Hey Mom! I am so sorry! I wrote an email last week, but for some reason it didn't go through I got an email today saying something went wrong, I resent it just now though. Alot of those questions you asked are answered in there! I am in Pensecola, Perdido Ward, with Elder Dame, I am so sorry you're not feeling good mom, I hope and pray you're better now. :( GET BETTER! I love ya!

 

So is Tina okay? After that surgery? Thats crazy, did they make it to church this Sunday? Missie is finally jumping the fence! haha we kinda saw that coming! Crazy dog. I don't know what you could do except for raise the fence. That would be a little hard though, just a thought. I was just thinking about Buddy, I miss that guy, Sadie too, we were tracting the other day and we saw these folks walking their dogs and turns out they were corgies, look alot like Sadie, but Sadie is so much cuter. haha they wanted nothing to do with the gospel though. Oh well, move on!

 

 

Transfers will be in mid march so I am definately here until then. Turns out we are getting two bike missionaries in our area to help us out cause the work is going well, they will be living with us, one is a visa waiter going to Brazil, the other has been here for about a year. But that will really help the area, we will spend alot less time with other members though who live close to us, there are alot of cool families right down the street from the apartment too. But the bike missionaries will need the inner part of our area so they don't die from riding too much.

 

Well this week has been interesting, kind of hard. I went to teach the Whites again, a less active family we talked to a week before, we met with again, they have a daughter Audrey who is about to turn 8 she wants to be baptized, well this last Wednesday we taught the Plan of Salvation to her, and the Spirit was so strong there. I already really love that family. They commited to church on Sunday and they came, but were late, brought some friends. sat outside the chapel, the speakers didn't work so they couldn't hear the talks, the children were running around playing, so they had a bad experience, and left after sacrament meeting, but they kept their commitment and came, turns out the husband has mentioned to the wife about going to the temple. He knows they need too, he has served a mission and everything, I hope they will be okay, and come back into the fold. They need it. They are moving in a few weeks too so they are gonna check out the ward they will be moving to this coming Sunday I hope they enjoy it there.

 

There have been a few disagreements this week with Elder Dame and I, well...alot. It has been a hard week, it seems everytime anything is brought up he gets defensive about it, but he really has helped me to understand myself better. He really wants to help. But he also does have great advice, he has been kind in helping me learn. There are alot of rules I think we can easily start following better which have been shrugged off in the past, but I want to keep, small ones are easier to keep, why not keep them? But anyways he feels I am trying to take over operations down here which I am not, but I don't know, a few disagreements on those things. We both are very prideful and think were right, so were working on it. Things will get better. :D

 

Okay so today I was studying Pres. Benson's talk, " Beware of Pride", Oh wow! Great talk! Totally reached me, he states, the very center of the sin of pride is enmity. Enmity toward God and/or our fellowmen. This struck me today. I think it would be great for you all to read this talk. It is by President Ezra Taft Benson in the May 1989 General Conference. "Beware of Pride" http://lds.org/ensign/1989/05/beware-of-pride?lang=eng thats the link, check it out! So things are good, we got two baptismal dates for march, this lady Catherine and her daughter McKenzie who Elder Dame loves. We brought Sis. Presley and her daughter Athena to a lesson with them after church yesterday and Sis Presley and Catherine like to talk...alot! Haha but the lesson was more of a conversation for them two. It lasted almost three hours. WOW! haha Catherine gained a new friend, she commited to baptism, Elder Dame is so excited, I am too, Catherine is a sweet lady who has gone through alot. Sweet lesson. Then the Ruth family, I met the wife this last tuesday and that Friday we went over for dinner, and I fell in love with them, they are less actives she wants to return(the wife) and he is having troubles, he didn't really want anything to do with the lesson, but at the end we challened them to read the Book of Mormon everyday, and he is in the Coast Guard and is gone for most the week to the ship, so we asked him to read while he is gone, and he opened up, we gained trust with him, bulit a relationship, great familiy! Great things are happening in Pensacola! I haven't eaten any weird food, this is like the only place we don't get strange things ha! Okay I love you all! Thank you so much for the support and prayers! I pray that all will be well! Momma I am sorry again my email last week didn't get to you, I promise I sent it. I hope you got it today. I love you mom! I pray you'll get better! Get to the doctor! I am so grateful for you mom! You are the best! I miss you! Have a great week! A better week! :D