January 31

Howdy from Woodville where miracles can clearly be seen amidst the trials!

 

I already wrote about Monday last week, since it was eventful, and I wrote on Tuesday.  Tueaday after emailing, we also had some other preparation day activities to catch up on- grocery shoping and such, and we took time to wash and vacuum the car on Wednesday.  Tuesday afternoon we gave a church tour to L* A* and her son JJ.  Sister S* G* came with us and it was a powerfully spiritual experience.  Bro. and Sis. C* and B* M* fed us dinner that night- ham, potato salad, turnips (my first time having them- could be worse, could be better), carrots, and homemade biscuits w/ a really amazing chocolate cake for dessert.  After dinner we went down and gave a church tour to Bro. and Sis. W* and J* K*.  They loved it and are happily prepared to help us take investigators on them. 

 

Wednesday, we spent some time on mormon.org.  It's still amazing.  We taught a pretty cool lesson to a man named D*, that Sis. M* B* came to w/ us.  I battled headache issues pretty bad that day.  In the evening we were able to give a church tour to T* B*, also w/ Sis. G*.  It was pretty awesome, and we set a baptism date w/ her for Feb. 25th.  She's got a lot of challenges to overcome to get there, but we love her and are excited to help her. 

 

Thursday we had Zone Conference in Beaumont.  Sis. Mapa and I sang a musical number for that which went well, and the whole meeting was pretty much amazing.  Members from Beaumont (not any that I know) prepared chicken spaghetti for us for lunch.  After the conference I went to Dr. Stovall.  I'll be going back for a follow-up today and seeing a cardiologist soon too.  When we got back to Woodville, we ate dinner at the apt.  We got back earlier than we thought we would, so weren't sure how to use the time.  The Spirit prompted us to go to the D*'s which we both thought was weird, because we go to the D*'s all the time.  We went anyways, and D* D* and D* L* were there stuck w/ stressful computer problems, praying for a way to fix it.  It wasn't a very complicated issue for us to figure out and we did so quickly.  It was something little, but still a powerful experience to be used as an instrument in the Lord's hands to answer the prayers of others.

 

Friday we did weekly planing in the morning and a hole bunch of trying to visit people, but not having lots of success.  We did go tracting for awhile which was good times.  We had dinner at the G*s- yummy country ribs.  While eating dinner though.... I had another episode.  It came on more suddenly than it has before and I did indeed pass out again... a couple of times.  We called Sis. Moldenhauer while it was happening- Pres. Moldehauer suggested we call Pres. L* (branch pres) who is a physical therapist and he came pretty quickly.  He called Bro. D*.  They monitored me and gave me a priesthood blessing.  The blessing gave me a lot of comforting counsel.  Soon the episode had passed leaving me w/ nothing but a headache and a very sore tailbone (I fell on it when I passed out.)  My tailbone is improving daily which is good, because I was afraid I'd re-broken it, but it just seems bruised.  I already have a Dr. appt. for today, so hopefully we'll be finding answers for the racing heart episodes soon. 

 

Saturday and Sunday were great days, but I don't have time to write about them because it's time to go.  I did go to a Baptist funeral on Saturday- that was a fascinating new experience.  I do love the Woodville Branch and am so grateful to be here serving w/ them.  I love being a missionary and I know this chuch is true!!!  I love my Savior and am grateful for the peace His atonement offers us.  I love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

*~Sister Pilmer~*

January 25

Howdy from Woodville, TX where I'm learning oh so very much! 

 

