6/20/16 letter

Hola family,

This week was really cool. We had 21 member present lessons (our goal was 22) and got some awesome new investigators and referrals. It was also REALLY hot! During our 9:00-12:00 church on Sunday, we put cookie dough on a pan in our car and when we came out, we had some great cookies that were completely cooked. I also got a Phoenix Suns jersey for $5 at a garage sale. I also got an ASU football jersey, a Suns t-shirt, 2 ASU tshirts, and a pair of $100 Brooks running shoes all for less than $20 at that same garage sale and shared a message with the garage sale lady and invited her to church...she didn't come though but the seed was planted. It was kind of hard to get investigators to church on Father's Day, but our investigator, Joseph, who hasn't been to church since December came with his dad and they said they are going to start coming every week.

On Saturday, Hermana Edmondson went to Mesa for exchanges with Hermana Sedgwick, so I was with Hermana Sedgwick's companion, Hermana Luthy, for the day. It was super fun and we found a really cool new lady to teach. We went to knock on the door of a potential investigator that we haven't been able to contact and I saw her staring at us from her front porch across the street. We went over and talked to her and she started crying and told us that God had put us in her path. She has had a ROUGH life and she had promised God a few minutes before we got there that she would stop drinking if he put someone in her path. We taught her and then came back on Sunday and she has stayed completely sober. We're going back tonight because she wants to cook us food.

We also got a call from a member in Chandler that is staying with her friend, Norma, in Phoenix for a few weeks while she recovers from surgery. Norma's mom passed away a few months ago and the member talked to her about the plan of salvation and invited her to meet with missionaries. We were able to teach Norma twice this week and she's super cool.

Maria, who got baptized last week, got her temple recommend this week and we are trying to make a trip to the Phoenix temple tomorrow with her. Transfers are on Wednesday and we will find out today or tomorrow if we're leaving or staying. I'm kind of hoping for a new companion...lets just say it's been a LONG 6 weeks.

Dad, Happy Father's Day! You should call church headquarters and tell them that missionaries should get to call home for Father's Day as well.

Love,

Hermana Gubler