Alma 60:36

HELLO!!!!

 

What a great day this has been! Happy Birthday baby Allison!!! That's awesome! I'm so excited to meet her! Also, Happy Birthday to Taniel tomorrow! And Happy 4th of July!!! What a great week to celebrate!

 

So, the bad news is, I forgot my journal... and I don't remember a ton about this last week... so I will try to fill you in as much as possible....

 

Tuesday: We were at the Trail Center all day long. It was good... sorry, that's about all I can remember :)

 

Wednesday: This day was just great. We woke up and exercised. Ate breakfast. Then, Sis. Rhoades went to go and get in the shower. But came out before she actually got in because she had found... three....bites.... from.... A BED BUG!!!!!! Nebraska is having a HUGE problem with bedbugs. Especially missionary apartments because we go in such dirty apartments to teach people. Some of the Sisters have had them, and we kept hearing that they didn't have them, so we slept over at their apartment. But it seems that we brought some home with us. So we went up to the mission office and got a steamer and bed bug spray. This was our first full day that we had had in our area for a long time, but we had to cancel all of our appointments so that we could get rid of them. We pulled our beds out in the backyard and we steamed them. Judging by the pictures of Jack and Eve in their winter coats, Nebraska is  A LOT hotter than Utah. We were out in 110 degree weather with 100% humidity... steaming beds... for 5 hours. I thought I was going to die. We had to take breaks a lot so we didn't get heat stroke. And we went to Sonic in between to get some slushies. It was AWFUL. After we were done with the beds we steamed our carpets. We had to move all of our clothes into black bags and let them roast all day long in the back of car. We were SOOOOOOOOOOOO exhausted and just gross from being out in the heat all day long. It was crazy. But, hopefully we are bed bug free. Our members put a bug bomb in there one of the nights we were up at the TC so, now hopefully everything is fine. I don't ever want to do that again.

 

Thursday: We had a GREAT District Meeting. It was there and in my 30 minute prayer that night (30 minute prayers for 30 days- it will change your life) that I realized I needed to commit to all of you that when I get home I will set aside one night a month to babysit while you all go to the temple. So, look forward to that :) Also, I plan on just babysitting always. I miss my nieces and nephews.

 

Friday: Sis. Belka and I spent the whole day together planning training and other stuff for the Trail Center. It was a fun day.

 

Saturday: Our new mission President, Elder Weston came to our TC Training. It was so good to meet him. It's incredible, just when he came in and I heard him talk, I had an overwhelming feeling of immediate love for him. It's because he is a servant of the Lord set apart for this time, just like President Kunz was set apart for the time that he was here. It was so great. After Sis Belka and I finished the training, we went up and shook his hand. He told us it was great and that said that he could really feel my Spirit. That is my new favorite compliment. Elder Snow said the same thing. I LOVE that. I love the gospel and I love how the Spirit speaks to each of us. And how it carries our testimonies to others hearts.

 

Sunday: Our ward got a new Bishop! It was crazy. It was sad to have Bishop Witters released, but luckily since we live with them, we still see them everyday. The new Bishop is Bishop Walker and he is only 32!!! His wife is only 28!!! It's insane!!! But they are a powerhouse family and I am so excited for them!!! I really have looked up to them a lot as I have been serving in this ward. Missions are so cool, we get this opportunity to see SO many families. How they work, how they raise their kids, how they live the gospel. It's such an incredible opportunity that I will always be grateful for.

 

Monday: We were on chat in the morning and then TC in the evening. It was really great! PS Mom, I haven't seen any Heritage tours come through.

 

Today: We just got back from our short Meet the President Zone Conference. The Westons are incredible. I am so grateful to be able to serve with them. They have such a love for the gospel, each other and for us. I am excited for the future trainings that they will give.

 

The pictures are:

1- Me with Michael Phelps. They are holding the swimming qualifying things for the Olympics here. Micheal Phelps has been here all week. If only I could find him and teach him the gospel/marry him... what?

2- Sisters Belka, Arnold, Sakurazawa, Pryde and I. Sis. Arnold twisted her ankle so we were taping it up for her.

 

3- Just steaming some beds!

 

4- This was after we had steamed our beds, cleaned everything, put our box spring and mattress in sealed plastic, then put dryer sheets everywhere (apparently bed bugs hate dryer sheets). I was pooped. Notice the cat tapestry. Also, we apparently didn't get all of the air out after we sealed it, so that's why it's so bubbly looking... the bed... not the cat tapestry... 

 

We don't have any big plans for the 4th of July. We don't even have members feeding us!? When we passed our meal calendar around they only signed up for Elders this week... super weird/funny. But the 4th of July won't be too exciting. It's against the white handbook to do anything with fire.... Oh wait, we are doing something way cool! Our ward is having a breakfast. A bunch of missionaries are singing the National Anthem and then since we live in a Military ward we are having a big military tribute thing with all of their songs and they'll stand up and what not. That will be super cool.

 

Well Family, this letter is at least 20 times longer than Jared's letter. Maybe Heavenly Father wanted me to wait to go on a mission until I was 22 so that you could at least get some sort of letter while Jared was out :) I don't know what he does on P-days. But goodness knows he's not one to chat :)

 

Anyway, I love you all SOOOOOOOOO much. I hope you all realize how incredibly blessed our family is. I am so thankful for each one of you. You have shaped me into the person that I am today. I love you all.

 

Love,

Sister Proctor