happy valentine's day!

hello everyone! happy valentine's day!! thank you so much for the fun package! oh my goodness mom, the sugar cookies were incredible. they were the best i've ever had. still so soft. mmmm we loved them. and cute pj's! you guys are the best :) s. burch and s. eria love their cd's, so thank you so much!

this is sister eria's last week with us :( i'm so sad! i've come to love her so much. the three of us sang "god be with you til we meet again" in her language in sacrament meeting on sunday! so special! so fun. it's crazy with transfers coming up. i don't know what will happen, but sister burch has been here since i left last july so i wonder if she will leave. we will see!

well the exciting stuff here is we have 2 on date to be baptized! [T] (the one who's josh's age) is on date for March 13! he’s SO awesome. so solid. what a CHAMP. so fun to teach. and the other was a big surprise out of nowhere! [V] is 24. we knocked on his door on friday, taught him on saturday and invited him to be baptized and he said yes! he didn't come to church on sunday so i was worried that he wasn't really serious, but we just had a lesson with him this morning and he's awesome! he smokes, but we told him we will help him quit and he's excited. what a fun time to be in maple valley. also we found a family of 5! we took them on a church tour last week (except the wife)...[J] is AMAZING. such a kind, sincere man... a wonderful father that wants the best for his kids. when we invited him to be baptized, he said "i want to say yes, but i want my wife to talk with you first" we have a lesson on wednesday with a member family coming with us, and then a lesson on saturday at a different family's house. i have a good feeling about them. and it's a FAMILY!! ah i'm just so happy and loving the work.

one more cool experience... we were just teaching [T], the [D]'s neighbor (he's AWESOME too...his wife is pretty anti, so he can't really progress and it's hard) and he points at me and says "Do you remember what you said in your prayer last week??" (he's really bold and upfront about everything so i had no idea what he was going for) "uhh, not exactly" "you prayed i would find a job" (he's been unemployed since october). "so that was on tuesday. on wednesday, i got a call for an interview! my FIRST interview since i was laid off. i've applied for 62 jobs, and that was my first call for an interview. on sunday, i told my preacher that i got a call for an interview. he said he'd been praying for me...and i said, 'not as hard as the mormons!!' hahaha isn't that hilarious? i hope he gets the job! he really is the coolest guy. i hope his wife's heart is softened. he's really looking for truth.

well i gotta log off. love you all!!

sister gibbons