As a mother it
must be a rollercoaster ride every Monday. The anticipation, the joy of
emailing, the sadness of having to wait 7 more days; over and over 52 times.
So true… but
let’s be honest, it’s more like 104 times. I live for Mondays. As a working mother – I never thought I would
say that but it’s true. On Mondays I
know I will hear from my missionary son and all day long I am patiently
waiting. I believe he used the word
“anticipation” – the act of looking forward to something. Got that right! This sums it up:
Since Elder
Packham was called as Zone leader, his emails are definitely shorter. It’s ok though- at least that is what I tell
myself.
Elder Packham
just passed his one year mark. Wow –
where does the time go?! As much as I
miss him, in all honesty I have to say that it is going by so fast. I imagine that he is feeling like there is so
much yet to do and it is going too quickly. I hope and pray that he will stay
busily engaged in the work of the Lord. Here
is his email from this week:
Mother,
Another week in
the books! So much has happened! Wow! I just love it! I hit my 1 year mark!
Yay! Best 365 days of my life. So much has happened in my life and I've grown
so much. This last week was great! I don't know if it was this week or last. I
gave the Stake President a blessing. Wow, talk about powerful. It's not every
day you get to give your Stake President a blessing. Elder Mcleod and I held
the new missionary trainer meeting this week and I conducted that. It was
really good! One of our missionaries fainted last Monday and she was rushed to
the hospital. They ran tests and told her that she had a tumor on her neck that
was right by her brain. My companions Elder Mcleod and Elder Marshall went and
gave her a blessing with President McMullen, a member of the mission
presidency. They ran more tests to see if it was malignant or benign and they
told her that it was weird and it isn't showing a tumor anymore. Miracles
happen and they released her from the hospital not knowing what happened or
what caused the fainting. She may still have to go home from her mission
though, it's sad. I was able to get an interview with President Mecham this
last week. Phenomenal! Just amazing. I love that man. I just learn so much from
him. Transfers are in another 2 weeks. This last week was my year mark and
thank you for the s’mores, we are eating those tonight I think. I just got off
the phone with the Assistants and then our Stake President so now my train of
thought is lost and I'm just so focused on gettin' business done. lol. OH! I
found it, I was able to minister to one of the companionships in my zone on a 3
day exchange this week and that went really well. It was definitely an inspired
exchange.
I am doing really
well. I am staying happy, healthy, and well.
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