Letter #26 from Mary

Hey family! I love the moab pictures!!!! Dad, you are so cool. The Elders
were all very impressed. I am not going to lie, i am a little jealous. Cant
wait to go when i get home!!!! It sounds like you two are playing more than
ever. Whats that like again? I cant remember.

Destin, what is it like being a missionary in Russia? Do you guys knock
tons of doors? How many contacts do you get a week? What do you guys do
all day? Do you focus on the same investigators for months and months? Its
got to be the same, but so different because we find people and teach them,
and if they dont progress, we drop in 3 weeks. I would love to know what
you guys do over there. Lots of activities, or what?

This week we helped a family move, the whole zone did a service. but it
wasnt your typical move job... here its a little different. We took apart
the whole house and carried all the materials to the new lot to rebuild the
house. We literally moved an entire house. So much work, and of course we
didnt completely finish, but the majority of the house we moved in about 4
hours. We were beyond tired, but its always a good feeling to serve others.

Welp family, love you so much! i love the mission, we are struggling a
little with the investigators right now, we havent had one baptism this
month, but we have 3 that can get baptized the 28th, so we are really going
to focus on what they need, and see if we can help them gain a testimony.
And if we dont reach our goal of 3 baptisms this month, its okay. the most
important thing is that the people we baptize really have a testimony of
the gospel. Baptize converts is the goal. Anyway, love you tons family and
friends! tell maddie happy birthday!!!!


Romanette!!!  Chica, yo le puedo llamar por su nombre ahora! <usted es la
presidenta de mujeres jovenes, eh? lo maximo. No lo puedo creer que usted
ya se fue para la casa, y esta viviendo normal!!! Que raro! Que bueno que
mi hermana le accepto por face, por fin! Usted va a subir todas las fotos
para que las pueda ver despues de la mision, ¿ya? No se olvide de su hija
aca en peru, en la mision! Le quiero mucho, y se que las chicas en su rama
le necesitan, y van a aprender tantas cosas de usted.  Hasta luega
mamita!!!

Hermana Swartz