VALENTINES

Yes I got the valentines package and I loved it! Elder Dussan loved the package too! We were so happy to get something from you! But I love the tie too! I didn't see that you embroidered a heart on it though hahaha. But that’s great that you went to the scrapbook workshop! Did you stay at the Marriott or where did you stay? There is a huge Marriott here right off Magnificent Mile that you would love, every time I see it I think of you! But I heard that Conner is back! That is so crazy! I feel like he just barely left, it is crazy that I am even a missionary!

But this week has been great, but also stressful.  There was a family baptized in our ward by the hermanas! We have the sister training leaders in our ward and they are literally amazing! They baptized 3 in a family and in the next few weeks they are going to baptize 2 more daughters! One of them turns 8 on the 11 of February! But Liz and Oscar are kind of having a rough time right now so I have been thinking about them lately! I feel like I am going through the same thing as them right now just because I love them so much! I pray so much for them that they will just keep with their faith! Then this week we have an investigator who has been progressing really well and then last Sunday we got him a ride to the church (because he is scared of the bus) and then when the ride got there he never came out! We were like oh something probably just happened and then on Saturday we had an appointment with him and we were going to teach him in the house of a member because his sister is really Catholic and doesn't like it when we are bringing members there! But anyways we had been talking to him and when we show up to his house to walk with him to the appointment he just wasn't there! So we are just like oh this is weird but we just moved on and then yesterday we got him a ride to the church again and we were like he will be at your house at 12:40 to pick you up and he was like perfect I will wait for him! So we were happy because he was going to come (he has already come 4 times) and then when we get to church and the member walks in late but no Jesus! The member got to his house at 12:42 and waited there until 1 but he never came out! Then half way during sacrament we get a text and it was the commandment of thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.. All I can do is laugh about it because we had him the ride and everything he just didn't come. I was really stressed about it but looking back on it it is really funny! This is what comes with a missionary but I love it so much! He wants to be baptized in a river too so that may take some time and get the gift of the Holy Ghost from the prophet! With all of this though it just makes my testimony stronger! It makes me love this gospel and I feel the Saviors love every day!

I don't have much time today because we are going downtown soon so tell everyone I love them! I will send more pictures next week because I have to get them from the other missionaries first! Love you bebe and have a great week!

[Below is a picture of the missionaries at the Ward Family Valentine’s Party.  Also below are pictures of Elder Eichers and Elder Dussan (Bogata, Colombia) at Cheesecake Factory in downtown Chicago, thanks to Scott Ellenson who made these Elders' dreams come true!]