September 8, 2014

Mom, 

I truly am so sorry for how  I sounded on the phone!  It had been a really hard morning for me because the dentist was not nice at all and he was mad that I was not paying for them to do the crown, so he was very frustrated when he gave me a filling and I was scared.   Don’t worry, Sister East and I got ice cream afterwards and we always have spa parties at night because painted toes make any girl happy! haha  Anyways I just want you to know that I love you and I am doing so well!! I love it out here and I am finally back on top of things!! I am going to Raleigh-- I leave tomorrow! I think that I am in President Bernhisels ward! Scary!!! I guess this is the exact thing to get me back on my feet! I am right by Sister Lewis which will be sooooo fun! I am terribly sad to be leaving Sister East and Sister Miller and Vernetta but I am definitely ready to leave Chapel Hill.  I have been here for 4 transfers and I loved it but I am ready! This week has been all over the place! Saying goodbye has been hard but also really fun! I have seen so many people grow here and that has been a major blessing! One thing I think I told you about this ward-- is that it is very liberal. So we have had a lot of people leave the church after this whole "Kate Kelly" thing.  They all want the priesthood haha--not that it is a laughing matter but it has been a real eye opener. A lot of the members have stopped coming or they go to different wards because our ward is teaching some false doctrine and everyone is wearing pants and stuff! It is kinda crazy but we are working hard! There are still some really great members that we cling to and hold fast with them. We had Elder Parker of the 70's  come a few weeks ago because they are worried about this ward and a lot of people were really mad about some of the things that he said. It has been crazy but I have learned so much!   Oh and I almost forgot, Brother Timothy who you talked to about my tooth,  is going into complain to that dentist.  He had his own practice in Idaho and is really a great guy but had his whole life turned around when he cut his 3 fingers off with an ice blower last Christmas!   Now, he is  going back to school for x-rays and dentist stuff and he is on the Board of Dentistry.   He was in an uproar when I told him what happened so don’t worry he will be taking care of all of that! They are one of my favorite families and they take very good care of us! Other than that, Janvier our investigator talked in sacrament meeting and we had the best lesson with them! They decided to be baptized soon and they told us they really want to be sealed as a family! I love the faith that Julienne, the mom has! She read the whole Book of Mormon! I heard from Clay-- he seems to be doing great!! I can’t believe he is out here with me! 

I love you all and hope you have the best week!

Love Cass

ps--Oh I almost forgot to tell you so last night we went to Eh Thoo's house-- the one who was suppose to be baptized and we taught her a lesson.    At the end, her Dad came out and he asked us to teach him! Yeah-- he asked us to teach him!!!! I feel like the Elder on "The Best Two Years" haha!!   He said that he would call us!!!   It was so great,  we taught him the lesson and he wouldn’t answer any of our questions so I was a little worried when  we started.  But then at the end,  he had like a million and one questions and he said that it actually made sense and that he didn’t want to hold Eh Thoo back from baptism! Ahhh it was the best!!! Well I have  to go but I love you all!!!