September 9, 2013

So...the investigator that we were teaching?  We had his baptism planned for this Saturday, his interview planned for tomorrow, and he just dropped us this morning.  We taught him a lesson yesterday and it was a commandment that he just couldn't commit to.  We're really disappointed about it, but we will just keep moving on I guess.  We're going to try and see him tonight and see what else we can do but I don't know how promising it's going to be.  But just keep praying for him and for us!  I'm trying really hard to not let the discouragement get to me.  

The dentist went well.  Sad news is that I'll probably have to get a crown on the tooth when I get home.  But the dentist I went to is a member and he fixed up the tooth the best he could without putting a crown on it.  And he didn't charge me anything which is a huge blessing!  He was really nice and it really didn't hurt.  Thankfully it was in the back so I was able to go and work without anything swollen or distracting for me and everyone else.

That's cool that you had the missionaries over!  That seems like it was so much fun.  I remember the missionaries saying prayers in their native language!  Funny story, we're teaching a guy from Iran (crazy right?!) and he said a prayer for us in Farsi!  It was so cool!  It helped me remember that tradition that we had with the missionaries in the past so that's funny that you had the missionaries over in the same week.

Congrats to Collin on his mission call!  Funny story, my companion Sister Allred's boyfriend is serving there!  He's apparently an incredible missionary so have him look for an Elder Silas Olsen.  I guess that he just became a District Leader or something like that.  Anyways, that's awesome!  He's going to love it.

So transfers are today!  My companion is getting transferred to a Spanish area so I'm getting a new companion in Olympia.  No, she's not brand new.  We get to just be missionaries and do normal missionary work which is pretty exciting.  We'll be biking a lot more because they cut back our miles so I'm excited to get more exercise!

Anyways, I need to go and help Hermana Allred pack.  I"m sorry that this is shorter, but I love you all, and you're in my prayers!  Love and miss you!

With love,

Sister Ward