WELCOME BIG MAC!!!! MACKENZIE JANE ROBERTSON was born this morning @ 6:05am!!!! YAY!!! CONGRATS!!!!
Oh my gosh....what a beautiful start to today. Hooray!!!!!
Well, let me shout out a few hellos too. Thank you to all the letters and treats from you all!!
o Lauren--I love you!!
o T-Call--I just printed out your e-mail. I will respond accordingly at another time. :) I love you!! Thanks for all the updates!
o Grandma and Grandpa--THANK You for all the love and support you send. I'm sure that the past few weeks have been really tough for you. But it's really reassuring to hear about all of the learning that you both have experienced. And all the blessings. I love you both so much. Thank you for being such good examples.
o BRETT SIMS- I miss your guts. Mom said that you were in town for Sundance. I figured you might be. Those are our type of people. They were REFRESHING to be around. Seriously. Everyone that came here reminded me of you. I hope you're doing well!! Sorry I don't write more!
o Miss Margaret--I love you to BITS! You have no idea how much I ADORE all of your letters. I treasure them!! You are still sounding SO sassy! I can't wait to tell you all about these different experiences when I get home.
o JOHN NEYLAN!! What the heck man???? You're fabulous!!! I was GIDDY when I saw a recyclable-material envelope in my box. Oh man. John Neylan. I will be writing you back soon. I LOVE the typewriter situation. And the tampon bowl! Ha! I was dying when I read that!! You know me well. Best of luck to Josafat @ his interview!!!!
o Bishop McAdam--THANK you for all the updates and the positive encouragement!! I
relish the letters you send!!! Seriously! And I laugh about half the time too. Thank you!
o AUNT DEBBIE!! Thanks for the e-mail!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!! All the best to Kyle!!! I think about him all the time!!
o Paige---I hope England is MARVELOUS!! I think about you pretty much ALL THE TIME!!! Thank you for your letters and love!! I hope you're doing SO GREAT!! We should get traveling pants and mail them all over. Yes? Ok. Sounds good.
o MANDY MENDEZ!!! I woke up this morning and thought of you!! I am such a terrible friend! I need to write you more often. Or ever. Ugh. you know me and communication. I Pi'ikea!!!!!! THANK YOU for the pictures!!!! Oh my gosh. I am SO happy!! Definitely printed those out. AND thank you for the letter!! I was CRACKING UP about the protein shake situation. Watch out world....gas is real.LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!! I hope you're doing well!!! LOVE YOU!! (Are you playing a lot of Monopoly with your brother? And riding your longboard?)
o MAIRE!!!!!!!! I MISS YOU!! There is a sister here from Denmark. And everytime I look at her, I think of you. Which is every day. (35 acres on Temple Square...what can you do?) But seriously! And the story #1 below...thought of you. Celebs. No big deal. (sorry I don't write more!!!) So, updates on the week....just 2 methinks. Breif and simple
I think Sister Hirata and I took some Sundance Celebs on a tour. We couldn't tell though. They were acting so celeb-ish. Divas. One of the guys had on a fancy fur coat. Fancy. And rings on every finger. Ugh. I'll figure it out. They were SO nice!!! Seriously.
This morning I was studying the writings of the Book of Mormon prophet named Moroni (see giant gold man statues w/trumpet on many temples for visual). WELL, I was reading Mormon chapter 8 (just when Moroni takes over the responsibility for writing, after his dad, Mormon, is killed. Here's the thing, when Moroni started writing in Mormon 8, his dad, and all of the people he knew, had just been killed at war. He was alone. Last one standing. Talk about integrity.
It's like when you're in Middle America at a stop sign. At 3:30am. No other cars. No police officers in sight. Just you and a choice.
Well, Moroni took advantage of his opportunity. He maintained the account of his experiences and that of his people. He stated clearly the importance of the Book of Mormon and the reality of Jesus Christ. Moroni could have done SO many other thing with his time. He could have wallowed a lot. (Hey...I probably would have). Or even just move on with life in accepted contentment.
Nope. Not Moroni. Even though he was 100% alone, he continued to serve as a living prophet of God. Issuing warnings, inviting us all to repent and standing as a witness of Jesus Christ.
I can only imagine a lunch date with Moroni. I'm sure he's one of those "motivational speaker" types. Like a retired football coach or marine.
His testimony didn't weaken. It only got stronger as he aged. Sometimes I wonder if I can have that type of strong faith throughout my entire life. To the dregs.
I hope so. Moroni hoped so. He had hope in us.
I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!! HAPPY HAPPY WEEK!! YAY Big Mac!!
Got to go!
Loves,
Sister Ameriskierialla
