October 16th

Dear all,
I hope you all had an amazing week. Carrollton area is amazing. I love serving here. On Thursday we had zone Conference. We had to leave two hours early to get there because traffic is so bad, but zone Conference was so I can't believe it's already
half way through the month! People at the visitor center are already setting up all the thousands of Lights! It's the 40th year, for Festival of Lights.
 This past week, Sister Kunz and I were at the visitor center at
ton! It's been getting more and more busier with tourists and
visitors. We were able to teach a really sweet young Vietnamese
couple, who lives in the area. They randomly just stopped in to the see the Temple. We were able to give them a tour and teach them about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon. When we gave them each a copy of the Book of Mormon in Vietnamese, they said, "Wow we are going to read this tonight". They both are Catholic, which was great because we were able to take what they already knew and add to it. They loved everything about the visitor center. Before they left, they each asked
us to share our testimonies and how the church has blessed us, in our lives. It was a sweet opportunity, to bear a simple testimony, about the gospel.
Our investigators, are doing awesome! Taiwo has now come to church
three times! He really enjoys it! Yesterday, there was a child's
baptism, for Oreo (recent convert's son). It was great because, Taiwo was able to stay and watch. Oreo and Taiwo are from the same tribe, in Nigeria which is awesome! I love Taiwo so much. He had a huge smile on his face the entire time. Also our cute family, the Bundors came to church! This is their second
week! They are the cutest family! We have a lesson schedule, with them tomorrow!
This week while I was at the visitors center, I saw a lady at the temple model who looked familiar. It turns out that I have never met her, but she grew up in Moses Lake and is somehow related to a lot of people I know. It was really great to talk to her. She has 4 girls about the same ages as me and my sisters and her husband is the bishop in their ward.
Another great experience that we had at the visitors center was on Friday when a super cute young couple came walking in with their baby. They are from California and live out here now. They know a lot about the church and actually had just gone to an LDS church two weeks ago. Their best friends in California are members and they know a lot. She watches Mormon messages and had great things to say. We got to teach them and ended up having the best time with them. They loved the idea of eternal families and ended up writing down all of their info for missionaries to come teach them more. It was a huge miracle and I was so grateful to be able to see that happen.
I love you all and hope that you have a great week. Thank you for your prayers, I am truly grateful for them.
Love Sister Haertling