HEY!

No offense but I was totally expecting great emails today... and... nah... hahahha jk jk that's negative and would be breaking mission rules...

I bet people thought we would email tomorrow but that's not true because we have a secret key to the public library. Not. But we do to the church family history center! haha.

Anyway, I woke up at 6:05 today (I usually wake up around that time and just sit until the alarm goes off... it's really annoying...) And I was just doing my thang having anxiety about emails and if there would be good ones and then there weren't so I'll tell my anxiety to stop next time so I can sleep in longer... haha if only it worked that way.

This morning was totally thinking about all those sentimental thoughts about my lil mommy. Usually I'm trying to not think about my homecoming talk or boys or sleeping in my bed or oranges or new clothes... but today I got to think about how much I love my mommy! haha How tender. 

I wrote some thoughts I wanted to share for my blog! Here they are! :)

1. My mom sent the wrong Valentine's Day package to me haha. Not to point out her mistake but as I started to eat the candy Sister M was like, "You're really going to eat that?" hahahah UMM DUHHH. IDK It was just funny.

2. We were SO SPOILED for Valentine's Day this year. Seriously. :) I didn't expect any gifts at all and we had plenty to share! I love love! hahaha jk  (I Think)

I told Sister M three times that I was so happy that I wasn't at home for Valentine's Day so I didn't have to deal with any of that mess. LAWLZ. Whoops. Moving on.

3. UMM... I had this really awkward twitch in the middle of sharing a scripture with an investigator on exchanges in Wilmington. We had just cleaned for almost two hours and so I looked down when it was my turn to read the scripture and I thought I saw a huge bug on my hand and I freaked out! But then I just blamed it on an awkward twitch because I didn't want to express discomfort in the cleaning department. Then Sis. S. asked, "What stood out to you about that verse?" And she just laughed and said my awkward twitch did. Look there I go again distracting from the lesson. haha It was too good.

4. The P family is great! Especially BP! She's sooooo great. She keeps almost all of her commitments and she is really gaining faith! :) It's such a miracle to see! Her daughters are so precious and I love meeting with them. TEACHING INVESTIGATORS IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

5. We had this high class fancy fondue night at a member's house yesterday. We had all that raw meat stuff and then it cooks itself in the boiling broth and it was SOOOO GOOD! And then of course chocolate fondue with strawberries and all the works. Perfect day after Valentine's Day dinner! :)

6. We got such a great media referral this week. We contacted him within 24 hours (like good missionaries do ;D) and he was super interested! He said all the "typical" things you think people just make up like, "Oh yeah, I'm looking for truth. I'm looking for the right church." BLAH 

7. I HAD A BLAST of an exchange this week! Oh my goodness it was sooo fun. We talked and talked and talked and when you really connect with someone out here you just get super happy and that was the case! :)BLAH BLAH! Except it's not blah blah blah because I got SOOO pumped up and we turned it into a lesson and we got back in the car and I could hardly contain myself for how excited I was about doing missionary work. Man, I'm going to miss this!

8. We had interviews with President. Probably one of the highlights of my week. It was fantastic. We talked about all the normal stuff and then he started to ask me what I thought I had learned from my mission but he said, no we should save that for your NEXT interview! Departure interview! WOO!

One week! You better believe this week is going to be one of the best I've ever had! We have so much to do and it's going to be so crazy.

SO GRATEFUL TO BE IN SHALLOTTE AND LOVING LIFE!

This week I'm looking forward to... Seeing Elder Christofferson for a mission conference. A missionary youth dinner fireside with everyone from Southport and Tabor City. Smiling. Laughing. FUN. Happiness. AND MISSIONARY WORK. AND TRACTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!