Hermana Drew: Year mark and butterflies!

MOM!

It is so sad to say goodbye but really it is something great that you can say that you helped us be so independent. (Note from Mom. I helped our oldest daughter move to Texas this last week) I am grateful everyday to say that I am the way I am because of what my mom taught me. (Note from Mom, This is one of those times when I'm patting myself on the back and saying "Yes, I finally did something right!")

This week was great! It is weird to say that I have a year in the mission but I have loved every moment! This week we had a zone conference and we talked to the sisters about the time in the mission. I shared the 548 Days story and I was crying like a baby. Especially when I realized that I had already completed 365 days! It is amazing how fast the time goes and how much we change but I love the mission with all of my heart. Sometimes I don't want to go home but I know that I need to give the chance to somebody else. (Another note from mom. The story she is talking about you can find on line at www.daystoserve.com take a minute and look it up. It is very inspiring.)

This week we went to see the butterflies again. This time they were flying all around! I loved watching them! We actually had one of the most spiritual walks ever! We always relate things to our life but I think that this time it actually sunk in. The hike was so hard. 2 hours almost. The whole time we had people walking by us with horses and telling us that we still had 3 hours to walk and that it only gets harder. Honestly it would have been nice to ride the horse but with mission rules and everything we can't do it. So we kept on walking and every step was killing me. Every time that they asked us to get on the horses we explained that we are missionaries and that we have rules that we need to keep. It made me think that in this life, Satan is always there when we have trials, telling us that it gets harder, that it is easier over here, or that we just need to take the easy way out but really everything that happens on the path happens for a reason. We would have paid a lot of money in the trip and broken mission rules if we used the horses and it wouldn`t have been as gratifying. It is the same in our life. Even though we are walking so much and everyone is telling us that we can`t, WE CAN! We just need to keep walking.

I love every trial that has been in my life.

LOVE,

Hermana Drew