Kaye "Where's Miss Berch?" Sister Nash "She's in Petal." Kaye "I'll Petal her butt!" Exchanges in a nutshell :)

Hey Yall!!! I had a good week. I don't have a lot of time, so let me tell you a little about it & send you some pictures.  


 We went catfishing! Fun Fact: Catfish are nasty and they never die. Even while you are skinning and filleting them. They twitch and move around through everything. I won't go into more detail, but that's what I learned. Also Sister Nash caught a fish on her first cast and I was jealous :) 

MLC is one of my favourite things! Best group of missionaries out here, for sure. Good things are in store for this mission! We took selfies with President and Sister Olson :) And I love my companion.

 This is Elder Smith! He's from SE Calgary and we thought that was pretty cool. I haven't been able to talk much about hockey and Canadian things, so that was exciting. 

 Elder Boehme and Elder Blair joined us on the road trip!
We took the classic watermelon (fail) and car selfie pictures :) 

 Exchanges with Sister Elms! This sweetie goes home in three weeks and I can't believe it. I'm holding on to her as long as I can :) 

 I wish you all could know how much I love it here. I share so many pictures because I want yall to see how happy I am to be a missionary! God's been giving me lots of reasons to smile lately. So many funny things happen to me as a missionary. And I see countless little miracles! 


On Saturday Sister Nash and Sister Williams ran into Tyrel on the street, he said he'd always meant to visit our church and agreed to come. AND THEN HE ACTUALLY CAME! He walked all the way to the building Sunday morning, caught half of Sacrament meeting, had a really confusing lesson on the Millennium, and was taught the law of tithing in Priesthood. We asked him how he liked Church and he said "it was okay!" We'll be explaining a lot of things on Tuesday, and if this guy keeps coming to Church he is a miracle :)  

Kaye is doing alright, she quit smoking for a little while, but is struggling again. Keep her in your prayers! I see such brilliant, blinding potential in her, but she doesn't see it in herself! I know that's a struggle for all of us. We see our flaws and weaknesses much easier than our strengths and potential. I know that's true for me! As a missionary I feel like all my weaknesses are displayed to the world on a silver platter.. so I'm working on strengthening them! I can only imagine that Kaye feels the same way, and I admire her bravery and determination to stay on the path to baptism. I will love her all the way through this! I know she can do it.

I love being a missionary, I love the South, and I love yall!
Have a blessed week! 

Sister Bartsch