Week 31

another epic week has gone by! and i love it!!!

Haha.. But i have noticed lately that i am so tired.. All the time. I guess that's just the life of a missionary!

Also.. I have been a master chef lately.. Haha.. we have awesome breakfasts, and when members dont feed us we have way good dinners. I was SO sick of microwave pizza and top ramen and toast.. So i decided to put an end to that! I love it. Its so fun!

Haha random thought.. I have had some CRAZY dreams this week.. With people in them that i haven't thought about since i left! So funny. I wake up in the middle of the night and i just start laughing. Soo weird.

Anyways.. things are going great out here on the mission.
Yesterday at church we gave a lesson in our Gospel Principles class about Charity. It was an AWESOME lesson and our investigator Jennifer was in tears! SHe is so awesome. And has such a soft heart.

Anyways.. Talexis(lexy) and Marilyn are going to be baptized this upcoming Sunday after church! They are so excited!! Haha they have become pretty good friends because of the church and they have a countdown going on and all that good stuff! There is something about teaching younger kids the gospel that is SO hard.. But SOO rewarding. At any rate.. They are very excited and Lexy wants me to baptize her! So that will be a special experience for the both of us!

Anyways.. I have been studying Christ life a LOT lately... I've been reading things in Jesus the Christ and the other day i read the Sermon on the Mount! And that is awesome! I've read it before but something clicked this time i read it. When it says "that the mourner shall be comforted because he shall see the divine purpose in his grief" that hit me so strongly! And it made me realize that challenges really are here to make us strong. And one day we will fully realize that!

I think that I am enjoying my mission so much because i finally feel like i'm doing exactly what i'm supposed to be doing. Before... Life was good. But there were a lot of things that i was missing out on! Im grateful for this time that i have to serve. Life is good...

Anyways.. Things are going great.. And transfers are coming up here pretty soon. We got permission to go to Nauvoo again! Haha so we're going this Friday with some members here in Fayette! Im really excited. I love the temple!

Things are going good.. And im keepin very busy.

I love you all!!

Love Elder Russell