Abby's Mission to Orem

From Abby - 2.0 Heyyy I'm currently approaching this email post reading the VERY first one I sent out titled "Ye Cannot Go Amiss" and wondering who that version of myself was, she certainly had no clue exactly what she was getting herself into thats for sure :)  Also i think that she was much more poetic.. my brain has so much less room nowadays to contemplate abstract ideas.. Or maybe ideas I thought to be abstract actually are not and I was just naive before this point. All that nonsense being said lets plunge into this week and as we do bless journaling since my memory is more and more spotty as we go. I think I've shared this quote before but I must share it again (takeaways from last weeks sunday school) "Happy in the prospect of a restoration of primitive christianity, I must leave younger athletes to encounter and lop off the false branches which have been engrafted onto it by the mythologists of the middle and modern ages" -Thomas Jefferson, a letter...

From Abby - Let Us All Press On Well Hello! I can't believe its been an entire week since last email, sometimes the idea of time just slaps you in the face. What do you mean it just keeps moving forward?? And that before I know it this email will be finished and sent out and before I know it I'll be on the plane home?! Yknow?! Anyways I diggress.. (Never) Some thoughts about last sunday  -We went to a relief society second hour: First of all I LOVE second hours because we usually only go to one every sunday vs 3 sacraments (Still love sacrement) anyways the Relief society President got up to the front and started the 5 minute discussion that the relief society does at the beginning, she read the question/Concern that anonomously said "I'm over 80 and sometimes wonder If I'm of any use" The Relief Society President cried in response as she expressed her absolute gratitude for every "Seasoned Sister" her comments were followed by many others and each w...

From Abby - Happy Greenie Grad ... Here's a greenie... Heyyy No idea where to start so i'm just going to start typing. This morning I had a very delicious breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast and Orange juice so not a bad start to the morning. At 8:30 someone (hopefully) Is coming to fix the dryer which definitely broke once again (live laugh love) I just finished reading my moms email titled "Dashing" Shes running off to work early this morning and still somehow managed to write me a plethora of her experiences this week. How early did you get up mom? :) How grateful I am for her and her example of apt email writing. I'll try to live up to her as ever excellent standard.  Last Pday was probably the most fun monday I've had in the mission field (Besides the encroaching transfer news creeping into every thought)  our district went for sushi all together at a place called Bangkok Wasabi? (Something like that) Sister Ortiz and I absolutely devoured our orange ch...

From Abby - Motherhood in 2025 HELLO ALL. This week has been absolutely filled with every emotion. I admit the hybrid p-day emails are throwing me off because for some reason it feels like I should NOT be writing a weekly right now but that's okay tangent here we come. New years eve was about to be a zone activity until president Brown said SIKE. New years movie with the entire mission XD We all got together to watch the fighting preacher. Pre movie we got CHASTIZED by president, he told  us he wasn't sure we were ready for the higher law and invited us to reach a higher standard :D He also asked everyone who was SERIOUS about being a missionary to send him a private message to which I said Facts and immediately sent:  Hi Prez! I'm here to play. Sincerely, Sister Smith. I thought it was apt.  It was so fun being with the whole mission, I truly can't believe the amount of times we've been all together since I got in the field.  TWENTY TWENTY FIVE Fireworks kept me up...