10/7/12

Hi,

This week has been a long week. I am glad that I get to email you guys now. I got to watch all but the last session of conference so that was good. I loved it so much. One of my favorites was from Pres. Uchtdorf. When he said stop looking for the finish line and just enjoy the moment that you are in. I find myself a lot looking for the finish line and thinking I will be happier when I get to it and that's not how it works. we can be just as happy on the journey and that's where all of the important things happen. And we should just spend meaningful time with people that we love because it is precious. I can't wait to be able to spend time with you guys again. I miss you so much. I have been struggling a bit this week but Sister Adam showed me something that her mom wrote her. She said that it's ok to miss your family and be really sad that they aren't here because it just shows you how much you are sacrificing to serve the Lord. If we weren't sad or missing home this wouldn't be a sacrifice. It put things into a better perspective for me. This is a huge sacrifice and I would have never realized how much I love all of you guys and what you mean to me without this experience. It's hard but it won't last and it's for the Lord's precious children.

Also the new changes about the missionaries is so awesome!! There will be so many more missionaries coming out! It's going to bless the church so much and so many other peoples lives. All of us missionaries were way excited!

So this week we were teaching this chinese guy named Seven. We have to go very slow because they don't know a lot about Christianity or God. He has been meeting with us for a few weeks now and so we were just telling him that his faith had grown since we had first met him. He was like What?! what's growing? we were like your faith is reallly growing and then he was like My FACE has grown since I met you?! haha we were like nooooooo and explained and then he got it. He thought that we were telling him that he had gotten fat since we met him hahaahaha.

I just love you guys so much and I really miss you! I think about you everyday and how blessed I am to have such a wonderful family and how fortunate we are to have the lives we live. I am so grateful to have the knowledge of the Gospel and for all of you! I love you! I can't wait till christmas!!

love syd