2/17/13

hi ya,

Well the good news is that Sister Harun is feeling a lot better so that's good! We got out a little bit this past week but this week we will get back into our normal routine! I am excited to do that. I am ready to get out, and the weather isn't so dark all the time now so that has been a real blessing. It has been cold but the gloves help so I am grateful for them. It's about time that I get some new boots because the leather ones are completely warn out and the other cheap ones just hurt my feet so if I can find some good ones for cheap I might get them. If not I will just continue to wear what I have.

On Saturday one of our former investigators Michael called us and said that he wanted to come back to church and start meeting with us again. So that was a big miracle and a blessing. We were only going to schedule an appointment with him if he showed commitment and he did,  he came to church so we had a lesson with him last night. I don't really know what's going on half the time tho because he speaks Malay and very little English. But it's really good for Sister Harun to teach in her language.

Sister Harun and I both had to give a talk yesterday in church. Her's was really good and I felt good about mine. I am just glad that it's overwith haha. I am not a fan of giving talks at all. The topic was How I Became Converted to the Gospel. So it was a really good sacrament. Basically just a testimony meeting really. But it was fun to be able to talk about things that contributed to my testimony. It was cool because the week before I made a list of experiences that I gained my testimony from. It was good.

Other than that not much happened. Jo Meacham said thanks for the email and she will email you when she gets more time. Thanks for doing that Mom. Also I want to keep all of the letters that have been mailed to me in the post but I want to send them home because they take up a lot of room in my luggage so do you think it's ok if I post them home? :) just a little bit at a time?

Also because my camera broke there may not be pictures for awhile!;(
  I haven't gotten any of the post yet. I suspect I will get some today and whatever you sent to the temple I will get on Thursday because we have a zone conference. Iam glad cheryl is there safe :) and your stand in your room is really cute. I want to see pictures of the rest of your room.

love and miss you all so much!

love syd

Thought for the week!

God is fully aware the you and I are not PERFECT, let me add, God is also fully aware that people you think are perfect, are NOT.

And yet we spend so much time and energy, comparing ourselves to others, usually comparing our weakness to their strength. As a result, we never celebrate our good efforts, because they seem to be less than what someone else does.

Dieter f. Uchtdorf
 

You get two this week. this in in response to your letter that we just got on Sat.

Never postpone a promting! Thomas S. Monson

From Christmas Eve