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Monday, August 25, 2014
Transfer Ten Week One
Dear Family,
Double digits!!! I have been able to accomplish so much on my mission!! It is go exciting to see the growth in myself and in those around me! It is amazing what the Lord is doing for those I am teaching and in my family and loved ones!! Christ is truly the Son of God and is there to help all of us, no matter what we are going through. It is wonderful!!! The Atonement is truly the best gift we could all ever receive!! It is amazing!!!
Now to my week :) It was transfers and I got moved, so we did a lot of getting to know.
Monday - I had a semi normal P-day and then at about 3 we left Redlands for Fontana!! It was then that I surprised my new companion!!! She wasn't told that I would be coming, but it all worked out :) We only had to wait for a few minutes and then things were wonderful :) We had dinner and that was about it. We went and said goodbye/hello to the members that the other Sisters wanted to see. It was a little different. I haven't been there when someone else was saying goodbye, so it was odd, but was good. I got to meet the people that I needed too.
Tuesday - We still went to say goodbye to the members for the other sister. She was having a hard time with it. She really loved this area but is needed where she is going. It was also hard for her to say goodbye and it is always hard. She will do well though. So we packed and saw people. It was good. I met some fun members, but still don't remember a lot of their names. That happens though. I did get to meet some people that we are teaching. It is fun to meet everyone and see how they are doing. :)
Wednesday - It was my first really full day. I was able to fully unpack and get things ready that I needed to do. It was good. :) We also went and taught some investigators!! I really enjoy watching these people progress, and watching how they react to the teaching of Christ. There are so many that are ready to go, and excited for the time we get to teach! There is a lot of teaching in this area and a lot of people to see. It is way fun!!
Thursday - We had weekly planning!! That is always way nice to have. It was good to be able to talk about what was going on the the area and making goals for this coming week. It is honestly amazing to see the progression!! We also picked up a new investigator today! She is an older lady named Barabra. She is so sweet!! She already has a testimony of the Book of Mormon!! It is amazing!! We also went and saw some of the sisters with the Relief Society. It is good for us to go out with the Sisters to help with their Visiting Teaching because then I get to know them!! It is fun :)
Friday - We saw people, you know, the usual. We also taught an amazing Plan of Salvation lesson today!! It is amazing to teach with Sister Bullen!! She is wonderful!! I love it!! :D We are able to really connect with each other. I am really good at covering the doctrine in a lesson, and Sister Bullen is really good at teaching the people!! It is wonderful!! We really complement each other!! Today, Sister Bullen also got attacked by a Pit Bull. She was dropping off a birthday card, and the dog didn't like her in his territory, so he bit her. He got her leg pretty good, but she is doing great!! We went to the doctor and she got some antibiotics, which is good, so she wont get an infection. She is doing really well though!! She is such a trooper!! :)
Saturday - We went and did service!! There are a lot of older women in the ward that have really bad health problems, so we go over and help them clean their homes :) It is honestly really fun to do. To be able to go and help these women is amazing!! I love it!! We also saw some other people and had dinner with an amazing family!! It is amazing to meet all of these wonderful families who are totally ready to do missionary work!! Love it!! :)
Sunday - We had church!! It was so good and honestly a little crazy. We had a lot of less actives there and visitors there that needed to be shown around. We were running crazy!! But is was the best kind of crazy!! Loved it!! :) We also went and met some more families. There are a lot of wonderful people in this ward, and it is amazing to get to know them!!
I still miss my other areas, but I know that this is where I need to be. Sister Bullen is amazing! She is from Arizona, and is 22 today!! :) She went to school at Dixie College, and is just wonderful!! We get along great, and are having a wonderful time!!
I love you all so much!! I hope you have an amazing week!!! Stay strong, and remember to follow the Spirit, and say your prayers!!
Love you!!!
Double digits!!! I have been able to accomplish so much on my mission!! It is go exciting to see the growth in myself and in those around me! It is amazing what the Lord is doing for those I am teaching and in my family and loved ones!! Christ is truly the Son of God and is there to help all of us, no matter what we are going through. It is wonderful!!! The Atonement is truly the best gift we could all ever receive!! It is amazing!!!
