"Hello my wonderful and amazing friends and family!!!!! its 70 degrees in NV! So, I have a challenge for you. I want you today, to write down in you journal, what your Savior means to you. There are so many miracles happening in Las Vegas, and so many wonderful stories. I love serving here!!!!! My two new greenies are amazing!!!! One of them even had a class with my sister Emily at BYU I! Small world huh?? Sister Clevenger is from Illinois and Sister Walker is from Missouri!!! They both ROCK!!!!!! Well there is nothing greater then loosing yourself in the service of your fellow beings. When we loose ourselves in the service of others, we find the greatest blessings! The greatest blessing I have found is coming closer to my Savior Jesus Christ! I love Him! I give my life to Him! HE is amazing, and truly saves. Our lessons have been so spiritual. Its amazing- You can literally feel the spirit enter you and give you the words to say when we are teaching, and then feel it move from you to your companion, and then back to you...ahhhh I want to serve another mission after this one! lol I LOVE MISSIONARY WORK! We had a lesson in the ghetto- right off the strip the other day. It’s so awesome there. We had a lesson with a Black Man, who spoke Spanish, who was born in Brazil, but raised in Africa, that also spoke French and English...what!?? haha! it was great! The lesson rocked!! Also, many of the areas the Elders serve in, they are the only white guys. It’s so funny because they will challenge people on the street to basketball. If the people loose, they have to take the discussions! Everyone always thinks they can beat the white guys, so the take the challenge...and in return are now learning the gospel of Jesus Christ! We have had so many lessons lately, and the windows of heaven are definitely opening up! The second coming is drawing nearer....its so important that we are being the best that we can be. My life is completely immersed in missionary work! I dream about our investigators, I pray for them, I think about the people we are teaching while I brush my teeth...my lunch hour is spent making appointments because I am so excited...and I woke up at 1:30AM three nights ago and was sad it wasn't time to get ready and go tracking! haha oh dear....missionary for life! Sister Clevenger and I played basketball with the elders yesterday! That was fun!!!! I think I am turning into one of them! haha just kidding....well its time to go! we have 2 lessons tonight and have lots of happy visits to make. Enjoy the day!!

Hello everyone!! Yesterday morning Sister Cockrell (one of my best friends) crawled next to me in bed at 5:30 and said "sister, tomorrow morning I won't be here!" And we both balled. Wah!!! Well, its a weird feeling. She is on a plane and NOT here! BUT I am SOOO excited because I get to train 2 GREENIES this transfer! That’s right! Straight from the MTC! Sister Clevenger is AMAZING and we have so many similarities. Sister Walker comes next Monday. The last week with Sister Cockrell was amazing! Our lessons rocked! And now for this transfer we have so many visits to make and TONS to do. THE WORK HERE IS ON FIRE! HORRRAYY!!! I can't help myself from randomly doing "I’m on a mission!!!!" dance moves throughout the day! I’m on a mission for our Creator and there’s nothing else I'd rather be doing, or do for the rest of my life!!! Bringing souls to Christ is amazing! muah! I am learning so much and experiencing so much. We were in a crazy lesson last week. We where with a part member family...the children where wining....dog being annoying...kind of hectic, but we pushed through the lesson.... the kids got quiet and the dog ran away, the spirit was felt. We taught the wife (non member) about Baptism. A few minutes before challenging her to be baptized, her son came to her and started crying (he’s only 1), and it got hectic again!! and really loud! and the dog came back. we where worried. However, with a crying and tired 1 year old on her shoulder, the wife was challenged to be baptized by sister cockrell. Most of us didn’t even hear her talking, so she said it again, and the wife responded with a loud laughing voice above the babies cries, "YES!" Another lesson we had was with a 69 year old black man. He is so wonderful and the missionaries have been visiting him for years. FINALLY this past week the spirit was SOO strong and the member we had with us (supporting him along his journey) totally had the right things to say to him and he accepted to start saying personal prayer! BREAKTHROUGH of a might big wall! Miracles baby, they are happening and ALL AROUND us. BE GOOD! I have so much to say but time is up! Sister Clevenger and I have LOTS to do! Follow the spirit and TRUST GOD. YOU HAVE TO! He knows what we need. The miracle CANT happen until you trust him. The FRIENDSHIP can't be made until you trust him. I am witnessing this for my own life. I NEED HIM EVERY HOUR. I love My savior and God SO much. Be good, be strong, and endure to the end. Life is amazing. and YOU ROCK! p.s. if you seek the best adventure and the most real life experiences in 2 years of your life...then SERVE A MISSION

