Coming Home

Well This week has been A roller Coaster Ride. Well actually the past six months have been a roller coaster ride. It was a holiday this week but It didn't really feel much different. Mary took us to Poplar Forset (Thomas Jeffersons Get away home) For the 4th. It was very fun there was people dressed up like the way they did back then and it was all very authentic, mostly it was just great to spend a whole day with Mary. I love her so much.

Stanley.. our pet cockroach died, sadly. Sister Peirson and I both shed a few tears. haha how ridiculous is that??

Well I guess its time to get to the point, So the past six months have been the best of my entire life also the hardest of my entire life. I have been struggling a lot with my health problems. I thought that they could get better I have been to the doctor about three times a week and nothing... The mission has done everything they can for me. I thought that I could just keep goign with the pain because I have since I was a freshman in highschool but, missions are hard and they require you to be at your very best health.

My mission president called me and told me he thinks it would be best for me to go home for 30 days to try to figure out what is wrong with me at home. I cryed at first when he told me and he told me to pray about it. SO I did..

I have been being prepared for this even before I left on my mission. But I know that the Lord needed me here for the time I have been here and I also know that he needs me at home for a short time to figure out what is wrong with me so that I can be healthy. I have a whole life ahead of me, I love the Lord with all of my heart. This letter is really hard for me to write because I know that a lot of people don't understand no one really understands except for me and the Lord and that is really all the matters to me anymore. I know without out a doubt that sometimes the Lord has a plan for us that we didn't see but he loves us and everything will be okay in the end.

Last week I was feeling very depressed and confused about what to do. I felt so strongly to ask Elder Brandon for a blessing. I pushed it out of my head and said I didn't need a blessing. Well after the meeting Elder Brandon came up to me and shook my hand, he said Heavenly Father loves you I just wanted you to know that I felt that. It took me back a little bit but I didn't really think twice about it until I was in the car driving back to our area. Then it dawned on me Elder Brandon really did need to give me a blessing. SO we called him and asked him to meet us at the church. He gave me a blassing and in that blessing over and over again he said Heavenly Father Loves you so much and he really just wants you to know that. He also said He has a plan for you that is not your plan, and that I need to be willing to accept his will.

SIster Peirson and I got in the car and I said I think Heavenly Father really just wants me to know that he loves me. I am so glad I got that blessing because it was a week later that I found out I would be coming home for a short time. That was not in my plans. But it is in the Lords plans. I know that.

I love this Gospel so much. My testimony is so strong. I know that I wil NEVER falter because I now know without a doubt that living the commandments and all the thigns that seem "hard" for a lot of people will be so worth it to us in the end when we get to live with eternal Joy and Bliss with our Father in Heaven again. The joy of being a missionary and bringing someone to the Gospel is unexplainable. The best feeling in the world.

This week we found another elect person ready for the Gospel her name is Naomi Overstreet. We taught her the plan of Salvation and she was so sure that it was true. She remember it from Heaven, she set her self on Baptismal date for JULY 27TH! The spirit in that lesson was so strong and I am so glad That heavenly father let me meet one last person here in Bedford that I know will come to the happiness of the Gospel.

I won't lie I am excited to see everybody and I am excited to go to the doctor and figure this out so that I can feel like me again. and finish my mission. This week we also watched 17 miracles. We have watched it alot lately like fifty times a week. I think I already wrote about it but I will again anyways. Sarah franks true love dies while on the trek to utah and she was so devestaed but she kept going because she knew that "It will all be worth it". That is so true every trial that we go through will be worth it in the end. We are never alone and we are never ever forgotten. HE is always there. He is always the light in the darkest of storms. I now know that personally. I love you all and love the support and love that you have given me. Thank you for everything.