Now to my week :) It was transfers and I got moved, so we did a lot of getting to know.
Monday - I had a semi normal P-day and then at about 3 we left Redlands for Fontana!! It was then that I surprised my new companion!!! She wasn't told that I would be coming, but it all worked out :) We only had to wait for a few minutes and then things were wonderful :) We had dinner and that was about it. We went and said goodbye/hello to the members that the other Sisters wanted to see. It was a little different. I haven't been there when someone else was saying goodbye, so it was odd, but was good. I got to meet the people that I needed too.
Tuesday - We still went to say goodbye to the members for the other sister. She was having a hard time with it. She really loved this area but is needed where she is going. It was also hard for her to say goodbye and it is always hard. She will do well though. So we packed and saw people. It was good. I met some fun members, but still don't remember a lot of their names. That happens though. I did get to meet some people that we are teaching. It is fun to meet everyone and see how they are doing. :)
Wednesday - It was my first really full day. I was able to fully unpack and get things ready that I needed to do. It was good. :) We also went and taught some investigators!! I really enjoy watching these people progress, and watching how they react to the teaching of Christ. There are so many that are ready to go, and excited for the time we get to teach! There is a lot of teaching in this area and a lot of people to see. It is way fun!!
Thursday - We had weekly planning!! That is always way nice to have. It was good to be able to talk about what was going on the the area and making goals for this coming week. It is honestly amazing to see the progression!! We also picked up a new investigator today! She is an older lady named Barabra. She is so sweet!! She already has a testimony of the Book of Mormon!! It is amazing!! We also went and saw some of the sisters with the Relief Society. It is good for us to go out with the Sisters to help with their Visiting Teaching because then I get to know them!! It is fun :)
Friday - We saw people, you know, the usual. We also taught an amazing Plan of Salvation lesson today!! It is amazing to teach with Sister Bullen!! She is wonderful!! I love it!! :D We are able to really connect with each other. I am really good at covering the doctrine in a lesson, and Sister Bullen is really good at teaching the people!! It is wonderful!! We really complement each other!! Today, Sister Bullen also got attacked by a Pit Bull. She was dropping off a birthday card, and the dog didn't like her in his territory, so he bit her. He got her leg pretty good, but she is doing great!! We went to the doctor and she got some antibiotics, which is good, so she wont get an infection. She is doing really well though!! She is such a trooper!! :)
Saturday - We went and did service!! There are a lot of older women in the ward that have really bad health problems, so we go over and help them clean their homes :) It is honestly really fun to do. To be able to go and help these women is amazing!! I love it!! We also saw some other people and had dinner with an amazing family!! It is amazing to meet all of these wonderful families who are totally ready to do missionary work!! Love it!! :)
Sunday - We had church!! It was so good and honestly a little crazy. We had a lot of less actives there and visitors there that needed to be shown around. We were running crazy!! But is was the best kind of crazy!! Loved it!! :) We also went and met some more families. There are a lot of wonderful people in this ward, and it is amazing to get to know them!!
I still miss my other areas, but I know that this is where I need to be. Sister Bullen is amazing! She is from Arizona, and is 22 today!! :) She went to school at Dixie College, and is just wonderful!! We get along great, and are having a wonderful time!!
I love you all so much!! I hope you have an amazing week!!! Stay strong, and remember to follow the Spirit, and say your prayers!!
Love you!!!
Transfer Nine Week Six
Dear Family,
I am getting transferred!!! Again :P I am going to Fontana to serve in the Baseline ward with Sister Bullen. I have lived with Sister Bullen before and she is a sweetheart!! It is going to be fun :) This will be my 6th area with my 8th companion. :) Heavenly Father is really preparing my with change :)
This week was a slower week. Sister Morgan had a lot of departing missionary things, so I was out of my area a lot. It was good though. Things are going well :)
We had a lot of people to see but it just didn't work out quite right. It was good though, it meant putting a lot of trust in the Lord and in His plans. Things ended up working out well.
