Hi family!!

 Sorry I didn't write yesterday, the Monday before transfers is a work day. So we got transfer call yesterday and of course me and my comp are staying but one of the sisters in our house is now going to be training so we will have a greenie in the house and now I am not the new one yay!! I feel more like a missionary.

I love America and so glad that Heavenly Father knows me and sent me to a place that doesn't feel like I am in America, but I am at the same time. Such a blessing. I really love the Cuban people so much I don't want to get transferred from this place ever! I want to be in Cuban central my whole mission. :) 

So this week we got a new mission president and he is the best! He is so focused on helping people stay in the church, reactivating people, and getting new converts to the temple! Which I love because that's one of the reasons why I wanted to serve so others can be with their families for forever. He is so down to earth, loving and loves to have fun but likes to work hard as well. He is the best. He loves to talk too. He could talk for hours. His wife is really awesome too and down to earth and loving like him. It’s funny everything that me and my companion and been worrying about this last couple weeks when our focuses had changed he touched on all of them. It was so crazy. It’s awesome to know that we were in tune with the spirit and so was he that he knows what changes need to be made and what this mission needs.

New Mission President and his Wife

 This week me and my companion set a goal to be exactly obedient and I didn't know how important being obedient was until now. We saw so many miracles this week. All this week we were on time to all of our appointments, and we got to see everyone we wanted to see. I have such a strong testimony of obedience. It’s so crucial that you are exactly obedient. A quote I read this week says "If you almost keep a commandment you almost get a blessing", and it’s so true! When we are exactly obedient Heavenly Father blesses us and we are able to have the spirit with us at all times.

   As for Daisy, our most awesome investigator and now really good friend, is having such a hard time with setting a date for baptism. She told us this week that she isn't ready and that she has to know for sure that this church is true and it just breaks my heart because she has had so many great experiences and she just hasn't recognized them as a confirmation.

Another quote I read this week really helped with my doubts this week with Daisy it says "As you emphasize your faith and not you doubts your faith will grow". I shared this with her as well but learned that I cannot have any doubts that I have to trust in my Heavenly Father and his timing for her because my timing isn't the Lord’s timing.

 

Some of the weird things that I have eaten this week is Malanga, yuich, iron beer which is a Cuban spiced root beer, Malta, and guava cheese which is Mexican cheese with guava jelly on it and I love it so much! haha I love trying new food and they all taste good but Honduran food is still by far my favorite. 

4th of July night together

 Fourth of July was amazing! Our church bbq was a great success and we gave a chapel tour to some of investigators there which was a great spiritual experience. That night we had an early curfew of 7:30, and we share our house with two other sisters. So we bought a bunch of junk food, moved all our furniture and sprayed the floor with poison of course and moved our mattresses into the living room and watched the church movie Legacy and watched the fireworks. It was a fun night although none of us slept well because we were all afraid of the cockroaches. Blah. 

Huge cockroaches!

Oh this week we and the other sister we share the house with are going to teach English classes for free at the church for anyone who wants to learn English to help us find new investigators so hopefully it goes well. Oh our new president also said by the end of this year we will be an ipad mission and possibly fb so we are all excited for that! woot woot. haha yeah it’s crazy how much is changing. I don't know I feel about it because I like using my physical planner (my life saver) and stuff and serving that "normal" mission but we will see maybe it wont be that bad.

  I love you all soo much!! Thanks so much for all your prayers and encouragement. I am so glad I have such a loving family because a lot of people here don't have that at all. Have a good week!! love you guys!!! :)))

  Love,

 Briaunna :)