JAW SURGERY?

Hello Fam! I love you so much!

This week has been amazing! We have seen so many blessings! Lo and behold in week 6 we were able to set 3 people for baptism and we have a few more on the way. So we found out today that Sister Hanny and I are staying together in Sunrise for at least one more transfer! Awesome! We are so excited! We are just starting to see all the blessings come from our obedience and dedication. It is amazing! Also here is an amazing experience I had this week. So one night my Jaw fell off the joint and it felt like it did when it first happened. I was dying. It was after 10 at night and the elders came over and as soon as they came the spirit was so strong. I fully expected them to be in their pjs when they came over but no, they took the time to get into their proselyting clothes and come over to give me a blessing. I couldnt talk and open my mouth but sister hanny told them what happened. Then they gave me a blessing. I know this is the the Valid priesthood authority from God because everything that I had been praying about was answered in that blessing. Very specifically even. The blessing didn{t even really talk about my jaw at all. But overnight it started to go back into place. My Jaw has been really sore...but I can open my mouth again so that is good. I wonder if I do need surgery. It is very painful. But that is not the point. God healed my face and answered all my prayers through that blessing. Plus I know this because no one in our zone besides sister Hanny knows what I have been going through. It was completly from the Lord and I KNOW THAT THE CHURCH IS TRUE! Temple was amazing! I loved it. I missed the temple so much when I didnt get to go when I was in Elko. It was crazy. Danny is quiting smoking and he is doing really good. We had 8 people at church yesterday which is amazing! We also had 9 lessons with members this week. Our numbers here were really down when we came here because we opened the area but now we are seeing amazing things happen. 

Did you like the tape? I hope to get one soon. We are definatley silly sillies. I love it. We are having so much fun and working so hard I am loving life. We are drinking green smoothie and loving them so much. We are eating super healthy. I have been getting more energy from it which is good. I am feeling like I am starting to hit my stride on my mission but not quite yet! Im doing okay but I can always be a better teacher. I just remember being so frusterated at the beginning of my mission because I couldn{t teach clearly and simply but now I am getting the hang of it. I am learning so many things and loving my mission. I just remember a year ago I was just deciding to go and I feel like I have changed so much. Thing are going well and I am feeling better. They doubled my dosage because I got super depressed but now Im okay...for now and hopefully for a long time. Yes I did get bangs and it was just a rash decision but I love them so much! I just felt so blah I needed to spice up my life. And yes as you can see we were having fun with the lizard last night hahahaha. Wow. We are so weird. Man I forgot to take pics of the place that we are living in now but I will soon. I have a feeling that I will be here for a LONG TIME! But it is the perfect area for that because it is huge and so varied and I dont think that I could ever get sick of it. It is the celestial kingdom of the mission because of the temple........just saying hahaha. Sister hanny and the Lord and your prayers are taking care of me. Thank you for that. Sorry this might be shorter this week! Love you! BYE!

Sister Fine

"I am ADDICTED to the Book of Mormon! When you read it, you WILL receive understanding!"

For January 23rd:

Hello! From the hood of sunrise. We are doing really well and loving every second of the missionary work. Yes that is twue I turned 7 months old yesterday! Wowee. Intense. Its weird to think that I only have 11 months left. That is NOT ENOUGH TIME! Sister Hanny and I are like sisters and it is amazing doing the work with her. We laugh and work it is great! We have seen amazing blessings from the lord this last week. Our area just started exploding! The first 3 weeks we had 0 at church, last week we had 2 at church and this week we had 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing! I am so thankful for the members here because they were so willing to give people rides and to help the missionary work along. WE NEED THE MEMBERS! SO DESPERATELY ALL THE TIME! And that is for ALL missionaries, so whenever you can lend a hand to the sisters GO FOR IT! Have you had them over for dinner or been out to a lesson with them or something? Seriously, considering what I know and what I look for in members, YOU GUYS would be so amazing in lessons. You all have strong testimonies! Hannah! YOU CAN GO WITH THEM BECAUSE YOU ARE OVER 16! Im sure they would love to have you! :] I thank God for our family every night and I am so thankful for the love that we all have for one another. 