We did lots of service. I went to a farm to help weed while Sister Morgan went to the Temple and lunch with President and the other departing missionaries. I really realized that I am not a farm girl. I am totally a city girl. So weeding a farm was a little difficult. It was okay though, I did learn a lot from it. Like perseverance and that crickets can get huge!! They also can be a really pretty green color :) Watermelon plants look like weeds, but are really fuzzy and soft :) Also, when dirt dries you get a really funny tan line. :) Just some little lessons that I learned :)
We also did service for the Women of Faith. It is at the stake center but it is put on by the InterFaith Council. It is a group of people from all the different religions in the Redlands area. It is really cool. So they have put together different projects that anyone can do that help out in the community. It is really neat. This week I used my quilting skills that I learned from Mom and cut a bunch of flannel squares for the NICU at Loma Linda Hospital. It was fun to be able to be of service and use skills that I have learned. It was really fulfilling :)
This week we also made treats for some of the members in our ward. It is really fun to to that!! It helps them know that we love them and that we think and care for them. It always puts a smile on my face. It is also way fun to be able to fun to the doors and back. Sister Morgan said that she loves watching me run back to the car. She said that I always have a smile on my face. :) It is tons of fun though :)
This transfer went by so fast!! It is crazy to think that my time on my mission is coming to an end. I still have till December though!! It is a lot of fun!! I am excited to see what adventures that I will have the rest of my mission :) Everything is going to be wonderful!!
I have met some truly wonderful members here!! I am going to miss all of them, and look forward to when I get to see them again. So many have touched my life, and have helped me through a lot of things. I love them all so much! It is sad to leave, but fun to see what is next.
I love you all so much!! I hope you have a wonderful week!!
I am getting transferred!!! Again :P I am going to Fontana to serve in the Baseline ward with Sister Bullen. I have lived with Sister Bullen before and she is a sweetheart!! It is going to be fun :) This will be my 6th area with my 8th companion. :) Heavenly Father is really preparing my with change :)
This week was a slower week. Sister Morgan had a lot of departing missionary things, so I was out of my area a lot. It was good though. Things are going well :)
We had a lot of people to see but it just didn't work out quite right. It was good though, it meant putting a lot of trust in the Lord and in His plans. Things ended up working out well.
We did lots of service. I went to a farm to help weed while Sister Morgan went to the Temple and lunch with President and the other departing missionaries. I really realized that I am not a farm girl. I am totally a city girl. So weeding a farm was a little difficult. It was okay though, I did learn a lot from it. Like perseverance and that crickets can get huge!! They also can be a really pretty green color :) Watermelon plants look like weeds, but are really fuzzy and soft :) Also, when dirt dries you get a really funny tan line. :) Just some little lessons that I learned :)
We also did service for the Women of Faith. It is at the stake center but it is put on by the InterFaith Council. It is a group of people from all the different religions in the Redlands area. It is really cool. So they have put together different projects that anyone can do that help out in the community. It is really neat. This week I used my quilting skills that I learned from Mom and cut a bunch of flannel squares for the NICU at Loma Linda Hospital. It was fun to be able to be of service and use skills that I have learned. It was really fulfilling :)
This week we also made treats for some of the members in our ward. It is really fun to to that!! It helps them know that we love them and that we think and care for them. It always puts a smile on my face. It is also way fun to be able to fun to the doors and back. Sister Morgan said that she loves watching me run back to the car. She said that I always have a smile on my face. :) It is tons of fun though :)
This transfer went by so fast!! It is crazy to think that my time on my mission is coming to an end. I still have till December though!! It is a lot of fun!! I am excited to see what adventures that I will have the rest of my mission :) Everything is going to be wonderful!!
I have met some truly wonderful members here!! I am going to miss all of them, and look forward to when I get to see them again. So many have touched my life, and have helped me through a lot of things. I love them all so much! It is sad to leave, but fun to see what is next.
I love you all so much!! I hope you have a wonderful week!!
Monday, August 11, 2014
Transfer Nine Week Five
Dear Family,
This week was a pretty good one. We have done lots of service and have really been working with the ward.
