Hola mi familia!

Hi Everyone!

As you can see I am now proficient in spanish! (not). I am getting a little better though :) emphasis on the little. This week has been pretty awesome! We met this lady while we were heading to a potentials house and asked her if she could use any help or service, and she was like, "are you serious?" and then she said, "Okay, but you have to eat!" We were super confused but were like okay,we like food! So she told us that she would invite us for dinner and she did! She invited us to a barbeque that she was having with her whole extended family yesterday. We did get offered alcohol, but one of them was a less active member so he stood up for us :) It was pretty cool though, and we got to contact like 11 people, but we couldn't really share much because they were blasting loud music and half of them were drunk. But Tracy invited us back and said we had to come eat with her again, so potential investigator!!

The family that we met last week is getting baptized on July 5th! They are so cool! Jeremy is doing research on his own and stopping things (such as drinking coffee) before we even talk about it! It's like a dream being with them, It's our one week baptism! We also had a referral from the couple that we ate dinner with saturday night. They said that a new lady moved into an apartment near theirs and they didn't know much about her, so we went over and shared a video with her and invited her to church, and she came! Afterwards she told me that she felt so welcomed and wanted to come every single day :) I'm serious, Dixon is getting translated soon! I do get a little homesick every once in a while, but the good times outweigh the bad :) Hopefully everything is going well at home and everyone is healthy and happy! I love getting all of your letters and hearing how everyone is doing!

Mom:

I'm sure your talk was awesome, and at least it's over now :) I found out a way to send pictures! I just take them with my Ipad and email them to you, you'll love these ones! Could you send me some more drysol please? I accidentally squeezed my bottle too hard and it exploded everywhere. Have you guys been reading your scriptures and saying your prayers? I want to challenge you guys to try and have family home evening once a week! It's really important! By coming out here and seeing all of the different types of families, I've seen how important it is to spend time with each other and not just run your kids around to their various different activities. Thanks for all of the e-mails! I hope that everything is going great in Brigham and that you guys are having a great summer! Send lots of pictures of Bear Lake! Also, we're not allowed any contact with any family members, so I can't meet up with Lacey and her family, sadly :(

Dad:

It was so good to hear from you! I'm glad that you finally got my father's day card and that you spent that day doing stuff that you love :). I'm doing great! I love my companion and my roommates, and I don't have to worry about overheating because of my hair anymore.... :) haha, I hope that everything is going well at home and that you get to spend your summer doing fun things like hiking and golfing. You should try hiking down in zion (particularly Angel's Landing) and tell me how it is so I know if I have to try it when I come home :).

Mandee:

Your letters are always my favorite because you're the only one who sends me pictures! They're always so random though, I feel like you're instagraming me through an e-mail :) I'm glad that everything is going good and that you're going to get in shape this summer! haha, It's nice that you're going to see your friends from EFY again, I wish I had kept in touch with mine. Is one of them that guy that you're convinced you're going to marry? Hope everything is going well! Keep sending pictures please!

Tyson:

Loved the burn lines last week :) Hopefully you fared better this last week at lake powell! It sounds like your having tons of fun with golf! Keep it up, maybe you can join the golf team in high school!! You can have the arrow holder, you probably already took it anyway :) I haven't heard any crickets, but there are tons of bugs here! We are over run with rollypolly bugs and giant spiders, It's like a horror movie! I don't know if it's because I'm in California, or because I've knocked more doors than I have before in my entire life, but I've noticed that EVERY SINGLE DOOR has a nest of giant spiders above it. At least 4 spiders. Without fail....also, no one has doorbells, what's up with that?

Grandpa and Grandma Bowcutt:

That's so crazy that this is your last week! It's cool that you had an authentic luau, it's like a celebration for you guys because you're such awesome missionaries! It's always fun to hear about the cool people that you meet! Dixon isn't too diverse, but Davis (a little college town about 10 minutes from Dixon) is. I go tracting there with some other sister missionaries every sundaywhile my companion is in her Sister Training Leader meetings. This last week we met a guy from Egypt who pretty much ripped my Book of Mormon out of my hands and was like, "I need this!" It was pretty funny actually. We also met some really cool Muslim girls who do like religious exchange things with the youth groups in the LDS church. They go to the temple and talk to the missionaries, and the LDS youth go to their Mosk and get toured around and get to see what goes on there. It's pretty cool. It's really interesting getting to see all of the different kinds of people there are, Utah isn't exactly a diverse place, so this is an interesting experience for me. :) I hope you guys LOVE your last week and that you continue to be missionaries even after your mission ends!

Love you guys!!!!

Sister Lesser