I can't believe it's almost my 9 month!

Thank you!! It was the best birthday EVER because I wasn't thinking about celebrating myself. I just worked! I loved it! Being 22 feels like I turned 14 again.I got I to this area and have become really childlike and hyper. I loooove my new companions. It feels so right to be here with them and the spirit has been showing us that this was the Father's plan. We need to bring all of our love and peace and joy to the members here. There isn't much work to do.  BUT, we love the people and are going to get to know everyone and they are going to get the Spirit flowing though those beautiful gated communities. Sometimes we go to houses that are bigger and prettier than my high school......the end.

I can't believe it's almost my 9 month! It does feel like I've been working and serving for a lifetime, but I don't know if I'm going to become that person I want to before I have to go home. I really like the protection we have on the mission. I hear a lot of terrible things going on in the world and I am glad I get to prepare and truly convert myself to the gospel of Jesus Christ and love the temple more than the world so that for the rest of my life I can't be swayed by worldly issues or men's foolishness. I don't care what people think or do. I mean I care about them, but what other people do doesn't have anything to do with me or my eternal progression. I thought about that at church yesterday. The speakers' topics were obedience and it hit me that our life on earth is centered on obedience based in love for God so that we can continue the progression I have been on for a longer time than I have been here in earth. And that every person was and did different things and needed to come to earth to gain different experiences for their specific eternal journey and progression.

I get to go to the temple and think about what the people in these wards came to the world specifically for. I hope I can help them. You can't tell how much faith someone else has, but I do know that faith is about doing good things. Everyone here turning RS into fighting against the controversial issues and standing with the church. It's hard to fight it out loud, but that is how Satan uses the internet. It's good to question but when you have the spirit of peace and love, then you are doing okay I think. Idk, I just follow the Prophet, and question if they are true or false prophets by studying their words and testing them. I've only found good fruits though, I love the Prophet! I will follow him and love The Lord.

                                                   Me, Sister Dunn, and Sister chase

They are both awesome and know how to work areas like these and are good to me and full of the spirit and have great testimonies!