June 24th 2009

Hey All!Sorry its been a little while since I've written a bulk... To be honest, not too much is going on. I'm loving it here in Salem though! So beautiful! It has been raining quit a bit though. And I don't mean sprinkling, I mean full blown fire hose affect! It's crazy! You step out for one second and it's like your jumped in a pool. Who needs a baptism font?We don't have many new friends (aka investigators) Well we have a few potentials but no one is really solid yet. When we go tracting the people are really nice, but not interested. They'll talk and discuss things with us though. We went and visited a former MEMBER a few days ago. That was interesting... Really sad actually. She was nice and all but she kept saying that the Mormon church just wasn't true and it sadened her to see that we were being deceived like she was in her past. She sad that she was almost mad at her parents for raising her in the Mormon faith. That just broke my heart. I can't even express in words the gratitude I have for being brought up with the FULNESS of the gospel. It just really made me see how tricky the advasary is. Man is he good at what he does. She's now a "born again Christian" so its not like she following a BAD thing per-say but its not the fulness of truth. We of course discussed concerns and other things she had, but it wasn't going anywhere. Before we left, I just poured out my whole heart and soul to her in testimony and that made her shut right up. She actually had tears in her eyes, so I KNOW she felt something as the spirit was confirming my testimony to her. She's just had a hard life and is confused and the born again religion is just "easier" for her a guess. Man does it sadden me. Emotions go crazy out here. Just the love you have for ALL those around you, even if you don't know them personally, it's draining. BUt man do I love it!!!There's a family that I absolutely love out here.. along with MANY of course. But it's the Kruta family. She's a member but her husband and kids are not. She's a convert and just got called to be a member missionary. She's our "Go TO" girl. She's SO great!! Her husband Kevin is in the Marine Corps, which is sweet in itself. He's Catholic, but not practicing and missionaries have been so determined to get him baptized. To some he's intimidating, but to me, he's just a big teddy bear. I love him so much. We went and visited them last night and I got him to commit to seeing us next week and letting us teach him about the Plan Of Salvation. He agreed!! That never happens I guess. On top of that, he gave me a few of my favorite flowers he's growing in his yard, Daisey's, and is gonna get me a Marine Corps flag "Mess with the Best, Die Like The Rest" I'm so excited. When we left, my companion was just in AWW that he agreed to meet with us and buy me my very own flag LOL It was great. I just think he's the coolest person ever. We mess around and joke with each other. Give each other grief of course. :) It's a lot of fun.We had a Sisters Meeting on Friday, the 19th, which was a lot of fun. It's where all the sisters in the Virginia Richmond Mission get together and have our own little conference together with the MIssion President and the Assistants. I performed "His Hands" in signlanguage while sister Mills sang and my companion sister Silotti played the piano. It was a lot of fun. We're performing it again at our BIG zone conference this coming Friday. But Elder Smith will be singing instead. I'm excited. Its such a beautiful song and the spirit is so strong.My back has been hurting me for the past few days to where I could barely walk, so I went to a Chiropractor, who's a member, and she fixed me right up. I've never been to one before and it was the coolest thing EVER! I've always been afraid to get my neck popped fearing they'd break it and kill me, but it felt so unbelievably good! She was amazing! I get to go again next monday. I just still suffer from back injuries from when I got in a car wreck when I was 17. Gotta love that. I'm already falling apart and I'm only 22. That is pretty old though :)Well I love you all! Thanks for all your letters and words of encouragement. It's always so great to hear from you!!I LOVE AND MISS YOU-Sister Spark Plug :) The one and only

