How is everything going? Everything has been pretty good here in Vacaville! We got to see Meet the Mormons on Friday! It was like Christmas! It was so good, I really recommend that everyone go and watch it! Each story progressively made me cry more and more...in a good way :)
The weather has still been in the high 90's this week, but is supposedly going to start cooling down to the high 80's this week. Everything is still green as can be, not an orange leaf to be found. I just want to be able to wear fall clothes :( There's lots of cool fall decorations though :) I think Californians really really like Halloween, I can't count the number of full on grave yards that people are setting up in their yards! One of the less-active members of the ward literally turns his home into a haunted house every year! We went over to visit with his wife and all we could hear were screams coming from the garage! People are crazy... :)
We have a baptism coming up on the 18th! Our investigator Kathy is officially getting baptized this Saturday, she's already passed her interview and everything! We also set another baptismal date with our investigator Tamara, for November 8th. It was so cool, we have only taught her twice, but she has been reading the Book of Mormon and absolutely loves it! We invited her to be baptized and told her that we think she can be ready by the 8th, and she was like, "That's so weird, everything good happens to me on the 8th! Both of my children were born in the 8th month. I think I'm supposed to be baptized on that day!" It was so cool :)
Love you all! Hope you have a great week!
Mom:
I'm glad that everything is going good :) You should send me some pictures of the puppies! You should send me pictures of Mandee in all of her costumes too, I want to see them! I wish I had learned how to sew, there are so many talents that I want to develop after my mission, like playing piano and sleeping... :) haha. Cheryl's baptism is on the 25th and I still get to go back to that, thank goodness!
Did you get my last letter? If not, I need to know the name of our dental insurance please. I may or may not have a cavity... but everything else is fine, except my legs hurt every time I even think about running in the morning. I think I would be getting in shape, but the members here not only feed us every night, they also feed us huge desserts!! Last Monday a member took us out to lunch at 'Fentons' which is a famous Ice cream place. It was a mountain! I never want to look at ice cream again for the rest of my life. In fact, I think I'm going to swear off sugar soon. and then the other night we had rice pudding with tons of whipped cream after dinner, and then we went to a recent converts house and they gave us a 3 inch slice of a huge, rich, four layer cake with a mountain of frosting on top! I think I may be developing diabetes....literally.
Good luck with all of the sewing and dogs and stuff this week! :) Love you!
Mandee:
I should have made you promise not to get married before I got off my mission :) Send me pictures of you in all of your costumes, I want to see them!! I can't believe they've got you in heels! they should know by now to keep you at least 10 feet from them at all times! Good luck :) I want a video of you biffing it :)
Have a great week! Love you! Be nice to Tyson!
Grandma Nanna:
Me and my companion live in the apartment alone, but we are trying to get the YSA sisters, Sister Kwan and Sister Decker, to move in with us. Sister Kwan is from Hong Kong and has promised to show take us on a tour of Hong Kong after the mission :) She makes the best Ketchup rice ever! I'm sad you can't go to see libby! You should go and have grandpa stay home with the puppies :) haha. It sounds like you've got a busy day planned! Have fun! I know that you can meet your goals!
Love you! tell grandpa and Lacey and her family hi for me. I love them too! Have a great week!
Grandma and Grandpa Bowcutt:
Good for you guys, going to the temple and indexing, those are definitely worth while things to do! We had stake conference yesterday, and the Sacramento temple president came and spoke to us. I loved what he said, "I don't like it when people come out of the temple saying, that was so good, but now I have to go back out to the real world. This like if a temporary time preparing for eternity. When we come into the temple, we come into the real world, not the other way around."
That's cool that your friends are coming back from their mission as well! The Nauvoo mission would be so fun!
Tell Daren hi for me! It made me so happy that he came to my farewell! I hope that he's doing good and that he's happy with whatever he's doing :) This gospel and our Savior Jesus Christ really does bless families and bring them together in ways that nothing else can. I've seen the way that reading scriptures together has really brought families together and brought the spirit into their homes :) That's cool that Daren's going down to Arizona with you! Tell Daniel and Tayler hi too!
Love you guys! Have a great week and a safe trip!
Kaden:
So I hear you get to put in your mission papers soon, congratulations! I hope that you are really thinking about and considering a mission, this is the best thing that could have happened in my life! I've learned so much and grown so much more in the gospel than I thought I could have. The most important convert you can have on your mission is yourself. A mission tries and tests your faith more than I ever thought it could, but because of that you learn and grow much more than you could anywhere else.
Go on a mission as soon as you can! Don't wait!
Just some tips for things I wish I had done before my mission:
-Read the WHOLE preach my gospel (not just chapter 3, but study that part really good!)
-Read the New Testament
-Really study the Book of Mormon, say a prayer before and after you read it!
-Learn a few hymns on the piano :)
-Don't skip Seminary EVER!
:) So how is football going? Are you first string now? What position do you play? How is school? Do you go to the school dances? Always ask a girl to the school dances! :) Love you dude! Have a great week!
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