July 9, 2012

FAMILY!!

 I hope I have enough time to write you all that I want to. I think I have always started out my emails that way. . hummmm. . well. . so be it cus it is true! I hope you all had the best 4th of July! I know I did. We were able to go down to the Halifax river and see the fireworks shoot off from there. It was AWESOME! There were so many people.. the moon came up and it was RED. . so sweet! We had a great time with the members that we went with. We were super tired after. .late night. . and tired the next day. . but we continued to work hard!

 As you see from the pictures. .CAROLE was BAPTIZED!! YAHOOO and it was powerful! We did something different. . we started in the chapel then moved in the R.S. room for the ordinance. The spirit was out of this world and everyone felt it. Our gator Shane came with his wife.

Me and my Beautiful companion: I am doing great. This week was one of learning personal learning. Sister Walborn has helped me in ways that I know no other sister could. I went through the emotions of "running out of time." But yet we are in the middle of our mission and there is still SO MUCH TIME left! She is helping me so much. Giving me more motivation to go out and work. We are perfect for each other right now in our missions. I couldn't have asked for a better companion. We have been able to wipe our tears, get Priesthood blessings from our District leader and continue to build that air plane in the sky. Nothing is slowly us down. 

 The area is great! We are working on building it so more. We are working with some pretty awesome people, they are all preparing for baptism but they wont agree to a date but we have invited them. Robert is working on getting a divorce still so he can be baptized. Shane has to take care of his serious addictions, Sarah  will get baptized but doesn't have confidence in accepting a date while she is still smoking, she now works on Sunday mornings so that puts a halt on alot. Patrick wants baptism as well. . but is preparing to serve more time in Jail. There is full potential to get these people into the waters of baptism and for confirmation, satan is good at what he does, BUT CHRIST is better! The baptism of Carole  was AWESOME! This past Tuesday morning at our bishop meeting we did a role play of the baptism service. He received revelation that the baptisms would be better and more spiritual if they started in the chapel. Tuesday during the role play we all felt that this was right. Saturday being the real thing it was a BIG hit! and the spirit was indescribable. They will for now on start and end in the chapel. The reverence for that baptism was incredible!  We are working and learning on how to help the ward leadership. Working with Bishop Pillow has been wonderful! We are still working on Gerald. He received a priesthood blessing as well. When we walked into his home I FELT the spirit of the Lord walk in with us. I have also never felt it this powerful before. We gave a small lesson on the Priesthood, they administered, we said but a few words again, prayed and left. . leaving that spirit in there with him. He is on his way to feeling better so he can be baptized and confirmed as well. So AWESOME being a part of this work!

 The Elders had a baptism yesterday. It took place in a swimming pool due to the health of the gator. It was a really cool baptism to witness. It took four priesthood holders to get her into the pool. Her grandson baptized her. It was AWESOME! Even though it wasn't at the church, that saving ordinance was real and powerful. Remember it isn't the water it is the Priesthood. (There is a really cool scripture I read the other day that would work perfect right here but I can't find it. . bummer)

We picked up two new people this week. That has been hard for us. . finding more gators, (we are behind on our vision for teaching new people) Mike and Michael, father and son. They are family to a recent convert. Mike is the father. I wish you could have been there for this drop in lesson. They are way cool and the ward leaders are on top to getting him to repent, be baptized and confirmed! I have never felt this kind of guidance before with an investigator and the ward leaders, This should be the same feeling for all gators. Working on it! 

 This work is amazing. I love being a part of it. I love you all so much! I am staying focused. . which is NOT easy I could use all the encouragement to stay focused so what you could do to help me is having you stay focus as well :-) GO OUT AND SHARE THE GOSPEL!!! and then write me and tell me about it! haha

 4th of July- Watermelon!

Baptism of Carole. Her favorite color is purple. . so we wore it!

 All My Love,

 Sister Shannon Durr

July 2, 2012

FAMILY!!

 Can you believe that June is OVER, and JULY is here! CRAZY!!! I still can't believe how fast June came and gone. I need to stop blinking. .

This week was AWESOME!!!! I have a short 10 min to write so let’s hope I get in as much as I can! Ready, set, GO!

