Side note from Lexie's mom: Hermana Underly must have not had a lot of time today because there were NO pictures!! Oh, well:)... Here's her letter:
HOWDY FAMILIA
This week was rather interesting and wonderful. I cannot believe that we are heading into the last week of the transfer.
We did a ton of service for people in our ward. actually it was our ward mission leader and his family that were moving. That was sad to say goodbye. We got a new ward mission leader this week and he is just wonderful! His name is Brother Hodson. He is a convert to the church about 4 years and after he was baptized just 3 months later he was called to be in the bishopbric. He is way awesome. He is excited for the work and so are we.
Our ward is so unique and perfect. Haha the people in our ward have at least 3 callings each and the same 10-15 people do everything. It is funny. We have no ward missionaries and we didn't have a ward mission leader for a while. We sometimes have 150 people show up to church or 15 depends on the weekend and holiday. I am not complaining but it does make the work really interesting and fun.
I absolutely adore our ward. We are family. I love our little ward so much. We are so unique and we all believe in the same thing. It is perfect. The church is the same everywhere you go. And you always have family around you.
In district meeting this week, Hermana Friend and I gave a training. We had never given a training before....That was interesting for sure.
We are teaching this one man named Alonzo and he is awesome. He asks literally all the perfect questions. And we have all the answers. its great! So if you could all pray for him that would be absolutely fantastic.
Also Juan is doing great. He is 25 and really wants to know the truth. It is just a matter of getting him to church.
So we were teaching this amazing family and they moved to Truckee Cali this past week and they have 2 kids that will be getting baptized this week. I am so overjoyed. Angela is 9 and is just an angel and basically my rolemodel and Gio is 14 and he is awesome! I am so excited.
This past Saturday we had a child of record baptism and it was incredible. Though it was spoken in Spanish and English the Spirit was just as strong and tangible. Our most amazing bishop made a few remarks and wow truly inspired. It was so great to see Heavenly Father's children enter into the path back to him.
A recent convert in the ward who just turned 16 blessed the sacrament for the first time yesterday! its the little things that keep us missionaries going. I was so proud of him.
We celebrated Elder Escobar and Baker's birthday with a family in the ward. It was so much fun and we did not have icing on our faces afterwards...
This week was full of ups and downs and that is what makes a mission a mission! Its fantastic :)
So this was our recitation for the transfer and I wanted to share it with all of you or whoever reads this:
"You only get one chance to serve a mission; it is your responsibility, your duty, to use it to the fullest; to give every last ounce of energy until you collapse in exhaustion at the end of it. All the hardships, all the tears, all the hard work will be looked back upon as the best thing you've ever done, not because you enjoyed it, not because you baptized everyone, but because you gave everything you had, even when you didn't think you could, and especially when you didn't want to. Live your mission to your fullest, work harder than you've ever worked before. Let people know that this is the most important thing in the world to you... If you do not run until you have nothing left to give, and then keep going anyway; cry and pray and work and sweat and plead until you are so drained that all you can do is turn to the Lord; if you don't do this, then these people will not come to this joy because of you - their failure to come to Christ will be partially upon your head. Come out of your mission proud of what you've done, and this experience will bless the rest of your life."
~Elder Jeffery R. Holland
Wow does this make me think of what kind of missionary I want to be. I am so grateful for the gospel. It is true. Simple as that.
I love you all so much
Hermana Underly
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