Another CRAZY Week!

Well hello Family,

This past week was a stressful and insane week, but I learned a lot from this week. The main thing of this week is Nery and Estela, they are our investigators who are practically members, but have been waiting for Nery to get divorced so that they could get married and baptized, the good news is that the divorce finally got approved, and the latest Nery could remarry is June 7th, however, they were asking us and all the missionaries to pray for them, they told us lots was going on, but wouldn't tell us till it was over, and we finally found out yesterday, that Estela got accused of petty theft, which she didn't do and got sent to jail, and will get deported. It is soo sad! But of course there is a reason for everything, since they are not living together anymore Nery will probably be baptized on Sunday, and then he and the kids will be moving to Mexico, so when Estela gets out Nery will be able to baptize Estela, so in a way it really is a tender mercy, but I just feel so bad for that family, but they have great faith, Nery said probably Estela needs to be in jail, because someone in there needs her, and she can be an example. But I know everything does happen for a reason, and we just have to trust in God. It was a crazy week with that.

We did however find 4 new investigators this week and we had a ward activity, that we created by ourselves, for a movie night, not very many people showed up but it will be better next time, I'm sure!

Also I hope you are all jealous, because we stopped by a member the other day, and she said come back tomorrow, I'm making menudo, I was praying for a way out of it, because I tried it once, and I didn't like it, however this time we had a huge bowl, and I still did not like it. Menudo is cow stomach, oh man if you ever get a chance to try that stuff... don't!

Anyway well, things are going well here, and thank you soo much for your love and support. I know more this week than ever that God lives, and that he really is all powerful, and has all wisdom and really does know and love each of us, He really does help us to learn and grow so that one day we can all be like him.

I love you all soo much!

Love, Hermana Love

It's March Already!

Wow! Time is flying...fast! it's already March, that is nuts! Well this past week just flew by,we were talking to the Elders in the ward yesterday, they were saying it's crazy that we are beginning week 4 of the transfer, I insisted forever that it was only week 3, I looked at my planner and sure enough it's already week 4, time is going soo fast!

This past week we had interviews with President Becerra, he really is an inspired and loving man, I really believe I was sent there at this time so I could know President and Sister Becerra, when we went out to the parking lot after our interviews Hna. Thayne noticed a nail in our tire, so we took it to the auto shop, and the nail was in a spot that couldn't be repaired, the mechanics were laughing that the car only had 5,000 miles and we already had to get a new tire, it was soo lame, but it's pretty funny at the same time.

Well we went to see Nery and Estela this week and they told us that they will be moving in June back to Mexico, they said they want all the blessings that the Lord has in store for them, and right now, they are not obeying and honoring the law, because they don't have papers to be here, so they said there going back to Mexico, and if the Lord wants them in this country then they know he will provide a way for them to come back legally. They are soo inspiring, Nery also believes that he will get a court date this week, so he can get divorced and can be baptized by the end of this month. I am praying for it to be true, they have waited for over a year to be baptized!

This past week we also picked up 2 former investigators hopefully they will progress well! Anyway I love this mission, and I love this work! I am seeing the hand of the Lord in all aspects of my life and in the Lives of all the people here in the Rimgrove south area. I love you all! And so does God and Christ, they really love us more then we can begin to understand. Have a good week!

Love, Hermana Love

A Week of Service!

Well another week has come and gone. It went by super fast, the bulk of our week we spent doing service. Our investigators Nery and Estela moved to another apartment this week, so the Elders and us helped them move, it took parts of 2 days,  one of the Sisters here got sick and ended up in the hospital and had to stay over 2 nights, so we took her companions stuff to her since they were staying over night, so she could have a break, my companion stayed at the hospital for a few hours with sister Fili, and I took her companion sister Davidson home to shower and have a rest. The happy thing is sister Fili is feeling much better now, so everything is going well.

The exciting thing is though that Arnulfo who just got baptized, he went to Fresno this week and will be there for 2 weeks, he said he wanted to go to church there, so we got the address and he went and he said the members were so nice to him. It makes me soo happy to know that my recent converts are being taken care of.