Pictures from Harrisonburg

June 10th 2009

WEll, I absolutely love my new area. The bummer part is, that we dont' have any people to teach LOL. The sisters just baptized 3 people but they were so focused on getting them baptized that they didn't focus on finding more people to teach. So now we have to do a lot of finding. It's all good though. I really like all the members and people I have met so far.We are living at a members home again, the Lambournes. They are AMAZING! IT's an upstairs apartment thing. We go down and have breakfast with them almost every morning and have a nice visit. They are sure good to the missionaries. It was my birthday yesterday so sister lambourne made me breakfast and they got me a card and a few little gifts. IT was really nice of them. Then when we got home at night, she had a strawberry shortcake for us. All in all it was a really good birthday. What better birthday to have then once serving the Lord all day trying to find His elect? The best if you ask me.There isn't too much going on yet. We did have a baptism on Saturday, susan. Who the sisters have been teaching for a few months. So it was nice to come right into an area and already have a baptism to prepare for. I loved it! We've been doing a lot of service for a few members. One has to be moved out of her house in 90 days and her husband is deployed in Iraq so it's been really hard for her (The Betke) We went there last night and I entertained her kids while they packed. They are out of control LOL It was a lot of fun though.One of the recent converts Joanna is getting really into missionary work. She went on exchanges with the Elders last night and before she went we had a lesson with her and she was trying so hard to prepare herself to go and teach this lady. Joanna was once a Jehovah Witness and the lady they are teaching is currently one, so Joanna can really relate to her. I guess the lesson turned out GREAT and all went well.Other then that, not too much to say. i love my new companion Sister Silotti. She's such a sweet girl. She's been out just over 4 months but she is on top of things. I really love her already. We are getting a strong relationship.Well I love you all!-Much LoveSister Orawiec

June 3rd 2009

What a week! Tons has happened. A bit overwhelming but it's been so great! So last week Angie called us up and asked her to come and teach her husband Garol the Word of Wisdom. He'll come to church but he hasn't had much interest in letting us teach him. He'll let us share a 15 minute spiritual thought and what not, but not the discussions. So we set an appointment with them for Friday to teach him. We get there and sit down and Angie says "I have a present for you sister Orawiec" I was like, SWEET!! I love presents. So she gives me this hi-tech type writer!! I have a hard time writing so she gave me it. I was in AWW It's so awesome! She's had it for a very long time but hasn't used it in like 10 years. It was her mom's but since she wasn't getting any use out of it, she gave it to me. AND she gave me 2 boxes of gum. So at this point I was in heaven!! or on cloud 9 ya might say. I was so grateful. Then we were about to start the lesson and Angie said she wanted to read us a letter that Garol wrote her the other day. I dont' remember all it said but it was something on the lines of "I am so in love with you and I want to be with you for Eternity. i want to become a member of the church because I know that that's the only way possible that we can be together Forever." My mouth dropped. He said "When the sisters first knocked on the door I thought to myself "oh no! here we go with the God people." "But they have blessed our lives so much and showed us the way possible to be together after this life." It was something along those lines. My eyes started to fill with tears. It was a lot to take in in 5 minutes. first the type writer, then the gum, then him wanting to get baptized, then them wanting to work towards getting sealed! HOLY COW it was amazing!!! One of the best experiences on my mission yet! I was just in aww. So he will be getting baptized June 20, 2009 at 7:00 pm!! How fantastic is that.Angie spoke in church on Sunday and it was so wonderful. She told her conversion story and told everyone about Garol and the letter. People just started to cry! It was great!Then came MONDAY. Crazy day. So transfers were this week and we usually get the calls Tuesday, pack on Wednesday, and leave Thursday. BUt not this time. We got a random call from the Assistants to the President and told us that Sister Zwang and I were BOTH being transfered. Me to Salem Virginia Beach, and Sister Z to Smithfield. I was in total shock!! And on top of that, we left yesterday morning!! So I am already here and working! It was fast, quick, and in a hurry. It was really hard to leave especially since we didn't get to say good-bye to many. Not good!We did go out to breakfast with a few people at 7 before we left. it was really nice to say good bye to at least a few. Angie was so great to help us pack and we got to have one last lessone with Garol Monday night. My new companion is Sister Silloti. She's been out about 4 months. We're in a 3- sum until Sister Miller goes home. I love this area so far and have heard many great things!!Sister Z had a VERY hard time leaving but she'll be great. She's with one of my first companions, Sister Halladay who sleep walks and talks :) Fun!Well I love you all. thank you so much for all your love and support.The Church Is TRUE
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May 27th 2009

