This is my last real email from Nauvoo. WE won't email next week because we have our YPM sociable to practice for, and then the week after will just be about flight plans. AHHHHHHHHH!!!! That's so weird and so sad!!! Also, I apologize in advance because the shift key on this computer sticks so there will be two capital letters a lot and it's too much time to fix it.
This has been a wonderful week! We had Johnny Day where we played "When Johnny comes marching home" 12 times. We had a paper airplane contest/war on the third floor of the Cultural Hall on a rainy day. We had lots and lots of rain. We had one day that was 92% humidity and another that was 88%. You could seriously see the humidity and feel it like a mist. It was nasty!! President Gibbons came with us on the wagon on THursday, which was so fun because he is actually the coolest mission president ever. There are so many other funny stories and quotes, but they aren't funny without context and there isn't enough time on the computers. So look forward to hearing them!
A couple weeks ago, another YPM said "It's a privilege to be exhausted in the work of the LOrd." It is so true!! We are so tired every single day. Even with the 8 hours of sleep that we try to get every night, we are still so tired as we just keep going all day, every day. We do have down time throughout the day but we use it for study and such. But I am grateful for the opportunity to be tired, especially in Nauvoo. Like another sister said, I would trade even one of my best days at home for a not-so-great day here in Nauvoo. I love it! WE truly are enabled and strengthened to do everything that He asks of us. Like playing Bugler's every single time. I know that there are angels who play with us and who will bear us up. We joke about Angel Moroni playing with us, but I truly believe that there are angels who play with us because the sound that comes out of us is way different than the sound that should come out of our group. What an incredible blessing. In SUnday School today we read 2 Kings 6:16 that says there are more with us than there are with them. THere are so many angels with us working to help us be the best we can be and to have the SPirit with us.
In my personal study this week, I read Alma 5 and looked at it as a personal interview. Wow!! What an incredible chapter. What stood out to me was the question: "Can ye feel so now?" YOu have all felt the SPirit and you have all had experiences in your life when you knew that GOd loved you. But can you feel that now? If not, change whatever you are doing in your life that is preventing you from feeling that same Spirit and love. And then Alma 7 teaches about Christ. I am so grateful for the Book of Mormon that teaches us those basic doctrines of Christ that we take for granted. Go read Alma 7 and be reminded of just how much we know about Him. I know that Christ is our Savior and our older brother. He has suffered everything we will go through in life and is right there with us if we will just ask for help and strength and comfort. I am so grateful for the Atonement. It is truly for each and every one of us!
One sister mentioned today that we must testify with our eyes. We see so many people everyday and there's no way we can talk to everyone, especially when we are on the wagon. But we shine with the light of Christ and people can see that light and feel of our joy, and that is one way that we can share the Gospel and our testimonies. Make sure that others will want to come to Christ because they know you and they can see what is different in you. ALways strive to have that light and never let it grow dim.
I love you all! I love Nauvoo! The Church is true and life is good!!
Sister HOlbrook
(isn't that shift key thing annoying. woo for life!)
Jeff, Carly, Conner and Lily came to visit!
Every night, the band performs with the other missionaries in "Sunset by the Mississippi"
Most days, the band rides around town and stops to play fun "dancing" music.
The women's garden - an afternoon performance of beautiful hymns.
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