February 29, 2016

FAMILY!

I just finished reading your emails and I can't even believe how soon

I get to hold you guys. It's a good thing I love you so much or this

going home thing would be really hard. I still have one more week

though and that's a long time! I'm reminded about what the Savior did

in just a few days and then I feel a lot better about this last week I

have a missionary. But first things first! I'll tell you about this

last week :)

So remember how I said that I had my last intercambio? Yeah that was a

big lie hah! There was a miscommunication and one of the zones didn't

get assigned sister training leaders, so the next zone over is in

charge... us! So 3 more intercambios the last week and a half of the

transfer. AH! I was feeling really stressed out until I found out that

Hermana Berry got to come with me :) That was SO FUN! I got to be with

my baby again! We have grown so much in the last year. She is

seriously the sweetest person I have ever met and it was so fun to be

with her again. And this week I get to be with Hermana Baxter :) She's

my friend from BYU and I can't think of a better way to finish our

missions. Stay tuned!

Gerardo is doing great. We set his fecha back to the 18th so we would

have time to teach everything and his response was the best. A lot of

people say maybe or i'll try, but Gerardo said, "I will be prepared

for that day!" And has been talking about it ever since. He's so

excited it's the cutest thing. Every lesson is always a great one with

him!

Aga just has my heart. She really does! She is down to one cigarette

now. Almost there! Then we need to address the law of chastity... but

she really had made so much progression! She'll get baptized one day

soon. She's so excited to meet mom and dad. She's been talking about

it for the last two weeks! So excited for you to meet her.

We have two great new investigators that were member references and

they are great. The first one is Aldo and the second is Clotilde.

There really is such a difference between the lesson we have with and

without members. So you all have a job (and me soon too!). Find the

missionaries and go out on a lesson with them. There are very few

things more powerful!

We have a goal to meet the members and we came up with a new message

to share with them during our visits with them. We have been watching

the last 5 minutes of Grandfathers talk "Ask the Missionaries!" and it

has been so wonderful. Whether we help them with their genealogy,

visiting teaching, or teach their friends, we have already seen the

results. So thank you Grandfather! Plus it's a fun excuse to see him

for a few minutes every day :)

Okay I think that is about it. I love love love being a missionary.

And I am SO grateful for my companion. She is an absolute angel and

i'm so thankful for her patience with me! The mission is shaping me

into the person that my Heavenly Father wants me to be and I can't

think of anything better. I love it here. The people here have my

heart! I'm ready to give my everything to them this last week. Thank

you for everything and I hope you have a wonderful week :) Love you!

xo,

Hermana Marsh

The handouts we've been giving to the members during our visits with
them :) it allows us to serve our wonderful members more and it gives
me an excuse to see a little clip from my cute grandfather everyday!

 A few of my favorite members at church yesterday :)