The Princess and her King

In April, Todd had leave from the Army. So Todd, Deedra, and Hunter came to visit. They arrived on Easter and stayed for a week. It was the best week I have had for awhile. They all stayed at our house. It was a big slumber party every night. Hunter refused to sleep in his own room. The first night he slept in my Mom and Dad's room. My mom didn't sleep all night because Hunter kept kicking her off the bed. So after the first night we had to make other arrangements. We finally built a tent for him in the living room. Every night after that we slept in his fort. I don't know where he came up with the idea but he decided to start calling me princess. His fort turned into a castle. He was so sweet to me all week long. He also decided that I needed to call him the King. He called and still does call me his princess. It is so cute. He treats me like one most of the time. I cried when it was time to leave. But they call often on skype which makes it a little bit better.

While Todd and Deedra were in town we had to renew our family pictures. Deedra suggested that we do red, white and blue for our pictures! It was a great idea and our pictures turned out wonderful. (They were taken by a lady named Amy Cowan, she is a local from Payson and does a great job for a reasonable price) We got some really cute ones of Hunter. He really enjoyed the first part of the session but wasn't such a fan for the last part. Marley was super cute as normal. Sam and I had gotten her outfit about a month earlier. We found her shoes at Payless. It was great to be together as a family! Here are some of my favorites! Sorry I would put up a slide show but I can't remember how to do it!

Fun in the Kitchen

This weekend I babysat Kirstee and Makadee, my 2nd cousins. I wanted to do something really fun with them and decided to have a cooking party. You know me, I can't just have a cooking party. I have to go beyond! So I found a tutorial on the internet for cute aprons. You take a dish towel and sew the corners down. You leave enough room for a ribbon and when it is sewn you thread the ribbon through! I also found out how to make chef hat's. I didn't have the time or the money so my mom suggested that I make the hats out of paper. We made the bottoms of the hats with poster board and then we stapled fabric on for the top! We had so much fun and the girls really enjoyed it. We made pizza and dirt cups for dessert!

This is my first post since I have been home and hopefully I will start being more regular about posting! I am a little rusty on the computer but my skills are improving. Maybe I will remember how to post pictures by the next post. It has been about 2 months since I got home. I started work last week at my old job which was working in the mail room at BYU. I love my job and have the best boss you could ask for. I enjoy my co-workers and the work we do isn't hard. I will be starting school this month on the 27th. I will be applying to the Elementary Education program this fall and will start my program next winter!!! I am really excited to get things moving!
The last two months have been filled with family time!! It has been wonderful. I get to babysit my little niece alot. She is so cute. She has a really cute personality. I love hanging out with my brother, Ryan, and his wife, Sam. We are always doing something fun!!
My brother Todd got home a month after I did from Qatar. Qatar is in the middle east by Saudi Arabia. He was deployed there for a year with the army. Once he returned his family moved to Texas. That is where Todd will be stationed for the next while. I miss them so much. They have been visiting for the last week and it has been wonderful. Todd, Deedra and Hunter have been staying with us for the last three or four days. We have watched movies, read books, gone to museums, built a fort and ate alot of junk food!! I am so sad to see them leave. I love them so much!!

Coming Home.

Sister Comte is flying into Salt Lake City Wednesday the February 3rd in the afternoon.

Can you believe 18 months are already over?

Next time this blog is updated, it will be by Jody herself.

November 23rd Email

Dear Family and Friends,

I am so sorry about last weeks email. I did write you but the computer didn't send it and now I can't find the email to you all. The email system we use is having a really hard time and all missionaries are having problems with emails being deleted. I am sorry! It should get better because they are changing the system around.

This week has been really good. My new companions name is Sister Larson. She is a great sisters. We laugh alot and are enjoying our time together. She is willing to do the Lords work and that is the best part about her. I LOVE HER!!!!!!

We have been doing alot of service lately for our members. A member in our ward owns their own theater company. We went over this last week and helped them make dalmation costumes. It was really fun. We ironed on spots and I am so surprised that we disn't get any spots on ourselves.

We taught Tatiana again. She is a young girl that we taught about a month ago. Her best friends is a member. She came to church and loved it. She said she was embarassed because she cried so much. We taught her after church. When I asked her to read and pray about the Book of Mormon she said "I already know it is true." We were so excited when she said that. The only thing that is holding her back is that her parents aren't in favor of the church. We are praying really hard that her parents will have a change of heart!

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am so thankful for you all and all the love and support that you give me. My cup is so full this Thanksgiving. I have so many blessings I can't count them all. The Lord is so good to me. Remember to hold out strong because the Lord will always bless you!

Love
Sister Comte

November 9th Email

Dear Family and Friends,

I am so excited because I am going to get to train a new missionary. Tomorrow is transfers and I have been called as a trainer. I am nervous but excited at the same time. I know that through the strength of my Heavenly Father I can do all things. I have faith that we will have a great time together.

The work is moving slowly but I have a feeling it is about to explode. We have alot of potential. Alot of our members have people we could potentially work with. We are still praying for Tatiana. She is one of our members friend. She is 16 and very eager to learn. Her parents have finally given their consent to her being taught but she doesn't have alot of time. It is really hard to meet with her but we pray that we can start actively teaching her this week.

For our Zone and District meeting we listen to a really good talk. I can't remember the name of the talk but it is by S. Michael Wilcox. He is talking about C.S Lewis and his stories. They talk about one story that I just loved. He talked about a young man who goes into a dragons cave and falls asleep. He wakes after awhile and finds that he had turned into a dragon. S. Michael Wilcox talks about how if we sit in a dragon's cave, do dragon things, and think dragon thoughts then we will turn into a dragon. And like wise, if we sit in a Godly cave, doing Godly things, thinking Godly thoughts then we will be like God.

I finished the BOM this week. I loved it. I encourage all of you to pick the Book of Mormon up and start reading it. It has definantly changed me. All the answers to the questions of life can be found in that book. We are so privileged to have that book. Most churches only have the Bible but we have a second witness of our Savior. We are so greatly blessed.

I love you all. I know that church is true. I absolutly love being on a mission. It is a great blessing in my life. I know that the Gospel is true. It is the same church that Jesus himself established when He was here upon the earth.

Love Sister Comte

November 2nd Email

Dear Family and Friends,

Sorry it has been awhile. I am doing well and learning alot. This week has been amazing.

Yesterday my companion and I fasted for a young girl named Tatiana. Tatiana(she is 16) is a friend of a member in our ward. She loves the church and what it teaches. She is a very smart girl. She wants to be baptized but her parents weren't too happy about it when she first asked if she could learn. We were finally able to teach her the first lesson over a week ago. She said she probably couldn't meet again because her parents wouldn't let her. As we were fasting yesterday though, her member friend came up to us and told us that her parents are now fine with her learning about the church. We are so excited.

We had a wonderful Halloween party for our ward this week. We had a young family, Mom (Kasey), Dad (Trey) and 2 year old (Ashley) there that are not members. We tracted into them the first day I was in this area and we have been trying, to get them to come around to us teaching them, since then. They loved the party and the members that they met. They also took a tour of the church. The whole time around the church Trey, the husband, kept saying "I like this about my church, but....." He kept comparing his church to ours with ours being favored. I pray with all my heart that we can see this little family join the church. It would be a miracle.

Halloween was great! I dressed up, for our ward party, as a cow and my companion was a cowgirl. It was really cute. I will try and send pictures as soon as possible. I felt funny in my costume but everyone loved it. On Halloween night we played games with a really neat family in the ward.

I love you all!!!!!!

Love
Sister Comte