Hello Missouri

My dearest Family and Friends!!!

I hope you have had the best week ever!!! There has been so much that
has happened this past week for me! It's been super busy but I
wouldn't want it any other way!! This will probably be very scattered
but hey when am I not scattered!

So I had my last couple of days at the MTC! The MTC was great but I am
so happy to be out in the field! I had to say goodbye to all of my
friends! My district was amazing and I miss them so much!! They were
like my family and it was so hard to say goodbye to them! It was also
super hard to say goodbye to my teachers! They literally changed my
life and I miss them so much!!! They are beyond amazing!!!

The day we left was super great! I was super excited and couldn't stop
talking about it! I probably drove everyone crazy! But it's fine!! I
was super excited I just couldn't hide it! And then when I got on the
plane that is when it hit me! Not the nerves.... But the sick! I got
SUPER sick! I didn't feel good at all! I was so congested and honestly
I don't think I've ever felt that sick in a very long time! Well I
powered through the hour and a half flight and then we were in
Missouri and met our amazing mission president! Yeah I was still
feeling super crappy but it's fine!! We went to the temple and took
pictures and so that was super fun!

I absolutely love my companion! She is absolutely amazing and I don't
know what I did to deserve to have her as my trainer! She has already
changed my life and it's only been a couple of days! She is always
making sure that I'm doing okay and always making sure that I
understand something! She is always positive and I love that so much!
I could go on and on about her! Oh yeah and she can sing amazingly!
She's just amazing and there are not enough words to describe her! She
is super short so it's kind of funny seeing us together! But I love
her!








So I am literally in Zion and on top of that I am serving in the
"Celestial Kingdom" ward! Which is true! The ward here is phenomenal,
the bishop is super encouraging of missionary work and so is the ward!
They are constantly trying to help us out and willing to do whatever!
We also have SOOOO many investigators and SOO many in actives that we
are working on! There is a cute 13 year old named Tadem and she is so
cute and we are hoping to commit her to baptism soon! Then there is
Kris and she actually has a baptism date set, she set that with Sister
Helmbold and her companion before I got here. Then we have Steven and
he is super sweet! He has sooo much faith and he hasn't even took any
lessons and been to church yet! I am so excited to teach him more! We
have Saleena she is 17  and she hopefully is setting a baptism date
tonight! And then there is Chloe she is 18 and she is setting a
baptism date hopefully this week she might even get baptized Saturday?
We aren't sure! We have so many others but I am still trying to get to
know their names and meeting all of them!

I love it here so much! It is my favorite thing ever! I am so blessed
to be a missionary! We pray all the time which I love! We have seen so
many miracles because of our faith and our prayers! THEY WORK! USE
PRAYER EVERYDAY FOR EVERYTHING!!! Oh I also had my first rejections!
It was actually on my first full day with Sister Helmbold! It was a
super great day and then we went to this house that we felt like we
should stop at and they told us they didn't want to hear about our
church right now, so it was a bummer! Then we went somewhere else and
had a great experience and hen we saw this lady walking and we just
said hi and she shot back I'm busy girls.... Awkward!!! It reminded me
of Sister Swallow, yay....waaaa...yay... Waaa.... Yay!! Sorry most of
you probably won't understand, but a select few will! We ended on a
super great note by having our many spiritual and many miracles! My
eyes have been opened and I am so grateful for missionary work! We eat
at members houses like almost every day! It's amazing!!! We also work
out everyday which is a have to do type of thing!






Oh our car broke down today, well it wouldn't start... We had to call
a member... Awkward. Haha that was a great adventure!

I love being able to testify of my savior every day! He has done so
much for me and so it's time I give back a small portion of what he
has done for me! I love Him and I know without a doubt that he lives
and he loves us more than we could ever imagine! He is ALWAYS aware of
us at every point in our lives and is always willing to listen to us!
He wants us to turn to him!

I love you all and I hope you have a great week! Thank you for your
support and your love!