September 1st, 2015

My family!! That's so awesome that Thurman got baptized! I'm glad that it went so well. And I also am proud of yall for surviving the first week, that's one of the hardest ones to survive. And tell Jessa (the hairy one) volleyball chick to keep up the good work :) This week has been a good one! We made it through!! and sometimes that is a great accomplishment haha Brother LaCour got baptized on Sunday and it was so awesome! I sure love that man. He definitely keeps my fluent in "trash talk" and he also reminds me how much I love being a missionary, and how much I love our Savior. I went on 2 exchanges this week so we kept really busy. For one of them I went to Leesville and we got to go on post and Fort Polk it was pretty cool. I am taking over Pineville and I am excited but also a little bit nervous. But I will just keep trying and praying and it will work out. I have really been trying to not stress so much and find some "joy in the journey" and it is still a work in progress but I am getting a little bit better. I am going to miss Elder Brimhall. He did drive me a little crazy sometimes and we did think almost completely opposite of each other. But I learned so much from him that I really needed to learn. and I will forever be grateful for him and his love for me, loving me enough to help me be better. Thanks for always listening to my random rants and I am working on being more positive so if I'm not, tell me and I will give myself a chest nuggie haha I love yall and hope you have an awesome week!!! Thanks for all of your love, prayers, and letters :) Love your Mud "Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers" :)