Lucky #9

I love this place.

In a shocking turn of events we had transfers and....I'M STAYING!  I know you are all shocked so I'll give you a moment to let that sink in.

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Okay now that you have had your moment yes that does mean 9 transfers (or 55 weeks) in the Bella Vista Zone and the Queen Creek Ward. I don't think they can get enough of me. If anyone needs a tour of the greater Queen Creek/San Tan area please give me a call. I know it better than my hometown at this point lol.

Moving on....

Since Wednesday mucho has happened. Not really but I did take a quick nap this morning and it was pretty glorious.

We went on exchanges again with Sister Van Gundy and Roberts. Sister Van Gundy (the poor thing) had exchange #3 with me. I went to her but we were near this construction site and I had a ton of quality Spanish gospel discussions which was awesome. We also helped out at a service, went to the temple and missionaried (?) it up!

On Friday we also had a bomb lesson with Lupe in front of the temple! He loved it and the spirit was so strong. He has a lot of hurdles still but he wants it and that is what matters :)

Lorena and Marisol are doing great! They are feeling really good about baptism and Sergio got approved for the priesthood! The bummer this week is that they are moving...still in the ward boundaries but to the elders area....we are hoping though that they will let us keep teaching them since they are so close to their baptismal date and they don't want "the hermanas to leave" so fingers crossed folks but I hope that they will let us keep them...I love that family a lot and they have come so far recently.... but we will see what Heavenly Father wants to happen with that.

It has definitely been a week though. A few weeks ago I made the mistake of praying for Humility. I know that He is definitely giving me what I asked for. The hardest thing sometimes is accepting His will. We have a plan of how we want it all to work out but very rarely does it work that way. It sometimes requires us doing things we would probably not want to do otherwise especially when He has called us to be a little more, to try a little harder, to give more than we think we have. He also wants us to realize that its not on us. That we NEED our Savior.

I love being a missionary and I love this work!

To the Moon and Back!

Hermana Showalter