Dear family and friends,

Ok, so Abby loved your stories about your miracles. Those are the tender mercies of the Lord. Speaking of getting sick, I got sick too this past week, but not too bad. I could still work so I was super greatful for that. Last week we had our zone conference (which is always a treat here in campo because we don´t really get to see other missionaries ever). We talked a lot about working with the members. Because we are in a District, President Carter has more responsibility because he is pretty much the "stake president". Anyway, so we talked a lot about how the members are struggling here. Not that they don´t want to work, but that they have "fallen asleep" and don´t realize it. They are not helping in the work. The other things in their personal lives have all begun to take higher priority than their callings and helping the missionary work.

So, the president has been really worried because there hasn´t been too much improvement. So the other day he called Elder De La Cruz (he is the branch president and him and his wife are senior missionaries in our branch) and sent him to every active member reminding them of their duty to serve in the church. We immediately have seen results.

I tell you this story to remind us all how easy it is to become "lazy" in the things of the church and in the gospel. sometimes we don´t do something one day because we are tired, or because we don´t feel very well. sometimes we fill our days with too many other activities that are also really good, but that aren´t service in the church, or that aren´t gospel related. This is how satan works to slow the progress of the church. Just the little things in the individuals works to take down a community, and pull lives away from the path to eternal life.

our branch is in a crucial time right now. i want to thanks all of you for your prayers and for putting my name in the temple, because i know that those prayers are being answered. i feel it. i see it. keep praying that i will be able to and have the courage to follow the promptings of the spirit.

anyway, about the transfers. i am obviously staying here in junín. wahoo! i would love to end my mission here, but because i want to, i´m sure i won´t. haha. i only have 3 transfers left. i will be here in junín for at least 6 months. more than in any other area that i have been in. i don´t know what will happen, but i hope i can work super duper hard here in junín so that if i do leave, i can see it getting better.

and yeah, that´s about all.

love, hermana yingling