Announcements

Hello Everyone! How is everyone doing? Well I hope that everyone is
aware of the new and exciting things happening here in the WKM! If you
are not then I am about to talk about them.

We got a voicemail from President a few nights ago and he was telling
us about the recent issue of the church news where 58 new missions
have been announced in the world and that 3 of them were here in the
Pacific Northwest. 1. Salem OR 2. Federal Way WA and 3. Vancouver WA!

Since the one in Vancouver is half of our mission, it will be split
somehow, plus with the other missions around us. Things are gonna be
changing! Along with the new missions and the new boundaries, the new
mission presidents have been called and the new President for the WKM
is President Ware. and from what President Greer has said, they are
very nice and he and his wife are excited to serve. There has also
already been called the new mission pres for the Vancouver mission and
I can't remember his name. I look forward to serving my last transfer
on my mission with either one of these new presidents.

Also in the news for me, is that even though I have shared this info
with some and not all I will share it now. I have decided for myself
that I will not come home till the Aug transfer, which means Aug 13th.
There was a lot of prayer and pondering that went into this decision
for myself. The only thing that will change this day of arrival home
will be the Lord. I haven't had the phone call from the mission office
telling me when I am going home because it is still way to early for
that. I was thinking and panicking about my homecoming far too in
advance. Please put this subject far from you minds as that is what I
am trying to do.

With all of the changes happening at the very end of my mission I am
grateful that I will be here to help the new President in what ever
way that I can. I know that it will be a stressful time and that even
though I would love to finish my mission with President and Sister
Greer, I know that the Lord needs me here. The work is hastening and I
am right smack dab in the middle of it. I don't want to miss a second
of it and I don't want to quit early because its the easier thing to
do. Being on a mission is so hard and so rewarding. I don't even know
where the days go half of the time and the other half of the time it
seems like 9 o'clock will never get here.
I can't believe that transfers are this week already too. Because
Sister McMurtrey is still new we are still doing our 12 week training.
We are together for the next 6 weeks and for that I am excited. We are
getting along better and better everyday and she is helping me to grow
just as much as I am helping her.

Last week  on p-day when we were sitting in our room writing letters
the members that we live with came and knocked on our door and then
told us that they had backing into our car. They said that they had
already called the mission office and that they would get it fixed. We
said ok, and finished writing letters. When we went out to leave we
saw the big dent with some scratches in dent. It was right in the
passenger side back door. It made me so sad! We had to take it to the
mission office and they took it to get an estimate on it. We have been
driving around with a dented mission car and its not my fault! haha!
We are getting it fixed this next week and hopefully they have a spare
car for us to drive while that happens.

We are moving out of the Vance's house tomorrow to another members
home and I am very excited. I love the Vance's but we are in a very
very tiny amount of space and I don't like that! As far as we know the
new house we will live in has a basement that we get to have to
ourselves. But not as big of a basement as the Combs' in the mansion.

So other than all that we have been finding and teaching as many
people as we can. We were tracting some apartments the other night and
it was almost 8 and we knocked on 12 doors with only 2 answering. The
first one was nice but not interested. The second door that opened
said "Don't bother me right now!!!" Then slammed the door in our
faces. It was awesome to see the look on Sis. McMurtrey's face. She
was so shocked and she looked like she was about to cry. I would
rather someone slam the door in my face then to hear my testimony and
then shut the door on my face and reject all the Spirit had told them
was true.
Anyways, I am just about out of time! I love you all and I hope you
have a wonderful week!