Here's a good story for you. On Sunday I had decided that since I hadn't heard anything from you guys that no news was good news. We went to a baptism that night in Bella Vista and while we were driving home President Albright called us. In my experiences, when President calls it's not usually a good thing. My companion answered the phone and told him that we were on our way home with a member so he told her to have me call him when we got home. She asked if everything was okay and he said, "Yeah, I just wanted to talk with her about her mom." We were supposed to get home about 30 minutes after that, but our member ride missed one of the exits and the ride got a whole lot longer as we were trying to find a way to turn around and get back where we needed to be. So this whole time I was thinking, "Great. He got news from my family, something was wrong..." It was a rough ride home. Then we got to our apartment and I called him and he starts chatting with me. Asking about the new area. If we're getting to know the members, etc. Then he asks, "So how's your home life?" It was then that I figured out that he hadn't heard anything, he was just curious to know how I was handling everything. All that worry for nothing! Thanks President! So I am in the Stafford branch now. We are whitewashing the area. My companion is Hermana Aulava. She started her mission speaking english and they switched her over to spanish speaking 6 weeks ago. Our area is MONSTROUS. There aren't a whole lot of hispanics, either. It's a lot like Fillmore. The only places we really find hispanics are in trailer parks. There has been a lot of drama going on in the branch lately and all the people we have been talking to are so grateful to have sisters back in the area. Our branch president said that when he found out that they were sending sisters back in that he started to cry. When we met the ward mission leader and he was talking to us he also started to cry and told us that we were going to be the thing that started to heal all of the wounds that there are in the branch. I'm not going to lie, that was a little intimidating to hear my first day in the area. It's been a little bit frustrating trying to get accustomed to the area, get to know the members, and find investigators. But we know that we're going to see a lot of miracles. You guessed right, Mom. I do get really homesick for my old area. When we went back for the baptism it made it even worse. I saw how familiar everything was to me and I thought of how stable I felt there because I knew where to go and there weren't as many problems between the ward members. I was wanting to go back so badly. However, I know that I am where the Lord wants me and that I need to serve the people of Stafford. I have a feeling that I'm going to learns TONS here. Hermana Aulava thinks that I'll be here until the end of my mission. We'll see... I love you all and I'm praying for you! Have a good week! Love,Hermana Larsen