The worst week ever.

On Saturday night, I found out from my ward mission leader that Alabama lost. I literally almost cried. Well, not literally, but it totally crushed my effectiveness for the rest of the night. On Sunday, it got even worse. Everyone in the Elders Quorum knows I'm a hardcore Alabama fan, so they really let me have it. Good thing I'm really humble and I don't let things like that get me down.

Well, it wasn't really the worst week of my life. It was actually a great week! Our transfer call came three days early, because Elder Watkins has been called to be a zone leader in Antioch! Crazy, right? He's been an awesome trainer/district leader here in San Francisco, and he'll be an awesome zone leader across the bay. As for myself, I am...STAYING here in the South San Francisco East area! I'm not sure yet who my new companion will be, but we're going to have a rockin' good time.

I realized that whenever I do leave, it'll be really sad. When Elder Watkins was taking pictures with and saying goodbye to Nguyen and Lona after church on Sunday, I felt super sad for him. I'm so grateful that the Lord has put such great people in my life. One of the greatest blessings I've had in these past couple months has been the relationships I've been able to make. There are some really special people here in San Francisco, and I'm grateful that I get to work with them.

We have a baptism coming up in just 5 days! We're really excited for Nguyen. She has tons and tons of faith. Here's a funny story- we forgot to explain baptism to her. She knew she was making a covenant with God, but we somehow kind of forgot to mention the water part to her. Whoops!

Thanks for all of the support! Y'all are great.

Love,

Elder Gillie