Week 51- New transfer calls and a great week of conference

April 5, 2010

Hey there my dear loved ones!
How is everyone doing? How did everyone enjoy conference this past weekend. Wow, it was sooooo good! I was just amazed how EVERY single talk was about raising righteous children in the home and the parents responsibility of teaching children the principles of the gospel and helping them find there own testimony. It was so good! And I loved how all of it started out with President Packer talking about righteous priesthood holders, and then going into Sister Beck's talk about righteous mothers and relief society, what a good way to start it off. Then I loved at the end when Elder Andersen began by talking about how the theme of this conference was not planned but that every talk given added to the truth of the talks given before. You know inspiration was given to each one of these speakers! And that this must be something us members of the church really need to listen to!!!! I love conference! My favorite talks......Elder Bednar and Elder Holland! I love the boldness of Elder Holland! :)
We had a really good easter! We were invited by the institute teacher, Brother Webb's home for conference and dinner. They live about 30 minutes away, out of the city. It was so beautiful to see the countryside again! I miss it! And it was cute because in between sessions, their children took us on a little easter egg hunt. haha, they have children that are 8, 7, 4, and 18 months. The 4 year old hid my "basket" (a cute bowl with candy in it) and when it was time to find it, she just took me by the hand and led me straight to it. haha, I love those kids! They are so adorable! They also have a lot of land in their backyard with a little swamp/river area. The kids took us down to it to go frog hunting :) And yes, we did find some, and yes I did hold one, and yes I did take a picture of me pretending to kiss the frog. Once again, I forgot my camera cord though, so I'll add the picture to the list I want to send you in my email next week. So it was a great easter holiday. And THANK YOU MOMMY for the easter package!!!! It was such a fun surprise and I LOVE the headband you put in it! I wore it the very next day :)
Ready for transfer calls??? Here it is......Sister Westbrook is finally leaving the city. She's been here for 9 months so it's time for her to get out but I will miss serving with her. It's been such a fun transfer. But Sister Droge and I are staying together AND we are training a new missionary. Another threesome in the city, YAY! It'll kind of be like I am greenie-busting Sister Droge too, but she has trained at temple square, so she'll be able to use her expertise with that. Thank goodness!
Pritish's baptism is this upcoming Saturday!!!!!!! :) It's a little bit surreal to me, it's snuck up on us so fast! It's been hard to make steady appointments with him and we still have a little more to teach him, so please pray that everything will go well!! He says he's excited and ready for it though. He's been looking forward to this day since we set him with it and gets more and more excited as it comes closer. So I'm sure everything will be just fine, but still pray! Thank you!
Alright, I've rambled long enough. I hope you guys all had a great week and a great easter! I love you all lots and lots!
Love, Holly