Also 2 times a year the Stake does this mini-missionary program, and this year another Stake scheduled it the same weekend, so we had several young women sign up and not many sisters, so normally you would just have 1 young woman with you but this year we ended up with 3, it was fun, but I felt like a Jehovah's witness, going around as a pack and also only 1 of the girls knew Spanish so it was a very interesting but fun experience. I really loved it. It was so crazy, and to top off the weekend we had 2 baptisms in our ward on Sunday, from the Elders, so man this ward is on fire, and we will be finding more this week.

Well thanks for your love and support, and all your many letters, wait maybe you should check the address, because I haven't seen many recently. just kidding. But I love you all lots!

love, Hermana Love

1st Week as a Trainer!

Well because of the holiday yesterday we are writing today! Yay! Well I survived my 1st week as a trainer, and it's been good, a really good learning experience. My companion is from West Point, Utah! Go figure, were neighbors! She is so sweet,and lucky for me a really hard worker. She has burning fire in her much like I felt too when I came. She started her mission out great. I got her on Tuesday, and then on Wednesday, We had a baptism! Arnulfo finally got baptized!!! I was soo excited! He has been ready forever, and this past Sunday he got confirmed. I had desires to cry for both of those things, because the spirit was so strong and I was soo happy, especially since it's been a long time since my last baptism. We also had a lesson with him last night, with our investigators Nery and Estela, and the spirit was so strong as he told his story of how he came to know this was the true church. It was cool!

We also had trainings this week, for being trainers and trainees, and I love those meetings because the spirit is always so strong, and we had a powerful meeting as trainers with the president. It was soo awesome. We had a good week. I love Hna. Thayne as well, I feel really lucky although I was super nervous when I learned that I was going to train.

Well I love it here in Rimgrove! and also it's crazy because on Thursday I will have been out on my mission for a year! Wow! time is flying faster than I can keep up. It's soo great!

Also I just want you to know that I know this gospel and this church is true! God loves and knows each one of us individually, and we are so lucky to have Heavenly Father in our lives watching out for us daily, I'm learning daily how perfect God's Love is! I love it!

Love Hna Love

Zone Conferences, Exchanges, and Elder Alonso!

Wow this week was packed of a bunch or random and super awesome things. It begun with Tuesday when we had zone conference, while there we did some role-plays, the way it works is one companionship is the missionaries and the other companionship 1 is an investigator and the other an evaluator. I was the evaluator, but President came to our group to, and I learned so much from him, although we were trying to receive revelation for our investigator, I learned a lot for just being a missionary just by observing, It was soo awesome! The whole thing was filled of the spirit, and it was something to keep me going.

Later on in the week we had exchanges, I stayed here with Hermana Zamora, she's from Mexico, it was good we spoke in Spanish our whole exchange and it was super exhausting, but it was good because I learned a lot! She is really nice! I like exchanges but I was happy to have my companion back.

We also had a special meeting with all the Spanish missionaries in Arcadia, where Elder Alonso from the 70 from Mexico came and spoke just to us, and right after he had a fireside with all our members it was really good and powerful, and the elders had a baptism in our ward.

We are still working on getting Arnulfo baptized things keep coming up, but were working through the details and it should be working out soon, I hope soon, because transfers are this week and I may leave my area but who really knows? Anyway were getting close with some investigators and are hoping for everything to work out. But it's really awesome!

Love, Hermana Love

Time is Flying By!

In all honesty I don't remember a whole ton about what happened this past week. The exciting thing is that Arnulfo had his baptism interview and he passed! We changed his baptism date so he's getting baptized on Wednesday we hope. But that Satan is a fighter, so we are praying that everything will work out!

We received a referral this week as well from the English missionaries and we went, and it was some catholics, and we had a good conversation with them, and we'll be going back this week, so we are very excited! They are really nice!

On Friday our no car day, we asked one of our members if she wanted to go on a lesson with us and she was really nice, she stayed with us the whole day so we could get a lot more accomplished, and she took us every where, she is planning to get married soon though and she'll be moving out of state which is sad because we love her.

