# 24

Dear Family, 

There has been an announcement regarding missionaries in the Eastern European area and sharing information on public sites. I will no longer be able to send pictures of my investigators, church members or my companions to put on the blog. I will only be able to send pictures of just myself. Also, any information (first/last names) that I have already written about others (like when I have talked about my investigators) will need to be deleted. You can replace their names with the first letter though...for example the name "Misa" will become "M" in order to keep the the stories that I have already sent. All pictures of others must be deleted however. Only pictures of just me can remain. This is to protect the members and investigators here and in other countries in the Europe East Area. This will remain in affect until I hear otherwise from Pres. C. 

I have decided this week to write to you about charity. I have studied it a lot this week and it has become my favorite Christ like attribute. Without charity we are nothing. I love serving among Armenians because they really are so charitable. They always offer us food when we enter their houses and they send us away with gifts or food as well. They really are so willing to give everything they have to complete strangers, knowing that they will be left with nothing. Isn't that how we all should be? Christ was so willing to help everyone and He never got anything in return. I was studying the events of the atonement this week. Christ poured out His soul to the Father in the Garden of Gethsemane and took upon Him the sins, pains and sufferings of everyone who ever lived or would live. All the while, His beloved disciples slept. After, He knew He was going to betrayed, taken, tried and crucified, but He willingly did so for us. So that we could all have the opportunity to return to live with Him and our Father in Heaven. That is pure love. That is charity. I challenge each of you this week to do something extra or some act of kindness for someone this week and to think about how you can show your love for others. 

I love and miss you all so much! Trevor and Asia, have a great first day of school! Mom, keep fighting :) Mom and Dad, thank you for all of your emails and support. I continually keep all of you in my prayers. I love and miss you! 

Love, Misa

*note from Mom* 

We're still trying to determine what the mission wants, and I'm hoping Misa will resume writing her day to day goings on only without her investigators' or members' full names, just initials.