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wasn't about to give up that family tradition! I made everyone
carve pumpkins with me :)
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| Our awesome district |
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| We taught John how to
take selfies |
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| He even learned how
to take pictures of other things! ..and he learned about the Restoration again.
He loved it by the way. |
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I'm sorry mom but I love this cat! I'm thinking about
shipping her home. The animal shelter let us have her for a night because I
love her so much. Candy is the sweetest cat ever.
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| this one is just
better of both of us haha |
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| Texas... <3 |
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we did a heart attack on our elders' doors
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| typical Texas.. |
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| FC Dallas service
project.. all we did was help out at the tailgate party. Super fun! |
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| and there was a
bouncy house. Who said missionaries had to be adults all the time? |
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| Texas barbeque is the
best! |
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FC Dallas :)
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| Transfers :( that's
about as close to a hug as it gets haha everyone always does fake hugs |
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| car trouble... |
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| Elder Rowland drew
that for us :) |
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| We had a glasses day
for our district |
Hey y'all!
I am just doing great down here in The Colony. The miracles
just never seem to cease. I definitely understand how return missionaries feel
about how fast their missions went by. By next transfer I'll only have a year
left! I love my mission. Halloween has brought on a little bit of homesickness,
but being with the people is enough to keep me happy. The holidays might be a
little difficult.. BUT we also have so many exciting things coming up. Kayce
and Alex are being baptized Nov.16 and Dec.7! I'd rather be nowhere but here
through the holidays, it's just weird because I've never not been with family
for the parts of the year coming up.
Updates! Halloween was a lot of fun actually. We aren't
allowed to work from 5-9 on that night, so we all had a party with one other
district. Oh, I had Tex Mex for the first time with some members. It was SO
good. Speaking of food, I made chicken pillows for everyone at the Halloween party!
It's one of the meals I miss most from home, so of course I jumped at the
opportunity to make it for all the missionaries. Everyone loved it! Mom you'd
be proud- it just took me probably an hour longer than it would've taken you!
I LOVE Texans. People always ask me what my favorite thing
about being a missionary is. It's not a difficult question at all! The
nonmembers, investigators, and members are all just incredible. I love the
south. If we do end up tracting, people are generally nice simply because of
that good ole southern hospitality.
Kayce is doing SO good. She's such a solid investigator. She
bore her testimony two fast Sundays in a row! She joked about being less active
one night, that actually worried us for a little, then, we looked at the facts.
She's never going less active. She bore her testimony on faith and hope this
past week. Apparently there was an airport shooting I've heard nothing about,
but she mentioned it and talked all about how much we need faith and hope in
this world. She has come such a long way!
John Cook is still probably my most favorite person right
now. We visit him atleast 3 times a week, during slow hours. He just loves us!
Everyone at the facility knows us and is quite jealous John always gets 2 cute
girls to come visit him so frequently. We've been singing a lot to him as well
and people gather around his room for his visits. He's doing missionary work
and he can't even walk! I love it.
This week I've really loved the New Testament! I read out of
the NT, The Book of Mormon, and Jesus the Christ every day. Jesus the Christ is
such an incredible book, by the way. It's very deep, but it gives great insight
to our Savior and His gospel. One of my favorite scriptures is Matthew
13:45-46 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man,
seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went
and sold all that he had, and bought it." One of the biggest blessings on
my mission is being able to devote SO much time to the gospel and to God. I
hope I will always give all that I can for the gospel, because, to me, it is of
greater worth than anything. These versus reminded me of the lyrics to
one of my favorite efy songs: "People have told me how to be happy, but I
find their remedies empty. These are my pears, God's treasures unfurled, mean
more to this girl, more than the world to me".
God be with Y'all! Or as John Cook says 'byo con Dios'-
excuse my horrible spanish but it means Go with God.
Sister Dalling
My Address:
5008 Pemberton Ln.
The Colony, TX 75056
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