Hermana Emily Barlow: THERE IS SUNSHINE IN MY SOUL TODAY!

I am finally in Texas!!! Wow, words can't even describe how excited I am to finally be here! The humidity is definitely a thing, but it's not as bad as I thought. What else, I met a dog named Han Solo, and I've already seen a dead armadillo on the side of the freeway, so there's that haha! It was definitely a transition coming back to the States. It's weird seeing walmarts and having everyone drive normal on the roads haha :) but the food is AMAZING! Texan's definitely know how to do their barbecue :)

So unfortunately my first area isn't Spanish speaking, but I'm so excited cause I'm assigned to a YSA ward! My area is on the edge of San Antonio, 10 minutes away from the UTSA campus. I LOVE THE PEOPLE HERE! It is seriously so cool working with and teaching people who are around my same age. It's awesome :) My companion is Hermana Nalder and she is the cutest! She's been out for 14 months so she definitely knows what she is doing, but I love her cause she is so patient with me. And we're just having the greatest time working with the young single adults!
2 big miracles this week! On Friday, we taught Amber, it was her 2nd lesson and we taught her about the Plan of Salvation. Hermana Nalder had told me that during their first lesson she didn't respond a lot, but she was super interested during our lesson! She especially loved hearing about the Atonement, and she basically told us that she is thinking of converting! Yay!

So our other miracle... we got a referral of a guy named Sam from one of the senior Elders who works at the institute. Sam had a strong impression to walk into the Institute last Wednesday and said he was really interested in learning more about our church. He barely knows anything about Christianity, so we sat down with him yesterday and discussed with him our belief in God and introduced him to the Book of Mormon. We are so excited to see how things go with him!

I love y'all so so much! Being a part of the Lord's work is the best thing in the world, and I'm so blessed to be surrounded by the best people here in San Antonio :)

Hermana Barlow