Week 15 In Fort Lauderdale....

Hello~

Ok, when it comes to the Jelly Bean (Festiva), I will cry, but if you remember you had convinced me that it was going to be the end of her when I left. I said a pretty deep and sorrow filled goodbye to her, we left on good terms understanding that the sacrifice would bring forth blessings. I promised to keep the spirit of the little rally car in my heart and she promised that she would move on to bigger better things. I will be fine.

I got another package for the new year from grandma and grandpa... We hadn't even made a dent in the last one... but we did eat some of the banana bread and that stuffs as good as gold! This week was a little slower, but I did learn a lot. I learned that while it is important to use every means possible to get a family or person baptized (the S******* Family) you still need to always be preparing people for the next week. The person that we had lined up for yesterday did not get baptized and it is probably because we didn't give him enough focus the week before. Now I understand that I need to really give my all to every person that we meet.

When it come to getting sick... nope. :( I got progressively worse through out last week and I think because I was refusing to be sick I got it all Saturday, Sunday and today. Every part of me is weak and sore and sad... haha but its pday and I am not stressing. I feel that if I just let my body recuperate throughout today that I will be all hunky dory. It doesn't help that last week we were on bike in the rain because Elder U******** was sick, now we have the car back.

Also, I now understand what Mom was saying about some Chiropractors being QUACKS on exchange I had to take Elder U******** to the Chiropractor and he basically told us that Elder U******** needs a very specific vitamin that he makes that will immediately be absorbed through a Chinese method of taking it. He also told us to use our hand on our bellies to treat stomach aches... It was really wierd, I just felt wierd in there and it made me REALLY want an adjustment, but now only from Uncle Robb. SO... haha. So, I have been having some discomfort in my back could you ask uncle Robb for some ideas on stretches that I can do to strengthen my back and prevent the need of him...?

The S******** are amazing they apparently partied with the ward at the New Years dance... it went til 3 in the morning at the chapel. Latins Party HARD. We celebrated the New Year by coming home an hour early so as not to be caught out in the craziness at night. That meant either we could get everything done early and have some fun... or get everything done and go to bed early... we chose the latter! Everyone else celebrated by staying up late! We went to bed early! haha

This week I had the most amazing personal study's and its all thanks to Elder A**, on an exchange with him this week I expressed that I felt that I wasn't using all the tools and potential that I had been given. I felt as if I came in and barely learned the basics and they were teaching me level 10. I told him I felt that with the tools I had been given I felt I could be a better missionary, I just needed help figuring out how to apply them on my own, and so through out the exchange he asked me all kinds of questions and I thought nothing of it. I just continued asking him questions. And yet I never felt like it was directed at helping me with my problem, and then the next day we had studies and thats when I just asked him, in comp study will you teach me this and I said something I thought was important. He said" no", that threw me for a loop. He said he was going to teach me about being accountable. He told me basically that I wouldn't be able to come up with applications for principle that I had learned in training's from docterine, if I didn't hold myself accountable to the applications and commitments that I was given in those training;s, and that's what I have realized that the roleplay, and other little applications and 'formats' that I am given are given for a reason and if I apply those I will slowly learn how to find others. It reminded me of the saying, " a wise man learns from his mistakes, but a wiser man learns from the mistakes of others." and I realized that more often than not thats whats happening, they are teaching me what they have done that works and are merely suggesting I try it and then as I try it come up with my own way.

Anyway LOVE YOU MUCH!!!!

ELDER PARK! 30 secs to spaare!!