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Here's the latest from Michelle. Thankfully, she and her companion are feeling much better!

Daddy!

Yeah...it was a great week...lol...not so much. I'm feeling so much better now though! I'm pretty much back to 100%...I even played some volleyball and bloodsport today! :D

...I was miserable....but I'm better now so it's all good! :D I think I've learned what I'm supposed to be learning from these experiences of getting sick so (hopefully) I should be done getting sick for awhile.

Meh...it wasn't really scary to go to the E.R....it just took FOREVER!...definitely a journal experienc though...and journal I did, I can assure you.

I really do love the cd...it has Come Thou Fount and it has the FULL version of it...you have no idea how happy that makes me! I also really like the other cd you sent, the one that Raney made for me! It's great...I only wish my companion liked instrumental more because I don't get to listen to it very much.

Speaking of my companion...we had (well...we started it and I finished it a few days later) a really good companionship study from Preach My Gospel the other day. We were reading about Patience in the Christlike Attributes chapter and we were doing the scripture study that went with it and there was a GREAT scripture on patience...Romans 5:3-5...it is so good! Read it and love it! :D

I also had a really good study in the same chapter on Hope in preparation for my Zone Conference talk...that was really good too...I'll have to mail you a copy of my talk...I was proud (in a righteous way of course) of it. :D

You'll get to hear me sing when I finally finish the tape I'm working on right now...there are recordings of us practicing "Saviour, Redeemer of My Soul" on there....I just have to finish the tape...and send the package I've been promising you for a month or so now....oh boy...I got some really good pictures last night though, so I'll go print some up at Wal-mart and then I'll stick it in the package which WILL get mailed out either at the end of this week or the beginning of next week, I promise. The pictures are really neat though! We went down to Earthquake Park, which is between the ocean and the airport. We went because it was really pretty and we wanted to take pictures so we decided to try and do some street contacting while we were there and then take pictures. The street contacting didn't work very well since mostly everyone stayed in their cars, but we got some really good pictures of the city and the sunset and then I got some neat videos of planes coming in to land at the airport. :D

There is one set of missionaries in the Yukon Territory. No sisters though, just a pair of Elders in Whitehorse.We've had some pretty good weather the past couple of days. When we came in to email around noon it was about 50 degrees.

Work is slow here too...but we've been sick. Hopefully it'll pick up here soon.

Well, I love you Daddy! Have a splendid day!

Love,
'chelle

Mail Call!

Here’s the latest from Michelle. It sounds like she had a rough week…

Daddy,
I'm glad you're feeling better. I agree - it is definitely a plus to be able to breath. :D I'm over my cold, but alas...t'was not to be the end of my afflictions. I woke up at 2:30ish Monday morning with an upset stomach and proceeded to spend the next several hours going back and forth from my bed to the bathroom...while curled up on the bathroom floor around 3:30am I thought that perhaps I shouldn't wait until a blessing was offered - I'd just ask. So, when it was a more reasonable hour (6:30) I had my companion call the Zone Leaders to tell them that we wouldn't be at Zone sport that morning and to ask them if they could come over and give me a blessing. They came over sometime between 10am and noon (I wasn't completely coherent) and gave me a blessing along with a bottle of gatorade. Then, around 5:30 my companion started to have the same symptoms...so the Zone Leaders were back at around 8:30 or 9pm to give her a blessing, bring us more gatorade, applesauce and saltines...oh man. We ended up in the ER at about 2:30 Tuesday morning because Sister Jenkins had really bad abdominal pains that wouldn't go away...so they hooked her up to an IV and gave her 2 bags of fluid because she was SUPER dehydrated. We finally got out of the ER around 9am...which was when our 5 Zone Conference started...the one with Elder Dellenbach of the 70...yeah...we missed that one...we slept through it because we were SO exhausted. I'm pretty much fine now - I had McDonald's for breakfast and it's treated me fine. Sister Jenkins is still a little down so we've been taking it pretty easy today...but that's easy since it's our pday today.

Oh man...anytime I get sick she gets it 10 times worse...

We went to the temple today...that's why we have pday today...just incase you're wondering. :D

Mail Call!

I received an email from Michelle today. She's getting along great with her new companion, Sister Jenkins. Sister Jenkins is from West Point, Utah and she finishes her mission in 5 weeks. Michelle gets to send her home. They have a lot in common and so Michelle is excited to be working with her.

