When we come to church, prepared for the sacrament, we have the opportunity to commune with God and draw clos

I officially love it here! It is such a cute little city. The work here is going so amazing too! It's fun to put names to all of the faces that Sister K talked about when we were together. I keep having these deja vu moments where I'm like, "Wait I think we've met before" and then I realize that I just know their life story from Sister K, but I don't actually know them yet.... So I love 'em already, even if they don't know me!

We have been so blessed to find new people to teach this week! It's been neat, because after we picked several of these new investigators up, we found out that they had already been taught by missionaries years ago. The Lord definitely keeps up with his children, and even if they aren't ready right away, he keeps working with them and preparing them to receive the gospel! 

I have also been re-amazed by the power and the spirit of Sacrament Meeting! Last week, our friend J came to church, but could only stay for the first 20 minutes-so the only thing he saw was the sacrament. Since he's a holy-rollin' Pentecostal preacher currently, we weren't sure how much he would like the reverent, quiet, not exactly entertaining atmosphere. During our lesson with him this week, though, he talked about how much he loved the feelings that he had in the church, and how excited he is to come for the whole 3 hours sometime! The sacrament truly is a holy ordinance, and the "power of godliness is manifest" therein. When we come to church, prepared for the sacrament, we have the opportunity to commune with God and draw close to Him.

I love you all! Thank you for your support and prayers!

Sister Ward