Bikes are Fun

Hello world, it's me, Sister Sheffield.

As always, this week was great. Different, but great.

We had a spot of success as we committed 4 people to baptismal dates, notably 2 long-time investigator teenagers, and one former investigator. Plus some people we blessed, but aren't teaching because they speak English.

On the downside, we did not have a baptism this week because Luis asked the unfortunate question: What happens when you fall in love with a missionary? The member with us said, you can't. And he called us the next day and told Sister Sobkowicz they were from two different worlds and that he didn't want us coming over anymore. Classic break-up line. This the day before he was supposed to be baptized. It was sad. Especially because it was right after we had said mighty prayer with our entire zone (I had to say it!) to help people get baptized. He won't answer our calls, but called us at 6 o'clock in the morning on Sunday - possibly drunk.

Our mission has really been pushing hard to reach our goal of 100 baptisms in a month. I think we got over 80 this month! Probably the best yet, but not good enough. We will reach this goal because we have the best mission ever! And our zone had 8 baptisms by themselves! So not only am I in the best mission, but the zone is wonderful and our area is fantastic. (okay, maybe I'm getting a little prideful, but I'm just happy to be here.)

On the upside again, we had a ridiculous amount of Member Present Lessons this week: 14! That is the highest in the whole mission! I can't figure out how it worked, but it did. Our ward is amazing if you just ask them to be! We had the second highest number of lessons this week, too, because this area is awesome and we are very blessed Sisters.

Because it is the end of the month and we have such a big area, we are running low on miles. So we had to bike this week. The first day was only for a few hours, at the hottest time of the day and it wasn't too great. But the next day was from 4 to 9 and it turned out great. We had some really great experiences that were both testimony building and hilarious! But I will have to tell you about them individually in letter form because time is of the essence. Let's just say: one woman told us Judas was the first Mormon, and people actually do run after you wanting to go to church.

Okay, Sorry this is so short. We've got things to do, lives to save and people to bring to the Gospel.

Love you all! and The Church! It is true.

-Hermana Anna Sheffield