Hola mi Familia,

(Pretty good right?!) I'm still working on it. I'm not even sure if I've learned that on my mission or if it was from watching Dora the Explorer with little kids. Shhhh, don't tell anyone.

This past week has been great to say the least. Thank you all for the letters, e-mails, prayers, etc. Sorry I wasn't able to write to you yesterday. Every 6 weeks we have transfers and our p-days are on Tuesdays instead of Mondays. My companion forgot to mention that to me last week so I wasn’t able to warn you in my e-mail. She apologizes. My dear companion unfortunately is leaving me. I’m staying here in Leander and she is going to the most coveted area in the entire mission…...THE BORDER!! I was so happy and excited for her, as are the other missionaries but she’s not as excited. No English, all Spanish… I hope to go there someday as do most of the (English speaking) missionaries. She and I were talking last night and she said “Look at me, do I look like I need to improve my Spanish”? It was kind of funny and also comforting in a weird way to see her like that because she is such a good missionary and I’ve learned so much from her. Her testimony is amazingly powerful and it’s interesting how we are our worst critics. She knows that our calls are inspired and our mission President prays long and hard over us always but especially when transfers come.

Wow, 6 weeks has gone by so quickly. All of my firsts on the mission are just about up, except this is still my first area. Every night we get calls from our District Leader asking us how our day went and the other night he said “Well Sister Green, the longer you stay out here, the less green you look” Surprisingly I get that a lot. For the past 6 weeks I've been Sister Green The Greenie.

I don’t know who my new companion will be and I won’t find out until Thursday afternoon. Sister Larrosa my companion, is leaving early Wednesday morning and I’m going to be with a Sister who’s companion has finished her 18 months successfully and is going back home to Mexico on Friday.

We were able to have another baptism this past Saturday. One more before Sister Larrosa leaves. I’ll try to send a couple of pictures if I get the chance. Lyndsy Taquard is a sweet thirteen year old girl who has been receiving the missionaries since she was eight years old. She always felt that she should be older so she waited to be baptized until now. Her mom is a member and is really active and her dad doesn’t believe in God but was so supportive of her decision. Lyndsy was really embarrassed to come out in her baptismal clothes and we all were reassuring her that she looked fine and that this was her special day. After we took pictures in the foyer we were walking back to where her baptism was going to be and I heard her tell her dad she looked ugly. He put his arms around her, gave her a kiss and told her he thought she was beautiful, and that he was really proud of her. It was another great day.

I love you all and wish I could spend hours writing more. Things are very well and though I’m a little nervous to be getting a new companion, I know it’ll be good. My mind continues to be opened to so many different things. (Where has my mission been all my life!?) I love you all and hope you have a great week.

Love you,

Sister Green