Sister Katie Coon: It's not a sacrifice!

My Awesome Family!

HI! How are you all doing? It is so fun to think that just in a few days we can talk face to face! I cant believe how fast this last 6 months went. ¡El tiempo esta volando! I am going to be online to skype with you all at 6pm Uruguayo time. (I dont remember what time that is at home.) Also, I dont remember my skype account...i thought I would remember my password and username, but 6 months later..I have no idea haha. Mom, could you make me another account and then send me an email before Sunday of the information? I am so excited!

This week was so awesome, exhausting, spiritual high...all in one. Tuesday, I traveled to my first "Concilio" or ("Counsel") with President Cook. Its a council of about 25 missionaries. It was wonderful and we talked about different ideas for the retencion in the mission. Thursday and Friday, Hermana Ots and I, had intercambios with other Hermanas. I worked in my old area in Melo with Hermana Burbank from Canada. We had such a great time. The Lord blesses us immensely with miracles during intercambios. The other day was with Hermana Diaz from Peru!

My heart can just burst with happiness. This morning, as Hermana Ots and I were waiting for the cyber to open to write you, we saw one of our sweet investigators, Rosaura. She is Marcos´mom. Literally, the Lord put us in her path and the right place and the right time. I saw her walking, she saw me and she ran to me and gave me theee biggest hug and kiss on the cheek that I have ever received. She then told us about the experience that she had had just this morning as she was praying. She told us she was praying this morning for an answer if the church was really true and if she should be baptized. She told us with tears in her eyes that she KNEW it was true and that she will be baptized on May 17th. She then began to describe her feelings, like there was fire inside of her and she couldnt stop smiling. She then began to tell us literally jumping up and down that she will never miss a week of church. This is true conversion. Writing this just makes me so grateful and so happy. We cried tears of joy and hugged. I love her so much!

This morning, I was studying Mosiah 2 and was thinking about the mission and blessings from the mission. The mission is not a sacrifice at all....always the Lord blesses us much more than we give. We just give a little bit of our time to him (18 months to 2 years as missionaries) and he blesses us an hundred fold. A mission is the most rewarding thing I have ever done. James, Annie, Hannah, Cousins, Friends, Mom and Dad I cant wait until you all can serve missions.

I will see you beautiful faces that I miss and love so much in just a few days!

xoxo,

Hermana Coon

p.s. Grant is coming home so soon! Keep me updated! I sent a letter in the bolsa and I hope it makes it to our home!

Hermana Ots and I on the grounds of the Montevideo Temple for Concilio Tuesday.

The first time I have seen latino babies blonde hair, blue eyes!

A sweet inactive named Ana Diogo. She is the stake presidents daughter and she is coming back to church. We seriously love her. She reminds me a lot of Cousin Natalie.