Dearest familia,

Como estan? Espero que todo esta bien con ustedes!

Things are great!! I am not getting transferred!! We got our calls this morning, and I thought for sure they were going to tell me I was getting transferred, but they didn’t. Sister V. and I are staying together for another transfer. Sister A. (my comp from Arlington) is training though, which is crazy. She’s awesome though. She’ll do great. Our zone leaders are getting white washed out, which means that they are all leaving, and two other completely new people who don’t know the area at all are going to be coming in. Transfer weeks are always CRAAZY! Lots if big changes. They are also putting in another set of missionaries, so there will be 8 spanish missionaries serving just in our ward. :O It makes me think that maybe at some point they will split the ward and either make two branches, or two wards. But who knows. That will probably be some point in the future.

Mom: That is crazy they have a mall that is closed on Sundays now. But really cool too. I can’t wait to take trips on the Frontrunner to Salt Lake again. I had some fun times doing that. 🙂 We will definintely be needing to be taking a trip soon after I get home. 😉

1. We are teaching a lot of really cool people right now. First, H., who is 78, and from Peru. She is such a sweet little old woman. I attached a picture of her and I in her home. Sister V. said that it looks just like Peru with all the decorations and everything. She is getting baptized on Sunday at 7 o’clock after general conference. 🙂

Second, we have J. He is so awesome, I cannot even explain to you in words. He practices something called rastafari, which if you want to look it up, I bet you would know more about it than I do, but he is so great. He has such a desire to learn, and to change. He used to smoke, but he gave us his cigarettes last Sunday, and has been trying to quit since then. And…he came to church yesterday!!! It was soooo awesome! He told us that he has been asking for work off on Sundays, but his boss wouldn’t let him. Then yesterday, he was working and because they weren’t very busy, she let him leave early, so he got to go to the priesthood class. He was asking us if he could borrow other church books from the library there. He is just soaking it all up. He is like UNREAL! I can’t even explain him to you.

Third, we have M., he is definitely willing to learn. He lost his wife, his kids, basically his life, because he was addicted to Facebook! Beware of Facebook. He is also a little socially awkward because of is. It is very dangerous. But he has been reading his Book of Mormon everyday, and we set a baptismal date with him for the 28th of April. He also works on Sundays, but he is going to talk to his boss, and see if he can get them off. 🙂

2. Favorite thing about my area?..That would have to be the ward. They are so awesome, and willing to help in whatever way they can. They give us referrals, which are awesome, and they come out on exchange with us a lot. Also, just the atmosphere is so awesome. Hispanic people are just so loving and warm from the minute you meet them. 🙂 They just invite you in and want you to eat with them, and talk to them, and they hug you, and love you. It’s great. 🙂

3. The weather is getting hot. It’s been in the mid 80’s this week, and it’s only March. It is going to be a hot summer. 🙁

4. Playing soccer at the church. I wish we could play football, but we don’t have a field available anywhere to use to play football outside.

5. A lesson I learned this week is about not worrying. There was a quote that an Elder shared with me in the MTC that goes, “Most of the things you worry about never even happen.” I am such a worrier now, and I worry about everything. But everything always works out, and I don’t need to be “borrowing trouble” as they say. I think I am turning into you, Mom. 🙂 Ha ha. But that is something that I have been trying to work on.

6. Praying with faith is something that is essential. If we pray without true intent, and believing that we will receive an answer, we won’t receive one. We know if our Heavenly Father is listening by the way we feel after we pray. I have see a lot of times with people who have never prayed before, and they pray for the first time and feel so much different. They feel the spirit, and if they haven’t felt it before, it is new for them. But it is great to see someone pray for the first time. You see and hear them really talking to their Heavenly Father, and building a relationship with him. 🙂

Dad: That is great you played tennis. I still think we might play, but we will have to find out where to get rackets from. 🙂 The Best Two Years is one of my favoritest movies ever! I have the soundtrack for it here on the mission, and it makes me so happy. I am excited for when I can go home and be friends on Facebook with all the people I have met on the mission. I’m going to have a lot of friends. 🙂 Ha ha.

Ileray: Que honda dude? How’s life? How is work, and army stuff? And my sweet Tashers!? Mom sent me a picture of her, and I couldn’t believe it was her! She is getting so big! It’s weird. She was just a tiny little thing when I left, but now she is a big girl. 🙁 How’s everything else? I hope things are great.

Janet: Hey Janet! How are you doing? I hope things are great for you. Quiero hablar en espanol por que yo puedo contigo. 🙂 Wow! Que chido que fuiste a un actividad para primervera! Ja ja. Pienso que era bien chistoso a ver tantas personas con chalk en todo lugar. 🙂 Man, necesitas ensenarme slang en espanol, porque yo quiero ser un nativa. Ja ja. Estoy jugando! Pero realament yo quiero aprender mas cosas en espanol. 🙂 Si puedes ayudarme, seria muy bien. 🙂 🙂 Pues bueno. Creo que esto es todo. 🙂

Emmysaurus Rex: Hey seester! I thought you weren’t going to shorten sist anymore? Ha ha. Jk jk. It just makes me sound like something really gross. 🙂 Ha ha. But yeah, things are good. That’s cool you did a talk in church, and that everything went well with that. Ha.

Well I gotta go now. I love you all SO much. Be safe and do good things. 🙂

Love, Kelsey

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