July 1, 2009

The BIG change has been made! SAN FRANCISCO is no longer off limits! The mission boundaries have been officially changed and San Ramon is the bottom of the mission (on our side of the hills). Our apartment is actually right on the border! Across the street from our complex is now the San Jose mission! It's good stuff. Well things are good. I'm still trying to adjust to the mission way of life. It's hard to swallow the fact that I really won't see my family and home for 2 years! It's a beautiful thing to be on a mission, but once the "greenie excitement" wears off and you're just left with raw facts it can be hard. But things are well. The Lord is blessing me and watching out for me, but some days 2 years seems like forever! Right now things are not going well with me and E. Cain. I can't stand him anymore. We are so different, and he takes everything I say wrong. He's very different. I don't think that my patience has ever been tried as hard. He has attitude! But I'm trying so hard to continue to be patient and have charity. But we are teaching some great people. Victoria (who at first we thought was a lil' bit crazy) seems to be progressing well! We have definitely seen a change in her. She believes the church is true, but doesn't want to get baptized because she knows that it will upset her husband.