Letters from Reno: Back Together Again

Once again, I am sitting at this wonderful library trying to determine which of the amazing events this week are worth noting in this email.

First off, this has been a great week! We got Sis Grandy from Spring Creek (which is aaaaaaaaaallllll the way on the other side of the state) on Wednesday and it has been a party ever since. It has been so much fun. She is an awesome missionary but loves to have fun too. So there is never a dull moment with the three of us. I feel kind of bad for her because this is only her second area and she has 6 weeks to learn the area, learn the people and learn the ropes of being a Sister Training Leader before both of her companions leave her. I would be a little stressed. She can handle it though, she is awesome.
Recently there has been a lot of talk from our Mission President about breaking through plateaus. Not getting comfortable and making little changes to be even better. Little things can make a huge difference! So! As a companionship we sat down together and made some transfer miracles that we want to see (have 3 baptisms, find a family of 6, things like that) and little things that we are going to do to break through those plateaus we have and be worth of those miracles. Not that we are doing anything bad, but there is always room for improvement. And then to have a fast for these miracles. Well, the miracles have been coming! We have made goals to be 5 minutes early to studies instead of scrambling around trying to make it to our desks by 8, talk to EVERYONE no matter how awkward it is to get to them, and to plan actually dinner thoughts instead of just winging it. Those aren't huge things but we have already seen the difference just in the spirit of the work. And just yesterday, we met 3 people (2 families) that are willing to let us come back and want to listen to our message! Do you know how hard it is to find people that are willing to do that? And we found 3 in one day?? That was a direct result of our added effort, I firmly believe that. Not that it was very much, but the miracles are coming! Not that we are talking about this at all, but time is running short, and I intend to sprint to the finish. Making these little differences has really helped me stay engaged and really push through this last leg. And it's fun to see the miracles happen and see how immediate the blessings are when we keep His commandments.

Also, side note. Our stake president always invites all the missionaries to his house for breakfast and a little training every transfer. He always asks by raise of hands how many times people have been there. Well, I have blown all records out of the water. This was my 13th time at his house, boom baby! One mission. One stake. It was pretty awesome. We also had a fun Halloween this year. We were in meetings all morning and then had to be in after dinner so we had no proselyting time but while we were at dinner we got to answer the door for trick-or-treaters. Several of them told us how awesome our costumes were ;) Yeah, I think we do pretty good missionary costumes. Pros at it. Then we went home and ended up playing games with the elders below us. We set up a big table outside, our neighbors were giving us weird looks, but it was super fun! We live in the ghetto so no one came trick-or-treating to our house. So it has been a good week! Full of good adventures.

Hope you all have a great week as well and we will talk to you later!
Love,
Sis Rae