IT RAINED LAST NIGHT.

To Padre:

Wow!! I don't know why but it's hard to think of you as elder krueger. There was a elder krueger in the mission and everyone always asks "did you know elder krueger? You weren't related probably, he was Polynesian." And I always hear about people knowing Krueger's in Washington or Texas. But I hope the people in England remember you! I wonder all the time whose names will stay with me forever and who might actually remember my name or face.

I was just thinking about my paintings this week. I met a girl who paints and I promised we would exchange show and tells....except I don't have any of my art except one picture of a painting. There's a ward missionary here who has made us promise to come visit and stay at her house after our mission. And she has the most BEAUTIFUL scene and view in the dessert mountains in her backyard. I love it and said I would come to paint. I am learning all sorts of art here lol I am writing a medley of hymns with a professional composer to sing for one of our wards. And this lady taught us all about quilting this morning and my companion is a interior design major and we talk about that stuff. It is fun(: president had us read a talk about refinement from tad r callister. It was all about how heaven and the celestial kingdom is going to be filled with beautiful art and libraries and dignified language....because when The Lord made the earth, He said it was good, not that's so awesome. Hahah so I just feel excited to be refined and a lady and read good books and study and make art! And look at art.....in Italy!!

I love you and am sorry I haven't written! You are the best dad ever! (: I saw some acu's today and talked to the recruiters for a minute. Told them all about my daddy! MWAH

To Madre:

My companion Sister Chase wants to be weird with you and serve jury duty as well! And thank you for your prayers, we really feel them. We have had such fun together. IT RAINED LAST NIGHT. so naturally we ran out the back door and sat in the balcony ledge. We had just had some trouble with our roommates being...silly and were trying with everything to let the atonement make us not upset. So I went outside and we sat and got all rained on and laughed and sang and let me tell you, I felt the Spirit so strong. The Lord told me right then that that's how His love for me feels. Or at least a part of it. It was so peaceful yet exciting, and we couldn't stop laughing until we finally just ran out into the street and played in the puddles and stood getting soaked. I haven't been in rain for months and The Lord sent the rain to us and it was beautiful. I spent the rest of the evening thinking about how that is why God sent us to earth. That that's why I chose life  and  to receive a body. So I could feel rain. 

And also cactus.

I STEPPED ON A STINKING CACTUS. Those freakin little jumping cactus leave their nasty poof balls all over the place and I was getting in the car right when the needled plunged through my poor little toms. RUDE. My companion saved me though and pulled it out and there was no permanent damage. I just get to say that I was stabbed by a cactus(: 

 I had a this really loud man come in and scream at us at a zone conference about how we aren't committed. (I think he was crazy, but he had 18 family baptisms so that's great! The spirit told me that that isn't how God talks to me though so I felt ok). He showed me how he does talk to me, with love and kindness and laughter when I had interviews with President. That was cool. The Lord reminded me that it is ok to ask for good things, because I wanted to know if president knew I was working hard and wasn't a problem child, and the first thing he told me was how proud he is of me, and he can see how refined I've become and that I make Heavenly Father happy, too. So that was amazing and I try really hard to do whatever will make Him happy. 

He is blessing me a lot. He is letting me write a song! We are working with a professional composer to make a hymn medley for our ward. It's about the Savior's love. It has been fun. He is doing that cool thing where He makes my singing voice sound better than normal when I need to sing by the Spirit! Izzsofunnn.

Teaching is even better though, you're right- that's what a missionary wants! We have our investigator who, I am scared is getting depressed. I just want him to find happiness in the gospel, but that opposition and agency thing, you know. All we can do is remind him that if he wants to come out on top and better, he has to turn to the scriptures and to pray and fight it with The Lord as His foundation. It's literally the only thing that will work. Even if it doesn't make sense, he knows it's right. I think everyone does, they just can't feel it sometimes.

Miracle! We practice teaching with members and their families a lot and we set up an appointment and were excited because two of the kids are preparing for missions and we are having them help teach parts. Fun thing- we com the first time and their cousin, a 14 year old girl is there visiting for the summer. We teach and she is SO intrigued!! She starts participating and asking questions and is like "I'm not a Mormon or anything but i think so and so helps with this...." AH!! and she asked us to come back the next day and we taught and she said the prayer for her first time and we gave her a Book of Mormon and I loove her :D 

good bad and ugly! it's true there was mostly good! I did get embarrassed when our district went out to lunch. It was a group of high school kids at their worst and I just got to see how lucky I am to have my companions who are obedient and aware of themselves and their words and the fact that we represent Jesus Christ and well...we're in public. We talked by ourselves about Lamb of God and our investigators! good times, good times. we work well together, we gave a training about companionship unity, but we focused it on having The Lord be our center and by seeing each other as the Lord does and as people who are trying to do good things. that was fun

I got to work out every day! I love the gym. I don't think I am getting smaller yet but  if it is true, I get a lot of fruits and veggies and a variety of salad. salads are exciting. :) and we played soccer! I love playing games. I was told by one sister that I was a beast, in a good way. So I hope I stay aware and keep from being a beast in a bad way.I just like to run and the only reason to run in the game is to get the ball, so I try to...very much so.

um......sister Dunn says she is going to start taking a tally of how often I go to the bathroom.............I JUST LIKE WATER.

And I like you too. In fact I love you. LOTS! Miss you and hope  you are ready for me to come home obsessed with art and reading and good music. YAY!! MWAh