Last Monday was quite spectacular.  After our regular morning exercise, studies, etc., we went over to the D*'s so Sis. Mapa could finish her college applications and ran to Wal-mart for a few groceries.  Then we headed off to Beaumont, courtesy of C* M* driving us there.  We really love and appreciate her- she always helps us out and she's so fun to spend time w/.  We got special permission to take this trip to Beaumont on our preparation day, just for fun- to spend some time checking out my old stomping grounds.  Our first stop in Beaumont was the Lancaster-Cornwall apts. where we lived for 6 years.  We just walked around for a few minutes.  I told stories as memories flooded back to me and Sis. Mapa listened and enjoyed watching my excitement.  Then we headed to Sallie Curtis Elementary where I attended for K-4.  It's actually being torn down soon, and I was grateful to be able to see it before that happens.  There was a man sitting on a bench at the playground when we went to explore it so we talked to him.  In the playground of my childhood we were able to teach a lesson about the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this man (I think his name is Michael) and the Spirit was so strong- such a cool experience!  We took lots of pictures and I told lots of stories as we continued w/ our exploration which included a stop at my old ballet studio and a drive by of our old house.  It was lots of fun.  We then went over to the elders house (yes- 4 of them live in a really old house in a really old part of town) where we promptly kicked them out so we could see what it was like inside.  Then we all hung out on the porch and ate BBQ Chicken and salad and potatoes graciously cooked by the elders.  We played a game of UNO and then it was time to head back to Woodville.  That night we had dinner w/ Bro. and Sis. T* and C* L* who fed us amazing ribs.  After our dinner appt, we tried to visit a potential investigator, but ended up not being able to find their home in the dark. 

 

Tuesday we volunteered at Heritage Village, helping w/ more inventory.  We enjoyed lunch at the Pickett House, came to the library to email, and then stopped by the K*s for a little bit.  We then went to find that potential investigator M* T*, and quickly found it in the light of day.  We had a really great lesson w/ her.  She's not really interested right now, but we were so grateful for the Spirit's help in allowing us to effectively explain our purpose to her and testify of truth.  It was great.  We did some tracting and visiting less-active members and felt the Lord helping us throughout the day.  Sis. E* O* fed us homemade chicken soup for dinner w/ Bluebell ice cream for dessert. 

 

Wednesday morning our fist appt. w/ an investigator (whose name btw- is Michael Jackson) fell through.  Sis. A* M* had picked us up to go to the appt. w/ us so we invited her to come on a church tour.  We really love the tool of church tours and are seeing miracles throughout the mission as we utilize them.  Sis. M* loved the experience and is exciting about helping us w/ them in the future.  We had lunch at the apt. and then went to the library to spend our alotted time to weekly browse mormon.org.  I still love it even more and invite everyone to check it out!  We went tracting and to visit some people- only one of which was home.  We had dinner that night w/ Bro. and Sis. R* and D* L* who fed us Texas Hash w/ cheesecake for dessert. 

 

Thursday we spent the morning doing our weekly planning, and then headed to Beaumont so I could see Dr. Stovall again, and follow up.  He approved the decision Sis. Moldenhauer and I made to post-pone any further testing and such as long as I'm feeling fine and not passing out and such.  I was pretty happy about that.  Sis. D* D* drove us down to Beaumont for the appt., and after we finished we stopped to visit her brother before heading back to Woodville.  She dropped us off for our dinner appt. in Odomville and then went to go hang out w/ her friend.  We had dinner w/  Bro. and Sis. M* and B* O* and family (chicken and dumplins).  Sis. O* helped us practice our upcoming musical number while we were there too.  Sis. D* picked us up after and took us home. 

 

Friday we had District Mtg. in Woodville followed by lunch at the Pickett House so the Elders could experience its awesomeness.  We tried to visit some recent converts and investigators, but struggled to find anyone home.  So, then we went tracting for 3 long hours in the cold.  We were exhausted when we finished, but really happy to work so hard.  We went to the G* for dinner and they fed us lasagna. 

 

Saturday we had some great lessons, some miracles, some tracting, some exhaustion, and LOTS of joy in the work. 

 

Sunday we had church which was incredibly uplifting, and we had a Branch Council mtg. after.  We were supposed to give a church tour to someone we tracted into the day before, but it ended up falling through.  We had lunch and study time at the apt. We hadsome great lessons w/ investigators that evening and really felt like the Spirit led us to be effective w/ the time we had in the evening. 

 

Yesterday we went to NASA!!! That's why I didn't have time to email.  Our mission president specially approved a NASA trip for us missionaries.  We had to have a member take us, and Sis. D* L*e happily accepted the invitation to bring us and the elders serving in Fred.  On the way there I had a little episode of sudden fever, increased heartrate and such- the same thing that happened just before the two times I've passed out.  We pulled over and the elders gave me a blessing in which the Lord promised I would have an enjoyable day.  A miracle followed, all my symptoms gradually ceased and aside from a headache, I was fine.  We enjoyed a great day at NASA regardless of the rain and cold and more rain.  (Tram tour was particularly adventurous w/ the weather.)  By the time we got back to Woodville in the evening, my headache was pretty bad and I was quite exhausted so we ended up having to cancel our dinner appt, and send me to bed early. 

