Hello again family! :) What a beautiful, funny, sleepless, exhausting week!!! After transfers we ended up staying in San Jose until Wednesday. So we returned on Wednesday way late, then on Friday at 3 in the morning we had to take bus to San Jose, but it was so good to talk with Hermana Hubler about everything. We are sooo similar. But something she is way good at doing is making decisions and I’m not, so I’m hoping that’ll rub off on me soon. There’s not enough time to write everything I have learned from Hermana Hubler this week.

Hermana Peters and I were companions again for 3 days. Every time I’m with her I learn something new. I’ve always prayed that if it was God’s will He would put us together as companions but even though we haven’t been companions for a complete transfer I feel so blessed that we have been able to work close by each other. I’m so grateful to have Hermana Peters here with me!

So here are some of the highlights of our week...

Leadership council was soooo amazing. It was so cool because we watched a talk from Elder Rasband and then the next day he got called as an apostle. The meeting was really focused on our callings as missionaries, and how the Lord has put us in this mission because we accepted this calling before we came to earth. My mission president always talks about how our mission is a school for leaders. He is very strict on our appearance, our neatness, and how well we know the scriptures. He is determined to mold us to become more mature leaders in the church. I’ve learned a lot from him. And love him soo soo much. 

We only got to work in our area for one whole day. But it was such a blessing to see the Lord put each person in our path. We knew we didn’t have much time so He helped us use our time wisely. We went to this new area and to be honest I was just acting like I knew where to get off the bus but I didn’t have a clue. So we just got off and we went to the first house we saw. Before we could even tell this Lady who we were she said come on in, so we knew she has had experience with missionaries. We found out that her four children are members but she isn’t because she doesn’t have money to get married. We talked with her about how God is a God of miracles and he will never give us a commandment that we cannot fulfill. Baptism is a commandment so we talked with her about sacrifice and about what sacrifice she can make to get married and baptized as soon as possible.

It’s been such a great adventure this week. I wish I had more time to tell you. I love this gospel and I love you.

Hermana Fowler

An excerpt from Hermana Hubler’s (Anna’s companion) blog entry on September 29^th. – Kendra

“I had changes!!! Guess where I'm going and who I'm with?! I'm going to....GUANACASTE. I am going to be a sister training leader there with...........HERMANA FOWLER! She is one of my best, best friends here and it’s pretty much a dream come true. We are still in awe because we are such good friends and we have the same goals and we want to work SO HARD. She likes to walk fast and I like to walk fast so it rocks. :) haha! But seriously it’s like having a sister.”