Dear family,

So, yesterday we had computer difficulties and so i didn´t get to writing you. But here are the results of the new transfer changes:

Hermana Reales and I stay together one more transfer!! a little bit crazy because that isn´t very common, but it will be good. We have a really good district and we are all working hard together. We just got out of our district meeting and we have a lot of good goals to help our stake progress. We are in the Merlo stake, and Merlo has been known as the stake (zone) that doesn´t baptize or have success in our mission. well, there have been a lot of changes made, and the president is changing a lot of the focus of the mission. We have seen huge miracles. Not just in our area Libertad B, but also in the stake. For example, the transfer that H. Reales and I arrived in Merlo, there were lots of changes in missionaries etc. Tons of things changed. The tranfer just before all those changes there were only 4 baptisms in the stake. Then, for example, the past month of september there were 13 confirmations. All the wards are making a lot of progress. Going from 4 baptisms in 6 weeks to 13 in jsut 4 weeks. We have higher hopes for the month of October, especially since it is general conference and we have the opportunity to bring more people to the conference to listen to our prophets voice. It will be a good week for sure.

I have a huge testimony of faith. The more faith we have, the more miracles we will see. That is because we will work harder because we know those miracles will happen. It is so true. Those who have faith have the desire and excitement to work hard everyday to accomplish a miracle. Not just in missionary work. That applies to normal life too. Any goal that we have, if we have faith that Heavenly Father will help us accomplish it (because without Him it cannot be done) then we will do it. Andrew is a really good example for me of accompishing goals through faith and showing your faith through hard work....haha. So, Andrew (not to embarrass you), thanks for your example... :)

Anyway, I guess there isn´t that much else to write. This week a mother (Silvia) and son (Cristian) came to church. They were waiting for us outside of their house Sunday in the morning! That was awesome. That hardly ever happens. Oh yeah, and we played a musical number on Sunday. H. Reales on her clarinet (that her mom just sent her) and me on the bishops violin. Even though we hardly practiced- because there is not time for stuff like that- it turned out pretty good. But it is really rare to have musical numbers here, and so everyone liked it anyway. I love the was music brings the spirit (and helps everyone pay attention...haha).

Anyway, that I guess is all. Love you all lots!
Sarah

p.s. in two days I will be 1/2 done with my mission....wow. weird.

So, dear family,

This week we got taught a lesson or two by Elder Aidukaitis. I bet Jacob or Erik knows who he is and how he teaches. If not, look him up on youtube...you´ve got to find something. He is Brazilian, but i know he speaks Spanish (obviously) and English as well...so I bet you could all find something. Let´s just say he is brutal. haha. But i learned a LOT. I learned that I have a long way to go to be a better missionary, and I have lots and lots to improve. But sometimes it is good to be chastised with love because then you know what you have to do to do everything better.

So, this week was a good one. We got to do some service in a public hospital here. It was fun because I like to do stuff like that (painting, washing windows....you know, making stuff look better).

And we set a baptisimal date with a lady named Hilabia. She is really old, but looks like she is 55 or 56. She has been through tons of churches, and really has her mind thinking how the baptists think. But, the good thing is that she said that she is willing to change and that she wants to stick with us because she really felt something different when we first taught her. Because she is older, she doesn´t understand everything the first time, but she can feel the difference. That is huge. I love the Holy Ghost because we as missionaries really don´t do anything. If the Holy Ghost doesn´t reach their heart, they won´t have the desire to change or keep he commitments they need to keep. But, if the Holy Ghost touches their heart and they recognize it, the changing is always a lot easier.

So, things are coming along here. We really do see miracles every day, but I know we can see more. Pray that I will be able to change how I´m trying to change so we can see more miracles here.