Yesterday we finally got one of our investigators and less-actives to come to church, it was awesome because the ward really fellow shipped them and they really liked it! It was awesome!

I don't really remember much more so sorry this is short, but next week should be exciting because we have zone conference, baptism, exchanges and a missionary fireside coming up! Well I love you all!

Love, Hermana Love

11 Months!!

Yes! it's crazy! 11 months ago I entered the Provo MTC! Time goes way fast, because I still feel like I was just in the MTC yesterday, but now here I am almost gone for a year, and I still have lots of work to do.

This week was really awesome! We committed Arnulfo to get baptized next Monday, during our P-day, we are soo excited for it to actually happen now, because Arnulfo is soo awesome! He's been ready since the day we met him back in October, and he is legit, he comes to church for sacrament and Sunday School, and then goes straight to work, and that is after getting off sometimes at like 2 in the morning the night before. He is way cool! We also had some awesome member lessons where we are finally starting to receive referrals from them, that means that they trust us. We are loving it! Also on Friday we rode the bus, and on the bus we found one of our potentials that we have been looking for, for several days now. She says she's confused about religion and learning more would confuse her more, which if she would just listen she wouldn't be confused anymore. We also met a less-active member from the English ward, and we had a good talk with him as well, it was a cool day for riding the bus, I am starting to realize why dad likes to ride the bus soo much. It is a good time to have conversations with people.

Yesterday we had stake conference which was awesome, we called our investigators that have never come to church yet to see if they were coming and they said yes, so we were driving there way super excited! But they never showed, I don't get it they are soo awesome, they love the Book of Mormon, but they just don't come to church. But Stake Conference was awesome, since I've been serving in the same stake the whole time, I got to see the members from my other areas there and they still remember me, it was soo fun! I loved it although my convert from Chino, wasn't there, but the sisters says he still goes to church weekly. But Stake Conference was cool because it was a broadcast, so we heard from, Elder Steven E. Snow, Elder Johnston, Sister Barbara Thompson, and Elder Perry, and I even understood almost everything, slowly but surely I'm getting there to fluent Spanish.

Well yup, it was a good week and another successful week is well on its way! I love you all lots!

Love, Hermana Love

A Week of Tender Mercies!

Well this week was pretty interesting! It was very good though as well! So this past week there was a training meeting in Arcadia, that some sisters were chosen to go to, but it was crazy because the day before the metting my companion and I were studying when the phone rings and we look to see that it is the AP's and we were nervous thinking it's only the first week of the transfer it can't be ET's but they just wanted us to be companions for the day with one of the sisters who wasn't going to the meeting. So it was really fun!

Then we were getting really nervous because one of our investigators Arnulfo who we have been trying to get a hold of all week, was next to impossible to contact he wouldn't return our calls or anything. So finally we thought well maybe he needs a break but we'll at least text to ask if he wants to come to church, and guess what? He came to church! It was exciting! It turns out he had been sick and working a lot, so luckily we didn't lose him.

Another investigator we had also seemed to be losing interest during our lessons, and after saying they would come to church, didn't show up again, but we went over yesterday, and had a great lesson with him so everything is going well with him still.

Also this week both me and Hna. Mulitalo got the cold, so it was challenging to do the work but still pushing through. So we went one day to check on some formers who live in the same apartment complex as our investigators Nery and Estela, and while we were there they saw us and invited us to come eat, chicken soup, but it was chicken feet soup. We were nervous, but chicken feet really isn't that bad, and it did make me feel better, also while we were over there we went into the laundry room with them, where we met a lady who happens to be very confused about religion right now, and so it's prime for us, we still have yet to find her at home again, but I don't think it was a coincidence that we met her there.

Also we rode the bus on friday! It was fun! But we were very nervous since we never have before, we were hoping we wouldn't miss it that we would have the right amount of money, and get on the right bus, it took us 2 buses to get where we were going but it worked out fine, so it was pretty awesome, and we got to our appointment right on time, so that was very lucky. It was a fun and adventurous day.

