D&C 87:8

Dearest family,

Well, another transfer has flown by yet again. I really have to apologize for how much I talk about time. It has become my favorite subject just because of the fact of how fast it really goes by without us really realizing it. One of my new favorite hymns is Hymn #226 - Improve the Shining Moments. I might have mentioned this before but, oh well. I just talks about how "time flies on wings of lightning, we cannot call it back. It comes then passes forward, along it's onward track. And if we are not mindful, the chance will fade away. For life is quick in passing, tis as a single day." I really try to apply it to my missionary work, knowing that I will not have another opportunity like this ever ever again. This is the only time I have to serve my Father in Heaven as a young single adult sister missionary and it is going to fly by without me even blinking. I'm trying to use my time wisely and some days it works better than others. :)

We had a pretty good week. We seem to be on a roller coaster ride lessons wise. One week we have lots of lessons, the next we have a few, the next we have lots, the next we have a few. Last week was "the few" week. So hopefully this week we'll have more. But with the way it's started out, I'm not so sure. I think everybody's luck yesterday was just rotten. Especially with the bombing that happened in Boston. That's a pretty sad situation. :( We were also on a tornado watch yesterday which is hilarious because there were bright blue skies all around so we didn't even come close to worrying about a tornado.

So some exciting news.....Bro. Russell is getting baptized on April 28th!!! We are pretty excited for him! We know that he is excited as well!!

Christina also had a baptism date!!! :) Hers is May 18th. I told her I was probably getting transferred at the end of May so she wants to get baptized before I leave. She also found out that her health is deteriorating quite quickly so I hope she can get through this time and get baptized before anything bad happens.

We haven't been able to get in contact with Wyneeka this week. We were supposed to see her on Tuesday but she texted us on Monday and told us that she can't see us on Tuesday so hopefully we can get in contact with her sometime soon!!

We DID get in contact with Debbie! Finally! We were up in Wagoner on Saturday and we stopped by and she was home! She said that she doesn't get cell phone service in her salon so that's why she hasn't ever texted us back. She said she was going to try to make it to the meeting in Wagoner on Sunday but then an emergency happened with their dog and so she couldn't come. Then we were supposed to meet her yesterday but some things came up and we couldn't. I hope that she can get through this time in her life and fight against all the opposition that she is getting. She does recognize that that's what it is - the adversary. We'll see what happens this week with her! :)

On Sunday, we had the opportunity to attend the first EVER Sacrament Meeting in Wagoner, Oklahoma. It was a historic event! :) It will be cool to come back and visit in like ten years and have there be a ward up there. I know that that's what's going to happen. The work up there is going forward. It's really hard because we can only get up there once a week because of our limitation on miles. We have members take us up there once a week as it is, so we really don't have the means to go up there too much more than we do. But the work is still moving forward no matter what! :)

Well, sorry this is shorter!! :)

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

See you soon, then!

Love, Sister Pahl