"God bless us all for green chili!" -Ulysses in Testimony Meeting

It's NOVEMBER already? Wow, yall. 

This week was super powerful lessons. Sunny is one of the boldest people I know and taking her out to teach with us is always incredible. Long story short, a sweet lady who hadn't been to church in over 6 years was back in church this week :) 

We met some really cool people, too! One morning, we were knocking doors in the rain.. rejection after rejection. And this guy across the street waved us over. We knew it was either really good or he was telling us to leave his neighborhood. But we hustled over there and introduced himself. Turns out he was really nice! And REALLY excited to see us. His name is Antwan, he had been meeting with the missionaries last year and was really liking it but lost contact with them. Since then he's gotten married and has a beautiful blended family. He feels much more ready to learn the Gospel and we have an appointment with him tomorrow! 

Charles came to church again this week :) We have found him a friend and I can feel his heart changing, it's so fun! He still won't accept baptism, but his excitement for the Gospel is growing. 

Also, our ward  had a trunk-or-treat and a few of the people we are teaching came! Someone had made green chili and the weekly quote is Ulysses bearing his testimony about how great the ward is. I wholeheartedly agree.  My district had a Halloween party on Saturday and that was fun, too. I guess the new thing is to take gross group selfies. I will forever wish that I got better pictures :) 

I'm pretty much constantly praying for our mission today and the rest of this month. Every companionship is going to help a person or family accept the Gospel and be baptized! I've got a whole lot of faith and I'm anticipating some wonderful miracles. Pray for us!

Romans 8:24-25 :)

Have a blessed week!

Sister Bartsch

PS. Brother Maxey (recent convert) was a close second place for the weekly quote. He bore his testimony and said "So many people have seen the dark in me, now they see the light, and they don't know WHAT got up on 'em!"

Sisters with a sense of humor.  Sister wives at the district Halloween party!