Lane and Mrs. Kim.

HAPPY FATHER`S DAY DADDY!!!! Ah, I am SO sad I couldn't be there with you to celebrate. I would have LOVED to have been there. I was just talking to the other sisters the other day about how wouldn't it be nice if I could just go home for a weekend, say I love you, and then come back? You’re the best dad in the whole world, and I love you so much. And know that if I could, I`d be there in a second. Sorry I couldn't make you lobsters again, but I hope Noah stepped up to the task for you. 

RACHIE RACHIE FARNSWORTH!!! KILL IT IN THE MTC SISTER FRIEND!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND YOU WILL BE ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!! Seriously, just have as much fun as possible. And cherish those Sunday walks. AH!! YAY SISTER FRIENDS FOREVER!!!

This week has been....interesting. I actually don`t even know what to say or where to start or end, because I really don`t feel like I have anything to say. I`ve thought about getting hit by a car at least 12 times a day this week. Okay, so fine. That`s dramatic. BUT, sometimes we`re walking around for hours, and I have no idea what to do. Sister Call says that sometimes when she`s walking around, she watches Hercules in her head, so I might start doing that too. 

Highlights of this week, after a realllyyy long day, we walked outside, and Celine was playing. "She lifts us up. She brings it down. It`s like the most powerful thing I`ve ever seen." And, I knew....near, far, wherever you are. Yeah, anyways. I love you guys. And I love Celine. 

That family that I told you about last week is incredible! The other night, we went over to their house with the Bishop and his wife to teach about the Plan of Salvation. I love seeing how much sense it makes to people. Because it does! It makes perfect sense! They accepted the invitation to be baptized in two weeks, and what do you know! Their son is turning 8 this week! YAY! I am so excited to be teaching a family, because that`s always the goal, and it`s so much greater to see whole families coming closer to Christ. Then they made us dinner and my companion may or may not have had to eat chicken blood. Hahahah. Oh, the joys of not eating meat and just being fed soup and bread :)  

Also, in an effort to get one of our investigators to come to church with us, we did a church swap. We went to her church, and she came to ours. Well...guess what church she belongs to? Seventh Day Adventist. Hahahah I could not stop thinking about Lane and Mrs. Kim and Gilmore Girls and how crazy they always made it out to be. It wasn`t that weird, but I may or may not have fallen asleep. Oops. It`s okay though, because I`m pretty sure she fell asleep when she was at church with us...so...yeah.

Other than that, it was a really long week. With not a lot of success. And not a lot of laughter. I`ve been trying to be happy and excited and feel like the Lord knows what I`m going through. And I know he does, because I know he knows all of our weaknesses and all of our pains and afflictions, and if we are patient, he will strengthen us and lift us up. But sometimes, it just seems really, really far away. I`m trying to focus on the work. And it`s not even the work that`s getting me down--that`s the worst part. But it`s just hard. Most of the time, it`s trying to figure out the balance in who to please. And I think the keeping my mouth shut for the past few weeks is starting to build up and now I think my head my explode one of these days. But, I know the Lord loves me. And I know He loves every single one of us. And I know that He knows what we are going through and what we are experiencing, and as long as we keep working hard and do our part, He will lift us up and free us of our burdens. I`m just so grateful that I know that. And I`m so grateful that I can always fall back on that at the end of every long day.

Well, that`s all I`ve got for this week. I`m sorry. I wish I had more to say, but I don`t. I just have a lot of love for you all. I`m going to play Ping Pong with our District for District P-Day so...hahahah. This should be funny. And to think, I grew up with a ping pong table in our basement. To be fair...the net was always broken. ANYWAYS. I love you all. So so so much. You`re all perfect. And sorry I haven`t been better about writing letters. I`ve been spending all my free time this transfer drowning my sorrows in cookie dough. Oops. But that doesn`t mean that I don`t love you and think about you all the time! Because I do!! I LOVE YOU SO!!!

xoxo,

Sister Brooks

ps. it`s 7 months til my birthday today, so....start planning on how you´re going to get milk bar over here Kris. 

Sister Call