May 4: SUMMER!!!!

Hey Family!

This week has been awesome (:

Summer is FINALLY here! It feels so great!!! 

First, Yadira is doing great! Still on track to be baptized 

on the 16th! WOOOO!!!! We are so stoked for her!

We just finished an exchange last night, which was so much 

fun! Sister Mahoni came here with Sister Deakin and I, and 

Sister Fenn went to Damascus with Sister Payne.  While on 

exchanges, we saw so many miracles!

We were talking to Leeann, Ricky, and their 9 yr old son, Earl, 

out on their porch. Doing How To Begin Teaching. We were 

about to talk about the Holy Ghost when the Santos family, 

who knows these 3, came walking down the road to come over 

for dinner! BOOM! Member Present! Talk about AMAZING!!! 

As we taught about the Holy Ghost, we asked Leeann what 

she was feeling, and she started crying! We invited them to be 

baptized, Ricky said yes. Leeann and Earl have been baptized 

before, and Leeann is nervous because her family doesn't approve. 

We feel that these concerns can definitely be resolved (: We were 

able to pick them up as investigators! So, as of right now, we 

have 4 investigators!  The Lord has plans for Westminster! (:

I love it here (:

Sorry so short for this week! Running out of time!

I love you all!

Have a great week!

<3/Sister Brinkerhoff

(NOTE FROM MOM: THIS IS A NOTE SHE WROTE ME IN MY 

EMAIL. WE HADN'T MENTIONED THE RIOTS IN BALTIMORE 

BECAUSE WE KNEW SHE WAS SAFE AND WE REALLY 

WEREN'T VERY CONCERNED OTHER THAN THE NORMAL).

I was wondering if you even knew about the BMore stuff, because 

you haven't said anything. haha..I wasn't going to tell you if you 

hadn't ;) You're right, though... Faith can do anything. It can move 

mountains, and it can stop the craziness in Baltimore. The whole 

mission fasted for Baltimore yesterday. Not just the missionaries, 

but all of the members, too. We expect to clear up here, pretty soon. (:

It was cool, the other day we had dinner with a family, the husband 

is a state trooper and has been working down in Baltimore. He told 

us what happened and such things, then the same night, we met a 

man who had been protesting down there. His voice was gone. And 

I remember thinking "How sad." I am so thankful to have the gospel. 

I'm so thankful that I've grown up in an area that has the gospel, as 

well! Without the gospel...well..