Last week's letter. Looking for another tomorrow. If you want to send her a note chalea.waite@myldsmail.net is the email.

Wow Papa, looks like an eventful week!That is super cool that you only have the upper level Spanish classes!!! THat is what my companion is thinking about studying to be, a Spanish teacher.  I am just so happy to hear that you guys are happy!!! It gives me more energy to keep working hard. I pray that the Lord will keep giving you guys blessings and that I can keep working hard and that I can be obedient so that He can do so. I think I just didn't learn because I am so stubborn. I have to learn things for myself. Heavenly Father and you and Mom have a ton of patience with me because it takes a long time sometimes to get things through my head and to my heart.  Thank you for telling me that I am growing lots! seriously, it helps a ton! It is true that I forget sometimes because I am living here in the moment. Sometimes I feel I am  progressing lots, sometimes backsliding, sometimes just taking tiny steps, but I am blessed to be able to learn something every day,so I am just very grateful for that. If we aren't moving forward and progressing, well no pasa nada! It's just a bad idea to stay put. I just keep hoping and praying that I can continue to progress in the same way after my mission. Mom's email that I sent her explains a little more about my thought's on the subject. So I stayed here in Chosica, but for 2 weeks my new companion is the daughter of President and Sister Boswell! Crazy cool huh? Then she and my trainer are going and I will be companions with one of my other friends, Hermana Byington. She is from Moses Lake Washington (where Grandma Lee is from!). So that will be good. We had a baptism in the ward on Saturday that was really beautiful and we have a few more that are coming up. things are really progressing here! I am super happy:). When we don't give up and just keep working hard, pray a lot, and move forward in faith, the Lord truly blesses us, just in His own time and way..:) 

did you really hold a baby?! you look a little nervous in the picture.;) Mom told me that you were going to be done after this year. So what are your plans now that you are not going to have soccer? we are going to have to figure out some things to do together.:) I am so grateful that you are all doing well. Mom told me that you gave her and Corbs priesthood blessings. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being worthy to do that. I am so grateful to have a dad like you who respects,honors, and worthily uses his priesthood. I love you so much and can't wait to talk to you soon!!!!

all my love,

Hermana Waite

From Last Week. Yup. She's doing great!!!

That's weird that you guys are going to be going back to school! time passes by so fast! Can you believe that today I have been on the mission for 11 months?! I don't feel like I have been away for so long. I absolutely love it here! I know without a doubt that I needed to be here. I am so grateful that the Lord knows me better than I know myself. When I think about it, I really didn't know anything about a mission before I left. I just knew that the Lord told me to go and that I had enough trust in Him to do so. And how grateful I am for that!!! I have learned so much this week, but something that you and Mom are going to be happy about, I wanted to share. You guys know I am stubborn. Heavenly Father has so much patience with me, because sometimes it takes a long time for me to get things. So I know you guys are probably going to be thinking when you read this, 'yeah Chalea! that's what we have been trying to tell you all this time!' but please just be happy that I finally got it.:) You guys know that I am someone who wants to be able to see the end from the beginning. Well that idea has gone to the trash.:) I have been trying to figure things out, but it isn't what I need to know right now. President Packer shared something that one of the prophets shared with him one time. Sometimes we have to walk to the edge of the light and take a few steps into the darkness and there we will find that the way is illuminated a few steps ahead of us. I just wasn't applying my faith. I KNOW that Heavenly Father will lead me to what is best for me. I keep praying for that and that even though I don't know the end yet, I know He does, and I keep praying that He will guide me to that end and that He will help me to keep on the path now so that I can be guided to where I need to be in the future. I am a lot more at peace and happier. Do I still get curious? yeah! but I am so much less stressed and I know without a doubt that if I am obedient and try my best, He will lead me to where I need to be. I thought you guys would be happy to hear that.:) Another thing I have been thinking about this week is about success. Our district is having a lot of success baptism wise, but not us...yet.:) and I wanted to know if the Lord was happy with us or what we were doing wrong. I had prayed about it and there were prayers in my heart. yesterday the Lord blessed me to see other ways that we are helping people and the progress that we are able to help bring about. We had 3 menos activos at church that we have been trying to work with, some of which we have been passing by to visit but haven't actually visited in like 3 weeks. Also we had 2 investigators at church. Our church attendance is usually in the 80s or 90s, but yesterday it was over 100!!! We also were blessed to find an investigator that has 15 brothers and sisters, one of which we talked with yesterday too, not counting her kids and her parents. The Lord blesses us according to His perfect knowledge and time. :) we just have to keep enduring in faith, being happy, being obedient, and  trying our best. I hope you like the report for the week. I love you Daddy!!!! anything I can do for you guys, you just let me know. Thank you for your love and your support!!! I love you so much and am so very thankful to have you in my life as my dad.

love,

Hermana Waite