HELLO!! It's been such a fabulous week! I hope it's been a great week for you all as well :) SO FOR THE BIG NEWS... I didn't get transferred. Which is great! I'm ok with that :) Sister Ploeger and I already know each other, our strengths and weaknesses, we know the people in the ward and have trust and good friendships with them... this is when we'll really be able to work hard and reap the fruit. We've already been able to witness some miracles! During weekly planning we were setting goals for how many people we're going to baptize this month and we set the goal of 2. And would you guess what?!!? WE'VE GOT OUR TWO! Well they aren't baptized YET.. but we have an investigator that has a baptismal date for the 24th and we have another investigator and hopefully we'll set the same date for her this week! Can you tell I'm a little excited about this!? Bailey randomly came to church yesterday and introduced herself this way "Hi my name is Bailey and I'm not a member, but I want to be!"  MUSIC TO MY EARS! So keep them in your prayers, I know Heavenly Father is trusting me with these two and I just hope and pray that I'll be a literal tool in His hand and the spirit will work through me, Ohhh I just hope that things will go well. We're so blessed in this mission!

  So as you can tell, things are going well :) I don't know if I've told you this yet.. but here's a couple of things that I've learned since I've been on the mission. 1) I talk in my sleep, I'm guessing this is because we do so many roll plays that I just continue doing it while I'm sleeping! 2) My eyes twitch, I'm guessing this is because I've reached a new level of stress. 3) Headaches, I never used to get them, but uhh well I do now! Good thing I have ibuprofen (however you spell it). I've obviously learned a ton more, but these are a couple of new things going on with me!

  We also helped a couple move out (S. Ploeger knew them) last Monday night and boy did we inherit a lot of housewear, it was amazing!! Get this, we got a fondue thing (not sure when I'll ever use that!), an ice cream maker (we're very excited about that, what a great pday activity! YUM! There's even recipes for frozen yogurt!), George Forman Grill (amazing, right), blender (yay for smoothies!), a food processor (not sure what we'll do with that, but S. Ploeger says she has a hummus recipe!), pots and pans and Tupperware (always nice to have around), and a lot of other things too! I'm pretty sure they just gave us all their wedding presents, but hey I won't complain!

  I love all of you and I pray that you're doing good! I'm so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life to strengthen and support me! There's another thing I want to mention that I've learned... How crucial member missionary work is. In San Diego, 80% of the member referrals are baptized. I know there are people in your lives that are placed there for a reason. And I can't help but feel that part of that reason is for you to share the gospel with them. The gospel of Jesus Christ blesses lives, and brings peace and happiness that cannot be experienced any other way. I encourage you all to pray that you'll have missionary opportunities and then be on the look out for this unexpected opportunities and be bold :) I know you guy can do this. As a missionary, we need you're help!

You're all so great, I sincerely thank you for all you do. You're amazing! Remember to communicate with your heavenly father, he wants to talk with you and bless you. Remember to study the scriptures. These two things are fundamental to experiencing joy and happiness. We've also inherited a ton of old Ensigns- they're all so great! It's amazing to see how the counsels still apply even though they're 10+ years old. Read them, they're great. Everything is great (can you tell I've been saying that a lot, I just noticed it. I think it's because we've just been blessed in so many ways. And when you make a point to notice the blessings around us, it's hard not to praise and thank our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. And I definitely thank Him for all of you. I love you! I hope you have a fabulous day, and look for all those great things around you. Talk to you next week!

Love,
Sister Kimaree Miller