There are aliens in the scriptures?

Hello! Halloween is CRAZY out here. Not gonna lie. Hence the crazy pics. Plus we had a booth for trunk or treat at the quail ridge ward.

How are you? I am doing great! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MY PACKAGE! Thank you so much for going to all of that trouble to do that for me I love you so much! AND I miss you mucho! I am feeling a transfer coming on next week but I wont know until the weekendish. :] Here are the answers to your questions...

Shar was wearing my high school link crew shirt at the cabin...the dress that I gave her that shar wore at the baptism is hers no worries because I gave it to her! hahahaha.

No I do not have sunglasses anymore! :( it has been SOOOOOOOOO hard not having them for the past few weeks. I honestly just dont have money to get new ones. But I need some that I will wear. THanks for writing the questions at the top because wow my missionary brain is just all over the place at times.

I LOVE YOUR HAIR! It is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute! I love you mommy you are the BEST mommy in the world.

Today is kinda a special p-day. We are metting together as an entire mission to watch 17 miracles and we are freaking out that we are watching a movie besides finding faith in christ and the restoration movie. hahaha. It came from salt lake that we are not allowed to go out proselyting tonight because of all the halloween crazies out there.

My tummy is feeling so much better. But I still feel yucky at times. I will take care of myself. Tell Nick that I am sorry for worrying him. I didn't mean to make him feel that way. But as much as is in my control I am taking care of what I eat. I weighed myself this morning and I am at my begining mission weight...119. But I havent been trying to do anything to get back down. I think that I am just continously losing muscle, also muscle is prolly being replaced with fat because of all the billions of desserts we get every day. I kid you not, we just threw away a HUGE box, (I could easily sit all the way in the box) and it was FILLED with desserts from members. I refuse to eat them or I would be confused with an orca whale. SO we threw the huge box away this morning. CRAZY CRAZY! and it is not even christmas or thanksgiving yet! Wow! Also we have been getting really close with one of our investigators Carey and when we taught him the ten commandments we threw in another one that said thou shalt always feed your missionaries cupcakes and candy. We were kinda joking but since then we have seen that Carey has been pretty serious hahaha. He knows that we are always starving on sundays so he gives us food to tide us over, even though he doesn't have alot. We were joking around with him but he always is so selfless and thoughtful. Seeing his testimony grow has made all the hard times on the mission so worth it. Last night he texted us and said that he will never forget his missionaries and that he loves us so much. He is now starting to share the gospel with his family and roomates. We are so HAPPY!

No, all of our baptisms fell through and people have been dropping us right and left. Sister Garner said that that is how the mission is. As you can prolly guess I was blaming myself for all of the people dropping us but I know that is not true. Satan just wants me to think that way. BUt I know that roses and thorns grow together like a rainbow follows bad weather. I KNOW that there is something coming and I dont know what it is yet but it is coming.

I love you all so much and thank you for being so amazing in your support to me. I got emails from chris Ivie, Missy, nick, and fam, and also I got letters from the shirley family, elder burbidge, kylie hicks (one of my first efy girls), Cassie layton, Brennon, I got a package and letter from leslie burnette, halloween presents from the Sister Garner Family, Nick and OMGOSH an amazing package from you guys! I feel so loved thank you for all that you do for me!

I have to tell you a quick story. SO there was this kid in one of our EFY groups that gaining a testimony at EFY and he struggled at times but Coco Chris and I knew that he is an amazing kid. I just got word that this SAME kid that we tried to help is called to my same mission! He is going to be here serving with me in the Nevada Las Vegas Mission! How amazing is that?!?!?!?!

Today I am getting a massage from a member, gosh I need it! All this stress is MESSING up my back!

