Hello!!!! and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! 

IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE YOU ON CHRISTMAS!!! i DON'T THINK, WELL YOU PROBABLY DO UNDERSTAND, BUT IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE YOU ALL!!!!! IT WAS SOMETHING i NEEDED SO BADLY!!!! 

SO we had a lot of fun on Christmas it was just really great! after I got out of my boo hoo I miss you mood we were able to play some of the games we got, and just have a great time! I really did feel like I was at lynette's house, that's how the Gimmeson's make me feel! They are just great! I love them! they were so sweet! they gave us each a paparazzi necklace set, and a mug with a picture of us and their kids on it, that says don't forget us when you go home, we love you. It was so sweet! and something I will cherish for the rest of my life! :) The coolest thing they gave us, and I am pretty sure that it was Bro. Gimmeson's idea, was we each got a remote controlled car. yea pretty great huh! I love it! We have already had some pretty epic battles at lunchtime! It's awesome !:) 

Those may be some cool presents, but my favorite present of all time was that calender you made me. It is so precious to me and I love it so much! Thank you for taking the time to make it and put all that hard work and effort and love. It really makes me cry every time I look though it! I can't tell you how much it makes my heart happy! :) 

I have been sick for the last couple of days! I lost my voice Saturday night, and I had to sing in church Sunday morning. it wasn't all gone, but I was able to sing ok. but now I can't talk very loud and it's pretty funny to listen to myself try to talk! :) 

So on Thursday we went to the Faith Hope and Love meeting at the old lady home, and we were sitting there listening and they were talking about how they were saved in their living room and stuff, which worried me, but then the leader asked the golden question."What does latter day saint actually mean" so I was able to teach them the restoration right there. To about 8 old ladies! it was great! I loved that so much!!! 

This week we have been working a lot with members and former's. We went to talk to this former that we had a record for, turns out they had moved, but we talked to the lady that lived there, she had just lost her husband last Christmas and was having a hard time, so we invited her to come to church with us, and she said that she would try to come. she didn't end up coming to church, but when we brought out one of our members, the first thing she said to us was "I know a lady that you talked to the other day." and it was this lady, and she had given her a book of Mormon, and their sons are really close friends. It was a really neat experience, we are going to be working with them to have a dinner at their house so we can teach them! I love when the Lord puts all of his children to work. I am so grateful for the great members in this ward. 

So today sister little and I were able to get massages from a lady in our ward! it felt so great to be able to relax and feel pampered for a few hours! She has offered that once a month while we are still here we can go back and get them! :) 

Sister Little and I are doing well, I'm really glad for the time we have been able to spend together. I don't know what the Lord has planned for us after the transfer, but whatever he decides I will be alright with whatever happens! 

I hope you have a wonderful week! I love you all and have a happy new year tomorrow !:)

Thank you everyone for remembering me this Christmas.  I really appreciate the gifts and words of encouragement.   I love you all.

Sister Buhler

Love Sister Buhler

Dear Friends and Family

Well, it sounds like life is just going and going and going!! :) Things are going and going and going here too! :) Funny how that happens huh? 

I actually know sister Hungar, she was in this area before I got here, and she is training Sister Challis Carter, the girl I went to High school with! Crazy connections! 

Sounds like lots of crazy weather happening, we are getting lots of snow here too, it's not sticking too bad, but it makes it hard to want to go out in it, but alas we keep going! :) heehee ! :) We had our ward Christmas party this week too! It was a lot of fun! I'll tell you a bit about it, we had food that they would have had in the BOM times, chicken taco's and rice and beans and salsa stuff like that! :) It was a lot of fun! I'll explain a little more down later in the letter. 

Questions(I asked her how her companion is doing, she has been really struggling. 2. how Kelsey is doing. She has ben having some anxiety 3. What the mission was going to do for Christmas and 4. does she get the opportunity to sing very often)

 

1. Sister Little is doing better, we have made a pact that we are getting each other out of our moods right when we see them, and so we are helping each other that way! We went to LDS family services again on Friday and had a great session with Kimberly, talking about pushing out unwanted/ negative thoughts it has really helped me. Sister LIttle doesn't get much mail from anyone except you and grandpa, she really loves it, She is getting indifferent to not getting mail, but it is really sad to see. I really wish her family would be as awesome as you guys and keep her updated on things! 

2. I am doing better, sometimes it's hard to get going in the mornings, and focus, because it's cold outside, and starting the winter drawl but it's fun most of the time! :) I am learning more ways to deal with stress and that seems to help a lot!  

3. we just had a mission Christmas party where we had the whole mission together and we had a bunch of musical numbers and the stake presidents from the whole area got up and spoke for a minute, then we had christmas dinner, I got to sit by sister Black and sister Garner and talk the whole time and just catch up! It was just what I needed! I loved it so much! :) 

4. I actually was able to sing  at the christmas party in the choir that they had. and then Elder Browning and I are singing in church the week after Christmas! it's awesome! I am determined to sing in every ward I am in if I can! :) 

Did you see on facebook that Bro. Channell posted some pictures of us at the christmas party? They are the best! It was so much fun! :) 

 

This week has been quite the week! There has been a lot of progress with Jason! We had 4 lessons with him this week. And each one there was a surprise that we didn't expect! Monday's lesson we asked them how their book of Mormon reading was going and they said that they hadn't read any because they were talking about plans for a wedding! One night Jason all of a sudden had the idea of why wait? Just get married in January? We had been praying, fasting and stressing over this for the last few weeks and the Lord really answered our prayers by telling Jason that it was OK for them to be married! WE were shocked and amazed, and ecstatic!!!!! So our next lesson was a chapel tour, and we talked to him about the Word of Wisdom! He loves the word of wisdom! That is how he got out of his depression was through eating healthy and coming closer to Christ. He already had a testimony of it before he knew about it and he LOVES it! Then we had a lesson on Thursday with him, and we taught him about Obedience, near the end of the lesson My heart started racing and the only thing that I could think of was Extend baptism on January 4th, over and over. So I told him that I was being prompted to tell him something and that the Lord wanted him to get baptized on January 4th. He accepted that date. I know that Jason is ready for baptism! He loves everything about this church! He's our miracle!

We have had a lot of success working with less actives as well, mostly through service this week. WE have been baking cookies and inviting everyone we talked to, to our ward Christmas party that was on Saturday, and 3 people we invited came! It was so great! At the party we had a musical presentation about the signs of Christ's birth through the Book of Mormon, and it was very well done and it brought the spirit, everyone loved it. 

 

I have also been working on my relationship with the spirit and trying to follow every prompting I get, and it has been really good, it makes me listen and slow down, and be more still. 

 

We are struggling to find new people to teach though, that is where we are weak right now. We are working on ways to do things differently and smarter so we can fix that! 

Sister Buhler