Tuesday February 4
Zone Conference!
We woke up at 5 am, left Alamogordo at 6 am, and got to Las Cruses around 7 am! I always enjoy zone conference. I love seeing all of my mission friends and meeting new people!
At zone conference, we went over and discussed the new Missionary handbook. There are a lot of new things and still a lot of things that are the same. One of the Elders in the meeting asked if naps were okay. What I have been told is that if you need a nap you can take a twenty minute power nap. But President said no naps. I am not implying I took lots of naps, but when you need a nap I say go for it. But it was a funny question and a lot of funny responses!
After zone conference we ended up going on exchanges. I stayed in my area and Hermana Humble came with me! Zone conference went over as usual. And we still had an hour drive ahead of us. We ended up having dinner at 7:30 pm! At dinner, I was wearing my white Roolee dress (the one all my sisters love and want) and I went to go open up a bottle of jalapeno sauce, and it explodes all over my WHITE dress. I was mortified. But luckily, I was blessed with an awesome member dinner that night. She gave me one of her dresses to wear and she washed and took care of the stains on my dress! #looksgoodasnew!
Wednesday February 5
When we woke up in the morning to go workout. We opened the door to four inches of snow. Holy moly! It was a Christmas miracle! The first snowfall of the winter! I loved it! Of course most of the snow was gone before the day was over! #desertlife
We had a great rest of our exchange. We went and served a local shop in town and had a lesson with a cute old man. Hermana Humble helped the Nielsen's and I learn a little bit of Spanish as well! The only thing I can say is that we are trying our best to learn!
For dinner we ate with the Nielsen's the Senior couple here in Alamogordo and our recent convert Steve! It was super fun and Steve is super great at the guitar and played a lot of his songs for us. It was like a mini concert!
Thursday, February 6
Weekly Planning our absolute favorite! Everything kinda didn't go as planned this day beside weekly planning! Our dinner canceled on us and we delivered us Pizza to make up for it! I love pizza but I am getting tired of all the heavy foods!
Friday, February 7
CLOUDCROFT 
What a long day, let me tell you! Cloudcroft is so cute and really fun! They have a little strip with lots of cute shops and little hole in the wall bakery and restaurants! We went up with the Nielsen's and visited a lot of people! We are still trying to build trust with the members of that Branch and help out in the ways we can! Hopefully we won't get transferred and we will be able to get to know the area better and get more work finished!
For dinner, we ate with a family that has eight kids and the ninth is on the way! It was fun being with lots of kids. The only difference was that they only have one girl, and the new little baby is another boy! They are a fun family!
Saturday, February 8
We did a lot of things on Saturday! We helped serve at a Catholic thrift store. We were trying to find one of our investigators who works there and we ended up doing two hours of service! We never got to see him -- so that was a bust, but still super fun to help out! Then we went out to the boonies of our area! We visited a lot of people that were not home! That's always fun. But it was an over all successful day!
Sunday, February 9
Church was great, we didn't have any investigators come to the White Sands Ward, but we did have an investigator go to the Cloudcroft Branch! That was super awesome! We had dinner with a family that has ten children! It was fun! They weren't too interested in knowing I was from a large family as well, but hey they were still fun! Later in the evening we spoke at BYD! (Bishop Youth Discussion) we talked about missionary work and did our best to get the youth excited!
This week we have done a lot! I can't even remember half of the things we have accomplished! So I apologize for the long email but also be glad it's not even longer!
Scripture of the week
Alma 31:34-35
34 O Lord, wilt thou grant unto us that we may have success in bringing them again unto thee in Christ.
35 Behold, O Lord, their souls are precious, and many of them are our brethren; therefore, give unto us, O Lord, power and wisdom that we may bring these, our brethren, again unto thee.
Here in Alamogordo, the work is slowly moving along. We don't find the most interested people and it's hard to find those that are truly ready for the gospel. We just keep trying and keep searching! These scriptures are super applicable to where me and my companion are right now. We just need to have faith in Jesus Christ and in His timing. Not everything is going to happen when we want it! I have definitely learned a lot of faith this week! D&C 6:36 is one of my favorite scriptures as well! I invite you all to Look unto Jesus Christ no matter what your situation or problem! He is always here to love and support us!
Love, Sister Susanna Tracy ðŸ¤
1. Snow with Hermana Humble!
2. Chalk art
3. This was taken in El Paso at my last apartment before I was transferred up to Alamogordo!
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