St. Patrick's Day 2014

Happy birthday to a kid who's coming back to church!!!!!!!!

He's awesome, except he doesn't know yet that he wants to serve a mission.

But he's really good at praying.

Last week He told God to "please bless that Sister Krueger will calm down with all of her energeticness."

Guess who put the frosting on so neatly?

I love hiking!!!!!! Only one sister got stabbed by a cactus. I kept trying to go really fast, but my friends were enjoying slowly and I wanted to be with them, so I scurried ahead and then ran back to them frequently. Sister Fry came!

Um......my District Leader and his companion.

They are goobers.

They call us "Cotton Candy"

This is made with drink bottles.

I LOVE MOLLY AND THE GYM!! What gym do y'all use?

Oh my goodness gracious I love the new temple video too. I just want to go back to the temple all the time, we just don't have the time of course. We did take a family, our investigators, to the Visitor's Center this week. We walked around the temple grounds and they were really soaking it all in about how important the building really is. There was a really beautiful sunset and their fellowshipper talked about his family being sealed in that temple and how it's the closest place on Earth to God. We brought them in the VC and watched God's Plan for Families and everyone cried a little. It makes more sense when you know the importance of how a family doesn't ever have to be separated. (I'm glad we won't be..........................except for right now.......... ................. :P it's not too long though, right?) And then we set down in the room for the art exhibit and talked a lot about the Spirit and how they are going to get their answer of whether this is the true church or not. I was able to share my testimony really strongly about how this church is really Christ's church. (I've always believed it, but I really know it so strongly now) that even their church, which they love dearly, has goodness and leads them to happiness and has much of Christ's teachings and ways of success...but this Church, was organized by the maker of this world Himself, to guide us to real success and to strengthen us with fullness of truth and doctrine necessary for salvation. There's no getting around it. I just love how everything is all starting to make sense to me. All of the things I have learned my whole life and have believe all are meshing together into one concept in my head and it's all like-no duh! The Plan of Salvation is in everything I see and do and think and am! My body is a very precious gift and I am just a Spirit trying to learn how to manage myself in a physical body. And my job in life is to remember God, my Father, and to help other do the same.

We didn't do that much teaching thing week, we only had 19 lessons. Our goal is to have 20 a week, But one day we were in Zone Conference all day, learning to be better teachers. The mission President also then talked about the mission's obedience and how were need to be perfect! He printed out a 3 page list of the mission rules to clarify everything we need to be doing along with the white handbook. I sort of love it. My companion was a little stressed out but it's just because she's really good at doing what's right and was sinking it all in really fast. A lot of the missionaries don't like it and say it's the Law of Moses like it's a bad thing. I am excited that it's written down so there's no confusion but there are some new rules we have to get used to doing more easily. But then our Zone got together to discuss the list and make sure everyone knew the rules and read it and answered any questions.

Sister Smith and I are going to set up our game!! We just want our investigators to progress....A lot of times I know it's their agency, but I wish I were a  better teach so that I could make it all make more sense...Like, if people really understand this stuff they couldn't deny it right????? ......wrong, I know. BUT COME ON!! it's the bomb dot com. I just want to help people understand it better and recognize the Spirit. it just takes practice! .....took me lots, but it's the best thing in the whole world!! ding ding ding