Meet Sister Welch July 25, 2022 (out of order)

Talofa friends!

This week was SO good!!! I LOVE LIFE AND I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY! God is amazing and this gospel is TRUE!

☆ Everyone meet my new companion, Sister Welch! She is the best and I love her so much. This was her first week in the mission field and oh my, was it memorable!! For the first 3 days, we had back to back lessons and it was really busy. So many of the lessons though were just FILLED with the spirit. We were both able to testify boldly of the truth and the spirit was powerful. I love it and i love seeing people be able to recognize that spirit too! Sister Welch is such an amazing missionary and I know this is going to be a good transfer.

☆ We had a lesson with our favorite, Ave!!! She has been listening to the Book of Mormon this week and says she can't stop. She loves it so much. We were able to talk about baptism and she said how when she first started meeting with us, she was so afraid of what her family and friends were going to say/do if she got baptized. But now, all she cares about is what God thinks of her. We read in Enos and she and the fellowship began to cry! It was amazing. We invited her to be baptized and she said yes! She's going to pray about a day!! God is truly changing hearts.

☆ American flag Roger came to church yesterday and LOVED it. The whole time he was telling people how "Sister Coon saved me" lol. He feels very grateful but I keep telling him it was God. We invited him to pray about a day to be baptized and he was so excited!

☆ the Cabrera's are getting baptized, August 5th!

☆ Eddie is getting baptized, August 13th!

The work of the Lord is moving along so fast and people are just ready to accept the gospel. I really am just in awe.

☆ We gave talks yesterday in church about the temple and they went really well! One guy came up to us after, shook our hands, put his hand on his heart, and with tears in his eyes, said "temples" and then he got choked up and walked away. It was so special and I'm grateful to see that the spirit was able to touch someone's heart.

☆ Our car is in the shop this week and Sister Welch doesn't have a bike yet so everyone be looking out for some good miracles in my email next week because I'm sure we'll see lots. Wish us luck #walkingmode lol

Okay love you all!!! Have a wonderful week and know that I love you but more importantly, God loves you!!!

xoxo sister coon

Pictures!!

(Monday night Sister Thomsen said bye to lots of people so we were able to get pictures with some friends we're teaching/members)

- paris family

- jackie & veronica

- cabrera family

- letuli family

- OUR GIRL AVE

- picking up our brand new missionaries!

- district council 

- pioneer day celebration! such a party!!

- the Samoan's did cultural dances at the celebration and it was amazing!

- I love my Samoan family♡

- this was after we had a lesson at a Samoan's home. They did NOT leave you empty handed. Literally, our fridge is stocked FULL with food. They're the best