HELLO EVERYONE!!
So great to hear from you all and see pictures of the family!(and Kenzie) haha Looks like a blast up in Yellowstone! Glad you got to go up there and I’m glad Bart’s in hunting school. Now when are Dad and the boys gonna learn? haha jk! You can take the old Remington pump. She’s got the dried blood of some Osgood rabbits on her. It looks like the weather is really changing there and suprisingly, it is a little bit here too. The mornings are a little chillier and you can feel that change in the air. I’m just looking forward to Christmas so all the Mamas can break out tamales. I love tamales.
So, I haven’t asked in awhile how is Addi’s arm doing? How are Grandpa and Grandma and Papa and Grammy? Tell them thank you so much for the letters. As well, Uncle Paul and Aunt Nene. I hope they are doing well. And JAY as well! I hope he got the mowers winterized!!! haha So good to hear from all of you.
So I’ll write short so I can write Chan. Sorry if this is too short!!
This week has gone by way too fast. Yesterday Joey got confirmed and is on his way to the Priesthood at the end of this month. He is so great, I love his family. They are super country and Sister Montez always prides herself on being redneck. I LOVE THEM! Yesterday she leaned over and began to hassle me about bearing my testimony in Sacrament so I got up and took a few minutes. She followed right after me and bore such a sweet testimony. At one point she said, "Since I was baptized, I have had the hardest year of my life, full of problems, sicknesses, and surgeries...but I would not take back this new life I have for anything!" She carries the whole family on her back and she is such a great mom. And I hope that even when things get really tough, we can be steadfast and immovable like Sister Montez. And I hope you meet them someday soon. And they’re like our only members that you can talk to because everyone else speaks Spanish haha!!
So Dulce is doing well. She got her interview put back because she still has some doubts, but we pray that she will be ready this Sunday. Please keep her in your prayers.
This week I’ve been thinking a lot on the talk that Elder Holland gave in conference. Hit me pretty hard and I hope you have been able to watch it again on the website. He spoke of the remaining 11 apostles after Christ’s death and resurrection. How after their time with the Savior during his ministry, after seeing all those miracles, and being a personal witness of Christ, they could return to their "former lives" and things of the world. And the question that Christ asks in Elder Holland’s words is "Did my life not touch you more deeply than this?" That’s the question I have had on my mind. Did his life not touch us more. Did the life he freely gave for us really CHANGE us? And I’ve thought of the changes he has made in my life and in the lives of our family. I know that the Savior has touched us deeply. And it does everyday. So i would echo the words of Elder Holland who echoed those of Christ: "WHAT I NEED IS DISCIPLES... FOREVER... SOMEONE TO DEFEND MY FAITH.” So I thank you all for showing me how to be a disciple of our Savior. And I would say, “Just keep on keepin’ on family:)”
I love you all so much and I miss you and enjoy hearing from you every week. I hope all is well and you have a wonderful week. Take care and be good!!!!