Ok, I have a lot to write and not a whole lot of time to do it.So, Sister Kohlman, the lady we taught when we had 1st ward got baptized on May 9th!!! I was so excited to hear that. We had been working with her since I came here. So that was SUPER exciting. Also we had Scott's baptism on the 23rd. We moved it up a week and it turned out AMAZING!! The whole relief society room was packed with people. Members, both from first and second ward, less actives, him non member family. It was so great. Me and Rebecca Walker spoke and then we had a testimony meeting after the baptism ordinance and one of his little sisters got up and bore her testimony and thanked us all for being there for him and being such a great support. He has 2 little sisters and one of them wants to be taught and baptized! It was just such an amazing day.On Monday, we drove out to West Virginia and Blue Grass to contact a headquarter referral and we met a less active who is very sick with cancer. They asked me to say a prayer and of course I did. The spirit was so strong and by the time I was finished we were all crying. They lady with cancer is so sweet but has a lot of problems. She was so touched that we came to see her. I felt so drained after that for some reason. The spirit was seriously so unbelievably strong.Last Thursday was a really neat experience as well! (Sorry I'm bouncing around dates a bit) We had a lesson with Scott at the church and while we were waiting for him, there was a lady, Nancy, that came up to us and was looking for a meeting that was being held at the chaple for those who have lost their spouses. She had just lost hers in February and as she was asking she just started to cry. I gave her some words of comfort and let her know that there is a way for her to see him again and ultimately be with him FOREVER! She was just in aww as we spoke and testified and invited us to come by the next day and teach her more. So we went back on Friday and shared more with her and she just loved it all. I'm not sure how dedicated she is to commit but I have high hopes for her. She's an older lady. We went to her house again yesterday and provided her some service. She needed help cleaning her house and putting away his things. She gave me a bran new cell phone through verizon- which my parents use the service- so now I can have it when I get home. SCORE!We are also teaching the Armstrong family. I know I have talked about them before. She's a member but questions it all and he's a non member. They have happily accepted to meet with us once a week. He's so solid and seems so intregred when we teach. They both always have great questions and we're hoping to set him for baptism within the next month and help strengthen her testimony.ALSO Garol, are recent convert Angie's husband, is now taking the lessons and is considering being baptized! The miracles just keep coming! Angies ultimate goal is to get sealed to Garol in the temple. She's such a great example and support for him. He comes to church every week and attended Scott's baptism.There's a really cool book fair that they have around here a few times a year and Angie took us to it, BAD IDEA, but yet a good experience. As a missionary I can't read anything but I got like 9 books for 25 bucks. My Mom's probably gonna kill me :) I'll be sending them home though. What a deal though! Some of them were like 6 bucks which were regular 25! That's my kind of shopping!We also met with a less active family on Sunday which was sweet! We've been trying to meet with her forever! Sister Conis. She was married to the Conis' son that is active in the ward but they got divorced like 5 years ago. They both served missions and are now both inactive. Its so sad to see. But we're hoping to baptize her 8 year old boy Urie. He comes to church with his grandparents (the Conis')Well my time is about up. Sorry I couldn't write more!I'm loving every second of my mission and am growing in ways I didn't know was possible. I love my Savior and my Father in Heaven!
-Sister Orawiec

May 13th 2009

Well the YSA's are gone!! SAD SAD DAY!!! They have only been gone a few days and I'm already freaking out! We were able to hang out with a few of them on Wednesday last week which was a lot of fun. We played sand volleyball, had lunch, threw the frisby around, then it started raining on us so we went back to Matt's apartment and played some games and visited.We had a great lesson with one of our investigators, Stan, on Thursday. His old teaching record said he had been taught the first three lessons and apartently he hadn't because I was saying things that he had NEVER heard of before. We planned on reviewing the first lesson, but got into the second instead and talked about the plan of salvation. The thought of our spirits living here before we came here just blew his mind. He absolutely loved it all and soaked it all in. He called me a half an hour later after the appointment and repeatedly thanked me for all my insights and "words of wisdom" and thanked me for dedicating my life to teach him these things he had never heard of before. He loved that we could show him all the things in the scriptures and proving that is wasn't our words, it was the Lords and the prophets. It was a really neat experience.On Friday we had a great lesson with Scott. We are reviewing all the lessons to get him ready for baptism. He LOVES Nephi. After we got done with the lesson he wanted to share some of the things he learned this past week. We read from the Bible and BofM. He is on his 4th time round reading the BofM since last August!!! How amazing is that? He's read it almost 4 times in less then a year. I was blown away! He's so solid.Saturday was fantastic as well!!! I had the opportunity to go to a stake relief society enrichment in Waynesboro and the speaker was a lady named Barbara Barrington Jones. If you haven't heard of her, set up an activity where she can come and speak! She was AMAZING!! She's been doing it for 25 years and is a convert to the church. She has a web sight (it's her name I think) She has several inspirational books out as well. OUr recent convert Angie wanted to go to it and so we went with her and it was VERY spiritual AND entertaining. FANTASTIC experience.Sunday I got to call home for mothers day. It was great to talk to everyone. I'm a horrible daughter and didn't even wish my Mom a happy mothers day or birthday... I got too caught up in talking to her I guess. So Mom, I'm sorry, and I love you and Happy Mothers day and BIRTHDAY!! We said our good-byes to Bobby on sunday as well, he left to go home that night. Sunday morning we did service for him and helped him clean and pack all of his stuff up to go home. It was fun spending some extra time with him. Later on after church we met up with him and matt at a park and had a discussion and said our good-byes. Sad sad.We did get to see Matt on Monday though and Emily!! We went and had lunch with Emily and Dan. I can't tell you how many times I kept having to say good bye to all of them. It just sucks not having them around!!!Today we're gonna go hang out with our recent convert Allie and her sister. I'm not sure what we'll be doing but I'm excited. So once again I'm sorry if not a whole lot of you get letters from me this week :) I'm a slacker I know.Well I hope all is well, I love you all very much!!The Gospel Is TRUE!!!-Sister Spark Plug