Here are a few things I wanted to mention. Gladyis Knight lives here.......The members talk about seeing her all the time. Sister Garner says that my weaknesses are stinky feet and always somehow ending up stealing her pens hahaha. OOPS! I dont have a coat.......I need one, it is freezing here now. (50 degrees) I NEVER thought I would feel cold in 50 degrees. Can you ask corinne mack about Megan's baby? I missed the birth! I want to know how she is. THere are olive trees everywhere in las vegas. So when I read about the olive tree in the scriptures I think Im just so cool hahaha. HOW ARE THE CRIMSON GIRLS?!?!?! I have not heard anything cfrom them except for one letter from lex and linds while I was in the MTC. I miss them and I miss COUG COUNTRY. Hahahaha also this scripture is something I want caden to look up with you...... Alma 31:21. I was dying laughing. I love you all and missionary work is going. I love the work and I cant beleive I have already been out for 4 months. INSANE. Oh just to let you know, I know this is really far in advance but I think that I am only allowed to talk on the phone for 40 min at christmas time.....Not sure. I asked president if we could skype but I haven't had word yet. I think that the rules might change but I am not sure.

I met with president this week for a personal interview. It was really good and encouraging. He told my in confidence that I am a standard bearer in our mission and he is thankful for me and my example. He said that he wishes that all his missionaries we like me. I couldn't believe it! I always just want to be like the missionary daddy was. I hope that I make you proud mom and dad. I am trying really hard! I am learning the scriptures better and the context of the BOM and Bible together is making so much more sense! I LOVE the scriptures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you all! Have Britton look up Hebrews 11:34. There are aliens in the scriptures....BTDUB

Sister Fine

"I'm so grateful that you taught me to work."

Hi my lovely humans. I love you all so much and I am SOOOOOO thankful for you and your support to me and my mission. I turned 4 months old this week how insane is that?!?! It felt like a day has gone by! We are seeing so much success in our investigators in the last week! We are so excited. We have an investigator named Blue and she was in the hospital this week but now she is out! we went there as soon as she got in the emergency room. We had our Ward mission Leader come with his son and give her a blessing. We visited her a few times and she prayed for the FIRST TIME! We were SOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED! She kept crying because she is upset with God because she feels like she has been punished for nothing by having all these medical problems but now she wants to get baptized! She goes to dialysis 3 times a week and because of the cathiter she cant be immersed in water, but now her doctor is totally on board in finding a way so that she can get baptized! So amazing! She also came to church for the first time yesterday! :] We are seeing more and more progression with Carey. We had a fireside with Elder Marlin K Jensen of the Seventy on thursday night and carey as well as 3 other of our investigators came! They felt the spirit so strong and it was amazing. Carey, as well as the rest of them said that it felt like Elder Jensen was talking straight to them and no one else. How cool. From that Carey made a HUGE step towards baptism! He is so awesome! and to think that 2 months ago he did not have a testimony at all...I beleive that he is the reason I was here in green valley. I love it here but I feel a transfer coming. But I know that whereever I go it will be a new adventure and new people and new miracles. I feel like Ive talked to everyone and their dog plus their goldfish 4 times since ive been here in the promised land of green valley haha. Its funny. We are tight with all the people! We got a new Ward Mission Leader and I am so excited about the enthusiasm he has for the work! It is true that where ever the members work hard for missionary work, the work for the full time missionaries EXPLODE! I love the work and it is such a blessing to be here.

Mommy and Daddy, I had something happen to me that has never happened before. I woke up one day last week bawling because I just had a dream that you both died in the same week! PLEASE BE SAFE AND FOLLOW THE SPIRIT IF THERE IS DANGER! I was bawling because it felt so real. I also had a dream that hannah was calling my name and I tried to run to her but cassie wasnt letting me hahaha. Wow cas, how dare you! ;] Weird dreams as a missionary. I also have dreams about teaching. Sister Garners last companion would talk in her sleep but the funniest part is that she taught lessons in her sleep out loud hahahahahaha. Hilarious!

My sunglasses are gone and no where to be found. I am STRUGGLING without a good pair of glasses. It is horrible. I keep hoping that they will turn up but they havent yet....

