Hermana Inman Letter January 22, 2013

Another Crazy Week!

Hello fam bam,

 

Thank you so much for my package of medicine and snacks! Those are some of my favorite snacks! And I love to breathe, so that was nice as well. I've been really sick this past week. I've actually been sick off and on for about 3 weeks or so. I keep coming down with different viruses or infections, and so by now my immune system is shot and is having a hard time fighting off new viruses that keep coming my way, and so this week my body's been really down. It's okay though, I'm on a ton of medication and have been eating really healthy and have been drinking lots of water, so hopefully it'll all be gone soon. I've got a virus but I'm not sure what. Sister Cook called the dr. and that's what he told her. Anyway, I'm feeling pretty good today! No fever! :). I might need some more singulair in a couple weeks.

 

I'm so glad that this weekend went so well for you! I'm sure Jake did a fantastic job, and how neat that Bro. Thalman was able to sing that song that mom's dad used to sing at farewells. Mom told me about Jesse's talk and it made me cry haha he is just so precious and I could here his cute little voice speaking when I was reading it in mom's email. How fun that so many old friends came to the party for grandma and grandpa!! I bet that was a blast :) I am so grateful for them and the wonderful family they have created. That was so nice of Torie to make that beanie for Jake! I'm sure he'll need it in that cold weather! She is so talented!

 

You asked how the baptism went this past week... it didn't happen :( this past week we had to drop two of our investigators because they just wouldn't progress. I know someday they'll come around when it's their time, but right now it's just a waste of our time to keep seeing them if they aren't going to work towards baptism. We can use that time to find others who are ready. We had to stop seeing Gabriel, our favorite investigator just the other day, and it was a total surprise, but we had a hard heart-to-heart, and it was very clear to us that he wouldn't be ready for awhile. On a brighter note, that very same night, the Lord blessed us with a new investigator named Juan Pablo, and we have high hopes for him! We also received 2 referrals this week from people who want to learn about the Gospel! We are so excited :).

 

We had interviews with President Cook this past week and it went very well.  Things are getting much better :)

 

I'm afraid I don't have much time left. I've only got 25 seconds! Literally! so I've got to go.

 

I love you and miss you all very much!

 

Love

Lacey

Hermana Inman Letter January 15, 2013

Top O the mornin to ya

 

Hey howdy,

 

I'm so excited for Jake to get his endowments this week and for his farewell! He is so awesome! And that's a bummer that somebody blabbed about the surprise party this Saturday.. oh well. It's going to be an exciting weekend! Let me know how it goes! That's fun that Jesse will be speaking on Sunday as well! Is this his first talk? What is he speaking about? Did he write it all by himself? I'm sorry to say that I laughed pretty hard when I heard about the dogs destroying Torie's phone haha that would happen to her. Those puppies are so silly. Did that phone have insurance? My old phone still works (the smart phone one) that I used before I left. I'm not sure where I put it, but if you can't buy a new one right now Torie can use that one. If there's pictures on it though I'd like her to save them. It might be in my night stand... I'm not sure.

 

I can't believe that it is colder in Arizona than it is in California! 20 degrees?! That's ridiculous. It has been freezing cold here, too, but it's only gotten to like 40 degrees... I've had a cold for a couple weeks that I think might be turning into a sinus infection because my allergies are awesome when the weather is bad. But I'm fine. Oh, am I supposed to take Claritin with Singulair? Zyrtec with singulair? What was the combination? I can't remember so I've only been taking one.

 

My district leader told me you sent me a package :) I haven't been able to see him yet to get the mail, but thank you in advance for sending me a package :) that's the best thing ever- is to receive mail from home. I don't care which photos you put up on the blog, whichever ones you feel like. Actually, I would like the picture of Mayolo and his family to go up there but I don't care which other ones you put up.

 

I do write in my journal a few times a week! This is definitely the Lord's work and He reminds us of that each day, it's so neat and really just amazing. :) The Lord knows where each of His children are, and He knows at exactly what time they need to hear the Gospel. I try to write each of those divinely inspired experiences in my journal. It's already proven to be helpful on the mission to have a journal, because when things are rough I can just go back and read about an experience I had and how my testimony was strengthened, and it gives me the strength to keep moving. How is your journal writing going mom and dad?

 

Dad, do you know Whitney Moss's address? Some of the missionaries in Temecula would love to go talk to her... :) but if you think she might be offended or not ready or something, I understand. Maybe I'll run into her sometime when I serve in Temecula. But, you never know, her family could be ready to receive the Gospel!

