hello!
this last week has been a fun week here! it has decided that it likes to hail now, so we have had two hail storms that were pretty crazy. i have never seen hail stick to the ground like snow, that makes walking up driveways and decks pretty interesting... there may have been an incedent or two with someone slipping down the stairs of a slippery deck coated in ice but no one was seriously injured so its all good!!
this week was transfers and elder aiken and i are staing in issaquah again! im excited and the wards were pretty happy that we didnt leave either!
this last sunday i had the opportunity to speak at a stake leadership training. it was a really neat experience because i have never been to one of them let alone had to speak there! things turned out great though. i was pretty proud of my self because i think it was the first talk that i did'nt talk really fast!!! elder aiken was asked to speak at the stake youth fireside that night and that was really good too. he spoke with a returned mission president and they talked to the youth about the best way to do missionary work is to have your own testimony of the gospel. i thought that was such a good point, if we dont have a testimony that the gospel is true how can we help others and tell them what we beleive when they ask us. it made me think of the change that i have had in my mission and that change happened when i had my own testimony and i had no doubt that this is true. when i knew that, missionary work changed and i think it does in everyones lives too. gaining our own testimony is probably the best thing we can do for ourselves and for others.
elder oaks comes this week and im so excited i can't wait for that!
life here is good though the sister missionaries are teaching someone in the library here right now. the person they are teaching lives in our area so i think we just got a new invesigator!! miracles happen!
love you all have a great week
elder berry