 

I do have to go back to the Dr. on Thursday and I'm not excited about that... but I'm feeling a lot of peace about it all.  Mosiah 4:9 really sums up what I am doing right now.  I'm truly trusting that God is aware of me and that He is in charge.  I know I cannot yet see the big picture that He can see.  He is guiding my life.  He is guiding the missionary work we are engaged in.  He is performing miracles that are changing and blessing His children.  He loves us!!!!

 

I love you all so much and thank you for your love and support and prayers!  SMILE LOTS!!!!!!!!

 

 

*~Sister Pilmer~*

January 18

Howdy from Woodville where I'm ridiculously exhausted and even more ridiculously happy!

 

Last Monday was a typical preparation day w/ the addition of a major "de-junk" of the apt.!  That felt really good- many sets of elders have lived here... it needed it!  That night we had dinner w/ the A* family (part-member couple w/ grown children- Sis. A* is a member. Bro. A* is not, but he comes to church almost every Sunday) which was completely delicious meatloaf w/ lots of yummy sides.  My daddy would be so proud of the helping of collard greens I dished up and ate all by myself.  I still don't enjoy them, but there was no gagging involved.  She made some amazing blueberry-white chocolate cheesecake for dessert. 

 

Tuesday we did our weekly service volunteering at the Heritage Village museum.  We helped w/ inventory of the giftshop this week.  We did some quality door-knocking as well as following up w/ some investigators we haven't seen for awhile. The L*'s had us over for dinner which was yummy chicken fettucine alfredo.

 

Wednesday included our regular uplifting visits at the nursing home. We did some tracting and taught some lessons to people who are not yet prepared to recieve the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.  We learned a lot!  We visited a less-active member and had dinner w/ the M* family who fed us gumbo and sweet potatoes. 

 

Thursday we had a long weekly planning session and also spent some time at the church practicing a musical number.  We had lots of plans fall through, and also spent a good chunk of time tracting and spreading the good news... mostly w/ those who are not yet prepared.  We got to spend an hour surfing the new and improved Mormon.org website and we love it!  If you're reading this and are a member- go create a profile asap and let me know when you have.  There's a great article about in the January edition of the Ensign.  If you're reading this and you're not a member- it really is a pretty cool website that is worth checking out so please do so!!  The G* family fed us Taco Soup for dinner which was perfect after a cold day of tracting :)

 

Friday we had District Meeting up in Jasper followed by lunch at a place in Jasper called Burger Depot.  It's delicious and definitely where anyone trying to gain weight should go eat.  We did some tracting way out in the country, where were followed by cute dogs, and hardly got to talk to anybody... we did terrify a lady though- as soon as we got to her gate she started yelling for us to go away as though we were hardened criminals.  It was a seriously fun day.  The M* fed us some yummy fish for dinner (fish is still not my favorite, but I enjoy it from time to time... and this had cheese and spinach added, so it was much more tolerable) and the best purple cake I've ever had.  We had an amazing lesson w/ C* H* that night.  He's still absolutely incredible, and still has a LONG way to go. 

 

Saturday we taught D* S* in the morning. He's going through so much right now it breaks my heart.  We had a productive hour or so of tracting after lunch and then met up w/ some YSA girls from the Beaumont Singles Branch.  S* and M* came to do exchanges w/ us because they were jealous of the boys in their branch getting to go out w/ the Beaumont elders all the time.  They're both preparing to serve missions and want to make it a monthly thing.  We LOVE them and are all for it.  The exchanges were very productive.  I got to work w/ S* and we did some tracting, following up w/ potential investigators, and visiting some less-actives.  We also made dinner for them at the D*'s home.  I made beef stroganoff and M* and S* helped w/ cleaning Sis. D*'s kitchen.  We all had a great, uplifting time. 

 

Sunday our church meetings were particularly edifying... funny because none of our investigators made it.  We did some tracting in the rain which is always fun.  The K*'s fed us pulled pork sandwiches for dinner.  We visited some potential investigators and less-active members, and finished off the evening by playing and awesome Elder Holland talk (an address he gave to MTC missionaries) for C* M* and B* S* who are both preparing to leave on missions.  We got a copy of the talk on Friday and fell in love w/ it.  They really enjoyed it too. 

