September 25, 2019

Just a couple highlights: 

My nap today was longer than intended hahaha so it's a short email cuz we got to go to the temple and prepare our lesson!! 

At lucy mack i met this cute Spanish family: there was a young man with crutches, and he injured himself from football so I started talking to him about football. Asked him all about it haha. He lit up instantly and as we talked about it somehow we started talking about missions. And him preparing for a mission. It was an amazing conversation. His mom was so funny she wanted to take a picture of my book of mormon cuz she that it was so cute hahaha we took a picture together of us pretending to study it together and she loved it haha 

I got to serve at lyon drug twice this week. I used to not like serving there. But i love it now. I love showing people the gardens. The Lyon drug gardens have become sacred to me. Its interesting to ponder, because The Lord loves gardens too. (Garden of eden, garden of gethsemane, garden by the tomb when he was resurrected, etc.) So I love that place. 

On sunday we were on call, which means we weren't assigned to sites. So we decided to go to carthage. Cuz i miss that place. We got a tour from sister Miskin and Mitchell. It was good. I think the reason it was special was because the whole time i kept redirecting My thoughts and feelings to the Savior. 

The other day we were serving at land and records and i was helping this man and his son. They kept talking to themselves "woah Leslie would love this. Oh gosh Leslie will go crazy over this. I can't wait to show leslie. Etc. Etc." I finally told them that it was weirding me out cuz that's my first name haha we had a good laugh and I loved learning about their family. Before they left they were like

"you made our day" 

"you are like our leslie" 

It was so sweet. 

This week i made a lot a lot of Banana bread haha. My roommates call me an addict for it. But i don't eat it all! I delivered like 5 loaves of banana bread the other day to people. It makes me happy. And makes our house smell good too (; 

We Had dinner with the Tolmans (from el paso) and osmans. It was WAY good. We  talked about finding peace in troubling times. I love those guys. 

 

Came home to try to do more organizing: 

Started reading my old journals.

Wow. 

I can't believe where I was and how far I've come. I forgot how much I struggled. I forgot how much I grew. I wish I had recorded more of my feelings instead of just events. It just astounds me how as I humbled myself, the Lord was able to mold me and shape me. It all seems so long ago, yet it was yesterday. "Our lives passed by as it were a dream." 

It was pretty sobering to read my journals and realize all of this. And look back on my mission, my memories and my testimony. I'm not sure what to think. I don't want to "wrap up" my mission. I don't want to say goodbye and "move on to the next stage of life." I want to bring my mission with me. I want to keep searching, stretching and striving. I want to look back in 2 years and again think the same thing: wow. Look how much I've changed. Look how much my testimony has grown. 

Well I think those are some of my thoughts this week!

Love you both!!!! Talk to you next week!!! 

Sister Bush