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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Hi Everyone!

So this last weekend was pretty awesome. We got to watch most of conference but not all of it because I had to give tours on Sunday night. I apparently missed one of the best talks by Elder Christofferson. I'll get the Ensign though and eat that up. =) Conference was amazing huh?? I watched it in the Chula Vista stake center and it was amazing to see so many missionaries in one room for conference. Unfortunately no investigators showed up, or if they did it was Sunday night. However! My favorite talk was by Elder Bednar, the one about revelation. =) How cool was that talk! Every time we pray for revelation God gives it to us, it might be line upon line, or it might be like something on a cloudy day, but he give it to us! I should be praying for revelation every second of the day! Another talk I really liked was the one about pain and how it allows us to grow. We should be grateful for every trial because that is an opportunity from the Lord to allow us to see our reflection in the mirror and every day see us becoming more and more like Christ.

What was your favorite part of conference and why? Did you get to listen to all four sessions?

On Tuesday night we met with Theresa again and helped her pack. We left her with a firm testimony that she was a divine child of God and could over come any challenges with the help of the Atonement and Jesus Christ. She also gave us her address so that we can pass it onto the missionaries in Arizona. We sang her ‘I am a child of God.’ I was really emotional but I managed not to cry until after we said goodbye. I wish I had taken a picture with her. She is quite the lady. I know she'll be the Arizona missionary’s miracle. =)

We had a district meeting and talked about becoming closer to God. =) It was a neat experience. (I'm trying to be more creative with my use of adjectives because my mission is so cool but I feel like I use the same words too much. =) ) We went around the room and said things we admired about everyone in the district. Then we went out and served!!

I don't know if I've mentioned Jan before but he's a sweet old man and he is so excited to see us every time we come by! This last time we came by he was smiling and cheerful and he told us he was watching the restoration movie over and over again so that he could really understand it. He speaks Dutch better than English so he was watching it with Dutch subtitles. It was amazing. We also sang to him ‘Be Still, My Soul’ which is one of my favorite songs! He told us we should come back and sing and record ourselves on his tape cassette player. It was super cute.

Carlos is doing awesome! We're hoping he can baptize his mom. =)

We had a baller meeting with Michael. We brought a member along, Sister Klein, who is SO amazing. I love her. She served her mission in Louisiana. We talked about church and how important it is, and he told us he didn't want to pray to know if it was true! While that might seem like a really bad thing, that's actually kind of cool because it means that he KNOWS it’s true, and is just afraid of the consequences of his life when he gets his answer. So I know that he'll come around. Salvation is a high price to pay for fear of change.

We met with a man named Adel and originally we were going to bring President Donaldson along with us. However he ended up not being able to come, but another member named Brother Clove came and he was PERFECT. It was incredible. Adel and Bro Clove got along super well. Brother Clove knew when to talk and how to keep things gospel related. It was a match made in Heaven. We talked about grace and then lead into the Book of Mormon being the way to know the fruits of the labors. The Spirit was there really strong, I felt it and I know Adel felt it as well. When we left the lesson we asked if Bro Clove would come back for the next lesson and I couldn't even finish my sentence before he agreed and said he'd come to any other lesson we could squeeze him in. I love this ward I'm in so much. They're so missionary minded. =) I'm going to be just like them!

We're meeting with a couple new people this week =)

We haven't heard from Priscilla or Diana. =( Diana won't return our phone calls and Priscilla's parents won't let us meet with her. It’s heartbreaking because she really wanted to receive the lessons.

Another heartbreaking thing is that Sister Virgin is leaving next week! NoooooYAYYYY!!! =D Next week will be intimidating as I find out who my new companion will be... I'll find out next Wednesday so you won't find out for another couple of weeks. I know whatever happens, God puts every single person in our path because they will be perfect for us, and the reason for us to grow.

Gah! Life is so awesome! The future is so bright! I loved that quote from conference.

"The future is as bright as our faith"

BAM, awesomeness and truth in 8 words! Say that out loud and you will feel the Spirit testify to you that that is true. The future is bright. =)

Anyway! Today I'm going to participate in an Easter egg hunt with my companion! I'm excited! I love Easter egg hunts! The more hunts the better! Have a happy Easter for me! Enjoy going to the historic sites and remember Christ! =)

Love you all!

Remember Ether 12:27 =)

Have an awesome, amazing, stupendous, incredible week!

Love,

Sister Tardiff