My three departing companions, Sisters Marley, Barrett, and Bell. I tried to straighten my hair for the occasion and it turned out sort of....meh.
My last picture with Sister Bell, who's probably going to get married in a month.
President and Sister Jeppson in matching hats Sister Barrett crocheted for them.
Kevin's Baptism!
Kevin and the Murray's before the plunge.
Dearest Family!
This week has been pretty neat. Yesterday was Kevin's baptism, and it went really well! The Murrays, the family who've just sort of adopted him, did the whole program. It was nice to just sit back and watch and not have to worry about a talk. We did have to clean out the font (I don't know where the bugs keep coming from, but they're there every time we go to clean it), and fill it. We're getting better at it though, because Kevin said it was warm! It was kinda cold when we filled it up for Dawn's and Judy's.
We also found a new investigator this week. We knocked on a less-active's door, they didn't answer, so we left a note. The next day someone called us and said they were returning a call because of the note we'd left. We asked if we could come visit, and she said yes, in a sort of hesitant tone. We came over, sat on her couch, and started talking with her and getting to know her. Sister Biolena (my newest companion, I'll explain more later) asked the lady if she had watched conference. She asked, "What's conference?" To which I presumed she just hadn't gone to Church in a really long time and she'd forgotten what it was. "So when were you baptized?" "Never. I'm not a member of your Church..." "Oh!" And then we taught the Restoration and told her about living Prophets and the Book of Mormon, both of which she seemed interested in. We asked her if we could come back a week from then and she replied, "No. come sooner, how about such and such day." Yay! I'm excited to go back there!
It was pretty tough last week seeing three of my previous companions depart for home. Sister Barrett flew to Alaska, Sister Bell flew to Texas, and Sister Marley flew to Utah. I admit I was tearing up quite a bit during transfer conference. But then we got assigned another companion! Sister Torgerson and I were in shock, as we thought it would just be the two of us. But lo and behold, Heavenly Father sent us Sister Biolena from the Philippines! She's been out here for four months now and loves it here! She also speaks amazing English, and is quite the addition to the companionship!
Oh, and Bill (Dawn's husband) and Ashley (his daughter) came to Church on Sunday for the first time! He had to leave after Sacrament because he's still recovering from his surgery, but Dawn said on the ride home he cried as he told her how much he loved being there! Ashley stayed, and the Young Women immediately whisked her off to Sunday School. Joy of joys!
We also raked leaves this week and stained someone's porch. And yes, that's about it.
I love you guys so much. I hope you're having fun doing whatever you're doing. Love you!
Sister Missy
