Dear, dear family,
Happy belated Memorial Day!
Robbie has glasses like MINE!!!!
Oooo (squeal)! I am so happy for
you! Are you wearing them often? Do you luuuurve them? I do.
Oh, you mature youth, you. And
you also spoke in Sacrament meeting?
Good grief, you are on a roll! It
sounds like you did a great job on your talk, Rob. I wish I could've heard it....do you
think...maybe...you could send me a copy?
Okay, great, thanks!
Good thinking about not sending the video, Mom. No, I don't think I would've watched it, but
I would have been sorely tempted and if I yielded then I would have perished (I
read Alma 10 this morning--focused especially on verse 25).
That's a great message from President and Cody! Did I tell you that President Castleton sent
me a letter recently? It was absolutely
a very bright spot in my day and has continued to be on my mind since I
received it. We are so blessed to know
the Castletons as we do, and to have such incredible home teachers. I'm thankful for the move to Granite 5th Ward
oh so long ago. :)
That's terrible about Sherrie! But I'm glad to hear she's improving! Will you send my love along?
So, the library was closed yesterday, that's why I'm
emailing today. Also, yesterday we
helped our former branch mission leader and his wonderful wife move things into
their moving truck because they're moving to Iowa. It was a great time we had--we were glad we
could say one more thank you for all they've done.
Last week was a little bit crazy. Lots of new experiences. You'll have to wait for a few years until I
tell you a few of them (okay, maybe just one of them), but let me tease you by
saying that there has never been a time in my life when I have been so put
through the refiner's fire as these times.
To be expected, I know, but still I am in awe of the foresight, wisdom,
and love of my Heavenly Father who makes all things possible and attainable for
me. Just yesterday when I felt like I
was going to really mess things up because I couldn't stay focused, I knelt
down and really really prayed for help and kept going with the hope that the
Lord would take care of His children that we were visiting, and He did. Humility--it's absolutely necessary.
Hmmm...I don't know that I have any exciting stories to tell
you. But wait! We went to Utica for Sister Palmer's Return
and Report! That was incredible. The APs and President and Sister Bulloch
basically trained on the same things they did for my R&R, but I learned so
much more and so many different things this time around. We got to take the elders' car up to Utica
(and it was a long drive--2 hours is way long when you're only accustomed to
driving a max of 20 minutes in a stretch for P-days) and brought it back to
them at the end of the night. Sharing a
car is very interesting. We realized
about 20 minutes into the journey that the gas tank was almost empty so I
filled up the gas tank for the first time in who knows how long! There was a series of things we had to enter
into the gas station pump thing before we could actually get gas...it was a
significant stop for us on our journey, but we succeeded and all is well. Now we know what to do when the tank needs to
be filled.
We found out that a member in the ward knows our philosophy
professor friend! We chatted on Sunday
about the classes he's (the member) attended and the questions he's (the
friend) posed to us...hopefully he can start coming with us when we visit our
intelligent friend.
Well, family, I don't know that I have any new updates
except that humidity and heat are a great combination. It's really very cool up here in Ithaca,
NY. Our faces stay shiny and clean! Seriously, though, I love this area. I am so thankful to be here. God loves all of His children and He wants
each of us to be happy. Share the love!
I love, love, love you!
Sister Smith
P.S. I think I saw a beaver for the first time in real
life. And I saw a raccoon a few weeks
ago.
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