We had SEVEN people at church yesterday! MIRACLE! Carole was one of them. . She will be getting baptized this Saturday Night (July 7)! So happy. She is stellar. She is so easy to teach because she is prepared for the lessons and she listens to the spirit. She is a hoot as well. Patrick and Sarah also came to church. They loved it. Please pray for Sarah- she got a new job and has to work on Sunday mornings. Bummer! But her work is hiring another person so she hopes that that will help with her being able to at least come to church in the morning. Sarah is awesome and has so much faith! We too are praying for her, because she wants to be in church so bad, especially this one! They are progressing. Patrick is set to be baptized on July 29; we know it will be sooner when things are worked out with his life. Stephen King came to church! Yeah!!! Hahahaha that was another Miracle! Robert and Diana were there. We are still teaching them. . There is progress with his divorce so he and Diana can get married. The Lord is hearing us; please pray for him as well.

 We did service for a member and she couldn't find her camera when we went over there. So of course we prayed with her. She doubting the whole time. . Kept saying "it is gone, there is no way to find it." We looked everywhere in her HUGE house . . . of course we found it! Ha-ha she is the sweetest old lady. We prayed after we found it. She recognized that the Lord helped. It was a really neat experience.  We did service for a gator. Elliot. We mowed his lawn. . BIG YARD! Dad you would be proud of me!! WHAMMY the yard was shaka when we were done! We used the push mower and the sitting mower! I have pictures too. Lol It was hot and for the first time in my whole life I got sweat in my eye!! Hahahaha.

 We are still teaching Gerald. He is always sick. .but loves when we go and teach him. The other day he told us that he is sitting on the fence . . . we didn't get too much detail. In his prayer he prayed that God would help him get off the fence soon. . No problem. He was unable to come to church because of his illnesses. But he is awesome and reading the BOM.

 Here is a funny story.

Background: The sisters were doing service for a lady named Jane. When I got her 5 months ago we went to go see her. In the lesson we taught we invited her to read the Book of Mormon and promised her the blessings. She accepted the invite. Well when we went back a few days later she FLIPPED on me because I was "being too pushing", and "cramming the book down my throat." She never liked me since then but we once a transfer would go and see her. She loved sister Lima. Well. .  I never did that I was fulfilling my purpose has a missionary and helping her come closer to Christ.

Okay Saturday June 30 we were with a member and we went to see Jane. She was so excited to see us. . It kind of surprised me. . Then it started to make sense. Jane "You are back! I am so happy to see that you are back!" I was so confused. . Then she started to bad mouth the sister that had "left" "I feel bad for the people that that girl is teaching . . . blah blah blah. . .” She was totally bad mouthing this sister and all. I wish you could have been there. . Sister Walborn was super confused. I caught on. Jane ever commented on how good I looked because "I lost weight." Jane was talking to "Sister Peterson" and bad mouthing "Sister Durr" I look NOTHING like sister Peterson. . And guess what. . We did leave a message with her! Hahahaha I died laughing when we left and I explained everything to the member and Sister Walborn. Poor old lady. She had no idea. . I am thinking now I should have said you have the wrong person lady. . But maybe next time!

I love this work sooooo much. There have been so many more miracles this past week but I am out of time. I love you all SOOO much and miss you lots! I hope you have a great 4TH OF JULY! Have fun watching the fireworks!!!

Talk to you all Next week!

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 All My Love!

 Sister Shannon Durr

June 25, 2012

HELLO!!!!                                                                                                                 

 There have been so many miracles. The Lord is so blessing the Daytona Ward. I love being a missionary and doing this work! This has been by far the coolest transfer. We are starting to get on the same page as the auxiliary leaders, especially the bishop and the work is going UP!!!!! I wish you could all be here and see it happen first hand. My words for the miracles don’t do it justice. Stick with me and I will give you a little glimpse of what this week has been like.

 Starting with Sunday. Sunday's have always brought big miracles, this Sunday was no exception. All the people that came to church last week were not in attendance this week. We worked hard all week to have them come again, but agency is still very real when deciding whether or not to keep the commandments. We did have Carole there (Gayle’s mom) She loved it of course. The best thing is member referrals because they have the instant fellowship. Love it!!! At the end of the 2nd hour, one of the bishopric members pulled us out to meet two people that were with him. Patrick and Sarah. MIRACLE!!!! Here is their story. Sarah is looking for a church but didn't know where else to go. . . Patrick lives with her, Patrick just got out of jail. His jail mate is a member. We will call him. . Bob. We don’t know why Bob was put into jail, (he is currently there) Bob did missionary work! Hahahaha We can't go into the jail to teach. . So send in a member. (Not really it is bad) but in this case that is what happened. I still can't stop laughing about it. Anyways. Bob talked to Patrick about the church, Joseph Smith and told him to go to church. And well. . . He came to church. They both LOVED the last hour. We went over there a couple hours after church and taught them the Message of the Restoration. They wanted to Book of Mormon. It was powerful. Let me tell you. The Holy Ghost is the ultimate teacher and He was there teaching both of them!!!!! We were moved by the spirit, and invited them to be baptized. . Patrick can't right now and he knows that. Sarah can, but doesn't feel worthy enough she said "I want to be like you two girls with the light of Christ and the knowledge that you have." Gayle was there with us and understood what Sarah was saying. So she helped her understand that she will get there. We have been studying and learning this our whole lives and she is just starting. It was a really cool lesson!!! Next week you will get more updates! They are SOLID!!!