Michelle has been suffering from a cold this last week, but she's been taken good care of. The Zone Leaders brought her some blueberry muffins and some brownies. I know that would make me feel better!

Yesterday Michelle celebrated her 5 month "Click Day". Click day is just the date that she started her mission in the MTC, which was the 8th. It's hard to believe she's been out for 5 months!

Michelle has told me that she'll be sending pictures soon. That will be exciting! I'll post them when I get them.

That's all for now.

New Address!

Michelle's new address is posted under the "Current Address" link on the right.

Moving!

Michelle is moving! She is still staying in Anchorage though. She's moving to the "Turnagain" area of Anchorage. She's now in the North Anchorage Zone in her mission. She's not sure of the address yet. As soon as I get it, I'll post it in the "Current Address" link over on the right side of the page.

Michelle says the work is going well, and she's having a great time. She particularly enjoyed this past Sunday, as it was the Church's World Wide General Conference where we all got to see the prophet, apostles and other church leaders speak. It was great to hear their unshakable testimonies that Jesus Christ is the Savior of all mankind. Michelle and I add our testimonies to theirs. In the scriptures we read: "And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins." (2Ne. 25:26) We do rejoice in Christ.

As soon as I get Michelle's new address, I'll let everyone know.

Mail Call!

The latest from Michelle is that she's doing great! Monday, April 2nd is transfer day. She has a feeling that she will be transferred, just because she's been where she is for 3 months.

She's looking forward to Easter, and the great event that it is. She is also hoping the Easter Bunny knows where to find her. So again, if anyone has something they would like to send her, bring it by. I'll be sending a package on April 3rd. She mentioned that she loves receiving pictures.

That's it for this time. Go Michelle!

Here's the latest from Michelle...

This week has been pretty good. We got 2 investigators to church on Sunday and Sister Sloan and I did a musical number with the Bishop's wife, Sister Smith. She played the piano, Sister Sloan played the Cello and I sang a song called "Savior Redeemer of My Soul," it's a really pretty song and everyone really enjoyed it. You can get the song at spiremusic.org it's a Rob Gardner piece. It has a little bit of an Irish feel to it. Everyone kept coming up to me and saying things like "We didn't know you had such a nice voice...you're doing ward choir, right?" So now we're doing ward choir, lol.

We got to watch The Best Two Years this week with one of our investigators...that was really fun. That movie is great and it's ten times funnier when you're actually on your mission - I love it!

We had corned beef and cabbage on Sunday too! :D I was so excited! Then, we had Boston Cream Pie for dessert! :D Yumm!

... Sunday was busy... Really though...everyday is busy when you're a missionary...even P-day is busy. This morning we played Bloodsport with North Zone and some of the Elders from South Zone (so it was the 3 Anchorage Zones). It was really fun...and really crazy! I got my Zone Leader out twice! :D If we played Bloodsport like that every week I would be in much better shape...we really need to get back to doing Pilates everyday...

Love,'chelle

Easter Package

Hi everyone,

I'm going to be putting together an Easter package to send to Michelle. If any of you want to put something in the package, let me know. I'll try and make room for it. Cards, pictures, letters, etc. would be great, along with any treats or other stuff.

I'll probably mail it on April 3rd., as she has transfers on the 2nd. That way, if she has a new address, the package will go to the right place.

Let me know!

Mail Call!

I received an email from Michelle on Monday. She's doing great and really loves the work.

Here is a short excerpt from her email:

The gospel is true and Heavenly Father does answer our prayers... He doesn't always answer them as soon as we'd like our exactly how we'd like, but He does answer and He does love us. I love this Gospel and I love being a missionary and sharing this love with those around me!

Love you!

'chelle

Warm Fuzzies

Kathi received this email from Michelle's Bishop, in Anchorage:

Thank you for sending your daughter on a mission. We are very fortunate to have her assigned to our ward. She is doing wonderfully well. She looks great and works hard and is having success with families that we have not been able to reach in years. We are looking out after her the best we can; by making sure she has meals and stays as warm as possible. She has a maturity and spiritually of a seasoned missionary.

She has a very pleasing personality add manner and is effective in teaching the gospel. I would be please to have her serve her entire mission in our ward. We have grown to love her in these few short weeks and feel of her love for us.

But I guess you already know how good she is. Thanks for sharing her with us.

Bishop Smith