Dear family,
I think that this week sharing the email that I sent to my
mission president will suffice.
President Bonham,
As I was thinking this morning about I wanted you to know
for this week, I decided that your week is probably pretty busy and mission
presidents probably have a lot on their minds, so this week I just want to
share with you how happy I am to have so many blessings in my life! Here are 5
things that I am so grateful for this week:
1. Sister Bartsch. She is so amazing! She stretches me to
reach a fuller potential than I have ever reached up to this point in my
mission. She is like a ray of sunshine. She builds me up and makes me feel so
loved. I would say that she needs to be transferred every 2 weeks so that every
missionary gets to have "Sister Bartsch time," but I would never tell
the mission president that because that would mean that I wouldn't have her anymore...
:)
2. The adoption hearing for my little brother, Nathan, is
this coming week! T-Minus 10 days until Nathan is officially a Slade! After
that my family is going to the Denver temple to be sealed, just like we got to
do a few years ago when my sister Eliza was adopted. I love my family!!!! I get
to be with them for forever and ever and ever.
3. So much member missionary work in our ward this week! The
highlight for me was when our member-present for our church tour showed up with
her nonmember friend without telling us and we ended up giving the church tour
to two not-yet-members.
4. I was thinking at the cottage meeting last night how
grateful I am for a mission president who shows his testimony by example. I've
heard you share your testimony of the Savior over and over again, but I
realized it's not through your shared testimonies that I know that you know He
is your Savior. I know that you know that He is your Savior because you are
here in Washington serving as our mission president.
5. I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior too. I make so many
mistakes and sometimes overwhelm myself worrying about everything that I do
wrong and feeling like I'm still only a half-completed project. But it's in
those quiet moments when I can feel the Saviors love for me so powerfully that
I know that He is the one who will make me whole. I really know that he loves
me! I feel His love for me and everyone around me every day, and it's because
of Him that we have a purpose in going out every day and sharing his role and
His work in the lives of each and every one of us.
love, Sister Slade
I am doing well. We continue to see miracles every day. If
you get the chance this week, please take a moment to write me a letter about
the things that you are most grateful for in your lives!
Happy Father's Day!
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2013-01-002-earthly-father-heavenly-father?lang=eng
Love ya!
Sister Slade
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