Thank you for sending the packages! I was really glad you sent them!
Everything in this area has been amazing so far though! We had a baptism this week from the sisters in our ward with a girl whose name is Ola. She is from Nigeria and she is so amazing! She is super quiet but she loves the gospel! Her whole family are members of the church but she was the last one to come over to the United States so she just started learning and she is great! The baptism was so powerful! Then on Sunday after church we had one of our investigators whose name is Jacki and she is progressing so well! She has been coming to church for a while and has always been a little up and down but ever since Elder Foster and I have been together she has been on fire! She loves the gospel and has so many big goals for the church and for her life in general! She is an event planner so when she is working she is always super busy and crazy but she has had a little break for the holidays and she set one of her goals for this year as becoming a member of the church! She said she wants to get baptized before Elder Foster goes home! She has a friend/boyfriend (we are not sure what they are) who just recently got reactivated and they are progressing so well! I love them so much and am so excited for them!
But I have been speaking quite a bit of spanish! Last night we ate with our neighbors who are members in the spanish ward here and it was great! The guy Oliver spoke English so we would just translate for Elder Foster and also Oliver's sister who is married and has two kids. Also we still see a bunch of Hispanics out on the streets for example today we met an amazing lady at the lavanderia, I forgot the word in English but where we wash clothes. Her name was Maria and we just started talking and she was just an old little lady and she was interested but when we were getting her information she had to bring her daughter over because she didn't know it exactly! I have grown to love the Hispanics here so much though so every time I see them I just fall all over them!
The new ward is honestly amazing though! The people are all so kind and they love missionary work and the missionaries! We are just pressing forward in the work!
But Sophia Heiner is so young mom! She will still be in high school when I am home! And for your talk I love the healing power of the atonement but honestly any way you go with it will be powerful!
But thank you for everything you do mom! I love you more than anything! Honestly the reason why I love so many members out here is because so many of them love me just like you do and I am so grateful for that! Have a great day!
Thanks! And also can you send out that calendar please?
Elder Garrett Eichers
Illinois Chicago Mission
This was me faking asleep the other day:
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