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Dear Family and Friends!

Last week was transfers week and I found myself being moved to Monument Colorado. It was a bit of a culture shock from little ol' pueblo but it has been a lot of fun! My new companion is Sister Harrop (Hair-up) and she is from Utah... I can't remember if is it Ogden or another town that starts with an O though.... We get along super well, and I'm excited for this next transfer. Things were crazy though with good-byes and the New Year. Ahhh!!! I can't even believe that it is already 2014! Time is flying by so fast and at the end of this month I will be 11 months out and it will have been a year since I received my call letter! I don't know where all the time went! But, other than that this week has consisted of a lot of unpacking and getting used to a new area all over again as well as a lot of tearful good-bye's to Pueblo West. It hasn't been too different. Monument doesn't have street lights or very many sidewalks and curbs but it is defiantly a nicer area than Pueblo west. Hmmm... Other than that I don't think anything too exciting happened this week. Recently, I was thinking a lot about the scripture in Helaman 5:12 Sister Harrop and Sister Soliven both really like this scripture. So it says:

"And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our redeemer, who is Christ, The Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build thy cannot fall." So, as I have been thinking about this in recent weeks I was thinking about how the wording says that Christ is a SURE foundation. So of course I thought of some not so sure foundations and what came to mind was Sandstone rock. Some people find this semi-balance of what makes them happy. For some it is money, friends, or other worldly things and they build their foundation upon that. But those things are like Sandstone that as time  goes they erode and wear away in the storms of life. They don't have sufficient strength to make you happy. But, here we have a promise that when we build our life centered on Christ then nothing Satan does will have power to drag us down. The rock of our Redeemer doesn't erode in the face of storms but rather it is always there for us to use as a support and help and protection during the stormy times of life. Being on a mission I feel like I have seen a lot of people who reject a foundation on Christ because they have built up a foundation on something else. But, what they don't understand is that when time goes by it is not a foundation of Sandstone that will help them through but a SURE foundation. I love you all!! I hope you all have had a good week and have set some good goals for 2014!!

Love,

Sister Bice