E-mail - October 14, 2008

The days go really slowly but the weeks just fly by, months are erratic, either they are fast or slow. This month is fast. Transfers are tomorrow but as far as I can tell nothing is changing for me. It's good because I'm still learning my way around here and require Sis Hartman's assistance in knowing where people live.

I'm sorry this week has been so full of pain for both of you. But I'm glad that you are going to be better even if it takes some time to get there. (Mom had some leg veins worked on - I told her my circulation should get better and my hair might grow - dad had a tooth pulled). And you well know that I long to hear about the rate in which your hair grows. I'm tingling with anticipation as I await your report.

I did get the package - thank you so much. We devoured the CD's. We have been listening to the same few for the last 6 weeks - new stuff is heaven sent. We started the Susan Easton Black CD's Monday and really enjoy them. (Whitney is taking a Church History class and recorded each class). I got the charm on all by myself - I was very proud. (New charm for her Story-Telling Festival bracelet).

Since you're celebrating Grandpa's Birthday at Thanksgiving does that mean there won't be a family Halloween party? The branch is having a truck or treat on the 24th - I don't know if I'm allowed to dress up or not. But if I am - I'm going as the Iron Rod. I will write "The Iron Rod" (Hold me) and I'll just be in a tube of some kind. Is that not a brilliant idea or what?

I watched "The Testament" with Amanda right before she got baptized. I like it but its hard for me not to mock the actors 'cause mostly they're really bad. The spirit doesn't like my less than charitable thoughts which makes the movie less tear-jerking for me.

Ok, now dads questions, we do have a car but we get limited miles - so when we can we prefer to walk or ride our bikes. We see the Panama City, Lynn Haven, and Carmall Elders once a week at district meeting - so I'm not close to them like I was to the Elders in Tally. We do have a good pool of people we're teaching. We keep finding people that were baptized years ago and now we are trying to get them to come back to church. Most of them didn't know that there is a branch out here. We'll see how that goes. The Stake has really been focusing on missionary work - we had a Stake fast for it Sunday and we're looking forward to many miracles because of members faithfulness.

Speaking of which how is your other calling going? Sharing the gospel via internet, any good bites? Which reminds me, Casey the convert in Tally that came to UT for Conference? She called me Thursday begging forgiveness for not meeting ya'll but I assured her it was OK. Anyway the point is that she was introduced to the church via the internet. She was playing a online game called World of War Craft and she joined a group of mostly LDS people. The boy she went to visit this last week served his mission in the FTM and he encouraged her to find the missionaries on campus, so she came looking for us, and was baptized a month later. But the big news is that she is engaged. And the two of them will be sealed in the Manti Temple May 1st 2009. Pretty cool. I'm a little jealous, but I am so happy for her - she is the start of a generation of little Mormons.

We've been studying a lot about the Lords timing. In Sunday School Haadi asked us where we were 10 years ago, we could have saved him a lot of trouble, I told him he wasn't ready 10 years ago - he agreed with me. Crazy how it all works out - divine orchestration.

That's all I've got to say about that. The church is true, the book is blue, write Kelli letters and have a nice day.

Love, ya'll

Kelli