Hospital Connections & #GirlsCampMiracle (Week 29)

Hi everyone,

This week was awesome.  However, myldsmail is acting up, and we can't log into it, so no pictures this week.  The good news is that we have iPads, so we can still email. 😃

The Women's Conference was great.  I really loved it.  Tammy, who was our investigator, until she moved into the Elders' area, came and really enjoyed it.  She is looking forward to General Conference this upcoming weekend.

Scot came to church yesterday!  Last week he went to the wrong church.  He went to the Baptist church that is close to ours.  So that fact that he found the church was a miracle.

Belinda went to Girls' Camp.  All of her family are members, but she did want to be baptized when her siblings were here a few months ago.  She bore her testimony at Girls' Camp.  Now she isn't sure about getting baptized.  She knows the church is true, but she has some other concerns.  She came to church with her family.  #GirlsCampMiracle

It was sad -- a person, who some other Elders found, who lived in our area had a baptismal date.  We were going to meet him to start teaching him, but he went to his church and was given some anti-Mormon things there.  Now, he doesn't want to meet with us.  We want to meet him to try and clear up what is (and isn't) true about the things he heard.

We met someone, who at first wasn't interested, but she let us share a message.  As we talked with her, she softened.  Summer said she is looking for a church that she feels right at.  She asked us to come back, but she didn't know when a good time would be since she currently doesn't live there.  She is in the process of getting ready to move in.

Miracle: The best miracle this week was that we got to meet and start teaching Essix.  We went to the hospital to see Abeke, who is a member.  Another member was there visiting her.  At the end of Abeke's lesson, Uraza said she had another friend in the hospital who she wanted us to visit.  We said goodbye to Abeke and followed Uraza to Essix's room.  We shared a brief lesson of the restoration and, while Sister Fricke shared Joseph Smith's own words, Essix felt the spirit.  We visited her one more time while she was in the hospital.  She is now out and living at Uraza's place while she recovers.  She is confined to her bed, so we explained that she can watch conference on her tablet.  She is super cool, and she wants to go to church when she can.  I know we were meant to visit Abeke at that time, so Uraza would also be there.

✨Sister Aurora Pack

Awesome Companion, iPads, & Phones (Week 28)

Hey everyone,

This week has been kinda crazy.  We had Zone Conference, which was totally awesome.  There we got the new iPads, the ones the missionaries bought and own.  They also gave each companionship a new phone.  The phones were old and needed to be replaced.  The new phones also have new numbers, which makes for a crazy transition.

With the new iPad, it has taken some time to set up and have everything downloaded that I need.  I am still in the process of downloading videos on Gospel Library.  With the new iPads, some of the rules have changed.  It used to be that we could only connect to WiFi at libraries or church buildings, but now we can connect to any WiFi for missionary purposes.  For emailing home, we need to be at the church or library.  Also, we can now read email sent to us throughout the week as they come in.  However, we still can only send email on Monday.  This means you can email me, and I will have time to read it without using the hour I have each week to write email.  Please let me know what is going on with your life.  I would like to know, even if your life seems dull to you.

Something that was really cool this week was, after dinner, we were teaching a quiet lesson.  I started speaking, and it made sense as I said it, but it was the first time I had ever thought about it.  I know the spirit was working through me.  We were talking about how fear and faith are opposites.  I mentioned how love is also an opposite of fear (perfect love casts out all fear, 1 John).

The sister we were teaching said that hope is also an opposite of fear.  I then started to say that the opposite of fear is faith, hope, and charity, which is love.  There is a verse in the Doctrine and Covenants that I read that morning that says without faith, hope, and charity we can do nothing, which means if we have fear then we can do nothing.  My mind was totally blown when I had said that.  It was really awesome to have the spirit work through me.  I also want to add that in 2 Timothy 1:7, it says that "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear."

Marie thanks for your letter.  I love the song from Hunter Hayes, Love Too Much, as well!  I am glad you found it and are enjoying it.

We are emailing at the church, so no pictures this week. 😞 Sorry.

I have been thinking about you guys moving to Michigan.  I will miss Colorado and particularly Parker. 😢  However, looking on the upside, Michigan is a lot closer to Southern Virginia University.  😉 Also on that subject, when Dad gets his apartment there can you let me know the address, so I can mail things to him.  Thanks.

