggghhhhttttt.....you were just in the area....with a big poster....and the senior couple.....at 8:00 at night?" :) haha she didn't say that but her face said it all! but she loves senior couples and it went great and we even gave a short lesson! yay for miracles! yay for senior couples! haha
There was a baptism this week! which was awesome as always! his name is pavel and he is just so great! he already started his family history work and as he gave his testimony he told of his plan to go to the temple in novemeber to do baptisms! he is legit and very cool.
we had a choir practice yesterday :) haha that was funny! only a few people showed up and well russians for the most part are not the best singers....haha but it was entertaining! haha and fun! they are so funny and so great! such happy people once you get past the rock on the outside! loving down to the bone to be honest!
we had a great lesson with a new convert kristina, and her grandma. she is so great! she is ten. and just loves everything about the gospel!
remember my favorite babooshka here? i don't know if i told you about her, but her name is elya. she is so funny and acts like she is the grumpiest lady in the world! but really she is just a softy but she can't ruin her grumpy old lady image i think! she is just so amazing!
i have been studying humility this week....its a read eye opener. haha im just going through the PMG christ like attributes every week so its good. my favorite scripture i found this week is in the doctrine and covenants. D&C 67:10 IF we get rid of all jealousies and fears and humble ourselves we will KNOW He lives. its interesting because when i usually think of humility and being humble you think of someone quiet and maybe weak but in all reality it isn't. if you are humble you will be stronger, more powerful and more courageous than ever before because you will have the help of God with you, who is all powerful and all knowing! when we are humble we are prepared to learn and gain more knowledge. we can become better and smarter when we are humble because God can teach us. when we are humble God can lead us and our path with be clear with him. our weaknesses can be strong and all our question may be answered. Just need to counsel with God. Remember you can't do anything by yourself BUT with Him you can do everything. being willing to repent, be grateful and to do His will. and there ya go :)
had a meeting with our new investigator Katya. she likes to bible bash! and i get all caught up in it and its bad, so this time i decided to be calm, speak slowly and think before i speak. haha i think it kinda freaked her out cause she is loud and speaks quickly and just chucks all thoughts she has at us. so when i responded it was such a huge contrast it was hysterical! i think she didn't know what to do. but i hope that she felt the spirit.
well....what else can i share...i have extra time....thats weird...probably because i didn't read all the emails first eh? hmmm.....i wonder if that is better....haha well it could be unless i just ramble and ramble for a long time right now haha
well. right now i am sitting in an internet club writing you. there are about 20 computers in this room with computers. it costs 100 rubles for one hour for both me and my companion. it smells like smoke and cologne. some young kids are playing video games and yellings. a lady is talking to her friend on skype next to me and her friend is doing her makeup while she talks. i am only hearing one side of the convo. another man is watching something online with headphones and is laughing hysterically periodically and across from me some one is having an interview for a job. haha its all very interesting. today we made a cake for one of the elders birthdays and at the store we saw party hats that were absolutely awful so i had to buy them! haha i will take pictures! me andmy companion like to sing random songs together while we are on the street and at home and it makes us happy. we probably eat too much ice cream but it tastes g ood. and chocolate. right now i am addiction to pistatio icecream.\
i thinki figured out my stress problem. when i stress it is because i am ignoring a prompting. and when i change and follow it, the ulcers go away! i hope that is the problem forever! that would be cool!
I love you so much! the church is true! you are amazing! Trust the Savior. He is your best friend.
Love sister Trottier
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