My first transfer is already here!

September 9, 2013

Dear Family and Friends,

Today transfers for tomorrow were announced. My companion and I are both staying here in Conway. I think she wishes she got transferred because she's been here for 3 transfers already, but we will have another great 6 weeks together.

Last week was an interesting one. I don't really even remember what happened (I'm sure some of you can relate to that feeling.) Ha ha. We are having a tough time scheduling appointments. People are busy. There were miracles in the midst of these challenges.

The man we taught the Restoration on his doorstep, Brother G, and his wife became gators this week. They are nice people, who are from Puerto Rico. He struggles with the idea of coming to church because he believes he can worship on his own. She has a changing work schedule, so we haven't been able to teach them again. We had a lesson scheduled on Friday, but she canceled because she was busy. Our goal is to get them to church this week.

Sister A dropped us last week. We called a few times and she said she would call us back. She didn't, so a few days later we called her and she hung up on us. We might try to visit again and see what's up.

We met another girl knocking this week Sister K. She became a gator last night and told us she will be baptized...AWESOME! She is living with her boyfriend, so she will get married first and probably be baptized in October. She has a 1 year old son who is super cute.

Sister J is moving this week. Last week she was going to some probation and counseling for a DUI. She also fell down the stairs and went to the ER. I hope she is feeling better. We haven't taught her a lesson for about 3 weeks now. I hope she will get in touch with missionaries again when she moves to the homeless shelter. She has a sad situation. I know the gospel can help her and I believe she will continue hearing about this message of good news.

We are going to teach a guy from Africa hopefully this week. He speaks pretty good English, but mainly he speaks Amharic. Here is a picture of the Book of Mormon in his language, pretty cool!

Here is a picture of Sister Hoffmeier and I with it. This is my "rained on all day" hair d:)

It is difficult for us to get members present at our lessons. If you can, go teach with the missionaries. It is great! We are going to work on that this week.

I hope you all have a nice week. I am very excited for conference. President Monson is a prophet and I know the words he speaks are from our Heavenly Father. I love you all.

Keep the Faith,

Sister Stevens