On my mission my testimony has been strengthened about many things but forever families is one of them. I have to tell you that I LOVE my personal study in the morning. I am ADDICTED to the Book of Mormon. SInce I have read it about 6 times I am now starting to get more out of it. Obedience pays off....when you read it...you WILL receive understanding. I am on Alma 35 right now. This week is the Last week of the transfer and sister Hanny and I are predicting that we will stay together since we were DT'd into the area and since I got trashed from my last area. So we will see. But man this has been the FASTEST transfer of my life. I am loving the work here in the hood. I think I make this area because I am SOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDD! hahaha jk jk. Wow the storm sounds really bad. Im kinda cold too but its like 50 degrees here. Its crazy how you acclimate. It sounds like the storm was a blessing to me. Hahaha. Just the fact that it allowed the ward to come together, our family to come together, gave daddy a break to breathe, etc etc. I am so thankful that the house and everything was okay. Its crazy how much we DO take for granted. I am so thankful for my bed, our car, heat, running water, a way to communicate quickly, paper, etc etc. Anyways now im in a less serious mood because sister hanny and I just watched our hilarious videos on her camera. It was great! 

I LOVE LOVE LOVE cassie and John's pics and wonders. Amazing! Britton thank you for that email..........I think it was Britton anyway....it sounded like him hahahaha. I love you little boy. I love you cas, nah , sha, britt, cade, momyul and dadyul. You are amazazazazing. Heres a cool experience.....SO we are teaching this couple their names are Jay and Tina and they have the cutest boys ever! We were over at their house teaching them and we brought bishop davis. At the End we were talking about how they were going to get to church and they had NO WAY to get there. So we told them that we would find them a ride. Then Bishop looked at them and said "hey do you want my truck?" Jay looked at him and was laughing like bishop was kidding. Yea........he wasn't kidding. He offered to let them have his truck for a day so he could get his family to and from church. Isnt that amazing? The spirit of the Lord came into the room faster than you could imagine. Jay and tina was speechless and Jay started to cry. Just to let you know, this was the first time that Bishop had met them. As we were walking out of the door, we said to him..."bishop, you are amazing...thank you." And he said in response, "I have always said that I am willing to give all that I have.......well except for my wife hahaha." Well we told bishop that we have to be able to atleast borrow her because she is amazing. Bishop Davis and his wife are amazing people. Did you get a hold of them yet? Sister Hanny and I told them that we are adopting them. No big. 

Also we had zone conference this week and wow it was amazing. Also we have temple this week with green valley so I will get to see garnerface at the temple! SOOOOOOOO EXCITED! I love her so much! Carey got the priesthood last week. I feel like he was the reason that I came out. I love that guy. Every time I get a letter from him I am filled with the Holy Ghost. Eternal friends for sure. At zone conference sister Neider gave a lesson on what the word of wisdom really means and wow I can tell you that I am not on sugar anymore, and we are drinking green shakes. SO AMAZING! I love them. I have so much more energy and I am able to do the lord's work better. We do have a dessert every once and a while since sometimes members dont take no for an answer hahaha but ya know...what can you do. I feel great! This week we took our 10 yr old alazia to an achievement day activity and WOW it was the most involved activity I have EVER seen! Lets just say I found my wedding decorator and photographer. hahaha. JK but seriously most creative person I have ever met. Wow. I will be keeping her info for the future hahaha. 

So we have a door at the front of the new house that we are living in and WE FIGHT. I hate the door with a passion because he hates me. It takes forever and a day to lock it right and close it right. He says "oh you are in a hurry???? TOOO BAD!" hahaha I just thought I would mention about the adventures we have with the door. The other day we had a really bad wind storm and it was just bad for proselyting. You are SO welcome for the package. I am glad that you liked it. Beware of the end of the tape........its dangerous hahaha. Just know that sister Hanny is my companion....hahaha. I cant wait til you meet her someday. Sister hanny thinks I will train soon. I have no idea though. Lots of work! Daddy you NEVER told me about if you trained or was a district leader or anything! I WANNA KNOW hahaha! Love you all and I will be sending pics in a sec. Miss you and take care my little babies!

"I've never been happier in my life!"

Hey family! 