May 6th

What a great week! I had the best experience of my mission on Saturday. Sister Zwang and I had tracting planned for a good chunck of the day and Emily and Matt wanted to come with us. So we walk to our chosen street and split ways. Two of us did one side, while the other two did the other side. As sister Z and I were doing doors together I just watched Emily and Matt (who are not even missionaries yet) knocking on peoples doors and trying to talk to them about the gospel. The were so up beat and positive about it. Matt and Emily walked by while we were at a door and he says "Sister JJ, guess what?!! I got my first door slammed in my face." Cute kid, it was the greatest thing to hear. He was so excited to get that door slammed in his face. Then I had the opportunity to do a few doors with Emily and she was more then willing to talk and do the door approach. She was so nervous but did SO GREAT!! I tell you what, the YSA's out here are so fantastic! I can't even express it enough. They are going to be the best missinonaries. Bobby Kuhn is so smart and just has the funniest personality, Emily is a firecracker and just wants to go get em all, Matt has the sweetest heart and love for the gospel, Will loves everyone no matter what, Josh is so eager to learn and the list goes on and on. They all have such great Christlike characteristics! They will be leaving this week to go home for the summer! I'm freaking out a little... ok I'm freaking out A LOT! I love them all so much and will miss them terribly. Sad to say, but Matt is gone for good. He graduates on Saturday! Sad Day!!! But I don't wanna talk about that anymore, it gets me all emotional. I LOVE THE YSA'S!!!We set Scott for baptism last night and his date will be May 30th. He's so solid and excited to enter into the gate on to the straight and narrow path. He just loves the scriptures and thinks Nephi is the top dog! It's so great to see his excitment when he talks about the words of the prophets and God's love for all of us. He read 3 chapters out of Psalms yesterday to us and just expressed the power that those words held. It was such a neat experience. And of course Emily was more then will to come with us and Bobby showed up a little bit later.We had a Zone Conference yesterday which was pretty cool. My mission president had called me a few days ago and asked me to come earlier so him and I could have a "talk." That's usually not a good thing, or so I take it to be that way. So I showed up early and we had a GREAT visit. In one of my President Letters I had asked him to pray about giving us both of our wards back and letting us be the only missionaries out here again. I miss the first ward so much but don't wanna give up the 2nd ward either. So we discussed if it would be a good idea or not and I hope he grants me my wish. I also brought up the thougth of keeping me in Harrisonburg for the rest of my mission. The goal right now is to keep missionaries in areas for longer anyway, so I told him I had NO problem staying in H-Burg seeing as how I only have about 9 months left. He seemed to be good with that idea. We'll see...The Zone Conference was really amazing! It was a lot better then the last one we had. It really helped give me that boost and modivation I needed. Our mission president is so amazing! I know that he is called of God and receives revelation for this mission. I have witnessed many occasions to where I've seen miracles happen because of the promptings he gets. I'm so grateful to have him as my leader for my enire mission. We received a lot of counsel about being bold and being excellent at the basics. Its the same stuff we've been counseled on before but we're obviously not doing it if he keeps talking about it. But I came up with many things I'm going to be working on to try and improve my missionary efforts. I really feel that I can be so much better of a missionary and am going to strive my hardest to fulfill the potential that my Heavenly Father sees in me. I don't see it for myself, but I know HE does, and with His help I will accomplish that which He has asked me to do.We met with the Demastus' last night. I love that family so much. They are less active still and I'm still determined to help them in anyway that I can. Bobby and Emily came with us to that as well. Thank heavens they did! I was having a hard time... Some of the things they were saying really hurt me and Bobby and Emily were there to talk to them while I gathered myself together. Sometimes as a missionary you put your ALL into someone to help them become happy, and when you see it's not going anywhere after a long period of time, it really tends to get to you. They feel like they are having charity work done to them, while as a missionary you consider them to be great friends and love them so much and don't think that way at all! Because you love them so much and consider them you're close friends, you want more then anything for them to be happy. Its just hard when they start giving up and not taking any action. They've been wronged, I know it's hard, but it's just one of those pit falls that we have to live and learn from... I hope and pray whole heartedly that I can make a difference in someones life... That's why I came...Today for P-Day we're getting together with a bunch of the YSA's to play some Volleyball and Ultimate Frisbee!! I'm super stocked about it and can't wait! I love having that opportunity to just play! Especially with all of them. They're my best friends!! (Besides my Becki of course) It's their last Wednesday here so I'm glad we get to spend it with them. So I'm sorry in advance for not writing any letters to anyone this week, I'm gonna go do some playin :)Well I'm excited to call home on Sunday for Mothers Day and talk to my family. I'll only be talking to them one more time after this before I come home! I love you all so much and hope you have a great week!This Gospel IS TRUE!!
-Sister J.J.

