Hey. You never responded to my last email... :( Well, hopefully you respond to this one. A lot happened this week. This past Tuesday night devotional, M. Russell Ballard came and spoke. It was amazing! As soon as he entered the room, the spirit was so powerful. We all stood up and I felt like I was going to fall over because my legs were shaking! Such an incredible presence! He pretty much bore his testimony to us - an hour long testimony. It was very peaceful and he bore first hand witness that Christ lives.
Just a few days ago something unexpected happened. I don't want to speak much about it here in this email, but I will write you a letter personally explaining the details. Anyway, through this experience, me and the other Hermanas in my district were able to receive priesthood blessings of comfort from the elders in our district the next day. It was such a beautiful experience and I'm so grateful for the 6 (now 5) wonderful worthy young men in my district (elder Jensen, Ware, Wride, Fivas and Graf). The spirit was so strong and when I received mine, Elder Wride addressed specific concerns I had without even knowing them. The night before it took me a while to get to sleep. The events of the day kept running through my mind, haunting me and the room just felt dark. I found out the next day that the other Hermanas felt the same way. After the blessing the next morning, though, that night I slept like a baby and our classroom started to feel like a home again.
I really hope to hear from you soon! I hope everything is okay. Did you get my letter with the birthday card? I'll be sending another letter soon, which will be less vague, I promise. I've already basically been here a month already. It's really crazy. 17 more to go! Wow, it really isn't that long. It's just starting to look like spring here! Most of the snow has melted and it's quite sunny in the middle of the day. I was just telling my companion that every time I see a leaf blow by I think it's a lizard because in Florida lizards zip past your feet everywhere. It reminded me how much I'm not looking forward to dealing with scorpions! I'd take roaches over scorpions any day!
I still haven't received anything from the Young Women. I'd love to hear from them, though! You said they sent me something over a week ago. Us hermanas in branch 1 district D are now the senior sister missionaries in our zone! We've been here the longest and look after the other hermanas. I play volleyball a lot. It's great. The food gets tiresome after a while, but we fasted yesterday so I was extremely excited to be in the cafeteria again! Steak and shrimp is what was for dinner last night. The steak was fantastic! Friday night is usually papa John's pizza night, but this past Friday they switched it up and we got frozen dinner Chinese food instead. Bleh.. I'm looking forward to using that Chick-fil-a gift card.
As much as I talk about being excited to get on the field, I'm pretty sure once I step foot back into the real world, I'll want to run back to the MTC. The other day we got so excited just to be able to take a walk outside in the sun. I felt like I had been trapped in a classroom for years and it was my very first taste of sunshine. I'm learning a lot, but I still feel like I don't know enough. It's not easy, but I know I'm doing the Lord's work and I'm learning to take myself out of the equation.
Anyway, I hope you get this. I hope everything it fantastic! I love you all!
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