Hello Everyone!!! Greetings from I'm-staying-in-Aurora-and-I-couldn't-be-happier Colorado!That's right, Sister Carpenter and I are staying here in the Tallyn's Reach ward for another 5 weeks and we are sooo excited!!!! Funny moment that happened this week... We are teaching some members the lessons and they invite non member friends to come, but after one lesson we were gathering our things to go. I gave the mom and hug thanks and then stuck out my hand to shake their 13 year old sons hand cuz he was right there.... he said opening his arms wide "bring it in sister Hunter!" and stepped towards me... I just backed away slowly and he kept stepping forward and then his dad a RM said Cole, you can't hug sister missionaries! he stopped in his tracks and was SOO bright red!!! I felt sooo bad! I felt really awkward too so I tried to recover with an awkward bust slash handshake I didn't know what I was doing thing.... so awkward.... It has been a great week for the work!!! On Sunday at church I was sooo happy! I looked around and we had an investigator there who loved it, 3 less active sisters that we love were there, and our recent converts were there as well! Heavenly Father is just sooo good to us! One Less active sister we work with was the one introducing our investigator to all the relief society sisters... it was amazing!!! And I know full well that that was definitely the Lord's hand at work,,,, nothing on our part! I wonder when I go home if I will ever be this excited to see people at church... seriously... rush of the week / or biggest let down of the week.... sacrament meeting start time is game time as a missionary. My spiritual thought this week is from President Uchtdorf's talk in the Priesthood Session of General Conference. "You can do it now!" I love how hopeful he is, and truly that is the Savior's way.... He said in effect, that our destiny is not determined by how many times we stumble, rather by how many times we get back up. He taught the difference between Godly sorrow and worldly sorrow... Godly sorrow is recognizing what we have done has moved us away from the Lord, and so it moves us to want to turn back to Him. True repentance is not torment, but it is the promise of being able to turn back to God, no matter what. I told a recent convert this morning that life is a test. Our Heavenly Father has given us the answer key (the Gospel and the commandments) but still He knows we won't score 100% on our own. I'm grateful to our Father that we don't have to take the test in pen. We take it in pencil, and our Savior and His Atonement is the perfect eraser. Wouldn't it be silly in this little analogy to make a mistake and then just give up? Use that eraser, and try again... it's quite simple. Our Savior loves us and gave His life so He could be that eraser in our lives. I love Him. 
I love you all and I know I will miss you during the holidays, but, I'm grateful to be out here sharing the good news. Here are some pics of my zone, and also sis carps and I finding out we can stay together. wee! Onward Christian Soldiers!From me to you, Kinzie Lou
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