4th transfer!

Hey Everyone,

So tomorrow is transfer, and my 4th transfer will begin. I feel like I should be saying it's my 7th or 8th transfer, but yeah. We got transfer calls last night, and sure enough I'm staying here in the south of the city (SURPRISE!) and Sister Tucker will be my comp, which means I'm not training like Pres. Gee had originally told me and like a bunch of people thought. That also means Hermana Alas is training two brand new missionaries. Crazy! But we get to take the one of the two new sisters out tonight. (Like the first night I was here, Sister Tucker went tracting with Hermana Alas and Sister Lamb and I went tracting with Hermana Whiting.) I'm excited, but it will be weird.

We're getting a new AP (Elder Olsen is coming to take Elder Searle's place), a new Zone Leader (Elder Chun, still pretty young in the mission, is coming to take Elder Little's place.), and two new elders in our district, one being the District Leader (Elder Romero is leaving for Spanish 4 East-the spanish branch in the north of the city, and Elder Mortensen is staying and will be training a brand new elder. Then Elder Reed, current DL, is going to Wichita Falls, TX, and Elder Bies is coming in his place. Elder Riggs is staying.). Sister Houston and Sister Glenn are staying. Elder Downs is leaving and so is Elder Anderson. They are in the english district with the english sisters. I know this paragraph pretty much means nothing to most all of you because you don't know who I'm talking about. But missionaries that are already home that I've served with wanted these details.

We went to Alma's yesterday because her mom, Hna. Segura is back and she's living with Alma because it sounds like she's going to sell her house. We don't know how long she's here for because she wants to go back to Chicago. It was good to see her, but she asked why we haven't been visiting Alma and Juana, and that was hard to explain to her in my imperfect spanish. Alma wasn't home, but Tokyo and Destiny were. Honestly, it was SO good to see them! I really miss them, but we can't visit them. It's not time yet. I know we'll go back, but I don't know when.

Luz is good! We started teaching Joana finally, and she wants to be baptized. The next time we teach her, we want to try to set a baptismal date with her. And I just realize that we've taught Luz everything from lessons 1-4 except obey and honor land and baptism and confirmation. So, we want to go over the baptism interview questions with her, and see when she's going to move out. I still don't know if she's completely quit smoking. But we know that she's stopped taking three different medications and she's only on one, and hopes to stop taking that too. I think they're for depression, but I'm not sure.

We dropped Roxana. That was sad, but it was kind of mutual. She kind of dropped us and just told us she needs to think about things. She's so close and yet so far.

I don't know what else... my mind is drawing a blank. Sorry!

Well, like always... I love you all so much! I miss you! Thank you for your love, support, and prayers!

Love,

Hermana Christina Hogewoning