 

Oh, Jake, I forgot to tell you in the email I sent to you- memorize the "how to begin teaching bullet points" in preach my gospel in chapter 10. It will save your life.

 

We've been reading about faith this week in the Book of Mormon, in Ether. Read Ether 6:6&12. Each day we ask for miracles to happen in our lives when we say our prayers. However, we must remember that the Lord cannot do anything until we prove to Him that we have enough faith. Faith proceeds miracles. We receive no witness until after the trial of our faith. Maybe this week you could take a few minutes each night and count the miracles that happened in your life that day. There's a lot!

 

Also, I learned something interesting this week about prayer. When we end our prayers, we say "in the name of Jesus Christ, amen." Therefore, everything we say in our prayer, we say in Christ's name. Another thing- prayer is "the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other...." (prayer in Bible Dictionary- read the rest, it's really interesting!). So, if prayer really is binding our will with God, of course we can pray in the name of Jesus Christ. But, if we ask for things that may or may not be God's will, we can't really say "in the name of Jesus Christ" at the end of our prayer. Just something to think about.

 

Thanks so much for writing to me each week :) reading each of your letters/emails is my favorite part of P-Day. I hope you all stay warm and healthy! Have a great week and an even more AWESOME weekend! I'm sure it's going to be wonderful.

 

I love you all and miss you very much. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers.

 

Love,
Hermana Inman

Hermana Inman Letter January 8, 2013

Buenas Tardes!

 

This week was interesting, as I'm sure every single week will be. I'm finding that many times every single one of your plans in a day will fall through, and even your backup plans, and yet somehow the Lord puts someone else in our path who really needs the Gospel right now. The Lord is involved in every detail of our lives, especially in missionary work. The Lord protects His missionaries and blesses them when they put forth all their heart, mind, and strength (and then some more after that). Sometimes it's surprising when we talk to someone and they are actually interested in learning about the Gospel- you never know who is ready to receive it! So talk to everyone!

 

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! I'm so glad to have been so blessed with faithful parents who are sealed in the temple and have a beautiful marriage. It is a great example for me and brings so much peace into our family's life.

 

This month (on the 10th &11th) is a mini anniversary for me because it's my 3 month mark of my mission and my month mark in the actual mission field! Woop woop! Pretty exciting! It's also my trainer's year mark in the field this week, so we plan to have a party.  The language is coming, still slowly but surely. I understand most of the time what is being said it's just speaking that's the hard part. The members and our investigators are kind though and help me out when I can't think of the right word. Most of them speak a little bit of English.

 

This week the members have given us so much bread! On January 6th, Mexicans celebrate the wise men, and I don't remember all of the details, but basically they celebrate the wise men finding Christ and giving gifts to him. Part of this celebration includes a sweet bread that they make with sugar and fruit on the top of it. Inside of this bread they hide 4 little dolls (they put them into the dough before it is baked). Then, when you cut the bread, if your piece has a doll in it, you have to throw a party (I think within the next week or so, maybe month) for all of the people there. Any reason for a party here :).

 

Mom, I'm glad you were able to visit with Gaylene. I'm glad you had a good time! Thanks for giving those shirts to Megan! I'm glad she liked them. Thank you for your words of encouragement mom. I looked at that mormon message about the currant bush, and I really enjoyed it, it was the perfect message for me.

 

Congratulations Jake on working on your recommend and setting up the day to get your endowments out! You are awesome! Just remember to go with an open mind and pray and maybe fast before you go. Which day exactly are you going on? You'll have to let me know how it goes :)

 

Torie, how's school going? Band? What have you been up to lately?

 

Jesse, how is your school going? The Star Wars dance sounds like that will be so much fun! Who are you going to dress up like?

 

I'm glad that you are feeling better dad. Are you still sore? How's work going? Thank you for reminding me about the sons of Mosiah in the Book of Mormon. They are my role models and perfect examples of how a missionary should be. They definitely went through so many trials and I'm sure they never once complained.

 

President Cook (our mission president) extended a challenge to us for this year to read through the Book of Mormon before Easter, and to highlight every single refrence there is to Christ. The Book of Mormon truly does testify of Christ, you can see that from all of the red highlighter marks on each of my pages. If you haven't ever done that before, try it out. It is helping me to come closer to the Savior and to realize how our whole lives are centered on Him and the atonement.

 

I can't think of anything else that I need from home, but I'll let you know if I think of anything. Thank you :).

