Email received January 21, 2014

Hello all,

I hope that you all had a great week. Sorry I didn't email yesterday. All the libraries were closed here so we didn't have a place to email. We had a really good week. We had another lesson with Jonatalie on Tuesday. We taught the Plan of Salvation and it went really well. She liked it a lot. She had had a heart attack since we had last met with her the week before. We ended up giving her a priesthood blessing and she was crying at the end. She said she was still in pain but just felt comfort. It was an awesome experience.

We had a really great lesson with Monica on Thursday. We taught the Plan of Salvation and it was really great. 3 of her daughters have already been baptized so I think they are a big example to her. We extended a date to be baptized on the 8th of February, although she didn't come to church so we might have to change that. She was taught by missionaries about a year ago, so she already knows a lot.

Saturday was the highlight of our week. We had another lesson with Laura. It was simply amazing. We ended up not teaching any of the things that we had planned to teach. She said that the hardest challenge for her is that her family doesn't support her meeting with us and going to church. They always go somewhere else when we come over and she said it's really hard on her. One of my companions shared an experience that related really well to her situation and how after he had still done what the Lord wanted him to do despite not having any support, things worked out and the family member now supports him. There was a time in the lesson where the Spirit was so strong that all 4 of us were crying. She said that she believes that this is what God wants her to do.

One of the most amazing things about that lesson was that as we were closing up and about to leave, Laura's niece walked in with her friend. Laura started talking to her niece's friend about us and what we do. She started teaching her about the Apostasy. We ended up teaching the friend, whose name happens to be Laura as well, the first lesson. She loved it and wants to be taught more. It reassured Laura (the 1st one) what we had told her an hour before, while that her family might not be ready for the message, there are people out there who are, such as herself and her niece's friend. The friend lives in the south mission so we will have to pass her on, but we have an investigator who found us an investigator and helped teach the Restoration. It was so cool.

Well that's just a tiny portion of my week. I love you all so much and I hope that everyone is happy and healthy. Stay safe and stay awesome.