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Hey!

So this week ive had a grip ton of eye openings, regrets, sad moments, tears, laughter, anger, every emotion possible I think has happened this week! so last pday we got permission to watch Saratov approach! soo good! so good! I realized a few things in the movie. A a simple testimony holds a lot of power. B Christ wanted to make his father proud and happy just like I do. and C Christ was afraid just like I am. crazy!

Ok sis Suddeth! is getting closer to baptism! she knows the church is true, she knows that joseph smith and BoM is true and all is right! now we're just waiting for her to gain a confirmation of the date to be baptized! she always just soaks up everything at church! oh my I just love her! love love loovvvee her!!

I read something that said how you express your love through your patience, selflessness, kindness and something else I cant remember.  but I liked it

Than for district meeting we went to the beach again and had a picnic. it was cold and windy! so many birds it was crazy! but it was fun! I love the sand :)

Bro Palmer, who we started to do family history with, we're teaching him the gospel! he recored general conference and is ganna read BoM and watch it :) HURRAY!!!!! I love him! I want to marry someone who will be old and cute like bro palmer :)

It is super interesting how people say they have prayed about BoM and feel like its not for them. and than its funny how we just don't respond and keep teaching them! we decided that they don't know what they're talking about so we're ganna keep teachin them!  :) crazy moment. We were teachin a guy named bobby, who is a ysa AJ patels friend. and at the beginning he told us he doesn't feel like its right or what not and so we taught him the lesson, which was 1/2 the PoS and I felt like I should invite him to be baptized. my thought are you jokin? but I felt I should, so I did. he said he feels his baptism was right and that he didn't need to do it again. so it was a no. im still not sure why I felt like I needed to ask him... hope I didn't mess things up! ahh!! :P sometimes being blind is scary! dun dun duun! haha

We taught the hard shell vini and graci again! woo! that was fun! crazy story #2

so they come in, we asked how there BoM readin was goin they also said they feel like it aint true and right for em. we didn't even respond we kept movin haha we were at sis stockmans house (she is boss) gracee had brought her notebook and had taken notes n stuff. they did read the pos pamphlet so they had notes that we didn't get to at all! we just simply taught. we went slow and thorough! we wanted to make sure every point was clear :) so! we only went 1/2 way. up to the spirit world. we touched on everything. vini tried to ask the question that would give the famous answer of Mormons work for their place in heaven. haha but sis stockman answered it beautifully and shot it down! 10 points for the missionaries! haha but the whole atmosphere of the room has been changing from when we first started goin there. they were both silent and answered simple questions we asked. vini tried to twist our words but it just made him seem dumb :) after it was all done, sis stockman called us and said that she was lookin at gracees notes and said that we talked about everything she had written down, that we touched every point she had questions about and concerns about even though she didn't say them. soo cool!! so that was fun!

Jessica Oniell moved :( so sad!!

 Met with Adam Guilles again! had the most amazing lesson ever! with bro simmons! seriously so amazing! I love bro simmons, he just says the exact things that make us feel good! ah! lOVE HIM!

Met with Mesa and Peterson, Mesa is graduating form EOD school! only 30% does, so its an honor to know him! ahh!! than we met with the smiths a few times that week! I love em!  Mary Smith seriously is a Mormon with out the covenant. She does food storage and has the same moral standards we do! SO COOL!!

Easter sunday was the best sunday evveerr!! We had 6 gators at church ^6^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is a record!!!!!! Sis Suddeth came, Mesa and Peterson came than TJ, Cameron, and Josh came!! ahhh!!! soo amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! best sunday! Ever! than we went to the bradleys house with tj for lunch! way fun! we got to hide eggs :) lol than we went over to the coolies house for dinner, seriously yall, they are cool hahahha sorry I had to do it! but I love em!! love love love em! they like dr who, they knit, have the greatest pictures, its like love all over the place!!ahh!

So overall life as a missionary is good! super happy we're here another transfer! hurray! itll be a good one!