 

There is a sweet sweet family here named the Legg family. The Legg family lives in a trailer park and they don't have very much, but they give us and everyone else SO much! All that they have they share with others. They are also power missionaries! Everyone they come in contact with is introduced to the gospel. She's adopted Hermana Farr and I as her daughters here. She's the one who let us come with them on Christmas morning to skpe and make our phone calls. They take really good care of us and are always making sure that we are fed and taken care of. I'm not sure why I told you that except that maybe you don't need to worry if I'm being taken care of and watched over. :)

 

I watched a mormon message this week called "good things to come" by Jeffrey R. Holland. Check it out, it's so good :). All the mormon messages are really uplifting, really. Watch some more of them!

I hope you all have a great week! Share the gospel with all of your neighbors and coworkers and aquaintances. Send the missionaries over to visit them. If you're too shy to bring it up with your friends yourselves, ask the missionaries how they can help with that. Just make sure that everyone knows the Good News!

 

I love you and miss you very much. Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers, I can definitely feel them each day.

 

Love,
Hermana Inman

Hermana Inman Letter January 2, 2013

Hello :)

 

Happy New Year! It's so great to hear from you! It sounds like Jake had a fun birthday (electric boots? that's awesome!). I'm sure Alex's talk was great as well, he'll be a good and fun missionary. His companions will love him.

 

We had to be back inside our apartments at 7pm on New Years Eve to stay safe and stay away from all the parties and drinking and such. We as roommates had plans to build forts and do dumb things but then we ended up having like a 2 hour scripture study/discussion haha we are such missionaries... we didn't build our forts or anything. We literally studied for 2 extra hours together. And we enjoyed it! We could hear the fireworks from our apartment but we didn't see any.

 

New Years Day was the worst day ever... hopefully it's not a foreshadow for the rest of the year. As a missionary you see and hear a lot of things that you don't want to ever see in your life, it's sad and discouraging at times. But, that's the reason why we're here, is to share the Gospel with everyone and turn this world into a better place.

 

On a brighter note, the baptism of Mayolo was beautiful :) I have pictures and will be sending home my memory card either this week or next week. I have tried several times to email pictures home but I have to install some kind of software (the cd that came with my camera) in order to upload any pictures by USB, which I can't do at the library haha. Sorry! Maybe I'll go get an adapter at Walmart today or something that will fix the problem. But anyways, Mayolo and his son got baptized on Saturday and the Spirit was so strong. He didn't end up baptizing his son, I'm not sure why, but they were both still baptized that day :). The next day they had their confirmations at church and their blessings were beautiful. We have baptismal dates with a few of our other investigators that we're working with; it's so great to see the light in people's eyes when they learn about the Gospel. We brought our investigator Gabriel to a different baptism on Saturday as well, and afterwards we asked him what he was thinking and how he felt. He said "I just can't describe it. It's so different from everything that I know, but I feel good. I cannot deny that this is true." :) Me either Gabriel! I cannot deny that this is true!

 

We've been learning about family history a lot lately and have been sharing it with others. If you get a chance, could you send me some family history stories? I would love that, and it's fun to share stories with other people about our heritage and where we come from. It encourages and excites them to do their own geneology.

 

Random side note- if you check out the Vista 4 Ward facebook page it has a couple other pictures of me on it that you can check out. They have a whole photo album set aside on there for all of the missionaries that serve in their ward.

 

I read a scripture this morning that I want to share. It's 3 Nephi 13:32 and it says "For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things." It's such a simple yet comforting verse. The Lord knows you and knows what you need, and he will help you.

 

Well I hope you all have a great week!! I'm still working on replying to everyone's letters. Be patient with me :). Good luck with school starting up again! Have fun and be safe these last few days of vacation. I love and miss you all very much.

 

Love,
Hermana Lacey Inman

Hermana Inman Letter December 26, 2012

Hello again!

It was SO SO good to see you on Skype yesterday!!! I miss you all so much and was glad to see that you are all healthy and happy!

 

I'm glad you all had a great Christmas! It sounds like you are all very blessed! I have been extremely blessed this Christmas as well. Thank you so much to those who sent me Christmas cards and packages :) it means the world to me. I loved every single letter and present you sent me! I will be replying to your letters as soon as I can! It might take a couple weeks, but I promise to write back.

