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 Hello friends and family!

 This week has been... interesting. Also my emails been acting up. ANY email I send goes straight to my outbox and when I try to send it from there it won't let me. So I'd like to apologize in advance. I also have limited time to respond to emails but I will try my best. :) 

THIS WEEK:

So we have a new Sister with us her name is Sister Herndon. She's a Spanish sister and she's lets just say... pretty DOPE!! Since it is my second transfer I get to drive! Hahaha FINALLY!! I learned quickly that me and TIWI aren't friends. At all! TIWI Is the system in the car that monitors your driving so you know if your going to fast, or driving aggressively. Things like that. Also guess what JENNY got baptized! Cody her husband got to baptized her. It was so sweet. It was his first time baptizing since well... he was baptized in April. But she was SO close to the surface. Me and Sister Macharsky looked at each other and had to discuss it for a while. But we both came to the conclusion that she went all under! Also Sister Hendrix is getting emergency transferred... to Yuma on Wednesday. They needed her down there, which is sad. But hey it can't be helped. So we'll be getting a new Sister here! 

FUNNY STORIES:

•So... there's been this red dot guy following us around. As missionaries when we make someone a red dot it means there either not interest in learning, AT ALL, there dangerous or there aggressive toward missionaries. And in this case... there BOTH! Me and Sister Herndon were on biking exchanges. And were at the library and we see this guy outside on the phone he hangs up and starts yelling at us. And trying to flirt with us and were all like NAW. So we run inside. Do our studies and walk back out to go home. And he's still there, but this time he's gesturing over to us urgently. And Sister Herndon suggested we go over, but keep a distance. So we go over and the first thing he says to us is "How can I help YoU SisTeRs" and I can see he had a Bible with him and he seemed pretty drunk so I'm all like

 "Are you reading your bible?" 

"YeS"

"Do you pray?"

"Of CouRsE, To GoD.... EvErYdAy..."

"That's awesome, we'll as missionaries our role is to teach people about Christ's restored gospel on the earth, is that something you'd like to learn more about?"

And his face was priceless. It was all like crap, what did I just do! He looked a little scared! HA! And he's all like no. But then he tried to convince us that he's not dangerous and he's also on God's errand and his job is to Preach the Bible. And were all like ok, your wasting our time on purpose. We gotta go. So he let's us go. And days later me and Sister Macharsky are in the library and he sees us and tries to talk with us and said "I kNeW yOu'D cOmE bAcK, So IvE bEeN HeRe every DaY SiNcE ThEn, WaItInG FoR YoU." And again were all like aw naw. So we leave and haven't been to the library since then. :)

• I had my first basher this week! And it was so bad, Sister Macharsky said that was the worst bash she's seen on the mission. We were talking with her and Sister Macharsky started to slightly yell at her and I was all like, we got to go NOW! So we leave and we have a lesson in like 10 minutes with Cody and Jenny so we're all like how can we invite the spirit back. So Sister Macharky starts blasting Hymns!  The people that were walking by us were all so confused! It didn't come back, but the moment we stepped into Cody and Jennys house it came back.

COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS:

• Sister Macharsky made Cinnamon rolls for conference and made extra so we can deliver them to our neighbors!

• We got pranked by the Shurtleff family and the other Sisters. But we got to hold there new kitten!

•Sister Randell made us Costa Vida Salads it was so yummy! 

•A member we visited, gave us a stained glass hummingbirds! 

• Zone conference is this week and Interviews! 

•A random lady working at taco Bell bought us some Cinnamon twists! 

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT:

So Jenny got baptized this week and it was so cool because Cody her husband got to baptized her! I've just been thinking since Jenny and Cody got to make covenants there Son Alex now has that choice to! It's so cool how the gospel brings people and families together! Israel is being gathered RIGHT NOW! President Nelson said "That gathering is the most important thing taking place on earth today.” it's so true! Continue to gather Israel!! 

DATE: 10/2/23

AREA: Coolidge, Casa Grande

COMPANION: Sister Macharsky 

PICTURES: 

1. Jenny and Cody Blanchard.

2. Me and Sister Macharsky at Jennys baptism.

3. The four of us. Sister Hendrix, Macharsky, and Herndon in sunglasses found in the car.

4. Here's my messy desk idk.

5. Us at Jalepenos 2, a new place to study and do phone work!