Remember to always live after the manner of Happiness!

There are some cool people in my ward. Sis. I. reminds me of my roommate at SUU. She is hilarious, I love her. She fed me my first dinner at a member's house ever! I shared my mission scripture with her and she absolutely loved it to death. She gave me a little handout she had made for the young women in the ward with a quote by Elder Uchtdorf that talked about our happily ever after. It's my new mission theme. He just talked about how between our birth and our happily ever after, there are trials and temptations that we must first overcome. So true!

There is a family in our ward where the mom is a member and the father is not. They have 4 sons, one of which is a member and now the sister missionaries are helping the other 3 sons get baptized. The father is against it, but the ward and mission have been fasting and praying daily for them, so I think their baptism will happen at the end of the month. My first baptism!!!!! Even though I've done none of the work for it at all because I just got here...hehe But still, it's exciting!

The brothers remind me of DJ because they are hilarious beyond belief and they make fun of their mom so much, but like lovingly, like DJ and I do, so it's really nice.

Oh! There is this old guy in our ward, guess what his name is?! Orville Wright!!!! CRAZY! But, he is so sweet. He lives pretty close so we walk to his house a lot and talk to him. He talks soooooooo much. He really needs someone to just talk to. So, I like going over there and talking to him. There are a lot of older people in our ward who just talk to us for hours. It's so sad because when people talk that much, it's like you can just feel the dire loneliness in their lives, and that all they need is someone to talk to. It's just extremely sad to realize their loneliness. I hope you will continue to talk to those around you who may just need to talk.

Also, I hope you all are helping the missionaries in Phoenix ! Every time there is a ward gathering where a lot of members will be, our plans ALWAYS get cancelled or investigators are not home. I think The Lord is trying to tell us that we need to be working and getting to know the members first before we start teaching, because the members may be the only way to further the progression and work of the church in this area right now. So, I hope you are doing the same in Phoenix!

I love you all so very much! Remember to always live after the manner of Happiness!