 

It's been a long week- lots of hard work, not so much seeing fruits of our labors.  Ironically though, we feel SOOOO good about it!  We've given our all to do the Lord's will.  We feel good about our efforts and peace knowing the Lord is please w/ them.  I wouldn't trade that for anything!!!! I love being a missionary!!!   I love ALL of you SO much!!!! 

 

*~Sister Pilmer~*

January 10

Howdy from Woodville where it's colder than I would prefer.  This has been an eventful, exhausting, wonderful week... we'll see if I can remember it well enough to write about it.

 

Monday was a fairly normal preparation day- our 1st in weeks!!  We were so excited to have that and to be getting transferred.  While vaccuming our car though... we did manage to lock the keys inside of it.  If anyone knows why a Malibu would lock itself w/ the keys sitting inside- please let us know, because we sure can't figure it out.  Luckily Bro. T* D* doesn't live too far away, so we walked to his place and he came to the rescue w/ his car unlocking tools and skills.  The D* family also fed us for dinner that night- we just love them. 

 

Tuesday we had a really good morning making visits and tracting some... not so much because it was very fruitful, but because we were very dilligent.  It just felt good to keep going even though it was hard.  Then after lunch we had to go to Beaumont for a Dr.'s appt. for Sis. Mapa.  I also asked to have a blood test run that I was supposed to do as a follow up to my ER visit... and ended up having several tests done and being at the Dr.'s for many hours.  Some of those test came back abnormal which stressed me out a bit.  After leaving Dr. Stovall's office (at least I get to see the Stovalls, that part is always fun)  we grabbed some dinner at Taco Bell.  Then we met up w/ the Beaumont Elders so I could get a blessing of comfort and so we could return something of theirs that we had.  We got back to Woodville pretty late that night, so we were happy we had such a productive morning.

 

Wednesday we spent a pretty big chunk of time helping an elderly couple take down their VAST collection of Christmas decorations.  We then stopped by the nursing home to visit some sweet members there.  We did some fun tracting after that before heading to C* H*'s for a lesson. C* has a long ways to go, but the Spirit is really helping us to discern his needs and help him.  We went to the G*s' for dinner.   They fed us chicken spaghetti.  After dinner we met our investigator J* W* at the church for a lesson w/ E* O*.  We taught the Word of Wisdom and she really soaked everything up.  She really wants to set her life right.

 

Thursday we met E* and J* at the church along w/ Bro. L* and Bro. D* who gave J* a priesthood blessing to help her quit smoking.  We had a brief lesson w/ her after and it was so great.  We LOVE her and are so grateful that the Holy Ghost allows us to teach her so effectively.  She's progressing so much and is still very excited about her baptism currently scheduled for the 28th of this month.  After that we spent a couple hours weekly planning and being interrupted by lots of random things we had to take care of.  We ate some lunch and then hit the road for Beaumont.  We had to stop at AutoZone and get "Gertie May" some new wiper blades and then go back to Dr. Stovall for another follow up visit for me.  This visit was slightly less nerve racking and shorter.  All in all Dr. Stovall still wants to figure out some things, but I've still been feeling just fine and am going to be just fine.  After the Dr. we went to Chic-fil-a for dinner, which was quite delightful.  Then we met up w/ young single adult member in Beaumont, Sofia Gawu.  She took us to visit some people the Elders asked us to visit and we had a great time!  The only person we ended up being able to meet w/ was Sis. Schafer of the Beaumont 1st ward, but it was such an uplifting "this is where the Lord wants us" experience that it was alright w/ us.  Then we headed to the Hayes home to spend the night.  (We stayed to work in Beaumont and spend the night, because w/ my Dr.'s appt, and Friday meetings it didn't make sense to go back to Woodville.  President Moldenhauer approved us to do all of this.)  Bro and Sis Marshall and Jill Hayes are old family friends and we had so much fun catching up.  Even though they agreed to let us Woodville Sisters stay in their home and I even talked w/ Sis. Hayes to verify when we'd come over, they didn't realize it was me til we came.  It was a really fun sneaky surprise! 

