Got to facetime with Jensen last night...but only for a few minutes. Still sent emails...so nice to see him!
i don't have a lot to say but that there is a recent convert who is going through a really hard time. she is 18 and is getting kicked out of her house cause she did somethings that got her in trouble with her parents and so she is calling us and like...calling us trying to find out what she needs to do. she really wants to move to utah. haha somehow utah became this magical land that clears everyones lives and makes everything better. haha but she is short of money and this morning she called and was like...im going to go die cause i don't have anything to do or anywhere to go. ha so after some talking to her and having her think of somethings she can do she finally called back and came up with a solution that she was going to sell her laptop and use that money to travel to utah and start there. and this whole morning i was thinking to myself, im a missionary! i can't really help with that except for comforting her and assuring her that God loves her! but she called back with that solution and i was like thats a really good idea!!!
talking to you mom and dad and ty was really good. i was thinking it would be ok for me to just wait till i come home to see you but i am glad i skyped you last night. thats all i have for now! sorry for the short letter.
well thats it for me here!! love you all and can't wait till next week!!!
Love,
What'd you do for you pday today?
well we prolly won't do much today. we don't really do anything here for pday except for being in our apartments doing laundry and writing letters. not that my comp restricts me but its the other elders that don't really like to do much.
Is the family you ate with yesterday the same family with the soccer kid?
no that family last night was the bartletts. they are a super nice family. super crazy kids too!! and they have a pingpong table!! haha awesome!!
What are you looking forward to doing when you get home? Or looking forward to eating?
oh man, i can't wait to have some costa vida and also i want to play indoor soooooooooooooooooooooooo bad!!!!!!!!!!! oh man i can't tell you how excited to play indoor again!!!
That is terrific you were able to help this young woman with her current problems (and there will be many more - it is hard becoming an adult ... and even harder when you are a new convert and your parents don't understand). Just giving her a prompt - "I can do this by ...." can make all of the difference! She will discover over time that when she does her part - and really tries - the Lord makes up the difference and provides a way.
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