Transfer Eight Week One

Dear Family and Friends,

This past week was a good one. Got to do some work, and also got some bad news, but we will go into that :)

Monday - It was P-day!! But it was a little funky. Because it was a holiday (I loved those in school, but now I don't like them) the library was closed. That meant that we didn't get to email. We did do all of our other things though. Cleaned the house, washed the car, went shopping, and then relaxed and wrote letters. I was still was recovering from being sick so I tried to take it easy. It was good. We had FHE that night with some recent converts and celebrated a birthday with them!! It was a lot of fun to be able to sit with them and get to know them. It was really fun. We also got to know the elders in the Bermuda Dunes ward a little more. They are really funny. I never would have thought. You learn new things everyday

Tuesday - We had the second part of our P-day. We got to email our friends and family!! It was really exciting to be able to email everyone. That really is one of my favorite times. To be able to hear how everything is going, and what everyone is doing. It is really nice :) We also went and taught a few lessons today as well. I am having a hard time remembering Tuesday. It is amazing how much happens in one week. Oh, we did find out some sad news. Our investigator Daniela, who is getting baptized on July 5th. Got kicked out of her home. She is now in Mecca and that is not in our area. It is really sad. We have to figure out how we are going to make sure she progresses now. It will be different. One of the many things that we get to figure out now :)

Wednesday - Today we went and saw some great people!! Our evenings have been way busy and we have been trying to get everything taken care of. We saw a less active sister. She is great!! Her name is Sister Ball, and she is in her 80's. She is amazing!! Has a kick in her step and tells us about everything. She is great!! We were also about to have dinner with Sister Risketson. She is a sweet lady and has been a great strength to us. :) We have enjoyed getting to know her and seeing how she is doing. We also got to teach activity days today!!! They needed a teacher and we had to teach about FHE. It was great!! We ended up playing a game called "Hi Bob, Yes Bob? Tell Bob." It was tons of fun!! The girls were great!! Had a good time :)

Thursday - Weekly Planning!! Still not my favorite thing in the world, but it is getting better. We are able to really plan out our week. It is helping the work, I just gotta figure out a way to make it exciting. I think I am going to by me a treat that I can only eat during weekly planning. I think that may help. It will be good :) We also got to teach Carlos!! He is progressing to baptism at an amazing rate!! It is go good to see him grow in the gospel!! He is understanding a lot when we teach it, but is having a hard time retaining it. We will see what actually ends up happening. It will be good :) We got to also meet with one of the YSA's in our ward. She is wanting to go to a singles ward and may end up going all the way to Redlands to do that. We will see what happens. It will all work out though. The Lord helps those He has.

Friday - We got to each one of our investigators!! We were considering dropping one of them, because we have had a hard time teaching her, and keeping her focused. It is all going to be well though. The lesson we had with her was amazing!! The Spirit was really strong, and we were able to determine that we were going to keep teaching her!! It was great!! We were also able to meet with Sister Rees. She is an active sister in our ward that has been amazing! We love seeing her and have been concerned with her. She is doing really well, just a few scares with her health. It is all going to be okay though. The Lord watches over those that He has here :) It is all going to work out :)

Saturday - We got to meet with Carlos again. We taught the Law of Chastity and the Word of Wisdom. We found out how innocent our 11 year old investigator really is. When we were teaching about Chastity I had said that is was refraining from sexual relations outside of marriage. He got a confused look and said 'awkward'. I then asked if he knew what it meant, he said that he didn't and that he didn't want to know until he was 20, then 25, then 30. It was really cute :) It was nice to have. Still a weird lesson, but one we have to teach. We also got to meet with Crystal. We haven't been in contact with her for a while because things haven't worked out quite right. We are trying to get things to work out and to see what is going on. She is going through a bunch of different programs to get clean and to work out everything else that is going on. She is sweet. We committed her to read the Book of Mormon and really stressed how important it is. Hopefully all will go well :)

Sunday - It was church!! And then we had a really busy day. We were able to see two less actives!! The Risketsons, and the Sterlings!! Both wonderful families that have been taking good care of us. I was finally able to meet Brother Sterling and it was fun to watch them interact with their kids :) Made me miss home a little, but still amazing to see :)

All in all, this week was a good one!! We are teaching a couple of investigators. and praying that things are going to keep progressing  :) It has been fun :)

You are all in my prayers!! have a great week!!

I love you all so much!!!