Yeah the title is because it has been chilly the last few days. And raining. My shoes havent dried out since Saturday. Maybe it will warm up again I dont know, but I sure do love winter here, so bring it on. I miss all of you a lot and I love all of you, you are all so important to me.
Miracle: Last Monday we had an activity planned at 6:30, we were going to play Frisbee in the park, when we had gotten ready and were about to leave, I felt like we shouldnt go out the door. We go anyway and I get a call from Natasha saying that she cant come, and neither can any of the people she invited. We were upset and went home. As we were changing into missionary clothes again, I got the feeling we should go play any way. I voiced it to Elder Biesinger and he was like yeah other missionaries have done stuff like that. So We prayed, both recieved a yes, and I called President. President gave permission, we changed into casual clothes, and went to a park and played Frisbee for 2 hours.... NO ONE TALKED TO US! only one guy even payed attention to us and that is because I deflected the frisbee toward him(it looked like an accident) and almost hit him with it hoping he would catch it and play with us. No Cigar. Just as I was thinking "Wow, this is probably the biggest waste of time for a missionary ever" a guy walked up and started talking with me. We taught him a street lesson and became friends, he didnt even want to play frisbee with us, but the fact we were just playing made him feel comfortable enough to approach us. We taught him the Restoration on Friday and he wants to come to church! God guides his missionaries!
We met with Lena yesterday, and taught the Restoration again, she hadnt understood much from the first time, so it was good to review it with her. We made a goal with to quit smoking completely by the end of this week. Elder Biesinger said he smelt alchohol on her, so we are going to have cover that again.
I really love the people of Ukraine. We were on a bus to a zone conference 5 hours away and as I looked over the fields of corn and sunflowers, and wheat, I thought "I really love this country"
Funny thing: WE met with a family this week from armenia... They served us Tomato salad, with tomatoes on the side. I dont like tomatoes.... But thanks to Grandpa Edmunds blessing I was able to eat these ones. They didnt even know I wasnt happy because I took more everytime they offered them and smiled. They did have the best bread ever though, fresh and warm from the bakery. Members here are so great it amazes me how generous they can be when they have so little. We often feel that we dont deserve their love, and this drives us to do everything we can to please them.
Jax....
Wow, you are 19 years old today. I can hardly believe it! I was reading all my Facebook posts from your past birthdays and it was very telling of how much I love you and how important you are to me. You have blessed me in more ways that you will ever know. You gave me the gift of motherhood and it is a role I honor and am so grateful for. I am so grateful that God gave me you. I know every one thinks their kids are the best, but my friends that know you always agree that I have the best son in the world! I am lucky you are mine, and I am yours. I love you so much!
I really hope that EB gave you a birthday party, or you were able to make the cake or do something for your birthday!!!! Please let me know. I hope you reread all the letters too.
Lake Powell was a lot of fun. We only had Me, Dad and the kids. So it was a little strange not to have our missionaries there too...especially since we usually celebrate your birthday's at Powell. Ollie didn't make it. He has been doing football and was doing conditioning. I guess he has developed exercise asthma and really needs to get into shape before it starts. So it was quite a small group for Powell. Everything went smoothly and we all had a good time.
The Tboys are really improving in their skills. The first run on the lake I said "who is up first?" and Ethan and Kalten both wanted to go first. Josh looked at me and said, "what universe is this?". Then they both piped up about how that has never happened before.
Josh is getting a lot better too. He is close to clearing the wake. Jordy actually came close to clearing it as well. Jacob is probably the most improved and really is getting a ton of air now. He also braved jumping cliffs and jumping off the houseboat. Cam was able to get up and board pretty far.
I helped Kaestli and told her to stay tight as a ball. I put the rope up close to her body with her knees in the middle of it. She got up but one problem...her legs were stuck in the rope. She went so far. She couldn't let go of the rope to stop because her knees were literally stuck. So finally she just started yelling, "STOP!" It was super funny. Luckily she wasn't scared off and continued to try throughout the week. She still surfs with me or Josh. Josh surfed with her on his back this time.
We also experimented with double surfing with wake boarding ropes. Cam did it on the knee board. It was a lot of fun. I was able to spoil the spoiler several times which was a blast. It feels so good to ski again.
This is our last week of summer and I'm trying to decide if we should party or get the house/rooms in order. I really am not excited for them all to start up again. There will be some good things about it, but it also comes with the issues with Jordy and Cam that are very draining for me. So maybe some extra prayers for us as we start a new year. Kaestli is so excited to start kindergarten though. It will be so strange to have everyone gone everyday.
I love the recordings...but you need to do some and be more active in the conversation if possible. It is great to hear all the stories. I got an awesome email this week from Sister Sullivan with your picture telling me about meeting with you. She thinks so much of you. It is so nice to know that you guys are taken care of.
Questions-
1-Birthday details...
2-How was zone conference?
3-Did Sister Sullivan use your reference of going till the whistle blows?
4-How did you travel for it, who did you stay with?
5-Any predictions for transfers?
6-How are your investigators doing?
7-did you have to drop Lena?
8-How are you feeling about nearing your hump day?
9-Have you gotten any mail from me recently?
10-Do you miss getting mail weekly?
11-How can I be helpful?
12-Anything added to a package? besides socks? I ordered some good Nike long black socks...is that right?
13-What do you think about Josh in the madrigals?
14-Are you still happy and positive?
15-more pics...more recordings..
16-Message for me:)
Well I love you. I look forward to mondays all week. It is so fun to get your email and Dakkon's too. We are so proud of both of you. It is crazy to see the change in him! It is such a great change! I think about you all the time and pray for you constantly. I really hope you had a great birthday. I miss you like crazy! Thanks for being amazing! You are the best!!!
LOVE YOU!!!!!!
Mom
Wow that looks like a fun lake Powell trip! I wish I was there! Birthday was good I made the Red velvet cake. Elder Biesinger is going to buy me a present today, he is a great companion. I think she used a small part of it. WE took a bus and stayed with Elder Olson and Miller. We actually rode the bus down with Vika because she left for her mini mission that day. I have no clue, my suspicion is either I will stay here, or I will become an AP, those look like the only 2 options right now. I am feeling really good about it, it has been a long time, but it feels like its only been a month or two. I got mail just last week. I do miss it, but there is nothing to do about it. I cant think of it right now, but there was something, I will tell you about it next week, I am going to quit poptarts, so dont send any more :_( it will be tough but I can do it! I love that he is doing it, I cant wait to see him again, I wish I had been kinder to him. I am happy and positive! I love you so much mom and you are really the best. I am literally one of the only missionaries who gets constant mail from his/her mom. I love the support and I know my mission would be a lot harder with out it. Did you know Whitney Oldroyd got her Mission call? Do you remember her? She went to the BYU game with us. She is going to Oklahoma. I cant believe shes serving a mission! I am so happy for her!
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