October 6th - 13 Months!!!

Dear family and friends,

Hi from Vacaville!! Hope you had a wonderful week! My week was great :)

On Saturday, I hit my 13-month mark! Whew! So crazy that there is only 5 months left. Time really does fly, and simultaneously move as slow as molasses haha. The days are slow, the weeks are fast.

Ok. So everything is a psycho blur this week and I can't really remember too much...I'll tell you some things I DO remember haha.

My last day in Vallejo was good - Kristen Parker and I taught Sis. Naqia how to ride a bike! Well...we tried. By the time Sis. Naqia started to get a hang of it, she was too tired to keep going haha. 

Okay, so Tuesday was transfers day! It was crazy. We drove there and had a meeting, then the Sister Training Leaders (myself included) and the Zone Leaders had to stay the rest of the day in Santa Rosa and proselyte. I was with Sister Hamilton and Sister Anderson who had both served in Santa Rosa, so we had an absolute blast there and contacted and visited recent converts and investigators!

I dropped by the Foley family and had the opportunity to teach them again! Yay! They had stopped investigating because of some misconceptions they had, but we were able to clear some up and at the end when we left, Sis. Foley said, "You know, I need to ask God if this Church is true and if the Book of Mormon is true. I will. I am going to ask!" Good! Finally haha. 

Then Wednesday we had Mission Leadership Council (MLC) and it was so good, as always! We got to do something super fun: watch "Meet the Mormons" the new movie the church is coming out with this weekend! It was so cute and good! I recommend it to all :) We are watching it in zone conference this Friday as well. But sh! The other missionaries don't know ;)

I love Vacaville!! It is like Arizona, nice and toast you! In the 90-100's haha. I have been so spoiled so far on my mission, I don't mind the heat. The people are very nice here, as well, and almost everyone we contact knows a member! There are 6 wards in Vacaville! It is awesome :) Also, everyone is super gung-ho about missionary work and helps us out. It is soooo nice. I am serving with Sis. Hamilton as my co-STL, too, and I just love her to pieces! This is her last transfer...weird. The weird thing about Vacaville though is there is very little ethnic diversity! It is very odd coming from Vallejo where I can count the number of white people on my hand to now Vacaville where I can count the number of black people on my hand ha.

Okay, Sis. Kwan is hilarious! #Asianalltheway Here's some funny quotes and happenings from this week:

-"Asian power!" *peace signs with both hands*

-From Hong Kong

-Has 2 siblings and is a middle child...I've been with 2 middle-child companions in a row!

-Her English is pretty darn good for not knowing any pre-mission

-She has been out for almost 12 months - she came in the transfer after me.

-She was trained by my "sister" so she is my "niece"

-"Wow you a strong woman!" *After I do 5 push-ups haha*

-"Can I borrow your skirt?" *She's already wearing it lol*

I also LOVED General Conference. I am so grateful for prophets and apostles today. I know this Church is true! If you want to know, "come and see!" (Elder Bednar)

Choose the right this week and SMILE. "Be the reason someone smiles today."

Love,

Sister Nikole Decker