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December 9, 2018 Good morning! You know, sometimes I am really grateful that I am short. I was especially grateful whenever we went to visit Minna, because there were spiderwebs covering the top half of the doorway that the other missionaries ran into every time, but I escaped them every time thanks to my petite stature. I am also really grateful for Minna. Minna is a sweet, elderly lady that we got the opportunity to bring the sacrament to every week. Minna battles illness upon illness, and so fragile and frail that I was worried a slight breeze would knock her right over. However, even in her little frame Minna has not only completely altered my mission, but also my life. To ignorant eyes Minna may appear weak, but she is strong and mighty. My first week there I took a place on the couch, right across from Minna in her wheelchair. We 4 missionaries opened with a song and I watched as little Minna folded her arms, embracing her delicate body and closed her eyes tight in humble pra...