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Hola a todos!!! Happy thursday!!!

Ok crazy news first, we had transfers on Friday and...I'm still here! My sixth transfer in Louisville! Didn't think that was possible, but I'm all for it:). What happened is they combined my first area hurstbourne with my current area Ola and it's me, Hermana Stokes, and Hermana Slade over the whole thing. Kinda wack, but it's so fun to teach my old friends again and I love both of these areas so much. Hermana Leebert abandoned me in La Grange cryyyy, but im so excited for her to bless lives out there, she is such a light to those around her and I know she's gonna love it. It was a little stressful at the beginning of the week because we were just a little at a loss with no instruction and this giant area to cover, but we're figuring it out as we go and even though it's been a lot to take on, I'm always reminding myself that we don't do it alone, we are always side by side with the Savior, laboring in His vineyard, so whatever we can give will be enough, and it will work out the way it's supposed to. 

Something I want to work on this transfer to keep my stress down and not let everything get too overwhelming is to find joy in every day. There are tender mercies all around us, God loves to put them in our path, but we need to seek them, expect the miracles that are there. On Sunday after running around like crazy women during sacrament meeting, we were all just feeling utterly exhausted, I thought I would collapse, and as we were driving to the Vidals house for dinner, they live like 30 min out in the middle of nowhere, its so pretty, we got this gorgeous sunset and it was just green hills and big skies, and then I saw them. Three little horses standing by the fence, and I immediately pulled over obviously. And I finally pet my first ever horse in Kentucky!!! I have been wanting to pet a horse my whole mission, like it was my number one goal, after all the spiritual ones of course, but it just never happened until that rough day when I really needed it. They were so cute and we just spent like ten minutes petting horses and watching the sunset. All I could feel was gratitude, in my mind I said thank you God, thank you for letting us know you're aware of us and our sacrifice, and blessing us with these tender mercies. He loves us so much, please never ever doubt that, He loves YOU, He is perfectly aware of His sons and daughters. You are HIS.

We just had zone conference yesterday and Elder Bowen from the seventy and his wife came to speak to us. He was very clear about what we could do to change and be blessed by our obedience and I appreciated that so much! He talked about false limitations, how so often we doubt ourselves and what we can accomplish, we create these limitations because we don't see all that God sees in us, what He knows we can become. He sees the potential, He sees so much more in us than we can see in ourselves. We just have to learn to trust and have confidence in Him instead of ourselves. All that he taught us wasn't to make us look back on our mission and say wow I wish I'd done that better, it was to say, look forward with an eye of faith and see all that God has in store for you and His children. It wasn't to put us down, but to push us to give our all and see an outpouring of miracles.

Focus on the good this week, days may not always be good, but there is good in every day. Your circumstances aren't always in your control, so let your attitude be your focus, let Christ be at the center of it all, and you will find the joy, I promise!!!

I love you all, you're in my prayers, have the best week!!!

- Hermana Neil

Photos

- sunset made me fall in love with Kentucky all over again 

- our horsey friends that tried to eat us 

- I'm a horse whisperer 

- sunset x2

- us being cutie cowgirls