Hi Everybody!

Hey everybody!  How are things back home?  So many people from the ward here went to Utah this past month... it's nuts.  So I've heard a lot about Utah weather, Utah this and and Utah that.  It's...great.  Anyways, this week was a little different, because my companion was in Richmond for a training, so I was in a trio with the other sisters around here.  It's nice sometimes to go on splits and to see how other people teach and stuff.  

We had a lesson with this guy that was set for baptism and solid, but somehow made a change - I think he got anti-ed by his brother, and he is so hard hearted now and doesn't want to know anything.  Being a part of that particular lesson was a good learning experience for me.  I don't understand why people won't just pray and ask to find out if this is true, or why they deny the answers that they get.  If you are really seeking truth, you will find it.  It made me so sad to see this guy turn his back on everything when he was so close - he just doesn't fully realize what he threw away.  I hope maybe one day he will come around.  But who knows.  It's amazing to see the difference in people who are accepting and letting the gospel change them, and those who just don't.  I can't put it any other way.  It's one of those things that, to me, is black and white.  You either do or you don't.  

I have been keeping this little pocket notebooks.  One is for inspiration, and the other is for the atonement.  Anything that I find on the atonement I put in there.  It's really opened my eyes to a lot more.  I love it! 

I read some Old Testament this week.  I've never really studied much out of it, but I got some really good insights from the book of Joshua. Chapter 7 especially. I really like some of the things that are in there. I'll share more next week. Thanks to everyone who writes me, I love you all.