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Hi Friends!

No, nothing is broken. We were having a lesson with Ana and her granddaughter was there drawing all over a piece of paper and she'd take a pen out of the pile, draw for maybe 3 seconds, decide it was broken, throw it and grab another. quite amusing. 

The other night we heart-attacked the door of a less active member we're working with and he heard us, I guess he's bionic or something cause we were SILENT, and he whipped open the door and bout gave us our own heart attacks! Not. fun. 

We  had exchanges this week on Wednesday: so good. I was with Sister Wadman and we had a blast. she is so powerful, especially on the doorstep, she literally echoed down the street. We went to Good Samaritan and played games with some old folks, and Jesse totally smoked us at Uno. It was sad to see how my skills have gone down lol. We went to visit some potential investigators later and it was raining and Sister Wadman was THRILLED. She's excited about everything even remotely related to being a missionary and it's contagious, by the end of the day, I was ready to go tract the town by myself..almost. Sister Fleming was super pumped up too and we were so excited about going out on Thursday and... I got sick during the night :( It may or may not have had something to do that as breakfast-for-dinner, a member served us cake waffles, as in cake batter in a waffle maker. it was so good, but I may have gone overboard. So we spent most of Thursday inside so I could sleep. Still not quite in tip-top shape, BUT we've been able to go out each day, just gotta be slower about it.

It's been cool to have eyes that are able to see miracles throughout the day because I'm looking for them. 

Something that I learned just yesterday is if you're having a hard time, if you're feeling lost, confused, alone, overwhelmed, or anything like it, take stock of the things that you KNOW. Like for me, I know my parents love me. I know Heavenly Father is there, listening and ALWAYS willing to help. I know the very real power of the priesthood. I know I can be with my family for eternity. I know I'm where the Lord wants me. then go from there. Don't focus on all the other things, remember the most important facts and they'll give the the strength to face the rest, He will give you that strength, He knows how much you need it. 

I love you all so much!

Sister Shuldberg

p.s. I'm sorry Mom, I'll try to be better at taking pictures this week, Sister Fleming and I both look at each other when we get home like, "we should've taken a picture! ugh!" and can't change it, we're getting better, maybe...



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