week 47- Springtime and one year since the temple

March 8, 2010

Happy Beautiful Springtime Everybody!
There are some great special occasions this past week! Today is my 11 month mark, crazy, Saturday was also one whole year since I went to the temple, I miss it A LOT! And today is also a special occasion because it is the first time in MONTHS that my ankles are showing!!!!!! hahahahaha, they feel so airy. I'm so used to wearing thermals and socks and wool tights with my long skirts and boots, but today I pulled out a springtime skirt and normal knee high nylons, I love it! The past couple days have been so beautiful and sunny, I don't even have to wear my big coat either. Spring is coming! I hope this stays for the rest of the season! Kelsey was telling me that it's been beautiful over in Boise too. It's about time the winter ends.
Our investigators have been awesome! We've been working with Samantha and she is set to be baptized on the 21st. She is just so amazing too because she was telling us how before we found her out contacting, she was feeling very depressed and felt a void in her life. She'd even walk past the church building and just look at it and wish she could go in (haha, she was too scared to just walk in herself). Then she was telling us that she was talking to one of her friends and her friend asked her, "Can you just go to church and not get baptized?" And Samantha answered "No, this is something I really need to do. Something is just drawing me and pulling me to this" She was also showing her pictures of the temples online and she talked about how badly she wants this. I love amazing people!!!!!!!!
Erin had a small talk with her mom this past week. She brought up that she had used a scripture from the Book of Mormon in one of her Religion and Philosophy class papers. Her mom got very, very upset with her and asked her why she would reference a quote from something that wasn't a real book. But Erin stood up for it and told her mom to go read the Book of Mormon for herself so she can find out that it is a true book. She is so great! She said she wants to use the Family Proclamation in her conversation with her mom this week and tell her how she's been going back to church and meeting with the missionaries again. So again, pleeeeeaaaaaaaaaase pray for her mom's heart to be softened! Erin wants this so bad! I'm definitely praying that all will go well.
Now here is my funny story of the week. Yesterday in sacrament meeting, we were singing the closing hymn and the fire alarm starts going off. The organ kept playing, people kept singing but eventually one by one everyone started fading out and looking around to see if we should be evacuating. haha, Finally the organ stopped after the first verse and one of the bishopric members went to go investigate. To our fun surprise, a kid just pulled the fire alarm, so it was a false alarm. But we all had to stay in the chapel until the alarm was turned off. Oh what fun adventures that happen at church. I just loved how we all kept singing throughout the alarm though, like knowing how protected we are in the chapel, nothing will hurt us. haha. There's the story of the week though. I hope you guys are all having fun and enjoying the beautiful warm spring weather! I certainly am! We are going to the cheesecake factory to celebrate sister droge's 9 month mark! yay! I love you all and can't wait to hear from you next week!!!! I miss you!
Love, Holly