Nothing Goes Unnoticed

Hey All!

Sorry that I didn´t get an email sent out yesterday... it was a CRAZY P-day so I am sending you a quick note today. Yesterday we had a little training as trainers and our new comps so we were in the offices of the mission in the morning and then had lunch there as well and played some games afterwards. It was really fun since we don´t get to be in big groups of missionaries very often. Ha ha I love that little things are so exciting in my life now! I also got to see Hna Tucker which was super great! We were talking about the fact that we need to register in Feb and find housing like in Jan. How crazy fast time is passing...

I have been enjoying the pictures that Cali sent for the past two weeks. I think I look at them all EVERY day. I cannot believe how big all of the kids are getting. How crazy! Especially Kyle and Carolyn´s kids since it has been so long since I have seen them... And Luke! Wow he looks completely different. Tell them all to stop growing until I get home ok?

This past week we had interviews with Pres. Carter and his wife. It was so incredible. They are so amazing. He has helped me so much and more than anything I can feel how much the Lord loves me through the love that Pres. Carter has for us. His wife works really hard to have pictures updated on the blog of the mission so there are a few from last week´s conference so you should check that out.

Over the past few weeks I have been thinking a lot about the past year and if I could change it, would I? This morning I was reading in D&C 49:27 where it says, "Behold, I will go before you and be your rearward; and I will be in your midst, and you shall not be confounded." I loved this scripture especially coupled with D&C 84:116 "Let him trust in me and he shall not be confounded; and a chair of his head shall not fall to the ground unnoticed." I love these two scriptures because the Lord is with us in everything and as we put forth our best effort, it will never be enough, but He will always be there to make up the rest and as we put our trust in Him we will never be "confused" about our decisions but will have the gentle confirmation of the spirit that what we are doing is the will of the Lord. He knows all of our trials and our successes, nothing goes unnoticed. I am so grateful for the opportunity that the Lord has given me to be an instrument in His hands to bless lives. I would not change where I am and what I am doing right now for anything in the world. I am grateful to all of you for the person that you have helped me to become, but I am eternally grateful for the person the Lord is shaping me into now. Although I miss you all more than I can even express and we all know that I don´t deal with change very well, I am happier now than I have ever been in my whole life. Thank you all for all your prayers on my behalf and for all the love and support that you give to me.

I know that this is the work of the Lord so that He can "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life" of all of His children. I love where I am , what I am doing, and who I am becoming.

I think about you often, pray for you always, and love you forever!

Hna Scanlon