 

Thank you SO MUCH for everything family! My roommates were all jealous of my awesome gifts (they got gifts too, but mine are defintely cooler), they were super jealous of my jewelry container that you sent me haha and we love to listen to the Steven Sharp Nelson CD together. I've put the pictures you sent me up on the wall above my desk! Thank you for sending me my other shoes, I wear them almost every day. The penguin lip gloss works great and is cute :). I truly LOVE each of the gifts you sent me, even the razors, because those are the best kind ever and are my favorite! Now I don't have to worry about getting lost because I received that wonderful GPS, I look super cute since you sent me that pretty cardigan and those skirts from Alicia Campbell, and I get to eat chocolate. I have a great way to store my jewelry so it doesn't get lost or tangled. And I got to read letters from you, which always gives me support, encouragement, and helps me to feel loved :). Thank you so much everyone for being so thoughtful and generous. I am so grateful.

 

Our investigator Mayolo gets baptized this Saturday, and then that day, after he receives the Holy Ghost and the Priesthood, he will baptize his own son! On the same day!! It is going to be a beautiful ceremony. We are so excited for them. He has taken the missionary lessons for 5 years and has finally gotten his answer and is truly ready to be baptized. :)

 

I hope you all have a great week and stay safe on New Years! You are in my prayers every day! Remember to share the gospel with everyone and be thinking of others you know who could use the gospel in their lives, then tell the missionaries! They can help! That's what they've been called to do! Shout out to Alex who leaves for the MTC next week! Good luck cuz! You will be so great! This is the best thing you could possibly do for both your life and the lives of God's children.

 

I love you! Please keep praying for me! Thanks for all of your love, encouragement, and support :)

 

Love,

Hermana Inman

 

 

PS from Dad - we were very fortunate to take advantage of the wonders of technology, and to Skype with Lacey (Hermana Inman) for about an hour on Christmas morning. It was fantastic to have her in our family room, talking, laughing, and getting a chance to get caught up. The most important thing for a father, is that she looked healthy and happy. It was truly the best Christmas present ever! We loook forward to her Skype visit on Mother's Day.

Hermana Inman Letter December 18, 2012

What A Week!!

 

Holy Cow I am a missionary in California! I am currently serving in Vista. Oh, and Tuesdays are my P-Days.

 

Allow me to share my first day with you:

 

So, we left the MTC around 5:15am to go to the airport, left SLC at 8:40, arrived in San Diego at 9:30, and met our mission president and his wife, as well as our zone leaders and the assistants at the baggage claim. We loaded up in cars and went to the mission home, where they fed us lunch and did some training, interviews, and they lets us all take a nap! That was wonderful. We then went to the mission office where we had more training and where we later met our trainers. It was transfer meeting, and so everybody was already in the chapel, and when they began to sing "Called to Serve" we (all the new missionaries, there were 11) walked in and made a grand entrance haha so cheesy. We proceeded to sit on the stand and one by one he introduced each of us to our trainers in front of everyone. Why did you tell him my popsicle story? Haha he introduced everyone with these awesome things and then he got to me and said "and this sister has a strong testimony of prayers, especially with popsicles..." LAME! So we met our trainers, continued with the transfer meeting, and then we went out and did missionary work! We had an appointment scheduled but of course they weren't there when we came. So we went contacting on their street. Contacting is fun! Then we taught an English class to some members in our ward (every Tuesday we teach an English class!). Then we went to our next appointment to one of our investigators named Jose Luis. He has a baptismal date but we keep having to push it back, but we know he can do it! Then we went home, planned, unpacked, etc.

 

SO, that's my first day in the field. Oh, and before I came here everybody and their mom told me to find someone who is serving here, and I found every single one that first night at the transfer meeting! haha it was awesome! There was like 10 people. I'm roommates with one of them, too! And, it turns out, one of my friends from BYU-Idaho from fall 2010 is in my zone haha that was a funny surprise. I had forgotten that he was sent here too. Hermana McBride is in a different area now, I miss her. Elder Bear (who was in my district in the MTC) is in my district here, too so that's fun and comforting to know somebody. Funny side note- our last name "Inman" sounds like "iman" in Spanish, which means "magnet" haha, so some of the members here call me "hermana magnet" how appropriate, eh? Nah, I'm just kidding. It is funny though. The people here say I speak really good Spanish, especially for only learning it for 2 months, but I don't believe them! I can hardly understand anybody! And Latinos are TALKERS, they like to talk and talk and talk, but since I'm new, and I'm not fluent in Spanish, they won't look at me, and it's so frustrating. We'll go through an entire lesson and they won't look at me once until I say something, and then after I've said it, they won't look at me again, even if they're answering my question. So frustrating. You don't realize how important eye contact is for communication until you can't communite except through context clues and body language.

