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yes./ i got some shmaaang on my shirt and my shoe... darn. Okay first things first. Welcome to the email Thomas mah boy. Figured since youre the finace you ought to be in the fam email. GAH THAT IS SO EXCITED!!!!! I always dreamed of planning the first wedding in the family with the sisters and doing all that what not like they do in WEdding Singer( cmon i watched that a TON as a child...#90skid) that was seriously what i imagined it would be like though.. so ENJOY ALL THAT FOR ME- i know ill enjoy it from afar haha. Next on the agenda: Dad do you know a sister Ramierez that served in Haiti? well what years did you serve? i am coming upon more haitians now and would love to be able to connect with them through you! holla at me./ Also did you know Lance and Mike Reese from Idaho Falls? There are a few people down here that have grown up there and lets be real you had to atleast know of them. They said they knew of a doug hart that played bball and went on to play it at Ricks(weird) so letme know. Thirdsies: I make a lot of food in this new apt. sooo could you possible send my little blue recipe notecard book and have everyone(dad!) put some GOTOs in there. I know my chocochip recipe is in there but i need pancakes, seom yummy pinterest desserts and what not. HOOK A SISTER UP! I need to EAT! Finally: weekly update. I really am not a fan of this: tell brig to send out a film crew and you can all just watch what happens...i promise you would LAUGH! its always a good time! Okay so this week was a lot of getting adjusted. No polys feeding us and hardly any member meals - that was quite the adjustment by itself. BUT I LOVE IT OUT HERE.. I miss my polys though.... But thats okay. errything is going good. the new comp is sister Buxton from sandy UT(she went to alta) and she is 5'1''(i think - well just short and petite...103lbs to be exact) and was a gymnast and did ballroom...she has a definite short girl personality(oh make fun of my height and i will throw you down) its fun haha! Sometimes at night she will show me some ballroom moves and All i can think of is working at the grove and Brock and I trying to do some tango moves and just laughing...its pretty great! So she just finished her first 12 weeks. cool. She has been pretty nervous because she has to lead out the area.. but is handling it well. She loves gators and tracting so we will be just fine - i just have to help her love her Less Actives and work with the members too... i can most definitely do that. Uh my district has all of my previous District leaders(menos elder lee) so AShby Vance and Weston.l... its a good time at district meetings to say the very least- although the other sisters may not have been the biggest fan of how many of the elders i knew but whateves. FACT: longwood has the most hills in Florida... CRAY!(not sure if that is a real fact but i think it is) makes for a good ride. This weekend and yesterday was spent mostly with Elder Walker of the 70. he was at the Orlando stakes stake conf. and we got to go to all the sessions. He is HILARIOUS! and said many great things that i wrot e down. here are just some highlights: 10 tips for members mish efforts - welcome people you dont know at church! -learn the names of the missionaries in your ward -pray for them by name -pray to have mish experiences -feed the missionaries! -invite them, to teach your family -offer fellowship for their gators and LAs -offer your home for them to teach gators in -dont be shy about sharing the gospel: its like a boat dealer not telling his neighbors about the good boats he sells, they probably think he isnt very devoted to that career. -offer to take the missionaries and their gators to the temple and tour the grounds with them. USE THOSE! DO THEM! find ways to share. this week i read brad wilcox byu speeches speech from 2011-2012 that talked about christ and his atonement. I cannot tell you how much i loved it. It brought me so much comfort and happiness. I have been getting sorta down and out about the work- not that i am discouraged but it was starting to become a going through the motions kind of thing. as i read that i felt the spirit and remembered why i came out and how thankful i am for the atonement of jesus christ and the opportunity we have to become better so that we can live with our father in heaven again! I also have re-evaluated my prayers and truly began to pour my heart out to the lord - it feels so good. i would invite you all to read that and do the same. I love the work - i know i say that a lot but i do. I get to tract in this area again and i cannot wait to relay the stories and many adventures that that finding activity brings. hahaha! side note. happy halloween. what is everyone being? give everyone my love. AND IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEIIIIIII WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU! sister HART