My ankle brace has become a part of me.
This was with the Childress sisters. Like 10 minutes away from Oklahoma!

Hello family and so many people that I love dearly! This week was fabulous! Just as an update, my ankle is doing MUCH better. I can walk enough to do the work. And I've been taking it easy, because today we have to turn in our car to get it worked on for about a week. Which means biking everywhere with my hurt ankle! Pray for me. But I think I should be fine, because I've been taking really good care of it this week. My companion kinda forced me too, because we wanted to make sure we could still get out and work this week!

Anyway, our week was AMAZING! We had so much fun, and saw so many blessings. Plus, with the transfer coming to an end, we finished up with exchanges and we now have a full week and a half without having to leave our area. I am pumped to get good work done!

Speaking of exchanges, they were great this past week. We went to Childress, about 100 miles away from our area for a day with the sisters there! It was great. That place is golden for missionary work and the people are amazing. I don't think I have ever been hugged by so many strangers in my entire life! And they needed help with contacting all their Spanish people, so basically that's what I did. Talked a whole lot of Spanish! I'm not sure how much I was able to teach the sister I was with, but it was fun.  The sisters there are amazing. One of them knows Chrystal! She wasn't her student, but she would hang out in her class all the time. That was fun to find out!

So, teaching this week was great. Our investigator Megan, the one who was married last week, is ready now to be baptized! She is so excited about it too. I've only been able to teach her like once, because she has been so busy with school and her wedding, but now we are getting back into teaching and getting her ready! I had a super amazing experience at her wedding that I didn't share last week. But I was able to share that with her as we taught her this week, and it was truly wonderful. We were both in tears, and the spirit was strong. I am excited for her to now be baptized and get ready to be sealed a year from that day!

Also, I taught my oldest investigator ever this week! A 90 year old man named Zane! It was so fun! He is the cutest, and cried the whole way through. I loved teaching him, and I know he has been given this time for a purpose. It's time for him to accept the gospel!

Our investigator Tim is doing great too! He didn't come to church:( Which totally broke our hearts! But he is still doing really well besides that. So pray for him to wake up and make it to church! This week, we taught him almost everyday. He is changing so much, and even noticing how he is changing. He is making talking with us a priority, he prays in lessons now, and he has been reading what we ask him to read between lessons. This gospel truly changes people, and I love being able to watch it. We had a super cool experience last night. We brought one of the recent converts to the lesson, and it was PERFECT. Tim has a friend, Omar, who always is there when we show up, but he sneaks out before the lesson. But last night, he decided to stay, but didn't really say anything. Before the lesson, we had decided to teach the plan of salvation, but had no idea why. It was for Omar! As we taught about Christ's Atonement, he started responding really well. He started asking questions about if he could really change and how he could do it. He asked about our personal experiences, and all three of us were able to testify of how the gospel has personally changed us. Even Tim, our investigator began to tell him about how it has changed his life since we have met him! It was seriously amazing! Omar then told us a story about how one time, sister missionaries talked to him and his friends while they were drinking. He ignored them and crumpled up the picture of Christ they gave him. That night, he got in a huge head on collision and just about died. The first thing he saw after was that picture of Christ as it fell out of His pocket. He paused for just a bit, and then said that he hopes God will give him this second chance to fix his life. And I know with all my heart that He will! This gospel is about second, third, and forever more chances. We can always change!

I love this gospel, I love being a missionary, and I love you all so much! And I hope this week is great for you!

Hermana Peck