Wow this week has been crazy! I woke up Tuesday morning feeling nauseous. So as I said my morning prayers I asked Heavenly Father to help give me the strength to do His work that day. I got a thought that I needed to stay strong because there was someone we needed to see at 430. So I muscled through it all day and it wasn't to bad. We headed to one of our last appointments/ someone we were trying to get a hold of. We were walking through some appartment complexes looking for the right one and walked past a man. We felt like we needed to talk to him so we stopped him and gave him a mormon.org card. We ended up talking with him for about an hour!!! He was very open about religion and we talked to him about our Heavenly Father and Christ, The Book of Mormon, and Joseph Smith. And he wanted to know more!! We got all of him contact info so that we can go and teach him more! When we finished talking with him i felt so sick. So we headed home a little early. Then Wed, Thurs, and Fri I was SO sick. I felt like I had the flue but I never threw up or anything. Sis Snow was super sick to but hers was a super soar throat like strep and then it turned into a sinus thing. We would laugh and say we are both getting sick at the same time so that it will only happen once. 

On Monday we were planning for a book of Mormon class that we teach on Tuesdays. Sis Snow got out a index card and told me that I was going to die in 2 minutes and that I had that time to write down anything I wanted to tell the people I love and that she would give it to them after I was gone. This is what I wrote... "We are brothers and sisters to a perfect brother who loves us so much He bore every pain, sorrow, anguish, heart break, inadequacy, and all suffering. He gave his life so that we can LIVE. On the other side of things we have brother who is in so much pain form his choices that he wants us to be miserable like unto his self. While we are here we have a choice just like both of them did. With one comes eternal like, joy, and family. With the other comes eternal guilt, agony, and pain. But it is our choice." (That is as far as I got) Then I gave her the card. She put it on her lap and then picked it up. She looked at me and said stuff like, I have been really busy but I will eventually get this to them. And would rip it in half. You know I felt really tired today but I will get around to it tomorrow. RIP. She continued to do this until the paper was in pieces. That was incredibly painful. I got tears in my eyes because the spirit I had as a wrote this was so strong and it they were my last words. She took another piece of paper off her lap that looked exactly the same and handed it to me. This was my paper!!!! She went on to explain the resemblance this had to the scriptures. The words in that book are so important, these men took time to write down the things that mean so much to them. That have helped them in their lives, and then we just "rip them up" and say later later. WE NEED THE SCRIPTURES NOW!!! They are inspired words from God. We would be CRAZY not to read them daily and drink in the knowledge that is in them. 

I have learned so much from the scriptures. Daily I wish that I had more time to read and study from them. You never realize what you have until its gone. But I'm lucky because I get to share the joy that I get from the scriptures with so many people all day long. There is a cute grandma and her two grandchildren that we started teaching this week! They are AMAZING!! The love I have for them is crazy!!!!!! The grandmas name is Sara. She has custody of her Charlotte and Michael her grandchildren. She is the sweetest little lady. Charlotte has been having a really hard time with friends at school. there is a group of girls at school that are really mean to her and it makes me so MAD! She is the sweetest little girl with the biggest heart. She makes the little rubber band bracelets as well and gives them to sis Snow and me every time we teach her. Her grandma is a very smart lady and tells Charlotte that she needs to turn to God when stuff like that happens because He is always there for her. She wants God in their lives and has been taking them to a Catholic church, but she is VERY open to religion and God!!!! That is like winning a prize when you find a family like this!!! We get so excited when we head to teach them because they are ready!! The joy that comes from teaching others the gospel of Christ is inexplicable. 

I love it here so much!! I mean it gets kinda cold at nights like 55 degrees but we seem to survive it somehow! Today its 73 degrees and as beautiful as ever! The spirit is so strong as you follow with exactness. There is a quote that I hear time and time again... "obedience brings blessings, but exact obedience brings miracles." This is so ture. I know it because I have experanced it in my life.... daily. We find people on the street because we are where we are suppose to be when we are suppose to be there. We follow the spirit even when its kind of scary. But every time we are so richly blessed that I cant imagine not following. Positive thinking the other HUGE thing out here. you can make yourself so sad, mad, frustrated, or tierd if you think about it enough. But as you think about others and what you can do for them you are truly blessed. That is how to be truly happy. Center and build your life on Christ and ALWAYS think of others. Try it out this week and see what a difference it makes. No negative thoughts about yourself or othres. If you have one you have to find one scripture about Christ. (PMG is a great place for those!)

I love you all so much! I know that Christ i our Lord, Savior and Redeemer. He has saved us freely from death, but to be redeemed we have to meet him. He never specified where. Some days it might be half way where others it might be just a step, but as long as we give it our all and repent as we go he will do the rest! I know that the Book of Mormon is a true source of happiness that we ALL NEED in our lives. Use it and be saved from all worldly things. Trust God. "I do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be lifted up at the last day." Alma 36:3

Love Sis Draney, "a disciple of Christ the son of God" 3 Nephi 5:13

P.S. Find Jesus: The Perfect Leader by Pres Kimball. Print it and mark it as you read it! It is amazing!!! Also if you read any good talks (This is to anyone and everyone) Please print me a copy and send it to me PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you wish I would love to hear what you learned as you read it! (you don't have to do that if you don't want to though)

LOVE YOU KATE!

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