Shout out to all the Moms out there

I (Mindi) got these pictures sent to me on Mother's Day!

Hello everyone! I'd like to start out by giving a shoutout to my mom for being awesome and raising an amazing daughter (Micah you are the most righteous of us all). Mindi - you are the MVP and thank you for putting up with me all these years even though I probably cost you a lot of money and headaches ( :) ).

But yeah! I got to talk to the fam yesterday which was so fun and awesome and I love them! They inspire me to work hard and when I get home I'm gonna make sure we all read our scriptures together every night as a family (Mom there is hope for us).

It was a great week though! The North continues to somewhat baffle me but I am working through it and trying (and usually failing) to be the best I can. Luckily I know HF is there! When I first came up North I was so excited because there are some trees and grass...LIKE I MISSED THE COLOR GREEN EVERYONE! but now they have tragically turned against me. I have developed.....allergies. I thought that it was just what my dad had when he bore his testimony at the pulpit but it is not so. Sneezing and I have become constant friends and luckily I have only had one emergency bloody nose in the car (stuffing newspaper up your nose is not fun even if your comp crumpled it). Combined with the triple digit weather we have now hit I am so ready to go out and WORK AS HARD AS I CAN! BRING IT AZ!!! (although today was a nice and chilly 95 degrees so more of those would be awesome #blessings) (also we played soccer today and I am limping everywhere because I ate dirt)

This week I got to go on exchanges with Hermana Panter! This is her first transfer so it was so fun to go out and see miracles. I remember that my first exchange really impacted me and helped me learn and grow a lot! We found the most solid investigator for them too! Her name is Lorena and literally so prepared! We ended up just focusing on prayer with her and her daughter and the spirit was so strong - and then she came to the ward party that night too!!! OH YEAH I GOT TO GO BACK SOUTH AND IT WAS AWESOME! I MISSED THE DIRT ROADS AND MY PEOPLE OF QUEEN CREEK! I went to their mothers day party and they were like "HERMANA! You are back!" and I was like "No! Just here for the day!" and it was tragic. I love the Queen Creek Ward so much! They will always have a special place in my heart <3

The work is growing little by little here and I have truly come to love all the people we get to work with. We have exchanges here next transfer but I'm hoping to stay. I know I can help this area, and more importantly these people, even more but we will see what HF says about that.

I love being a missionary everyone! I will be home in 3 months and I can't believe it! It makes me sad and excited! This is the greatest work ever!

TO THE MOON AND BACK

Hermana Showalter