Heres the word from Las vegas nevada! Yes there are already ice cream trucks driving around because it is already getting warm and garage sales going on every weekend. Actually I dont think the ice cream trucks ever stopped driving around. I still feel freezing because it is like 50 or 60 degrees but that does make us a little worried for the summer. It sounds like the summer is going to be a brutal 125 degrees. I will die. Dont worry atleast it will be on my mission hahaha so I will die happy. Things are going so great here in sunrise. Our area is about to explode I can feel it! We have a few investigators but we are looking for the elect elect because we only have 18 months on our mission to harvest the field. The Lord's promise says in D&C 4 that the field IS white already to harvest. So although it is important to plant seeds, there are people ready to harvest. So I really believe that Carey was one of the main reasons I came on my mission. He writes me every week and I JOY so much in everything that he tells me. He is growing every week and wow I love that guy so much! I will seriously visit him every time I can after the mission. Everyone that I have had a privelege of teaching are my favorite people in the whole world! Besides my family of course! :] :] 

I love you guys so much and wow the lord has blessed me so much with my family and my loved ones! I have been missing hearing from Corinne, Carly, Brittney, Lacey and lots of others. I miss them and it sounds like there are a lot of things hapening in their lives. Tell them I say hi and I love them and I hope that they are doing good with everything! XOXOXO Medicine has been good. I did have a couple of bad days last week but I have been able to feel the spirit a little more so that is the only important thing. I LOVE MY MISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey can you guys answer my questions I sent you? I feel like my questions go into this endless black hole hahahahahaahahaha. I hope that I am doing better at answering back to everything that you write. That is crazy about the jolleys! WAY COOL! Josh is an awesome guy! I remember when our families and the laytons and kralls would all play with each other when we were young! :]

Last night we went to a why I believe fireside and we took 2 of our investigators and they seemed to enjoy it. Afterwords leslie (one of the Investigators who attended) was so excited that when we got back to her house that we would give her a book of mormon. I know that she is going to get baptized it is just a matter of when. :] I went to ruby's baptism on sat and I sang at her baptism (I feel my saviors love). It was really good and spiritual. I loved the moment when her and her dad went into the water. I had a flashback of all the times sister matthew and sister garner and I went to go teach her and it was a long time coming but when it happened wow. As his dad say the baptismal prayer, he started to bawl. The spirit flooded into the room. I think that it was the most spiritual baptism I have ever been to. She is such a sweet little girl. I didnt get to see carey at the baptism because he had to work but I am glad that he had work! :] Carey and I keep in touch weekly. He is amazing! 

What else do I want to say? HMMMMMMMMMMMM....................Sister hanny and I are doing really well. This transfer is seriously flying by...............insanity. We are already on week 5 and I feel like I JUST came from Elko.   I told sister rosenthal that you guys appreciated her and the whole skype thing. She said that she had lots of fun doing it! Oh heres a story. A police officer pulled us over this last week hahaha. Im not driving dont worry hahaha. But it was because out licence plate light was out so after he got our information we street conteacted him and gave him a card! It was AWESOME! We were laughing the entire rest of the night hahahaha. Sister Hanny and I have a blast together. I feel like it is too good to be true. Time is just flying. Can you believe I am 7 months old almost? wow. I cant beleive it! The mission is just too short! hmmmmmmmmmmmmm what else did I want to tell you?. I love it here in sunrise. Its ghetto but that means there are more humble people that are ready to hear the gospel. I love it. Sister Hanny and I work really well together. We are fine tuning things in our teaching but things are going great! I love you all and I hope that you get my package soon. I sent it off. And be careful there is a tape in one of the bags so dont miss it! :] I love you and miss you all so much! I want you to know that my mind is focused and I am wroking as hard as I can. I am learning SO MUCH in the scriptures and I love reading them! They are the best words that anyone could read. Ive never been happier in my life. MWAH I GOTTA GO!

"I hope that you all felt love from me and felt how proud and grateful I am for you each day."

For December 26th:

greetings. Wow yesterday was so amazing but I was thinking last night about all the things that I didn't say. I hope that you all felt love from me and felt how proud and grateful I am for you each day. I felt the spirit so strong as I was talking to you because I am so thankful that we have a family that people that I am teaching are striving for. We must NEVER take for granted that if any of us die tomorrow that we are sealed for time and all eternity. (KNOCK ON WOOD) The plan of salvation is real and I know that God's plan is perfect. I love you and miss you all so much!

Sister Fine

The Best Christmas Present EVER!

