Now those of you who got to go to the relief society broadcast understand the title of my email. President Uchtdorf is the best! Well actually the whole relief society presidency is awesome! I loved the broadcast and now seeing the beginning of conference just makes me soo much more excited for conference this weekend I love it! I am now anxiously awaiting the november Liahona so I can reread all the talks from relief society of all the ones I heard. I made a goal to read all the talks from the april conference in spanish before this conference, and the good news is I only have sunday afternoon session and like 6 days, I think that I will make it! I hope my excitement for conference is getting everyone else excited because conference is the best.
So apart from the broadcast, on friday this past week our whole mission met in Arcadia for a working with members training, in which sister diana holsher (sp?) came and spoke she came from San Antonio Texas, but it was really awesome, it made me soo excited to work with members and I'm really looking forward to this week to working with them, this will really help the work in our mission progress, because it's just awesome I can't explain it, we just learned that missionaries are part of the spirtual conversion and members are part of the social conversion and once we both learn our parts things will be much better. Our district decided to see which companionship can get the most member lessons this week, we'll see who wins, it's fun to be able to have competitions that really helps us all progress in the work.
Also this week has been pretty good in general, we set a baptismal date for an investigator, and then spent a lot of time meeting new people and finding more people that way, it's fun to see what others religious beliefs are and the different ways people react to us, yup so that's basically what is going down here in Covina.
We have some exciting things coming up this week, we are having a sisters training with our mission president, ward activity, and general conference, so be prepared for some exciting stories this next week.
Love you all, Love Hermana Love
Monday, September 26, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
I Love to See the Temple!
Well today has been such a great day this far, we left at 5:30 this morning for the LA temple, a member with a 15 passenger van took me and my companion and 8 other elders to the temple, it was soo nice of them, so we were super happy to be able to go since it has been quite a few months since I have been able to go, so I am very happy right now, we also had an awesome week last week with some really powerful lessons. We actually committed an investigator Estefany who is 15 to be baptized this coming Sunday after resolving some doubts that she had, it was really powerful, she is soo ready. Then a few days later we had a lesson with Sally another investigator and committed her for the 25th of September, so September has some exciting days ahead. Also we are making some progress with some less-actives we've been trying to get a hold of and finally for the 1st time since I've got here we've actually got in contact with some of them, so it is soo cool, to see all our work going somewhere and that we are able to see results from our labors.
Oh also last Wednesday we rode our bikes to the church and it was conveniently the hottest day of the week 108 degrees. The church is only 3 miles away it's a gradual hill on the way there, but by the time I got there I was dying and had a whole lot more respect for the Elders who only have their bikes, I guess I am out of shape I was sore the rest of the day and we haven't rode our bikes since, but we probably will be soon.
Also we had a scare last weekend, President Gutierrez who is the first counselor in our mission presidency and also in the last ward I served with went hiking with a bunch of people from the church but then during the hike he was lost, but they luckily found him a day later and was fine because he is a survivor. So it was good!
Anyway so life is pretty good here in Covina, I'm really looking forward to this next week, because everyday is exciting as a missionary and hope you all have a good week as well.
I love you all! Love,
HermanaLove
oh and here is a thought " There must be works with faith. How foolish it would be to ask the Lord to give us knowledge, but how wise to ask the Lord's help to acquireknowledge, to study constructively, to think clearly, and to retain things that we have learned " I'm not sure who said but I love it and I know it is soo true!!
Oh also last Wednesday we rode our bikes to the church and it was conveniently the hottest day of the week 108 degrees. The church is only 3 miles away it's a gradual hill on the way there, but by the time I got there I was dying and had a whole lot more respect for the Elders who only have their bikes, I guess I am out of shape I was sore the rest of the day and we haven't rode our bikes since, but we probably will be soon.
