Letter Home

Here is a letter from Taryn on the the 1st of August.  Sorry it's a little slow making it to the blog!!

Parentals,

Well, hey there fam?  How is the heat, vacation, Hillary? ;)  I'm sure y'all are having a blast seeing all of the cool places there!  I'd say take lots of pictures for me but that wouldn't be a good idea because that would be way too much, haha :)

But thanks y'all for the awesome package!  It seriously made my whole day & I loved it so much! Y'all really are the best and I'm so grateful for the support system that I have!  I'm convinced that's why I'm doing so well because I have that support and that love that I receive from everyone back home.  It really would be so much harder if I didn't have that, so thank you so much!  Y'all really are the greatest & I don't know what I would do without you!

It's kinda crazy that I probably only have two weeks left in Covington...  It's a good thing in a lot of ways but Covy will always be my "first love" and it's hard to leave these people.  But I am excited to see what else Louisiana has to offer because it seriously have everything!  Cajun, French, Red Neck, Gangs and boring white people!

Sorry that I'm seriously so slow to write you!  I feel bad but I've been way behind and haven't been able to stay awake past 9:30 anymore so I struggle writing back to people.  I know y'all don't miss me or anything so I'm sure y'all have survived.  :)

But I really am doing well, Counting down the days until transfers, but I'm still good!  President and Sister Hansen came to church today and spoke.  We were supposed to have four investigators at church but that didn't seem to happen sooo I was kinda bummed but life is full of discouragement and it's my choice whether or not I let it bring me down.  So I got over it very quickly and told President to stick it. :)  JK  I love him.  He understood and all was well!  After church we met up with the RS president and it was super good.  A little back story... for some reason the sister before in Covington were super lazy and literally did squat here so the ward was not a fan of sisters!  But Sister Belnap and I decided to change that and holy crap did it work!  But anyways so Sister Holbrook struggled with sisters and was kind of rude and wouldn't make eye contact whatsoever!  I sat down and reported back all the assignments/less actives we had done and she looked stunned.  I tried not to think of it but just hoped she wasn't upset or something.  A couple of hours pass by and we get a text from her thanking us and explaining that I really had changed her whole outlook on sister missionaries and how much she appreciated us.  I about bawled haha!  for one it's been like pulling teeth with her and now she loves us and for two it did me a lot of good to know that I was making a difference in Covington. It was an answer to a lot of much needed unanswered prayers.

I hit six months this week... What the Helen Keller?... I miss y'all, don't get me wrong but I never want to leave this.  This is happiness and this is where I belong.  So y'all will just have to live without me haha :)  Have an awesome vaca, kiss the kiddos for me and know I love y'all so much!!