Letter from 10-7-13

Helloooooo Everybody,

 

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes, it was an exhilarating day full of tracting. We didn't even have time to hit the bars (I kid, I kid). Some highlights of the week, bullet style:

 

-Our investigator, Tyler Hastings, has a baptismal date for November 8, the day before his 15th birthday. Adorable. He is the coolest 14 year old I know so I am really glad he's going to be able to have the gospel in his life. Last night we taught him about the commandments of church, prayer, and reading our scriptures and then after the lesson, he spent 20 minutes showing me cross country race results and all of the running shoes he wants to buy. I feel like I have a little brother :)

 

-On my birthday, I happened upon a Buckeye tree. God is a funny guy sometimes :) (As our neighbor Joan would say)

 

-GENERAL CONFERENCE WAS WICKED (that's what they say out here in Maine). And I kid you not, as the Elders and us were setting up the screen in the chapel, we were looking at all of the apostles taking their seats and they showed Elder Holland (my personal favorite) and I waved at him and said, "Hi Elder Holland!" and he most DEFINITELY looked right at me and waved back. It was pretty freaky, but really awesome haha. I loved Ulisses Soares' talk about meekness, which I realized I really need to work on. The Savior was meek, humble, teachable, patient and submissive so we need to try harder to be like that as well. I also loveddd Richard Maynes' talk about endurance running related to enduring to the end :) Tyler was there for that session, I'm glad he got to see that even apostles were athletes... back in the day... haha. Is your testimony is good spiritual shape??

 

-Last but not least, this week we had the opportunity to help our next door neighbors cut down a giant bush. It turns out that Russell, the realllyy old husband with a walker and beautiful blue eyes, MADE THE KEYS OF THE ORGAN IN THE TABERNACLE AT TEMPLE SQUARE. Like, what? So cool. I was just like, nahhhh Russell you're messing with me. But he really did make them... I met a man who will go down in history!

 

Well, that's about all I have time for.

 

"Don't forget to look up." :)

 

-Sister Welling