So first off, great news.
Next week, we're having a special mission-wide conference just for us full-time missionaries in our mission. Guess who's coming to speak to us.....
ELDER QUINTIN L. COOK.
WHAT. How exciting is that? it's not for anyone but us! I'm totally pumped. I get to be in the same room and be spoken to by an apostle of God!! How wonderful!!! There are 250+ missionaries in our mission, but still. Compare that number to how many people are in the world....we're REALLY lucky :)
Anyway, this past week ended on a really great note. We were on exchanges and Sister Campos and Sister Chipana (my old companion) were in Berkeley on our full-proselyting day (which means they don't serve in the VC that day) on a Saturday. We scheduled so many appointments that day and they met all of them but two! And we added two new investigators and taught our investigators this week! After weeks and weeks of nothing and working hard and hard, the Lord blessed us in our endurance and labor. We still have a few potential investigators to contact as well. This week is pretty full as well. We must continue being obedient and positive and faithful to the Lord in this missionary work!
I also just need to say again that I'm so grateful to be serving in the Visitors' Center. What a blessing it has been to be there and still be there! I think if I served in the Visitors' Center my whole mission, that would be the best blessing ever.
I have extended baptismal commitments to people multiple times the past couple of weeks and have committed people to be baptized. One of them was an investigator for the Cambodian-speaking elders and they were so surprised because they've been trying to meet and have her come to church in general. And she's wanting to get baptized!
Another story is I was on a chat online through mormon.org a long time ago with a woman who was excommunicated from the church. She wanted to meet with missionaries again and get active once more and so I kept in contact with her and answered questions for her and everything. Long story short, she is supposed to get baptized this weekend! She and her son! I'm so happy to hear that!
There's a couple more exciting stories that are in progression, too. The Visitors' Center really is full of the spirit and can testify of the truth of the gospel to everyone who comes in! I love it! I really hope I stay in the Visitors' Center for longer.
That's about it though for this week. Nothing much stands out to me. My Spanish is just picking up though!! Hurray!! I'm still struggling to form sentences correctly, but I'm understanding what people are saying better than ever. And I just need to understand them with heavy accents ha.
Anyway, gotta go now family. I love you lots and miss you lots. I hope you're all well and happy. I pray for you all all the time.
By the way dad, do you happen to know a Lynn Poulsen who was an administrator at Utah State? He worked there for 30 years and he was in charge of financial, graduation, etc. He said he knew people with the last name of Kim so I'm just curious. He's our new visitors' center director.
Also, sister and Nelson, Elder Clement (our old VC director) and I talked about Bethanne and how the Clements know Bethanne and Elder Clement is actually the one who baptized Bethanne's husband over in Europe. He shared the story with me and it's awesome! Such a small world.
Oh and dad, do you know the DeLange's in our stake? Dr. DeLange is a doctor here in our mission and his parents live either in or by the retirement home community that's behind Manor Care. Another small world moment. I described to him where our house is and he knew where that was! I had a hurt elbow a while ago and had to go to the doctors. I ran my shoulder into a pole when we were running one morning and it happened to hurt my elbow more than my shoulder. BUT! do not worry family I'm totally fine!!
Ok, I'm going to send you all pictures and then I'm going to head out. I've been here for too long and my fingers hurt.
Love you family so much. I miss you all a lot! But I wouldn't give up this mission for anything! I LOVE IT HERE!!!
Love you!!
--Sister Kim
--Yunberg
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