 Another Miracle. There is a member. . We will call her Kiki. She is married, and her husband is not a member. . Gold Mine! We have been meaning to go see her and meet him but our week was so busy we had no time. Well the Lord knew our good intentions and He provided. Kiki's husband came to church with her. So we meet him. We went back after the Sarah and Patrick lesson. They weren't home so we were leaving a note on their door. Well I was taking way too long to write the note . . . perfect. . They got home while we were still standing in front of their door. He had been meeting with Elders in Chicago and now that they live here. . Whammy!!!!! Yesterday was just a miracle day for us in the North. . Even the Elders in the South. They had 10 gators at church. Two full families!!! It is amazing how the gospel, the work that we are involved with just makes us so happy that we "celebrate" for other missionaries that are around us. We get so excited when they people they are working with come. We all know of each other's gators, and we know of the efforts and hard work. We love seeing the fruits of the Elders! It is so great to get support. We all have great respect for each other. All four of us are like family. I will send a picture next week of us four.

 Carole is still set to be baptized on July 7. Our Hindu friend Joyce did not come to church therefore she has to have a new baptism date. We are still working with Gerald and Pat, they didn't come yesterday. We taught them this week the Word of Wisdom. It was very positive! The spirit needs to do the rest of the teaching. We are also working with another part-member family. The dad is a member and coming back to church. His wife and three kids are who we are trying to talk to. Her heart is not really soft at this time, but all she needs to do is meet us, instead of going to the park when she knows we are coming. . Lol. Pray for her, I don’t know her name though. The McGregor Family.

 Thursday. . This is cool. We had a member driving us to an appt. The Person wasn't home . . . we love back up plans. We got a media referral text a few hours earlier. So we went. The women, Diana, answered her door. Looks at us and without hesitation "Please come in." Doesn't even ask us who we are. . Our names. . "Are you Diana?" we ask. "Yes yes please come in and sit." Powerful lesson!!! She just moved back here from Iowa. She meet a Mormon there . . . long story short. . We come. The spirit is strong. . Tears in her eyes as we are testifying! We are about to invite her to be baptized. . . HER PHONE STARTS RINGING!!!!!!!!! REALLY! Ugh!!! And she had to answer it! It was her doctor. . (She is in remission for thyroid cancer) so she had to answer! But the opportunity for the Lord's invite was gone! Satan! We are seeing her tonight. . Hopefully, her mom and dad are in town so we don’t know how busy or not she will be. . . Pray!

That is all I can tell you this week with the time that I have to email you all. I love you all so much. Thank you for your letter's this week. I think I will have time to write you all back but don’t mark my words on paper. I hope you all have a great week. . The last one in June. . Can you believe it!!?? I sure can't where is the time going!?

 I know without a doubt that this is the Lord's true church on the earth today. I read today in my studies "We are sent here to succeed" and that indeed the Lord will not let us ruin this work. . . I love it so much.  

 Sister Walborn and I. Don’t we just look happy!!! Indeed we are!

President and Sister Hall at our apartment for interviews! It was so awesome to have the Priesthood in our home. He even left us with a blessing. It was a very special treat to have them in our home.

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All My Love!  

 Sister Shannon Durr

June 18, 2012

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I hope this email can do justice for all the miracles that we saw this week.

This week was amazing! No doubt we felt the Lord is every aspect of the work. People being led to us and we to them. Incredible to work for these miracles. Our teaching pool is growing at a rate that I have never seen. It can only get bigger and better as we have members praying and talking to their friends and neighbors!

