Email: May 29, 2017

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for your email. I loved it! sounds like you guys are keeping nice and busy. AND THANK YOU SOOSSOOSOSOSOSO MUCH FOR THE PACKAGE!!!!!!!! it really was perfect and i feel so spoiled. We made Funfetti cupcakes and brought them over to a less active member for the anniversary of her baptism. Also THAT DRESS!!!!! it is the most perfect dress mom. I just hung it up in my closet and would just look at it. and the proactive stuff seems so be working!" anyways thanks so much. you are the best! and congrats Megan, Braxton, Quincy, Bekah and Big Al! 

This week was AWESOME!. It was the week of people actually letting us in. I had made a goal to ALWAYS open my mouth and it helped out. We were able to find 11 new people to teach. We found this one family that said that we have a "stop" at there house for the bathroom or water  which is a blessing because that is where we always seem to find the drunk men. 

On Saturday we had a pic nic. We went to this beautiful park and had lunch played games and enjoyed the beauty of god´s creations. We were blessed to have 4 investigators and 3 less active members there. It was a lot of fun and man i LOVE the members here in this branch. 

After our picnic we went and visited the gypsies! she was awesome. We drew out the plan of salvation with them and then she yelled for her husband to come in because she just loved it so much. Her husband reluctantly came in but we talked with him a little bit and answered his questions. She told him about all the peace and joy she feels when we are there. Then she promised us in the name of Jesus that they would come to church. Sooo we were sitting there in sacrament meeting and finally they showed up! I don´t know how loud i said it but i saw them through the door and almost yelled "Fatima´s chegou!!!!!" haha. The members were SUPER welcoming and were so excited to have 3 kids go to primary. (we only have 1 kid in the primary). Fatima said she really liked church and they were definitely coming next week. The husband wasn´t too thrilled about having to wake up early but the kids really liked primary. Fatima is really just a huge example of faith for me. The way she prays and raises her family and everything. I have just grown such a love for this sweet family. On Sunday after church our district decided to set up a table to contact people. So we did! it was pretty fun but really it helped us to not be afraid to open our mouths. we talked with everyone that passed by and even chased down a few people who tried to escape. In the end we got a few addresses for new people to pass by. mom you should tell my siblings to email me! This week i read one of my all time favorite talks. It is by President Uchtdorff (all of his talks are my favorite i swear...) it is called a summer with great aunt rose! Talks about making our pathway bright through our faith and hope and charity. Also i have been reading the prophecies from Samuel the Lamanite and i love the way he calls peeps out to repentance. Also i felt like he was calling me out to repentance but it was good because i KNOW that we have a savior who always has our back. 

Love you guys! 

Emma