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Nicole's Letter:

So the Ups and Downs

We had dinner with Carol who is getting baptized this Saturday! She is so cute and sweet! On Saturday she made us bacon nachos and then we took the bus with her to her baptismal interview.  It was probably the funniest night ever.  One taking the bus in Spokane is an experience for sure and then you just add in the fact that you have three sister missionaries with Carol who is so funny.  She showed us the in and outs of the bus system.  Everyone was looking at us super weirdly.  Then we missed the bus back so we were going to be stranded at the church.  We called everyone on the South Hill trying to get a ride home.  Then a lady picked us up but then she asked if we could do something for her.  We said of course since she was picking us but then she asked us if we could go into the store and buy her a head of lettuce and a tomato.  So three sister missionaries at 8:30 on a Saturday went into Super 1 to buy a tomato and a head of lettuce.  The cashier was totally checking us out and super confused and we explained the entire situation.  He just looked more confused. 

My new companion!!! Sister Blake! She is so cute!  She is the niece of the Blakes in our ward!  This is her second transfer so Sister Madsen and I are second training together :)  

Another lesson I have learned

Life is a process.  I always want the answer now or the problem to be fixed but I have learned that life is not about that.  Life is about the process.  We came here to learn and to grow.  And sometimes that is the worst! And I have learned that we must have the sorrow and the heartache to know how wonderful the good is.  We must turn to the Lord when we are in the thick of it, not because he will fix the problem but he will let us come through it better than we were before.  I have learned that during some of the hardest times, Heavenly Father is the most silent.  Not because he doesn't care but because He is listening to us.  He listens to every heartache and he is waiting to heal you through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.  I mean if you look at the scriptures, even Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World "wept".  He had to feel the sorrow that life brings and so must we.  Heavenly does love us.