received from sister hart 8/5/2013 -- privacy edits by her mom
hello hello helloooo (jim carrey voice from unfortunate events)
so a little update about st cloud:
it was one of the prime locations for the KKK - they still have some crazy crosses around in some rather scary looking woody locations. and not too many years ago they stopped doing kkk parades down the main street in st cloud... yeah I'm in the south... also I ate the Florida cracker (clearly southern title) special. Complete with Frog legs, gator, catfish, turtle, and normal fried seafood. HOLY CRAAP! the frog legs were like jumpy and you could totally bend them like ush(usual) and the gator wasn't too bad.
This last week was one of those odd mission weeks - where NOTHING goes as planned. first was transfers and I'm still in St Cloud (the members were soo pleased) with Sister P. My DL is now a zone leader and I no longer have to deal with sister fart...or so I thought. and my new district leader is great and always making us feel good - which is good because s. p. needs that sometimes.
She has had a hard time lately with our not so evident success in STC. She really wants to know why she is serving in the area.... unfortunately we cannot always know why we are called to a specific area at a specific time.. that's just how it works with the Lord - but lucky for her the Bishop of the STC ward offered and wanted to give us all blessings! It was one of the coolest experiences because he flat out said what we can be doing to further the work and help each other.... I've been getting a little frustrated lately because when we account for things and talk to others s. p tends to exaggerate a little bit and you know how much I love to be smart alecky and correct people.... its been a trial but I just pray for the patience and try not to correct just tell the honest truth. haha...awkward.
anyway. We got to visit with some great people this week and yeah nothing really exciting. one thing I wanted to tell you was that a few weeks ago one of our less active old ladies totally kissed me on the mouth! ahhhhhh! I died. yikes. It was crazy but. fine. I survived. sorry this is short but seriously nothing great...
BUT this week with our PI D** she finally started progressing for reals and really desires more and I like to think its because we watched Elder Holland's talk Safety for the Soul - SO GOOD! watch it! READ it! its BRILLLIANT! she connects better with videos and visuals soo that's what we are doing. I love her she is hilarious....
Challenge for the week: Bro and Dad...and whomever else: read Come all ye sons of God by President Monson! It is spectac! and totally applies to our daily lives!
Today I studied from Mosiah 2 and just reviewed the talk Which way is my tent facing from GC. So good - I know my life is faced toward a temple marriage and it is staying there because of my foundation of Christ and my Faith in Him! I read from DC 31 as well. Replace Thomas with my name and that's what im doing in st cloud - helping those in the church because the world isn't ready for us yet.... we are reactivating members and building actives members up so they can begin to share the gospel and begin their missions. I love this church. I love st cloud and the members treat us soo well. This is easily the greatest area and I hope to stay here for a long time... its so great! wellp
I love you all sooo stinking much!
HASTA LUEGO!
Zoë
ps. any fav scrips that bring comfort, talk about forever fams, or possible quotes I should read? lemme know;)\\
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