One of the new booklets we received is titled "Missionary Work in the Digital Age."  In it, it lists the missionary library.  Daughters in My Kingdom is part of it.  I have never seen it listed as part of the missionary library before.  I think one of the reasons they added it is because there are a lot more sisters going out.  I have access to it on my iPad, but I would like a physical copy.  I don't know if I had a copy before.  If I did could you send that to me?  Thanks.

Okay, my mom has been telling me of all the Bighorn staff trainings my sister is going to.  I just wanted to say to anyone that I know through Bighorn who reads this that I miss you all.  I love Bighorn, and you mean a lot to me.  Bighorn has changed me for the better.

Also, just so you all know, I have the best companion in the whole world.  Sister Fricke is the best!  We have so much fun together.

David, when I told her that you are a brony, she said she likes you even though she doesn't know you.  She also likes My Little Pony.  She has also read How To Train Your Dragon.  She didn't know there were other books after the first.  She hasn't seen the movie yet either.  I told her she needs to when she gets home.  I know she would love it.  She loves cats, so she would love Toothless.

Miracle: We went into this retirement community to visit some people who had met the missionaries before.  One of them was sick, and the other one wasn't home.  When we walked away, Sister Fricke had a feeling that we should knock this one door.  We did it, and while we were waiting for the person to answer, I was trying to figure out what to say.  There was an Easter decoration on the door, so I thought about offering to share Because of Him, the Easter video from last year.  However, I thought we should just offer to pray with her.  She said "yes," and invited us in.  She isn't interested, but I know it was a good experience and was what the Lord wanted us to do.  It is so awesome -- the spirit works.

✨Sister Aurora Pack

Sister Fricke and Pleasant Hill South (Week 27)

Sister Fricke and Sister Pack

Hey everyone,

Things are going great here in Pleasant Hill South (my new area).  My new companion is Sister Fricke.  She is so cool and awesome.  She just finished training, so I am her first companion after her trainer.  It is weird to be companion of someone who has been out less than I have.

Goodbye to Torina!

It is also weird to think that last Tuesday was my six-month mark.  I have completed a third of my mission.  It sure doesn't feel that way.  I feel like I am just starting my mission.  I have decided to break up my mission into every six months.  There is a beginning of my mission, which I have completed, the middle of my mission, which I just started, and the end of the my mission.

Goodbye to the Famous Mormon Message Star (and Selfie King) Elder Godinet

I love Sister Fricke and this area so much.  It is awesome.  Sister Fricke and I have a lot of similar goals, which is nice so that way we are unified.

We got to teach this super awesome guy named Newel. He is awesome.  He first met missionaries a while back in the summer, but nothing happened.  Then, before I got here, he called and wanted to meet with us.  He also came to church yesterday, and he said he wants to come again.  Awesome, right?  It is, but we found out he lives on the Elders' side, so they are going to teach him.  It is too bad we don't get to teach him, but I am happy he is going to be taught -- that is what is most important.



A tombstone I made for Sister Nelson to celebrate her going home

We were also able to teach someone named Scot.  He is pretty cool.

I met up with my trainer, Sister Taylor, at the transfer!

During the week, we felt like we should tract this one street.  It turns out it was really far away.  It took a while to bike to it, but the best thing happened.  It wasn't on the street or tracting, but on our way there.  We passed by someone.  His name is Michael, and he recently moved here from New York.  He is looking for a church.  I know we felt like we should go to the street, so we were able to meet Michael.  We never would have passed him otherwise.

Miracle: We were biking to a member's home, who lives on the same circle we live on.  It is a huge circle.  We started going one way, but then Sister Fricke thought it was closer the other way.  We turned around.  We passed Warren, who was super cool.  We were able to talk with him.  It turns out we went the long way around the circle, but we were able to meet Warren, so it is okay. I know the Spirit was guiding us to turn around.  It is funny how the Holy Ghost works sometimes.  This time it made Sister Fricke think we were going the wrong way. I am grateful for the Spirit in the work.  We wouldn't be able to get anything done without it.

✨Sister Aurora Pack



Sisters of District Deltona

P.S. The STLs (from my last area) had to clean up their house, since their area was getting shut down.  There was a lot of random things there, so they gave gifts to everyone in the district.  It was lots of fun.  It was kinda random, but fun.  My favorite thing was the pass along card that say Family Happiness Can Last Forever.  They wrote underneath it #DistrictDeltona.  We are a family.

