Greetings
from up north-
Everyone who found out
I was serving in Idaho commented on how cold it would be. I am glad to
tell you all that you were RIGHT! 100% correct. There is about 2-3
feet of snow all over. I'm getting a lot of good practice driving in
ice/snow. Having a car is such a blessing.
On Tuesday morning, my
MTC companions left at 3am for Boston, then about 15 of us took a teeny tiny
plane from SLC to Pocatello and our mission president and his wife (the
Hancocks) met us there and took us to the mission office, where we were
oriented, and met all sorts of important people. 3 of the elders from my
district are going to Pocatello, as well, so it was nice to have them
there. Afterward, we went to the mission home, where they fed us dinner
and told us where our first area would be and who our trainer was going to be!!
It was like in Harry Potter and the sorcer's stone, when they'd go up to the
front, one by one, then get told which house they'd be in. Not kidding.
My first area is....... THE SUGAR CITY AREA!
Here are some fun
facts about my area:
-I cover 9
wards. One whole stake. (fyi - that is a lot of wards)
-This stake covers the
whole town of sugar city.
-Sugar City
population: 1500... slightly more than my high school graduating class
-90% of Sugar City are
members of the church
-Half of the other 10%
don't speak english
Fun facts about my
mission:
-There are over 90
stakes in the Idaho Pocatello mission
-Over 180 missionaries
in the mission
-Pretty much every
companionship gets a car, especially in winter.
-My mission president
and his wife are great
My trainer, Sister
Stein, is wonderful! She's only been out about 12 weeks, and we're kind of
white-washing the sugar city area, meaning that neither of us have covered this
area before, because it's a new area. That being said, there hasn't been
as much teaching as there will be in the future, but a lot of planning, phone
calls, meetings, correlations with ward mission leaders etc.. It's been a lot
of paperwork so far, but I'm hopeful and anxious about things getting better
and better! I love her!
One thing that's been
on my mind lately is something Pres. Utchdorf said: "Salvation cannot be
bought by the currency of obedience." It doesn't matter if one
person has sinned more than another, or repented more, or sinned less or
whatever. Through Christ's atonement, EVERYONE is covered. He has
paid the price for EVERYONE'S salvation, because He loves all of us
individually, equally, and eternally. We have to accept his help, his
grace, and keep his commandments because we love him, but he did not perform
the atonement with respect to one person or another. Study Alma
7:11-12. Send me your thoughts. It's one of my new favorites.
I love you all!
And I love to hear from you all!
The church is true,
Sister McIntosh
Me and
my companion.
Some girls were just
like laying in the snow...
That's our car and the
view from our apartment. We're staying in a old lady's little apartment
thing that has a baby kitchen and bathroom. She's nice. And has a
piano. holla
Feeding dinner to our
NEIGHbors. I love them so much.
Us and the district
leaders shoveling snow for people. I've never shoveled snow in my life before
that day.
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