July 26, 2010

Hello my beautiful family!!!

What an amazingly wonderful week it has been and such a fast week it has been. It feels like I was just in the computer lab writing to you all. :) The most exciting news for you is all the lessons that we have taught. For the past four weeks we have gotten 32, 30, 29, and 31. But this week we got a whole bunch of lessons. We got 41 lessons this week and five new investigators. It is pretty much exciting news I think.

Sister Jewel is the sweetest member. She has been insistent in doing our laundry for us. I am pretty sure I write about this every week but it is amazing. She does our laundry for us. How amazing is that? She folds them and even irons them for us. I hardly ever iron my clothes. I love her lots. (Sorry by the way if I say something that is repeated from last week. I don't remember what I write every week). This week seemed to go by so fast. It was Thursday and I was wondering what happened to Tuesday and Wednesday. I have no idea.

It has been raining the beginning of last week and it was amazing. Although I got scared of some things. We had a tornado warning one day. It was blowing so hard and the tornado warning came on. I was wondering if I should panic but Sis Graham told me not to. One night there was a lightening storm and thunder storm. I have never been scared of thunder before in my life. This thunder was like no other. IT WAS SO LOUD. I couldn't believe it. There was one that I was sure something was going to fall off the wall in the house. The whole house trembled. It did that 4 or 5 times. I could not sleep hardly at all that night.

Last Sunday we met a guy that was adamant in telling us that he was Atheist. In the first sentence he said to us he said that he was atheist and a couple sentences later he gave us his whole life story of how he was a catholic, then a protestant, then a Mormon, and then a religion that speaks by the gifts of tongues (i can't remember the name but it is such a weird religion) and then that he was atheist. We kind of laughed inside and then said we respect his beliefs.

Keith Keith Keith. We told Keith last Monday that he would be able to be baptized this coming week. He was still having troubles with quitting the chewing so we thought that maybe that would encourage him and get him excited. Did it work? No. Not really. He is trying but he just does not have that confidence to quit. We don't know what else to do for him. Any ideas? He will probably not get baptized this weekend. Bummer. He is just so negative all the time and I don't know how to get him to switch that mindset. Quotes could be good. Any ideas????? But, Amanda is going to get baptized no doubt. I am so excited for her. She is just a really awesome kid and it is about time she get baptized. :)

Sis Graham and I got sick this week and we still are. I just have a cold and starts of a cough. She has had it worse. All Achy and throwing up today. We got a blessing this week and we will get better. We just have too much to do be sick this week. Sis. Graham's B-Day was on Saturday and that was the best day ever! I am so glad that it was her birthday. :) We just got lots of things done and it was good.

Okay. I have to get going. I love you all very very very much. Hope everything is great!!!!

Love Amanda.