January 24th Email

I have a new companion after 4 1/2 months. Sister Vander Does (vander-dohs).... She's wonderful! She's very sweet and a wonderful teacher! I'm excited! Transfers were insane, because we had like a million inches of snow. So, they were delayed for a few hours, and when we went to transfer point to switch companions and what not, we were standing out in the cold for a long time. It was awesome though!

We've had an incredible, miracle-filled week!!!! We taught Fredi and Itzel, and they are just progressing so well! They told us that they don't remember too much about what we taught them in the beginning, because they weren't super interested at first, but now they want to know again. So, we started teaching them from the beginning. We watched the Restoration video with them, and Itzel said, "If you really put your mind to it you can receive answers to your prayers." I thought that was really neat. She said that when she goes to church she receives answers that she always wanted but never got. They accepted the invitation to be baptized on february 26th! WOO! We are excited for them!

Also, we set our investigator Celora for Baptism on 2/19... She's praying about it right now. She's very active in her church, so she's hesitant, but She has definitely seen a change in her life since we have been meeting with her.

Sister Vander Does loves tracting, because in her first area, they never had to tract, so she isn't used to it! SO, we've been doing lots of it! Anyway, she is such a trooper, and she loves doing it! We were tracting the other day, and we knocked on a door (2B to be exact, and underneath someone wrote "or not 2B") and A woman named Mary Kay answered. She said that she needs something spiritual in her life right now, and that we might be just what she needs. She very willingly set up a return and we were excited to go back! We went back and she was not there, but she left us a note that said she had an emergency, but she left her number because she really wants to meet with us. It's not every day you get a cancellation with a note, so we are grateful for her sincerety! I'm excited about her!

I can tell this is going to be a great transfer! Pray for Fredi and Itzel!

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Sister Bonelli