November 12th 2008

What a week! Things have been great as always! At fast Sunday, Vinnie (the lady set for baptism) got up and bore her testimony in Sacrament meeting! It was amazing. Members hardly get up there, let alone someone who isn't even a convert yet. She calls the sister missionaries her guardian angels. She's amazing.
I got a new companion. Sister Glauser. (Glowzer is how its pronounced) She's really great. She only has about 4 months left till she goes home. We set two others for baptism yesterday all with in a 2 hour period. Faustin and Jarvis. They both accepted! Faustino is set for December 12th and Jarvis December 6th. The work is going great! Pray for them! Satan is going to be working extra hard on them.
We tract a lot but try not to. I've come to find out that its a waist of time! Members need to become more involved. Elder Bednar counseled us on that. People are more receptive to those they already know. Not strangers. But we are also working really close to Less Actives and recent converts. Glauser and I went to the bishop and got a new list of Less Actives, unbaptized youth, and part member families. Right now we are striving to contact all of them and get their visiting and home teachers over there. We have a great ward with lots of potential. Our bishop is AMAZING!! He puts missionary work first and does everything in his power to get things done and "make" people do their part. I love it!
Today we are going to Williamsburg with a member Sister Henderson and vinnie to go and vist Sister Sowards and her new companion Zwang. It should be a lot of fun! Other then that, things are great! We have a really busy weekend ahead of us and hope to have a even busier week next week. We tracked into a lot of nice people 2 days ago and have a return appointment with one named Heather. She actually lives in our apartment complex. When we knocked on her door it was night time and freezing outside! So she invited us in for hot chocolate. She was so nice and very interested in our message. We'll see her again on Friday.
My studies are going great! I absolutely love having personal study EVERY morning. I wish it was longer, but I'll take what I can get. It is starting to get really cold here. The humidity goes straight to your bones. And its just going to get colder. It also gets dark around 5:30! That's so early. I don't care for tracting in the dark so we try to set up appointments at night. Well, I hope all is well at home! Thanks so much for your love and support and writing me! Mails the best :) Love you!
-Sister Orawiec
The Church Is True!