Hey everyone,

I would love to be able to tell you I have lots of news. But, I don't. :( Hna. Zapata is still sick, if anything she's doing worse. Poor thing. We went to the Doc Friday but of course we have to go back again for them to tell her what the results are. We shall see if it really is a problem with her ears or if it is all mental, which is what we're thinking now more than anything... That she misses home and the mission isn't what she expected it would be, and so she's so stressed or something that she's causing her own health problems. :( I didn't really believe in that before, but now I am seeing the HUGE difference that our attitude makes on our lives. Our happiness, health, energy, everything. So, we'll see.. It's really a bummer. I feel sad for her. That I haven't been able to help her love the mission. But I am trying not to be too hard on myself, I need to remember that I can only do my best, but SHE needs to decide the attitude she's going to have and what she's going to make of her mission. I hope to be able to help her decide to stay and help her get better. We'll see how it goes.

I went out on divisions Tuesday. Two great sisters in the ward helped us out. We were able to find a new investigator and do a couple other visits, but nothing too exciting. It was good to get out and work a bit. My comp. doesn't really like it because she doesn't like to inconvenience the other members when she has to stay in their house. But she is a good sport. We went out together for a couple hours Friday, so that was nice! But she just gets really dizzy and her head hurts a lot so we only did a little bit. The Elders were great and came and worked in our sector for 2-3 hours Wednesday. They found lots of new investigators that we can go back and teach when we are able to. So that's good news! (For whenever it is that we can go out again!)

Some other good news is that I got 3 packages and 2 letters the other day! Woooo, thanks family and friends! Love y'all. :) One of my letters though... was... MY TRUNKY LETTER!! Noooooo!!! For those of you who don't know, ''trunky'' is a missionary word. Back in the day, people used big trunks for their stuff, instead of suitcases. So when a missionary was wanting to go home or missing home or anything like that, they called him or her ''trunky.'' Well, I'm not trunky, don't you worry. But they do send out a letter when you have only 3 months left in the mission and they call it ''The Trunky Letter.'' They have you confirm your home address, airport, Bishop's address, etc... And then... they make your flight plans. Boooooo. :(

All the other packages and letters, I enjoyed though! Thanks!

This week I wanted to close with a scripture from the Bible that I have been memorizing and applying to myself lately. It says, ''And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.'' -2 Corinthians 12:9-10.

So, here I am, with difficulties and distresses and trials. Grateful for the gospel in my life and grateful to have the help of the Lord to deal with the trials I face. When I pray, I feel the Spirit tell me it's going to be okay, help me be patient, and help me have more love for my companion.

2 weeks til cambios- we'll see what happens!

Have a great semana, and remember- Choose the right!

Love love love,

Hermana A.