Rach by Day: November 11th 2013

Dear Family,

I can't even believe transfer calls have already come and gone. I didn't even react when they told me what would be happening. Sister Foster is leaving to an english ward downtown la, and I'm also leaving to serve in Cudahy with Sister Walker which is still spanish. So that means our are will be getting white-washed by some elders. I think it will be a good thing because there is a lot of work to be done in a certain area that we haven't had a lot of time to put a lot of effort into. Cudahy is a bike area! Heavenly Father knew I was about to go crazy because we spent a lot of time in the car this past transfer. I know that Sister Walker has been out a transfer longer than me and she is 20 and from Utah.

I guess one of the biggest events from this past week was that Sister Foster and I translated for a stake training meeting. That was a really cool and humbling experience. All I kept praying for was that the sisters that we were translating for would get what they needed to get out of the training. They were some sisters that were from our branch so we had fun. I felt so inadequate, but we did what we could!:)

Funny story:

We had just parked to go to a lesson with Rosa and Enrique and there was a group of guys standing near a car, and when sister Foster got out of the car(have I told you she's 6') and they starting laughing and what not and were like oooohh grandota! and then when I got out they were like oooohhhh dos grandota's!!! It's so funny to understand what people are saying about you in spanish because they think we having no clue what they are saying. Something happened like that the other monday in the laundry mat and there was this peruvian guy talking about us while he was on the phone with someone.

Even though this transfer this transfer was a little hard emotionally I think I learned a lot from the members. In both wards I have been so amazed by the women or men who are the faithful parents in their family. It takes so much strength and faith to go to church faithfully and magnify their callings with so much faith that their spouse will one day get baptized or come back to church again.

Ok, I love you all.....better letters are on the way!

Hermana Ford