This week was very exciting full of miracles and pleasant surprises. It really is true that the lord know and loves each one of us individually, and he knows what his children need, and when he put our faith in him all things are possible! I am so grateful for this mission and the things I am learning here. It's a great experience!

Hope all is well with you all and Happy martin luther king day yesterday, at least I think that's what Holiday it was,

Love, Hermana Love

Happy 2012!

Well since all the libraries were closed yesterday for the new year we get to email today instead of yesterday, and the last week of December went zooming by, so fast I can't even remember really what happened. We rode our bikes one day last week, and speaking of which we now have a scheduled bike day starting this week, we must ride our bikes on Fridays, that will be interesting because our area is ginormous. Oh yeah! I'm still in Rimgrove but not in a trio anymore, Sister Taylor left to the complete other side of the mission to open a new sisters area, and Hermana Mulitalo and I will be staying here together for at least another transfer, so it should be good because I love Rimgrove. Plus I don't have to sleep on the floor anymore, although it was really comfy.

Here is a story that Dad will love! This past week we went to a recent converts and we showed her a movie about families because she is about to become a mom, well she decided we should have a snack while we watch. Guess what it was? CUCUMBERS!! with CHILI on it too of course my 2 favorite things. I luckily got away with only eating 2 slices.

We also had some awesome lessons about goals with our members, and less-actives this year....and one of our less-actives came to church yesterday! We were sooo excited!

We had a language training this week as well which helped a lot so that we can make our studies more effective I was really excited about it.

Then the end of the week came and it was new years eve, the day of transfer calls and, now suddenly it is Tuesday, this week and weekend flew by! Also I feel a little weird because now it's 2012 I will be home this year, and so that is weird because I just barely got to the MTC it feels like, and their is a lot of work to do, especially since our mission vision for the Spanish missionaries is to baptize weekly! It's going to happen! I can feel it coming. Already we have contacted some promising people, so we are soo lucky!

Well I hope you all had a great new years, and you have a vision of your 2012 this year! I love you all and I pray for you each! I'm so very grateful for this gospel and for the chance that I have to be here and serving the Lord full time! This is a great work, and I challenge of you to pray for some awesome missionary experiences this year because their is nothing better than helping others receive the restored gospel. I love you all!

Love, Hermana Love

Merry Christmas

Well I hope you all had the best Christmas ever this year! I don't have too much to say being as I just talked to everyone 2 days ago. But here I go anyway! So this past week was very good and filled of Christmas cheer, this week we spent one of our nights caroling with the elders in our district so some members in our area it was really fun, from having dogs attacking us to singing the wrong tune to a song, to just being able to make peoples days.

We also rode our bikes last week, and that was fun! At one point we felt like a biker gang because their were tons of bikers near us going a long with us, it was funny! it was a good experience! Biking days are always soo funny!

We also got a new investigator this week Her name is Maritza, and she is really awesome! She has problems with Joseph Smith, but she is ready to listen, I feel like we will definitely be getting baptismal dates this week, so it's really exciting! We also still have Nery and Estela, who are doing as good as ever, they even came to a noche de hogar with us at a less-actives house yesterday!

Our Christmas Eve was great! However everyone wanted to feed us, but it was fun, we felt a part of a family everywhere we went! Then on Christmas the elders had a baptism and we went, and my companion who only kind of knows how to play the piano, played anyway because they asked her too, I was so proud of her, and felt bad that I didn't take piano lessons more seriously!

Yup, so that was our week, and on new years eve we will be getting transfer calls and will be having transfers on Monday, so we'll see what happens for the new year.
Happy New years!!!

Love, Hermana Love

Merry Christmas!!.... Almost!!

Hello all!

Well this week was an eventful one, this past Tuesday we had interviews with the President, and boy President Becerra is so cool, such an inspired man it went well, I was interviewed first of my companions and then by the time Sister Taylor who was last came out, he had told her that we are the happiest trio in the history of the mission! That made me feel so privileged and awesome to be able to be a part of that, so pretty much we are really lucky, it's amazing how well we get along because we are all so very different, but we have the same goal in mind! Also a new missionary came this week to our district, it's the middle of a transfer, so it was really random, but he has been here before once I guess and now he's back, and the elder training him found out the day before that he was coming, so that was different.

