I about cried when I got the flowers and skinny pop. I love you so much Family, the gifts meant so much.

This week was a little different. We had a lot of meetings so it took up a lot of our day. For instance: Monday – P-day. Tuesday- only open day. Wednesday- double service. Thursday- interviews. Friday - trainers follow up/weekly Planning. Saturday- exchanges. Mmm hmm Things are going good though! Valentine's Day in the mission was probably the best one I've had ha-ha. We had a candle light dinner with members and then we “heart attacked” a bunch of people. We were able to see people we hadn't in a while. Side note: I'm an idiot and left the bag of hearts on top of the car so as I'm turning around and driving back down the street I see all these hearts in the road... ha-ha so that was pretty entertaining cleaning up hearts in the dark. But it was so fun! Ah I just loved that day being able serve and love everyone else and not worrying about myself.

Exchanges, little boys ran up and gave us flowers.

Heart attach prep.

We had a stake wide youth activity based off the "escape room" mixed with the plan of Salvation. It was so much fun! Our investigator came.

K keeps trying to send us anti or ex Mormon videos. In her mind none of that would happen if the church were "true" and I always think “well people are imperfect and the world is crazy so why wouldn't it happen”. It's like saying no one would reject Christ if he really were the Christ... but they did and he IS the Savior! L went out of town but she is amazing and has been reading the Book of Mormon. S and P are doing well! I just worry that P isn't really trying or wanting to know if the church is true. But again, I can't force anyone. I can just teach. That's been a big lesson for me. Letting others agency be the deciding factor.

I know a lot more things happened this week but my missionary brain is coming in full force and I can't remember. So I will leave it at that. 

Just want you to know once again how much I love being a missionary! I'm trying to work on being more humble and submissive to gods will. I just want to get out of the way and do what he wants me to do. Something I really loved reading this week was John 17, about the 10 lepers. Only one comes back to thank him and I thought it was interesting how the first thing Christ says after he thanks him is "Were there not ten cleansed, but where are the nine?" It's seems like he isn't asking it to the one who returned because really what was he suppose to say? "I'm not sure" Ha-ha. But he is asking it to us. Christ knew that his words would be recorded and read by us. Maybe he was implying that he should go find those men and bring them unto him. Like finding those who have left the church or don't recognize where their blessings come from. But I think more likely or partly he was saying, “Where are the nine?” because the rest of the world’s children needed to hear it. Have a fantastic week I love you.

Puppy love to Lincoln and Oakley