So I'll just get straight to the point, yesterday was
AMAZING! Miracle of miracles doesn't even explain how great it was! :) Three
nonmembers at church, and a part-member family with a son that wants to get
baptized!!! Sister Hatfield and I were so full of joy it was leaking out our
eyes. I think I said about 23 prays of thanks! I am just so grateful to be the
witness of all these miracles! So yes, it was amazing. :)
ALSO- fun story! The bishop of the ward here (Bishop
Esplin) is Steve Chamberlain's cousin! Also, he grew up in Nephi and his
dad knows Grandpa Dalley. Gotta love those small world mormon connections!
They keep calling me "green" here. I wonder what
color I'll turn after I've been out here a few more weeks... (Joke..) ;)
The weather here has just been gorgeous. I think I mentioned
before I feel like I live in a snow globe! It's just beautiful! We were driving
home the other night and it was just lightly snowing and you could see it from
the street lamps.. breathtaking! It reminded me of when it was snowing at
Disneyland and was so magical. So yes, I love it! It's been really warm. I
don't think I've seen it even drop in the negatives and it's been slowly
getting lighter and warmer outside. I noticed this morning it was light outside
at 8:00! Today was super sunny too, I think it was in the upper twenties. So
now you're up-to-date on the exciting weather... haha moving on...
The ward here is great. I am blown away at there incredible
efforts on helping the missionary work go forth. They love feeding the
missionaries too, haha I can only think of maybe one night that we didn't have
a dinner appointment. They are very generous!!
The Bush branch is great as always too! The lessons via
skype and the phone are wonderful as well! I really love those bush
branch members and I'm always blown away with their faithfulness despite being
so far away from other members!
That's fun that you saw that picture online at the iditorod
service! I meant to tell you to look it up so you could see it (maybe I did?)!
Haha I'm glad you could recognize me. :) We are also volunteering when the dogs
actually run by (COOL RIGHT?!) so I'll have to take pictures. I'm still not
sure how to send picture but hopefully I'll be able to figure it out...
I was so excited to hear about the new missions!!! I've
heard there are 20,000+ more missionaries that are serving than they
anticipated! So exciting! I feel so blessed to have a small part in bring
forth this work!
Dad also asked about my living arrangements and travel
arrangements! We live in a little apartment that's part of the basement of a
person's house (a Polish family to be exact) and we are spoiled.. a dishwasher,
washing machine.. etc. it's great! I'll have to take a video and send it home
to give ya'll the grand tour! We drive a car, not a truck, but there are plenty
of other companionships (usually Elders) that drive trucks. We drive
everywhere..so I'm grateful for the first 30 minutes of the day to exercise
since we don't get much of it the rest of the day. haha
So here is a great talk everyone ought to look up! Check out
"His Grace is Sufficient" by Brad Wilcox! It was a BYU devotional
given in 2011 and it changed my life! Also mom, if you don't mind posting it to
my Fbook that would be great!
Sister Hatfield has been getting me addicted to kicking
cars..haha you know when there is a build up of snow and ice under a car and
you kick it off? People of Alaska always have a build up of ice under there
cars so whenever we're driving we always point to a car and say "how badly
do you want to kick that car??" haha trust me, it's an addiction.. haha
Always thanks for the awesome emails! It's fun to hear from
my favorite people down in the lower 48! Keep up updated on the great states of
Colorado, California, and Utah!
Love ya!
Sister Hedelius
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