"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"