Call us Betty Crocker + Paula Dean

So I forgot my list at home of things to say so that always puts a damper on things.. So remember the pictures of our kitchen last week! Well it hit us on Tuesday that means we now have counter space to cook!! And so naturally instead of cooking we have just been baking up a storm!! But for real, usually we make something a day. It's so fun!! We probably shouldn't go this hard but with transfers next week this could be our last week together so we have to live it up!! Don't worry though we give most of them away after having a slice though because we don't wanna pack on the pounds. We even made a two layer cake!! Which means there is a few things I would like recipes of: mud pie, kathi's subway sugar cookies with icing, energy bites (with peanut butter and coconut) manacotti, lasagna, apple crisp, homemade oreos, spaghetti casserole (jennifer swainston), and your cream of mushroom chicken enchiladas. jajaja

Things are great here but the Branch is really struggling. Please pray for them that they can be active and do their callings and be excited about missionary work. We are trying to strengthen their testimonies so they can help others gain testimonies!!This week while teaching our recent convert in the lady that he rents from came outside and asked if we could come inside and say a prayer for her dead aunt. So we walked in and the aunt was just chilling in her casket and so yeah that was fun...We got chased by a pitbull :( While I had a glass pan in my basket that we had just borrowed from the Quintanas to make our dessert for the night. It was SCARY.

Our investigators are good. We had to drop a few this week but we are finding others. Pray for Sergio that when we teach the Word of Wisdom this week that goes well, I don't think he smokes just drinks sometimes. And pray for Maria too that she will give up coffee and smoking and that she can understand why we don't worship saints or the virgin mary. While explaining to here this week she was so sweet and just started bawling because she knows it is wrong it is just such a huge part of the culture!! Pray for Raquel too, we did the baptismal interview questions with her and she is all set!...But she will not leave her other church so if she still won't after this week we will have to drop her too :( I hate dropping people but it is so important! Sometimes right now is just not people's time.

Anyway we are so blessed. The church is the best!! This week I was studying the talks from the Women's conference and we are a part of the best "sisterhood." Then it made me think of my sisters, cousins, aunts, friends, and mommy! I have the best ones ever!! And we are so lucky!! We really can make such a difference in people's lives!! One quote I read this week was "Every unselfish act of service we do increases our spirituality. God would use us to bless others!" I love it!! I know we are here to serve and to help one other on the path home to our Heavenly Father and Mother!

xoxo con amor Hermana Slade

Line of the Week: Adam: I just really want a canine!!