Our gator's Gerald and Pat came to church yesterday. During the week when we were teaching them, Gerald in saying the closing prayer "promised" that he would be at church; you could tell that he surprised himself because he laughed in the prayer. He said yesterday before he and his wife left "You sister’s should get a gold medal for getting me to wake up this early!" It was awesome to have them come! Yesterday was one of the most stressful Sunday’s and we didn't even have a baptism. We had 5 gators come to church. The elders also had 5 gators there. TEN GATORS in total! MIRACLE! Church was packed!!! It was awesome! We set a baptism date with Carol who is Gayle’s mom our recent convert. She had an amazing spiritual witness with the Holy Ghost "a feeling that was very different that has never been felt before" The Elder's along with a member gave her a priesthood blessing. From what we have been told from both parties, it was the most powerful experience ever!! That resulted in her accepting baptism for July 7! She has been prepared like none other! She and Gayle have the gift of feeling the spirit and LISTENING to Him!!!

 We picked up Joyce who is from Trinidad SHe said that she was praying to God to send help and not more than a couple min later we pulled up in her driveway! She is the mother of an investigator that the Elders are teaching. She is a confused Hindu but man does she want to follow the one true God! She will be baptized and wants to come to church. She already has a testimony of answered prayers and the power of the truth!

 Andy- We met him at a bus stop. We talked to him and he agreed to let us come by later that same day to give him a Book of Mormon. We went and he wasn't home (so we went to contact the referral- Joyce! meant to be) the next day we were driving, I can't remember where and the whole time I was like "I should have gone the other way". . . kept driving though "o man, I should have gone down that street". . Still not turning around. . And out of nowhere we see this guy riding a bike. . It looked like Andy's hat and overalls that he wore yesterday. Yup you are right it was Andy!!! So we intercepted him, pulling over the car. . We went to him an hour after that and taught him the Message of the Restoration- giving him a Book of Mormon. He said he was going to try to come to church but didn't end up coming. The coolest thing that we were supposed to go down that road at that time to see Andy to bring him the good news!!! INCREDIBLE! Don’t you see how this is all working out? When we are in the right place at the right time the Lord is so loving and kind that He blessed us with people that are ready for the Gospel! I am sooooo privilege to be a part of it. We are working for these miracles. Not missing a beat. No time is wasted in this wonderful work of the Lord.

 I wish I could share more but I have to get going. I love you all so much and hope that you are all happy and healthy. I can't wait to hear from you all.

P.S. I read D&C 75 this morning! Hahahaha

 A great story that I want to share with you about reading the perfect scripture from the Book of Mormon. Our new gator Chanquell (we met her right after a lesson with Robert and Diana We walked out of their house and she was walking with her two little girls. Sis Walborn and I without hesitation walked straight to her- We were being pulled to her! It was AWESOME!! We call her the fearless contact!) She is going through a lot right now with her young family and trying to keep them together and being happy with life and liking herself. We were teaching and a scripture came to mind (Mosiah 4:12) about God's love. The spirit was so powerful it hit us all, especially her! It was a beautiful change that took place right in front of us!

 I love this work. I love being with Sister Walborn, we feel like new missionaries again.  

 Me and the Lighthouse! The tallest in FL!

Sister Walborn and I! BACK TOGETHER AGAIN!! After 16 months, which we hit together on June 16!

 Sister Shannon Durr

June 11, 2012

FAMILY!!!

  

   This week has been crazy! and it went by so fast. As a matter of fact this whole transfer went by soo fast! I can't believe it. We worked. . And worked. . and worked! We have seen the miracles along with our weaknesses and strengths. Especially mine. Setting goals is becoming one of my favorite things ever; the measuring part is the best!!

Monday was great. HOT day but the tour at international speedway was so much fun. We did it as a district so it was fun!

 We are now teaching a guy named Elliot. He is so sweet. The elders gave him to us because he lives in our area. We did service for him on Tuesday then taught him about the restoration. We saw him again on Thursday. And he came to church yesterday and LOVED it. We see him again tomorrow; we might be mowing his lawn. I wish I knew how to do such a thing. . But given I had brothers and you dad you did the lawn. So I hope that we can do a good job. Hahahaha It is a riding mower. . Pictures will follow I hope. We are also teaching a man named Gerald. They are our newest gators. He is awesome. And super funny. He likes to tell us his war stories. We think he is still trying to cope with the trauma. We are building his faith and showing him that he can be more than a "cafeteria catholic"

Wednesday was when the rain started and didn't end Yes we were on our bikes and it was fine because the rain hit when we were either inside or with a member. . . We need to save our miles :-)

 We talked to President Hall Wednesday night. That was a fun conversation. He asked us when our next baptism was. We probably won’t have a baptism this month. . But we are working towards one. . Elliot! Pray for him.

