Sister Elizabeth Wood: Nearing the End of an Era 8/4/2015

Dear Family,

Well in the words of Dad...It's hotter than hell here! I think we are heading into the dry season. It should be interesting. It's a lot hotter this past week. Getting a nice tan.

Um, this week! Hmmmm- we went on 2 day exchanges with Sister Johnson and Sister Walsh. I got to see a lot of our members in Wanica with Sister Johnson because she wants to see them before she goes. I love the members in Wanica. They have been so good to me for this year. I will miss them a lot. We get transfer calls this week. I'm 99% sure that I'm leaving Wanica. So that will be sad :( Serving with Sister Christiansen has been a blast. It's almost like not being on a mission. When we are together it is just like an adventure with your friend. It'll be a hard adjustment next transfer.

We had a mini missionary with us this week. Sunshine came with us for the weekend. She absolutely loved it. She didn't want to go home. I know it was a step up from her usual living situation. She was so cute and did great.

Kosviello is still doing great. We are pushing his date to the 15th now. We want to talk to his dad. We never see him but he should be there next wednesday or something. I'm not worried. I know he'll be baptized soon. He came to church this week with his brother.

Dobyen is still doing really well. She's reading and coming to church too. She leaves for the Netherlands this week. It will be so sad! I hope she will get baptized when she comes back. I'll make sure she gets seen even if I'm not in Wanica. That's a good thing about staying in Suriname is that you can always still see members from other branches and check up with other missionaries.

Lucinda, Sunshine's friend is awesome! She's been reading and she came to church again. She is planning on getting baptized in September. She is solid! She lives only with her dad. But most of the time her dad is in the interior working. She's all alone! I think that's so sad. I know the gospel will help.

Background on the Baker's. They are originally from southern alberta. We are related somehow. They knew our family right away. They live in BC now near kamloops. I think they are very wealthy. I'm pretty sure His brother is on a institute mission in winnipeg now. They're awesome! I've only met them twice but we had the canadian bond. You should write back.

Today for P-day we went to this cool river place. We played lots of volleyball and it was fun and really pretty. Nice to escape!