Transfers to Silverlake YSA

Dear family,

Drum roll please...I left Halls Lake YSA on tuesday only to go all the way... to the Silverlake YSA ward, just north of where I was! I could hardly believe it! I was really hoping to stay YSA when I found out I was going to be transferred, but I wasn't getting my hopes up since there are so few YSA wards in our mission, and even fewer that have sisters in them, but what do you know, my wish came true! I love the Silverlake ward! Not that there's anything wrong with old people, but serving in a ward with and teaching young single adults is basically the greatest!

My companion is Sister Bartsch, from Berlin, Germany! She is a powerhouse missionary and I am so grateful for that! Last week I was praying to be put with a sister who really knows why she is out here and who would be willing to work hard so that the Lord could bless us with miracles, and Sister Bartsch is outstanding in so many ways! We have decided that our companionship needs to be exactly obedient. We work hard and listen to the spirit and I know that the Lord is going to bless us so much this transfer!

Unfortunately most of the investigators here dropped Sister Bartsch and Sister Sinclair last week, but we are on the uphill climb and we are going to be spending a lot of time at Everett Community College contacting people this week in order to find new investigators. We do have one investigator who is preparing to be baptized that we are very excited about. Her name is Kenna, and a few weeks ago her roommate introduced her to the gospel. She has jumped headfirst into investigating since then, and she is truly converted! She says that "I don't want to be called an investigator, because I'm not investigating, I already know that it's true." It's all about the member connections. The Lord needs your help in order for the work to actually hasten the way that it is supposed to! :)

This week for Mothers Day I studied mothers in the scriptures and the qualities that women posses because of motherhood being part of their divine role and nature. I remembered a scripture in Moses 6:59 that stood out to me in a devotional I listened to while i was at BYU. (Go look it up right now before you keep reading!)The Book of Mormon talks about how all things testify of Christ, and I think it is so amazing that we as women are also a type of Christ. Just as we bring new life into the world through "water, and blood, and the spirit," Christ is the one who allows us to have new life through those same things. Even women who do not yet have children testify of Christ through who they are and the ways that they strive to follow His example.

Love all y'all! Ich liebe dich!

Love, Sister Slade