Dear family and friends,

Ok, first I have to say.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAXWELL!!! I LOVE YOU!!! :)
wow, can´t believe he is three. i remember being three. weird.

Ok, so this week was a fun one. We were told that we had a bus to take 40 people to the district conference (it´s just like stake conference but smaller because we are too small to be a stake...). Our leaders were really stressing getting the investigators to church this week and obviously we wanted to get them there as well. It was a 3 hour drive to our district meeting, so we had to find people that were willing to be at the church at 6:00am Sunday morning (when no one wants to wake up at 8:00 to go to church at 9:00). Then the leaders of the branch were telling us that we couldn´t bring any investigators because the bus was already full of investigators. So we had a problem. And what did we do?

We prayed.
A lot.

I don´t know how many times I can be surprised by the miracles you can experience by relying on the Lord completely. I hope I can always remember that, because life is so much better when you rely on the Lord. It was crazy, but somehow it worked out. Heavenly blessed the branch to only be able to rent last minute a larger bus so we could take more people. And he blessed us with members that were excited to invite everyone they knew...literally. At the end of the day, Sunday was a success. We brought investigators to church, enough to surpass our goal, and there was still plenty of room for the members too.

President Carter spoke at the district conference and told the members, "I have permission to add 20 more missionaries to our mission. Where will I put the missionaries? I´ll put them in the places where the members prove by their actions that they are willing to work with the missionaries. Junín has need for 2 or 3 more missionary companionships because it is so big, but right now you only have 1 companionship of sister missionaries. I am willing to put more missionaries there, but you as members need to prove to me that you are willing to work." haha I laughed. It´s so true though. Missionary work doesn´t go hardly anywhere without the help of the members. It is just impossible. So, get to work!! haha. jk. But seriously, just inviting those who aren´t members to participate in activities really helps the work a lot.

Anyway, don´t have time for anything else, but I love you all lots!

Love, Sister Yingling

p.s. Sammy, Happy Birthday yesterday! I miss you and hope you had a spectacular birthday.

oh and the pictures are from last P-Day at the lake and the movie is from yesterday. It down poured and we got soaked. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. It is super fun to ride bikes in a down-pour. We biked through puddles deep enough that our feet were completely under water the whole cycle. haha. It was fun, and I was excited, so I took a video. I hope you like it. Sorry I think I speak spanglish part of the time.

turns out i can´t send the video because it is too big. wish i could cut it somehow. i guess you´ll all just have to wait 8 more months. sorry!