Weddings... Broken Car.. Stomach flu and other fun stuff....‏

Dear Family and Friends,

      This week has been a rather eventful one. It started out with Zone Conference on Tuesday... Where they made me give my departing testimony to all of the other missionaries. I was really good and managed not to cry the entire time I was on the stand but the minute I sat down I just lost it. Sister Rehm (our mission presidents wife) just watched me the rest of the meeting while poor Sister Perrin tried to console me. Then, the next day out vehicle coordinator came down and tested our car because we told him two weeks ago that the brakes were broken.

      So, he came and discovered that they were indeed broken and told us that we needed to get it fixed asap. So on Thursday morning we spent the day at the car dealership getting out brakes fixed. That was nice, now I don't have to worry as much about running over my companion when she is backing me out of parking spaces!! That was nice.

      Then, to make our week better one of the investigators we are teaching finally set a baptismal date so we were stoked about that!! Then we finished the week with a wedding. One of the converts in our ward was getting married and they needed help with set up and what not. So, that was pretty much our WHOLE Friday and a good portion of our Saturday. Then Saturday night I started to come down with the stomach flu and we had to stay home all Sunday. That drove me crazy!! But more than me poor Sister Perrin was going crazy having to stay in all day! So, that was our crazy week!

      In Zone Conference on Tuesday, Sister Rehm got up and gave a really good presentation on how we need to have a personal relationship with everyone in the Godhead. That was an interesting thought. We talked about it a lot and she talked about how out of all the things God could have chosen to be called he chose to be called Father and how important a role that is. I never really thought of it that was but to know that we his children were of up most importance to him is an amazing thought. It made me think about a talk in church a long time ago where the speaker posed the question "We may be active in church, but are we inactive to the Lord?"

       I liked this because honestly, we can go through the motions but have we developed and nurtured a relationship with our Heavenly Father? He loves us so much and yet sometimes we can ignore him and block him out of our lives. But, if we keep him in the center of our lives then we will be blessed. I know that to be true. This is a long email so I will let you all go. But, just know that I love you all and I truly am praying for you:)
Love,

Sister Bice