"AHHH I LOVE my companion so much (she goes HOME in 2 weeks!!!), I LOVE the Tremendously hard working Elders out here, I LOVE our investigators, I LOVE our ward, I LOVE our Mission President, I LOVE the Lord... I LOVE LAS VEGAS!!!!!!!!! I witnessed my first baptism on Saturday! Our investigator David, 22, felt to join the Church of Jesus Christ and was baptized! Horray!!! That Saturday was BUSY! Let me explain a typical missionary day...and I'll just explain this past Saturday: 6:30AM wake up and exercise, eat, shower, have Personal Studies from 8-9AM, and Companionship Study from 9-10AM. Then we made visits and worked on book work (recording potential investigator names and such), then lunch, then a lesson, then filling up the baptismal font, then the baptism at 4PM, then some awesome members took us out to eat, at a Expensive restaurant!!!!! $ so fancy and delicious, then the Mormon Youth Symphony and Chorus preformed at one of our church buildings, and that was at 7:00. Of which our whole District Sat together with our investigators and other friends so that was FUN, and then Sister Cockrell and I made more Visits. Then we came home at 9:30 and planned for the next day. Then got ready for bed and fell fast asleep. FEWF! Typically missionary Day! woot woot! Its BEST! So it's a blessing when your investigators go ahead and get married on the STRIP over the weekend RIGHT?? LOL! Oh, Las Vegas. Yes it’s a blessing. Because she is getting baptized next month and now lives with her HUSBAND! ;) So many new families we are teaching! I LOVE IT! I LOVE MY MISSION~ So you know how in Wisconsin cute little children frolic through the tall grass in the fading sun and catch lightning bugs??? Well here in LV kids go out at night with flashlights and smash scorpions with baseball bats!!!! HAHA~ Oh my goodness. There are scorpions here and all over. And sometimes in your home!! I haven't seen one yet, luckily... but you know. Its the cute small see-through ones that will be on your floor. The cute small ones which are more poisonous then the BIG ONES! AHH . Sister Cockrell was putting on her makeup sitting on the floor when out crawls a black widow from our closet. She remained normal and said "Get a shoe sister, that’s a widow!" What!? hum, and supposedly I just killed another poisonous fiddle spider the other night to, but enough about spiders and potential death. Enjoy your mayflies, gnats, and mosquitoes a little more!!!! HAHA Everyone asks me how many siblings I have, and I proudly say 10!!!! :) It’s the best! I brag about you all the time!! We where in Relief Society on Sunday, and the sisters where asking what may keep us from keeping us from doing our Visiting Teaching? (VT is where all the woman in the church are assigned to another woman-so she can go and visit her and make sure all her needs are taken care of…..its awesome!!! and to share a spiritual message....) and after a few i said "A snow storm!!!" and they all laughed. Anyways Sister Cockrell and I are WELL taken care of. Missions are full of exhausting days, but the Lord always gives you enough energy to keep going on! I feel myself getting lost in the work. I don't even remember what bands I like. Ha! Each night we write in our journals, and I wrote in mine yesterday "in case I forget, i was a photographer." The missions ROCK! It truly helps set a spiritual course for the rest of your life! For eternity ~ YAY~~~~ GO on a mission if you can! They are amazing! Well, got to go run off to dinner and a lesson~ :) At our Bishop's mansion! We could fit like 5 of our homes in one of his wings. Well, the great thing is, some of the church members may be wealthy, but they are some of the most humble people I know, and do give to anyone in need. Everyone is always there for each other out here. It’s awesome! I'll have more stories about our investigators next week! Until then! Carry on~~~ Spiritual Thought: What if you where 100% loyal to your BEST friend and you where ALWAYS there for them when they needed you, and they new you LOVED them and cared for them. And what if they didn't trust you in return? Wouldn't you feel offended and heart broken? I think that is how our Heavenly Father feels about us when we don't trust HIM! He has given us EVERYTHING in life. Let us never doubt or fear and take our worries and burdens to Him. Let’s put our full faith in his unchanging words and LOVE AND TRUST HIM! ONLY THEN THE MIRACLE HAPPENS. Religion isn't Diction, its ACTION. :) Heavenly Father sees through our inabilities and weaknesses and holds high our divine destiny. He knows who we are and who we can become. It’s our job to trust Him, to let him guide us in life to get back to him safely. He is our eternal guide. Christ and God are our eternal friends. When we love and trust them, they uncover and find for us, our heavenly angel wings and make them fly. Never forget who you are.... A child of God! Be strong! Much Love, Your Sister Sprouse"