Letter #28

Hey family. How u doin this week?? I am so happy that Alvin's team got 4th at state. hat is pretty sweet. I wish that I could have been there. I will go next year for sHore.. ha ha. I miss basketball like CRAZY! I think I'm gonna go buy a ball at wally world and then go to the church and make my comp rebound for me or somethin.. haha. I am sorry that my email was so short last week. I do love you all and miss ya'll like Craziness.
Our young men and young womens program isn't as strong as it is out in the west. Mainly becuase we don't have very many youth that actually come. We are definitely workin on it though. Trina isn't an athlete.. HA HA. The Blacks are very classy people. They are the best.
It was another hard week in Kentucky. They just keep getting harder, but so much more rewarding. I dunno if that makes sense. We got Mikey all baptized and he did a great job. He was very happy. His family was all there to support him too. (even his non member family members). It was a great sight to see.
I am really startin to click with the people here. I just love them so much. They all will definatley be lifetime friends for me. I have really pondered the meaning of friendship. I had a member yesterday ask me if I was alright. It just made me feel so good to know that someone would take time to ask me if "I was alright." I never noticed how much that meant to me till this member asked me that. Even the littlest things mean the greatest. I guess I have been havin a real hard time and it shows in my face. I don't mean to wear my emotions, but sometimes it happens. I guess It means I am workin hard maybe. I don't know. It really is hard to be a trainer, when you and your companion are just at 2 totally different levels in life. You learn from eachother though. My companion is having an EXTREMELY hard time. It's just really hard for her to be on a mission. I told her I would never let her go home though. She said that I am her only friend she has and she told me Thank you the other day for taking the time to talk to me. I know she will get through this! I mean hey a mission isn't exactly a piece of cake for me Eitha or anyone that has ever served. It sometimes gets hard when you have to stop and have a heart to heart chat while trying to find people to teach because your companion is crying. We all need different things though in life.
We had an encounter with the devil the other day. I am sorry but we DID!! We knocked on a door and the guy slammed his door open and it hit me in the face.. OH YEs that did it for me... He said in a very scarey voice.. "would you ladies like some tea".... (he is very old and gray)... We told him we don't drink tea.. He then said We don't believe in the same god.. I said.... How can we believe in a different god?? There is only one....... he then started to tell us we were in Error and we worshipped Joseph Smith and that he would pray for us and he just started yelling and telling us we were so confused in everything..... I told him if we were so confused how could we be going door to door to tell you about this...... He then just hushed up and slammed his door and said I'll pray for u girls.. I then said.. We will pray for you too.. LOL... It was so weird..
I love you family. Thanks for your support. I will be home in 8 1/2 months!! (not like I am countin or anything... )... : ) Have a great week.. I'll see ya'll soon.
Luv
Chelz