 

My companion is Hermana Farr. We're very different people, she and I... I'm having a really hard time getting a long with her, but I am trying so hard! We just don't mesh very well. And I pray and pray to love her more and for us to be united and get along... but I think the Lord just wants me to learn patience and dilligence for these next 3 months- that's how long we'll be companions...

Our mission president and his wife have a rule that we have to jog/run for 30 minutes every morning for our exercise, no exceptions! So, we do! Rain or shine! And it happens to rain a lot here haha so we run in the rain, and I feel like a Spartan beast! And apparently that's what we looked like because somebody pulled over on the side of the road and yelled out their window "hey, you look really hot running in the rain!" oh goodness. OH, guess what happened to me the other day? So we were out contacting the streets the other day and were waiting to cross the street when a man, probably about 50 years of age, Hispanic, came up to me and started telling me about how he has lots of friends, he doesn't drink or smoke, and he has money. And I was like, well that's great! So then he asked if he could take me out to dinner, on a date. Hna. Farr and I told him that no, missionaries don't go on dates, that we're here to share the Gospel and that's it! He then proceeded to ask me if I would marry him (he's not even drunk!), and I was just in shock so I just laughed and shook my head no. He looks over to my companion and asks her, pointing to me, "will she marry me?" And she tells him no. So he asks, well how much longer do you have left as a missionary? I told him 16 months. And he says "I'll wait for you." And so by now we are totally creeped out and take a detour back to our car to get away from him. Anyway, fun things happen when you're a missionary!

 

Lot's of really amazing things happen, too. I'm gaining such a strong testimony of the Book of Mormon! It is so powerful! I wish I had more time to tell you all of these stories! The other day all of our appointments bailed on us, all day long. So we spent a lot of our time tracting and contacting. Nobody was interested and we couldn't figure out how to catch their attention. Then I remembered a talk at the MTC the other month about the power of the Book of Mormon. I remembered that in that talk, that this person would have people come up to him and talk to him about the Book of Mormon if he was carrying it in his hand. So, I decided to try it out. We went to the next house and asked if we could share a message about the Book of Mormon, and gave them an overview of what it is. This girl let us come in and teach her a lesson on the spot and we are going back to teach her in a couple days, with her whole family! Then, after that, in just 5 minutes, we met 2 other people on the street who wanted to learn more about the Book of Mormon. There is power in this book!!! Share it with everyone!

 

My companion and I cover 2 wards. The members are so nice and accepting and they love missionaries. And, apparently most of them are tone deaf because they asked me to do a musical number last Sunday (with like a 4 hour notice) and then asked me to sing with them in the choir and then the other ward asked me to sing in their sacrament meeting next week. Hna. Farr has a singing voice, and they love her to sing for them, and they think for whatever reason, that I'm almost as good haha. Bless their hearts.

 

Hey mom and dad, I forgot to get a BYU-I deferrment before I left on the mission... could you please call them and see what we need to do with my enrollment? Muche sent me a Christmas gift in the mail, that was so nice :). Oh, the mail system here works like this: you sent everything to the mission office, and then they distribute it by hand, which takes at least a week... so if you want to send something to me by a certain time, allow an extra week or so for it to get to me. We're going to try to find a member this week who will let us come over and use their phone/computer on Christmas.

I read a cool scripture today in Mosiah 2:34, and the line that struck me was "render to Him all that you have and all that you are." All that you ARE. That's a lot! It just made me think about what I need to change so that I can give all that I am to the Lord. I also learned a good lesson about the Atonement the other day. It was actually in the MTC. Think of the Atonement like a gift. Think of a time when you worked hard and long to make or purchase a gift for someone, and when you gave it to them, they didn't really appreciate it or use it. How did that make you feel? It's like that with the Atonement. The Savior worked so hard and suffered so much to give us the Atonement, which is the greatest gift we could ever receive. Are you appreciative of that gift and do you use it everyday? We truly need it every day, and should cherish it.

 

Anyway, my time is up and so I have to go. I hope you all are doing well. I pray for you every day. Have a great week and happy holidays! I love you and miss you!

 

Love,

Hermana Inman

Hermana Inman's Last MTC Email December 6, 2012

CALIFORNIA HERE I COME!!!