I love you all...even though I didn´t even get any letters...or emails. ;)

Love, Sister Yingling

Dearest family of mine,

Ok, so best P-Day ever! Ok, I dunno if it was the best, but it was fun. And it reminded me of being at home cooking with MY mom, so I think that's why I liked it. Anyway, we had this great idea all planned up with the elders in our district to go play basketball at the stake center and make breakfast and or lunch or something and it was going to be fun. But then we wanted to make something for our bishop and his family, but the only problem is that he is a baker and so we wanted to make something from the states that he doesn't make here. So we were thinking and i thought, "hmm...cinnamon rolls" but we would have to do it on P-Day because we can't waste that kind of time any other day. So then i was wondering how I would make cinnamon rolls, and i couldn't remember. Maybe I never really knew. But then I remembered that sister Carter (President's wife) has a pretty good recipe (because i asked him what his favorite sweet was that his wife makes and he told us cinnamon rolls). So we called her up to ask. She said she would call us later because she didn't have the recipe with her at the time, but she would call us. Then she called us like 5 min. later and said, "Do you want to come to the mission home tomorrow and we can make cinnamon rolls together?" haha we were so excited because we have never been to the mission home. The elders have a chance of going because they do leadership training here etc. However, sisters never get to go. And the funny thing was that we were just talking about how we wanted to go to the mission home. So, we cancelled on the Elders. Here are some pictures of our adventure...they turned out pretty good. And now I have the recipe. And i hope that story made sense... haha

Oh, and some other pictures of our other P-Day adventures the past couple weeks. I don't know why I uploaded my picture of my green and pink socks, but I liked them. Just to remind you that yes I am still weird, just trying to be more like Jesus is all... :)

Ok, this week was full of miracles. Miracle #1...I already wrote about. Miracle #2...turns out the bishop has a violin. he let me borrow it to play at a baptism. and when i tried to return it, he told me that i could keep in the apartment and use it until i was transfered...which might be in 2 weeks or longer. :)!!

Miracle #3... we have been trying to teach more people inside their homes because well, you can't feel the spirit as well outside when there are all sorts of things going on to distract you. So we have been praying to teach people in their homes the first time we talk to them. And it happened two times this week!! That never happens, so it really was a miracle. Prayers do get answered, just so you know. Even for the littlest things (like getting to go to the Mission home... haha).

Miracle #4... an 11 year old girl named Paola was baptized!!! :) She really was very prepared. And her inactive mom went to church this week too. her mom has really, really progressed. Sometimes I think that some children are to be baptized just to help their parents in the enduring to the end process. I get just as happy seeing someone come back to church as I do with a baptism. She was so happy, and the baptism was soo good. the spirit was really strong. and even though not very many people went to the baptism, it was perfect. I'm going to send some pictures of her now. Anyway, I have run out of time to write more.

Until next week,

Love Sister Sarah Anne Yingling

sorry i didn´t write yesterday. we had some complications and so i am writing today.

anyway, this last week was an interesting one. actually it was real good. we found a teen named Patricio who is the friend of a member. We went and taught him and he told us that he wants to be closer to God and learn more about Him. It was so great. So now we are helping him prepare to be baptized. Also, this sunday we saw tons of miracles. I feel like I say this after every fast sunday, but I LOVE fast sundays. seriously. we can always see lots of miracles. For example, we were fasting to have more people in sacrament meeting that aren´t members. We didn´t know who we would take, but we had a few people planned. They almost all fell and we were sad. But, when we went to sacrament meeting, there were a few people that we weren´t expecting. They came to see a baby blessing. It was so great.

right now we are struggling to find people in their homes when they say they will be there. it is a little bit frustrating, but then i always remember that as long as we do our part, Heavenly Father will guide us where we need to go. Also, since we started from zero in this new area, there are many people that we have found, but haven´t had a chance to teach. I´m excited to see what happens in this area in the future. I think we have found lots of good people that someday will be ready to hear the gospel. Maybe their aren´t right now, but they will.

Oh, and yesterday we were super excited because we contacted a family that is really friendly. Turns out they have 8 children. Dad, I told them that you are one of 8 kids in your family as well. I´m excited to go back and teach them.

Oh, and i´m super excited because the next week Elder Aidukaitis from the seventy is going to come and do a conference with us. I´ve heard a lot about him, and so i´m excited to learn from him. well, i guess that is all. back to work. Until next week!

Love, sarah