Dear President & Dear Family!

Aren't things just wonderful? I love life as a missionary.
I feel as thoughI've never been so thankful to be the
Lord's servant being privilidged to bearwitness of the truth
to those who stand in darkness.
There is so much joy! Yesterday, we met Sister Peng
from Dothan Ward at Stake Conference. The usher brought her
over to Joe ( our investigator from china), and they
suddenly started speaking chinese together. I was so
overwhelmed I almost cried.What a wonderful Father that
we have! It seemed so far off that we could find a
member of the church who spoke chinese to help us...it truly
was the answer to the prayer of my heart.
She said that she had had a vision that she would be
 teaching younger chinese...she wasn't sure whether it was
here or if she should go back to china. Well her prayers
were also answered. The students of Troy University
need her and so do we. I will never forget that day for
the rest of my life. She invited us and Joe over
to her home for home-cooked chinese. It was great by the way.
More importantly,it was a most amazing experience to be able
to sit and listen to her speak. Notonly was her conversion
story so precious and beautiful, but she fluently spoke
the language of the spirit the entire time( which is probably
the most important languages she does speak). We were all lifted
and edified and a little closer to our God.
The Lord God will always come to us. He truly knows the desires
of our hearts and does His best to help us obtain and make them
a reality. I know that He lives, He loves, and He is my Father.
Is there anything to great for our God? No, there is nothing.
Oh, I feel as though I will praise His glorious name forever.
Love and Joy,
Sister Colvin

This plan

Hey every beautiful member of my blessed family!I love you. This week has been so insane. Two days ago, Sister Benfield got emergency transferred to Tallahassee because one of the sisters there is going home because of health....the sister missionaries are dropping like flies! Now It's me & Sister Furner again.So many miracles have been unfolding here. Heavenly Father wants us to be successful & happy.We are teaching a guy from China named Joe. He's 39, christian, and working on his MBA. At first, we thought we might have to stop teaching him or pass him over to the elders because he had a crush on me....but, I prayed and he seemed to get over it! I love prayer. So, Joe came to Conference during the 1st session where there was so much sustaining going on..he was confused. He thought when Pres. Uchtdorf was reading of all the names, that he was actually preaching something in french..haha Anyways, We found out later that he had a very spiritual experience during the MoTab singing " Praise to the Man". He said It felt like, "a huge breath of fresh air, the air was so fresh"...(he doesn't have big english vocab. & that is the best he could describe it.) He said He'd never felt that in any other church ever. Also when we were teaching him, he said he knew it was important to pray to find out if Joseph Smith truly was a prophet. He said He would pray that night. We explained to him that Joseph Smith had been murdered...he was so shocked! He said that it must have been because he was true...he said that Jesus Christ was true and that He was killed for it and that it gave him more reason to believe that Joseph was a prophet. He said he'd keep reading and praying 'til he got an answer!!I wish I could tell you how great this beautiful work is here. I love it with all my heart. There is a marvelous work and a wonder that Father has done and is doing. I am so grateful beyond all I am that I know of His plan for us. Many call it the Plan of Salvation or the Plan of Happiness. I call it my plan or the plan that helps me to understand, the plan that shows me and my family, my friends the way. I know that we lived with Him and we knew Him, why it is we are here in these frail bodies of clay, that there is a direction, a purpose, a meaning, and work for us...an eternity. I can say that through the feelings of the Holy Ghost that I know that I will be with my Grandpa again because I know this plan is true. I know where he is, where he's going, where I am , and where I am going. I know what that scripture in Corinthians 15 means where it talks about the glory of the sun and moon! Oh beautiful day, that I can say these things! Oh I just wish I could put it into the hearts of all just to contemplate it!!! It is the truth, the added light, the clarification. This is His work and His Glory!!!I love my Father for all of this, just to bring me peace inside.Dearest Sarah, my heart aches for you at this time. I've asked all around me to pray in your behalf. I love you so much and you will not be left alone. Oh I wish that I could be there at this time. I loved your grandma, such a kind soul. Please picture me there with you right now. That is where I would be. It is so hard to have to write this instead of speak it. Feel the prayers, the many prayers that are being sent, heard, and answered for you and your grandma and your mother.Again I love you. For now, I must rely upon my dear family and our dear Father in Heaven to be your support where I cannot. I know you will be taken care of. I am here for you no matter what. I want you to know that! It is so hard to not be there. Love BonniePlease everyone pray for Sarah and Elisabeth