April 29th 2009

Well, this past week has been pretty interesting. After we went hiking last Wednesday, we went to I HOP with the YSA's and had two non members there. There was about 11 of us there sitting around the table talking about the Bible and Book of Mormon. It drew a lot of attention... Not in a bad way. We actually had people that started to talk to us and ask questions. Picture it... 11 people that are the ages of 19-23 talking about God... You don't see that everyday. It was sweet. Good finding activity :) It was so great. There's a guy named Richard that was there that we are currently teaching. He's fantastic. He likes to test my knowledge I think. He asks amazing questions that honestly, I didn't really think too much about. We taught him yesterday at Bobby Kuhns apartment with Matt Himelright and Josh McConchie. Richard really seemed to enjoy the discussion and have everyone there. He wants to do it again SOON. We have also been teaching a guy named David. We taught him 4 times last week! Ya don't find a person like that everyday who wants to meet with you that frequently. We just found out on Saturday that he is BARELY out of our area so we had to pass him off to the Elders. Stupid Elders :) David called us yesterday announcing that he wants to be baptized! So that was great news. I'm just sad we had to pass him off. We're all in the work together though.The YSA's will be done with the semester this next week and moving back home. I am so NOT happy about that! They are the ones who support us the most and help us get by day to day. Emily will come with us for like 6 hours a day or however long she can. Bobby, Matt, and Josh are always willing to help us out as well. I'm so sad to see them go. It's totally not going to be the same. NOw we'll have to start bugging the old farts in the ward to help us out. :) Totally kidding. They're a great ward! I just like people my own age too.Other then that, nothing else really comes to mind on what else is going on.My testimony of this gospel is so strong. I love it all so much! For those of you who have served missions, you can understand that this time in life is the most rewarding, yet the most difficult thing you have faced yet. You have your sad days and your cloud 9 days. THe only thing that really makes me sad is loving the people so much and then seeing them make wrong choices in life that keep them from progressing. But like my Dad has told me, they still have their agency. Alls I can do is continue to love them, support them, and bare testimony frequently. I love my mission so much!

