The Farmer in the Dell

Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Familie!!!
Wow, another niece!!! I am so happy! Sean thanks for sending the pictures. Miriam is so precious. She is just beautiful. wow, I can hardly believe that Sean is a dad and Kim is a mom. That is so wonderful! Congratualtions Sean and Kim! How is it to be parents? And Candace and Evan how are Clara and Analee doing? How are you doing? Tara thanks for your email alst week! I really appreciated it. It is always good to hear how everyone is doing. Your RS thing sounded really neat and your IRish FHE. That is so cool. Your German is really good as well. And it sounds like things are going pretty well in Rexburg. That is so exciting dad sold his business! How does he feel about that? And Ritchie is almost done with his papers? wow! Ritchie I can't wait to find out where you're going! I have a surprise for you that I am working on. Well it's actually for all the boys. It's a work in progress but Ritchie will be the first one to test it out. It's a missionary surprise. :) And Chris wants to be Spirit Leader. That doesn't surprise me. Go Chris! That is so awesome! You will have to tell me how campaigning and everything goes. Jason, how are you? Have you finished the Work and the Glory yet? You read so fast, it would'nt surprise me if that were the case. And Crozier you are almost a boy scout? Holy smokes. That is so cool. Are you pretty excited for that? Wow, you are just getting so old.
Well it's great to hear from everyone. I am doing well. This week was good. We are teaching a few English speakers, more than German speakers. :) It's kind of funny. But they are all really neat people. We have run into a lot of Russian people in the last week. It's kind of surprising. One lady we were teacing said she grew up in the Soviet Union and she knew the bible really well because they would study it and critique it in school to prove that it wasn't true. So when we were teaching her she said it was just hard to accept because she would critique everything. It just made me so sad to think about people that strive so hard to teach little children to not believe and to learn to critique scripture to try to prove it's invalidity. We have taught families from America, Russia, Gana, India, Burma, and Germany, since I have been here. It's fun. So the reason my email is titled the way it is is because we went on a walk today with the senior couple Elder and Sister Niederhauser through the wood and around this farm. It was so pretty! I have never seen such huge rolling hills, and humongous trees taller and wider and older than I have ever seen before, and such a old farm. The family lives above in the house, then the cows live in the basement. It's a German\Swiss thing. It's pretty interesting. But as we were on the top of the hill and looked down and saw this farm it really did look like a farmer in the dell. And Sister Niederhauser knows how to Yodel so she yodelded for us and it felt like a Swiss experience in Germany. :) It was terriffic. I loved it. Germnay is so beautiful.
Oh and mom before I forget, thanks for the letter, the very first one you sent and for your emails every week, and for getting the cell phone thing figured out. Do you need anything else from me?
Well family I love you all! Even the ones I haven't met (Miriam and Analee). I am very excited for conference this weekend. We talk to people on the street and say "Hi what are you doing next weekend? Because the prophet of God and his Apostels will be speaking to us this week. what they will tell us will change your life for the better. will you come and learn more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?" Probably not what people are expecting, but that is why we are on earth is to follow the prophet and keep the commandments. Oh the church is true!!! God lives and loves us. He has a plan for our happiness, individually and as a whole. Christ is the center and foundation of that plan.
Well I lost part of my email again. I guess I don't know how to work computers anymore. the main last part of it was to help others. It is so important to help others. Help others in a way that you can. That is what life is about. God is always helping us, and we want to become like Him.
Love sister Fitzgerald