Saw an Armadillo!!! Finally :)

I haven't recieved your letter yet, though this week I finally was able to send the letter that I wrote in response to the group of letters ya'll sent a bit ago. I did get the cards! And I love them! They are so beautiful, and so fun to use! My companion wants to get her own set, and several sets to give to the people we baptize! I think that's a bit expensive, but if she insists, she can do it with her own money. I do have a gospel art book, I don't use it much because the pictures are in a weird order, and the book is too big to fit in my purse, but I do have one, and we keep an extra in the car in case we ever come across  the need for it. .

Glad to hear things are going good for the most part!

I do have some exciting news though!!!! I SAW AN ARMADILLO!!! It was super cute! I saw it for approximately 3.6 seconds as we drove past and I demanded that the car be turned around so that we could get a picture. Sister Ackerman said no, because we were going down a one way road, and it would take about 25 minutes to get back to that spot if we were to try to go back, so next time I have to spot it quicker. Drats. It was alive though, and I DID see it!

I have a couple spiritual insights/challenges that I've been wanting to share with ya'll, but I'm struggling to find the right wordings for it... 

Alright- I'll just go for it, and if something sounds weird or doesn't make sense, you can just ask. So, conference talked a LOT about Members doing missionary work as well, and the following is a tool that has been tested and proven for members to use in helping missionaries find people to teach.

"Would you be willing to listen to a brief presentation about my religion?"

Ask that question to everyone. It may be a bit harder in Utah, since most people are already LDS, but really, there are a great deal of people who are not LDS, and have never been invited to hear about our church! One of the appostles said that ONE THIRD of the world's population is ready to join our church, they just don't know how.

So how do you help? Say you go to the store. I KNOW you talk to the cashier. Find out if they are mormon, if they're not, use the above question. If they say yes, you get their Name, Address, Phone Number and the time/day thatthey are usually most avaliable, then you send that information to the local missionaries! We've had a few baptisms in our mission that have happened because members ask this question with people they meet! Ya'll should give it a try, and let me know how things work out.

I had another insight to share, but my time is almost up, so I'll share it next week.

I love you a bunch and I hope to continue to hear good news from you.

God Bless!

~Sister Sanders