Dearest family and friends,
This week has been crazy!!! It started out pretty slow, it was probably the longest week in a while and the work was pretty slow but we got through it and have moved on to a good and hopefully a better week!!!
We picked up two new investigators this week. Their names are Shelby and Victoria. They are 12 and 10. We have quite the young teaching pool! But who better to teach than kids? They are already so teachable and humble and want to learn everything you have to give them. We found them through a member's boyfriend. They are his kids. He's taken the discussions before but hasn't been baptized yet. We'll work on him too. We love them so much! They didn't have any church clothes so Sis. Lee (the member) took them shopping on Friday and bought them some dresses! It will be so good because Sis. Lee hasn't come to church in a while and so this will get them all coming! All four of them ended up coming to church on Sunday! It was kind of because Sis. Hatch and I were speaking in Sacrament Meeting, but hey, they came, right? :) We went to Primary with the girls (Shelby wasn't comfortable going to Young Women's) and it was a lot of fun! We just sang songs the whole time and one of them was about baptism and they asked us how you get baptized. So they are excited about coming to church! We also had dinner with them on Sunday night. We love them all so much!!
Sister Wall took us out to see Yvonne. We haven't been able to see her for a while because we haven't been able to contact her but we finally did and she moved to the outside of town. We had a good time catching up with her and her and Sister Wall seemed to get along really well. They were going to come to church yesterday but they didn't make it. :(
We also had lunch with David again. It is so frustrating when an investigator doesn't understand!!! He says that he probably will get baptized and join our church but it will take him a few years to do so. He has to accept that the Priesthood still exists and that we have living prophets on the earth again. We'll have another lesson with him tomorrow so hopefully that goes well! :)
On Saturday we went to Wagoner for the last time. :( We saw the people that we've become close to. We had lunch with a girl named Hailey. We went and visited her and her family a few months ago and she is starting to come. We've only met with her for a few times but we've gotten pretty close. She's only 20 and really wants to come back to church! It is amazing to be a part of such an important thing in people's lives. I love being a missionary! :)
On Sunday we spoke in church. We both talked about missionary work. I think it went well. I focused my talk on how the members can do missionary work because sometimes we just don't know how to do it. WE are told to do it but we don't know how.
We also met with Christina on Sunday. She isn't very happy at this moment because.....
BOTH SISTER HATCH AND I ARE GETTING TRANSFERRED!!!! We were super shocked and sad that we both have to leave all of our investigators and this amazing ward/area! But it's okay because there will be more sisters coming here. :) I am going to be staying in the same zone/stake. I'm going to open an area called Charleston, AR. It is in the Greenwood, AR Ward. I'm going to be working specifically with less active members in that area because there are a lot of them. I will also be training a new missionary AND I will be a Sister Training Leader! So, I've got a lot on my plate and need lots of prayers and letters! :) That would be very much appreciated. :)
I absolutely love being a missionary and I am excited for this new adventure/responsibility. I am sure that I will learn a lot from it!!! I know that the church is true and am so happy to be a part of it and to be a missionary sharing the gospel!
I love you all!!
See you soon then!!
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