oh family, words can not express how much the Lord has blessed us this last trasfer. it has been one miracle on another. not only was brother Mincks baptized but so was Alfred burrnet, brenda and Kira Robinson and Karrysia Garner. it was the best baptism ever. there was 67 people that attended the baptism. Bishop Thornton said that when this ward was created less than a year ago there was about that many that would come to church. so you can imagine not only how incredible the support was but also how much this area is growing. i love you all.

brother minks got baptized

I wanted to share a wonderful story about Dennis Minks who was baptized on Saturday. He and his wife have been married for 37 years and he has never even stepped in an LDS church before. We began to teach them and he began to read the Book of Mormon. i have such a strong testimony in that book, it really changes lives. He began to love it and couldnt seem to put it down. every time we came over he would have a bunch of new markers in his book. it was so neat to see him change. But he still had some questions.At the end of his baptism he shared his experience on how he found his answer. he said that one day he was walking his dog and he decided to ask God if these things were true. he ask 3 questions. First is Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, nest if the Book of Mormon was a true book and one other which i dont know. he said that following the close of his prayer he had an amazing feeling come over him, then it would leave and come again. it did this three times, one for each of his questions. he knew then that he could no longer deny that he knew this gospel was true.
i love that story with all my heart. the spirit is real. it teaches truth to the humble seekers of truth.
i love you all.
love sister conover

i felt like i was there

i just spent about 20 min looking through the pictures that julie sent me of cindy's wedding. wow everyone looked so great. i smiled through the whole thing. i actually felt like i was there. there were so many pictures of before, during and after the wedding that i felt like i was able to get a fill for the whole event. i so badly wished i could have been there but im confident that you all missed me:)
i was going to write you about a wonderful family that i am teaching but i ran out of time because i spent the time looking at those wonderful pictures. my heart is full right now. i have seen you all and everyone lookes so happy. i am so gratful to be in a family like ours. we really are so blessed. can i just say that we have the cutest babies in this family. i am so amazed at how cute they are. this has nothing to do with being biased, they are just beautiful children. cindy was the bride of every girls dream. she looks so happy. her happiness radiates through the picture. i cant wait till some man makes me feel that way;) did i just say that out loud? hahhahaha i havent changed. being a missionary is the best thing i have ever done but i have the feeling that being a wife and mother will be even better.
i love you all with all my heart. thanks for your prayers and for missing me. you all BETTER misss me:) hehehee
love your Florida missionary

new years goals:)

i have two new gaols for the new year. are you ready for this? one of them is crazy and im way excited about it and the othere one is more serious.
the crazy one is.... i went off sugar! yeah for being crazy.
im really excited about it and im totally dedicated to it. i still eat granola bars and jams and stuff like that just no deserts. my companion has complete faith that i can do it and that helps. Sister Kinyon is always building me up.
the serious one is.... im going to re read the Book of Mormon and hightlight all references to my Savior and His atonement. i just finished reading through it and hightlighting references to my Savior but im gonig to do it again with a new gaol in mind and that is to really focaus on the ATonement. i have been studying it for the past week and it is the best thing i have ever done. the more i study about the Atonement the more i love my Savior. i feel like i cant get enough of studying about Him. it has changed my view on who i put my trust in, how i view other people, where i turn for my problems, how i teach people and pretty much everything. i am really excited about this new goal.
the work is going great. Satan has loosed all he has on us but we cant be moved. we know in whom we trust. he has never failed us and wont ever fail us. my prayer is that we will all use our trials to come closer to the Savior. dont pray for your trials to go away, pray to learn from them. they are for our good. this i know. i love you all so much.