We just had the opportunity to attend a funeral for a young girl today. It was my first LDS funeral and it was nice. I learned what "mourn with those who mourn" really means. I have never even met this girl before and during the funeral as they were giving her life story, I found myself crying. Crying like she a great friend of mine. I have never even seen her, nothing. I guess I felt a fraction of the pain her parents must of felt, but I was still hurt that she was gone. Then I started thinking about a story of Christ. Forgive me, I dont know exact details but one of his close friends died. He knew he was going to heal him. He knew he could. But he still went all the way down to his friend's family, and then wept with them. Then he brought him back to life. We should always be looking for those who are mourning. We wont be raising everyone from the dead, but we can still always be there for that person. We can always show love for them and just be there. Even if we dont understand what they are going through, just be a friend. That is what those people need. So a little thing about this girl. She had cancer and was supposed to die in 6 months. That was over 3 years ago. The type of cancer that she had was extremely painful. And I absolutely love this: She wrote a sign when she found out the cancer she had. It didn't say "I will beat this" or "I will win" or "I will survive". She just put "I will fight it." That is how we need to think with everything. Alma  34:40-41 (actually, read this whole chapter it's great) but "bear with those afflictions with a hope that ye shall one day rest from all your afflictions." I know that she is in a wonderful place now, seeing her family and she is FREE of all the pain she was in. She is free of all her suffering. She was 13 years old when she passed away.

I miss you guys so much! I love hearing from all ya'll. So hey, if you send a package, label it as "Missionary supplies and gift." because you can send me a $20 pair of slippers and then pay a $50 duty fee, on top of the shipping.