Katrina, Conference, and LSU Football

HOWDY.

Hello! I hope all is well in the beautiful mountains. It is cooling down a little bit which is really good because we were about to die of heat. Humidity and I have a love-hate relationship. Anyways..life in Louisiana is glorious. We had a beautiful week with Katrina, Conference, and an LSU football game! I am so grateful to be here. There is no place that I would rather be. 

The people here are incredible (like I say every week) but I mean it! Every person we run into is super friendly and aside from all the tragedy of the flood, their hopes are high. Me and Sister Hyer are so lucky to be here. ON THE REAL. 

We were able to put Katrina on date to be baptized on October 15. She is so strong and amazing! Unfortunately, Satan knows it. He has been working incredibly hard to discourage her and bring her down. She's been sharing multiple pamphlets with all of her friends and co-workers! It amazes me. She does run into a lot of negative feelings about the church, but she can usually shake it off. I pray that she can continue to grow and progress! Katrina is truly elect. I love her so much! She calls me bubbly because, as yall know, I am very bubbly. So it is a funny nickname she has for me. We were able to visit her multiple times and she came to Sister Collins house to watch the Sunday morning session of Conference!! It went super well and the spirit was strong. I love the spirit. No matter how distraught or doubtful Katrina gets, she can always be reeled in from the spirit. It's miraculous. Our work would be completely pointless without it. 

On Saturday we went to the LSU football game! It was the most magical thing ever. Poor Sister Hyer had no idea what was going on...but my heart was going to explode from happiness! Haha! I miss football. The Tates had extra tickets, so we got permission to take out our pday afternoon to go see the game! We had to leave at half time, but it was so worth it! It definitely has Utah beat for football fans haha. There were thousands of people there, and tailgating is definitely taken seriously. And they won so that is good news too!:) 

We are now helping to prepare homes for painting, so I will get my practice in for that haha. I am very glad to be moving on from the flood, it is finally getting to the point where only half the people talk about it! 

We also saw Danny this week and he watched the restoration video twice! We are going to stop by and see him today. He is my favorite. We are hoping he makes it to church on Sunday.

Well I love yall and I love the Savior. We can all come to know Him on a personal level, and I know he is there for each of us in our trials. Let us all seek for this love, I know it's accessible to all. The Savior can provide us with the greatest joy imaginable, we just need to follow. I love this gospel and am grateful for it. 

LOVE ALWAYS,

SISTER AMANDA CORNIA