Monday was the normal day. We did our usual: email, wash car, shop, write letters, nap. It was good. A member brought us dinner from Cafe Rio, such a good place!! I love it so much!! Then we went out and delivered cookies. They were starting to make our car smell sickly sweet. It was good though :) It was fun to do a doorbell ditch, while still doing missionary work. I enjoyed that a lot :)
Tuesday we had our last district meeting for the transfer. It was good. We talked about the new member lessons that we are implementing and really getting things to work out. We also talked a lot about studies and how to make them better. It was awesome!! Then we wrote cards and really focused on trying to help the members feel our love :) It is fun to do :) We had dinner tonight at an all you can eat seafood buffet. It was actually really good! I got to see how to eat crab. They also had orange chicken and normal food that I would eat. It was really good. Something that I wasn't expecting to have in Redlands.
Wednesday we did more teaching and working things out. It was good. :) Spent time going to out members and just encouraging them. We taught a lesson to Kristen and are helping her get closer and closer to baptism!! Tonight we had dinner at the ward picnic!! That was a lot of fun! We really got to know the ward and really just kinda be with them. It was great!!!
Thursday was MLC, so Sister Morgan was in a meeting for most of the day. It was good. I was on exchanges with another sister. We went and tried to visit some people that we needed to visit, then we went and did service at Redlands Family Services. It is actually a lot of fun. Something that I enjoy a lot :) Then we delivered cards and we went on splits. It was good! I got to know a family that I didn't know and it was awesome!!
Friday we did weekly planning with the Sisters from the Mill Creek ward. Sister Morgan had to go there for exchanges, so she brought me. It was good. Fun to help them out. We then went and helped our Relief Society President in her kindergarten classroom. She needed help setting it all up and getting things ready for when school starts, so we were there to help her :) It was a lot of fun to help her do the things that she needed to get done :)
Saturday we did more service!! We went and helped our recent converts move from one really pretty house to another really pretty house. It was good. It was a lot of work, but I enjoyed it a lot! We also had lunch with some members and really had a good time there. This ward is really easy so to get along with. I enjoy it a lot!! We went and made invitations for the baptism that we have on the 16th of August, it was a lot of work, but they turned out great!!! Then we had dinner with another member family and had a good time there too!! This ward really is easy to get along with :) I enjoy it a lot!!!
Sunday was church :) Always a good day :) It was also Sister Morgan's departing devotional, so she did that, and I went with the Mill Creek sisters for the evening. it was all a really good day :)
I love you all so much!! Everything is truly going wonderful!! Have a great week!!!
This week was a pretty good one. We have done lots of service and have really been working with the ward.
Monday was the normal day. We did our usual: email, wash car, shop, write letters, nap. It was good. A member brought us dinner from Cafe Rio, such a good place!! I love it so much!! Then we went out and delivered cookies. They were starting to make our car smell sickly sweet. It was good though :) It was fun to do a doorbell ditch, while still doing missionary work. I enjoyed that a lot :)
Tuesday we had our last district meeting for the transfer. It was good. We talked about the new member lessons that we are implementing and really getting things to work out. We also talked a lot about studies and how to make them better. It was awesome!! Then we wrote cards and really focused on trying to help the members feel our love :) It is fun to do :) We had dinner tonight at an all you can eat seafood buffet. It was actually really good! I got to see how to eat crab. They also had orange chicken and normal food that I would eat. It was really good. Something that I wasn't expecting to have in Redlands.
Wednesday we did more teaching and working things out. It was good. :) Spent time going to out members and just encouraging them. We taught a lesson to Kristen and are helping her get closer and closer to baptism!! Tonight we had dinner at the ward picnic!! That was a lot of fun! We really got to know the ward and really just kinda be with them. It was great!!!
Thursday was MLC, so Sister Morgan was in a meeting for most of the day. It was good. I was on exchanges with another sister. We went and tried to visit some people that we needed to visit, then we went and did service at Redlands Family Services. It is actually a lot of fun. Something that I enjoy a lot :) Then we delivered cards and we went on splits. It was good! I got to know a family that I didn't know and it was awesome!!