Also we had our like 8 hour talent show on Wednesday, it was a nice break, but very long, our district did the EFY medley in Spanish, and being the procrastinators we are we only practiced once with the piano right before the show started. The funny part is me and my companions practiced a lot on our own, and the elders did not, however, when we did it we messed up and the elders did awesome, so that was way funny! Also my companions and I did this dance with a bunch of the English missionaries, and it was random and embarrassing, but there were a lot of weirder talents so I don't feel too bad about it.

We had a very cultural experience at our ward Christmas party this past week, the Hermanas in the Relief Society did some dances, one was about these old men or something with creepy masks on, they also told jokes that made no sense, because we don't know Spanish that well, but it was fun anyway.

That's the exciting things going on in the mission life right now, it's fun, I love the mission more and more everyday, that I get to go out and tell people that I know that Christ is our Savior and Redeemer, that our Heavenly Father knows and loves each of us, That we have a prophet on the earth today, That the Book of Mormon is true. I love that we can tell them that we know the way back to God! This is something so special to me, and I am grateful for the chance I have to be here helping people to know what we all know!

I love you all! I hope you have a merry Christmas and I'll be talking to you next week Family!

Love, Hermana Love

My 2nd Exchanges!

well this week was a good one, we had quite a few lessons this week, the main one was with a less-active, we invited him to a tour of the church, because he has been less-active for a REALLY LONG time so we decided to take him on the tour, and during the tour he opened up to us to why he isn't coming, because he doesn't remember it anymore and he spends time with his family. It went really well even though he didn't come to church, but the tour was a big step for him.

We also have been trying as a district to get our ward more unified, because they currently are not, but we are helping them to get that way, I'm really excited for that to change!

Probably the most eventful time this week was exchanges, we had exchanges on Saturday and that was really fun! Hermana Taylor went to Chino with Hermana Cruz (my MTC companion) and then her companion Hermana Brown (who has only been here 3 weeks came with me and Hermana Mulitalo. I drove for the day, and since I usually don't drive funny things happened including getting semi-lost, and the big thing is we came home for Lunch and well we walked out the door, and I had locked it, and just as I shut the door I realized the keys were on my desk, luckily this has happened before, so we opened the window and climbed through and got the keys. That was lucky! We also got to go to a Christmas concert at the stake center, It was really good, and made it sort of feel like Christmas, so that was way cool! It was a way fun exchange and a good learning experience!

This week we have President interviews this week, and the missionary Christmas talent show party, no one signed up to begin with so then President said he wanted everyone to be in it, so our district decided we would do it together and we'll be singing the EFY medley in Spanish, I don't know how it will go we just threw it together, but I'm excited to see the talents of the other missionaries. I'll let you know how it goes!

Well that's pretty much it! Hope all is well! and your enjoying all the snow back home, we just get rain!

Love, Hermana Love

3 Meals May Be a Little Too Much

Well it was a good week this past week. I alsoo learned this past week that I am an amateur at the holiday in the mission thing. So as you all know it was Thanksgiving this past week, we decided it would probably be hard to do any real work on Thanksgiving, so me and my companions decided we would tell the members who asked us that we would go to their dinner, we thought we had spaced it out pretty well with 3 meals.  It ended up that some people were late and some early so we ate 3 meals in a row, that was probably the worst decision I have ever made in my life, we were all close to tears by the end of the night. Christmas should be a lot smoother. We also spent that day taking fruit baskets to less active sisters from the Relief Society it was really fun!

We were pretty busy this week we even got a new investigator, it's been a while so that is pretty awesome! Things have been relatively slow here but this transfer with 3 of us we are going to take off and I can feel that with lots of work we can have a White Christmas this year!

Also we had a lesson with Arnulfo one of our investigators this week and we were talking to him, he has to look for a new place to live and a new job all at once and we said we were sorry, and he said I enjoy everything in life whether it's working all the time, even my problems and every day because you never know what will come tomorrow, so enjoy it today because tomorrow you wont have it. It was really profound and it was really cool, Arnulfo is a really awesome investigator!

