companions and stakes

Dearest Family,

Transfers came around this week. Hna. Camejo and I are staying together here in Blackcreek for another 6 weeks :) I'm glad to get more practice with my Spanish with her. Sadly, Hna. Ence has left us. It's been a lot quieter today without her... She left to open up a new area an hour and a half west of us with Hna. Camejo's trainer :) Small world among the hermanas :) She is needed up there even though we'll be missing her here.

We had a wonderful multistake conference on Sunday. They reorganized four of the stakes in the Toronto area. Our stake has been discontinued and we are part of the Brampton stake--where the temple is :). But they also added a new stake in Barry. We had two visiting authorities: Elders Koelliker and Ellis of the first and second quorums of the 70. (Elder Ellis has an article in the January Ensign which mirrors the talk he gave at the conference--look it up!) They are both from Idaho originally :). They held a meeting with all the missionaries Sunday morning which was awesome! We started by each of us shaking their hands, hands that had shaken the hands of the apostles a few days prior. They gave us some wonderful direction on helping our investigators form a communication line with God that will really help our investigators, especially for the two who have dates for this Sunday but have been struggling to find an answer.

Another of our other investigators is doing very well. He is the brother, Martin, of Eduardo, the recent convert. He reads even faster than Eduardo who read up 1 nephi 11 the first week! Martin had read to 1 Nephi 20 on Sunday. He is very humble and is looking for something more to believe in. He is a clean-living person as well. He is set for March 18th. :)

We are working with another woman named Cristina, also a member-referal. She recently had an infant die--that's how we found out about her. She is open to learning more and we've met with her a few times. She is also set for the 18th at this point. I can't wait to teach her the plan of Salvation :)

It's wierd finally being done with the 12-week training, but I'm excited for the time to go find more people to teach. And I'm excited to continue to work with Hna. Camejo. She's been an awesome missionary to work with so far.

I enjoyed my studies today--Ether 4. It reminded me of how beautiful the gospel is and the temple and the things we learn there. I love this Gospel. It has filled me with such peace and joy and love all my life and especially now that I understand it better. I love this work.

Make it a great week!

Yours,

Hna Cottam