April 22nd 2009

Man, what a day! We went and hiked the Appilation Mountain today. It was an 8 mile hike! We went with the Waynesboro Elders, Simmons and Mcentire, and a member from their ward. It was a blasty blast! We hiked up to this AMAZING waterfall. It was GORGEOUS. And of course I'm clumsy and totally fell in the water trying to jump over part of the river. I got soaked! It wasn't the warmest day ever. Then Elder Mcentire stayed close by because I scared the crap out of him when I fell so he made sure I was kept safe. We left at 830 and got back at about 230. I though sister zwang was gonna die LOL She got really tired but did good!OH as far as transfers go, we are both staying in the area another transfer. To be honest, I'm SO grateful I am staying! I did NOT want to leave the YSA'S! They are so fantastic! I love them all so much. We did take some fun pictures last night just incase we got transfered, but thank heavens I am not. Sister Zwang wanted to go, but I think she's ok to stay anther transfer. She says she's ok with it because she didn't want to get another companion :)Currently we're teaching a guy name David Wadford. On Monday we had a 2 hour discussion with him and then yesterday a 3 hour. Bobby and Emily came with us both times. They were intense conversations. He has A LOT of great questions. He's just really lost and confused. But is very opened minded and LOVES the things we share with him. I hope and pray he continues to progress. I know that he would give it his all when he joins the church. He really likes having us teach him and actually wrote our mission president and begged him not to transfer us. It was pretty sweet! We have another appointment with him tomorrow as well, so it'll be interesting. He's good and keepping all of his commitments we leave with him and is just doing so well. I love it. It's nice to FINALLY be teaching someone. The work has seem to be going pretty slow, but I love it out here. It'll be interesting to see how long I will stay. I think I'll be with Sister Zwang until she dies. She goes home in July, so at least till then if not longer. It seems that once you get called to harrisonburg, you stay in harrisonburg. GREAT AREA THOUGH> I'm just going to be sad when all the YSA's graduate and leave in 3 weeks. Totally lame. But at least I get another 3 weeks with them. They keep me in line and modivate me :)We'll be doing some hard core tracting this transfer I think to find us some more gators. I determined to find MANY. I love the work so much! Talking to people is a blast! They probably think I'm crazy, but that's ok. I just speak the truth ;)Other then that, not much going on. I'm really sad to see the changes that will be made in our zone and district, but i'm sure it'll all work out great. I'll miss the Elders that are leaving but they are excited for some changes.Well I love you all! The Church IS TRUE!
-JJ

April 15th

Well, I am finally writing a bulk. Sorry it has been so long. Last Wednesday was a lot of fun. We went to the college campus JMU and played Beach Volleyball with the Elder in our district. I totally won of course :) And Will Davis (one of our YSA's who's leaving on a mission soon) came and played with us for awhile as well. He's a great kid and is going to make a fantastic missionary. He's getting really excited to go. Funny story though... So after we get done playing volleyball, we all decided to go get something to eat on campus. We were still in our PDay clothes and I didn't have any pockets to put my keys in. But Elder Mcentire did so I asked him to hold my keys for me until we got done eathing so I wouldn't lose them. Well, the Elders got done before us and left. About 5 minutes after they left, it hit me. ELDER MCENTIRE STILL HAS MY KEYS!!! Our phone was locked in our car and we knew no ones number by heart. The Elders live all the way in Waynesboro so we wanted to get a hold of them as soon as possible so they didn't make it all the way back. My first and only thought was to call my Mom to get the mission offices number so they can get me the Elders number. Well my Mom didn't answer! CRAP! So we had to hike awhile to Will's home, he was the closest member to where we were. So we finally got a hold of the Spanish Elders who gave us the Zone Leaders number who then gave us our District leaders number. Well by the time we got a hold of them they were already back in waynesboro and had just discovered they had our keys! Well to make a long story short, they had to bring our keys back and we had to walk to our appointments in our P Day clothes because our missionary clothes were in the car. Fun times! Well we had Allie's baptism on the 11th and her confirmation! It was the best baptism I have been to yet. It was so fantastic! She asked me to speak and I spoke on Eternal Life and tied it in to Enduring to the End and Christ of course. It was the most spiritual baptism. Her boyfriends family came from Fredricksburg to support her which was great. And of course a few of the YSA's made it. They are soooo good to support people we are teaching. Only 3 members from the ward showed up though. That was disappointing... For Easter we went to the Reed's home and taught her non member cousin. We shared a really spiritual thought about Christ and the Atonement and Resurrection of course :) They fed us dinner as well. Yesterday was an interesting day. I got Sister Zwang out of her comfort zone big time. :) She'll thank me later. She really struggles talking to people and tracting. So whenever we go and I see her struggling I just automatically jump in and talk. But she needs to learn. So 2 YSA's Emily and Josh came tracting with us and Emily went with Sister Zwang and Josh and I stayed back and listened to them do it all. I wanted her to learn how to have confidence in herself and not rely on me so much. She got pretty frustrated but the last door they knocked on they got a return appointment and she was on cloud 9. She was so proud of herself as was I. It was great. We're hoping to set 2 for baptism soon. The work is a little slow right now but we're staying strong and doing all we can do. Thanks for all your love and support.I love you allThe Church Is True!!