TRANSFERS (Hint I am staying)

Hello Beautiful people of the world! Transfers were this week! President Smart decided to send out the information at 10 at night a day early! So all 4 of us in our house went to bed at 9:30 after a hard days work and woke up to 6 missed calls from our district leader at 10:25 that night. We finally answered the 7th call when He let us know that we would be serving a trio now! So Hermana Nelson (My current trainer) and Hermana Boston (the one wearing a green bucket hat) are my companions for the next six weeks! 

We are also saying goodbye to our beloved Hermana Cordova. She is headed back to Utah this week :) Show her some love out there my Utah Friends :)

On a more mission related note :) Our district had two baptisms this week and it was an amazing experience. Jose and Gloria. I am so proud of both of them for the decision they have made to become closer to Heavenly Father by keeping commitments with the Lord. It has been full of ups and downs. Jose at one point was about to stop taking the mission lessons because he found a lot of anti-church literature on the internet. The other sisters came to the lesson ready to teach him more when he pulled out a stack of anti-church documents and pointed at them to explain all these questions that he had. The sisters took a moment to breathe and then asked Jose a very important question that we should all ask ourselves. "Are you going to listen to the words of angry men and words of people who do not know all things or are you going to listen to your Heavenly Father?" We don't know everything and the people in the world don't either. We have resources to learn more but we have the most important resource and that is prayer. Heavenly Father knows everything. Trust in the words and advice and testimony he has and will give you at every moment of your life. Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith. After hearing this question and seriously reflecting on it Jose decided to continue his search for answers through prayer and inspired resources. He wanted to listen to the words of his Father in Heaven over the words of men. In silence Jose stood up and tour the documents of anti-church literature into the garbage can. Jose has been baptized this week and in his own words, "This is what I have always been looking for without knowing it" 

The Church is True and Joseph Smith is a Prophet. If you struggle to know or believe then search the scriptures and get on your knees to pray. Heavenly Father will answer you. 

From Left to right: Hermana Cordova, Hermana Boston, Jose and Devon