Hi Family!!!!!!!!
Well, i really hate to say it, but this email is going to be short and i know it - so i'm warning you beforehand :) this week has flown by -- my life is flying by and it kind of freaks me out. well, biggest news of the week is transfers. the zone leaders called us and they actually three way called with our district leaders because they were all shocked and wanted to hear our reaction. i'm staying in midwood still and sister t. smith is leaving. we heard it, said "okay thank you elders. goodnight" and they were so disappointed because it was very anticlimactic they said. oops. i'm really, really sad to see sister t. smith leave - we got really close, but it is for the best. so, a of tomorrow i will have a new companion! weird. and, if i get left in midwood again next transfer, that will be half of my mission!!!!!! the ward HATES transfers, that's why this is short because we need to say goodbye. bah. goodbyes - WAY too many of those in the life of a missionary. however, they always make room for new adventures!
sunday was interesting. we got there and i had to lead the music because no one else could -- i'm still very un musically inclined - haven't changed that much! i have gotten a pretty bad cold this week and right after the sacrament i actually ended up running out of the chapel crying because i was trying not to cough (sister smith was really worried when she saw tears in my eyes and i just started walking out - it was pretty funny) then we went to gospel principles with our investigator and we got pulled out of class because there was no gospel doctrine teacher. so, i looked at the lesson during the opening hymn and then taught for an hour!! :) i NEVER thought i would be okay with that, i remember saying that gospel doctrine teacher is the one calling i would not be very okay with -- it's a good thing i got over that one :) and i am amazed that the Lord just puts words in your mouth. no way on this earth would i ever be okay doing something like that without the spirit. after that we went to the julliard violin concert -- awesome. it was really cool to be on the stand with them as they played, and i really enjoyed it. it's also REALLY fun to see all of the other missionaries too -- we had a good night. all of us were going home on the train together and we started singing christmas carols, but no one really did it - it was just funny and we ended up laughing a lot.
well, we are seeing a million miracles still and i love every second of it. i got a really good chance to reflect on the past six months this week and i realize how much i really REALLY love being a missionary. i am so thankful that i get the opportunity to share the gospel with so many people. so thankful that i get to see people realize the way to our Heavenly Father and start making changes in their lives to follow Him. i am SO lucky and i love it.
the gospel is true - God is real and His love is for each and every one of us :) i think Elder Holland summed it up in his talk in conference - don't look at your neighbor, i'm pointing to YOU! :) :)
i love you all and i wish you the best christmas of your lives!!!!!!!!
love
sister michelle smith
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