So we had the most amazing zone conference this week! Elder Jesen Trained us basically all friday long and wow, how incredible! I learned so much! I got to shake his hand and talk with him. It was pretty cool. OUr investigator carey got to meet him too......im not sure if he knows what that means yet but when he does he will realize how special of an experience it was. I sang for the zone conference and it went really well. The song was gorgeous. I was thinking about having someone record it.....I am singing in quial ridge ward this sunday so maybe I will have them record it then. But I will never forget............we sat down after sister Vander Does and I sang and Elder Jensen looked down at me and mouthed the words "that was soooo gorgeous." I just cant beleive a gereneral authority has heard me sing. I felt really blessed. I also sang at the Whitney Ranch ward this last week. Im just singing all over the place! We recieved alot of revelation for our investigators at the zone conference. We are so stoked! I think that we have had 900 baptisms in our mission this year so far.

We also did a day of service on the dark side (the west mission hahaha) and cleaned out empty house lots for a while. Dad and Mom I am so grateful that you taught me how to work because, honestly, I was one of the only missionaries out of all the elders and sisters that were working hard! I looked around and all the elders were standing around....yea......thats why I want a hardworking husband someday. I want someone that is going to work super hard beside me, not watching me do all the work. These elders were showing me what to avoid like the plague lets just say that. hahaha. But it felt good to do that much physical labor. We were pulling out bushes, raking up the dirt, picking up garbage, pulling out roots etc. It was hard work and a sister showed up most of the elders, thats all im saying hahaha. Wow you saw my sassy side just there.

Right after that, even when we were all dirty we went to the temple to have a lesson with Balil! It was amazing. He set himself for baptism nov 26th. It was amazing. I just wanted to scream and shout for joy! :] I was sooooooooo happy!

Everything is going well in green valley! Know that I love you and I miss you all! I was grateful for the stuff I got from Nick today because I see the letters dwindling. He always makes my day! Im so thankful for him! :] Hes amazing.

Wow I cant think of anything else. I love the work and I miss you but this is the place that I am supposed to be! MWAH MWAH! Tell my babies that I give them kisses and loves. XOXOXOXOXO

I know I am forgeting so much but I AM sending a package today! I thought I was going to get it out last week but it was an insane week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will try to put some more things in there. Here are some pictures too! Love you lots! Please take care of yourselves.

She's 4 Months Old!

Hello my family and Friends,

Wonderful things are happening in Nevada Las Vegas, unfortunatley no baptisms yet but sister Garner and I are working our tails off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This picture is a picture of me right now as I am on the computer. I love you guys and as you can see im not getting too fat on my mission, hannah guessed right that I would basically stay the same. That is true but I guess im not as muscly! I am DYING not being able to work out as much as I want. And at the same time member are shoving huge meals and desserts of all kinds in our faces without taking no for an answer. It is pretty intense. Please take care of everything that I send you because I do want to save it for the rest of my life. I just want to show you cool stuff so that you can feel closer to me and what I am doing.

Thank you for the addresses. That will help alot! And the pictures are so gorgeous of nah nah! and omgosh I love hearing about Britton growing! Is his voice changing yet? hahaha. I love it! It sounds like I will be a small human compared to him when I get home! hahahaha. I love it. Can you believe that I am already 4 months old? Well this week I will be. Insanity. It goes by so fast. I had a dream last night that I was no longer on the mission and it was a nightmare. I cant imagine being anywhere else right now. I can see that I will have a really hard time adjusting when I get home. I might ask for an extension, but that is too far away to think about that! THere is too much work to be done!!!!! And sister Garner and I havent baptized yet! It has been really frusterating but I know that I cant be dissapointed in myself because we are working our tails off, its just not the Lord's time yet. We are soooooooooo close with Carey its not even funny. His date was set for the 22nd and now we have to push it back even more because of some things but im sad if I am leaving green valley in the next few weeks because then I will miss these people getting baptized. Well, thats not true I guess. If I stay in the las vegas valley then I will be able to go to the baptisms if I have a part in the program. So I told sister Garner to get me a part in each program so I can come! hahaha. I love the mission mommy and daddy. It is the best thing that I have ever done in my life. I just wish that I can progress more and more! Because I have so much that I need to work on its not even funny. One of the things that I pray for all the time is for the Lord to help me with my self-consciousness. I constantly say in my head that I am a horrible missionary but I know that in reality it is not true. Satan gets to me that way. I wish that for ONCE I could just give myself a break from being so hard on myself. But it will come! I just need to develop patience so I can be patient with that!

