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I FINALLY KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE LIKE TAYLOR SWIFT!! I'm sure you all might have heard already but president brown (president of the whole mtc) called me up to bear my testimony in front of the whole mtc!!!!! and yes i kind of knew that it was going to happen all week! At first he called up another sister but she was either hiding or in the overflow so she was off the hook. Anyway I was super nervous going up and i didn't even notice that they were showing me walking down to the pulpit on the biggest screens you could ever imagine! Wierdly I was not nervous while i was actually saying my testimony but it was pretty hard to remember my testimony even though I was rehearsing it every night for the past week in spanish in my head (i gave my testimony in english though). The worst part was walking back to my seat! i was shaking so much and almost fell on the elders while going back to my seat! Oh yeah the day before that I got sick with a cold so throughout the whole meeting I was dizzy and zoning in and out in the whole meeting and when i went up i was totally sniffling and i asked some of the elders if they thought i was crying but they knew i was sick haha but they totally got it cause they said at the end it was a combination of tearing up and being sick. Such an amazing experience though! I am so grateful for that opportunity and now I am the most popular girl here and everyone knows me! It's the best! I almost freaked out though at the pulpit cause there was a monitor and I could see myself so there was a long pause haha So on monday i slept the whole day expect for lunch and dinner! i didn't even have a problem sleeping that night and slept like a baby. I needed that sleep so much! Now I am feeling so much better! 

So I have been so excited to share an experience and I hope that grandma gets to read this too! So when I got sick I was thinking a lot about why i was sick because i was pretty sure that when I got set apart the Lord told me I would be protected from illness but maybe i was wrong? Anyway so I was really distraught about this and thinking about it a lot. I finally decided I wanted a blessing so on Sunday night my companion and I went up to our classroom to wait for our zone leader so he could give me a blessing. A lot of other elders from my zone came up but elder gubler was nowhere to be found so I had another elder relay the message to him that i would like one in the morning. While my companion and i were walking back to our room for the night, she ran into her good friend from home and they always talk for forever haha so i sat waiting for them to finish when I just felt super weak and completely changed my mind about wanting a blessing at that moment and I couldn't wait for the morning. I went back to our classroom (which was down the hall) and all the elders in my zone were gone already... i sort of lost it and started crying because that was like the last straw. As i was walking back to my companion and her friend, her friend (Elder Murdock) asked if he could give me a blessing so I accepted his offer. COOLEST EXPERIENCE EVER! His whole district and my companion and I went into a classroom and all the elders surrounded me as they gave me a blessing. The Lord told me to fear not, and that he is with me and how proud he was of me. Then he told me that Grandpa wants me to know that he is with me and watching over me. It was so amazing and I definitely could feel him there. I know that the lord answers our prayers and that he truly knows us so well. i know that i have thought about grandpa a lot and wondering exactly where he was. It's amazing all the many blessings that the Lord gives us and the strength that he gives us to keep going. In D and C 84:88 it talks about how angels are around is to bear us up (I'm pretty sure that's the scripture!) Today I have an overwhelming feeling of gratitude for families. I am so glad that families are forever and that i have such a great family. Thank you for always being there for me and helping me be the person I am today! This morning I did sealings and there was one particular sealing where I could feel that person there and it was a neat experience. I love the temple! I hope that you all are striving to go on a regular basis because I know that is where I get a lot of my strength for the week. 

Mucho amor!
Hermana Stapley

Ps. While i am sitting here a bunch of elders have told me how they enjoyed my testimony haha this is the greatest :) Also Glenn. I am sitting across from a Jacob Beckert who said he knew you! Sweet! I have been chatting with him a little and he said you guys were good friends. 

Pss. DAD you STINK please write me. Donde esta mi familia?!! Thank you mom for writing me diligently your the best! Also I am sorry I keep thinking of things but i need my zovirax which you might have to get a new tube, sandals for the shower, and some pictures!!!!! i need pictures of all of you:) and mom i have written you like a total of three letters and I hope you have gotten the last two by now.