To You In My Heart

HI everyone,
I guess y'all would like to hear about my Thanksgiving spent on the white sandy shores of Orange Beach! Beautiful! We saw Dolphins. Heidi Crittenden ( yes that same one dad) invited us to spend Thanksgiving with her and her family, we got permission so yeah. It was so awesome. We were able to do so much good with her family :) Half the family is vegan so I tried a To-furkey (tofu-turkey). It didn't taste anything like turkey but was okay. Plain turkey is gross anyways.. Here's a funny thing that happened. Someone set a glass casserole dish on the stove top. Little did they know that the eye was still on......BAMMMMMM!!! Glass blew everywhere..all over the food....... The poor grandma..., " I'm going to bed!!!!" and she did for a few hours. Luckily they saved a lot of the food. It was just a little crunchy.HAHA just kiddingAnyways, this transfer has been amazing. We went over to the Jensens to teach Gwen her new member lessons ( she was baptized before I got here). She has been having a really hard time lately. She hasn't been coming to church and has been falling back into old habits :( I cannot describe all that occurred, but after much prayer before we got there ( satan has been working on us hard) God was with us and helped us say what she and her family needed. The feeling in that room at the end was of pure love. We all in that moment, just sat there in the glow of the love of our Father and eachother. I love those times, because after that, it is never the same. You are somehow bonded to one another sealed even. Love is the real power that seals families together I have come to know. What is the priesthood. The power of God? What is God's power? I say it is his all powerful, ever reaching, fully formed, perfect Love. If we are sealed in the temple and have not that love in us or for one another....are we really sealed for time and all eternity? No, we are notIf we have not Charity it means nothing and we are nothing.Please please consider what that means!Our Father said, " If ye are not one, ye are not mine."Think about that! The sacred ordinances will not seal this family together if we do not love one another. I know it is hard to get along sometimes, but please consider how important the sealing power of love is. If you have a grudge or hard feelings about any member of this family, I beg you to let it go so that we can be a forever family!It is vitally important that we learn how to love eachother. Let us love one another as Jesus Christ loved the church and gave his life for it. Let us give our lives for one another in constant service, affection, and a purer and deeper love.Please everyone, will each of you respond back to this letter. I want to know what is in all our hearts. How can we make this family stronger, more fortified, and more eternal? I love you all, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, and you...God be with usIf I could be there now with you, I would take each of you aside, give you a hug and a kiss, and tell you I am so sorry for hurt I've caused you in the past. I would tell you that I've got your back through anything. I would tell you what I love about you. I would tell you I am your daughter (mom & dad) or your sister (everyone else). I wish I could send you a piece of my heart you could keep in your pocket or under your pillow.You have all my heart,
love bonnie
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