Friday we did weekly planning with the Sisters from the Mill Creek ward. Sister Morgan had to go there for exchanges, so she brought me. It was good. Fun to help them out. We then went and helped our Relief Society President in her kindergarten classroom. She needed help setting it all up and getting things ready for when school starts, so we were there to help her :) It was a lot of fun to help her do the things that she needed to get done :)
Saturday we did more service!! We went and helped our recent converts move from one really pretty house to another really pretty house. It was good. It was a lot of work, but I enjoyed it a lot! We also had lunch with some members and really had a good time there. This ward is really easy so to get along with. I enjoy it a lot!! We went and made invitations for the baptism that we have on the 16th of August, it was a lot of work, but they turned out great!!! Then we had dinner with another member family and had a good time there too!! This ward really is easy to get along with :) I enjoy it a lot!!!
Sunday was church :) Always a good day :) It was also Sister Morgan's departing devotional, so she did that, and I went with the Mill Creek sisters for the evening. it was all a really good day :)
I love you all so much!! Everything is truly going wonderful!! Have a great week!!!
Monday, August 4, 2014
Transfer Nine Week Four
Dear Family,
This week was a really good one :)
Monday - It was a normal day :) Had good things happen. Saw some less actives, and delivered cards. It was good :)
Tuesday - We had zone meeting!! Learned some pretty awesome things that we are gonna start doing with the members in out ward, and get them to do missionary work!! It is also something that I can start doing when I am home!! It is amazing to see how things are going!! We found out that our mission is doing really well with baptizing. It is pretty awesome to watch our mission grow :)
Wednesday - We did service!! Went to the family services place and helped them take inventory on all their school supplies. It was really fun. We also got our car back!!! YAY!!!! We had a rental for 5 days and then got our car. It is really nice to have ours back :) We also went on ward visits today, and I was able to meet some people that I didn't know, which was nice :)
Thursday - We had weekly planning and did more service!! It is always really awesome to work for others and help them do what they need. It was really nice :) We taught Kristy! Well, kinda. We went over there and we talked a lot about needing to stop smoking. She totally committed to it and it went really well. It was fun to meet with her :)
Friday - Met with some members and then we went on a field trip! Had to go to Anaheim for a doctors appointment, and it was a lot of fun!! President Van Cott drove us and it was really good to get to know him better. He used to buy the property for Wonder Bread, so he drove around there. It kinda felt like riding in the car with dad or grandpa having them tell us about what they did in areas and showing us them. It was really neat.
Saturday - We went to a ward members home and made cookies!! It was really good service. We had a fun time getting to know them. We made the cookies to take to those that we know are having a hard time and those that just need some encouragement. We are also taking them to people that we don't really know :) It is cool :) We also taught Kristy!! She is progressing awesome!! She is still struggling with overcoming smoking, but is doing great!! We had a member there and they clicked!! Everything that Kristy had been feeling, our member had too!! The member is a convert and it was amazing!! Such a great lesson!!!
Sunday - Fast Sunday!! It was good. We met with a recent convert family today and we also had dinner at a members home, who invited some other recent converts to dinner. It was really good to help them build relationships with those around them. :)
That was our week!! It rained!!! It was fun to have the storms. It did mean having a spider the size of a quarter in our home though... that wasn't fun... luckily there are some awesome members who come and save the day when we need them too :)
It was awesome!! I hope you all have a great week too!! Love you!!!
This week was a really good one :)
Monday - It was a normal day :) Had good things happen. Saw some less actives, and delivered cards. It was good :)
Tuesday - We had zone meeting!! Learned some pretty awesome things that we are gonna start doing with the members in out ward, and get them to do missionary work!! It is also something that I can start doing when I am home!! It is amazing to see how things are going!! We found out that our mission is doing really well with baptizing. It is pretty awesome to watch our mission grow :)
Wednesday - We did service!! Went to the family services place and helped them take inventory on all their school supplies. It was really fun. We also got our car back!!! YAY!!!! We had a rental for 5 days and then got our car. It is really nice to have ours back :) We also went on ward visits today, and I was able to meet some people that I didn't know, which was nice :)
Thursday - We had weekly planning and did more service!! It is always really awesome to work for others and help them do what they need. It was really nice :) We taught Kristy! Well, kinda. We went over there and we talked a lot about needing to stop smoking. She totally committed to it and it went really well. It was fun to meet with her :)
Friday - Met with some members and then we went on a field trip! Had to go to Anaheim for a doctors appointment, and it was a lot of fun!! President Van Cott drove us and it was really good to get to know him better. He used to buy the property for Wonder Bread, so he drove around there. It kinda felt like riding in the car with dad or grandpa having them tell us about what they did in areas and showing us them. It was really neat.