Also we had a scare last weekend, President Gutierrez who is the first counselor in our mission presidency and also in the last ward I served with went hiking with a bunch of people from the church but then during the hike he was lost, but they luckily found him a day later and was fine because he is a survivor. So it was good!
Anyway so life is pretty good here in Covina, I'm really looking forward to this next week, because everyday is exciting as a missionary and hope you all have a good week as well.
I love you all! Love,
HermanaLove
oh and here is a thought " There must be works with faith. How foolish it would be to ask the Lord to give us knowledge, but how wise to ask the Lord's help to acquireknowledge, to study constructively, to think clearly, and to retain things that we have learned " I'm not sure who said but I love it and I know it is soo true!!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
1st Week in Covina!
Well I just experienced my 1st week of my 3rd area in the mission and with my 5th companion in the field, and things are great! it's fun! On tuesdays (today) we get to go to a citizen center and serve them lunch for service it is very fun, today we listened to a man go on for 20 minutes about a lot of crazy things, like how he had a mormon friend, but it is really enjoyable! And speaking of people talking about people going on rants we were knocking and last week we knocked into someone who went off about how we was a professional tennis player but then for a while he was debating playing tennis or being a minister, it was impossible to get away but I love it, because the mission is so different every single day!
Also I guess I am learning everyday how amazing the spirit is because last week it was getting dark and we weren't sure where we should be and we decided to go visit a member, and I was lucky we followed that prompting, because she was preparing to go on a camping trip and we were able to help her get ready because she needed a little help, it's crazy how even just a small little thing can be soo important to someone else, and we would not have gone if we were not listening to the Spirit, so thus I am very grateful for the spirit in my life.
Then On Friday I had a mini-christmas, why because the housing Elder brought my bike to our apartment so I finally get to ride my bike, we haven't ridden them yet but we will probably ride them tomorrow, I'm excited to get a bit more exercise and hopefully to be able to talk to more people rather than when we are in the car, so I am super happy about that, and can't wait to finally ride it.
On sunday, we had a mission wide fast our fast was to double baptisms, so great things are about to happen here in the California Mission with the power of several missionaries fasting for the same purpose. And also since I was a new missionary in the ward I was asked to bear my testimony, and it was good. I'm really happy to be back in Spanish too because I feel like my limited spanish knowledge was going down last transfer being in English but I am really excited to work with the hispanic people again, we also found out that we get pday next tuesday because next tuesday we get to go to the LA temple and I am really excited! It's been a while since I've been.
Anyway well I hope everyone else is doing good and that life is good back home! I love you all and hope you have a great day!
Love, Hermana Love
Also I guess I am learning everyday how amazing the spirit is because last week it was getting dark and we weren't sure where we should be and we decided to go visit a member, and I was lucky we followed that prompting, because she was preparing to go on a camping trip and we were able to help her get ready because she needed a little help, it's crazy how even just a small little thing can be soo important to someone else, and we would not have gone if we were not listening to the Spirit, so thus I am very grateful for the spirit in my life.
Then On Friday I had a mini-christmas, why because the housing Elder brought my bike to our apartment so I finally get to ride my bike, we haven't ridden them yet but we will probably ride them tomorrow, I'm excited to get a bit more exercise and hopefully to be able to talk to more people rather than when we are in the car, so I am super happy about that, and can't wait to finally ride it.
On sunday, we had a mission wide fast our fast was to double baptisms, so great things are about to happen here in the California Mission with the power of several missionaries fasting for the same purpose. And also since I was a new missionary in the ward I was asked to bear my testimony, and it was good. I'm really happy to be back in Spanish too because I feel like my limited spanish knowledge was going down last transfer being in English but I am really excited to work with the hispanic people again, we also found out that we get pday next tuesday because next tuesday we get to go to the LA temple and I am really excited! It's been a while since I've been.
Anyway well I hope everyone else is doing good and that life is good back home! I love you all and hope you have a great day!