That's basically the most of what happenened this was a great week, and I feel a lot of great things will happen this coming week so stay tuned this week.

Love, Hermana Love

3rd Trio and Still in Rimgrove

So it was transfer times again, and well it turns out that I am in another trio again, me and Hna Taylor stayed in our area, but then Hna Mulitalo came to join us, so that was pretty crazy insane! Hna Mulitalo is Samoan but she is from salt lake Utah! I'll give more details next week! However I am happy we are staying here because I love it here, and I have had a new companion every transfer thus far it is really crazy!

Anyway and things are really awesome, I feel things really are going to pick up here pretty soon and I am really excited to see what this next transfer has to bring to us, so it should be really good and awesome! I can't remember much of what happened this past week, but it was good, on Saturday we had a ward thanksgiving party, and they went all out, we went to the church early to help them prepare all this food it was soo awesome, and also the ward choir which included us sang in the jungle from Lion King, not sure how that relates to thanksgiving, but we just do as we are told. So that was the main thing that happened.

Then of course on Tuesday, I got a phone call from President Becerra that was really quite shocking, from your mom called to the news of grandma was really quite crazy! Weird I didn't know Grandma was sick but somehow when I heard the news from the president, all I could feel in that moment was a sense of peace, knowing it was her time, and a greater appreciation that we have the gospel in our lives that we have the plan of salvation, and that Grandma was needed to do work on the other side. I loved Grandma, and I am praying for you all and hope you can feel peace at this time. I love you all a lot as well!

Love, Hna Love

also if you want to read an awesome story Alma 20 is the way to go, seriously I love it soo much! I read it today!
Also happy thanksgiving!!!

A week of service!

Well last week was a little different. One of the members here in our ward got a notice of eviction a few weeks ago, so we kept going by to see how we could help them, and hoping they knew we were serious when we told them to call when they were moving, so we were so happy when they actually called last week so that we could help them! Also during that move I realized just how lucky we are to have the life we have. Because we were packing stuff and moving it out and their were COCKROACHES....EVERYWHERE! It was insane I don't know how people can live the way they do, sometimes, also us and the other missionaries and 2 other people were the only people to help so we were there all day because we just had 1 truck. However I was grateful to help and get some service, since there is not much service to do here.

Then came my birthday and it was great, I had 2 cakes that day one with the other missionaries and one with the investigators they planned it as a surprise. Our investigators are the best! Also the tradition is that you have to bite the cake, and when you do that someone pushes your head so you get frosting all over your face, it's a funny tradition, I think I'll keep that tradition.

Then we had a chance to help the elders and we moved another family, but that was much easier because it was from one to another in the same apartment complex, it was soo great!

Also this week we had Zone conference! I love zone conference! Seriously our president is so inspired! I really learn a lot each time he teaches, so it is really exciting. It was in Spanish this time, so it was good, to learn more Spanish. I always feel soo inspired after we meet with him.

We also had a lesson with Arnulfo our investigator this week, in which we finished teaching him everything, however the crazy thing is that he works everyday, and so he had a 2 hour break on Saturday, so we went to his work, and taught him in the back of Burger king. It was slightly random, but that's how much he is prepared, but he only has thanksgiving and Christmas off for the rest of the year. It's sad because he has a desire to come to church, but he literally is working all the time now! But I believe in Miracles! The faith must be tried first though.

I got to go to a baptism this week also of a little girl from my English ward. Leo, who got baptized while I was there baptized her. It's so cool to see a convert be able to use the priesthood. It was a sweet experience.

Also our mission President came to our ward yesterday, and he spoke and then while he was there we asked about how to help our investigators and he really inspired us, and it was so good, to have that inspiration. Truly i feel like one of the reasons I'm here in this mission is so that I can know President Becerra!

Well that's all here this week! Transfers are this week, so we'll see if President decides to change things with me again. Who Knows?

Love, Hermana Love

Gracias!

