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Hey all!

Thanks so much for your letters of support an warm fuzzies :) Speaking of warm fuzzies, that's sweet that the Latvian (I think?) YSAs gave you a jar of warm fuzzies. You two are doing big things over there in cold eastern europe to heat up the culture. I think Latinos would die living there because everyone is so much more reserved and defensive and cold....

My new companion is Hermana Ruiz and is from Guatemala. I sort of wanted a North American and sort of not just because it'd be fun to have culture in common for once but it'd also be hard because she wouldn't speak any spanish. Monday night and Tuesday night while we waited for our companions my old companion from Volcan, Hermana Garcia, and another awesome hermana from Costa Rica (Hermana Matarita) stayed with me in my area. It was so good to be together again and even more fun because Hermana Garcia served in this area about 6 months ago so she got to see some of her converts and a few members.

Our companions got here Tuesday night and we got paired up Wednesday afternoon. I feel weird being in the Big Kids Club, and all the sudden I feel a hundred times more stressed out. I feel a lot more personally responsible for everything that's happening (or not happening) in our area, and I feel so inadequate sometimes. But the awesome part is that I don't have to do it alone--God knows more than I do, and I know that if I trust in Him things will be ok.Thanks for your kind words Dad, your letters always inspire me :)

This week we've found quite a few new people who are really positive and who don't have any big impediments (like having to get marrie first or stop smoking). wahoo!! We're teaching three couples who are learning and growing but who still need to get married and the boyfriends don't want to, even after they have 6 kids and 13 years together. I know, it doesn't make sense. But they're reading and praying together and it's awesome seeing how they're starting to show little acts of faith.

Ahh I feel stressed out because I don't know how much time I have left and I can't organize my thoughts well.

This week is Holy Week so lots of people have school and work off and leave to go on vacation. Since yesterday was Palm Sunday we saw a couple different processions in the street of people with their palm leaves walking and singing with a little kids in a toga riding on a donkey. It was pretty cool actually. My compañera told me that in Guatemala they make carpets of flowers and block off some of the roads during all of Holy week and I'm wondering if they do it here too.


Welp I think I'm out of time so I better go. Love you all!

Love, Hermana Dance

I'm studying Chapter 5 in Preach My Gospel about the Book of Mormon and I found this verse:
2 Nefi 33:10 it's so easy, if we really believe in Christ, we're going to believe in the Book of Mormon.