everyone I've met is amazing. We're living in members' homes and we
are fed by different families from church every night. They all just
love and adore their missionaries and we are treated so well.
Time to rewind actually: We had to meet at the bus in the MTC with our
bags packed at 3:35am last Tuesday morning. I was dead tired. We flew
to Portland, and our mission president and his wife and assistants
picked all 31 of us up and drove us to Vancouver to eat lunch and
learn things and meet people then eat dinner then sleep there. When we
were in the mission home, one of the Assistants to the President
(Elder Clarke) said, "Sister Carter!" So I turned around and he was
like, "The Lymans want me to tell you hi for them." That just made my
day! I was feeling a little awkward and out of place but then when he
said that, I felt so comfortable just knowing we had the mutual friends
of the Lymans. I sure hope I get to see them sometime soon!
Time to rewind even further: Back in the MTC, my roommate really
wanted to play four-square instead of going to the weight room one day
during our gym time, so we reluctantly joined her. It was such a
wonderful throwback to the Blue Oak Elementary School days! I killed
it and was getting so many random compliments from strangers
throughout the week after that...apparently four square is pretty big
at the MTC. If only I knew that earlier, I could've made so many more
friends.
Just an FYI for everyone, my mom will be posting all of my emails and
pictures to cassiesmission.blogspot.com (hopefully that's the right
link) which also has my mission home address and some info about my
mission on the right side of the page if you're interested in that.
Also, there's supposedly a Washington Vancouver Mission FB page where
they post pictures and other various things about us.
Ok now to the spiritual side again: I just love God and I love that
I'm getting to know Him so much more every day. I know that He sees us
so differently than we see ourselves. He sees our divine potential and
is just waiting for us to reach what He knows we can become. He's
always there for us, just waiting for us to pray to Him and ask Him
for help to get through our trials. Even when we haven't prayed to Him
and asked Him specifically for any help, His hand is always in our
lives and it's just up to us whether we want to recognize it or not.
Look up and read Alma 30:44 (preferably the entire Chapter 30 but
mainly verse 44) and think about all the little tender mercies we take
for granted. God loves us each so much and wants the best for us each
individually.
I love you all, and thank you for all your love and support! You da
best.
The couple we're living with made us a completely green dinner because we're greenies, including green potatoes, chicken, water, grapes, broccoli, and a purely green salad.
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