2 months?!!!

 Guess who hit 2 months?!! That's right, it's been 2 months, that unbelievable. 


This one is gonna be quick cause tomorrow is transfers, so it's our last pday all together

Salmon festival
We got to help our with the salmon festival this last weekend and it was my very favorite!! We got to hang out as a district/zone and help kids paint fish!! It was the best. 

Jerry
So a week or so ago, an elder in my district, Elder Anderson messaged this guy named Jerry, and he's actually interested!! Jerry moved from China a month ago, so he doesn't speak much english which definitely makes things interesting. We met him the other night and talked to him through Google translate which was really fun! As soon as he understood what the book of Mormon was he says "Oh! I want to join your church!!". We got excited, we're still not too sure how much he actually understands, but the enthusiasm was great! 

Spiritual thought
We taught a lesson to the bishop and his family, and we were talking about the commandments. The bishop said something that I liked. He said "You can't break a commandment, not keeping the commandment can break you though". I thought that was a great way to look at it. 

Sorry for the short email. I love you all and promise I'll give more detail next week! 

Love you so much!! 
Sister Wanlass

Elder Andersons doppelganger



The Salmon Festival

District


This guy has his own saw mill



 

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