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hello family! it's been another crazy busy speedy fast week!! and I wasn't even in my area for half the time! haha :)

updates on friends: sister m and her kids came to the church tour on monday! hurrah!! :) :) alsoooo n & m & h were there and they were all 3 at church and n & m are at girls camp right NOW :) yay!!! :) :) :) alsoooooo their mom wants to come to church! we brought sister r, who is awesome, to come with us to explain to her what girls camp is and to basically help us convince her to let the girls go hahaha and it worked!! they're there right now!! hurrah! i love girls camp!! :) :) :) sister r has also b & o to church every sunday since she found out they knew her daughter and basically she is just awesome :) alsoooo we {finally!} were able to teach j again and i just love her :) aaaaand we had zone training meeting, which was fun..... the elderzz just always make me laugh hahahaha they're just so good and trying to hard to be good and i just love 'em :) :)

speaking of things i love......... MARQUETTE MICHIGAN. it is like a magical land up dere, i tell yah. Caleb condie i thought of you & your michigan pride! up in da UP eh it is a wonderful place!! i met such great people! and funny people! with beards! and also a guy who looks like chad michael murray / heath ledger. yes, this is true.  side note about marquette: we carpool up with the zone leaders & the marinette elders, and on the way up we were talking about weight lifting....... yes, this is something i am an expert in............ but i was saying how my brother is like a champion weight lifter and elder palmer (who is from a literal FARM FARM in oregon) was talking about how he used to go out in the field and throw some weight around....... and from the back of the mini van (yes the zone leaders drive a mini van) comes elder lebaron's voice....... "i'll never be able to protect my woman :(" hahahahahahahahahaha i looooostttttt it hahahahhahahahaha sister erickson and i were CRYING laughing so hard hahahahahahhaaha. you have to know him........... all i can say is he loves lord of the rings and would fit right into the movies. so well. poor elder lebaron hahahah you'll be able to protect your woman! don't fret hahhah. i hope he never reads this. elder lebaron, you made my day hahahahaha :) :) :) such good elders.

anyways, the UP is a great place to be. it is BEAUTIFUL. oh wait, I think i have a picture! i'll try to attach it :) lake superior is definitely superior to lake michigan haha. also it's not as HOT up there (i am dying in green bay.) and the people are just amazing. We met bro graham..... look him up on mormon.org. http://mormon.org/me/9YTB/BroGraham. he plays in a band called "sparrow tree" or something and has a song called Zarahemla. yes, he is great. also he told me to look up a band called "langhorn slim" [I told him i liked his music] and so this is my reminder to myself to do so next april :)

speaking of april, how weird is that. so weird. anyways...

marquette is beautiful and the people are great :) :) also they have the world's greatest children's museum.

we've had some great lessons this week, trying to use art & music more & it's been great!! :) :) i just loove the Book of Mormon & the Spirit & how music & art can help people to feel the Spirit more :) :) :) sister erickson has that picture book, Another Testament? from mark mabry? it is great :) :)

yesterday we texted the entire world of YSA's and now we are waiting to hear back! well a couple of them have already said "GO AWAY" Hahaha but whatever! we texted like 100 people in the time it would've taken to knock like 5 doors so success = yes :) :)

also i love girls camp. i wish i was going every day. we might get to ride up thursday night for testimony and to see n & m!!!! :) :) and yesterday we got a referral from an 11 year old girl... she wants us to teach her friend and she wants to come with us. and we didn't even ask and neither did her parents. her name is o and she is awesome :) :)

and that was the week! it was a great one! 3 people came to church, hoorah!! :) :) missionary work is the best! it is stressful sometimes! perhaps a great majority of the time! but there is so much to learn! and do! and become!! :) :) i love it! even when i feel like i can never ever do it and i am the worst! which happens a lot haha Heavenly Father just seessoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much more in me than i see in myself and it is overwhelming at times!! but i just have to rise a little bit and try a little harder to be a litte better!! how grateful i am (general conference tense) for a Savior who Atoned for me, who makes it possible for me to REPENT and become better day by day as I rely on Him :) :) :) I just LOOOOOOOOOVE Him and I love you!! I'm grateful that He has made it possible for us to be together Eternally!!! also I love temples!!!!! everyone needs to go to one as often as possible!! worship there and feel His Spirit :) :):)

mission prep tip of the week: learn to recieve answers & revelation from the scriptures, not just to read them :) i know this will happen as you live what you learn! i'm so grateful for the scriptures and for you!!

love, love, love, love, love    your favorite wisconsin sister :) :)  xoxo

OH AND THIS AMAZING QUESTION from a lesson taught by a less-active ysa in marquette :) "What is your example telling others about your relationship with Heavenly Father?" :) :) :) :) :) perfection. ponder it :) love you!!!!

ahhhhh and remember how in appleton we would play music with the elders? well aparently elder smith sent some videos home and his mom put them on youtube........ try searching "usumicsmi nephi's courage"??? hahaha hopefully that works!!!!!!! :) :) :)