Saturday - We went to a ward members home and made cookies!! It was really good service. We had a fun time getting to know them. We made the cookies to take to those that we know are having a hard time and those that just need some encouragement. We are also taking them to people that we don't really know :) It is cool :) We also taught Kristy!! She is progressing awesome!! She is still struggling with overcoming smoking, but is doing great!! We had a member there and they clicked!! Everything that Kristy had been feeling, our member had too!! The member is a convert and it was amazing!! Such a great lesson!!!
Sunday - Fast Sunday!! It was good. We met with a recent convert family today and we also had dinner at a members home, who invited some other recent converts to dinner. It was really good to help them build relationships with those around them. :)
That was our week!! It rained!!! It was fun to have the storms. It did mean having a spider the size of a quarter in our home though... that wasn't fun... luckily there are some awesome members who come and save the day when we need them too :)
It was awesome!! I hope you all have a great week too!! Love you!!!
Friday, August 1, 2014
Transfer Nine Week Three
Dear Family and Friends,
This week has been a good one, with lots of happy experiences :)
Monday - It was P-day, and my Birthday!! :D It was a fun day. I was able to talk to the family and then we went shopping, got Coldstone, it was really yummy, and then did the normal house things. We did laundry and I wrote letters and stuff :) That night was tons of fun! We had dinner with the Pratt Family. They are an amazing family!! They also made my birthday extra special :) When we got there they had decorated the table and chairs with birthday decorations and they also made a cake!!! :) It was so pretty!! It was just the girls, so we had a wonderful evening :) They are an older family and their daughter makes wedding cakes, so it was really really pretty :) I am going to post pictures :) That night we also went to a retirement facility, and had a family home evening with the older people there :) It was really special and sweet. I enjoyed it a lot :)
Tuesday - We had district meeting, and did our normal things. It was a really good day. That night, our dinner had forgotten about us so she didn't have any food. It was okay though, the Pratt's had given me a Subway gift card, so we got subway to eat for dinner :) It was good. We also taught the Price family. We read 3 Nephi 17. It was amazing!! They loved how Christ prayed for the people and how He wept. It is amazing to feel the love in this chapter. He cares for all of us and weeps for all of us. It is really special.
Wednesday - We lost our car!! We were going to go drop Sister Hetrick (two week missionary) off at the mission office and when we went to start the car it wouldn't start... So, after some juggling with ways to get to the mission office we finally showed up, just almost 1 hour late, but we were there! Our car had to get towed to the dealership to get fixed, and so we walked the rest of the day. It was a little crazy. We also were able to go to the temple and preform a little service project. There was a sister missionary serving in the Rancho mission who got to have a really wonderful experience. Her dad was baptized about a year ago and they are from Florida. Well, they had gotten special permission to come all the way to California and be sealed as a family together. It was really neat. We were asked to sit with the non-member Grandmother and just be there if she had any questions. It was really nice to just sit in the temple and feel the love of the Savior and be there for that family. It was very special. After wards we went to Kristy's home and taught her and Jay the Gospel of Jesus Christ. My testimony grows every time I teach that lesson. It was really wonderful :)
Thursday - We had weekly planning and then did exchanges. I went to Beaumont and spent from 2:00 on Thursday to 2:00 on Friday there. It was good. It made me realize that I am exactly where I needed to be. I am where I will feel the most comfortable. It was really nice. It was fun to be there. We didn't teach a lot but it was good to just see how other missionaries do things :)
Friday - After we exchanged back we still didn't have a car. We did find out though that if we didn't have our car fixed that Toyota would pay for a rental car for us. It was very sweet of them :) We did a lot of situation everything and just reviewing what we learned from the exchange.
Saturday - We got a rental car!! YAY!! It is a very beautiful 2014 Toyota Corolla. It is amazing!! I have decided that I will never ever drive as nice of a car as I have on my mission. I am preparing myself for when I get back home :P We are also helping Kristy stop smoking, so we went and dropped off candy and cinnamon gum to help her with that. It was really good. We were able to talk with her and see how she is doing. We had written sticky notes with scriptures on them and we posted them all over her home. Well, she decided that she was going to read them (that was the point of them) and that she was going to write on the back of them what she learned from them. It is amazing!! She is an amazing investigator!!
