We got transfer calls Saturday night... Drumroll Please!.... I'm leaving Tampa! Ahhhhh! I don't really know what to do with myself! Well, that's not totally true, and I guess it doesn't really matter. I'll forget myself and go to work. To-da! Problem solved :) it's been a little bit different telling people goodbye. The passed two times I've been "transferred" there was a good chance I'd be right back. But this time is pretty for sure. It's funny, I didn't know how many people loved me until I told them I was leaving! We had a less active come to church yesterday! It was a miracle!!! She got baptized last January, and her husband has never really been on board with it. But she, and her 9-year-old son who got baptized last march, have stayed very stong, even though they haven't been to church. They are incredible, and she also is so upset when she can't get to church. She got a job a couple weeks ago and was so excited because it meant she could pay tithing, which meant she was that much closer to getting to the temple. She says she's "loco por el templo!" Jaja. Anyway, we went and saw them last night to get a couple pictures and teach, and she'd naught me bright green leggings and socks to sleep in! She also gave us food and chocolate :) Hna. Miller will have to teach about keeping the sabbath holy next time. But it was so sweet we couldn't be mad! The English sisters texted us to say that Bernardo called, a less active who's 91 years old and looks like he's 70. So we called him back, but his daughter answered the phone. I asked for Bernardo, and she told me that he was in the hospital!!! So we also got to visit him. He still acts like he's fine, but he's probably really not. He's had an amazing life, and I know where he'll be if this doesn't get better. But I'm kinda glad I'm not going to be here for it all. There are a lot of older people we teach that I'll probably not see again in this life. But it's going to be so amazing to see them later, when they have perfect bodies and I don't have to worry about them anymore. Those were the worst goodbye. Everyone else I have a greater chance of seeing after the mission. I can't remember if I already emailed about this. But we've been teaching a less active couple since before I got here. They finally got to church and met with the bishop, who informed us that the husband isn't a member. WHAT!?! He could've been baptized forever ago! But we asked him last week if he'd be baptized, and he said of course! We told him a date, and he asked if it could be sooner (I actually asked him the wrong date, that was much later than the one he originally had for him). He hasn't wanted to come to church without his wife, and she can't go too often because of work and health. But after we told him he has to come to get baptized, he said he'd come. And he did! He even came a little early so we could set the right date with him! I told him I won't be there for the baptism, and he was a little sad. But he says that I'd better keep contact with them, and I'll see them again :) This area is just popping! I'm sad to leave it, but I'm also excited to serve someone else. I'm excited to see what The Lord has in store for me :) isn't this the life? Con amor,
Hermana Despain
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