Isn't she RADIANT? A beautiful daughter of God serving the Lord.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

"Can you believe I'm seven months old already? I LOVE MY MISSION!"

December 20th: 

Hey so the word is that I got TRANSFER TRASHED! (Transfer trashed means being transferred to a new area only after 6 weeks). THe AP's told me on the phone that the Lord had a special assignment for me this transfer and I am sure for transfers to come. Mom and Dad I can tell you that I did the BEST I could in elko. We got DT'd out of Elko (that means that both sister espinal and I got moved out) and they closed the area for sisters after only 6 months. Usually they leave areas open for sisters for 1 year or so. So that was a huge suprise. It wasn't a suprise that I was leaving though. I am now DT'd in to the SUNRISE area with sister hanny. Sister Hanny was companions with sister matthew and sister garner before they got me. Kinda funny. She is the SAME as me. And she is so loving and kind. I am SO GRATEFUL. I cannot even tell you. I know the Lord knows me and loves me so much that he would place trials in my path so that I could grow to my capacity at the time and then bless me after that small moment. D&C 121.I am really happy. I am so glad that I get to spend christmas with sister hanny. She is amazing! I have much to learn from her. She has been out 11 months and wow I have been out for 6! Crazy huh! A year left I better get a move on! hahaha. So much to do and so little time! 

Getting DT'd out and DT'd in is really crazy! We had to do so much so that the elders coming in would know what the heck is going on. There is ALOT that goes into an area. We spent the last 3 days getting the area books and letting people know that we were leaving and setting appointments up for the elders so they could stay busy. Getting DT'd in is crazy too. In elko we left them lots of information because we wanted to be thorough, but when we came here it was a mess. The area book hadn't been updated for months, we got a list of names of investigators without addresses and a map. So today we have been driving around our area so we can know the boundaries. We have talked to a few people today! SO it has been good. We live with the central zone sisters in this super nice. We have the PRETTIEST VIEW in the world and as we look out the temple is RIGHT THERE. I could walk to the temple in 5 min. Mom and Dad this temple is amazing. I love it so much. If I can I want to get married there if im not an old hag hahaha. I love this area already and it is so weird because one of the boundaries we have is SUPER close to green valley. This last week sister garner sent me programs and pictures from our last few baptisms in green valley. Gerry and Carey. I got to talk to carey right before his baptism. I miss him so much! He is my miracle of the mission. I love him oh man!

In elko (aka the celestial kingdom of the mission) We had a lot of people that were really close to baptism and I hope to hear the stories of their baptism someday. I got really close with the brach president's family for the spanish branch. It was the nielsen family. Pres Nielsen should be calling you any time to set up a hunting trip for after I get home. He showed me some of the hunting pics from his family and wow it would be so much fun to go with them. They reminded me so much of our family. All the kids would attack me everytime they saw me and started taking my hair out of my bun and doing it in pigtails and stuff haha. They are amazing. I was there for such a short time. Oh and I was falling apart in Elko basically because I lost my planner and one of my nametags. We retraced our steps everywhere. I think that my planner was so holy that it was translated to the presence of Heavenly Father. I say that because it is GONE! I looked everywhere. I was really sad because I wanted to send it home so that I could keep it. But maybe God will restore it to me in the celetial kingdom. haha.

The pictures are of sister espinal and I at transfer conference, last morning at morning sports, christmas party for the elko 3rd ward, me in elko and I will attach some other pics on another email. It only lets me attach 4.

For skype. We have church til 12. We have two wards now. The names are WASHINGTON AVE and MTN VISTA wards. Funny huh! haha Plan on skyping with me between 1 and 5 pm. We are going over to the lady's house that is going to let us skype and we will have her call you so that you know when to expect me. I love you and I am so excited to talk to you it will be awesome. MWAH MWAH MWAH! Well better get back to work. Lots to do lots to do! (Michael Scott) hahaha. ow there is so much to say but I dont have any more time! Love you! I got a card from gma and gpa, a package from grama fine and I got your package yesterday in hendersen! I will prolly not go back to elko so you can just get rid of that address haha. Love you and I will talk to you on christmas. Thinking of you in this season. Mom its okay if you cry! But please be happy you silly gosling haha. I love the pictures that you sent and I love the christmas cards I burst out laughing SOOOOOOO HAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDD. XOXOXO bye bye! So proud of my little babies.

Sister Fine