 We are also teaching a 15 year old- Morgan. She is sweet. She has been coming to seminary for a year. Knows the church like she is already a member. She could get baptized this month as well but wants her boyfriend to perform the ordinance. . But can't because he isn't a Priest yet. So the date is set for some time in August. She is a great example and reminds me a lot of me when I was that age. The only difference: I am a member. She should be by now. We are still working with Robert. We hope his wife will send the divorce papers soon. But nothing is really happening yet. Keep that situation and him in your prayers. . PLEASE! We took him on a temple tour on Friday. It drizzled rain the whole time but it was still pretty special! He liked it a lot and took lots of pictures.

Jathan was FINALLY confirmed yesterday. It was awesome. He went around before sacrament started and asked all the men he wanted to help. He is an incredible kid! We knocked yesterday out of the water. We taught 10 lessons! GO GO . . . . They were some of the most powerful lessons that we have felt. The Holy Ghost was evident as the member's, less-active's, and gators faith was strengthened! And the rain storm was INCREDIBLE!!! We had the car so we stayed dry and safe!

 Well today we got the transfer email. . . READY?? Sister Lima is going to College Park (my first home.) We are so excited!!!! She is going to kill it over there and everyone is going to LOVE her! I am staying here in Daytona. . My new companion is Sister Walborn. We were MTC companions.. So you could imagine my excitement and thrill that the Lord is letting us work together 15 months later. .again! I am sure she is excited as well. We have been hoping and praying that He would let us work together again. I am excited to see the change and growth that we have both gone through. This means that we will probably be staying together for only 6 weeks, because we both go home together. This is going to be an awesome transfer. . But you know what would make it better?????? A LETTER FROM ALL OF YOU!!! DO IT AND YOUR COOL! We are finally going to the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse it is going to be awesome! Pictures next week for sure!!

I love you all so much. Until next Monday I hope you all are wonderful, safe and having fun!! I can't wait to hear from you all

I wanted to pick it up sooooo bad. . But it was HUGE! I chickened out and didn't do it. The frog at Cecil and Rose' house.

Saving DJ the turtle! Ha-ha my third turtle- Sister Lima's first.

 

 All My Love!

 Sister Shannon Durr

June 4, 2012

MY DEAR LOVED ONES. . . . Where are you all???

Sister Lima and I are seeing the miracles from using the tools that Heavenly Father has given us to use. We are in our last week of the transfer. We are both pretty sure she will be transferred so we are living it up. Today we are going on a tour of the Nascar Speedway! YIPPEE.

 As for the work here in Daytona Beach . . . We have been reading the Book of Mormon a lot more with the investigators that we have. Robert and Diana- we have been reading with them. Their understanding is improving. The other day we picked up reading where Robert was. Ether 2. We all learned that the Lord prepares us for the large waves that can knock us down. I have seen that by reading with our gators the spirit is directing us and applying the stories to their lives. We have seen that what we are reading with them applies perfectly; therefore they know exactly what they need to do to get closer to Christ.

 Last night we contacted a media referral. They didn't request us; we don't know how we got their 411. . But they let us in to pray with them (MIRACLE). It was out of this world. The top experience of leaving a prayer. They Gerald and Pat. Gerald is a war veteran and Pat is the spiritual one so she recognized that we were sent of God instantly. Gerald's faith needs to be strengthened. With all that he has experienced in his life. This gospel will bless them. We know it. We were impressed to share a mormon.org video with them (Erick) the spirit was sooooo STRONG . . . we said a pray for departure and left. We got out of there so fast. Not saying much, just "see ya later". The spirit was indeed the true teacher and was present. Incredible. Robert and Diana. The couple that live together. We have been seeing them more. We went over the other day and taught repentance. Once again not saying much, the spirit taught. Robert was at a clear understanding that he can't get baptized until he repents. He came to the conclusion himself that he needs to get a divorce (for reals- not just talk) so he can come closer to Christ and have membership in this church that he knows is true. We have been working with them for a few months. All it took was one 20 min lesson on repentance and everything changed!!! Another Cool story. Katherine our recent convert called us the other day and told us that her mom told her dad lots of false things about the church. Resulting in her not being able to go to church or come out teaching with us. Devastating!! We got her dad's phone number to call him and talk to him to change his mind. The week was crazy and we never got around to calling him. But Friday afternoon we stopped to see Katherine, in the middle of her lesson a car pulled up and a man got out. . . . Can you guess who it was? YUP. . IT WAS HER DAD!!!!! We jumped on that, introduced ourselves and asked if Katherine can come to church and still come out with us.  Of course he said yes! We are the only solid, good thing she has. It was a tender mercy! So cool. 

