Dear
Family,
Hey!
How is Arizona? It looks like it's all underwater! That's wild! We had a super
good week!
First off, we set a baptismal date with our blind investigator,
Lois, for this coming Saturday. We are pretty pumped! Did I already tell you
that people from her old church were coming to read her anti Mormon material?
Can you believe that? Why I oughta! But I won't. She told them to bag their groceries
and get out of her life. Haha I'm not even sure what that means, but I'm Glad
she said it
We had a really cool miracle this week too. We had been introduced
to this girl, Kami, by her foster mom, who is a returning member. She wasn't
interested AT ALL when we first met her, so we left it alone. Last week while
we were at wal Mart we saw her working there so we went up and talked to her
for awhile. We had some good laughs, me and her had the same bracelet on, we
left her with our number and told her to call us of there was anything we can
do for her. She had told us that she had been disowned by her foster mom and
was pregnant and looking for a place. They had been living out of their car for
a little while. We didn't expect to hear from her, but this week she called us
up and wanted to meet up with us! We were both excited . We decided to meet with her even
though there wasn't much we could do for her. We got there and had a good time getting
to know her and her boyfriend. They are both so much fun and we got along
great. Sister Larsen and I, thinking we knew everything, started telling them
that we couldn't do much for them financially. Kami responded by saying she
doesn't want money, she just wants answers. She told us how ever since she got
pregnant she's had this strong desire to know Gods plan for her and her family.
She told us how she just wants to find something she believes and she wants to
know more about our church. I felt like the lowest piece of dirt around. I had
some major repenting to do for that one. I was so humbled right then and I
learned an important lesson from God. The message of Jesus Christ and the
restoration of His gospel is worth more than anything we have to give in this
life. It is the pearl of great price talked about in the New Testament. It's
the treasure found in a field that a man sold all his possessions for. It is
the answer to every question and the solution to every problem. This entire
life is for us to "prepare to meet God" so regardless of our
financial or physical situation, a testimony of Jesus Christ and the Book of
Mormon is the most important thing we can have. This mortal life is just a knot
on the rope of eternity, and the suffering that we will endure will all be for
our good as we continue to rely on the merits of the savior.
We had the chance
to teach Kami and Kevin the restoration this week and the spirit was incredibly
strong. I think what added to it most was the members. We taught in a members
home and they all testified of what we taught. People, have the missionaries in
your home to teach discussions. It helps. A lot. Sorry this email is long, but
to wrap it up I want to tell you that Richard got baptized! It was amazing! I
got to go back to Aloha to watch him be baptized. He was so happy and I am so
proud of him. We also went to the visitors center this week and I met some
Vancouver missionaries that knew Rex! Crazy! Well, I better close this long and
crazy email. Sorry my thoughts get jumbled. I love you all very much. Mom, will
you still send me insanity? I would greatly appreciate it :) work hard, pray
hard!
Sister
Udall
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