I know it is not until the 24th of July, but our ward celebrated early on Saturday
and it was so much fun! They had so many types of tasty food (I'll try and get some recipes for you mom!) :) and fun
pioneer games that you could buy with
tickets. Sister Xayadeth and I even learned how and made little pioneer
dolls :) (I'll add a picture) A lot
of our ward invited their friends, neighbors, and coworkers. So many
came to learn about pioneers, so it was a terrific turn out! It was fun showing others our LDS church having a good time with happy families and doing interesting things.
This letter is going to be a little shorter
because I promised my district from the MTC that I would send them
pictures this week. I hope that the pictures I include in this letter
for you, can make up or it :)
EXCHANGES
I've been blessed
to have some wonderful experiences. This week I went
on my first exchange! This is where we switch companions for the day and
go with one of the Sister Training Leaders. It was awesome! Sister
Mason is sweet, and kind and loving and I can't say enough good about
her! :) And we saw many miracles that day. Within our first 20
minutes of going out to meet new people I passed out 2 Book of Mormons
to people who really were interested in knowing what they were about! It
was amazing! We also met several people who said we could come back and
share more about our belief in Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father. It
was a great day. When we went home and we were reviewing
how the day went, it made me feel good when Sister Mason said she was
proud of me and of how well I
did. I know I am still learning and have a lot more to learn. So it
was neat that she said it seems like I have been out longer than just
one month
because I have a sort of quiet confidence which she likes. Sister Mason
added that she could tell I am
not ashamed to share the Gospel. It was so sweet of her to say those
things. I learned a lot from her as a training leader. And it's true, I
do want to help others and bring them the happiness that the Gospel
brings into my life. I am blessed to have
great Sisters to look up to in this mission. They are so wonderful!
LOCAL CULTURAL EXPERIENCE
Lately I
have been joking that I need to have a cultural experience on my
mission that matches the area and I finally had one last P-day. I went
to an IN-N-OUT Burger
for the first time! :) Being in California I have been told by several
people that I have to try it. We don't have any IN-N-OUT Burger
places in Pennsylvania and I remember my family had planned on going
there a few times when we were in California but we never got the
chance. One of the men in our ward is the
executive manager for the restaurants in the whole area. His wife
couldn't
believe I had never been there before! But now I have and I it was
delicious :) I now see what everyone has been talking about. YUM!
GO! FIGHT! WIN!
Because my
letter is short I will leave you all with an adorable Mormon Message
that I came across last week. One of it's messages it that in order to
achieve goals we have to be looking to the Future and not focusing on
where we are now. That is what I had to do this week during exchanges. I
didn't see miracles and happy outcomes just because I had a different companion or person with me. We started
the day with a goal in mind and sincerely worked towards it with every person we met.
With a vision in mind we were able to do great things :) This little video is
really cute so I hope you all like it :)
http://www.mormon.org/kazuta if that doesn't work try this one :)
Have a great week everyone!
Lots of love,
Sister Skinner - Karatassos :)
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