Transferring to Woodlands Area.

Well after spending the last 6 months of my life serving in the
wonderful ward of Houston 10, the time has come for me to go. Transfer
calls came last night, and this morning I found out that I will be
heading out of Houston to the Woodlands/Conroe area. Obviously this is
really bitter sweet. The people in this part of Houston have become
family. My testimony has grown so much these past four transfers and I
owe it all to the wonderful people here. I am so excited for this new
opportunity that I have though, to meet new people and to face new
challenges!

It was a really great last week here in Houston 10. Some of the
awesome things that happened include:

- The international night that we celebrated as a ward. I am still
convinced that I was born into the wrong culture because I love how
Hispanics celebrate! They know how to have fun, that's for sure! There
was food from all of the different countries, dancing, and dressing
up! I was in Heaven.

- We taught the Torres family at the church. The spirit can be felt so
strongly there, it is so cool and definitely a lot more powerful. We
were able to set another baptismal date with them because of it!

- We began meeting all of the people that we will be teaching English
classes to in the schools! There are 6 schools in this area that
missionaries are teaching parents in, and we are doing it in 2 of
them!

- Yesterday, the family who's daughter was murdered came to the temple
with us! It was the first time that the have gone there in over 20
years.

- We taught a guy outside on his porch and he was pretty hardcore. He
was one of the most closed off people that I have ever met in my life!
He was not having what we were sharing and he just kept shaking his
head and telling us that we were liars. We asked if we could leave him
with a prayer because we aren't here to argue with people. As we
prayed the spirit touched him. By the end of it, tears were streaming
down his face. He thanked us and ran inside. His countenance had
completely changed. It was a huge reminder to me that the Spirit is
the real teacher!

I am so grateful for this incredible time that I have had to be a
missionary here in the Spring Branch area of Houston. It has been the
biggest blessing and has completely changed my life forever! The
church is true!

Love,
Hermana Rupp