Good bye to the beach and to Aaron!

They gave a lot of people Christmas music, because we won't be home for Christmas.



Beware of STLs bearing gifts!



Whitewash (Week 26)

District Preparation Day

Hi everyone,

President Berry called us up on Wednesday to let us know that our area is being whitewashed.  That means that both of the missionaries are leaving, and two new ones are coming in.  Typically, only one missionary leaves at a time, so the one who stays can introduce the new missionary to the area and the people.  President Berry told us that there are less Sister missionaries coming out than are going home, so some areas need to be shut down.  The Deltona Sisters' area is being closed.  That was an STL (Sister Training Leader) area.  They need a new STL area in our zone, and President has chosen our area, which means I'm getting the boot.

Elder Galindo loves his selfies!

I don't like it.  I want to stay.  I love this area and the Ward.  I really don't want to move.  I feel like I just got here, and now I have to leave.  What makes it harder is that I was positive that I was staying, since Sister Nelson is going home.  This is so unexpected that it makes it hard.  There are other things that make it hard.  When we told someone in the Ward he said, don't they only do that if there are problems in the area?  I know that isn't the reason, and we explained to him, but it still hurts.  He is a nice guy; he was just confused about why we would get whitewashed since he didn't see any problems.

Sister Nelson and I in our apartment at night

I think Sister Nelson feels like they are saying, "your area stinks so much, we are going to put STLs in to fix it up."  Sister Marsh says she feels the same way, since her area is getting shut down.  (By the way, she is an STL, so it doesn't mean anything.  She is a great missionary.  The reason is that there are less sisters coming in.)  I wasn't feeling angry about it, like Sister Nelson, but I have had a hard time with it.  The hardest time came when the STL who is coming to our area told Sister Nelson that there is a reason STLs are coming here.  She doesn't even know anything about our area or how hard we have worked.  I don't even know why she was told early that she was whitewashing.  Many people whitewash areas without advance knowledge.  I don't see why she needs special treatment.  I am still mad at her.  I am working to forgive her for her reckless comment.

By the way, I don't hate STLs, like a lot of sisters.  I am really close to some of them.  I just don't like STLs who think they are all high-and-mighty because of their leadership.  Frankly, I don't like any leader who is too caught up in himself.  District leader, zone leader, sister training leader, assistant to the president -- it doesn't matter.  Just because one is in a leadership position doesn't mean one is more righteous or better.  It means you have the opportunity and privilege to serve those who are in your stewardship.  I have decided that I don't need to be a trainer or STL to be a successful missionary.  Some missionaries feel that way.  However, if I am ever an STL, I promise to be a servant-leader.

I have prayed a lot about leaving New Smyrna Beach.  As I have said before, I don't want to leave.  However, I know this is what the Lord wants, and He sees the whole picture.  Things will work out for everyone's good.  There are two sentences in my patriarchal blessing that stood out to me when I recently re-read it.  It gave me some comfort.  I was also really stressed about having to pack, clean the apartment, leave notes for the new sisters, and still find new investigators.  I asked Brother Santana to give me a blessing.  It wasn't what I would have expected, but it was what I needed.  It didn't talk about what was going on now but addressed the bigger picture.  The blessing focused on "my mission here on earth."  That is more than just these 18 months; that is my life.  It talked about acquiring knowledge and wisdom and passing it onto others.  How others would seek me out when I am home from my mission.  It was really awesome.  What is totally cool and is proof that God is out there is that the blessing is very similar to what stood out to me in my patriarchal blessing.  God loves me and knows who I am, and he needs me in other places.

District P-Day Groupie

We are emailing at the church since we went there for district p-day.

Be the Book of Mormon!

Right now it is bike week in Daytona Beach and the surrounding areas.  There are a lot of bikers with their leather jackets.  It is cool to see them (and be seen by them).

