HEY Y'ALL!

hello hello to all of my favorite people!! 

I MADE IT TO GEORGIA!!! it is so insanely beautiful here it just makes me smile all the time. when i pictured georgia, this is what i thought of. 

SO.. my first area is Villa Rica! my trainer, sister smith (yes, another sister smith), & i are opening a brand new area!! woohoo! & to make it even better.. THEY JUST FORMED A WARD HERE AND HAVEN'T EVEN MET YET!!! WOOO!! lots of challenges happening with that, but we are so confident that this well be the best place ever! we are stoked. 

we have witnessed so many miracles since being here. are you ready?! so one of our investigators is Donna, she is an elderly lady who lost her husband about a year ago. as we were meeting with her she told us that the week the missionaries came by that she was contemplating taking her own life because she was so lonely. HELLO MIRACLE. she has so much faith and knows how important it is to act on that faith. SHE IS GETTING BAPTIZED!! she told us her whole life story and we just can't wait for her to receive all the blessings of the restored gospel. 

we did have a discouraging moment here this past week. we had a mom, her name is Monica, & her two youngest sons had just gotten baptized and she was on track to do the same. we went to go teach her on saturday to make sure she was progressing & we found out that she was in jail. SO YIKES. i have faith that she will be able to make it through this trial and use the atonement in her life! she is so great and so ready for the gospel! 

we have so many investigators & trying to keep up with them is sometimes stressful!! especially when they don't answer their phones. but since this is a brand new ward we are trying to focus on some less active members & help them feel our love and the love that Christ has for them too! the bishop here is so supportive, he is actually from Mesa, & he is willing to help us out with whatever we need. so great. 

my companion is from Hawaii and will be ending her mission in December! so i get to kill her off.. ;) we love the people here & we are able to put both of our strengths and weaknesses together to form the best duo! we currently sleep on air mattresses because we have to share an apartment with the other sisters who are also opening a new area, but it is awesome and we make the best of it all! 

i am so excited for another week here in GA! i can't wait to hear from the leaders of this gospel this weekend! everyone watch it & go with a question you have & i promise it will get answered! 

i love you all! go feed the missionaries!! they are hungry. ;) 

here are some pictures of the lovely town i am in! 

love Y'ALL,

sister bell.