Hola Familia,
How are you? Everything here is great. Ok maybe not totally great but is better than what it could be.
Today is Labor Day. No one is inviting us for a cookout but we are good for eating at home. My companion is great. Hermana Walker is one of the best missionaries and one of the best people that Heavenly Father could have put me with. But this is a bittersweet week, I know that we all have to move on and go forward with our lives but I don't want Hermana Walker to leave. She is one of the best companions I could have had and we get along so well. She is one of the people since I first met her that I feel like I met her before this life. When you meet someone you just connect with you love them with your whole heart and that is what happened with Hermana Walker. Our transfers are on September 10th, so we will see. Not looking forward to that day though.
I get to see Hermana Rubow when we have a big zone meeting or stake conference. But other than that we really don't see each other. I got to see Hermana Corniea, my first companion, too, this past week. It was so great! It is crazy. It's so true what you mentioned in your email, we were just talking about that this morning. That had we have not served missions, I would have never met an Hermana Rubow, Hermana Corniea, Hermana Walker, Hermana Romero, or an Hermana Taylor!
I love the tidbits and bits of good gossip you share. I'm so glad that you are ok after your accident and nothing serious happened!
We don't have any zone conferences coming up. My Spanish this week has been hard. I feel like six months out I should be able to speak more and be able to say more but I am still doing basic Spanish. It's hard to not compare yourself to other missionaries. One of the things that we learned at a meeting we had was about adjusting to missionary life. One of the things that was shared was that most missionaries are not fluent by the end of the missions. But, that's okay. The Spirit is the true teacher!!
This week we are mostly finding people and teaching the investigators we do have. But since this is Hermana Walker's last week we want to go out with a bang! This week we are setting the goal of trying to share the gospel with 100 people. And we are going to knock on doors one whole day. We are so excited!!
I can't wait to get my package and since the kids have the day off tell them to write their sister who is a missionary!! Haha!! I will write more in a snail mail.
Hermana Walker and I decided that we are going to have a mission reunion cruise. It would be so fun! We could go somewhere where they speak Spanish so all the Spanish speaking missionaries can use their Spanish.
I will try and send you pictures this week. I am going to send a box home because I have a little bit too much stuff.
I hope y'all have a great week and share the gospel. I have been reading in the Doctrine and Covenants and started Matthew. It is interesting how the people who needed to be healed by Christ had to have faith first. And Christ asked "Believe that I can do it?" The people could have believed but the true test was how big was their faith was. The people were healed according to their faith but first they had to act to believe on the faith that they had. Interesting.
I love you and feel your love and prayers. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. I want my sisters and brothers to know that serving a mission is the best decision you could ever make. You make friends that you would have never met, bring people back to the true gospel, and receive gifts that are through the power of God. I know that one of the gifts that Heavenly Father has given me is His love for the people that we meet and are teaching. I feel a love for them but I also feel God's love for them working through me.
Keep going strong and love y'all every day and missed often,
Hermana Fitzpatrick
Kenzer LOU
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