"chews the right" -Jaydens baptism gift from his mom(taffy)

I can't even begin to explain this week. We were in Yakima more than Stevenson this week. We came up for exchanges, which were super fun and then spent the night with the sisters and had a big southern zones meeting on Thursday(and fam! I saw Jonathan Lingard!! It was weird calling him Elder.. he's all grown up with a missionary purpose haha can't handle it) It was a party, and THEN we had to come up Saturday because it started snowing Saturday night and its supposed to keep going off and on through Friday night, so Sister Jackman had us come up Saturday and we've been here since then, following the Sisters around and me mentally preparing for my DEATH (crying inside.. but strangely calm on the surface).

BUT, on the days that we were in Stevenson, it was wonderful. We had a final lesson with Jayden and got his jumpsuit for his baptism, he was so excited its the cutest thing.

Then on Friday, after we planned, we did a lot of saying goodbye and THEN, on Saturday, JAYDEN GOT BAPTIZED. It was by far the best baptism that I've ever attended(and that's not just because I taught the best 12-yr-old ever) we had so many people there that we had to move to the chapel, we had a potluck lunch afterward and Greg had a ton of family there, so it was really perfect, and Greg go to baptize his son. Even Jayden's mom came and she was kind of against it before, but the Spirit works wonders man. It was a beautiful day. The perfect way to end my mission, even with running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to get it together and pack our stuff to go.

I'm sad to go, but I know it's my time. I have been so privileged to be here and to teach people, to grow in my testimony. I love this gospel, I love what I've learned and the person I'm becoming because of it. I love these people, they've changed me forever. Here comes the next transfer.

Love ya lots! see you soon!!!

also, here's the videos I promised last week.

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