I love that blue book!

She ain't heavy, she's my sista!

Fam,

The beach at Monte Rio

I went to the beach today for a zone activity! We had to hike a ways to get to the pretty part with white sand and blue waves, and I got bitten by flies, but we had the whole cove to ourselves! We climbed over some giant dead coral thing and on the other side was this slope with a gazillion giant conch shells bigger than my hand! There wasn't anywhere to walk except ON the shells because there were so many. Most had been bleached out, but I found a nice orange one and I cleaned it so now its pretty and gleamy.

Our mission president challenged us to read the Book of Mormon in 65 days. I am super behind but I love this opportunity to read it all the way through in a short period of time because I get this cool bird's eye view of what's actually in that book. Its a very special book, and I LOVE when I get to introduce it to people. It's exciting when they get it! and say stuff like, "Well, entonces, this is a super important book!" and I don't really know how to affirm their statement, so I just kind of point at them and say, "Si!" or "Exactamente!"

Golden Girls

I like how the Book of Mormon is clearly written for our day. Not just that it has a bunch of prophecies about our day, or that our society can relate to a lot of the problems Nephi's people have, but also because Nephi just kind of knew exactly what to write, and what to put in the plates and what not to put on the plates. As I've been reading the Book of  Mormon, all I can think about is how God is super masterful and how carefully everything in history was orchestrated and the final product is this super slick blue paperback tool. I love that blue book and I know its true with all my heart. I know the Book of Mormon came from exactly where it says it came from, and that Joseph Smith translated it with the power of God. I know that what the Book of Mormon teaches is true. It's worth every effort you make to read it.

I'm finishing another transfer here, so it is likely that I'll get moved to another area, and I will have a new companion.

Have a great week!

Love,
Hermana Ludlam