Happy Thanksgiving

From Rachel to Family Wednesday November 26th 2008

Dear Family,

I don't have long to write everyone indivually this week because the time slot that I could get a computer was very short. Mom, to answer your question about where to send a package. Send it to the mission office and put my first name because there is another sister coleman. the address is:

Sister R. Coleman
England Manchester Mission
Springwood Suite G5
Boothspark, Knutsford
WA16 8QZ
England

the other address I sent you is where i am living currently.
Wow, everyone in the family looks great! Everyone is losing a lot of weight. Except me. I am not very attractive right now. And I am not very skinny either. YOu know what is weird. I eat so healthy and I exercise constantly and I just seem to gain weight. I know their must be some kind of curse placed on Sister Missionaries becuase this is denying all the laws of science and everything. Oh, well I learned to be humble about what I looked like in my first transfer. I never thought I wouldn't care. But I am doing very well. Both of my baptisms fell through. Franks girlfriend doesn't like us becuase she thinks that the church sends there two prettiest and charming girls to munipulate people into joining. She told me that on the phone. It is really sad so we gave Frank the the Elders in our ward. We share our ward and area with two Elders. And Sean it turns out that he has a criminal record and was or is a drug dealer. He may be able to be baptized later on though. We taught a pasor of some church here in manchester the other day. He was so amazed when we told him about the Book of Mormon. He is from the congo and wants us to come teach him again. But he offered to say the closing prayer when we taught him and to be honest it reminded of when alma comes upon the zoramites praying ontop of the tower and I was terrified. he was yelling at the top of his lungs these crazy things and the tow girls with us were chanting along. At first I was just praying for protection, but then I almost just busted up laughing it was so bad of me, but I have never in my life seen or heard anything like that. It was vrey wicked. But I believe he is good man, he is just very descieved so we will go back and teach him this thursday. I have to go I am sorry that this is so short. But I just want you all to know that i love you so much. From all of your emails I am just so proud and amazed at all of your goodness and I know the Lord has really blessed our family. YOu are all so amazing and we are so lucky to have the family that we do. Heavenly Father really did put some very righteous people together in our family. I want you to know that I know this church is true. I know it and I know that it is only by following and implementing the gosple in our lives that we can be happy. There is no other way to God. There is no other way to be happy. There is war going on and in fact one of the area 70 came and spoke to us and said the number one thing that satan is trying to destroy is eternal marriage and families. because he knows when that goes everything will go. This is not a time to sit on the fence the world is getting so wicked as Iam sure you know but it is beyond comprehension. We cannot sit still we have to firght for what we hold so dear to us. And it can't wait. And satan is going to throw everything at us while we try, but god will always be there walking by our side. I know this sounds a little crazy but if you could just get a glimpse of what i see everyday your heart would break. I love you all so much the lord has blessed us for a reason. we are a strong family and he has preserved us to fight for him in these times. I know that this is the only thing that matters there is so much at risk. I love my lord and I know that this is His church the only true church. There is not any other true church. This is His. And President Monson is the Prophet in these latter days. The Book of Mormon is the word of God. NOne of these things are on trial even though the world seems to think they are. Only we are and whether we follow these things. I love you all so much and I will write next week. love sister coleman