6/27/16 letter

Hola family,

Big changes this week with transfers! I'm still in Phoenix, but I now only cover one Spanish ward (Montaña del Sur) and I took over the elders', with whom we shared the ward, old area. So now it's just my companion and me in that ward. There used to be 6 missionaries in it, so we have lots of work to do.

Speaking of companions, President Toone called me on Tuesday and asked if I would train a new missionary. Her name is Hermana Mena from Independence, Missouri. Her parents are from El Salvador and she already speaks Spanish, which makes my job a lot easier. She's super awesome and we are already having so much fun together and working hard. Her mission call is to Mendoza, Argentina, but she's in our mission until her visa comes. So she'll either be here one transfer or two. (6-12 weeks) Hermana Edmondson got sent to Casa Grande and Hermana Lambert is training also for a sister from Venezuela.

Also, President Toone called me as the sister training leader for all the Spanish sisters in the mission, so this transfer, I'll be doing exchanges in pretty much all the zones in the mission. I'm excited.

My address is still in Phoenix.

Transfer day was on Wednesday. I went to Tempe to drop off Hermana Edmondson and pick up Hermana Mena and afterward, I got to go to the Mesa temple with President and Sister Toone and all the new missionaries and the trainers. That was really cool. It was President and Sister Toone's last time in the temple with missionaries before they finish their mission this Wednesday.

On Tuesday night, we got invited to a devotional in the mission home in Tempe with all the new missionaries and that was super cool.

Since Wednesday, we've mainly just been going around to get to know everyone in our new area. There's a lot of potential. The elders in charge of the Aguila ward took over our old area, so they acquired a lot of our people with baptismal dates, but I'll get to go to their baptisms.

President Toone challenges all the new missionaries to put someone on date for baptism on their first day. Hermana Mena was able to do that for our investigator Ediberta. It is set for September 3, which is pretty far away, but she said that if she's ready before then, she'll get baptized sooner.

Have a good week and a happy 4th of July. What are your plans for that?

Love,

Hermana Gubler