Letter #43 - Week 45: The Calm Before the Storm

July 29, 2019



Hola Everyone!

Week 3 of the transfer was the scheduled to be the least crazy of the 6th, and now going into week 4 we're preparing ourselves for the next three weeks to simply fly by even fast than these. This week we have interviews with President Teuscher, an exchange, a mission leadership conference (aka exchange 2.0), and Annabelle's baptism! She was interviewed for baptism yesterday and is super excited to start her journey as part of the one true church! Yesterday right before Annabelle's interview we found out that Elder Sutherland will be transfered early to open up an area in the Bronx. Elder Ginez will be training a new missionary who is coming three weeks early because he was in the 6 week Spanish program, but then was bumped up to the three week program. As for the Bronx, my former companion Sister Walker and her current companion were trying to wrangle 60 (last time I talked to her) people they were teaching from combining pools this transfer. So, it turns out to be a blessing for everyone. The biggest mystery is who our next district leader is going to be.

We were blessed this week to see a lot of progress with the people we are currently teaching. Hilary has been reading in the Book of Mormon and learning more about the blessings of living day prophets, Michelle has been reading the Book of Mormon, praying, and doing all of the things she needs to in order to live the Gospel of Jesus Christ and accepted a baptismal date, Annabelle is connecting so many things about the gospel together and is ready to be baptized, and Julio had a bounty of good questions about the introduction to the Book of Mormon and came to church for the first time this week! We have had a lot of wonderful experiences working with members and talking to everybody. It is such a blessing to be able to help people onto the covenant path of discipleship and remember all that Heavenly Father has done for us as individuals.

Other Life Updates:

-I'm a lot better at parallel parking than I used to be
-I have still evaded speaking in the family ward, but now I've spoken in the YSA ward twice
-Papusas are still yummy
-Most of the pictures I take are of Hermana Patchell

Jacob 5:38-41

38 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Let us go down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard, and behold if the natural branches have also brought forth evil fruit.

39 And it came to pass that they went down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard. And it came to pass that they beheld that the fruit of the natural branches had become corrupt also; yea, the first and the second and also the last; and they had all become corrupt.

40 And the wild fruit of the last had overcome that part of the tree which brought forth good fruit, even that the branch had withered away and died.

41 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard wept, and said unto the servant: What could I have done more for my vineyard?

¡Os Amo!

-Hermana Prue

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