Week 3

It was so great to hear from you! I really enjoyed hearing about the reunion! I wish I could have been there! I was really looking forward to Montana but maybe we can do it again after I get home. I am so excited for Drake to come today! I am excited to see him but I more excited for the experience for him. There truly is nothing better! It can be very hard but it is all worth it! I have had some interesting experiences this week. Lets see if I can remember it all. Wednesday night I locked us out of our room so my companions and I had to walk to the front desk with no shoes and in our pajamas to get a key. It was quite funny. The district in our zone that has been delayed got reassigned that day and they were all in the front lobby calling home. I was anticipating seeing anyone I knew. Oh well. Hermana Na'a went to San Fransico on Thursday and then to Denver on Friday to visit the consulates of Honduras and Guatemala to get her visas. She was very tired and spent Saturday recooperating. Sunday was good like it always is. Sundays and Tuesdays are my favorite days, and now Wednesdays cause I know that I will hear from you. Our speaker for relief society was Anne Farnsworth who is on the general board. She is Anthony Cannon's aunt. She told me that he got married in like June to Becca his highschool sweetheart. Darn it! J/K. She also was Mission president with her husband in Orlando and was there when Annie was there. Small world. She was so great and was so excited for all of us. I love all of the love that everyone has for the missionaries! After sacrament meeting we went up to the temple to take pictures as a district. It was really windy and stormy but we did get some good pics. I will send them home soon. We didn't get a serious one but it is funny cause it is just how these elders are. Two of them went to Guatamala yesterday. It was sad but all is well. Three districts have left in the last 2 weeks. It is super weird cause the laundry room is practically empty. It makes it nice to be able to get a computer quicker and you don't have to wait for a machine to use. We get a new group today but there are no sisters. Hermana Na'a is leaving next week so we will be down to 2 sisters. We get a lot of special attention. Hermana Na'a was supposed to leave yesterday but she woke up Monday with a sore mouth and her gums were super swollen. We took her to the clinic and the doctor sent her to an endodontist. I went with her cause Hermana Hatch had an appointment and we didn't know if we would be back. When we got to the endodontist he couldn't do anything and sent her to the oral surgeon. He took another xray and decided that she needed a ct scan cause he couldn't tell what was causing the inflammation. So the shuttle came to pick us up and we were headed back to the MTC clinic but on our way back they told us we needed to go to another clinic and get her ct scan. At the end of the day we had no answers and had visited 4 doctors. She went to the oral surgeon again yesterday and has a surgery scheduled tomorrow to remove her nerve or something like that in her left mandible. Hopefully all is well so she doesn't have to be delayed another week. It is a blessing that they found it here rather than in guatemala or honduras. It was so weird to be out in the world. You get used to the spirit and you really don't have distractions here. Last night was our devotional. We sang consider the lilies in choir, one of my faves. Gary J Coleman was our speaker. He is one of the seventy and he is a convert. His message was really inspiring. It talked about how easy it can be. He always asks for business cards and then sends them literature. Anyone can do that. I hope all is well at home. I love you and so grateful for all of your love and support! I love this gospel and know that it is true! I am amazed at how much I grow. Love you and miss you!


*Annie was one of Steph's roommates this last semester at Utah State. She was a great example to Steph. Her experiences of serving her own mission influenced Steph's decision.

* Anthony was one of Steph's many high school crushes. He is a really great guy! He was always to good to Steph.