JESSIE'S VEGAS

I was able to not freak out when my mom texted me I was able to visit Lauren I was able to drive safely

Have a nice home Have a nice car Have enough food Have a job where I make a difference  All my kids are alive Have a grandson Married my best friend Good healthcare

1) Jess doing well, talked to her. 2) was able to go to school even while feeling sick 3) was able to text my boss and come up with a plan for problem at work. 4)was able to prepare and take dinner to a sick friend and drove 1.5 miles in heavy traffic. 5)was able to calm anxious daughter down

Hello! How are you? Did you have an interesting week? We did here. If anything, Vegas is rarely boring! I usually write on Mondays, but my day is stuffed full tomorrow so thought I'd better write something tonight. Plus we had a fantastic sacrament meeting today so I thought I might tell you about that before I forget. Sister Zygmont spoke about the talk from conference called, "The Savior's Healing Power on the Isles of the Sea". I remember when I heard this talk too and was amazed by what a sister from Okinawa went through during and after WWII. Sister ZYgmont spoke about how much sacrifice this sister and others went through, selling businesses and homes just to get funds to get to the temple to have their ancestors sealed. She said that it made her think here she had a temple so close in vegas and has she really made it a priority? When her kids were smaller it was hard, but now that her kids are older she and her husband have made the temple a priority and have

Happy Halloween season! I hope you have had a great week! I've felt a little better and not sure why. Whatever the reason, I am glad for it. I have found, though, that even during the times we do not feel good there is always something to be done through Christ who strengthens us. Sometimes it's a simple text, a smile. Sometimes it's talking to someone at the gas station. I enjoyed Bro. Dunafin's testimony this month where he mentioned this quote from C.S. Lewis, "There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilization—these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit—immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. " Maybe it really is true that by small and simple things great things are brought to pass and that everyone we meet really is a cool person (just sometimes in disguise)! My reading has been in Moroni this

You have been on my mind! You may argue, "Aw...this is a "form letter" or group letter to all the missionaries in the ward, how is "that" personal?" "Heck, I don't know Sister Budge that well, why is she writing to me? " Or, you might even think, "Oh, no! Another letter from home, I hope I don't have to personally respond." I am setting your mind at ease by saying, "You don't have to respond!" And/or maybe this letter is more for me...kinda like when you prepare a talk or lesson it's more for the person preparing it. I was looking at the ward bulletin last week and the missionary list stood out to me. We have 8 missionaries serving from the ward! WOW! That's gotta be some kind of record! I also had the impression, "You could pray for the missionaries in your ward by name! You could also write to them!"Then I was listening to the talk by sister "Runia" in general conference about &q