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CONGRATULATIONS HOLLY AND MARK!!!! I'm so excited! i love to hear of all the great things happening at home! I almost had this email done when the system at the library crashed and so I don't have much time I just came back to tell you all that I love you and that all is well here in Cataraqui! We've been blessed to meet some great people and I am loving the country. We've had some fun dinner appointments lately.. I ran right into a screen door at the Amos's and I don't think i'll ever hear the end of it. That's nothing new though :) I read a great quote by Gordon B. Hinckley. "If as a people we will build and sustain one another the Lord will bless us with the strength to weather every storm and continue to move forward through every adversity." I know this is true! We all need help moving forward sometimes and I think our greatest progression and happiness comes when we focus on others. I love you all! Thanks for all that you do for me. I love this gospel. My companion showed me some fun tricks with magic filters on my camera so we had some fun taking pictures! Love you!
Sister Savage
The first one makes everything look very soft and glowy.
The second one makes everything really bright and beautiful.. I love fall :)
We saw a snake while tracting.. did you know they don't have snakes in Hawaii?
And we saw a frog.. they do have those in Hawaii.

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This is of me riding my bike in the country.
Sister Swim and I like puzzles.. but we are always sooo tired!
I can't remember if i sent this one but it is of us in our canda poncho things!

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Love you!

Staying in the country!

So Sister Swim and I are staying here for fall and i'm very exciting! It's starting to get cool again and I love it... although it's been raining a lot. We had a great week.. we went up north and tried tracting on our bikes cause the houses are far apart. I think every missionary should have bikes... we have so many funny experiences with them! It's not as hard as i thought in a skirt... you just have to be more careful getting off. We found three new investigators this week and that's the best we've done in a long time. One girl is 17 and she really doesn't know anything about religion but she is so open minded and she even prayed the first time we met with her... it was awesome. We meet so many amazing people everyday. We go volunteer at an old folks home sometimes and there is the sweetest 92 year old lady who just goes around making all the other patients smile and she gives them kisses and it's just so sweet. What a great example of how we can make a difference no matter where we are or how old we are. I've only got four more minutes so I should probably send this off... I love you all and miss you! Thanks for your love and support! Keep on keeping on! Love me!

Just another week in paradise :)

They call the country zones the paradise zones... it is beautiful. It's been really humid and rainy but great. My hair usually starts out straight but before long it's all weird and wavey. We are still teaching marilyn and she was supposed to come to church yesterday but her asthma attacked her again and she sounded horrible... next week! I think there is so much to learn about hope on a mission. You just keep on saying the next person, the next door, the next week someone will come to church, the next time they will have read and prayed.. and you know what usually not but those few times when it does happen makes it worth it. They have implemented new leadership training meetings for zone leaders, district leaders, and trainers but sister swim and I were invited and it is really cool. the church came out with a new missionary dvd and it's so real! And as you watch it you realize wow there are over 50,000 missionaries going through the same things as me right now and it is such a boost. This is the Lords work. We are all asked to lift where we stand and it makes such a difference even if we can't always see it. i'm so grateful to be here. I'm sooooo grateful! I love you all and hope all is well! Sister swim and I are going to try and ride our bikes to the Senior couples house and it's kinda far so i hope all goes well! We laugh a lot even when we are crying.. it's great!
Sister Savage

August 3 2010

It's been a great week. We don't have much time to email cause it was a holiday yesterday so all the libraries were closed and so we got permission to come during one of our breaks today. I am so sore right now.. we played Zone sports yesterday and i ran into the corner of a table and boy does it hurt! I showed sister swim my bruise and she said, " wow that looks like the solar system" haha it's pretty colorful. We have been plugging along. Tracting is always an adventure... this dog went nuts and the lady was so funny cause she could probably see the terror in my eyes. She had to run down the street after it cause it went after a kid on a skateboard and she was yelling he won't bite he's just a terrorist! We felt bad we let it out but it was pretty funny. We've had some miracles and some dissapointments but i'm just as grateful as ever. I read something in Phillipians that i love. Chapter 4 verses 11-13, "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound:everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." I think this sums up being a missionary for me.. I feel on top of the world and at the same time like I NEED SO MUCH HELP. And that's great because my Savior wants to help me and he is and i'm just happy. I do some crazy stuff though sometimes.. I was calling a referral and I accidently started praying on their message machine.. I really had to try and smooth that one over but i luckily didn't start laughing till i hung up. whoops. We met with our wonderful investigator Marilyn today and she is doing so great! She asks awesome questions and she is so refreshing to teach. I can't believe Laurie is off to buffalo.. I was thinking it's a good thing it was after I left cause I can handle leaving much more than being left. I love you all and you are all in my prayers! Do something nice for someone. God is aware of us all and uses us to answer prayers... that I know! love me