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Dear everyone,This week we had the opportunity to be trained by brother Hodges andBrother Marc Lusvardi who is in charge of all of the visitor centersaround the world. It was great! We had a training for all the VCsisters on Friday and Saturday, and then for the rest of the week theyworked one on one with us and our companions. We did a lot of roleplaying and practicing how to be better missionaries in the visitorscenter. I learned a lot from it and brother Lusvardi is always so funto be around.We have been meeting with a guy named Sam who is about 28. He ismarried and we tracted in to him about a week ago. He said that he wasinterested in learning more, and so we met with him on Wednesday. Ithought he looked familiar but I didn't know where from. At the end ofthe lesson he was telling us about how he had gone through a roughtime in his life, but was in a support group/program that took himthrough steps to come closer to God and overcome addiction. I told himabout how a recent convert in our ward (Marty) who is about 60 yearsold is in a group like that and we are close friends. He knew exactlywho we were talking about, they were in the same exact group and thenit clicked where I knew Sam from! 4 and a half months ago I saw Samacross the room at one of the Meetings I went to with Marty and SisterFreeman at the meeting Sam was talking about. I never talked to him,but he stood out to me because he was the only person below 50 at themeeting besides us. Then he recognized me too and said he rememberedus coming to the meeting and wondering . It was really cool to see howthere are people all around and you never know who is looking for theexact thing that we have and know to be true.We got to have dinner at a woman's house in our ward, sister Lee. Sheis from Hungary and lives in an apartment on the 24th floor and so youcan see over all of the city even to downtown DC. She made traditionalHungarian food, which was actually really good. She joined the churchabout 2 years ago and is in her 70s.On Sunday the Meenas came to church again! All of the girls lovecoming to class and have made a lot of friends there which is great!They have their interview this week to be baptized and are reallyexcited. We were a little bit nervous about the last part of the 10commandments when we were teaching them is week because of tithing. Wetaught them about why we pay tithing and then asked them what theyunderstood. Lokesh answered and he said, "I contribute 10% of myincome and sacrifice and then God will bless me and my family". Theirfaith is amazing.On Saturday night we had a huge youth fireside at the visitors centerdown in the auditorium. Al Carraway came from Utah (she's the one withthe amazing conversion story and has a book I think it's called thetattoo'd Mormon) to speak and there was a huge turnout! Over 700 youthcame. We filled up every seat in the big auditorium and every otherroom with a screen in it upstairs to broadcast it. We got to meet herafterwards and talk about her life.It's been really cold this week and is supposed to snow a lottomorrow....I hope the weather forecast is wrong though! Have a greatweek!Love, Sister Haertling