The work is moving forward-as Pres. Holzapfel says :)

So exciting news!!! We had stake conference this week and there was a division that affected 3 wards which means growth is happening! Also they announced the numbers that are changing in the mission..... so keep in mind right now we have 140 missionaries and about 26 of those are sisters. The total number is going to increase to 272 missionaries which they say will happen by this summer- 112 will be Elders, 22 Senior couples, and.........138 sister missionaries!!! That's right 138! What?!? President had to clarify that it wasn't a typo in the text message haha- can you believe it?? It is amazing how many girls are now going and how it will affect a lot of missions around the world. So amazing!! Now all that is coming to mind is the word "Training" haha There are a lot of things I can improve on to help make the new sisters that come out have a great start to their mission and so we can all be effective in the Lord's work.
We had a good week and found some great new people to teach. Still working on finding more people who are ready to hear the gospel. At the beginning of the week we were walking around a trailer park in Alabaster trying to find new people the Lord wanted us to teach. We found  4 new women who all let us come in and teach them, it was amazing, and one wants us to come out to her house in Calera and teach her kids- The Lord really blessed us that day and led us to people that needed Him.
As I am looking back over my planner for the last week I am realizing how many people the Lord is putting us in contact with these past two weeks. Especially with those who are less-active or who are faithful members who hadn't been seen by missionaries in a while. He remembers everyone and when we listen we get to help him touch other peoples lives.  We found a less-active last week, Hector and his wife Marina and he came to church on Sunday!! He was happy to be back and see people he recognized. They love us coming over and now we are going to help the wife start thinking on how to get Sunday's off so they can go through the temple.
One of the young girls we are teaching has been having problems coming to church lately. She has the faith but it seems like everything goes wrong to help her come to church. We are trying to decide what is the next best thing for her.
Rebecca and Francisco are doing really well. They are both excited and can tell a difference and feel so much more peace now that they have the spirit. Francisco is already inviting his family to church and telling them how good he feels. He wants to keep learning more so he can help his family understand why he did what he did. They are going to help a lot of people.
Welp, looking forward to this week- Sister Schroeppel is officially banned from saying the word "transfer"....they are next week and it is not okay. time goes by too quick- I read in  an ensign article this morning by President Uctdorf something that really affected me. He said how he always tells full-time missionaries to act like each day is their last day in the mission (something like that...it was in Spanish...) but how to take it a day at a time- make the most of today!! He quoted Emily Dickenson and I really liked it "Forever is composed of nows." So true.
I love you all, make it a great week and enjoy the snow- we don't have any here!!
Hermana Coleman