Email 11/14

FAMALIA...

We got our transfer calls last night...I’m staying:) Shocker. Luckily so are the sisters we live with because our greenies still are training. I love living with other sisters it's so fun to have people to go home to. And we have 4 closets to pick from...of ugly missionary clothes. But still. Plus Thanksgiving and Christmas are this transfer so that will be fun for us all to be together!

We find out on Wednesday if we get an English ward. We had interviews this week and President said he was pretty sure he would be giving us one. It will be so good to have more work. We’re going crazy.

“R” “D” AND “LITTLE R” GOT BAPTIZED THIS WEEKEND. Pictures included:)

IT WAS A MIRACLE. Seriously Heavenly Father helped sooo much with them this week. We had a lesson last Monday night and “D” still wasn't doing anything. Hadn’t read or prayed and didn't feel comfortable about baptism that weekend. UGH. We finally yelled at her and told her the only way you will ever feel comfortable is if you read and pray. You have to do your part. We read Enos with her and she said she was going to actually read and pray but wanted us to come and read to her on Wednesday...So we left discouraged because that's the billionth time she's told us she would read and pray...then a miracle happened. She called us Wednesday morning to say that we didn't need to come over (We thought she was going to try to drop us again.) because she GOT HER ANSWER BECAUSE. Wait for it. SHE READ AND PRAYED!!! Crazy how that works. She said she knew the church was true and wanted to know what they needed to do to be baptized that weekend!! She flipped a 180.

The baptism was beautiful:) They were so excited and said they hadn't slept all the night before. “D” kept telling us "I really know this is true!!" Spoke peace to my heart after the last 6 weeks of begging the woman to do her part. I love seeing families be baptized it was amazing the spirit was so strong. We were standing on the inside of the font with her towel and we watched all 3 of them be baptized. When “D” came out of the water she came up the stairs and hugged us and said "Finally. I feel so good. I feel peace. I feel clean. I'm so happy." It's so crazy how frustrated and discouraged you get as a missionary but i forget about all of those feelings and it makes everything we go through worth it to hear, feel, and see what we experienced at their baptism. They received the Holy Ghost the same night. Afterwards “D” told us she "felt safe and secure" and had never felt like that and was so glad that she was a member. Then she got all teary eyed and said "Wait- you girls aren't going to leave me now are you? I will miss you!!" It was such a good night and a good way to end the transfer. They had been taught for 2 years by over 6 different companionships and no one could get them to church. They dropped all the previous elders. Mainly because of “D”. She needed Spanish and she needed sisters. It's cool to know that we were sent here to teach her. “R” and “Little R” will get the priesthood this week and in a year one of them can baptize “B” and they can go to the temple:)

What else...

So there are two zones where I’m at. It’s really confusing. Technically the English sisters that we live with are in a different zone. The two zones cover the same area. Anyways last p-day the other zone went to this place with blowup stuff and trampolines and one of the zone leaders broke his back...he had surgery and he's being sent home. He doesn't have feeling in part of his legs and will be in a wheel chair for at least 8 months. They don't know if he will get feeling back. Scary huh?

Also I'm sure you heard about he missionaries in Texas. The two that got hit by a car while they were on bikes and killed. The car hit and ran. But we heard they caught the person. That is the second set of elders in that same mission to be hit on bikes in the last month. Yikes.

Welp that’s a negative way to end things...ummmmmm oh on a happier note (for you mom) I get my "trunky call" this week when they call and ask what airport you want to fly into and make your departure plans. That should make you excited:) It's bitter sweet.

Well I love you and i miss you:)