Week 45

On our way to training in Edinburgh

Mom,

I'm so glad Shae loved the post card!! I had a hard time picking one out that she would like, but I figured Ireland was a good one :) I  hope she has the most amazing birthday!!! She really deserves the best!!! I miss her so much! 

Sister Training Leader Development

This week was so much fun! MLC was great we learned a lot of practical things that will help improve our areas! Then we had an STL development day which was also great! I now have a whole new list of goals and things I want to improve on!  So, the fun thing from this weekend was the baptism!! It was Saturday morning at 10 am. The stressful thing was that our flight from Edinburgh left at 8 am... the flight is an hour and then it takes an hour to drive from the airport to the church... so, we were cutting it pretty close on time, and if anything went wrong we wouldn't be able to make it! But we prayed and prayed and prayed some more and we made it!! :) We made it right on time, but hey we made it! All the elders in our ward were so kind; they filled up the font and set up chairs while we were on the plane! Everyone helped so much while we were gone! Even though it ended up going smoothly Sister Checketts and I promised to not plan a baptism on moves week again. Too much stress!!! 

On another fun note! We have another baptism this week!!! She is 10 years old, and she is the greatest!!! We love her so much! It's been so much fun to work with her these past couple weeks, and to help her get ready to be baptized! Its' so cool how even little kids can feel the spirit, and know that these things are true!! 

Tell everyone I say happy birthday!! I e-mailed each of them as well, but I just love them so much and I want them to all have a great day! I really miss y'all, but I'm happy here! We're working hard, and loving life right now! 

I love how you asked if I'm okay! Honestly mom, this week was incredible, but it was hard. I had a huge wake up call that I was not doing enough of living up to my full potential here. So, it was rough for a bit to realize that I need to change yet again, but I feel so much better now, and it's going to be a really good thing for my spiritual growth. Thank you so much for all you do mom! You are such a good example to me! I love you so much!! Have an amazing week! 

Sister Kotter :) 

Notice the letters GQ behind us. That's what we call street contacting.