I am really tired this morning…struggling to wake up.
I have had a hard time turning my mind off lately at night! That right
there is one of the most frustrating things to me!!! So a nap may
ensue right after this letter (that is if Sam lets me!)
I am still obsessing over my little incident this week with
the wrong deliveries we received. We had a very large box delivered to
our from door with Christmas gifts I ordered from amazon inside of it.
The only problem was it was totally opened when we received it…like flapping
cardboard opened. I thought for sure things were missing (which they
were, but nothing major, and they have been resent already), but after going
through the box I realized there were two additional smaller boxes INSIDE my
large Christmas present filled box. So I pulled them out and realized
they were boxes meant for someone else! Call me crazy, there was a
familiarity to the boxes and it made me wonder…so upon searching side of the
boxes I noticed a couple of model/product numbers on the bottom of each
of them…so I looked them up. Just as I suspected they were BOTH mini
ipads! I couldn’t believe it. After searching I found tracking
numbers and addresses, looked up their tracking and saw that they hadn’t been
processed since entering the US. I called FEDEX and within minutes they
were at my door to pick both of them up (20 minutes to be exact). I took
a picture the tracking numbers and addresses to make sure they ended up in the
hands of those who ordered them, but alas the tracking has yet to be updated L It makes me sad, because I also
googled these peoples addresses and one lives in a trailer home and the other
in a small, dilapidated home. I hope they simply changed the tracking or
something. It was the perfect opportunity for someone to be dishonest,
and that is what I was worried about all along.
Things are going well in YW’s. We had our YW in
excellence this past Tuesday and I felt it went really well. We had a
“pattern” theme, decorating with patterns and all things sewing. I felt
prompted during last conference to center the night around a dream I had 8
years ago right before I was called into YW’s the first time. I’m sure
I’ve shared it with you all, but just in case I will share it again.
I dreamt I was a young woman and I was trying to make a
decision about my life. I had two sewing patterns presented to me.
One had a beautiful ball gown on the front, gorgeous woman, with a seemingly
happy woman modeling it, albeit her dress was strapless and just not up to
standards. The other pattern had a simple, plain, old fashioned dress on
the front, but it covered her. I had to make a decision. Upon
picking these patterns up I realized there were things inside of them, so I
opened the first gorgeous, immodest dress pattern and I found dirty and
decomposing fabric covered in spider webs inside. I then picked up the other
and pulled out the most brilliant white fabric I had ever seen, absolutely
filled with light!
Next I found myself in a room sitting on the edge of a bed
waiting for a boy and I was wearing the beautiful, immodest ball
gown. Next to me appeared the two patterns. I had to choose what I
wanted and then go on my way to find the door. I found myself looking
inside each pattern finding the same things as I found before. One filled
with filth and one filled with light! I immediately knew I had to choose
the light...and find my way to the door. Upon finding the door I heard
knocking. Frantic knocking coming from the other side. I turned the
knob and peeked through to see who was there, no one was at my door but I saw
many workers dressed in white, shining with light scurrying back and forth
knocking on other doors, any door they could find...they trying to help anyone
they could. I quickly closed the door and it was only then that I
realized there was only a doorknob on my side of the door. I had to open
the door to receive the guidance they were offering. I opened the door
again to find a worker in white, she took my by the hand and led me down the
hallway (and somehow I knew she was leading me to a return missionary).
Anyway, main point was to pattern our lives after
Christ. Basically we talked about how we have to choose what we are going
to become by choosing the right pattern and by doing so we can become one the
Lord’s finest creations! It was a success simply because the spirit
was there! I am really grateful it is over J
Attached is a pic of Sam in her pretty Christmas
dress. She was a princess yesterday “sparkling” every where she went with
her glittery dress (that is until she had a minor pooping accident right before
we left church!)…so sorry to those who used the bathroom after us….she really
had a sick tummy HA! So her dress is now being washed.
