What's happened this week!!

WELL, LIKE YOU'VE PROBABLY GATHERED FROM THE NOTES I JUST SENT... I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING MUCH THIS WEEK!!! SISTER RICH STARTED GETTING SICK ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SO WE'VE STAYED IN SINCE THEN!! IT'S GOING ON 4 DAYS AND IT'S BEEN CRAZY!!! I'VE DONE A LOT OF READING (I FINISHED THE CONFERENCE ENSIGN AND WENT BACK AND WROTE DOWN THINGS THAT I LEARNED OR NEED TO CHANGE OR WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME IN EACH ONE)(I ALSO FINISHED MOSIAH AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PINNING DOWN ALL OUR INVESTIGATORS ON THE MAP, AND WORKING ON A PROJECT, AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS!).

BUT BEFORE SICKNESS HIT...ON WEDNESDAY WE HAD A MOST AMAZING ZONE CONFERENCE WITH ELDER RICHARDS OF THE 70... IT WAS SO GOOD!!! I LEARNED SO MANY THINGS... BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR: I'M THE LORD'S SERVANT AND I DON'T NEED TO FEAR OR BE AFRAID!! I CAN BE BOLD AND CONFIDENT IN THE FACE OF EVERYTHING BECAUSE I'M DOING HIS WORK!!! IT WAS SO AMAZING... HE TALKED FOR 3 HOURS AND I COULDN'VE LISTENED TO HIM FOR HOURS AND HOURS MORE!!! FOR LUNCH WE GOT TO EAT AT THE TABLE WITH PRES AND SISTER COREY, I LOVE THEM BOTH SO MUCH!!! I'M GOING TO MISS THEM WHEN THEY GO HOME!! WHEN I WAS CALLING ABOUT SIS. RICH I CALLED THEM ABOUT 5 TIMES IN A COUPLE OF HOURS AND PRES. WAS JUST LAUGHING WHENEVER I CALLED... HE'S GREAT!!! IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO BE GUIDED AND LED BY SUCH A WONDERFUL SERVANT OF THE LORD!!

WELL, I CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER WHAT ELSE THAT I DID THIS WEEK, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE COMPUTER LONG ENOUGH... IF THERE IS ANYTHING WORTH TELLING I'LL WRITE IT IN A LETTER OR SAVE IT FOR NEXT WEEK!!

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK THOUGH... WAS THAT I WAS READING THE BOM AND I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF "SELF...JOSEPH SMITH SAID THAT A MAN COULD GET NEARER TO GOD BY ABIDING BY ITS PRECEPTS/PRINCIPLES THAN BY ANYOTHER BOOK... WHAT CAN I GET OUT OF THE BOM THAT WILL HELP ME TO GET CLOSER TO GOD??" IT WAS LIKE THE CONDUIT OF REVELATION FIXED A BREAK AND IT JUST STARTED FLOWING!!! IT'S HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE THEN, AND I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT HOW I CAN BE A BETTER DISCIPLE OF CHRIST AND A BETTER MISSIONARY!! I'M JUST STARTING INTO ALMA, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT I LEARN THIS TIME AROUND!!!

WELL, I BETTER GO AND SEE HOW SISTER RICH IS DOING... KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS... SHE'S HARDLY EVER GOTTEN SICK BEFORE AND SHE'S HAVING A HARD TIME HANDLING IT!!

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR ME... AND AGAIN... I LOVE THE GPS!! IT'S GOING TO SAVE US SO MANY MILES!!! HAVE A FABULOUS WEEK... I LOVE YOU TO THE END OF THE UNIVERSE... WHICH HAS NO END ACTUALLY :) SMILE BECAUSE YOU'RE A CHILD OF GOD!!!!

LOVE FROM INDIANAPOLIS...
SIS. ALEX