Name Tags, A Clean Car and A Life Changing Week

HELLO FAMILY!!! 

So the updates for the week. I got my package finally (it took about 3 weeks and made it's way around the SW US lol). I love it, very awesome stuff !!!
Your letter last week was soo crazy and hit me with a lot of power, dang. I am glad I helped but remember when you trust in the Lord you will never fail!!! Tell Sister Armsworthy I got trunky (home sick) and miss our seminary talks. 
This week was a LIFE CHANGING WEEK FOR ME!!!

So Monday was very good. We went to the ocean front, but not on the sand!! (They are not allowed to go on the sand as per the Mission President). I took pictures of it, it is very cool being so close that I can see it almost daily. It was very nice and super calm and the sound is soo great!!!

Tuesday was sooo cool. I was on an exchange with Elder Payne our DL (District Leader). His area covers all the beach homes so we visited a lot of people who live on the beach and we sat in the dining room of this one family and their house is 30 feet from the ocean. We talked and just listened to the waves come in. Soooo cooooool!!!! The ocean is the coolest thing and I am totally coming back to go surfing when I get home. 

Wednesday was cool. We helped a member family move and their daughter just got home from Japan so she prayed in Japanese, so that was cool. After we helped them move a bunch of stuff into a truck, we had lunch with them and she prayed over the food in Japanese. I think I have moved like 20 people in the last 8 months. After lunch we went a gave a new investigator a Book of Mormon in the Philippines language. He speaks English but reads better in his native tongue. He is very cool and knows so much already. We just found him on the street and started talking to him. This evening we met another part member, less active family. 

Thursday we did what? Let's see here, we did service for Fred, the military man and yes, I got a new Russian hunting knife, because, why not and knives are so cool. He is a fun guy to talk to. He has so many powerful stories. After that fun service, we went and met a guy named Doug. He is very ready but he's just waiting for, who knows what. After that we met Wrebel, the Philippian man and then our Ward Mission Leader and talked about people. You know how it is. 

Oatmeal in the trunk 

OKAY FRIDAY!!! I have been dying to tell you this all week. So we had the best zone conference ever!!!! We had President Felix and his wife talk to us, we had our mission car coordinator talk to us, our mission apartment coordinator talk to us and some missionaries talk to us. 

Cleanest Car Award 

The theme of the conference was the Book of Mormon so that was sooo cool. My companion and I also won the cleanest and nicest car award. I tried so hard to win it, and when they asked me how it was soo clean, I said simply, "My dad details cars and he taught me his ways" haha. The funny thing is we had oatmeal all over our trunk, under the floor mat and they thought it was so funny so they gave us the award along with a clean car. They said, "We like your food storage" hahaha. 

Okay the life changing event. So Sister Felix got up to talk and she committed us to read the Book of Mormon EVERYDAY FOR THE REST OF THE MISSION. Oh easy. I said yes, I will totally do that. THEN....she looked at us with tears in her eyes and said, "WILL YOU READ THE BOM EVERDAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES?"!!! I was like, Wow, and I said yes for some reason. But that night I prayed to the Lord Almighty and promised Him I would do it and so I shall, and I have not missed a day yet, nor will I as long as I shall live. It was sooo cool.


The spirit is so strong with me right now and has been since Friday. To keep the spirit, we got flu shots on Saturday. Our Pres. wanted us all to get them, nothing like a spiritual high like a flu shot. It was not that bad at all, and we had a good day. We taught two less active members today and the Spirit was with us like a flame. It was a powerful day. 

Sunday we had a home coming talk and a farewell talk so that was cool. Again a really strong meeting and the Spirit was there. I have had just a power house of a week. It has been a crazy fun week but, yep there is a but, because I have been committed, it is your turn. 

Tammy (mom) and Larry (dad) I AM ASKING YOU BOTH. Will you both read the Book of Mormon everyday until I shall return home, then join me in reading EVERY SINGLE DAY of your LIFE when I get home? Yes ? Okay. Awesome. I know you will feel the difference as your read this amazing word. I want to say I know this church is true and I said yes knowing I would read every day because the LORD wants me to, not because man does. And I know that He loves us and loves our family. You are both great parents and I will just say keep being awesome and tell Shel her boyfriend looks like a stud and because he is from South Africa, I do approve :)

Love you. Talk to you soon. Bye

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