September 17, 2012

Well this week has been another great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It seemed a lot longer than some of the other weeks but it was still good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On tuesday i got my new companion!!!!!!!!!! He is brand new and his name is Elder Benard and he is from Salt Lake City!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is a brand new missionary and so far he is settling in well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy that I got to stay here in Dallas 1/Dallas 9, i love this area sososososo much!!!!!!!!!!! Its the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On tuesday we had the new missionary meeting in the morning which went great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got to get back to our area and i showed Elder Benard all around!!!!!!!!!!!! We went tracting for a little bit and then we got to meet with Rosalinda, she is the best, I know i talk about her a lot!!!!!!!!!!!! Then after that we had dinner over at the Hardens and then we had an appointment with Jaime and Caridad!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are doing great!!!!!!!!!!! We got to set a marriage date with them for November 10 and then they can get baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They love the church so much and they have been coming every week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On thursday we had weekly planning in the morning which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i got to tell Elder Benard about all of our investigators and more about the area!!!!!!!!! Then we went contacting in the afternoon which i LOVE doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that night we got to meet with Jaime and read a chapter from the book of mormon with him which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The spirit is so strong when we meet with him and he really has such a great desire to learn more!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got to meet with Beatrice and she is great too!!!!!!!!!!!! On friday evening we got to meet with Christian cooper!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love him so much he is great!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is getting baptized the end of this month!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to teach him the plan of salvation and the spirit was so strong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love that we are able to have answers to all those questions!!!!!!!!! On saturday I got to see Elder Seager!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He went home on saturday but he stopped by to say goodbye to me and i loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sunday was a great day at church!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I realized that I havent really said anything so far about what i love about texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love barbeque now and i also love fried okra!!!!!!!!!! i never had it before until i got here and it is so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I have started to say yall sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well I hope that you all have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!