So grateful for the Atonement!

This week's update is going to be short because preparation day is almost over!

Last week it was really hard to attend baby Ruby's funeral but we know

that she fulfilled her purpose on Earth and did so much good in the

short time she was here! How grateful we are for the hope, peace,

comfort and eternal perspective that the gospel gives us. We also

attended another funeral this week for a woman that none of us

missionaries knew but they asked the LDS missionaries to do a musical

number at it. As a district we sang "I know that my Redeemer lives" to

a room full of nonmembers. It made me so grateful to have a knowledge

that the Savior has overcome death.

The Furbushs are still doing really well. Chris went back to NY so its

just Jenny and Amelia but we had a really good lesson on the plan of

salvation. Jenny always has great questions. They're doing awesome in

their reading of the Book of Mormon. We read a chapter with them the

other night and tonight we're going to teach them about the Gospel of

Jesus Christ. They were able to watch some general conference on

Saturday and we were supposed to watch with them yesterday but they

weren't able to make it. Jenny is determined to watch the other

sessions at a member's house later this week! Yesterday was pretty

cool, Jenny asked us for some more materials to study and is ready to

quit smoking! They are such a tender mercy and I'm so grateful for the

opportunity to teach them!

I loved Elder Lawrence's talk from conference. I took his challenge to

pray about what I can do to be better and have recovered some

inspiration! I also have accepted Elder Durrant's challenge to

"ponderize" a scripture every week! Elder Clark said something like

"we need to be good at getting better" and I think that sums up

general conference perfectly! It's up to us to act upon the

inspiration and counsel we receive and better ourselves. It's my

prayer that I can become a better person these next 6 months before we

hear from our leaders again and I hope you will too!

Lots of love and prayers,

Sister Richards

Here's a picture from Braxton's baptism I forgot to send last week!