I LOVE CONFERENCE!

MOM!

I am so grateful for General Conference!  I think that this time was the first time that I knew without a doubt that the prophet is called of God!  Sister Toone and I had a bet with the new apostles and out of all of the three we both got Elder Rasband right. I got chills when I saw them stand up and walk to their spots.  I could only imagine the thoughts going through their heads.  To be called an apostle of the Lord.  To have to receive revelation for the whole world.  I started to cry in that moment.  It reminded me so much of all of the times that I have been scared.  Especially when I came into the mission.  As I finished my time in the CCM I remember that my testimony was so tiny and weak.  I was so scared to have to help more people have a testimony.  To help people find the way to be saved BUT if there is anything that I have learned it is that sometimes we are scared.  And sometimes we just have to have more trust in the Lord than in what we know.  We need to realize that Satan will work against us and try to get us to doubt ourselves and the Holy Ghost.  But if there is something that I learned from my good friend Tiana it is that, ``if it was right then, it is right now!`` Sometimes we just need to pray so that God will re-light the fire that we have inside.

We have one new investigator named Victor.  He is a 19 year-old boy who has had a rough life with his family.  He definitely doesn`t feel the love of Christ in his life.  We gave the Restoration pamphlet as we contacted him and as we walked away we saw him sit down and start reading.  He had read it all before we got to the appointment the next day!  As we taught the lesson I could feel the spirit so strong during the first vision and when we asked him how he felt,  he said he felt ``chido`` (in Spanish, it is slang for good)  which is the best compliment that the church could get from a 19 year old boy.  He ended up going with us to the priesthood session and when we left he stayed for an hour until there were problems with the internet.  As we returned the next day we talked to his mom and she told us how much he has changed in 3 days.  He is reading the Book of Mormon daily and I know that he will progress.

I am really grateful to work with Hermana Toone!  We have worked really hard this week to start the transfer off great.  I am glad to say that she is fits into good ol`Tenancingo.  There is something about this area that changes the missionaries.  I remember that when I first got here I was really serious and all about doing the work but I am glad to say that I am enjoying the work!  I love the area and I love the people! Don`t get me wrong I loved Valle too but I think I have enjoyed more of the work here.  I think that it has to do with my time in the mission too.

I learned from this General Conference that we only have today once. That we must make the best of every moment and help as many people that we can to keep the commandments and follow the footsteps of Christ.  I want to change my mission from this day forth to helping more people. To stop thinking about myself and worry about how I can help more people.  I feel like I have wasted so much time worrying about how things will help me than worrying about other people and I will be doing a lot of repentance.  Thank you so much for the talk that you left in my package.  It helped me re-evaluate my life!

I love you so much!  Tell Clark Hi for me!

Hermana Drew

My package and I!  I am so happy!  Thank you for the Zany fruits and Strawberry puffs!  I love them!  Also tell Grand ma and Grandpa that I love the cook book, book mark and pencils!

It made it safe and sound!

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