Week 62

Hello family!!!

You are the best family in the whole world! Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes!  How did you know that we were going to Panera today?!?  We really were already planning to go so Sister Hall and I could have our reunion at our favorite place and now I have a gift card for it!! :)  I am going to be eating like a queen! Jon and Juan gave me a gift card for Applebee's! they sure are the sweetest!!! :) When they showed up yesterday I about jumped out of my seat and my heart was pounding out of excitement!  I love those guys more than you know! I am so glad you got to meet them and kind of feel why I love them so much! I got to see the videos and cry! Kyson is getting so big!  I am grateful that you had the sacred opportunity to meet some of the people I love so much! :) They are seriously such a blessing in my life! :) So I guess I should tell you about my new companion! Sister Jensen! I haven't laughed this hard in a long time! haha we have a lot of fun! which is good because I was a bit worried about my friends leaving!  but I got a best friend as a companion! :) She's from Kaysville! she's 23 so she knew of Sister Hall but they're not very close in age! :) It's very interesting that we are companions...we have already learned much from each other. She is struggling with her confidence a little bit. And so I think that's a big reason why God put us together. She has taught me a lot about the Savior and the Atonement.  She just graduated from BYU and majored in Human Development. I don't know what else to tell you!  but I can tell you that we have fun :) I think I am constantly laughing! And I am grateful for that! Lots of people are taking care of me today, haha I've already gotten messages from Elder Genereux and Sister Hall and some people from our ward. I am grateful to be in such a great mission! :) and Sister Harwood from the office called :)  at transfer meeting she gave me a zillion hugs!!!  I don't remember if I told you but her brother was my sophomore year English teacher! pretty small world huh?! Mr.Woddups! haha Maria just walked into the library so I stopped and talked to her and found out that North Thurston county is going to pay for her to have a place to live!!! Yay! :) It's so awesome I am so happy for her! She got a little discouraged this week, but now she's doing much better! so it's happy! :) Another happy thing is that C has been coming to church!  Gary is still doing good! He's about the same though, he takes tiny steps every week, but not as big of steps as I want him to take, but it's all in God's hands! :) He was trying to make it by my birthday (which was unknown to me) so we'll see how our lesson goes tomorrow! :) We are also teaching 2 10 year olds and a few 8 year olds! I love the little kids! and a part member family :) So we are staying pretty busy I think! :) Transfer meeting was good! I got to see all my friends and people I love! :) For probably the last time...but! it was good! :)  We rode up with a new senior couple that just got here to do the job that the Clarke's were doing! I sure miss them! But it was very funny! They just sounded like an old married couple :P I was a little stressed!  They might've been bickering a little bit cuz none of us knew where to go! :)  but we got there and back safely! And they took us to Meconi's on the way back! :) Yum! :) District meeting is very very different... it will be an interesting transfer :)  Oh! On Wednesday night we stopped by the Falter's house and Sister Falter was going out of town so she gave us some food :) and we got to talk to her daughter Brooklyn! I love that girl! but she had her interview with the stake president for her mission papers and afterwards she just felt very scared! haha so we went over there and talked to her. And I told her to read D&C 25 but then we saw her on Friday and she told me she read D&C 125 and it was so much help!!!  so God knew what she needed I just had to get her to open to D&C I guess! :) it was cool though! Basically, I love you, I love my mission, and I love Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ! :) I will talk to you all about everything in just 6 short days! :) I am sorry if this is short, I am running out of time though...so I just want you to know that I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! :) I am happy and healthy so don't worry! :) haha Love you!

Love always

Sister Wilkins :)