Dear Familia,
The cold goes to your BONES. It is so cold. I am so cold. But that's okay because it is worth it:)It finally snowed here! This weather hasn't been normal...usually it's snowing like crazy here but it finally hit. I hope you had a great New Years!:) Yay for 2016!!
Sister Olsen and I had a crazy New Years Eve. We drove down to D.C. with the Petersburg Elders and Sister Lyday in our ward for the visitors center show:) It was so fun! We got home at 11:45 so we figured we'd just celebrate haha. It was so fun getting to be with the missionaries from our mission on New Years.
Sad day, Joyce dropped us yesterday:( She said, "I don't want to be baptized and I don't want to be a mormon. I don't want to think about it and I don't want to talk about it." It was really interesting to me because we talked to her early this week and I saw a light in her eyes that she knew she needed to ask God if this message was true. I share this because sometimes we give people what they need and they have the agency to act just like Elder Teh taught us. It's sad, because you love these people with your whole heart and they turn away happiness. But I imagine that's how the Savior feels when we turn away from what we know to be right. I am grateful for the marvelous atonement. President Butterfield talked about the Atonement at zone training. It reminded me of a sacred experience I had right before my senior year of high school when I truly wanted to change and become what the Savior wanted me to be. I want to recommit myself to using the Atonement everyday to change and to have hope. My word for 2016 is hope. Instead of resolutions, I want to work on everything in my life that has to do with that word:)
I'm glad you all had a great week and have fun getting back to work and school:) And good luck on your drivers test Ally! Xoxo:) Sister Stolworthy
PS - Sister O and I saved a stray kitty in a storm drain this week haha.
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