Well I received the package today, and I saw all the wrapped presents and I said I'll wait til tomorrow to open them and my companion said wow you have a lot of self control so then I opened them seconds later, I couldn't help it, I had to know! Also I loved the outfit, you chose well, I also tried it on and it fits perfectly, I'll take a pic and send it next week, because I at least am waiting to wear it till tomorrow! Thanks so much though I really loved it!

Also guess what? My companion became an aunt this week, her sister had a baby and it's the first in the family, so it's really exciting, I just found out now, but the situation seems similar to Mitchell, so that's funny! Thanks for the pics I love them!

Love, Hermana Love

Rojita our new car!

Well our p-day was a little crazier than expected yesterday, so we get to email today instead, because for p-day yesterday we went to the LA Zoo, we got to go because the parking lot is inside our mission! So it was really fun, nearly all the sisters in the mission went it was way fun!

Also this past week we got a new car, and when I say new, I mean new! We traded in our car, so we could have a smaller car, a Toyota corolla, that's red, and when we got the car it only had 10 miles on it! We were soo excited! The mission is so nice to us sisters!

We had an awesome Noche de hogar  (FHE) last week, where all our investigators and recent converts were together, it was like a dream and it went really well! It is so good! I love it!

Next we have really been searching for service so finally we found some that probably wont work out in the long run, but nonetheless it was fun, last week we went to a senior home and we did BINGO with a bunch of old ladies, and oh boy they were so ornery especially when they didn't get BINGO, me and my companion semi feared for our lives, and were going back today again, but after that we'll be looking for more purposeful and effective service. So wish us luck on that one!

Now, for the heartbreaking news, Arnulfo our investigator had a baptismal date for this Saturday, it's his second one thus far, but Arnulfo asked for Sundays off and instead of getting Sundays off he now is working 7 days a week and longer hours, it's so sad, and since he wasn't able to come to church he still can't get baptized, yet, which is so sad because he is soo ready, but we are praying for a miracle, because now we've had a trial of our faith.

I was able to get some more culture this week as well, our investigators invited us over for dinner on Sunday and they made us carne asada, and tacos de lengua which means on Sunday I tried cow tongue! Seriously it was one of the best things I have ever tasted in my life, it was way better than expected, also I tried Guava, which I suggest never eating because it is so weird, but great for the experience suppose.

Also thanks for the happy birthday wishes!

Love, Hermana Love

Happy Halloween!

Well Hello all, it's been another fun filled week in the Rimgrove ward here in SUNNY California! Well our week has been filled of exciting things. One was my first Mission tour last week. We had Elder Walker from the 70 come, it was so neat and so rewarding, he told some fun stories about the apostles and the importance of our mission calls, but one the major themes was this

"In the gospel there are no such things as coincidences, just panned incidents!" He talked about how God truly is in all the small details of our lives. It was a great mission tour I really enjoyed it.  The crazy part was the very next day we were at the gas station filling our car and checking the oil, but the hood wouldn't shut, and at that moment the elders in that area were walking past turns out the leverwas stuck, so that was just a little thing but that was proof of a planned incident.

Also the other night we heard a knock at our door, and our neighbor brought us all these groceries, it was so nice, we were so grateful. None of neighbors are members but they are all incredibly nice, and bring us variousfruitsand things often, I'm convinced that they will all become members one day.

Also we are still teaching Arnulfo our investigator, and the day we went to teach the word of wisdom he was drinking Coffee, and so then we taught him the word of wisdom, and he siad I don'tdrink or smoke, I drink coffee every once in a while but I knowit's bad for me so I'll stop, I don't know why tea is bad, but if God says I won't drink that either. That just is a testimony of how  prepared and awesome he is, he truly is great, he was supposed to get baptized this past week but he had to work so he missed church so he will be baptized next Saturday. We are soo excited!

We also had a ward halloween party on saturday, it was so fun to be with and get to know the members a bit more, and also on saturday we rode our bikes for the half the day, it was so crazy because our area is ginormous and we don't live in our area, but we found a bike path that made it faster to get where we wanted to go.

