Sister Van Buskirk: You sound like a goat. In labor!

So we have this cute old lady in the ward named Sister Temple. Everytime I talk to her she leaves my in tears. The kind of tears that come from laughing not from crying. We were at the Relief Society birthday party and another lady in the ward, Sister Balcena had one of those party things that you blow into and it unrolls. Do you all know what I'm talking about? Anyway, Sister Balcena kept making this weird noise to make it sound like this party favor would make noise. Sister Temple comes up to her and says, "You sound like a goat. In labor." Probably the funniest part of my life.

Not much happened this week. We went to Golden Retraining on Wednesday and then a mission tour on Friday so it made for long days in Broomall. Long but good!

We taught AJ on Thursday and it was awesome as always. He comes straight from work so he is super tired but he soaks it all in and just loves it all. He asked us that night, "I don't think I have to work on Saturday anymore. Can I get baptized then?" We were like we want you to but you still have to get interviewed! He had his interview on Sunday and it went great so he is ready to roll on Saturday! Please keep him in your prayers because we know Satan is going to work hard this week!

Friday was the mission tour and Elder Brent H. Nielson of the seventy came and it was amazing because he is also head of the Missionary Department so he knows his stuff. It is just amazing to be able to go into meetings like that or even just our normal meetings on Sunday. Answers to questions come if you come prepared. Heavenly Father doesn't just want us to just grin and bear it through all our meetings. He wants to give us answers and the best place to do that is through the scriptures and our church meetings.

Sunday we met with a couple named the Buzards. They have been less active for years and years. We asked them what steered them away and it was just the fact that Brother Buzard got a job where he had to work on Sundays. They had just recieved their temple recommends when that happened. They just got out of the habit of coming to church. But they do want to come back. They would love to go to the temple. It just has to start with getting back to church and reading the Book of Mormon everyday. That is how we stay anchored to the rod and stay on the path.

I love you all and hope you have a great week! Get ready for General Conference! It's going to be amazing! (As always)

Lots of Love!

Sister Van Buskirk

We were trying to measure our couch