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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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

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