Monday, August 12, 2013

Email 8/12/13

Dear Wonderful and Beautiful Family,

The pagent was absolutely amazing!!! I wish you could have been here to see it. I am glad that Graham and Chez enjoyed it and that they want to be sealed there. That will be an amazing day!!

I think she liked it but I am not really sure. She doesn’t really show too much emotion. So I can’t really read if she really liked it or if she is just telling us that she did. So I am just going to say that she did;)

They are in the same mission but they are in a different part. I saw them at transfers and they had just gotten there so they have been here for about 2 weeks. I was able to give him my copy that you sent me at the conference last week. He is going to make a copy of it. He had a little bit more information that he lent me to make a copy of. He also said that you could find most of his journals on line. He said that there about 2 of them that are missing because the wives did not want to give them up. I think that they are from Utah but I am not sure.

Oh my goodness the Conference was wonderful!!!! The spirit was so strong in that room. It was like a general conference, only smaller. We got to sit in the front row so they were literally 4 feet away!!! I took so many notes. They talked about not wasting one moment of our missions and that we should make it something that we will cherish for the rest of our lives. We should make it something that when we have kids and grand kids that they will ask for stories about our missions. They talked about teaching the Doctrine through the Book of Mormon and believing in the faith of the members and asking them to pray about people for the missionaries to teach. And if they have the faith that they will be able to find someone. At the end Elder Nelson gave us an apostolic blessing. Oh it was absolutely amazing!!! I just love being a missionary!!!!!

Transfers are on 4 Sept. I am not quiet sure yet. Speaking of which I gave you the wrong post code for our flat. It is SK11 8NL.

On Sunday we had a return missionary speak. Guess where he served his mission?? The Czech Republic. Sound Familiar. He also had is old mission president there. Elder and Sister Erwin. Guess who they know. Elder Jackson Probst. They had nothing but good things to say about him when I asked if they knew him. It was great to her that!!

I would like to see them get their patriartical blessing as well. It will be able to help them so much in their lives.

I am glad that she got my letter!!! She is so cute!!!! It is good to hear from my friends!!!

I hear from them every once and a while. When they remember but life is busy so I don’t expect too many!!!

Did I tell you how much I love and miss you!!!!! I am so grateful you all of you influences in my life. You have helped make me who I am today and for that I am eternally grateful.  

I am continually amazed at how great missionary work can make you feel. It is all about service. One thing I love doing!!!! I am so grateful for this wonderful opportunity and that I did not pass it up. I now know that President Preston was right when he said that it would be the biggest regret of my life if I went home early. Because I would not be who I am today nor would I have been able to see all of the many miracles around me.

I love you so much and am so grateful for all that you do!!!

2 Tim 4:7
2Nephi 3:6

Love

Sister Ballantyne

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