Hello my beloved family…
I've learned so much again this week it was awesome. Whenever I say I've learned a lot, I mean about life in general. Yeah, I'm always learning new Spanish, the names of the kids of our investigators and ward members, how to live off of 32 dollars a week, what NEVER to do with your life, and what kind of foods really do burn you twice.......but what I mean is I'm always learning so much about life, about what is most important, what makes you happy, what I will change going forward for my own family to provide my children with the best opportunity for growth and happiness possible, how I plan to be the best wife and mother, what to do and what never to do, and just....EVERYTHING.
Sister Jeppsen and I relate EVERYTHING to relationships. We think it's so funny but it really works! Every situation where our investigators won't commit, when we need extra patience and selflessness, and every situation we observe with members can be related to a typical dating relationship. But it's funny because at the end of the day I somehow better understand what makes a relationship successful and what destroys it, and it always comes down to living the Gospel of Jesus Christ or choosing to follow Satan. It's almost crazy how simple the equation really is. Obedience=happiness, disobedience=misery. You'd think we as people would always remember this. It's so nuts how humans forget everything all the time. We constantly have to be reminded of things we even learned yesterday. So that's why we need to go to church every sunday, read/pray every day, repent daily.....well, you know.
Today marked a monumental moment, crossing off a priority on my bucket list filling my heart with joy and my stomach with grease. With our fine Elders in our zone, I suggested we all get lunch at the famous WAFFLE HOUSE.
Grits. Everything I thought they would be. And more.
The woman sitting next to us kept staring at me and at the end said how amazed she was at how much food I could eat and still be as thin as I was. I asked her again if she called me...thin? Maybe she was talking to the person behind me, hahha. She just couldn't see my stomach under the table.
So anyway pretty much every day I add to and take from this image in my mind of the kind of wife and mother I want to be according to what I've learned. I can't wait to apply the principles of the gospel that I'm understanding better and better every day to make for a happy home where the Spirit can dwell. I LOVE being able to teach that to families on a daily basis and watch the atmosphere in their home slowly start to change. It's so awesome. It's awesome because it really works!
Okay so CHRISTMAS DAY: I got your email. I will be calling at 2:30 our time! Which is 4:30 your time.I can't wait!!!! I get only exactly 60 minutes. Can't wait!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PACKAGE!!!! IT's so awesome and so perfect because right before I opened it we were talking about what could we possibly give the children in our families for FHE treats sice we seriously have nothing to give and really no money to buy anything. Then we opened up the package and it was literally the answer to our prayers! Thank you so much! Sister Jeppsen and I wear the Santa hats around the house and she was so touched that you included a stocking for her. They are the cutest things ever! They're hilarious! I haven't had any time at all yet to read the letters inside but it already has meant so much to me. Thank you so much! The presents are around the bottom of our little 2-foot tree. I'll send you a picture of it.
Something that would be so awesome is if you could all send experiences you've had with faith, obedience and the blessings that came, or anything else that you would ever like to share with an investigator of the church. I share experiences of people I know all the time. Mom, remember the time I was little and you had to choose between paying tithing or finding a place to live, and after you paid your tithing you found a new place right away? Would you mind sending me that story, I've told it to a lot of investigators but I'm not sure if I have the details right. I'd love to get it.
We're in the public library today and the Charlie Brown Christmas movie is playing in the background for the kids. The theme song makes me think of Missy.
I love you all so much!!!! HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! I'm about out of time and haven't gotten to read everyone's emails yet so I won't be able to respond to them right now but I can print them out and read them.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!!!!!
Hermana Wadsworth
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