LOVE
SIS MILNE
#BecauseofHim

#heisrisen

Sometimes the simple answers bring the strongest spirit

Is it just sad when i think about the past week. my mind goes blank?

once again! crazy foolishness has erupted this eek! im lookin at my planner and remembering these things but dagum. it felt like forever ago!! also! can you believe the transfer is over!?!?! thats messed up! Good thing im stayin in niceville again with sis Ch. this transfer is ganna be a wet one ;)

We have been activley engaged. but i think weve been busily actively engaged in everything!  so much to do, yet not enough things to do! ahh! what is the world comin too??

OK! our awesome gator Jessica Oniell who has a bcd! we had a lesson at mamma E's house. (sis edgintons house) and taught 1/2 the PoS! its so cool to see peoples eyes when they learn new things! she is awesome! she didnt come to church though because seh was throwin up :( yuck! so sad!! but she is getting better!! she moves this week though :( boooo!!!!! i love her! she wants to be a missionary! she is talkin about it and askin alot of questions lol we keep sayin you have to be bapitized first!! ahh! lol

TJ he came to church we taught him the restoration again. kinda a review wtih the cups though. it seems like everyone is a visual learner! so its great!! but... ok did i ever tell yall how in one week  i messed up the first vision 2x?? so embarressin so now everytime i know i get to say the vision i think about it in my head, and try not to mess it up! i discovered that in the restoration movie it says the first vision differrntly so i start to say it that way. but thats not right! gaa! life is soo hard! but its really cool. Joseph smith did more for the church save Jesus Christ only. Joseph Smith is the prophet to open the last dispensation. His wife was incredible. his brother Hyrum was amazing. and you know after pretty much hearing everything you could possibly hear about the church from the bible belt,
I know its true.

Shoo there is that senario about the tree that was givin in conference. like how the strongest trees go through the hardest storms. Its kinda like my testimony, it wont get strong unless its tried to the point of breakage! 

It is frustrating though when i cant explain very well plain and simple truths, or what im feeling. my words come out in a bump of confusion lol.

but!! all our gators are doin awesome!
Peterson has a bcd! woop woop! he is reading and prayin but needs to get better at it! we dont have that much time to teach him with the BCD so its crunch time haha.

Its also really cool to see how God works through others. all week people have been sayin things and doin things for us that just bring tears to my eyes! i really love it here! yes this is ganna be my 4 transfer here. that is a long time! but im happy. there is a ton todo! and on the plus side i dont have to pack and unpack again! hurray!! hahaha  

than on sunday the stake put on a musical performance called the Lamb of God. ok can i just say we have the most talented ward/stake in the world?? seriously it was incredible! i cried sis ch stared at me cryin! (thats wierd...) so many non members, it was alittle overwhelming haha but it was absolutely incredible. it had ailttle les miserable sound. like the people singing and the songs they sang. it definetly made me think about things in a different perspective!
Its always hard to imagine what life was like back than. because non of us were there, so every perspective is good! but serously it was amammamamamzing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and now were just super exhausted again! haha every night this past week, i fall asleep as soon as i hit the pillow. instant and than we wake up 2 seconds latter to the alarm! its crazy!! today is ganna be fun. this transfer is ganna be fun! is a relief to know im stayin though! there is so much goin on!! ahh!!!

Ok thats all!
Love
Sis Milne the best

ps. sometimes the simple answers bring the strongest spirit. thick!

xoxoxox

Peace and Blessings

Hey!

This week was in one word: Chaos

haha we lost our phone for a day lol it was missing like 5 hours before we realized it was gone! so... that tells you how important it is to us lol. oops!!! I got my root canal this week. it wasn't bad at all! super fast too that was nice :) I love the Thomas's so much! just sayin! shoo I don't even know where to begin with what happened. so itll be super scattered!