Sunday - We had church and did the normal things. It was good :) We also had an amazing lesson with one of our recent converts!! It was wonderful!!
This week was a good one. I am so grateful for what Heavenly Father has given me and for the opportunity I have to be a missionary, and to learn so much. It is amazing!!
I love you all so much!! Have a wonderful week!!
This week has been a good one, with lots of happy experiences :)
Monday - It was P-day, and my Birthday!! :D It was a fun day. I was able to talk to the family and then we went shopping, got Coldstone, it was really yummy, and then did the normal house things. We did laundry and I wrote letters and stuff :) That night was tons of fun! We had dinner with the Pratt Family. They are an amazing family!! They also made my birthday extra special :) When we got there they had decorated the table and chairs with birthday decorations and they also made a cake!!! :) It was so pretty!! It was just the girls, so we had a wonderful evening :) They are an older family and their daughter makes wedding cakes, so it was really really pretty :) I am going to post pictures :) That night we also went to a retirement facility, and had a family home evening with the older people there :) It was really special and sweet. I enjoyed it a lot :)
Tuesday - We had district meeting, and did our normal things. It was a really good day. That night, our dinner had forgotten about us so she didn't have any food. It was okay though, the Pratt's had given me a Subway gift card, so we got subway to eat for dinner :) It was good. We also taught the Price family. We read 3 Nephi 17. It was amazing!! They loved how Christ prayed for the people and how He wept. It is amazing to feel the love in this chapter. He cares for all of us and weeps for all of us. It is really special.
Wednesday - We lost our car!! We were going to go drop Sister Hetrick (two week missionary) off at the mission office and when we went to start the car it wouldn't start... So, after some juggling with ways to get to the mission office we finally showed up, just almost 1 hour late, but we were there! Our car had to get towed to the dealership to get fixed, and so we walked the rest of the day. It was a little crazy. We also were able to go to the temple and preform a little service project. There was a sister missionary serving in the Rancho mission who got to have a really wonderful experience. Her dad was baptized about a year ago and they are from Florida. Well, they had gotten special permission to come all the way to California and be sealed as a family together. It was really neat. We were asked to sit with the non-member Grandmother and just be there if she had any questions. It was really nice to just sit in the temple and feel the love of the Savior and be there for that family. It was very special. After wards we went to Kristy's home and taught her and Jay the Gospel of Jesus Christ. My testimony grows every time I teach that lesson. It was really wonderful :)
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Thursday - We had weekly planning and then did exchanges. I went to Beaumont and spent from 2:00 on Thursday to 2:00 on Friday there. It was good. It made me realize that I am exactly where I needed to be. I am where I will feel the most comfortable. It was really nice. It was fun to be there. We didn't teach a lot but it was good to just see how other missionaries do things :)
Friday - After we exchanged back we still didn't have a car. We did find out though that if we didn't have our car fixed that Toyota would pay for a rental car for us. It was very sweet of them :) We did a lot of situation everything and just reviewing what we learned from the exchange.
Saturday - We got a rental car!! YAY!! It is a very beautiful 2014 Toyota Corolla. It is amazing!! I have decided that I will never ever drive as nice of a car as I have on my mission. I am preparing myself for when I get back home :P We are also helping Kristy stop smoking, so we went and dropped off candy and cinnamon gum to help her with that. It was really good. We were able to talk with her and see how she is doing. We had written sticky notes with scriptures on them and we posted them all over her home. Well, she decided that she was going to read them (that was the point of them) and that she was going to write on the back of them what she learned from them. It is amazing!! She is an amazing investigator!!
Sunday - We had church and did the normal things. It was good :) We also had an amazing lesson with one of our recent converts!! It was wonderful!!
This week was a good one. I am so grateful for what Heavenly Father has given me and for the opportunity I have to be a missionary, and to learn so much. It is amazing!!
I love you all so much!! Have a wonderful week!!
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