My travel plans got here last week! (of course I would get them the night of my p-day when I have to wait a whole other week to tell you about it). I fly out to the San Diego airport from SLC this Tuesday on the 11th. We leave the MTC at 5:00am, which means I can call home sometime between 6 and 8am!! Will that time work out okay? Will you dear elder me and let me know how that will work out? Dad I know you have work in the morning... :/ maybe they could let you come in late? Mom do you have seminary that day? Can you find a sub? I am SO SO excited to hear your voices!! I'm already crying haha. I bought a calling card, so that part is figured out, all you have to do is be there to answer the call :) I'll have about an hour to an hour and a half to talk. We're doing a pre-pack today to make sure that everything fits and is under the weight limit for luggage. I finally sent home a package today that has some things I don't need anymore, and a few other things. Hopefully you'll get it next week.

I have been seeing Jacob Moss, Spencer Barrett, Sarah Valdez, and Abby Poston a lot :) it's so fun to have friends here from Arizona! I have pictures with each of them that hopefully I will be able to either email or send home soon. It's difficult to email pictures from the MTC, but sometimes it works. Otherwise you'll just have to wait until I send home my SD card. But I can't send it back until I receive the other one I sent home so that I can still take pictures. Please tell Sister Barrett that Spencer is doing just fine, and that she doesn't need to worry. Spencer said that his mom is freaking out haha. He's supposed to be in the MTC in Brazil, but he had to come here instead because he didn't get his Visa yet. It's been a huge problem with a TON of missionaries lately, nobody has been able to get their visas, so they've all been temporarily reassigned to either a different mission in the states or to the referral center here in the MTC. Such a bummer.

Want to know something AMAZINGLY EXCITING?! So, yesterday, my roommate got a letter from her mom saying that her friend just got his mission call, but when he went to open it, it just said "please call this number." So he did, and who should answer the phone but PRESIDENT THOMAS S. MONSON?! President Monson told her friend that he has been called to MAINLAND CHINA and he asked him to serve for THREE YEARS! WHAT! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?! China is being opened to missionary work now! I believe that mission and as well as a TON new missions are being opened up during the April session of General Conference! I heard that from a reliable source, but it's not a fact... still. CHINA! FINALLY! We all literally screamed and jumped up and down for a few minutes when we heard that. This gospel is progressing so fast! It's amazing! The Lord is hastening His work and needs more servants to come join the ranks! This is such a wonderful time to be a missionary and to be a part of this gospel. But, even if you don't have an official "Missionary Call", everyone is called to the work and is expected to be a missionary to all those around them.

Dad, which Argentina mission did you serve in? Did you know an Elder Larsen? Chances are you probably didn't serve with him, but one of my friends here said that her dad is the same age and served in Argentina so I was just wondering.

I got to watch the First Presidency Christmas Devotional last Sunday, it was wonderful. It reminded me of the scarf Torie made me over the summer, that she gave me for my birthday/mission. She spent so much time working on that, and she put so much love into it. It is truly one of the best gifts I have received. Will you please tell her thank you so much for me, and that I love wearing it here at the MTC because it keeps me warm? Thanks :). How is she doing? How did Jake's finals go? When does Jesse start his testing? What is he asking for for Christmas?
Since I am moving to California on Tuesday, it would be best if letters were sent to my mission home now, unless they're dearelders, because I can get those tomorrow and Saturday. But after that, I would just send them to CA. I've been asked if you can use dearelder.com to send my letters to California... I think you can, but you have to pay for postage and then they will print it and send it out with pouch mail. I'm not 100% sure though, so could you maybe check that out? Aunt Muche asked me about that. We'll probably just resort to emails again each week now (our family-mom dad jake torie and jesse), and I'll just learn to be extra fast at reading and typing so I can finish before my 30 minutes is up.

I feel like my language is digressing, but at the same time some things are making more sense to me.. it's so confusing. Some days are awesome and some days are awful. Such is the life of a missionary :). I'm so excited to get out into the field! I've met quite a few people here in the MTC who are going to Carlsbad, Spanish speaking, so that's fun.

Thank you so much for your words and scriptures of encouragement! I love them! This week my favorite scripture has been in D&C 108:7- read it! I've been trying to follow the counsel in that scripture and uplift someone every time I say or do something. I also love D&C section 4, read it!

I hope you are all doing well and are enjoying the holidays! Drink some hot chocolate and eat lots of treats for me! I love and miss you all! Talk to you on Tuesday morning :)

Love,
Lacey