I loved hearing all about Ragnar!! :) I thought about you all this morning when i was running :) I'm sorry to hear about all of the injuries though!! SHEESH! How much training did you all get in before the race?? I hope for the Vegas run you dont have as many problems. :-/ But that's so awesome to hear you got the free pass! :) Way to go Adam for being so awesome! :) What an example to everyone there, the Stevens family is going to make history in Ragnar! :) I'm so excited for the day I'll get to run with all of you again!! :) you better believe this is a new family tradition, so keep signing up!! :D I'll have plenty of money saved and time to train when I get home, so i Dibs a spot when i get home! :)
So I finally got some sun this week!! haha Yes this is the first thing I want to mention about the week :P I served at the Temple on Saturday and it was during the day so i finally got a little bit of color! Well... red is a color right? ;) hahaha ya i got a little burnt, but its faded pretty nicely into a good tan. I'll be sure to wear sunscreen next time, but i was just so anxious to not look like a Ghost that i refused to wear any. haha So just thought i'd share the good news with everyone :) I dont look pasty anymore! :)
Second thing, i hope Dad had a wonderful Fathers Day! If he didnt get my card yet, its on the way. I'm not sure how long mail takes to get there?? So sorry if it came late, but i hope you had a wonderful day and know that i was thinking about you! :) Oh thank you for the Package too!! :D i LOVE getting mail or pkgs! <3 All of the memorial day weekend picts were FANTASTIC! eveyone looks so good! Its so weird that everyone is growing up too! haha i saw LilyMae and kinda freaked out cause she looks so BIG! I just keep thinking that everyone is staying the same while i'm serving and time has just stopped at home ;) hahaha obviously that isn't the case... But eveyone looks so good and it was awesome to see all the picts :) well done mom <3
This week was a good week in the mission :) We had an investigator with a date! haha we dunno exactly how serious he is about getting baptised, but he is willing to prepare and so prepare him we will! :) His lessons are always very interesting... but the last one was good cause i actually said something :P I got to bear testimony of the Book of Mormon and how I found out for myself that it was True :) haha the spanish was very broken, but i got the point across and thats what matters :) Sister L was so sweet too, she gave me some sweet compliments about it that night too :) Us two are really getting along more and more each week and i'm so grateful for that :) Not that we have ever not got along, but i just feel we are growing closer as a companionship and thats what i've been working towards. She starting to have a lot more of her happy funny side come out and i love it! :) She has a great sense of humor, and that keeps the work happy and cheerful :) So we are headed in a good direction!
On Friday we had a ward activity for Fathers Day :) So awesome and so funny!! :) the theme was Hawaiian, so we had people dressed up and took picts behind some cute Hawaiian patterns. We had dinner together then for the entertainment we had dancing! The primary Children all dressed up and danced and it was so adorable!! :) They all did some numbers that were Hawaiian music then some mexican music :) The mexican music was sooo cute! hahaha all of them with there sombreros and mustaches drawn on their faces ;) I'm excited to send some picts! I wish i would've brought my camera cord so i could send some now, but i forgot it... So in my letter or next week i'll send em.
The best part of the night i'd say though were the missionaries and the relief Society :) We had a good group of Elders that learned the Haucka... (have no idea how to spell that) but that was way sweet! i have a little video of that i'll try and send too :D All of the ward LOVED that! in fact, they made them do it again later in the program :)
But for me i think the absolute best part was when the women did the Hula!! :D haha not just your slow motion relaxed hula.. i'm talking about hip shakin hula! hahaha with the hippy skirts and everything!! hahaha it was so funny!!! and some of them were actallly pretty decent at it too :) There was a really sweet old grandma that was dancing too and that was just adorable :) I love that all Hispanics just love to dance and arent afraid to show ya their moves! ;) haha What a ward party, DEFINITELY nothing like our ward parties back home! ;)
The Battalion is going really well. I'm learning new things there everyday, and see miracles all the time :D I love giving tours with Kids! <3 It makes me think of all my nieces and nephews and how much they would love this place! :) All the kids are so interactive and just love the tour! :) I highly recommend planning a vacation here someday and taking the kids to see this, cause they will love it :) This week I took a tour with about 8-10 kids, and i asked if anyone wanted to dress up like a soldier or laundress, and i had three raise their hands, so they came up and the next thing i know.. all their siblings came up too! haha so i dressed like four laundresses and three soldiers! :) it was so cute! the little girls were my favorite cause they were SO excited to dress up :) bah kids are just so fun! The MoBat is a wonderful place to serve <3
Last bit of exciting news before I have to go.... I GET TO GO TO THE TEMPLE TODAY!! :D:D and actually go inside and do a session!! :):) WOO WHOO!!!!!!! :D I'm sooo excited!!! We get to go every other transfer, and luckily this is the transfer i get to go! :) There is SOOOO MUCH that i have learned about the temple since being here, so i'm STOKED to go and learn a whole lot more!! President Donaldson is a genious when it comes to temple stuff, so my mind has just exploded with stuff he's talked about :) He's studied Hebrew and Greek and knows a lot about Old Testament stuff. :) Its incredible. So i'm way happy to go to the Temple today, and talk to the sisters that have been around President longer, and have learned more than i have :) I already know its going to BLOW my mind :D Cant wait!
Well family and friends i love you all!! :) I hope you are all taking the time out of you busy lives to realize how GREAT the gospel is. Take time to do the important things like pray and read!! Do it everyday! Its SO important! and so EASILY there for you, so take advantage of it! :)
Hope you all have a wonderful week! :) The Church is True so What else Matters? :):) Love you all, hugs and kisses comin your way!
xoxoxo, Hma Stevens <3
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