IT'S ALL WORTH IT!!!

Hey there Dad! Great to hear from you! I miss you tons but am really glad to get to write you :) 

Sorry about the e-mailing last week... the story is that I wasn't feeling too well and had written a letter or like half a letter to mom, and then I went and puked in the bathroom and my letter was gone when I came back and we just went home cause I wasn't feelin the greatest... haha! Sorry about that! But I'm feeling much better this week! And hope to be gettin better at the work too :)

So thanks for all the support and encouragement,  I know it will all work out and that I will be helped in the work by The Lord cause He is there :) But it is definitely the hardest thing I have ever done. The Gospel is all about The Atonement and change, and that's the hard part haha cause people don't like to change, it's hard. But it's all possible, and The Lord will make it work, we just have to believe Him and press forward... and receive BAPTISM and THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST! That's how we access the gift of The Atonement :)  

New calling huh?! Sounds like a perfect one for you :) And new Bishopric! How is Bishop Waidmann feeling? 
Any news with Bishop Reyne?

No way! Her and Elder Kay will be in the same mission! :) Neat! When does she report?? Dallin is headed out super soon huh?! How is Tanner doing? Keepin up the good work at school and seminary? :)

Well I love you tons! I have had tons of great experiences but I'll send them in mom's letter and you can all read them :) Love you tons and hope this week goes great back home! Keep up all the missionary work and let me know if I can pray for anyone back home :) 

Love, 

Elder Apsley :)

Hey there Mom! I love you and it is so great to hear from you! :) To say I miss you would be an amazing understatement, but I do.

So first things first... last week, I had half a letter written to you or so after Tanner's, but I got sick and had to run to the bathroom and throw up... So then, I came back to the computer and my letter was gone and we needed to go home because I wasn't feeling well. But I'm feeling much better this week and am excited to write you haha!

So these past few weeks have been so wonderful, but some of the hardest weeks of my life. I can't explain how much The Lord needs of us because I feel inadequate every single day. I don't know how, but He puts up with us ;)

We have seen many miracles. One was the first or second day I was out here and we were street contacting. We met a mom named Marissa and she has been taking the discussions ever since. She was outside and we set up a time to come back. We taught her the Restoration and she really felt The Spirit when we were talking about Joseph Smith's First Vision. She really liked the feeling and she is committed to be baptized. She also is going to come to a scripture study class with us on tuesday nights :)

Another one was that we were going to go visit another investigator named Camille, but we saw a man named Alex on the street waiting for some day care kids to be dropped off at his house, and he wouldn't have been out there, but they were late... We have a lesson with him tonight :)

A boy named Tyler has been separated from his parents from CPS, and has been feeling really down, wondering if life really matters, and why he is here. We met him yesterday on the street and gave him the number of the Zone Leaders. He was in the YSA ward age. We taught him God loves Him and that he is here for a reason. He said, I knew I crossed the street for a reason :)

Just some of the great experiences that have happened so far :) The ward mission leader here named Brother Frost is so great! He is coming out with us very often and teaches us things just as often!

"I'm thankful for those quotes I need that. 

I love you so much and am so greteful for all you continue to do for me. I know that God lives and loves us, even if it is hard to feel at times. I'm trying to take the work as seriously and do it the best I can, and God is helping me with that :)

My companion is Elder Roberts. We live in an apartment with another companionship... Elder Williams from the MTC is there too! :) Love them tons! He is from South Carolina a town called Junction. He is just the companion I need :)

I know this work is true, I love you all and know The Lord lives, and because of that, we will again too :)

I pray for you daily, and hope that all is going well there :) Any advice with dealing with the icky things that you see so often on the mission? Love ya and talk to you next week! :)

Love Elder Apsley :)