Thank you for all the letters, I love reading them! This week has been an awesome, and I have seen so so many miracles in the last few days!
We got to West Virginia last Wednesday, and it is so beautiful here. I was in awe as we flew in over the mountains. God loves me, there are flowers everywhere! President and Sister Salisbury are such and inspiration to me, and the power and authority they teach with is incredible. They took us to a West Virginia museum on Thursday, and I was shocked at how cool it was. West Virginia is awesome!
My companion in this area is Sister Campbell. She is from Aurora, Colorado, and she is so cool. She only has 3 months left of her mission, so we might be together until she leaves. She works so hard, and motivates me to be better all the time! 15 months in, and she still has her greenie fire going strong, which is so cool. I am learning so much from her. :)
So the first area that I have been assigned to is a new one, the West Side of Charleston! Which makes Sister Campbell and I the West Side Sisters, so that's fun! It is an interesting area. President especially felt that sisters needed to be here, so I'm excited to see what this transfer brings. They haven't found a non-ghetto-y apartment for us yet, so we are staying in the basement of the Sister Training Leaders apartment the next area over. It is fun to have other sisters to talk to at night, but we are burning so many miles on our car each day just to travel to our area. Also, Sis Campbell doesn't have a driver's license so I have drive everywhere, and the roads are terrifyingly narrow and windy. So... please pray that I will not die and/or wreck the brand new car. We are really hoping to find some younger families to teach, because the average age of the ward is about 70, but they are a sweet old bunch. One lady in particular, Betty June, is one of the most amazing people I have ever met. She is 86, she served a mission when she was young, and she is all over Facebook just so she can keep in contact with less active members and investigators in her ward. She also hosts a family home evening every week for 25 other senior citizens who don't have families nearby. I hope I'm that awesome when I'm 86.
The people here are so great. Everyone has such great faith in Christ and God, and they are so fun to teach. Sometimes I almost bust out laughing at the things they say, but I'm starting to understand it all. :) One little boy gave me a sand dollar and a hug when I gave him a Book of Mormon for he and his brother to read. It was adorable. Because it's a new area and our area book is 15 records long, we've been knocking a lot of doors. Luckily though, it hasn't been too hot and we have actually found a bunch of new and potential investigators from it. Also miracles do happen! We were walking through a neighborhood, and 4 vicious dogs came running out into the road growling at us, but we said a prayer and just kept walking, and they didn't bite us or follow us anymore! We also found a family who has met with missionaries before and are interested in seeing us again, and they seem awesome! And, their next door neighbor saw us talking, and she wants to meet with us too! Somehow, the fact that we aren't allowed to go swimming came up, and now she wants a copy of the white handbook for herself, which is kind of funny. She is very concerned about how we'll keep cool when it gets hot. :)
I love y'all! Have a great week!
Sister Ward
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