Nov 19th

Four out of the five times I've been on an exchange with the Sister Training Leaders I've stayed in the area, so I was pretty bummed when this fourth call came until I learned I'd at least have Sister Kaivalvatana!! She's a sister from Thailand that is leaving this upcoming transfer, so she only had 2 weeks left, and while she tried to focus, we definitely talked a lot about what it's like having so little time left. It made me reflect on the next 4.5 months I have left and what I'd like to accomplish in that time. One of the reasons I love Sister K is how absolutely loving and guileless she is: you leave her feeling more loving towards everyone around you, and one of those people you just love to be around! Unfortunately not very many people opened their doors for us, but that just means we talked everywhere we went and with everyone we met with. :)

Saturday we had breakfast at Bishop's house. It was our first meeting with the bishop so it was kind of a get-to-know-you, and where he established the vision he had for the missionary work in the ward and asked if there was anything we needed from the ward. It was honestly one of the most revolutionary meetings I've had in this ward which was spent over pumpkin waffles, scrambled eggs and bacon (Sister Oaks does so much and is simple amazing!). I'm sad to see our old bishop finish, but I'm also excited to see the change take place in the new presidency. I left feeling so pumped to get out and work, which also carried into Sunday where in Relief Society we talked about missionary work and all I wanted to do was just go out and talk to people. Granted I've always wanted to work, but I'd never felt so restless during church before.

Monday was a little more fun in the fact that we got permission to play volleyball with our district! I hadn't played in 8 months, but I didn't exactly have a good running stretch of practice before that either, so it was just fun to spend time with our district and do something fun and active. (Sorry, no pictures this week.) 

And, good news; this week after picking up a former investigator we got so excited to finally have an investigator and an actual sit-down lesson that for a second we weren't exactly sure what to teach him, especially when the last we talked to him he professed to being a Buddhist. But he really liked the Restoration and we're just praying that he'll take time to really pray this week to know the Book of Mormon's true! I love this work, and I know, no matter what your background or circumstances, it's meant for everyone!

Sister Dunster