I can't even imagine that there is snow in Utah, it's so strange to think about as My companion and I are driving with the windows down and the sun shining.

We got transfer calls on Saturday! Sister Bromley and I are staying together 6 more weeks:)

The start of this week was a little rough because I was super sick and frustrated. I was on the verge of throwing up nearly every 5 minutes. but we're all good now! I think I just had food poisoning.

On Monday we ran into this women that was.. upsetting. She told us that she couldn't even wish us "God speed" because of our beliefs and wouldn't even watch a video produced by our church. We said kindly that we respect her choices and moved on.

I can't make anyone understand unless they want to. All I can do is make sure I am worthy of the spirit, and have it with me so that if they are open, they may feel it to. It's crazy to think you can be rejected because you are trying to bring joy to someone. Really all we're trying to do is make people's lives happier.

Our bishop pulled us out of relief society yesterday, and sat us down in his office and I was super worried for a minute. Then he told my companion and I that he was so impressed with our work, and most importantly that we thought and worked by the spirit, and to remember that because after we get back from our missions life changes and some people forget how that feels and leave all that they once believed in. I think of it like they are walking away from God and then asking him to speak louder. And when he calmly says " just come closer." They pout like a child and say " he won't answer me, he must not be there I'm done." And I can't imagine how painful that must be for our father in heaven. It just reminds me that we're all imperfect and no one is ever going to reach a point in this life that they don't need to ask god for help, or stop reading or praying or attending church. We don't just eat a sandwich and say "okay I'm now fed for the rest of the month." It's just not the way it works.

(Posters I made for the ward Christmas party)

We had a lesson with a couple that's investigating this week and it was amazing. I had this strong impression that we should ask this member in our Ward, to come who is just recently starting to come back to church. When we called him he was very hesitant. But he agreed. At the beginning of the lesson our investigator was not in a very good mood and I felt awful. He snapped at our war member when he asked where he worked and it was truly awkward.Then all of the sudden his heart melted in our hands. He was asking our member all these amazing questions about prophets and how he knew for himself this gospel was true. Mind you our investigator is a very skeptical guy, and usually pretty grumpy. But he just opens up and looks at sister Bromley and I and tells us how grateful he is for us, and how he has seen a change in himself and his life since the moment he met us. And that every time he comes to church, or meets with us or a member of the Ward or thinks about the things we have taught him he feels a feeling like "a warm blanket" when we asked him to explain more of the feeling he said. " I don't know if it really can be described, its feels bigger than us." Sister Bromley and I couldn't even speak because we were so touched and Our ward member says. " I think what the sisters are trying to say is that feeling you have is the spirit." After we left Our ward member thanked us for inviting him, I told him while praying for this couple, his name kept circling in my mind. He told me that he never thought he could do something like that and felt pretty inadequate, but that he had now had such an amazing experience sharing the gospel. They came to our Christmas party as well on Friday and had an amazing time. We have really seen a change in him, he's happier and more positive. It's amazing to see the change in someone's heart.

(Lunch with the sisters on Friday)

In other news, we got a few new investigators this week! Super exciting. And at our Ward Christmas party as well we had a members neighbors come who are the Catholics that did sister a bromley's "'make over". They are still crazy as ever and I adore them. She told us that she will never change religions but then invited us to dinner. And she always texts us random things to pray for. It took her a while but I think she is finally understanding we're not nuns. Her husband told us he is still on a search for truth he just doesn't really know how to find it. I know they will get there. Last night we went to this really fancy "night of Nativites" party that a member throws. There were all these high end lawyers there and a opera singer and everything. This one lady was asking me all these questions about our church, I'm glad I got to talk to her and clarify that no I don't have 5 moms and yes I am normal. She was so sweet and so shocked to hear I would choose to stop everything and serve the lord for a year and a half. I realized 2 things

Were really not as weird as people think we are We're a lot different from people as I thought we were

It's been an amazing week! Praying for each of you everyday. Also I have been reading in Grandma Mollies book " a new spirit within you" every morning. And have felt it helping me so much, I feel so much closer to her and really feel her Influence around me.

“Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. He will deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their muscles, lift their spirits, multiply their blessings, increase their opportunities, comfort their souls, raise up friends, and pour out peace." Ezra Taft Benson