#sorrynotsorry

ok hi family!!!

two more weeks until I am out in Vancouver Canada and I actually have to save some real souls! Quote of the week as I am laying in bed and all of us siisters are talking... so i'm just sitting there thinking about being a missionary and say "Being a missionary is awesome, you have like no responsibility except the salvation of souls." So all the sisters have been giving me a hard time that I think salvation of souls is nbd and whatevs. It's not. But I am so happy that I don't have finals next week. But yes, I am so excited to be out in the field. This next week is pretty exciting. Thursday we get our travel plans and Friday I get my cast off! I get two hands!!!! I keep thinking, if i can handle the MTC with one hand, I can do ANYTHING with two hands. Probably a little too optimistic but it really feels like I can do anything with two hands now.

I loved loved loved general conference. Sitting in a hard chair was a BREEZE after being so used to sitting in class for 6 hours a day. I am not going to lie, I teared up a little everytime they talked about mission work. I hope everyone thought about me when they said the word missionary. #sorrynotsorry. I don't think i have a favorite talk yet but I did have a really cool experience. So on Saturday, Sis. Chao, oborn, Gagon and I decided to walk to te temple in between sessions. The sun was shining, it was warm out and we were literally the only ones at the temple. We all picked a bench and soaked up the sun in silence. After about 20 minutes, a mom and her two little girls cam eto the temple. My first thought was that I was so impressed that she would bring her kids to the temple but then as I kept on watching, I was so dissapointed because she was on her phone the entire time, either talking on the phone or instagramming (that girl has got to pick a filter for her temple insta faster). I thought it was so sad that she lost such a great teaching moment about the temple with her kids. Then on Sunday i noticed that there were so many talks to parents about turning off techonology to spend time with their kids and I thought about how true that was.

Another really neat moment this week was when it was confirmed to me again that missionaries are so inspired. We got three new chinese disrticts (holla!!) and every sister companionship was assigned a sister two "fellowship." Sister Gagon and I were assigned a girl that I had run into earlier that day and I just got a really bad first impression from her. I wasn't too stoked to go "friend" her but I did as I was told and we went to see her Friday night. We gave her a treat and all of a sudden I just started giving her one of my pep talks. I really don't know what happened but I know that they weren't my words and all of a sudden she was crying and I was consoling and she was having a change of heart. 45 minutes later, as Sister Gagon and I walked away, she turned to me and said that she knew that was inspired because I was the only one that could say what I did to that girl and she needed it, badly. It wassuch an inspired conversation and proved to me again, that the Lord knows each one of us and seriously takes care of his missionaries.

Mom, you are a SAINT. I was so so so grateful for the priesthood shopping session. I loved EVERYTHING and they all fit perfectly. And they are all perfect mission skirts. Why did I even try to do my own mission clothes shopping? All my best stuff is from you.

Also, Bekah, I pulled a page out of your book and waxed. It needed to happen. I haven't shaved since i've gotten here and people were starting to wonder if "all naturale" was my thing. For the record, it's not. But it helps to ward off those baby elders. But now my legs are smooth as can be so watch out. Our english sisters did the honors of pulling the wax strips. One loved it, the other was disgusted. I'm a little sad to see them leave, they really kept us well fed with all their treats from their moms but it's probably better for our figures that they are gone.

Anyway, I think that's about it for the week. With Melissa Stewart and Sam gone, I think it's really my time to leave the MTC now. Two more weeks! I'll just keep kicking Satan in the face!

Sister DeMordaunt

Shoutouts:

Kris Pattee- best YW leader ever. That was the cutest package and i've already eaten through the min t m&ms. oops.

Courtney Bingham- soon to be Duffy! Big congrats!!!!!