Monday, June 3, 2013

Email 6/3/13

I hope you are all doing well!!!! I miss you all so much. I was so glad to hear that you were talking to chez.  She really likes talking to you. She is so funny. She reminds me a lot of you. Liverpool was alright. Every time I go there I mostly just sit around because I do not speak Chinese. But it was really good. I got to get to know Sister Merrill. She is really cute and sweet. I like her a lot. But I had a revelation while I was in Liverpool. Sister Merrill asked me why I came on my mission. I told her the whole story, but when I came to the part about the blessing and feeling that I needed to come to Wales to help a distant family member. Sister Clawson popped into my head. I don't know why I did not make that connection in my head the first day, but I have now and I am so humbled that even before my mission Heavenly Father already knew where I needed to be and who I needed to be with. What a wonderful thought to know that our Heavenly Father really does love and care about us!!!
 
Both Bishop Donaldson and his father Elder Donaldson have called President Preston and told him that they would like us to stay. As well as the rest of Elder Donaldsons brothers have told us that they do not want us to leave yet. It is crazy. We have been able to help Elder Donaldson's Brothers Barry and Glyn come back to the chuch. Last week in our lesson the spirit was so strong it sent Barry into tears and he told us that every time he thought about it that week he would start crying again. He even went to his brother Glyn's home and told him that he needed to get his act together and that he was going to pick them up and go to church. It has been so amazing to see the Holy Ghost work with this family. Barry has been a member for 40 years and has never had a testimony or desire to have one. Until he came to Rhyl. Glyn got up and bore his tesitmony yesterday. He said that we were magic. They keep asking us what we have done. We keep telling them that we have not done anything. We are just here to help them remember what they already know. The spirit in this area is just so strong. 
 
Sacrament meeting this week went from 98 to 131 people.
 
Oh I am so proud of both of them!!!!! They seem to be doing really good!!!! That is really good to hear. I love you all so much!!. Ya I am not too happy that he is still growing, but maybe now she can know how I felt when she passed me up. But now both of them have:( Can you do something to make them shrink before I get home???
 
Your Primary class sounds like a blast!!!!! Enjoy it!!!!!!!
 
I am doing alright just sad because I only have 11 months left. The time has flown by so fast.
 
Ben's baptism is on the 8th of June and then we should be having another one on the 29th of June. And I am praying and hoping that another one of our investigators will have a date soon. He knows it is true he says he just wants to know more.
 
Mom will you do me a favor??? I was reading this talk where she was talking about how mothers have insight to their childrens devine destiny. What would you say mine is???? What do you think I am destined to do???
 
I love you so much and I am so greatful for the wonderful examples you all are to me!!!!! Thank you for everything you have done and keep doing for me. Just so you know I am going on another exchange this week. I am going to Chester to go on excange with one of the Sister Leadership Trainers.
 
I love you to the Moon and Back
I win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Love
 
Sister Ballantyne

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