One last thing, have any of you ever tried a percimmon? If you haven't I suggest not to unless you want to be foaming at the mouth, it's a weird fruit I guess you put it in pie.

Well Happy Halloween all! Tonight the missionaries will be at the stake center, because we can't be out since halloween is nuts, literally there is a costume place on every corner! Crazy!

Love, Hermana Love

Yes, We Got Towed!

Hello all, I guess I will first begin with an explanation of the subect of this email, so last week, we went to an investigators house and well there apartments are gated but they gave us a clikcer and a parking space there because we have a few investigators and members, so one of our investigators gave us permission to park in their spot since they don't have a car, and so long story short we were in the middle of the lesson when our investigators ran in and said our car was being towed, so we ran out  and sure enough the tow truck was about to pull out, turns out the neighbor of the investigator called on us, but after some money we luckily got the car back, I am soo grateful for our investigators watching out for us, so we could get our car back, before we didn't know where it was. That was the crazy thing of this week.

Also we had a lesson with our investigator Arnulfo this week, and it was so good because, at one of our lessons he said he had a question, and he asked what do I need to do to prepare for baptism? He is soo cool and so ready, it's evidence to me that the Lord truly is preparing his children to accept and here the gospel. He is such a great investigator, he came to church for the 2nd time yesterday which was the primary program, my favorite sunday of the year I think, I loved it.

Other random things, we stopped to get Elote (corn on the cob, with mayo, chile and cheese) it's way good, and then we saw these kids with halloween costumes so we gave them a treat (pass a long cards) and they were so excited it was awesome! Also speaking of weird things we also tried these mango popsicles with chile on it, apparently those 2 don't mix so well.

Well anyway those are just a few of the highlights of the week. It was soo good! I love the gospel so much I fall more in love with it everyday and my testimony is growing. I know this gospel is true, and that The Book Of Mormon is the word of God, there is power to that book. I love it soo much. Joseph Smith was the prophet to restore this church, and I'm grateful for his courage and faith each and everyday. I love you all soo much as well, thanks for the support (and letters) *hint hint*

Love, Hermana Love

Week 1 in Rimgrove!

Well this past week in my new area was soo awesome! Well the beginning of the week, we were in Covina my old area as a trio but then on Tuesday we separated when Hermana Judd went to Arcadia to get her new trainee and I and Hermana Taylor went to Rimgrove, where we were greeted by a crazy bachelors pad. Our first lesson that day was with a referral and he is so solid, he accepted a baptismal date for the end of this month, and he kept wanting us to go read with him, and he came to church yesterday. His name is Arnulfo and he is such a golden investigator, after we explain something he explains it back to us much better then we did in the first place, because lets be honest our Spanish is not super awesome, so that gift of tongues is really coming into play. Also up until now my companions have taken the phone calls but now I am back to being the passenger in the car, and so now I am trying to master Spanish on the phone, it ends up pretty disastrous sometimes. But we just laugh about it.

Oh we have these other investigators Nery and Estella they have been investigating for 8 months and they are better members than some actual members, they are waiting for Nery to be divorced so they can married and baptized, sometimes I forget they are investigators because they are soo solid, and patient.

We have been having friends in our pad lately, cockroaches, the first night we saw one it was the size of the quarter and we had no idea what it was but we took a picture and showed it to our district and they told us they were cockroaches, so we spent several evenings chasing them around trying to catch them.

Also my companion is hilarious the other day we went to check someone, and when we got back we realized she had left her car door open. It was soo funny. Other funny contacting stories a guy asked us where we were from because he knew we weren't from there because we are white, which is funny because its America.   I also got bit by a dog this week, it was more like a nibble so no harm done.

The best part of this week is me and my companion tried to be creative and were going to set up a booth with Book of Mormons, but then the Elders said something like needing a permit, plus we couldn't find a good spot, so were going to look harder this week and try it somewhere hopefully we don't get in trouble, we'll see.

Oh and this Spanish ward has a choir, and it's pretty legit being a Spanish ward, and of course all of us missionaries are in it, we sang a song on Sunday, it was great.

So that's my life! stay tuned for next week.

Love, HermanaLove