Signs for Bikers and Passersby

Miracle: Even though neither of us are staying in the area we worked hard to find some new investigators.  We found Gavin, and he is awesome.  He was a former investigator, and we just dropped by one night.  His friend (Neil), who lives a few hours away, referred Gavin to the missionaries in the first place.  When we dropped by Neil was there.  He doesn't come very often to Port Orange, so I know it was the Lord guiding us all together.  We taught a short lesson that night, since we didn't have much time.  When we came back for the scheduled appointment, the spirit was super strong.  He said he would be baptized and that he would even give up smoking and coffee, which is why he wasn't baptized last time.  When we tried setting a baptismal date with him, we learned that he is going to Cuba for over a month for dental work.  He is leaving tomorrow, so he can't meet with the new sisters for a while.  That is too bad, but I know if the missionaries reach out to him when he gets back that he will be baptized.  He also came to church yesterday!  Gavin is awesome.

✨Sister Aurora Pack

P.S. Thanks for getting back to me and thanks for letting me know about Dad's job.  I think it was adding to my stress.  I think I could feel when I prayed that you would move.  I feel peace about it.

 

Hamming it up!

 

Ponce Inlet -- The Super Cool, Weird, Awesome, & Fun District 12 (Week 25)

The Super Cool District before the Musical Fireside

Hi everyone,

The musical fireside was yesterday.  It was awesome.  My favorite number was "Oh If I Were An Angel."   You should look up the song, since it is super cool.  There were lots of non-members there, so I would say it was a success.  People also told us that we did a good job with "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing."

The Hal Family at the Musical Fireside

Also, yesterday before the fireside, we were at the library to do a Facebook lesson, which was super cool.  We were outside the library, as it was closing, hoping to finish our lesson.  Someone needed help with a pay-phone, so I tried to help him out.  I was unable to, but he asked how tall I was, so I told him.  He then asked if he could pick me up.  He said he likes to pick up tall people to see how strong he is.  Of course, I told him no.  Super weird, right?  Missionaries meet the weirdest people.

The Super Weird District at the base of the Lighthouse stairs and Gallery

So we are able to have some of the family search apps now.  The apps allow us to write and read stories about our ancestors.  After "Our Search For Happiness," I have started to read about some of my ancestors each night. 

New Apps including Family Tree!

Mirth, I thought you might want to know, I have wanted to name one of my daughters Mary for a while now.   I thought about it, and I want her middle name to be Mirth.  Mary Mirth.  I think it sounds nice.

The Lighthouse on District Preparation Day!

Mom, that is so cool that you are the Bighorn Medic!  I love Bighorn so much.  I am glad you enjoy it too.  You asked for some suggestions to do at flags.  I thought about how there are different kinds of doctors throughout history and the world, such as a medicine man and Chinese doctors.  Maybe you could do something with that?

The lighthouse at night

So this week we found out who everyone in our district would be in the Hunger Games.  It started with Elder Black.  Since he bakes, he is Peeta.  I'm Prim; Sister Nelson is Joanna; Sister Marsh is Katniss (although she said I should be Katniss since I creamed everyone at lazar tag); Sister Gonzales is Annie (mostly we did this because Elder Sherwin said he won't marry a Hispanic); Elder Sherwin is Finnick; Elder Stiggins is Beetee; and Elder Godinet is Gale.

The Super Awesome District [12] at the top of the Lighthouse

We texted the Sisters the identities of the three main characters.  At first Sister Marsh's reaction was, "Cool, someone who shoots awesomely with a bow."  A few minutes later she texted, saying she just realized that it's #creepiestlovetriangleever.  We also came up with who the APs are: Elder Walker is Cinna and Elder Call is Thresh.  Fun times with the district.  Our district is super awesome.  The Elders in our ward seem to come to a lot of our district activities, so we just adopted them into the district.  They will refer to our district as their district.

Prim is tops!

We went to the lighthouse that is in my area.  The Ponce Inlet Lighthouse the the tallest lighthouse in Florida.  It has 203 steps to reach the gallery, or the places you can walk outside.  It was super fun.   This was probably the best p-day ever.

The Super Fun District on the Lighthouse Stairs

Miracle: We saw a lot of miracles with less-active members this week.  It was sad that we still don't have any gators, but at least we were able to help people.  Vincent, the red neck, bore his testimony thanking us that we challenged him to read the Book Of Mormon.  He told everyone how he saw a difference in his life as he read it.  BTW, I don't think I told you of the challenge he gave us.  It was to read more from the Book of Mormon than he did each day.  He was reading over 30 pages, but he said that in an hour he can read about 45.  Well, needless to say, we don't read that fast -- so we told him we wouldn't do it, but that we would study for an hour each day.



