and the news is..., Las Cruses, NM

Another transfer has come and gone - and I am staying in Las Cruces! and my companion is leaving.. She will be transferred out tomorrow morning at11:30. It will be good for her seeing as she has been here in this area since we came out almost 9 months ago (can you believe that???? that is halfway!). We have had a real good go for this last 4.5 months - I have learned a lot from her and I will miss her - but she is on to bigger and better things! there are actually a lot of changes happening here in Las Cruces - we will be getting a new Zone Leader and my district will have a new District Leader and one of the companionships of Sisters is getting a third - so there will be a trio of sisters and then they are moving elders out of an area and putting sisters in! So that will add three more sisters to the zone - which is exciting! We are taking over! yahoo! okay- not quite that far... but close! 

Thank you all for the wonderful responses to my last email! I loved hearing all the stories and all the rich history that is so prevalent in our family! still waiting on that Stuart information though....

not too much to report on this week - but we did have an awesome day today! We went on a hike- sort of.. I don't know if it was a real hike but it was fun! and of course - I was reading the signs before we went and everyone was getting upset becasue I was taking too long... but it was interesting! only don't ask me what I read about.. becasue I don't remember.. But it was so good to be outside in nature! and I took more pictures today than I probably have in the last 7 months! and then after that- we went to our bishop's house and rode his tandem bicycle and I tell you what - that thing is a lot harder to control when you aren't just riding behind dad just sitting there pretending to help! we definitely almost crashed... but we lived! and it is a good thing too - we have companions who would be really missing out if we weren't around anymore. 

Here is to a new trnasfer! the very middle one.. weird.
I love you all!
Sister Stuart

Pictures- district Pre Transfer

 Statue contest! yes - I brought that to NM
And I still have to crawl in all the little cracks and crannies when we hike

 The group on the hike and the destination we hiked to
Me and my sweet companion

 and the tandem bicycling