Cecil, Rose and Diane went to the temple this weekend. They had their own family names and loved every second of it. We got a text from one of President Hall's consoler telling us of the wonderful experience. Cecil bore his testimony yesterday and Rose said the closing prayer. It is so amazing to see the progression of someone you grow to love!! 

 This work is amazing. I know this is all true. I am blessed to be a part of it of this great mission. To be the Lord's servant. Sister Lima and I were talking the other night about how the mission is changing. It is awesome to compare last year to now. And it is true. This mission is improving. The Lord is giving direction to President Hall and the miracles are flowing in. It is wonderful to see the improvement and all the blessings that we all missionaries are experiencing.  One other thing that I have learned this week. Especially in trying to build our teaching pool up again. And not having any gators with a date . . .  but not forgetting the wonderful blessings of the baptisms we have had. I heard this from a member and it has helped me be happy amongst the finding (which can be very tedious). "We are not here to be successful; we are here to be faithful." We have to remain faithful to see the success, if we are not faithful. .should we see the success? We must all remain faithful, especially in the learning how to be the teachers, the disciples that we are called to be!!!

I hope you all are happy and healthy you are in my prayers. .How many of you have a mormon.org profile?? Have you shared it with anyone? YOU SHOULD!!!!! Can't wait to hear from you all. P.S. I read Doctrine and Covenants 89 today!!!

All My LOVE! 

Sister Shannon Durr

May 28, 2012

HELLO!!!

 I know I am a lot of late today in getting this email to you. Some members took us to Pons inlet by New Syrmna beach to go to the lighthouse. Which we were able to see but due to it being hit by lighting right before we got there it was closed, cus there was no power. So they are taking us back there next Monday. Today has been a slightly crazy day- not fun for a p-day but we live.

 This week has been awesome. Sister Lima went to leadership training and I worked with Sister Staley in Eustis. We had a ton of fun. Like doing service for an investigator helping her paint one of the rooms white. . . see picture 2531, it was  BLAST!!! and VERY HOT! but so much fun!! I was really glad to be back with Sister Lima and back in our area after the two day exchange. But I learned alot and learned that you can never slow down. There is not enough time to stop! We are working hard to find more people to teach. We had our last set baptism on Sunday. Jathan- incredible baptism the spirit was so strong, sweet and tender! I felt lucky and blessed to be there. It was awesome! We went to his grandparents house for lunch after the baptism. . it seriously felt like I was home. It was fun! there were non-members there and less-actives so the work never stopped! We hope to start teaching a guy named Todd who was at the baptism.

    We did start to teach a guy we met the other day while biking. Lucky- he has a long road ahead of him to change his life, but this gospel- The atonement can, will and does change people! So we are working with him. He had called us a day after we talked to him, we went over, started teaching- we invtied him to dump out his vodka- which he did!!!! IT WAS AWESOME! That stuff is nastey and poision to the body. The smell was sicking to the stomach. We wants to quit and will! He is such a cool guy. There were a few first lesson's given- lots of cancellations and people dropping us but that doesn't stop us from testifying. We did teach that family that waved us down this week. It was aweful! They met with us just to prove to us that we were wrong and the Joseph Smith was a false prophet. They even dicounted our testimonies and told us that no one can know by feelings. . yer they were going off their feelings. It was really interesting, yes I felt like crying after but it was a wonderful learning experience. A great way that my testimony was strengthened. I am grateful for this Ture, living and everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ that was restored to this earth by a true real Prophet of God- Joseph Smith did translate the Book of Mormon for us today. I love it so much!!! This church is true. The Holy Ghost told me so and I can't DENY it!!!!

I love you all so much, I hope to hear from you all soon AKA WRITE ME!

Kyle I hope you had a great 27th birthday!

and HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!

Sister Staley and I on exchanges in Eustis. Service for an investigator.

Baptism of Jathan. May 27, 2012 

 Sister Shannon Durr