Week 11

Dear Family, I really don't have lots to tell about this week. It was basically a trial of my faith. We had some solid things set up and all of them fell through. We had a lady yell at us at her porch, and about a thousand doors slammed in our face. Missions are wonderful and horrible at the same time. You get so excited when people are genuinely being changed by the savior, and then you get the adversary trying to discourage you with all the rejection. However, the book of Mormon is true. Jesus Christ is the only way back to God's presence. I know this to be true and I pray that the Lord will help me find someone who is genuinely ready for the gospel. We have this thing that the president Fenn sends to us each week called the Harvester. It is called the Harvester because NOW is the time to harvest. The Lord is calling to his elect. I hope that I will be worthy to find the elect. Church was wonderful yesterday. The topic of the sacrament meeting was enduring to the end. The Lord was definitely sending me a message. haha. We ended up cancelling the next ward because we had ICE RAIN. That stuff is brutal. Your car basically has no tracktion whatsoever. That was pretty fun to drive in let me tell you. I am driving now. I drive a malibu. It is a pretty descent car. I call him Orkie the Malibu. He doesn't talk to me yet like Rufus did. Don't worry though, I am breaking him in. My companion and I, have several laughs a day. We are both from utah, and thus we are use to having mountains to gauge ourselves with. Yes, this doesn't work out here. We get lost a lot. haha. umm..we are trackting a lot. The stories that you hear about in the Ensign from trackting experiences, the trial of the faith ones, that is definitely us. Haha. people hiding behind a wall thinking you can't see them, people not opening their doors but looking at you through the window and getting angry. Yup...we've got them all. Sister McCluskey say's it's not as bad as her last area. haha. Any way, Mom is there anyway you could send me some work out dvd's Like P90x or Jillian Michaels? I would do them everyday. It's to dark in the mornings to go out of the apartment and too cold. Well I love you lots. Love Sister Braten.