Week Five


From: Elise LaPorte 

Date: Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 1:38 PM
Subject: This is the place!!!!!


Hello Family!!!!

Thank you for the uplifting words and pictures....I LOVE IT!!!! :) Well, I LOVE Temple Square!!! I am shocked on how much I get to teach...haha. I would say that about 70% of the people that we talk to are not members of the church and they are from ALL over. Wes, I taught two families from Jerusalem last Saturday, which was the NEATEST experience ever...I may have cried when talking to one of the Dads...we can't invite them to learn more because of where they are from but we could answer their questions. Seriously though, I have met people from EVERYWHERE...haha.  It's really neat and it is SO neat to be surrounded by sisters from all over the world (Baby Heaven...that is what I call it because I think it will be a little experience of what Heaven will be like) haha. Earlier today, I was thinking about how at first I could really tell all the sisters accents, but now I don't really...haha it's all a blend.  I think it is because we are all speaking the language of the gospel!!! :) This whole week has been a growing experience of my life. Haha...Missions have high and low points, but I have truly felt Heavenly Father's love for me. it is such a comfort to know that I am never alone and have someone to turn too. It's been a really neat experience as I have just turned everything over to the Lord and am giving it my ALL! Haha. I know that He will use everything that I will give Him...so I am giving it all I have. Okay, well one neat story before I go is that we have not had an investigator since my comp came from outbound and I am new but.....yesterday we were on chat and I was talking to a guy named, John and once I got him over our feelings about drugs (Word of Wisdom)...I invited him to know more and that I could teach him...after a pause he said, "YES!!!" There is more to the story than that, but know it was amazing and I was freaking out with excitement as you could image!!! Haha...Oooo one more quick story and then I have to go sooo we have to do something called an explorer day when get here and I did mine yesterday...we visit all the buildings in and around Temple Square..I wanted to just stay on the square and work...haha...but it ended up being really neat. My favorite place we went was the Relief Society Building were they took us around told us about how all the ladies donated five dollars back in the day to build the building. Anyways, they showed us the book were they had the names of all the ladies that donated...and all I knew was Grandma's mom's name, so I looked it up and there it was....I started to cry it was SOOO touching to me!!!   (I cry more now then I used too...all these sisters are teaching me to cry haha)   The whole building was neat and I had just the most amazing feeling in that building that I cannot explain!!! Well, I LOVE YOU ALL SOOOOOO much!!!!! Till next week!!! :) 

LOVE, Sister LaPorte

ps. Trent i love the essay you sent me using those script references and Wes do you know a Sister (Nat) Savage? LOVE YOU!!!!