Haha so
sorry my spelling was horrible, I really tried! If I correct every mistake,
then I can’t write as much. Last week because of district pday, we wrote them
all on phones by the river, and it’s hard to type fast on these things!! I
prefer the computer, but we rarely get 2 hours to sit down and write. Thank
goodness for technology!
We are
visiting the Berliner Dome today, it should be pretty exciting! We also get in
for free because we are missionaries, so even better๐
OH. MY.
GOSH. I GOT THE PACKAGES THIS WEEK!! YOU ARE THE SWEETEST THING IN THE WORLD
AND I’M SENDING YOU THE BIGGEST HUG AND THANK YOU EVER!! The dresses and
clothes all fit perfectly, and they are so cute!! You seriously did such a good
job. I love them all and it was so fun to wear them this week! Man, they are
such good quality too, I feel like a new missionary entering the MTC. Thank you
so much for everything, even the sweets, snacks, makeup bags and PENS! Oh those
things are golden and I’m set forever. I don’t think I could want or need for
anything else ever again. Seriously, I feel a little spoiled๐
๐ I love everything and from the bottom
of my heart, THANK YOU. You better believe we did a silly little photoshoot to
show you all of the dresses :) plus, I put on an extra outfit to match the
doll! She is so cute, give Mary my biggest thank you! That was so kind and its
super cute! I love that she’s wearing my happy shirt and carrying a book of
Mormon! It’s so cute.
Sounds like
a party of a 4th of July for you! The house probably looks completely
different. I loved the pictures you sent of the house and deck, etc. You
absolutely gave us the best childhood we could receive by living in that
neighborhood and making our house a home. I love you unimaginably for that. You
are quite the mom.
These calendars
are quite handy for me! It seems like you send them every week haha the weeks
are just flying by me! Crazy to think that Maddie is heading home today! She’s
actually one of my friends I’ve kept in decently good contact with over the
mission. I can tell she really did a good job and gave her all, she really
inspired me a ton at the beginning of my mission to work harder.
Healthy
living is not easy. For example, we work with M to stop smoking. It is so so so incredibly
hard for her. She’s been smoking for 40-50 years. Like, imagine how hard it
would be to suddenly change after that long?! Well, I feel we've legit tried
everything, but not much has worked. I’ve learned a lot from it, though. The
number one thing that worked with her is to replace the habit. She can’t just
go cold turkey on smoking and just say, “Ok, now I’m not going to smoke”. If she
makes that decision to cut it out, she has to fill that time with better things
or else she'll fall back immediately. So, what I mean is, for example, every morning
she'd get up and drink coffee and smoke to start her day. But now, we try to
teach her to get up and go for a walk and read her scriptures. She has to
replace her addiction with good, nonharmful things then it isn’t so much of a
shock! So, it also isn’t good for our bodies to just be like, “Okay I’m not
going to eat any more sugar, bread, meat whatever, without having a replacement”.
That’s just my theory and its worked with not eating certain things for long
term fasts and stuff! I don’t know if that made much sense, but it's important to do hard things and stretch yourself. Find a new kind of exercise. Try a
new recipe. Try vegetarian or vegan for a week. Healthy changes are good but change is hard! I also know Heavenly Father
will bless you physically and spiritually when you read your scriptures and
pray every day.
Oh, and ps
so sorry for not sending the pictures last week. I meant to upload them to my
drive in my free time, but I legit didn’t have it! Plus, I shouldn’t be doing
that on pday and my tablet was dead so I had no way to upload them. Be prepared
for a HUGE picture overload this week!
You and Dad
got a new truck, huh? That’s so cool! What do you think? Is it still hard to
drive? Man, I find driving a truck hard? I wonder if I even know how to drive
anymore? ๐ค
My week was
really good! It definitely started off with a spiritual high at MLC! MLC is
basically just another zone conference type of meeting for the leaders.
President and Sister Leimer are so amazing!! It was so inspiring, and I really
am excited for the future. I learned so much, not just like good spiritual
things but really how to improve my teaching and finding and overall just how
to do the missionary work!
My exchanges
were also really good this week. I wasn’t even home for a full day the whole
week except for Sunday! It was nice to visit some other areas and work hard
helping them. I learn so much from them and I love these sisters like crazy :)
I feel like
I had one of the best Sundays in this ward yet. I was sooo tired haha Sundays
are when we are completely dead, but President Leimer counseled us that when we
are with members, its work time and we should give our absolute best! So, I was
determined to shove aside any tired feelings and throw the biggest smile on my
face. It was totally not easy, but it was so worth it, I was just so happy all
day! And I just asked everyone how we could help them during this week, that
seemed to also help. I mean, they didn’t need help but they offered to have us
over for dinner๐
Yup that’s
about it! My week felt weird not working in our area, but it’s all good and I
get this whole week now! This Saturday we have transfer calls, but I’m hoping
and praying I don’t leave. I’m not done with this area and these people, and we
are starting some really cool things. We shall see though, but I’m really
hoping not (which is funny, after 3 transfers in the others areas, I was like
yup I’m done!)
I love you a
million dresses from the US! Seriously, that meant the world to me. YOU mean
the world to me! Have a happy week!
Love, Sister
Ingalls
P.S. Your
little email to me a couple days ago made my LIFE!! That was so cute thanks๐
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