Sister Aurora at the Lighthouse Entry

We visited Brother Dale, who is super cool.  He hasn't come to church for five years, but he has a strong testimony.  The miracle is that he came to church.  We were able to get into a home that no one else has been able to, although they have tried.  Another less-active came to the musical fireside and really enjoyed it.

✨Sister Aurora Pack

Katy Perry, Owl City, and Hand-Weights (Week 24)

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Hello everyone,

Happy Fat Tuesday!  It is the day before Lent starts, if that matters to you.  Lent isn't something The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does, but, since I researched it last year for school, I think it is a good practice.  It teaches us self-control.  I thought, if I was going to do Lent, what would I give up?  Honestly, I can't think of anything that is practical.  As a missionary, we already have given up so many things for 18 months.  Most of the things I do are things that I can't give up and still do the Lord's work properly.

Okay, so a few weeks ago I said I was missing Winter Garden.  I still love Winter Garden, and I always will, but I really do love my area NSB [New Smyrna Beach].  The ward is amazing, most especially the bishop.   He put together a musical fireside focused on the savior, so people could bring their friends.  The missionaries are singing Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing.  It is going to be so awesome.  We asked Patton Mauricio to join us to sing base, since Elder Galindo can't read music.  Patton is pretty much one of us now.  I think he is going to be submitting his papers soon.

Okay, for those who didn't pay attention to last week's letter, I am writing today [Tuesday], instead of yesterday because we had a Seventy come.  His name is Elder Zwick.  It was a super awesome mission conference.  It was fun to see Sister Taylor again.  I love her so much.

At the mission conference, they gave us the training for missions that are becoming iPad missions.  We already have iPads, so they changed it a little.  We now have to buy our iPads.  They can't have us buy the ones we are already using, for some legal reason that he didn't go into.  The iPads we currently have will be loaned to other missionaries.  They also want us to have iPads that have more memory and capacity.  This way our area book app won't crash, which happens a lot.  By the way, Mom and Dad, I didn't get a new iPad when I came out.  Missionaries inherit them from the missionaries who have gone home.  I got mine from an elder who got his visa to Brazil.  I know that because there were Portuguese things on it, and he was the only one who left who spoke Portuguese.

They have a program to introduce the iPads to new missions.  They will be doing it partly with us.  In the first step, missions don't use the area book app.  But since we already have it, we won't go back to the paper planners.  However, Facebook doesn't get introduced until later, so we won't be on Facebook for about two months starting next transfer.  President Berry called it a Facebook fast.  There are several trainings about the iPads and Facebook that they want us to watch.  It will help keep us safe as well as make sure we are using our time wisely.

Elder Zwick talked a lot about staying away from pornography.  The new iPads will have better filters, but no filter is perfect, which is why he talked about the internal filter each of us have.  He also talked about how we need to help our companions.  FYI, for those of you worried about missionaries with iPads, people don't need an iPad to find pornography.  Plenty of missionaries have been sent home for it without having iPads.  On a good note, the test missions (mine being one of them) showed that missionaries can be trusted with iPads.  Also, Elder Zwick said that this will help train us what to do when we return to an electronics and social media-filled environment.

If we follow the mission rules, we will be protected physically and spiritually.

They also showed us the new video the church came out with for Easter.  It was really good.  It is called, "Because He Lives."  I don't know when we will be allowed to show it to people.

We had a lesson with the Brackens this week, but I wasn't there because it was exchange day.   It is sad -- they kinda dropped us.  They said they don't want to schedule a time to meet since they want to take it slow.  They want some time to read the Book Of Mormon.  I am happy they want to read it, but I know they will progress faster if they meet with us more.  Anyway, they still are investigators.  I believe they will be baptized; they just need time. 

I finished reading "Our Search For Happiness."  I have been reading a little of it each night before I go to sleep to help me unwind.  I think it is really good.  Elder Ballard wrote it for people who aren't members of the church, so everyone could understand us better.  I recommend it for everyone.

Last Monday I bought some hand-weights, so I would actually exercise.  Some sisters, including Sister Nelson, have bought a Juliann Michaels' DVD.  I really hate her workouts, so I bought the hand-weights, and I work out while listening to music.  Speaking of which, I listen to a Katy Perry song.  It sounds so disobedient, but it is not.  She wrote the song before she was popular; it is called "By The Grace Of God."  Anyway, it is super awesome.  Mom or Mirth, could you find a Owl City song that is Christian?  I don't remember the name, but it is also awesome.

