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I Got Burnt

Hey family! And friends who are family! And everyone else who decides to read this!
This week was...well, interesting. And just like last week, i did not even have a chance to write down a bunch of notes to write in here, so I think I will end up forgetting a lot. It was a crazy week. First the bad news. Remember Gil and her family? Well, they moved. To the area of the Zone Leaders in a different zone! And our other golden, William, has disappeared. We are working so hard here, and trying not to get discouraged. Blessings will come, right?

Anyway, I'm not unhappy. Just trying to figure out what to do differently so I can baptize. Cuz that is why I am here. Already my prayers have changed, which is interesting to see. I wake up thinking about our investigators. Sometimes I dream about teaching. Mostly my dreams are still just whacked out, so at least that has not changed too much.

Church this week was awesome. We announced our new activity to our ward, to get references, with a musical fireside in the end. The ward is excited, and I have no doubt that we will get 100 references within a month from them. We had testimony meeting yesterday, and a lot of people bore testimony of missionary work and sharnig their testimonies. It is wonderful.
I am having trouble trying to think in English, so the things that happened are also escaping my mind. I just need to sit down and write letters...cuz this whole email thing is not working out so well today. I want to get on lds.org and print off some conference talks.
In other news....we found some new people to teach. Oh, we had a division with the other sisters in our zone, so I got to play senior for a day. That was interesting. We also did two other divisions with members....divisions are tiring, and I miss my comp! Who knew I would ever spend so much time away from my own comp! But it is good, because we are reaching the standard of excellence each week with lessons. It rocks.
This week, we have zone conference on Wednesday. I am super stoked! We will get training from President and the Zone Leaders, and I will get to see Sister Frame and some other buddies here in the mish! I am so excited for it. So because of that, we lose pday this week, but I think it's fair tradeoff.
I studied a lot about the resurrection this week, which was all very interesting. It started because i had a simple question, which led to a lot of studying, and more questions, and more studying, and even more. There is so much I want to study and learn! I love that I have an hour to study each morning...what a blessing.
Welp, gotta go email president, print off some conference talks, and try to do 50 million more things in a short amount of time! I love you all, and sorry this email is so lame...I know my emails are getting lamer and lamer! there were like a million funny stories to tell, but I will put them in a letter as I remember them. :) So at least the fam will hear it. :)
Love,
Karen

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