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Week 29

This week was way too short, but such a good one!!! Yesterday we had 3 people who were confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and given the gift of the holy ghost, and let me tell you.. the spirit was SO strong during that meeting. I also gave a talk, and I was trying not to cry because I was overwhelmed with happiness. So landen and Madelyn were confirmed first, then Michael was last. He showed up late and my heart was beating out of my chest anxiously waiting for him to show up. But in the middle of the 2nd confirmation, I saw him in the foyer so I waved at him and he came and sat next to me. I whispered to him that he was next and when they said "amen", he is going to walk up to the church of men and sit in the chair. He got real excited and said ok. Then when they said amen, he confidently stood up and walked the circle with his loud janitorial stash of keys clanking around in his belt, then he was confirmed. He had the biggest smile on his face when he shook all their hands and walked back to sit next to me. It was the COOLEST yet simplest experience ever. Another cool thing about that sacrament meeting was that President and Sister Graham decided to come too! President Graham had a meeting while I was giving my talk, but he decided to be late to his meeting to listen to me talk, and that meant a lot to me:) it was really nice of him and it made me feel really cared about I guess. But yeah!
This week my companion and I got to spend some time with the Graham's in there home and go get ice cream and food with sister Graham and my love for them is overflowing. President Graham does so much for the missionaries, it blows my mind. Sister Graham is just the most loving and caring person ever and she makes it a little easier being away from home. I feel extremely lucky to be serving in their area and have all these opportunities to spend time with them. 
But yeah!! This week was crazy fast, crazy busy, but awesome! I'm struggling with fatigue still which is difficult, but I am trying my best to deal with it😅 being a missionary is way hard, way inconvenient, way tiring, but it is the most rewarding work I have ever done and I wouldn't rather be doing anything else!

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