Wow all my friends are getting married and having babies, so crazy. I feel like I am missing so much but at the same time I know that I would be missing out on more if I didnt come here. I love LAS VEGAS!

Sister Garner and I are having lots of fun! We still have our hard times but I feel like I can be more patient and loving than I could before. I still have alot to work on. I try to look at how I treat sister Garner and it is prolly going to be the way that I treat my eternal companion so I know what I need to work on. I am far from perfect!  Momma I need some more sprintec, I just started a new month yesterday if that helps you have enough time to get some to me. I am good on the Zoloft for now. My jaw hates me but what can I say, It will prolly just be that way for the rest of my life. I cant wait until the ressurection!!!!!! :] Wow I am such an awkward missionary hahahaha.

Oh, the people I live with.................um yea. Not very nice people at all. You would think that they would be really sweet and make us food all the time and want to hear about our days but no they could care less about us being there. Its pretty sad. But I hope that we bring a special spirit in their home. We are grateful to live there though! It is a great home. We have our little room, and a bathroom that is all ours. They also have a fridge for us in the garage.

So my new goal is to sing in every ward that I serve! And I have dates to do that before I am potentially transferred. If I got to pick, I would stay for another transfer just so I can help these people get baptized. Dad were you ever an assistant to the mission President? You seem like you would be one of those missionaries. I see you daddy as a great example for me as I go throughout my days because I know that you did serve like ammon. I hope that I make you proud daddy and mommy. But I always fall short. Im doing my very best and doing EVERYTHING I can to be exactly obedient. I love this gospel, I know it is true. So good news, the Assistants to the President called me the other day and asked if I would sing with another one of the sisters in our mission at a fireside. But this is not just any fireside, it is the time of year where a general authority comes to the mission and speaks to us all. The General authority is J.E. Jensen of the seventy and he will be there while we sing! I am sooooooooo excited!

One cool thing is that we watched the restoration in chinese with Ling this past week! So cool! She came to all of church yesterday, it was awesome!

Give all my little babies a kiss and love for me. I love you all and miss you so much! You are an amazing family and I love you!

Love yours truly, Sister Fine

"Choose for yourselves to be exactly obedient!"

Hello family and friends,

Wow through the week I think of so many things that I want to tell you and when I get here in this creepy family history room I forget everything...............greatt........haha.

Sister Garner and I have been laughing non stop for a week or so. We are haing so much fun! 

Just recently we had a change in our rules concerning our schedule. The change in the rules have not been my favorite either because the rules now are more laid back but finally I said to hear on our walk this morning, "Lets do something about it!" Because we had seen a great decrease in our numbers since that change in rules took place. So we decided to make a way that we can measure our success daily in a npercentage form so that we can improve. In preach my gospel it says that "where performance is measured, performance is increased." Something like that. But I took on the responsibility of making a poster reminding us about all the components that we are measuring. The components are..........#1 Promptness #2 Budgeting Miles, Minutes and Money #3 is Members at Lessons and #4 is How many people we do not talk to that we could have. I know that as we put this together that it was inspired through prayer. If we measure in percentage and we know exactly where we are lacking then we will be able to improve that area, and in return, OBEDIENCE = BAPTISMS! I am so excited about this new thing that me and sister Garner put into place. Dont worry, it is under that same rules that president Neider has set in place but I know that his rules have become more relaxed so that we can govern ourselves and CHOOSE for OURSELVES to be EXACTLY OBEDIENT! I am so excited.

Unfortunatley lately the 9 that we had set for baptism turned into 3 over the past few weeks. I have been so confused by this because we have been working so hard! But I know that it is all in the Lord;s time and I just need to be patient. I think that he is testing us to see if we will be more obedient by instituting something on our own that will keep us more accountable. I KNOW that this thing that we have made WILL WORK! Just know that I am working hard. I have gotten down on myself because I feel like people losing their date is my fault, but I know that that is just satan tempting me. But anyways, I realize that and dont worry I will just keep punching satan in the face.

