One of our investigators Lino came to church and he is planning on being baptized on March 10th, please keep him in your prayers. Another one of our investigators was supposed to come but it snowed lightly on Sunday and she is pretty old so she couldn't make it. We got to teach the MiaMaids (14-15 year old young women) at church and that was so much fun! We taught them how to gain a testimony, why we need to share it, how to keep it strong, and the blessings it brings to our lives and the lives of others.
The members are great up here in WA! We have dinner every night with a member/s and they feed us very well! I NEED to be careful because I know that if I am not, then I will gain a ton of weight and I don't want that to happen! I can already tell that I have gained a little in the past 3.5 weeks. Can you believe that it has already been that long? It doesn't feel like that to me!
I am so happy with my trainer/companion. Her name is Sister Whitnie Chatwin and she is from St. George UT. She is wonderful! She is going home in June, which is super soon! She is with me for two transfers and then, she only has one transfer left and then she goes home! In the field we talk in time of transfers which is 6 weeks.... and I think its funny. Here we call our trainers Mom and then whoever trained them is our grandma and if our mom trained someone else then we have sisters. So, I have one sister and a mom and a grandma all in the field. Sister Chatwin talks about her former companions all the time and how much she loves and misses them. I know that I will miss her just as much. Being so close to someone for 12 weeks is a long time and then to not be with them after that is super hard.
Anyway, I live in an apartment. It's not too bad. Apparently we are only the 3rd set of sisters in this area so Elders had it before us and the 1st set of sisters had a lot of cleaning to do after they moved in. We have a washer and dryer in the apartment too so that is really nice!
On Saturday we had Elder Craig A. Cardon from the Second Quorum of the Seventy come and speak to our mission. He was amazing! I got to be the first one that shook his hand and we got to shake hands twice! Hopefully we get a lot more General Authorities! They are so amazing to listen to and learn from. I have started to read the Book of Mormon again. It's amazing how being a missionary just opens up my eyes to insights that I have never received from the gospel before! I can't tell you how many things just make more sense since my mission.
I am sad to not be in the MTC with all my people anymore but I am meeting so many new people and everyone is fantastic. I will try to respond with hand written letters to as many people as possible. Please send all mail to the mission home in Kennewick and they will forward it on to me in Walla Walla! It only takes one extra day usually. I love President and Sister Greer so much! They are the best mission president/sister I could ask for! They made me feel at home the instant I got off the plane.
I am almost out of time, so I love you and I miss you and I think about home probably a lot more than I should but it will all be ok! The mission is awesome! The Gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored and we need to share that message with EVERYONE! Heavenly Father loves us and he blesses us with so much more than we can ever imagine! Have a wonderful week and I will talk to you again soon!
Love Sister Brox~Hugs!
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