I loved your email! I'm so glad the
Udall family continues to mourn the Thanksgiving Pie incident of 2012, a
date which will live in infamy! I'm sad that mom isn't feeling well, but I
wrote her a poem this week and I'm sending it today! I hope she enjoys
it :) we had a great week! we did some major work in our area! we've
still been doing a lot of finding. we felt impressed to go see a less
active family, so we stopped by and they let us right in! miracle! we
asked if we could set up a time to share a Christmas message with them,
and they were all over that. the best thing is that their non member son
was there. he's in his 30's or so. he was really happy to see us and
was the one setting up the appointment around his schedule so he can be
there. i was so humbled. the Lord really will use us as tools in His
hands to touch the lives of those who are prepared. we had an awesome
lesson with one of our investigators. she is so close to baptism, but
those cigarettes won't leave her alone. we talked with her about the
blessings of the temple. it really really hit her. Recently president Ballard has talked a lot about how baptism isn't our goal for people. our
goal is the temple and baptism is just a prerequisite to that. how
blessed i am that my family is sealed in the temple. we can be together
forever as we live worthy of it. anyways, she prayed for the first time
in one of our lessons and it was so powerful! I cried. Crylie is
stronger than ever out here. we also had another miracle. a former
investigator couple has been having a really tough go lately. their
health, finances, and life in general seems to be falling apart. well,
she called us this week and asked if we could meet somewhere, so we
chose dairy queen (don't judge). she opened up to us about the many
trials she is enduring, but along the way she realized the good in every
circumstance. we were able to share with her the love that God has for
her. she asked for a priesthood blessing so the elders are going to give
her one tonight! exciting! we had thanksgiving at two houses. The first
was mysha poche's cousin, the ritz family! I love them so much! there
is six kids in that family from teenagers to toddlers, so I felt right
at home! we played games and had so much fun with them! Then we went to
the sieburts, a recently baptized family. They are awesome! We got to
see Lois there and we played games with them as well. let me tell you,
for an old blind lady, Lois is dang good at operation. she got second
place! she beat me! I guess any dreams I had about becoming a surgeon
are shot. I reflected a lot that day on the things that I'm truly
grateful for. I'm grateful for a family that prays for me. I know you
pray for me. I can literally feel your prayers. if anyone else has
experienced that, then you understand that there is nothing more
humbling than to literally feel the prayers of your righteous mother
buoying you up when you feel hope is lost. when you feel no one cares. I
have the greatest mother in the whole world! I'm grateful for the times
dad woke us up at the butt crack of dawn to read scriptures, even though
his tactics for waking us up are annoying as I'll get out. Im grateful
for a mom who loves unconditionally. She pre forgives. no matter what I
do, I know my mom will forgive me and help me correct my mistakes.
remind you of anyone? thats right, my mom is Christ-like! im grateful
for my oldest sister Cammie. I'll forever be jealous that she got the
blonde hair, that is something I'll never have. But i strive every day
to mimic her work ethic. Cammie is driven and so accomplished. I hope to
be just like her. I'm thankful for christie and trev for my nephew and
also for teaching me to play poker. mostly though, I'm thankful for their
example of a temple marriage. I'm so grateful for Rulon for going on a
mission and setting the example for me. I'm grateful for baby boey (Ryan). he's
always been the rock in our family. He's the spiritual giant and I'm
proud of the man he is. and I'm grateful for baby Kate! I love that tiny
girl! she has the biggest heart and the best sense of humor. I just have
the best family in the whole world. despite our trials, I feel so indebted to God for our many blessings! I know God loves us and i know
the atonement is real. Christ does live. The church is restored. I know
it.
I love you!
Sister Udall
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