I really enjoyed the mission president's weekly email. I have been prayerfully and thoughtfully and carefully trying to consider the question that Elder Amado gave us, "Why do you love the Lord?" The other day as I was pondering on this I thought about how he loves us with a perfect love and I really felt that part of why I love Him is because he has loved me so much. I felt like the scripture that the mission president shared in Juan 4:19 really confirmed that feeling for me. I continue trying to answer this question and I think that I might continue finding answers to that question my whole life. I am grateful for inspired leaders that help me learn and grow. 

This week has been really great. I absolutely love it when I have the opportunity to work hard. My companion and I achieved the mission standard of excellence again this week and I feel really good about that. 

This week M., E., M., A., and J. are all going to get baptized. So we are going to prepare two separate baptismal services, one on Wednesday for J., and the other on Saturday for everybody else. I am really excited and I hope and pray that everything will work out. I am really grateful for the opportunity to help so many people. 

The members are supporting us. They have new motivation and desire to serve in the missionary work.

I am really content and excited about the future. 

Hermana C. is feeling better and she feels like maybe she`ll cancel the doctor's appointment that she scheduled for Thursday. 

I felt like I was going to throw up yesterday, but thankfully I didn't. I have had a little bit of a cold but other than that I`ve been good. 

I`m anxious to see what will happen next transfer.

Love always, 

Hermana Koehler

p.s. The shoes that I bought a little over a month and a half ago already almost have a hole in them so I bought three pairs of cheap shoes that look like Toms. They will last me until the end of the mission...I`ll make sure of that. The shoes are pink, blue, and black...but not all at the same time. It was exciting for me because as far as I can remember I have always only had black shoes. We took pictures to celebrate the ocasion..but I`ll send those next week because I dont have enough time right now because I let another missionary use some of my time to figure out a personal emergency. 

I love you! Send my love to everyone.