Hi :)

Ok can I just let you all know how grateful I am for you and how loved I feel? This week I continued to receive cards and packages and I will never be able to express my gratitude. Thank you. Thank you for the love, support, and prayers that you send my way.

I**'s baptism went so well!! The Spirit was so strong. She and so many others have been waiting a long time for this day and Sister W and I feel special to be able to be a part of her journey. What hit me the strongest was the moment I realized that I** is now able to be sealed to her family. How incredible! That's what this work is all about--helping others come unto Christ and helping them become eternal families. There is no better work!

Sister W and I are loving it here! It's a party every time we are with our members. We spend a lot of time with them. We see them at Institute, church, FHE, etc. Haha Sister W and I have decided though that we are not smart enough to be here; we ask about school and they go into long explanations about their engineering classes, nanoseconds, wave lengths, and other smart stuff! We just know the gospel! 

Boothing went well this week! We used a question that was emailed to Sister W and we had some awesome conversations and questions come up as a result. The question was "If you could ask God one question, what would it be?" We learned that there are so many out there who have questions that don't cross our minds because we already have the answer. Even more of a reason for all of us to open our mouths!

One thing that is great about being up so north in the mission is that I get to see old friends from a year ago! Yesterday I was able to see Brother R** from the P** Ward!! He spoke in our ward and I learned so much. He talked about stem cells and how they saved his life (he has a crazy form of cancer. No one can figure out why he is still alive). Each one of us is a stem cell waiting to be used in someone's life. Life isn't about WHY WE are here, but WHO we are here FOR.

So true! We are here to bless and serve others just like the Savior did. He was never here for personal gain. I hope this week we can all turn outwards and ask ourselves and the Lord who we are here for. Someone specific needs YOU and who you are. Go serve!

I hope you all have a great week this week and know that I love you all! Happy Valentine's Day! And good luck Sophie with the baby!!

xoxo, 

Sister G 

Boothing

Our journey to find an apartment led us down a path by the complex. Don't worry, we found the apartment!

We needed something to do so we went to random places and chalked the Plan of Salvation!

One night we spent over 20 minutes just laughing and goofing off. Which includes taking the ugliest pictures you can. No, this was Not one of the ugly pictures.