 

     Friday we got up, got ready, enjoyed breakfast and more chatting w/ Sis. Hayes. (Bro. Hayes had a surgery to do at 7:30 so we just got to see him off.)  We had interviews w/ our mission president at 8:00... but we were misinformed about the location so were a little bit late... we were waiting for him in Beaumont and he was waiting for us in Port Arthur.  We drove to Port Arthur, had our interviews, companionship study, visiting w/ missionaries, district meeting, and training meeting w/ all of Beaumont and Orange Zones.  All of that was pretty edifying and awesome.  We stopped at a BBQ place in Evadale for lunch w/ a few missionaries heading back the same direction as us.  Then we got back to our area and did some tracting and visited a couple of members.  That night we attended the Spurger HS basketball game to mingle w/ the community.  That was fun and effective.  I crashed w/ a migraine that night when we got home and was happy to be back in Woodville. 

 

Satuday was filled w/ productive work and Spirit led lessons.  We saw the Lord's hand a lot that day. 

 

Sunday was great because J* came to church!  And I spoke in Sacrament Mtg. and it wasn't too bad!  And we ended up being led by the Spirit to places we needed to be.  And Sis. S* fed us AWESOME sloppy joes for lunch.  And we had dinner at the D*'s home where we ate chili and watched the CES fireside w/ some YSA's and J*!  And we played a game w/ all of them and it was so perfect for J*.

 

It was A GREAT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I love you all!!!  Our Savior lives and loves us. God is our loving Heavenly Father and He desires our happiness.  Trusting in and courageously following His will brings about miracles!

 

*~Sister Pilmer~*

January 3

Howdy from Woodville,TX where I WILL be serving for 6 more weeks w/ Sis. Mapa as my companion!  We're pretty stoked about that.  It has been an exhausting and eventful week filled with plenty of adventures and miracles.  I can already guarantee that this email won't do it justice.

 

Monday kicked off the adventures well w/ a trip to the emergency room.  We had a preparation day w/ our zone in Beaumont.  Our member friend C* M* had driven Sis. Mapa and me down and she and I were chilling on the stage in the gym just laughing and talking and watching most of the other missionaries play dodgeball.  (she and I had had our fill of the actual playing)  We'd been relaxing there for about an hour when I got a funny headache and mentioned it to her... then soon felt hot... and she said my face was bright red and my forehead burning up... then my heartrate began to accelerate... and all of those symptoms increased.  At first we were joking about my random symptoms, and then the heartrate made us both nervous and I told her to get Sis. Mapa.  I layed down on the stage. She called Sis. Moldenhauer (mission mom) who told them to have me get a blessing and take me to the hospital.  I asked the two elders standing by the stage to give me a blessing.  Then I tried to get up (w/ Sis. Mapa's assistance) to walk to the car... and I passed out.  One of our recent convert friends Daniel, was there playing w/ all of us and he happens to be a nurse so they grabbed him and he talked everyone through helping me.  I passed out like 2 more times trying to walk even w/ assistance, so a few elders just carried me to the car while I was unconcious, but trying very hard to be concious- it was like a really bad dream.  They drove me to the hospital, Daniel quizzing me and testing my vital signs the whole way.  It turns out they're not really sure what caused all this except that it was likely dehydration.  I got feeling much much better very quickly and spent hours in the ER just feeling tired and having bloodwork and tests done.  We finally left the hospital a little before 10 pm and I called the Moldenhauers to give them an update.  President Moldenhauer answered and suggested that Sis. Mapa and I stay in and rest tomorrow.  I quickly searched my mind to find the appropriate, respectful resonse to let him know I would be fine to work... but instead I popped out w/, "What if we don't want to?"  He was surprised and amused and told us that would be fine as long as we used good judgement and followed the Spirit. 

 

     The whole experience was pretty surreal.  What is clear about all that took place, was that the Lord's hand was in it.  Everyone was in the right place at the right time for me to be properly taken care of.  We saw many little and big miracles and felt the Lord's love.  

 

     Tuesday morning we got up bright and early to travel to Kingwood.  President Moldenhauer holds a monthly Zone Leader Council w/ all the zone leaders and periodically invites a companionship of sisters to attend.  Sis. Mapa and I were ivited and it was a wonderful, edifying meeting.  It was a particularly interesting experience, because the majority of the meeting was spent being trained on some new missionary tools by a recently returned missionary in the Beaumont 1st ward.... that RM happened to be Jason Palmer, one of my best childhood friends.  It was very good and very strange to see him.

