Happy Monday!
This week was so good! We were spoiled so much by the members!
We
got facials this week from a sweet new convert named Alma- She told us
about her life and her 20s living in Malibu and the international lunch
parties she used to have. She gave us fruit called Lache or leche or
something and it's 100% my new favorite fruit now. It's like eating a
sweet cloud. SO GOOD! Also we got to have In N Out that day! And then we
got invited to Empty Nesters FHE. I fit right in :) I think I'm an old
person at heart. Their message was about the importance of writing down
your personal history. So take sweet Mary's advice and if you haven't
done it yet write down your memories :)
One
of our goals this week was to place 4 Book of Mormons (or Books of
Mormon if you're a psychopath :))) And we were able to place the first 3
while we were out tracting which was a miracle itself but then no
matter how hard we tried we couldn't place the last one. It was also our
last Book or Mormon we had to give our and we were excited to get more
and start fresh the next day. But we just couldn't place it so we
decided to bring it to dinner and invite the member we were eating with
to write her testimony in it and give it out. She started crying as soon
as we asked her and she said she knew exactly who to give it to and she
had been prompted earlier to get a Book of Mormon to give to her son.
It was a really tender moment and a sweet miracle. Heavenly Father is so
mindful of His children- If it's important to you it's important to
Him.
I
adopted a California grandpa this week! He's in our ward and his wife
isn't a member so we met with them and she said we could come over once a
week to teach her! Our first visit with them her husband told us
stories about how he has seen the Holy Ghost help him in his life. He's
from Boston and has the coolest accent so I think he's very fun to
listen to. He was also at the empty nesters FHE and I got to talk to
them there too. We became fast friends. He kind of reminds me of my dad
which is fun :) He is the one who made the pretty desserts in my
pictures!
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| Newport CA temple |
We got to go to the temple on Saturday!
It was perfect and much needed. It was so hard for me to leave because I
didn't want to leave the peace and safety of the temple. It is always a
wonderful place to be.
Also on Saturday
one of Sister Western's very first families she taught on her mission
were baptized! It was a really special day for them. Sister Western's
trainer came up for it and she took us out to eat at Cafe Rio
(blessings!).
The spirit at the baptism
was so amazing. I think everyone there leaked a little. What a precious
moment to see a family be united like that and talk about their plans to
be sealed as an eternal family.
We've
been focusing more on working with the youth in the ward because a lot
of the people we're teaching are young womens age. We got to go to Young
Women's yesterday and share a message with them about their role in
missionary work. It was cool to see how they've already started since
President Nelson's devotional.
I love being a missionary! Every day is a precious gift.
Palangga ta kamo!
Sista Z
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