What else has happened this week? Oh I will explain the pictures. One of them is just me being weird, the other one is me eating a rice krispy treat with the wrapper on it because I was hungry and we aren't allowed to eat in the car (I really didn't eat the wrapper), hahaha Best friend socks (sister Kocheivar the bishops wife in green valley gave us these pairs of socks but we decided that they are best friend socks and that we will each have one of each pair),me and matt and olga's boys named nathaniel and elijah (they are my sticker monsters and I freaking love them so much). 

Weather is cooling down and it makes me so happy. I literally am freezing my bummy off and it is 60 degrees. You think im acclimated? I think so. Going from 115 to 60 in a couple weeks is insanity. I have been wearing my beloved sweatpants and sweatshirts, it has been so weird, and I have been in great need of long sleeves, but dont worry, a horder that we were helping clean up is the same size as me and she gave me all these never been worn shirts! We are the same size!

We set Ruby for baptism!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for her! We did a pretty involved lesson with her at the church. It was amazing. I will explain more of it on the tape. I love ruby!

I have a feeling that I am going to be transferred before I see the fruit of my labor. But hopefully I will still be in valley so that I can travel to the baptisms. But if I am transferrred out to Elko or Blythe CA or Kingman AZ I can pretty much count that out.

Honestly I fell in LOVE with the people here. It does feel like home, well not quite but yea :]

I had a sweet experience yesterday in testimony meeting. I just started bawling in sac mtg because I was so thankful to be a missionary! So after I calmed down I went up and bore my testimony. Well I was covering the quail ridge and green valley wards by myself yesterday because sis garner was in Whitney ranch. So I got to bear my testimony 2 times because that is my goal anyway!

I sang on the spot for an activity yesterday. Apparently word is getting out that I can sing because everyone is asking me! I am singing in quail ridge ward on 5th sunday.

I LOVED THE TAPE! I LAUGHED SO HARD! IT WAS AMAZING! Wow dad you are a weirdy and holy crap I loved hearing your voices.

Love you gotta go! Miss you all! and Hurrah for Israel!

Sister Fine

Superbowl for Missionaries!

Hello!

I just realized that my camera is in a grocery bag back at our house....soooooooo.........I guess extra pictures for next week! Sorry about that!

So this week has been crazy crazy! Transfers and general conference and new schedule....etc. It has been crazy. But it has been great! I think that this week was the best week as far as Sister Garner and I getting along. We have been through some really hard stuff this week and it allowed us to be unified as a companionship. It was awesome. We have been laughing and just having fun eventhough we do have big differences from one another. Some trails have been hitting us this week with our investigators. They are being so flaky recently. Not getting back to us, therefore us pushing their dates back as to when they will get baptized. But that is totally okay with me because I want for them to have a strong testimony and see the need for the gospel rather than just get in the water and go through the motions. So right now we are praying as hard as we can to not have these investigators fall through our fingertips because of something we do. We are striving hard to provide all the feeling of the spirit and information that they need to make an informed decision. However, sadly enough, it says in preach my gospel that even some who receive a spiritual witness that it is true, they might still not accept it. But it instructs us to not be dissapointed in ourselves, which is my struggle. But I know that the Lord has a time and a place for all things to happen, and most likely it will not be in the time frame that we expect. However, WE ARE SO BLESSED to be teaching all the people that we are teaching. We love them so much and we are going forth, being bold and preaching the gospel. Though I was maybe in the beginning, I am not scared to talk to anyone about the gospel. They could be on their phone, taking a run, carrying a bunch of heavy groceries or have a mean look on their face. In reality, nothing can stop me or deter me from sharing the greatest gift that we as members of the church have been given. At some times I feel faithless, due to my companion struggles, but then again I know who is leading me and he knows exactly what I need to do. I have seen answers to my prayers every day. As we wake up in the morning and we go for our morning exercise, I look up at the amazing Las Vegas Sunrise and thank him for everything he has given me. I am so thankful for my mission. Although I have so much more progression and learning to go, I am grateful for the time that I have left to let the mission change me. I will not take this short time for granted. I t is so weird because Monday to monday just flies by like none other! And the next thing that I know, I will meet you somewhere in the midst of my mission and tour it with you. I hope and pray that I am making you proud. But most importantly I pray that I am making my Father in Heaven proud. I love him and I know that he loves me and HE KNOWS ME. I am so thankful for the knowledge and testimony I have gained on my mission. I love it with all my heart and I know that there is no other place that I would rather me at this moment in the span of eternity. Of course I miss all of you, but I will be a better sister Fine after I am put in this refiners fire and this time of great joy. I could go on forever. I do cry hard once every few weeks or so just to get the rollercoaster of emotion out, but then the Lord puts me to sleep in his arms and I am able to get up in the morning refreshed and rejuvinated.

