sta Po Kayo,

This week as been one of the hardest

and yet one of the most rewarding

weeks of my mission thus far. I have

felt since Thursday when we said

goodbye to Sister Soriano at

transfers that Sister Laureo has

really been looking to me as her

follow up trainer and I have felt

the true weight of the work of a

senior companion for the first time.

I am finding that as I put in more

work and more effort to thinking of

the people and spending time that I

would have in the past considered

personal or free time thinking

constantly of what we can do to help

our investigators progress.

Our companionship studies have also

changed a lot now being two instead

of three and we are spending a lot

more time focusing on the individual

needs or our investigators. We

discuss how we feel as a

companionship we can help them to

progress. I know we have both felt

closer to those that we teach here

this week and as we have given our

all to the work, that being said

this is also a part of why we've have

had a tough week because I can feel

it for myself and see in my

companion that we just want so

badly for our investigators to make

the right choices and come closer to

Christ. I suppose we are just learning

more of the heavenly virtue of

patience and perseverance in trials

this week. I cannot say I was not

frightened for my companion last

night as I waited for Elder Chase

(The senior couple) to come and

take her to the emergency room, but

as I sang hymns to her and tried my

best to comfort her I felt the comfort

of the spirit of the Lord surround

us both. She suffered a spell of

severe cramps in her abdomen and

after being given some very strong

pain killers.This morning she looks

to be doing much better and is just

exhausted from last night, I am making

sure that she rests well and drinks

plenty of water.
I am so thankful to still be

companions with Sister Lauero. I can

just see in her sweet spirit just

how much she wants to always do her

best and because of her example I

have felt a renewed sense of love

and dedication to this work and a

desire to be a better missionary.

As I kneel in prayer at the end of

each night I feel the love of the

Lord for me and my companion and his

pleasure with our efforts to continue

his work, and for me that makes it

all worth it and gives me strength.

I love you all and miss you lots.

With love,

Sister Quinn

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