You aren't really a missionary until you bike like a missionary

Being a missionary is great. We started a car fast in our mission. So on Thursday we are supposed to use the car as little as possible. Sister Hanninen and I thought it would be a good idea to use bikes on this day and so we have been doing that and I have to say biking in a skirt is pretty exciting. I love being outside all day though and having the opportunity to talk to everyone, even though I am not very good at that all the time. I have also found a new respect for the elders that bike all day everyday. It is hard, especially when it is hot. It has been like 100 degrees here lately. this is the last week of my third transfer and I am probably going to be leaving. I don't want to though a lot is starting to happen we are teaching a lot of people and they are all pretty promising. I have also really connected with April and I am going to miss her so much. Yesterday at church she told me that if I leave this will be the first transfer that she has cried when missionaries have left. I probably will too she is awesome and I love her so much. The other day we were at her house and they have Gecko's and Sister Hanninen hates them so I thought I would just put one on her shoulder when she wasn't looking. She just sat there and told me to take him off and that she hated me and  it was pretty hilarious but then I think God was telling me that I need to be nice to my companion because once I took the Gecko off of her it peed and pooped on me. I freaked out and it was really nasty but April got a good laugh. 

This week I have been thinking a lot about how blessed I am to be here on this mission even though a lot of the times I don't feel as if I am the most effective instrument Heavenly Father could have picked. But I know that he has a purpose for me here and I know that the more I have come to rely on Him and trust Him the happier I have become. At the beginning of my mission I was just constantly thinking about how much I sucked at how much I needed to improve and I felt like I was constantly trying to be the perfect missionary. But now I realize that I am nothing without Christ and as long as I am obedient, and I work hard He will take care of the rest. There is nothing more that I can do. How great is that!? I can't do anything other than my best and God accepts that. I think that is pretty cool. 

So Facebook! We get to start using Facebook probably this week I think.... But I will be using the Facebook that I had at home and I am going to be using it for proselyting purposes only so please don't try to message me or write me on there. I will not respond. Not because I don't want to but because I want to be obedient because God is my boss and I don't want to break His rules, and you shouldn't want me to either :) haha.  We are really excited about it though because we know we will be able to connect with so many more people and it is a huge privilege that the First Presidency has trusted us with. There are only 12 missions out of 405 that are being pilot missions for this and we are one of them. Sorry this email isn't the best I accidentally unplugged my computer while I was emailing and now I am a bit lost with where I was haha but I love you all and I know that God does too! Go share the Gospel with someone and change their lives. Oh also don't mail me this week after Wednesday because if I get transferred it will not get to me.