General Conference was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUPERBOWL FOR MISSIONARIES! I tell ya! Wow I cant even pick a favorite talk. But I seriously loved the morning session on sunday. It was incredible. I was really missing hearing from Holland! He is my favorite. But I seriously had ALL my questions answered that I had. It was awesome. I love how bold they are being lately! Maybe I just didnt notice it before but wow were they bold! I loved it! As missionaries we love BOLDNESS! :] It is awesome.

So Bill (my 2nd baptism) came to general conference at the stake center to watch it with us. As soon as he sat down I smelled smoke as if he had just been smoking. My heart stopped beating and I was so upset. But I knew that he just needed encouragement. We didn't talk about smoking specifically but we just talked about the things that he is going through and giving him some spiritual thoughts from the scriptures so that he has tools readily available so that he can handle everything. Did I mention to you that before his baptism he was struggling for a job and AS SOON AS HE GOT BAPTIZED the Lord blessed him and he got a full time job just like THAT! Amazing. One counsel that I would give from me to you is be aware of the converts and investigators that the missionaries are working with and help them know that they are loved and cared about. I think back to when I was home and I was sad because I realized that I had NO IDEA who the investigators where in oly 4th. But I know that you guys offering that smile or hug or heart to heart talk with an investigator will strenghen them and help them to stay active. We are also trying to get all of our recent converts to the temple so that they can do baptisms and confirmations. Bob actually just asked me if I would do the honor of getting baptized for his wife and other familt members. I said yes and I felt so honored. I dont know when that is going to happen but I know that it will be sometime soonish.

So there is this lady that we have been teaching that is technically homeless. She is such a sweet lady and the church is helping her a little bit. But she came to conference (eventhough she slept through it a little bit hahaha) and then we had a lesson with her right after just because it is so hard to get a hold of her. Anyways, I looked at my planner and we actually had an appointment right after conference but something kept me and sister garner there so that we could teach the lesson to her. After the lesson (knowing that we were an hour late) we showed up to their doorstep and sure enough they had written a note saying that they would not be able to meet until an hour after we had originally planned. Coincidence? Not in the least bit. The Lord knows everything and guides our path every second.

Wow I have so many stroies and so little time! AHHHHHHH! One last one.....So we usually pray for random people to show up to church so that excitement of that helps us overcome the fact that our investigators didnt show up (which usuaully happens sadly enough...but I always have faith that they are! it doesn't get me down because we are so blessed...anyways....ahahaha) but this lady named Ling showed up to church last week and we met her and got an appointment with her. She is from china and she speaks pretty good english. We went to her house and she was really excited about the book of mormon in Chinese on lds,org. Long story short, we left her house on a good note and then a few days later she cancelled her appointment on us and said that she found a different church. We were so sad. But before that we had found a member of the church in our area that was from china and spoke the language fluently. She ended up going to her house anyway and they ended up talking for a long time. Ling apparently didnt understand who we were and where we came from. She was like who are these girls coming into my home and teaching me about Jesus??? But now she is going to meet with us from now on just because of the courage of a member to go over and encourage her. It was amazing! I miss you and love you all! I will listen to the tape and maybe send one back next week if I can. If not it will be in the next month or so!

Random fact, got my hair trimmed today, my hair is happy. :] Anyways I love you! Thank you for the letters and emails!

Sister Fine