hola!

hey fam! sorry i'm late today...ah i am just pooped haha. we drove all the way to kent with [M] so she could go to the bishop's storehouse and it was a hilarious trip. we got pulled over by the cops and then the storehouse was closed when we got there!! sis yura was carsick and i was just trying my best to help [M] see the humor in it...she's had it rough recently and the storehouse being closed was the last straw for her i think. ah what a day. we just got back from playing basketball with the elders...i think i'm getting better at sports! who would've thought. all the things you learn on a mission :) THEN i got the laptop that took TWENTY MINUTES to load. haha needless to say i'm glad to finally be on ldsmail.net :)

well it was a fantastic week!! we're continuing to see miracles here. the biggest miracle is the [D] family! we knocked on their door on thursday, took [T] (the wife) on church tour on friday morning, met the husband and FOUR KIDS on friday night, then [T] and [L] (husband) came to church yesterday and LOVED IT, and we have a lesson with them in an hour and half where we will hopefully commit them to be baptized! the kids are between 12 and 20...the older teenage boys may be hard to convince to listen to us, so pray for them :) we're seeing miracles all over the mission and it's getting exciting!! i'm trying to learn more and more how to rely on the spirit because as i do, THOSE are the lessons that go well because it's the spirit that changes hearts! it's something i'm working on. when you really feel that the spirit is using you (instead of you trying to "use" the spirit), that's when you feel happy...you feel like a successful missionary :)

so yeah, transfers are next week! turns out sis yura decided to stay another transfer, so we really have no idea what will happen!! it always drives me crazy waiting to see what will happen.

I hope you all have a happy thanksgiving!!! no worries about me, like 5 families have invited us for dinner so i will be STUFFED! pray for me that i will be able to eat at every house hahaha. i'm going to send this off because i'm not sure when sis yura will be done and then we have to rush back home to eat some dinner. if she needs more time i'll try to write more. sorry this email is kind of short and random. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

sister gibbons