 

      Due to lack of time we'll jump to Friday New Years Eve.  We had a wonderful zone meeting in Beaumont in the morning, and got back to Woodville around 3.  Then A* G* was interviewed for baptism by our district leader which went very well.  In the evening we had a couple of particularly stellar lessons with investigators.  Both J* W* and C* H* have now set baptism dates for the 28th of this month.  It was all led by the Spirit and completely awesome.  We then went to bed at 10:30 and slept straight through the night.  The new year still comes even if you're sleeping :)

 

      Saturday was a pretty long hard day.  By the time we came in for the night and were weekly planning we were both just exhausted and not feeling too sushiney.  We tried singing a hymn to lift our spirits and it helped, but not enough.  We were dreading transfer calls too, but were pleasantly surprised by a phone call informing us that we would be staying together in Woodville for another 6 weeks!  We really were hoping for that, but completely not expecting it.  We're going to work SO hard!  Sis. Mapa goes home at the end of this transfer though.  I'm going to miss her so much.  

 

     The biggest highlight of our week happened yesterday when A* N* G* was baptized.  She was even baptized by a fairly recent convert, A* L*.  The whole thing went so very well, even though Sis. Mapa and I were stressed to the max trying to make sure everything was in order.  She had several family members and friends there to support her, many of which joined us for Sacrament Meeting.  Amazing things are happening here in Woodville!  I love missionary work!

 

I'll leave you w/ one of my many favorite quotes:

 

"Never forget that you came to earth as a child of the divine Father, with something of divinity in your very makeup.  The Lord did not send you here to fail."  -President Gordon B. Hinckley

 

Love y'all!!! Smile!!!!!!  Send mail!!!

 

*~Sister Pilmer~*

December 27

Howdy from Woodville where Sister Pilmer wants to stay for at least another transfer!  Haha- I certainly want to do whatever the Lord's will is, but Sister Mapa and I would really love to stay here and stay together for another 6 weeks until she is transferred home.  We are having the best time ever! 

 

Christmas was completely magically, fabulous!  I have had 22 years of the best kinds of Christmases anyone could ever ask for.  Some years my family has had more than others, but I really can't imagine having more wonderful Christmas memories than I've been blessed with.  This year though- tops them all.  It has truly been the best Christmas of my life so far.  It has been the opportunity to GIVE so much to the Lord and to my brothers and sisters that has brought more joy and fulfillment than ever.  Of course, all that giving has only come back one hundred fold and I have felt so very loved by everyone back home and everyone out here and most importantly by my Heavenly Father and my Savior, Jesus Christ.  It has been a joyous blessing to be able to focus SO MUCH on my Savior this season, and I loved it!!!

 

Sister Mapa and I spent several hours on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day running around visiting as many wonderful families as possible.  We sang LOTS of Christmas songs, read the Christmas story from Luke 2 and bore our testimonies to many, and left a humble gift of a copy of my Mommy's Christmas story with everyone.  (She didn't write the story, but she's read it to us every Christmas Eve for as long as I can remember... if you'd like a copy, just ask her)  We mostly did these visits w/ active and less-active members, but we did them w/ some investigators as well.  We gave copies of "the Living Christ" to most of them. (If you'd like a copy of that, you may talk to my family as well- they're so great.)  At almost all of the houses we actually spoke to people at (instead of leaving the story on their door because they weren't home) we left w/ all kinds of goodies- fudge, oranges, pumpkin bread, shower gel, candy, perfume, static guard, thin mints, lotion, souvenirs, etc.  We have officially been spoiled. 

 

For those of you who are curious to know what our Christmas dinner was, you'll be happy to know we enjoyed a wonderful meal featuring Goat Tacos!  It was actually really good, and made by the in-laws of the M* family who just moved to Texas from Mexico.  I was able to talk to my family Christmas morning and that was quite wonderful because I happen to love them to pieces!

 

On the day after Christmas J* J* Jones was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints- AWESOME!!!!

 

I love you all and hope each of you had a completely marvelous Christmas.  God loves you- I promise. 

 

Just because the holidays are wrapping up, doesn't mean I don't still love mail.  FYI!

 

Missionary work is the greatest thing ever and I love it w/ all my heart!!!

 

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!

 

*~Sister Pilmer~*