What a weekend right! I have never been more throughly excited for
confrenece in my entire life. It was so inspiring and so uplifiting I
want to convert the whole world as I type! Im glad you enjoyed
conference because I sure did. Dad im sorry about the elders, do you
have sisters there tell them to put them in place! USU LOST im devod' so
sad poor chucky Keaton! Im glad you got the cornerstone it just
started; the first one i think pretty cool! Derek- you got bikes! So
much better right! What does Maximus look like! We will have to race!
Mom that is so neat about trish wanting the 21 day program! Keep
spreading it around! I love it! Kimberely is home! Can I have her email
when you get it! I want to hear all talk- she gives the best talks! i
cant beleive she is home- time is so weird isnt it! It flys by! Thank
you for the package and Mom you did perfect right sizes and we loved the
starburst! Sister Peronnet says thank you and I videod her opening it
but cant send it for some reason so ill figure out something! She loved
it and thank you so much. We brought the rest of the sweets and shared
with the other missionareis at general conferecnce (between sessions of
course dad). Dallin, you are making so much progress; i am so proud of
you! Keep on Keeping on.
We watched conference at the Nottingham stake center and caught a
ride with our bishop for saturday night (we watched the sat morining at 5 pm
that night) and saunday for the saturday evening and sunday morning! Im
buzzing to see the last session and the releif society session. They
were all so good though! We had one of our investigators Yan come and he
loved it! He didnt understand much of it due to his english but he met
the chinese speaking elders and Ive never seen him happier! Ching chong
chee chim is all I heard for the first session on Sunday! haha he smiled
from ear to ear. We had fasted and prayed all this week, that Yan
would some how understand conference and that he would feel the spirit
and decided and committ to baptism before he returns to china at the end
of this month. We are seeing him this week. I love this chinese man; he
is so humble and christ like, just a really good person whom i have
grown and learnt so much from. He just needs to get baptised beacause
the chances of him being baptised in china are much slimmer. Bless em'.
But some of my favourite parts of conference I cant decide on one was
when Elder Arnulfo Valuenzela said Ambrayso haha I felt like Dad was
giving me an ambrayso as he said it! or when Elder Richard Maynes said
Yorkshire and Gloucster as american as he could possibly sound. As he
said it the whole chapel giggled silently! I loved Elder Hollands talk
on depression, so good.. interestin topic but a difintie tear jerker.
Elder Ballard was a legend : 80333 missionaries: it is such a privelage
to be apart of that. We were talking afterwords about how if one
missionary baptises one person: the effects are tremendous. Same with
the 15 million members; if they introduce the gospel to one friend...the
effects are massive. Edward Dube is one of my new favourite people and
taught me to Never look Back and look ahead and beleive. To have no
regrets! 2 Timothy 4:7-8 is now one of my new favourites! Mom I cant
wait to get more spiritual in shape...and physically! Too much pudding
here! ha I love Elder Gifford Nelson and am thinking of my game plan! Ok
I loved all the talks really! I cant wait to hoepfully get my hands on
the ensign and read the rest! Derek did you get to see all the sessions
in english! Ill find out next week becuase I actually get your emails
the following Pday beacuse of the time difference and the time I have on
the computer! All in all I loved Conference and it went by two fast:
the spirit was so strong as I was able to recieve personal reavelation
for myself and the people we are working with.
This week flew by! We did service at the Halfords and they live on a
farm! I loved it and felt at home and we talked the whole time about
home me and brother halford. They have pigs, peacocks, sheep, chickens,
Geese that could be friends with Festus because they are more like guard
dogs (just imagine me standing on a fence post to get away from them!
But We also did some service for a member who is building a new house. I
swept all 3 floors and was literally covered head to foot in dust but
who would have thought how much I would love wiping blinds and sweeping
dust someday. I think service is one of my favourite parts about a
mission. I love serving the members here and they are always looking for
help! We had some really funny dinner appointments complete with there
parakete bird flying in my food, bangers and mash 3 days in a row
(Sausage and mash potatoes), and hair in some goodies as well. What can I
say I love Derby. I really do love it here more and more each day. One
of the funniest lines of the week was at a DA when we were sharing a
spiritual thought and in the middle of it the lady says " oh my gosh
ducky... your not wearing tights, your legs are really that colour! "
haha My skin coulour is usually a hot topic around here...the english
are quite white, the sun never shines!
But this week was good! Chris is doing well he watched some
conference at home on his lapton and he is reading and praying 3 times a
day. He has such a desire to be a better person and we get to watch him
change each day. He is truely happier and now laughs and jokes with us
and is just happier and he realizes that. I love wathching the gospel
change people. We have a baptism for a 10 year old boy with autism and
ADHD that we have been teaching for a while. Jack is such a sweet boy
and I love teaching him our very short lessons, but he is excited to be
baptised this weekend after a long wait! We did some service for a non
member referel given to us and the coolest old lady ever- she is feeding
us on tuesday and we are going to invite her to take the discussions.
Life is so good and the lord is blessing our area and I love watching it
flourish and gain more confidence in our area. Derby A does not muck
around.
We have interviews this week and lots of things planned! Dallin
looks sooo good and Amy you are so cute! I love the little belly I need
to see the other 2 bellies! So we are at 3 boys?? Clay and what other
names!? Fill a sister in! I hope everyone had fun at their mission
reunions, I bet those are so fun! I have grown to love the people I have
met on my mission so much including so many missionaries. I am so
blessed to have the people I do around me. Just think if I would never
have served a mission I would have never met them. I love you all and
make it a good week- the missionary wall looks so good! What does derkes
side look like! I remember redoing that wall together! Take conferece
and apply and see the blessings that follow. I know the lord blesses his
missionaries and his families. We are so lucky to have this knowledge
that we have. Cheerio
D&C 58:27 and 123:13
W9 Sister Wengert
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