dear everyone,
ooh that is cool that fotis might be getting a new place.
you are so cool bob!
yes i did get the small box! you know me so well. it is a
perfect little salad box! thank you for being kind and everything about sending
me stuff. it is so wonderful that you remember me and send me stuff but also
great that you dont send me giant boxes of stuff i cant use and cant take with
me. you are a genius! thank you thank you thank you!
i am so glad you talked to monica pardon. she is such an
amazing woman. she is a super mom and a champion at dealing with challenges of
life. she is also hilarious and just awesome! you will love her so much. i did
tell her after she talked to you that i am leaving. she was so sweet and sad
and yeah she cant take anything to me from you.
i am so glad the good ole peeps from utah valley are
still friends of sam. everyone has always loved him so much!
i am also sad to leave this area. it is sad and i think the
part i hate the most is telling people. i just dont like saying goodbye and all
that. i feel like i will never get used to it. guh.
ooh. so this week we went to visit a less active member
named monarae. she is so great. she had a serious rough patch a while back. she
was pretty bitter towards a lot of things. then she got in an accident and she
is now paralyzed from the chest down. we have been visiting her for a while.
she is so fun. i really love her. this last time we found out that she wanted a
massage on her upper back and shoulders. so i started. good googly boogly she
was so stiff. SO STIFF! i couldnt even feel the bones in her back because she
was so tight. but we helped a little. i literally had to put my elbow in her
muscle and put all my weight on it for her to be satisfied. my goodness. it was
insanity. wooowie!
here is a better story;
so this last week the elders we are serving with took us to
contact an investigator they want to give to us. there was a big snow mound we
had to cross. i got up, i started down, my leg sank into the crunchy ice and
snow, which got stuck, but the rest of me kept going. so i face planted in the
snow. but my leg was stuck behind me. it was very uncomfortable, a little
immodest and SO FUNNAY! man oh man :)
good stuff family and friends. good. stuff.
can i share something with you? this morning i was reading
in the book of mormon. poor ole moroni is taking over writing in the book. he
says in mormon 8:5 that he is alone, his dad got killed, he has no where to go and
he also has no "friends". oh it is so sad. gosh. my heart always goes
out to moroni. it would be so sad to be in his position. and for some reason
those words no "friends" is just so sad. but it reminded me of a
scripture in john. 15:14,15 christ says "ye are my friends... i have
called you friends.." sigh. it is just so great to read those words from
the savior.
well i should probs be off. i love you all and i owe all of
you big big hugs! i love you!
love, sister lani buxton :)