Wednesday October 10, 2012

Dear Family,

Sorry this is really late, with it being a holiday on monday the library was closed, and then I had exchanges on Tuesday which is why it has taken me so long...I'm still alive and kicken against the pricks.....Mom could you make me a corn bag thing that i warm up in the microwave? and maybe some wool socks. I'm staying warm. its only started to get cool, the leaves are turning their vibrant fall colors. Its so beautiful.

 

General Conferance was amazing. We were invited over to our mission presidents home to have breakfast and watch both sessions of  conferance. The speakers were amazing! When President Monson made the annoucement about lowering the age for missionaries everyone in the room gave a shout for joy. What an inspired announcement. These are the last days and we need more missionaries. I think that this decision shows the need and the great confidence the Lord has for the rising generation. And especially the great need for sisters to come out and serve. Though i can't see them say it, but as sisters, we are being asked to serve missions. God truly is pulling out all the stops. The stone the prophet Joseph smith prophecied would roll forth is picking up momentum. And with the possibility of having a Mormon president, more and more people are become intereested in the church. Infact, just this last week sister Luker and i were out knocking doors prior to our dinner appointment and a women (whom we're hopefully seeing tonight) let us in because she was interested in what the "mormons" believe because of Mitt Romney. More and more people have become curious. They see that we are different and they want to know where the source of happiness flows from.

 

For the sunday morning session sister Luker and I were at the church. I think it was during that session that Elder Holland spoke about missionary work. It was an amazing talk and was very similar to a talk he gave in the MTC, but with a little less flame. :) Elder Eyring's talk titled Where is the Pavilion was also another favorite of mine. "The pavilion that seems to intercept divine aid does not cover God but occasionally covers us. God is never hidden, yet sometimes we are."...It was also during this session that I nearly froze. To say it was freezing in the chapel would be a huge understatement. I even pulled my mittens out of my bag and put them on, and i had a blanket. Between sessions sister Luker and i went out working and although we felt sure about the street we started working, no one was home and by this time it was close to the start of the second session. We stopped by our apartment to grab something before going to Sister Burton and Sister Cox's home to watch the second session. While walking from our car to our apartment i see this women coming out. I call out a friendly hello and soon fall into a friendly conversation. She was on her way to work and asked us to come by her apartment later this week. Sister Luker and i were super excited about that.

 

I'll talk to you all soon. sorry its so short. I love you all.

Sister Salmon