Dear family and friends,
So I have discovered several things this week! One: I'm staying here in Santa Rosa another transfer with my trainer (aka my "mom" in my mission)! So my address is still 3717 Sonoma Avenue #2, Santa Rosa, CA 95405 until mid-December at least.
Another thing I discovered is that our apartment has fleas...gross. You'd think that would only happen in foreign missions, but nope! It happened to me in Santa Rosa, CA. Everyone loves their pets here, though, so I'm guessing that's where the fleas came from - an investigator's house or something. Thus, we had to bug bomb our apartment...I have the most HILARIOUS video about it, but I forgot my camera cord...whoops. I'll send it next week! I will tell you that the senior couple in charge of apartments did a cleaning check at our apartment and we showed them some bites we kept getting, and they said, "Oh no. You have fleas." Then later that day they gave us "bug bombs," these little cans that you press down and they release this disgusting smelling fog into the air. So we released them and then ran outisde our apartment...and then realized we forgot the keys inside. Haha I was feeling brave, so I took a deep breath, put my jacket over my mouth, and ran inside through the fog and scrambled to find the keys. Which I did...and the rest of the day I smelled like a bug bomb. Oh well. Now we don't have any more bites from fleas!! Yay!!!
Also, something super cool happened: we set up a booth at both college universities, so we are finding people like CRAZY! They come up to us and ask what religion we are and gah it's just so cool to find people that way! We had to start thinking out of the box because we weren't finding anyone, and this way of finding is working great:)
ANOTHER cool thing I discovered is that I LOVE soccer. On P-Days we play soccer and I have SUCH a blast and absolutely love it, so I need to practice when I get home! I look forward to many things on P-Days, but the two top ones are one: e-mailing, and two: playing soccer. My companion played soccer all high school, too, so she's teaching me lots of cool moves and how to juggle the ball and such.
I just wanted to say that from this week, I've really come to know that what matters most to the Lord is what we do AFTER we think we've done enough. It's about running the 2nd mile when we feel like the 1st mile was enough. That's when the blessings really flow. I started feeling like, "I've done enough" but it's never enough. The Lord gave up His LIFE for us - I can give up 18 months of mine. Think of what happened to Joseph Smith when he first prayed for an answer: he felt enveloped in darkness. He could have stopped and said, "I've done enough." But he didn't. He kept praying and because of that, because of his diligence, he saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and we have the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ on the earth once again.
So my message to you all this week: when you feel like turning inward, turn OUT! Push on, even when you feel like "that's enough." That's what the Savior did his entire life. Even hanging in agony on the cross, he told John to take care of his mother, Mary. He preached the Gospel to the two thieves he was hanging with on the cross and said, "today you will be with me in paradise." We are forever indebted to our Savior - don't give up! Push forward. When you feel like you've doen enough, do more, and that's when you'll see the blessings flow. I can promise you that! I love you all, choose the right and love like Jesus Christ loves us:)
With love,
Sister Kolee Decker
P.S. Grandma and Grandpa Decker and Clay, the assistant ward mission leader in the ward I'm serving in (Redwoods YSA) told me you know him! He served in South Carolina - Elder Freebairn is his name (Steven Freebairn.) Do you remember him?? He wanted me to tell you that he loves you and says hello! Such a small world!
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