Miracle: The miracle happened this week on exchanges.  I was going to go to Deltona for the day with Sister Marsh.  I know I was supposed to be there that day.  We went to a less-active's home.  Her sons are into video games and the music therein.  Her oldest son makes remixes and composes his own songs as well.  He wants to compose music for video games for a living.  Anyway, Sister Marsh didn't know anything with respect to what they were talking about.  Sister Gonzalez wouldn't have know either, but because I talked with David a lot, I was able to have a conversation with them  I mentioned vocaloids (not sure how to spell it).  He said he knows of them and wants to get one.  The lesson was already awkward, because we could tell she doesn't believe the church is true.  However, it would have gone worse if I wasn't there.  I know the Lord made sure I was there that day.  Also we were going to exchange on Tuesday, but the exchange got moved to Wednesday because the STLs had to do an exchange with some other sisters at President Berry's request.

Pictures won't be coming this week, because we forgot to bring the card reader.  Sorry.  I'll send more next week.

✨Sister Aurora Pack

P.S. I didn't have time to write about the crazy things that have happened.  Sorry, maybe next week.

Laser Tag Triumphs and Go-Kart Drops (Week 23)



District P-day at a local Entertainment Center



Hey everyone,

This past week was so-so.  Actually, it was bad, but my spirits are up, so it didn't feel as low as some weeks when I am discouraged.  Anyway, life is good.  We are going to have an amazing upcoming week.

Lots of our investigators dropped us. :-(  One said, over a text, that he appreciated us coming over, but that religion hasn't played a part in his life so far, and he doesn't see it playing a part in the future.  It is sad that he isn't willing to give the gospel a try.  I know that he will have a clearer purpose in life, and he can even feel joy while he is here.  I hope he has a change of heart in the future.

Another was the family that was interested in the youth group.  We called them this morning to confirm tomorrow's lesson.  She said she and her husband aren't looking for another church.  She also said that their children enjoyed having us over.  This experience taught me to always carry a Book Of Mormon.  Neither of us had a Book Of Mormon to give them at the lesson, so they don't have one.  It makes me sad, because they never had a opportunity to read it and feel of the spirit it contains.  I hope I have learned from this, so I can help bless other people's lives.

I got a haircut last week.  That was good.  The person cut my hair dry, and she said it works better for curly hair.  She also told me that coconut oil is good for dry hair, like mine.  It works really well based on my experience so far.

Heading to Laser-Tag on Preparation Day

We had an awesome lesson with Hayden.  We were going to teach her the restoration, but it turned into "all about the atonement" -- how it is more than just repenting of sins.  It helps us to be who we want to be as well as helping us with sorrows and difficulties we may be facing.  I know the spirit was guiding the lesson, which was why it was such a great lesson.

A returning member, who is such a redneck, called us God's soldiers in his prayer.  He can't resist a challenge, so we challenged him to read the Book Of Mormon everyday for the rest of February.  He accepted, but he texted us today saying he has a challenge for us.  We haven't had time to call him yet, so next week I will let you know about his challenge on Tuesday, since we are having a mission conference on Monday.

Ready for Go-Karts!

We had district p-day today that also included the zone leaders, elders from my ward, and Patton, 18 (who drove them because they didn't have enough miles remaining on the monthly allotment).  It was super fun.  The best district p-day I have ever had.



Patton, a non-member, surrounded by missionaries

We played two games of laser tag and drove go-carts.  The place we went to is the only laser tag place in our zone, and it normally isn't open on Mondays.  However, thankfully, they were open today because it is President's day.  They also had a deal for $13 that included three activities.  It was fun; I am glad we did it.



Patton takes a sharp turn to cut off the trailing elder!

By the way, I won both games of laser tag.


Will you be baptized if I beat you at Laser Tag?

Miracle: We met an Egyptian lady who we taught on the spot.  She is already Christian, but it was a cool lesson.  I hope we will be able to go back and teach her and her husband.  She won't set up a return appointment until she speaks with her husband.

✨Sister Aurora Pack

P.S. Mom, thanks for getting back to me on the places you served.  I forgot that you had one baptism, because you were a welfare missionary.