oh family...i've been living in the dark ages with myldsmail.net and now that it has upgraded, it's AMAZING! now i don't have to delete any emails cuz there's tons of storage space and you can send me all the pics you want! i almost feel too worldly now :) haha love it
popsy!! you're in ukraine and you almost died in transit! i'm glad you're there safe and sound. have good rest tonight. be careful! it's so weird because i'm always apart from you, but i feel REALLY apart from you so i miss you and hope you have a wonderful time! keep me updated on all the to-doin's and goings on. don't take pics of sacred objects in the subway like last time :) you're such a brilliant writer i love your blog entries that mom sent. remember you're my best buddy forever even in ukraine.
jukie! thanks so much for the newsy emails...i always feel in the loop :) thanks especially for keeping the tabs on josh for me since i never hear from him (hint hint...haha dooty i want to hear about the girl drama! tell me how your song went. i apologize on behalf of our gender and the drama we create. keep on keepin' on. you're a champ....GOOD LUCK ON FRIDAY!! i loved getting an announcement! you look so shnazzy. my little dude's all grown up. if you can mom, send me short clips of his performance so it'll let me open them. you're gonna be amazing dude). sounds like life is super busy as usual with fam, grandma, trek, etc. do what you can and can the rest (as elder shumway my district leader likes to say...it's my new favorite phrase). oh i also got a phrase for you mama: when life gives you scraps, make quilts! that was on sister morriss's apron yesterday and i thought of you. love you!!
annie...mom mentioned you wrote but i didn't get one from you this week, so i hope it didn't get lost somewhere. how's the new job?? i'm glad jury duty got postponed. i love you so much!! i think of you often and now wishing i'd talked with you more about your mission. i didn't really get it before i experienced it. we'll have some good chats when i get home :) love you a million x 75
jenny...your hair cut is cute, your little boy is cuter and your photography is getting so good!! you're such a great example to me...when i grow up i want to be the kind of mommy that you are. thanks for the blog pastes. i love it. jonathan! thanks for saying hey!! you're a champ with the grave shifts and all...good luck figuring out life. you'll be good at whatever you decide. it'll all work out and be amazing :) love you bosters
abby and ryan...yay for a photographer! you're going to send me lots of pics right?? and PLEASE send me an announcement :) sister hughes' little sister is getting married on saturday and she's 4'9"! CRAZY huh? one of her engagement pics, she standing on a chair kissing her fiance haha. good times. you surviving school? can you focus?? love you both!!
dooty...see mama's paragraph...i ended up lumping you in there :)
well it's been a great week!! sister hughes is awesome. everyone comments about our height, i love it. i feel right at home because she about the same size as abby and annie i think. maybe a tad taller. she's a natural at teaching! tracting's not her fave, but i'm breaking her in :) she's really easy going. it's been cool because it's made me reflect on my first few weeks as a missionary. i really did love it from the beginning, but looking back makes me realize how much i've changed! it's crazy! i've learned so much and come to LOVE this work and these people so much. have you heard that intense talk by elder holland that he gave in the MTC? he said so passionately "my mission means EVERYTHING to me" and i wondered if i would ever feel that way...cuz at the beginning you look ahead 18 months and kind of think "wow that's a LONG time...i'm trapped here" haha but now it has just zoomed by and i don't want to leave. my mission truly does mean everything to me. anyway random ramblings, but i've reflected about that this week.
kind of a bleh week because literally 5 of our investigators moved away. we sent in referrals so missionaries can pick them up on the other end, but that means we need to find more people to teach!! we're getting to teach lots of recent converts and less actives, so it's good. they're all progressing and we're improving our teaching! T is still solid and on date! he is SO great. his mom told him she'd support him and who knows, she may be interested later. he's a joy to teach and i'm learning a lot about baseball haha. he turned 18 this week and we called and i sang happy birthday in kiribati like sister eria taught me haha. good times. well that's about it, i'm going to send another email with a bunch of pics. LOVE YOU ALL!!
sister gibbons
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