So I got a letter from Aunt LaRee this week and she told me to not eat too
much ice cream . . . but it was too late :) I am the league champion for the ice
cream eating competition in our zone!! I ate 10 bowls of ice cream :) The elders
in the other districts were trying to compete, but that didn't really work out
for them. Elder Longhurst was the closest with 7 bowls, but that didn't stay in
his stomach for more than 18 hours. So Elder Knight was really in 2nd place with
6 bowls. Don't worry, we didn't make a big deal out of it :) I just kept on
getting up and getting more ice cream, and I wouldn't talk to anybody at all
because I was "in the zone"!! Elder Ricks said I started to look white, but I
really could've eaten more . . . jk :) So now none of the elders who were trying
to compete will look me in the eye. Our branch presidency was eating with us and
they said they have a new respect for Hermana Bragg. Great-Grandpa Lyon would've
been proud! I told them it's easy to eat ice cream because it just "melts and
fills in the cracks." I just want to thank my family for raising me to be an
amazing ice cream eater :) Our district meeting was right after that and
everyone kept on asking if I felt sick because I was just acting like normal!
Elder Longhurst was looking ill for a few hours :)
I also got letters from DeAnn Hull, Mariah (Sullivan) Hansen (she laughed
at my Legacy story last week), Jentry (she puts her letters in green envelopes,
so everytime I get to class and I see a green envelope on my desk, I say
"JENTRY!!"), Sabrah (she wouldn't be surprised by my ice cream eating skills,
she's witnessed them!), and thanks mom for the letter! Especially the picture
you tacked on. I laughed really hard when I opened the letter and saw the
picture. All of the hermanas saw it, too. Those good old days when Sarah's hair
had its own zip code :)
So our district is slowly getting smaller :( We sent off Hermana Kimes on
Tuesday morning. She was so nervous, but she'll be great in Peru! We had to drop
her off at the travel office at 3 am, so she didn't even sleep that night! But
Monday night when we got back to our dormitory, they called Hermana
Obrigawitch's name over the intercom and told her to call the front desk! We
thought she had gotten her visa and they were going to send her off with Hermana
Kimes, so we were getting excited! So she called the front desk on the emergency
phone in the corridor and her face just fell. She just had a package at the
front desk :( But she said she wouldn't have wanted to leave with only five
hours' notice anyways :)
Elder Rothlisberger has kidney disease and his blood work came back with
pretty scary results yesterday. He's positive that he'll come back to the
mission, he just needs to go home and take care of his health. He had been
sick all week and he feels good about this decision. So we now have two trio
companionships and a regular companionship.
Mom, Hermana Hansen is going to San Fernando, California. I thought I told
you, but I guess that might not have made it in a letter!
So this week we've been studying a lot about the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
It seems like all day on Sunday we were just listening to talks and lessons and
firesides all about the atonement, which was amazing! We got to listen to a talk
by Elder Bednar that was given last Christmas at the MTC. It discussed the
characteristics of Christ. It was such an amazing and insightful talk! One of
the things that impressed me the most was the fact that Christ would always turn
outwards instead of inwards in service to others. Think of all the bad days
Christ must have had. But he never once stopped working miracles.
On Tuesday we had a devotional with Elder Gary J. Coleman. His wife also
spoke to us, her words made me think the most. She talked of the influence that
family members have on each other and how we can help each other become better
people. If we keep the gospel of Jesus Christ foremost in our family we can be
together not only now, but forever! I love all of my family and I'm so grateful
for each and every one of you. You have all made me become a better person and I
know that we each have our qualites and talents to support each other in our
family.
With all of this talk about the atonement, I couldn't help but wonder how
on earth I could be forgiven of everything I have ever done in my life. All of
my stupid decisions and bad mistakes that I don't even remember, how can that
all be washed away? We were discussing Christ's infinite atonement in class on
Wednesday night and I was getting frustrated with the fact that I had made so
many mistakes in my life. But the next day I read in Enos 1:6-8 I in the Book of
Mormon) when Enos was asking how this could be done? How could he possibly be
forgiven? But the answer was that he had faith in Jesus Christ. I know that if I
have faith, repent everyday, and strive to be a more Christlike person, then I
can be forgiven and return to live with my Heavenly Father :)
We taught a lot of lessons this week, but we're getting a lot better at
being more unified (even though we now have three people in our companionship!)
I love you all!! Kiss my dogs for me, I miss them a lot! I was looking
through my pictures the other day and Elder Eyster saw the picture of Kelty. He
was like, "You have a sheltie!!" Haha :)
Love you, be safe, watch where you park!!
Hermana Jenny Bragg
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