Julyy 22nd letter from Sister Randall

Can you believe it's been 5 months now? I still feel like I just got to the mid west and now I'm nearly a 1/3 of the way through my mission! 

Lawrence is doing good. We are a little low on the investigator side of things but we are working really close with the ward members to find more people to teach. One sister in our ward is amazing, she always has a nonmember at the RS activities each month. This month she brought a lady whose daughter is friends with her daughter. They met in Walmart Thursday morning and she invited her to come to the activity that night. It was a great way to introduce her to the gospel. We were able to talk to her for a little bit afterwards about the church and prophets (we watched a conference talk that Elder Ballard gave on families in 2005). She was really open and excited about the church. She said she is new to the "whole religion thing" and is open to learn more! Sister Bird just called us a couple of hours ago and said that her friend is coming to dinner tonight and she has invited her to church on Sunday already! We need more members like her! We are really excited to get to teach her tonight.

We are working a ton with the active members right now to get them excited about the Lord's work. We got to speak in church yesterday...that was fun. I'm not one for speaking in church but it didn't turn out too bad. I hope someone got something out of my talk. One positive thing, the ward RS sisters are now doing whats called "Team up Tuesday's" with us. We are supposed to have a team up with someone every Tuesday night where we will go and meet with their friends. I really hope it encourages them to find their friends that are prepared for the gospel. It really does make our job a whole lot easier/effective when the members do the finding. I hope you guys back home are helping the missionaries! Tracting is no fun!!

Sister Prince and I are doing much better. The adjustment period is really difficult as a missionary but I think once you get past that it is a whole lot easier. We actually work really well together and I'm excited to get to work with her more. It's funny to hear the reactions of people when they hear she is from MO. She usually gets "Oh your not very far from home! Or, Were you disappointed when you got your call?" and I always get "Oh, a Mormon from Utah!" It's pretty comical. Life is good though Sister Prince and I haven't had a chance to take a picture together yet so we will try and do that this week :) 

We got to meet President and Sister Bell on Thursday! They are sooo cute. Oh and their picture that i sent...it's like 20 years old. I didn't even recognize them when they walked in! Sister Bell is amazing! I already love her so much and can't wait to see her again. President Bell on the other hand is someone that will take some getting used to. But he will be amazing he just needs to grow into his calling a little bit. I can only imagine how stressed out they are! Sister Bell though is seriously so amazing!

Well you guys have a fantastic 24th of July! It's so weird being in a state that doesn't celebrate Pioneer day, I almost forgot about it! :) Love you guys!!

-Sister Randall