Letter #9 - Week 11.5- Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Hermana

December 6, 2018







Hola Everyone!

This week our preparation day is later in the week because Hermana Tua'one is going on her departing temple trip! All of us get to go up to Manhattan, and I am excited to spend the day there.

Rick was baptized on Saturday! He has been taught by the Elders these past few months and he was so ready. This is the first baptism I've seen on my mission and it was a wonderful experience. I felt the spirit strongly and it helped reaffirm my testimony of this gospel and the changes it can bring into people's lives.

The Korean missionaries have a different arrival schedule than everyone else, so for a few short days, we have a 14-person district with only 5 companionships. Our last district council was wild with so many people. It'll be sad to see some of the district members go, but I am so grateful for the people I have been able to meet and their examples to me as missionaries and people.

Yesterday we went to the park that we jog around a couple of times a week, and there were the regular old Chinese people exercising there (different from the dancing Chinese ladies, haha). One of the old ladies offered me a water bottle while we were running, and I motioned to her that I was okay. She walked off and then came back and started her exercises. When we finished we found out that she put a water bottle on each of the three swings we swing on after we finish jogging. It was so sweet and it's beautiful how much kindness people can display for one another when we can't even speak the same language. Even though New York City has more people than Idaho several times over, I truly feel like I'm part of my little community. It's nice to be able to see and talk to some of the mail carriers, English class students, and exercise buddies and know that we're all in this together. I feel that I have started to finally achieve becoming just your friendly, neighborhood Hermana.

Alma 10:12

12 And now, when Amulek had spoken these words the people began to be astonished, seeing there was more than one witness who testified of the things whereof they were accused, and also of the things which were to come, according to the spirit of prophecy which was in them.

Love,

Hermana Prue

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