Updates from the cutest, most precious missionary in the whole wide world!! :)

I can't believe it's already July! I feel like this Summer will go by really fast, which is perfect because everyday brings me closer to Dan! So here are his latest journal excerpts...


6/22/10- "I'm gonna write about my AMAZING anniversary/Pday yesterday!! I woke up and the 1st thing I did was open my very special Toy Story package from my darling!! She did so much for me! So what was in it? Well... Toy Story shampoo (!!! I've never seen that! That was so thoughtful!!!), Toy Story Legos (Now I have 3 sets as part of my collection! I was totally hoping for some!! Thank you! I love them! :), Toy Story stickers (I love them! So cute!), hand sanitizer (yummy "warm vanilla sugar" from Bath and Body works! I was totally hoping for some cause I requested some delicious smelling sanitizer cause I shake a lot of dirty hands! aThank you!), Summer training fitness guide for helping me stay healthy/fit this Summer (!!! Thank you! It's the right one! I've already used a lot of its tips! I was hoping for this! xox), a cute and precious picture of us holding hands in our orange shirts (HMMMM! 4 years ago! That picture brought back so many amazing memories! That was such a perfect idea to send that! Thank you honey!) and of course... the Toy Story 3 Soundtrack!!! I've been waiting so long for that and I love it! It's so fun! I put it in right away and have listened to it countless times since already! It's the closest thing I have to watching it. Thank you sooo much for everything!! It was all so perfect." (Note from Brita- I added pics of the cute Toy Story shipping envelope I found at the post office, the L'oreal shampoo, the Toy Story legos and the soundtrack so you could see how cute and Toy Storyish everything was :)


6/27/10- "Was my birthday really a month ago? This month went so fast! Yesterday was a very great day! In the morning, we went to do service! An elderly ward member called us a couple days ago and asked us if we could pull her weeds and trim her hedges. So we did! It wasn't too bad of a job... pretty fun actually. She was very funny. She even made us homemade lemonade...that was yummy and a classic summer drink :). We talked to her after, shared a scripture and had a prayer. Nice lady! We got home around noon and I rushed in totally hoping that I had a letter from mom and dad waiting for me in the kitchen (cause FedEx or packages come around 10:30am) and I did!!!!! That was so exciting! I love getting mail from them! It made me so happy! But it was more than a loving letter talking about Toy Story 3...they sent me a Toy Story car!! I was so surprised! I love little surprises!! It's a Woody car and I put it with my awesome collection of other Toy Story stuff! My parents are the absolute best! And I needed to tell them that. So during our lunch hour, I wrote them a letter in response :)"

"As we were biking back toward our house I had a thought that we should visit Jeannie. Like a minute later, Rodriguez said, "dude I think we should visit Jeannie!" Those are the thoughts of the Spirit! Wow. I love experiences like that! :) We arrived at Jeannie's and asked her how she and AJ were doing. We still can't contact him because he dosen't have a phone and still lives at random places. She had just gotten off the phone with him! We tried to help her through the scriptures and she loved a few things we said. I was inspired with a thought. What if we held a special fast next week with Jeannie for AJ? I told Jeannie my idea and I felt the Spirit so strong and I know Rodriguez did too as we taught boldly with power and authority. We testified about fasting and shared some experiences. I promised her that fasting in faith works and brings so many blessings. We know she felt the spirit too. She told us that she couldn't fast from food/ water because of health problems. We asked her if she could think of a different sacrifice she could make to fast. She told us that for AJ, she would be willing to fast from smoking for 24 hours with a purpose and prayer. She told us how hard it's gonna be but also said it would be selfish of her if she couldn't even fast for 24 hours for her son. Next week we're gonna go to Jeannie's on Saturday night to all start fasting together with a prayer. I'm so grateful for the inspiration of the Holy Ghost! :)"