I can do this, but only with His help

Hiiiiii!!!! Great to hear from you all! I'm glad things are going well. :) Wow, missionary life is such a roller coaster of ups and downs. This week had some pretty extremes of both. Overall there were more good things, but a couple of big disappointments as well. C, the girl who I was probably most excited about because of how well she is prepared (the one we taught Word of Wisdom to in like 5 minutes), dropped us. It was devastating. Satan works so hard against these people. She ended up getting a boyfriend and didn't want to make the changes. :( Also, M and D, a cute couple who have been progressing and coming to church every week decided they are going to look for another church. So, that was rough. It is so sad to know how much the gospel will bless these peoples' lives and do everything you can to help them realize that, and then have them choose to not accept it. No bueno. On the other hand, this week was full of some really great things too! Tuesday Hermana Crosby and I went to Bloomington. She had a leadership meeting and I worked with the Bloomington Spanish Sisters for the afternoon. Hermana Mattson is from California and is a convert of about 3 years. Hermana Pelaez is also a convert and is from Mexico! I had a ton of fun working with both of them. Hermana Palaez is really good at English, but her first language is Spanish and so I learned a TON from her in just a few hours. Then, we went on exchanges and I stayed in Bloomington with Hermana Mattson and Hermana Palaez went with Hermana Crosby to Lakeville. I had an interesting time with Hermana Mattson. Wednesday morning we got up and I asked her what she had in mind for exercise. Kickboxing. Haha, we went to this racquetball court at their apartment and she "taught" me how to kickbox. Hilarious. I definitely got more exercise from laughing than anything else. Haha. The rest of the day was a little rough because she had no one lined up to teach. We knocked doors all afternoon and had some pretty interesting encounters! No one was too interested though and one guy actually freaked out and yelled at us to get off his doorstep. Good times. Actually, even though it wasn't the best day, I did learn a lot and its always fun to see how other missionaries do things. I was pretty happy to be back that night in Lakeville. We taught this one girl, Z who was awesome! Hermana Crosby had met her when we were on exchanges the week before and Wednesday night we taught her the Restoration. She had some questions and thoughts that I felt like I could relate to well. I am super excited to see her progress! So, you asked what I did for Halloween. We had an appointment set up for that night, but it fell through. We couldn't go knock doors obviously, so we stopped by some less actives and a few ward members who help us a lot and brought them some treats. Then we were able to have a lesson later with this lady D who I told you about before. Her husband was there for the first time too so we taught about the Restoration. Friday morning we went to the Temple!!! This awesome lady in our ward, Sister Andersen, took us and we went to lunch afterwards. First time in a long time I heard it in English! It was a very good experience. :) I actually had read a talk earlier in the week called The Temple is About Families by Richard H. Winkel. Read it sometime this week, it's so good! It was given in October 2006. That gave me a new perspective as I went and it made me think more about the importance of families. I love my family SOOO much! I'm so grateful that we have the gospel and are able to enjoy the blessings of the temple. It also put things more into perspective as I am away from my family right now. I miss you all a lot, but this is such a short time compared to eternity. I'm not giving up time with you, my family, because we have forever. :) Haha okay, sorry I haven't been clear at all apparently. I don't attend English class to learn English. Hermana Crosby and I teach English class to Hispanics who do not know English. Haha, we do that every Saturday and it is always really fun. I've told you before that Sundays are the hardest days. I decided yesterday that it was going to be a great Sunday and that I needed to not have an attitude that every Sunday is going to be terrible. It honestly wasn't the best day, as far as things that happened, but I was happy all day :) Also, President Clements has encouraged us to expect miracles all day every day. Yesterday we didn't know who we were going to teach so I said a prayer and asked the Lord for a miracle. And He gave us one! We met this super sweet girl named M. It was a really good lessons about the Plan of Salvation. Normally we teach the Restoration first, but Hermana Crosby and I both felt like the Plan of Salvation was the way to go. It went really well! Overall this week was good, but I realized even more fully that there is no possibility that I could ever accomplish one single thing without the help of the Lord. I was reading my Patriarchal Blessing this morning and realized that the Lord has given me so much potential, but I have a lot do to do be able to accomplish those things. Right as I was thinking about how impossible it seems to reach that, I thought about how the Lord truly can make everything possible. I can do this! I can do this, but only with His help. :) Love you so much family. You are the best and I am so grateful for you. Stay strong and be happy. :) Love, Hermana Pierce