Dear family,

Ok, so this week was an interesting one. Originally president benton
asked me if i wanted to stay in Ituzaingo 4 for another transfer. I
told him I would like it, but also that I was willing to leave if that
is what Heavenly Father had in store. Anyway I didn´t know if I would
stay and go, but I thought maybe I´d stay because that is originally
what President Benton said. Then we got a call from President Benton
wednesday night (the night before he was to fly back to the states...)
because he had a question. Then he said, "sister yingling, you might
want to start taking photos because MAYBE you will be leaving". So
that was a little weird. I still wasn´t 100% for sure if I was
leaving or not until saturday night when I got the call saying that I
would be leaving. I still didn´t know where I would be going to, but
knew that I was leaving. In the mission all the missionaries make
their predictions as to who is going where and it is real fun to see
if you are right. We knew that we were getting two more sister
missionaries who are visa waiters from Argentina, so we knew that a
new area would have to open because nobody was leaving either. So it
was hard to guess who would be opening the new area.

Anyway, this morning we went to the mission offices to find out where
everyone was going and an Elder came up to me and said that I was
going to the ward Libertad, area B. H. Claros and I looked at each
other all confused (because only Elders are in that Stake, and the
ward Libertad doesn´t have two parts A and B). Then my companion
started saying, "I told you, you are going to the new area!!!" haha
I found my new companion and we started learning about our new area.
Because we are the first missionaries in our area we don´t have an
apartment. Actually, yes. It was signed for on Saturday and we don´t
have furniture or anything. haha so tonight we are staying in the
area where the offices are. This will be interesting to start a new.
I´m excited though. I hope and pray we can start it off right because
then we can hopefully leave the area with a good foundation.

Let´s see what else happened this week. Well, we had to go to the
doctors office this week because my companion got whiplash (she fell
down...poor girl). But she also had an in-grown toenail that she
refused to take care of. haha it was really funny because she told me
(like 4 weeks back) that her big toe was hurting. I looked at it, and
it was obviously an in-grown toenail. I told her that we had to call
the doctor and she just kept saying "no, no, no, it will go away" but
usually those things don´t just "go away". anyway, her toe got all
infected so when we went to the doctors for her whiplash the doctor
looked at her toe and said he had to remove part of her toenail. we
went back on friday and i got to watch the "operation". haha it was
sooo cool. he pulled like half of her nail out of her toe (because it
had grown into her toe). anyway, afterwards we went back to the
mission offices and met our new president. President Carter is great.
And he is taller than me!!! (it is really weird because there are
few Elders who are taller than me and President Benton is considerably shorter than me...haha) Anyway, obviously president carter is awesome because he is taller than me. But really, I can tell that he is a good man and that he will be a really good president.

So, yes, a lot of changes, and I will for sure let you know how my new area is. It is weird, because usually you don´t change to an area or even a stake that touches the stake you were just in, but mine does and I think it might even touch my old area. we will find out when I see a map of our new area.

Anyway, thank you everyone for all your prayers. Seriously, they are the most important thing right now. I´ve really learned a lot about how important it is to realy on prayers in EVERY aspect of life. Not just missionary work, but really, everything. But, missionary work really requires more prayers. I like the story of Alma the younger how he went to the city of Amalekiah (uh, i don´t remember how you spell it in English...) and the people wanted nothing to do with his message (sometimes I feel like that too...even though I´m in an area of the world that is relatively receptive of our message). Anyway, he prayed and fasted very diligently for them and that is when he started seeing people change their lives. I really have a HUGE testimony of the importance of prayer and fasting.

Welp, love you all.

Love, Sarah Anne

p.s. mom, thanks for the reese´s. I enjoyed it so much and I shared it with my companion. She loved it. haha. they need to start selling here in Argentina. Oh and that is weird that they made all the illegal fireworks legal...haha and i hope puggs doesn´t die of a heart attack. i´ll be sad if he does. and I´m glad that the funeral went well for Uncle Louis. One thing I love about the plan that Heavenly Father has for us is that we know that we really can...one day....live with our family again. Heavenly Father is so smart I love it. :) This is one of the most important messages that we share everyday. how are we so lucky to have the knowledge of these things?

oh, i forgot to say HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!!! independence day here is the 9th of July. haha. oh and President Carter and his wife say hi. :)