Welp, I'm off to Lard

Hi Pretty People,

That's right--I'm being transferred tomorrow and am so so so excited about it! I'll be companions with the coordinating sister, Sister Fernandez, like I thought. She had FIFTEEN investigators to church on Sunday--count it up. 15. We had 0. That was really disappointing for us! But I know the Stockton sisters will see miracles during December so they can have their own White Christmas. It's going to take a lot of hard work with Sister Fernandez; she doesn't mess around--I love it. I'm preparing myself to be overly exhausted and stressed but am really looking forward to it! I'm ready to work. I've been working, of course. You know what I mean. Mom, I am going to Manteca! Manteca means lard in Spanish--yummy. Sister Fernandez says "jummy." :) I've heard the ward is solid in Manteca, so we'll see how this goes! Is it bad that I had sighed with relief about not having to play the piano? Especially with Christmas songs?

I spent a long time writing to President Lewis today in my President's letter (probably my longest and best letter) so I don't have a lot of time to write. And then my letter was lost--system error. Rawr--I'm still a little frustrated about that, but I'll live and he'll live with my 5-line letter.

Umm I went to a wedding this week and then she was baptized the next day (elders' baptism). We went to three baptisms for the elders in the district, had a movie night for investigators (The Testaments--but we skipped out early to visit people). Dinner with the Shields was great--we've been keeping it on the down low--President didn't want us to tell anyone because he hasn't given anyone else permission to see family. We had dinner in a mansion with a lot of white people and American food and football was playing in the background--weird. Sorry I can't write more.

Things are great! Thanks for your letter, Mom. I love the "fly the flag---no more storage unit payment." :)

Love you,
Hermana Brinka