6/29/09
Hiya family!!!
     This week has gone by so fast! its hard 
to believe that its already Monday again. 
There has been so many wonderful miracles and 
experiences as well as hard times and frustration 
but im still smiling and knowing what i have 
is the greatest free gift anyone can recieve!
ok lets see... im just flipping through my 
journal so i can share some great things.. well.. 
i was having some really hard times and i have 
truely been a witness of the power of prayer... 
its amazing how many times in a day or in an 
hour we pray in our hearts to seek guidence 
and support... but i have definately recieved 
it.  We did have an interesting (funny) moment 
the other night. We were knocking and a man 
opened the door with a little girl in his arms 
and pretty church just asked us to leave .. 
but after we tried and started walking away we 
heard his wife from inside ask "where they the 
God squad?" haha it may not be as funny now as 
it was during that moment but it really made us 
smile and help to continue on. On sunday i was 
able to watch one of Sister Eyres converts get 
confirmed and recieve the aronic preisthood. 
It was the first time witnessing this since i 
was set apart and what a difference it is. The 
spirit i felt was so amazing and i cant wait 
until the 4 people we have preparing for baptism 
in the next few weeks can recieve the amazing 
gift of the Holy Ghost. Our ward missionary 
leader Gram Beisly whom we call Beez is amazing!! 
i love him so much. He is funny and loud and 
sometimes he talks so fast i can hardly 
understand him.
   Sister Eyre and i decided to have a bit of 
fun.. so we pulled our matresses into the study 
room and camped out for the night.. wierd i know. 
it was fun though.. probably the best i slept 
in a long time though. 
   Tuesday and wed went really good. I didnt have 
time to jot too much down but i really felt 
answers to my prayers these days to have endurance 
and to continue both days with the mind set 
of "the best day ever".  Thursday was dad b-day! 
hope you got my card. We also had temple 
conference!!! yay!!!! we got up fairly early. 
The Zone Elders (zimmer and armstrong) came 
and picked us up and we headed for the London 
temple.. about an hour drive. Once there we 
were re-united with tons of elders and sisters.. 
it was nice cause it felt like it had been a 
really long time since i had seen my friends 
from the MTC... well only three of them were 
there but it was great getting to know the new 
missionaries as well. President Swinton spoke 
to us first and then we went for a endownment 
session. The London temple is really nice.. and 
the celestial room way beautiful :) temples 
are the best. President also sang to us.. 
it was so priceless and touching. 
IF I TRUST IN THE LORD- HE WILL TRUST IN ME
Then we heard from President Irwin.. not sure 
where he is from.. and then from sister Swinton.. 
she is amazing and im a bit sad she is leaving.. 
but in about 5 days we meet our new mission 
presidents the Shamos.. exciting! We talked about 
2 kings 2:8-14 and 2 kings 6:14-17.. i love those 
verses!! with chariots of fire behind us :) 
Thursday was pretty much the greatest day ever!! 
i took lots of pictures but the computer im 
on doesnt have a USB input.. so hopefully i 
can send them soon. 
 
Friday.. our investigator tammy!! she is a star! 
she isnt getting baptised until july 18th but 
she has already committed herself to everything 
we have taught her.. infact she is going to the 
temple and visitor center on wed and will be 
100% smoking free!!! yay!!!
we are also teaching this guy rob! he was truly 
sent to us. He is so ready for everything and has 
a baptismal date of july 11 super excited for him. 
He is having a bit of a hard time right now with 
his wife but i think he will be just fine.
Patrick and Austin are giving us a bit of 
struggle right now.. Patrick is hard to read and 
we dont know if he is keeping his commitments 
and austin never has time to meet with us but 
both are determined and have recieved answers to 
be baptised.. so i guess we will just have to 
wait and see what the Lord has planned for them. 
We have a few new people as well but i'll mention 
them once we have a second apt taught and 
completed :)
The ward is so amazing here! i still feel like 
im just a missionary and not their missionary 
yet but im working on it. Sister Eyre has been 
in the same ward for a really long time so i 
think maybe when she is gone (not that i want 
her to leave) then they will take me in more.. :)
 
Im hoping for another fantastic week!!! there 
are a lot of things to look forward to.

love always 
sister meredith