Awesome Sauce

Hey family,

What's everyone up to? How is life treating you? One tranfer down, a whole lot more to go. No, I didn't get transferred but my ward mate, Elder Escamilla, did. It was super sad but he's excited to move on. I was glad that I could stay though. I like it here and I've come too far to get transferred now haha. No way man. Guess what! Yolanda accepted a baptismal date!(Que hallelujah chorus) I've never been so excited in my life. She has been investigating for since early this year so to get a date  is a pretty big deal. Her husband got baptized not too long ago and she is so ready but she is still scared about disappointing her dad. Pray that all goes well. We are working with a lot of less-actives right now and a lot of people keep canceling, so out our teaching pool is a wee bit small, but this week all of that is going to change. Booyah. The last half of the year tends to have more baptisms so the next couple of months we should see things start to pick up. So many people are so so close and ready, they just need to keep a couple of commitments. We're at the last stretch with a few people so we'll see how this next transfer goes. We are super busy all the time but at the end of the day you don't have much to prove it. However, no effort is wasted and you never know the influence you might have had on someone. I still have a long way to go as far as teaching skills go, but there is no better feeling in the world then being in a lesson and having the spirit guide your words. Holy awesome. Yeah, it's pretty stinken great out here. Be jealous. Speaking of, Sam when are you going on you mission? You'll love it. 

I'm doing pretty good. I don't mind the work at all, but I do get kinda tired. Really, you just get so busy with everything that you forget that you're tired though. At night it really hits ya though haha. The hardest thing is just keeping up with everything. It can be spiritually exhausting as well. You love all of those you teach so you're constantly trying to figure out how to help them. I love it though. There is nothing that I'd rather be doing with my time. School, work, family and everything else can wait. This is my time to learn how to be the best person that I can be. It's boot camp for life! I get 24 hour training on problem solving, interaction, lesson teaching, getting along with others, relying on the Lord, humility, obedience, etc. etc. Your first comps is like the first child. They're the ones that you make all of the mistakes with but by the last one you finally start to figure it out haha. (idk if that makes sense or not) But, seriously, I've been so blessed. The Lord is definitely watching over me and I know that the lessons I'm learning will be such a blessing for the rest of my life.

But anyways, just wanted to let ya'll know I was doing good. Keep me updated!!!! Seriously, anything you send is like Christmas....but even better.  Know that I love you all and pray every night for ya. Keep being great!

Love ya lots,

Sister Prow

Funny moment of the week: My companion and I go out for a fast walk every other day as part of our exercise and there is always a lot of snails everywhere so we have to be careful not to step on them when we're walking. Well anyway, the other day my comp was in front of me and was pointing out a snail on the sidewalk to make sure I didn't step on it. In the process, she wasn't looking where she was going and and ended up stepping on one just as she tried to save me from stepping on one haha. I was too tired to laugh very hard though.