Semana 8

Hola! 
     Mission life is waaay different than MTC life. I knew that before, but now, living the missionary life... it's pretty legit. There is sooo much studying we do, and we have an extra hour for language, and an extra hour on top of that because I'm in training. So we don't get out of the house usually until after 2. My companion is so encouraging, with the language, with street contacting, everything, but we both need to be more... I don't know how to say it... aware? On top of things? We locked ourselves out of the car, and we had no idea where the keys were. We emptied our bags, retraced our steps, and eventually had to get a ride home. The next day my companion found them in a compartment in her bag that she forgot she had! Haha! We also almost missed out on going to the temple. We needed to wake up at 4:50 to meet at the stake center at 6:00 and get to our session by 8, but when we set our alarm for 4:50, Sister Larson set it for 4:50PM instead of AM, so we woke up to our zone leaders calling us at 6:00 asking if we were close to the stake center. That was fun. But it all worked out and we got there on time! I also found out this week that my companion sleep walks and talks. She confused me by waking me up at 2 in the morning saying it was time to get up, then knelt down and began to say her morning prayer. I got up, half asleep and started to do the same, until my mind finally caught up and thought to look at the clock.
     Now for how teaching's been. Well our area just started a no tracting policy. Our area is the experiment for the entire mission to see how only working with members goes. And like I said, we've only got about 8 active in our branch, so it's kind of slow. But we do a lot of formers, and that's how we meet a lot of new people because they are always moving in and out of the trailer homes here. We meet some interesting (and sometimes kinda creepy) characters. But we always listen to the spirit, and we're always safe!
     Our newest member Francisco is a great member missionary. He goes with us on lessons, and gave us a referal for a woman named Eva Maria. She wants to find the truth, and I hope she'll keep her commitments. We had a few investigators at General Conference which was super exciting! (Conference was awesome too btw) We had a family who are what missionaries call "forevers". They've been seeing missionaries since last year, but since we started being more persistent in teaching them, they've opened up a lot to us. They're asking more questions about being baptized, what they have to do, and with our last lesson about the law of tithing, the spirit was so strong (*and I was able to share a personal experience) and they are so close to being ready. Sister Larson and I are so pumped for them! We asked them to pray for a date that they'd think they'd be ready. (They'd been asked by missionaries before, but never gave an answer) So next time we see them, maybe they'll have a date! Teaching with the spirit in Spanish can be difficult, I know I butcher just about every other word, but they don't seem to care and can even understand me! It's so cool and I love it and I know I'll get better.
     I haven't eaten a ton of Mexican food, and honestly we've been cooking for ourselves a lot. It's not that the members don't feed us, but there's just so few of them!
     I do need to buy more winter clothes, it is soo cold!
     I hope you are all well and happy! I see the Halloween decorations appearing, and pumpkins growing in the fields and it's so crazy to think how long I've been out here already! 2 months. Wow.
IT'S GOING BY SO FAST!
I love you all and think of you all every day! Send me a letter!
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Hermana Sarah Mohun

Columbia River Temple and I

Moses Lake- My 1st Area