We had met a new family! love her but it was a huge rain storm! hurricane season is on its way! hurray!! :) and so it had been dumpin sheets of water. we had to pull over and wait for it to stop cuz we could not see out the window oops! any way me and sis ch both thought of the family! the Smiths ;) so we went over to their house. it is insane! total chaos! there are 14 kids livin there! ahh!! sis smith was cryin cuz her daughter was in the hospital cuz her fiancé beat her up way bad, but now decided that she was gonna go back. so sis smith the mom was upset then there were little girls everywhere!! so many hallways to the house and kids hiding everywhere! it was insane! ok so background to this find: we had been prayin to find someone, a family who was not happy with their church who were not satisfied with where they were at. kk? remember that

Now back to the smith home. sis smith takes in kids that don't have places to stay, any kids that need help she has em. she has a huge food storage pantry! its awesome!! her morals and standards are basically Mormon! she just doesn't know it yet! so we got to know people and visited with em! the ones we taught were Mary smith (sis smith) TJ age 20, Joseph age 9, and Cameron age 13. the rest were lil girls and there were people hiding in the house so we didn't find em.. (super messy house but not. its complicated) so we taught em a lil lesson. got a return apt. TJ came to church!!!! woohoo! and he looovveed it. like seriously he was soaking it in like a sponge! everyone was super nice and came up to him! it was awesome!! he doesn't look happy, he NEEDs the Gospel!! we went over to their house after church and taught sis smith the restoration. she isn't happy with her church and she wants a change. oh did I mention that they live right across from the church? haha oops! yeah they live way close!  oh my soo good!! they all have boms now... ok that was a lie they don't. too many of em but Heavnely Father answered our prayers!!! AND they are ganna watch general conference this weekend! she TiVod it :) Now im at a point where I feel like im a lousy teacher :P shoo I need to step it up some more!! gahhh!!hahah

The suddeth family came to church! hurray!!! it. was. awesome!! than today. (this morning) we taught her again with her neighbor sis gouker. soo good! she is gonna keep the Sabbath day holy and fast after she is baptized.( did you know you don't have to fast when your prego?? crazy!) anyway! we talked about it in the car. she had said she is waiting for that one thing to get her into the water. than we were thinkin, hmmm we never helped her understand what HG feels like. we talked about it, but if she felt it would she know?? so next time were ganna do that :) I love the suddeths they are sooooooooooooooooooooooo awesome!!!! she is like over the edge of the font! sooo close!!

Than the Barco family came to church! Their boys love church! sis edginton is the best thing that ever happened here! hahaha

Peterson came to church with the Hagewoods! hurray! we didn't get to talk to anyone hahahaha except TJ and the suddeths!  oh I love bein a missionary!! Peterson is doin good though. he is back in school. no more double tappin! haha

We found our Jdub gator again! hurray! she was tellin us about the 3444 people. its crazy when you hear all about others beliefs and notice how they have truth in em! shoo the apostacy is real! Go study up ma friends!!

Sad story time: We were at our gators house. and little Eli the neighbors kid, he wants to be Mormon so bad it breaks my heart. he sat through a whole lesson and he is 6 he sat and listened and read some scriptures with us! all the kids (there was 3) got a BoM. it was a full house lesson! but we came back a few days later and Eli looked way sad and told us his step mom told him he couldn't read BoM and couldn't come to church with us. seriously I almost started cryin with him! I wish yall could've seen him when he told us that. we asked him if he still had BoM. he said yes. we told him to never throw it away! to keep it with him forever! he said he would. but oh my stinken heck! step mom. you aint even his step mom! your his dads gf! back off the kid!! so we had some mixed emotions about the situation.

funny story time: sis smith called me and sis ch fat. hahaha

Lets talk about the FIRST EVER WOMENS CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO STINKEN AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok that's all ive got to say!! oh my gosh I wish yall knew some of the things ive heard outside of conference. our bishop was sayin things. I was like OMG! he talked about Satan attacking everyones daughters! hard core! and that it starts with romance novels. (SO TRUE) when elder ballard came down here and talked he said how the war in heaven was still goin on and that we are on enemy territory raisin families! . Full force at the women! are you kidding me?!?!?! no and than when we heard Eyering. Follow Eves example. do what needs to be done, be smart and wise. THAN I thought about how God is ganna send down his priesthood army and needs faithful mothers to raise em. -the age change- WHAT!?!?!?!?!??!?! HOW CRAZY IS THIS!!!

Basically the end thing to learn from this weeks letter is that life is good. its fun bein a Mormon. General conference is sooo close! im so excited like Christmas hahaha

Me and sis Ch are doin awesome!! so much to do so little time :)

Peace and Blessins

Sis Milne