One of Sadie's most recent letters…
Hey my beautiful family,
It's a great day to be alive! 11 months and I really am still alive! Holy cow I never thought this day would come. Good times had, all around :) It's so weird to think that next month, it will have been a year since that great and marvelous day I entered the MTC. I can see how much I've grown up and how much I love and appreciate the gospel since that day. It took all the courage I had to leave, and it will take even more to come home. The people I have met out here have truly changed me and my life. From Olde Oaks to College Station, I can see how the Lord has placed certain people in my path that I needed, and that needed me.
I know the Lord answers prayers and that He has kept His watchful eye on me throughout every day.
I've fallen and I've gotten back up again, I've been ridiculed and I have triumphed over even the smallest of things.
I recognize that my love should not be conditional.
I understand that only the Savior can save.
I feel for others more deeply than I ever have before. I have seen the worst of situations become the greatest of teaching moments.
I know who I am and who I need to become.
I've been hurt and I've been healed. I know, above all, that my Savior lives and loves me and desires me to return to Him, and that He wants me to bring as many people as will listen.
I am a new Sadie Maughan, and I know that I will never return to what I used to be. And that, my family, is a great blessing.
This week has been great, we've been prepping for Gig 'Em Week, which starts today!! There are so many kids on campus! That's pretty much all that has been happening.... oh yeah and I turn 20 on Monday. So strange! But it's all good, it's not much of a difference since it's only a year :)
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
<3 Sister Maughan
