Okay so my letter will
probably be short, but on the plus side I spent most of my time sending
ya'll pics! sorry! They've been long over due. So these pictures are
from this transfer, but mostly from last transfer. However, most of the
pictures are from Puerto Plata where I'm now serving! The ones with the
family are from my old area and my old investigators. They were super
super special and really really hard to leave. I got to see the one
investigators baby grow up and just before I left she started to say
Hermana every time we went by. Ah! I wish I could have taken her here
with me! The other family was very special as well, the mom was blind,
but we gave her the hiymns and the book of mormon on tape and she had a
strong testimony. However, lets get to talking about my area now. Um to
sum it up in 3 words.....I LOVE IT! The members here are really special!
If you were to compare my two areas its like night and day. We are in a
ward, that is run very similar to the wards in the states. Our Bishop
is super sweet and calls us his daughters. He actually has a daughter
that is serving in Belize I think. Anyway he says that he has a lot of
respect for us and says that he's always there if we need anything. The
members are amazing as well! We are in a richer area, I would probably
say the "Beverly Hills" of the Dominican so most of them have cars and
whenever they drive by they always offer to give us rides. They also
love to work with the missionaries! One day we were walking to an
appointment and a member saw us and chased us down to give us a
reference. That DEFINITELY doesn't happen every day. I hope your being
good members and giving references to the missionaries!! Just as the
members are super loving towards us, our investigators have just as much
love if not more! It's so easy to love these people here! Well we are
definitely seeing miracles here. My companion and I set up 7 baptismal
dates since I've been here! I'm so amazed and excited to see their
progress and growth in the gospel! Another blessing is that their
accents here aren't as thick as they are in Bonao, so I can actually
understand them a LOT clearer than where I was haha. Well I'm going to
close for now, but I love you guys so much and pray for you always!
Love,
Hermana Van Woerkom
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