My heart is full!

Sunday we arrived for our meeting as service missionaries at 9:30. Church was from 11:00-2:00... and we stayed for missionary correlation. By the time we got home, it was nearly 3:00! Who ever said Sunday was a day of rest? I almost felt like I needed a Saturday to help make up for my Sunday!

That being said, I am so grateful to be serving a mission. The members in my branch are absolutely wonderful! I am so in love with each and every member of our small branch. There is just something so sincere and wonderful in the sisters as each of them greets you with a kiss and a hug. The brethren are so genuine. The young women... well... I think they are the best! I love the spirit they bring with them each week.

I am learning and growing so much. It is a never-ending wonder to me how the Lord has continued to bless me in this calling. My Spanish has improved - mostly. I still struggle with some things. Like today, Hermana Troconiz (from Venezuela!) and I went visiting teaching together. I was trying to explain the reprocussion of a gun firing... and realized I didn't have the vocabulary to do so! (Generally, I don't talk about that subject... in English OR Spanish, but she eventually got it!) A simple 2 minute explanation turned in to a 10 minute game of charades. =)

I now have my 2 counselors for Young Women: Hna. Silva and Hna. Espitia. They are absolutely wonderful, and I really look forward to getting to know them better. I know they will work well with the girls! I look forward to all the fun things we get to do together... as we grow and work on our Personal Progress.

There is a couple who is investigating the church right now, the Hernandez family. They have the most incredible spirit! On fast Sunday, he got up and shared his testimony, and it is so strong. They are waiting for just a couple more things to happen, and then the will be baptized. I am so excited for them! I know the gospel has changed their lives. I love to see the glow they have each time I see them!