thank you
for the email. it is fun to read about lunk and kee kee and them and just
imagine how the house is these days. its nice to imagine looking out the window
at the snowy spring that always happens :) hahaha
thank you
again for taking care of fotis. dont let him get too fat. i know i did. i had
to cut back his food cuz he gained too much weight. remember if he is too much,
you can still put him online and find a good home for him. i trust you.
so about the
family tree- i think i mostly just want stuff like- me, parents, grandparents,
and so on. as far as you would like to go. it doesnt need to be too extravagant.
well lots of
good things happened this week. have i ever told you about kirby? well she is
great :) we have been trying to teach her while the elders teach her husband.
for some reason she likes us more and andrew, her husband, likes the elders more.
they are going through some trying times right now. their money sources have
been less and less available. its so sad. things have gotten worse and worse.
they are getting evicted. kirby and the kids are going to stay at her mom's
house but andrew doesnt have a place to stay. i think he will be couch surfing,
which is sad.
we went by on tuesday to see if we could help or have a lesson or
something. when we got there, kirby could hardly open the door because there
was so much stuff everywhere. she invited us in and explained that she has 2
days to be out and she doesnt know how she can accomplish what needs to be
done. her pants didnt fit her anymore because stress has made her lose weight
and all that stuff. she cried a little out of desperation. i told her to sit
down and relax for a few minutes while s berg and I went into the other room
and started getting things organized and cleaned up. in just an hour or 2 we
found the surfaces of the table, counters and the floor. we had all the trash
taken out. we had all the cupboards cleaned out. the floor was swept. everything
just needed to be wiped down and all that, which i guess her friend was coming
to do.
kirby felt so much better after that. she hugged us both and thanked us
many times. it was so great to not think about myself and to be able to help
such a wonderful friend. that girl is so amazing. she is allowing the
missionaries visit her when she moves. i will miss her. i hope things start
turning around for her.
in other
news- remember oscany? well. she is progressing so much! she came to church on
sunday even though none of her family came. that girl is so cool! s berg
extended her first baptismal date to oscany, which she... ACCEPTED! whohoo! so
exciting! when she said yes, she got this grin on her face that she couldnt get
rid of. it was so cute!!
so for
easter dinner we were at a members home. the mom invited us over. she is the
only active member in her family. they all converted a while back. that night
we met brother cloutier for the first time. we had an easter message with them
which they all seemed to like. at the end of the lesson, i asked bro cloutier
if we could teach him all of the lessons from the beginning. he said... YES! I
dont know much about this family or their situation, so my faith in him is
thankfully untainted by the past. everyone else is surprised that we are
teaching him at all- including the mission leader, bishop, and brother
cloutiers wife.
yesterday was the first lesson! we asked him lots of questions
at the beginning of the lesson and i came to realize he really is just nervous
about priesthood and he doesnt understand why this church is different from
other churches. wow! he is less active because he doesnt understand some basic
things? well thats easy to fix. we taught the restoration simply and asked lots
of questions throughout. by the end, he was perfectly willing to read the bom
and pray about it. also by the end of the lesson, him and his wife were holding
hands and she was beaming! so cute!
so something
strange came to my attention recently. in my district, i have been there the
longest. wierd! also, i was talking to a new sister missionary on
tuesday. she asked how long i have been out. i told her 5 months. she
immediately replied "oh you are one of the older sisters." hahaha
wow! i had no idea! i am now one of the older sisters. the more i think about
it, the less chance i have of ever being a jr. companion ever again. oh boy!
this is going to be an interesting mission for me.
well thank
you again for the email. and the love and the support.
this is all
for this weeks letter.
love you!
bye!
love, sister
horrible daughter lani buxton
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