Monday, July 29, 2013

Email 7/29/13

To my dear wonderfully amazing family!!!!!

Oh how I love you so much!!!!!!! First of all my birthday was good. My 3 companions were telling everyone that it was my birthday. I was funny. Today was are going to see a museum to kind of celebrate. Plus it is Sister Hanson’s last Pday in the mission. 

Oh my goodness guess what!!! Do you remember a few months ago when I was at the mission home fireside and I told you that I found a woman with the same last name as us. Well I found her again. She was at transfers and she came up to me and said that she was now a Ballantyne again. Her divorce went through and that she was getting married again. Her name is Kim and she said that she hoped that I would come there way soon. It is absolutely amazing to be here and to see so many thing and meet so many wonderful people.

The area is great!!!! I absolutely love it here. Sister Urian has been out 6 weeks. You know how Sister Spencer came in and finished my training. That is what I am doing of her. She is great!! Ok let me explain. Sister Hanson has only a week left because she extended a week. She was one of my first trainers.  I love being able to be serving around her again. And Sister Peters was trained by Sister Hanson before I came in to the mission but she had to go home early due to medical reasons so she is here for a week as well doing a mini mission so that she can say that he finished hers. It has been really fun.

Wow that is crazy!!!!!!! So many Missionaries!!!! The work is really progressing forward.
 
Wow that is so true about life and how we don’t really notice until it is too late. I am so grateful for the gospel in my life and to know that I can always return to my Heavenly Father and that he loves me no matter what!!!!
 
Yes there is a pagent coming up It is about how the first missionaries came to England and how the pioneers left for the valley. It is all about the church here in England. It is going to be huge. It is being used as a missionary tool so we are allowed to go. We are taking an investigator on the 2nd of August. I am so excited.

Also on the 8th of August we are having a full mission conference. And guess who the speakers are!!!!!! Oh Ok I will tell you. Elder Holland, Elder Russell M. Nelson. And then Elder Kieran and Elder Evans of the Area Seventy for this mission. I am so excited!!!! It is going to be absolutely amazing!!!! I love this mission!!!!

I love you oh so much!!!!!!!

Love

Sister Ballantyne

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