9/19/11

Hi!


My goodness did I love and enjoy that email:) Thank you. I hope Peighton knows how much I look up to him as well. I could only imagine what his face looked like after all that happened. I'm glad he's able to laugh about it now. And Landon is the man. I sure do love him. I'm glad to hear about the cardiology appointment. He's running off of blessings! Tell him i'm excited to study the scriptures with him when I get back. What a man!

I think i've told you this before but I gain so much strength from your and dads faith. I always have to get teary eyed during an emailing session. Thank you for pleading with our Heavenly Father on my behalf. I feel those prayers being answered. We had a good week. We taught a ton and had fun. We've been fasting and being as prayerful, obedient, diligent and faithful as we can to find new people to teach. It's been great. We haven't found many but it doesn't get us down. During a lesson we had last week we were teaching and I stopped so my companion could take over and as I did that it was silent for a bit, which is fine, but then after a minute I looked at him and he was stuffing his face with ice cream cake hahaha. Oh my goodness it was so funny. When he realized that we were teaching he felt really bad and said sorry a few times and then was able to carry on. See junk food is distracting spiritually! He must have been pretty hungry for sweets:) Good thing the lesson was with an active member:) He's such a good Elder. He's only been out 3 weeks and is exactly obedient and willing. We have great studies and each day is so much fun because we can focus on what's important rather then silly selfish things. Maybe I just can't explain how great life is so I attempt through talking about certain experiences that don't really describe anything that goes on. I just hope ya know that I love the Lord with all my heart. I really do. I try my best to follow the spirit and do what he would want me to do and because of that I can feel confident, peaceful and full of joy.

We've gotten a running routine. Last week I ran 3 miles and averaged a 6:57 mile. We run 3 miles each day but I haven't been trying to get faster just been trying to get a good cardio workout. His ankle is fine now and we run hard each morning. We've set goals to reach by the time next transfer ends so a 9 week duration. By the end I want to be able to run 3 miles in under 20 minutes. This morning we ran a 4 mile at 7:40 pace and tomorrow we'll have a .5 mile warm up then sprint a mile and try to do that in under 6 then have a .5 mile cool down then Wednesday will be a good run at around 7:30 for 3 miles and Thursday will be .5 warm up 2 mile sprint at 6:30 then a .5 cool down then Friday and Saturday will be 3 mile run at a good strong pace. Then next week it'll be a bit different. We ran this morning in Bidwell Park. It's a huge park here that is pretty much just forest and wildlife. We saw a deer this morning on our run. I'm very grateful for my body. They really are such a blessing to us and we each as individuals can take care of ouselves. By doing so we learn so much. There really are hidden treasures of knowledge in living the word of wisdom. Oh and my companion runs quite a bit faster then me ha i'm usually way behind. 

All is well here. I love being a missionary. I hope the ward knows how much I love them back there. Please don't forget to hug and kiss the littles for me. I love you mom. Thanks for everything. Please let me know if I can do anything for you all. Love ya.

Love Elder Paramore