I'm leaving Doral. I'm heartbroken. Number one reason: this guy.
He's going to get baptized soon. We just have to wait a bit longer, but he is awesome. Last night we taught him about temples. He said that he can tell something sacred happens there just by looking at the pictures. He is wonderful. He calls us " mis ninas" and "mis angelitas" all the time. I might cry when I leave him. Every time we go over there, he goes and gets us an orange, cuts it down the middle, and we eat it while we try to keep the juice off of our scriptures. He is like another grandpa. It's breaking my heart just thinking about leaving him.
Also, this family.
They are some of our "returning members." We love them. We went to serve them the other day and we ended up just folding close and eating their food. THey are lovely. I am so excited to hear about their progress in the church. We miraculously found Madalyn and her family when I first got to Doral. We visited her through the last little bit. She was a little reluctant to come back to church, but the last time we saw her, she told us that her daughter had called her and started asking her about the church. She got to share her testimony. She then started to cry and told us that she knew that God had provided the opportunity to help her grow her faith. We shared some doctrine with her and told her about the temple as well. She absolutley BEEMED when we told her about the open house. I know that the Lord sends us to "returning members" as well as investigators. They are aweosme.
These girls.
There are a whole ton of reasons, but I've just really grown to love this area. The people are wonderful and I love the missionaries that I serve with. I feel like I leave on my mission again every time that I leave an area. It's rough, but I know that I will find wonderful people wherever I go. At least I'm not like poor Sister Smaellie. She is getting a newbie!!! She is going to rock it here in Doral.
Well, Ive got to get packing and stuff. I'll let you know next P-Day what happens. I'm FREAKING OUT!! I love you all!
Hermana Gardner
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