Jan 4

Howdee,

It was really fun skyping, it kind of seems like it didn't actually happen. It just went by so fast. Christmas was good but I am glad that it is over. People are less busy and our schedules are more normal. Most of the referrals we received told us to come back after the holidays so I imagine we'll be working with them this coming week. 

We have a new investigator! Her name is Brenda and she actually referred herself from mormon.org. She says that she has been looking for the truth and when she was online one day she came across mormon.org. Sounds crazy but I think there was some divine intervention working with her internet browser. We have taught her the first lesson and she accepted our baptismal invitation but she wants to wait a little before setting an actual baptismal date. We're excited.

So transfer calls were last night and Sister Gregson is getting moved. I am super sad. We kind of knew she would probably leave but we were still hoping that we would all stay. I'm in denial. Today is her last day in Bryan and she doesn't find out where she's is going or who her new companion is until tomorrow. Sister Funk and I feel slightly overwhelmed because everyone in Bryan loves Sister Gregson and neither of us have finished training. We'll be training ourselves for the next six weeks. It is really nice being a missionary because you can really feel that Christ is your companion. Even though, Christ has promised to not fail us nor forsake us throughout our lives, as a missionary that promise seems to ring stronger than it has before.

That's cool that Stephanie got married. I haven't seen her in forever. 

When do you go back to work? Do you have a longer break because they changed when school starts?

I'm not really sure what to say because I'm just really sad that Sister Gregson is leaving. I think this will be a good learning experience. I also feel like there's a lot in store for Bryan, a lot of good things to come. President Pingree has/is really amping up the goals for the new year. During Christmas Conference he mentioned the one of them is to have one baptism a week. That sounds pretty tough but I really believe that we can achieve it. Its not something that will happen immediately but as we keep up with these referrals and as members keep working with their friends, I think it can be done.

My allergies are killing me. I guess there's a lot of cedar trees in Bryan and during this time a year they let off a ton of pollen. Since its a bit humid here the pollen is just kind of stagnant in the air. They call these allergies cedar fever. It's unfortunate.

I hope you enjoyed the holidays and have a fun new years eve.

When you send me the small preach my gospel, can you also send some thank you cards and stamps? They don't have to be fancy, if you have some that you don't like you can just send me those.

Love,

Sister Davis