Love, Hermana Love
Monday, August 22, 2011
6 Months!
Wow! Time is sure flying by, it was just 6 months ago today that I was set apart as a full-time missionary and tomorrow it will be 6 months since I began my mission, and I have already learned a lot in the past 6 months that I have been here on my mission, my testimony has grown a lot and my love for the people here in Chino has grown more and more each day, but next week when I write I will be in a Spanish area, I know because President told me, but I wont know where till the end of this week, but I have really enjoyed being able to spend time here and experience English work, what's best is that this week on Saturday we will be having a wedding, actually it's Joanna and Leo the ones who were going to get married a few weeks ago, but this time it is actually going to happen, and then the next day on Sunday Leo will be baptized. I am super excited for it! Leo is a man who truly has a broken heart and a contrite spirit, he really just wants to get baptized, because he knows the importance of baptism, it was crazy because our president met Leo a while ago and he said, because of mis communication with the bishop that he would come and marry Joanna and Leo himself so that he could get baptized. We also got a new investigator, Regina, she is married to a less-active, and well we might have to be patient and work slow because the husband is really bitter and angry but she has a desire to learn more, so it's good news. This past week has been really good, as far as the missionary works, we've had more lessons with less-actives and members then we have had this whole transfer so it's great. Also it's funny because there is a lady in our ward who is determined that we have to be fed every night so she's taken it on but the funny part is she doesn't tell us when they've been planned but luckily we talk with the members somehow before it happens, she's really taking it on calling everyone, which is kind of funny because we don't care about getting fed we just want to get to know the members and build the trust with them, but so many people care about the missionaries. Anyway yup, so i guess that is the life here in San Antonio, I'm sorry I always blank when it comes to emailing, but I guess that's just the way life goes, but before I go, I will leave you with a quote, this is something I want to do at the end of all my emails from here on out. so here it goes
"The best time to plant an oak tree was 25 years ago, the second best time is now!" This is from my district leader in a district meeting, and obviously it just means don't put off what you can do today, I really liked it because so many times we make excuses for why we can't do something today when there is always time, anyway I just really liked it, we can change at any time!
well Love ya all, Love HermanaLove
"The best time to plant an oak tree was 25 years ago, the second best time is now!" This is from my district leader in a district meeting, and obviously it just means don't put off what you can do today, I really liked it because so many times we make excuses for why we can't do something today when there is always time, anyway I just really liked it, we can change at any time!
well Love ya all, Love HermanaLove
Monday, August 15, 2011
Greetings From Sunny California!
Hello everyone!
This past week was good. We have been progressing in our area trying to continue to meet the less actives in our ward as well as find new investigators on our own. But I guess the highlight was that I had my second zone conference here in the field. It was on Thursday, we got up and were getting ready to go when the member we live with told us that we had a flat tire on our car, so we made phone calls to our district leader and decided since conference was an hour away and we didn't want to be late we called the other sisters in our zone to give us a ride, so they saved the day. Then while at zone conference we role played situations and we were paired in 2 sets of missionariesm so one could evaluate well since we are a trio President Becerra came and was our evaluator, we were so nervous at first but after getting over the nerves it ended up being really good, I learned a lot from him, we are going to double our baptisms, and he really motivated us. After zone conference was over we went home and our district leader came and helped us put our spare on but it turns out neither of us had the right tools but luckily our neighbor was outside and helped us. Also this week we got a new investigator, we found him in an interesting way, we heard music and their was a gate to the actual door. so after debate of getting to the door we just knocked on the window and talked through the window, he accepted a tour and he agreed to meet with us again. We are super excited! It's been a while since we got a new investigator. Leo our investigator who was supposed to get baptized yesterday is still not baptized, but next month hopefully he will get married and baptized, he knows it is true, he just has to get baptized. But anyway I guess that is all that is really going on here in good ole' Chino, so until next week, I love you all and hope your doing good!
Love, Sister Love
This past week was good. We have been progressing in our area trying to continue to meet the less actives in our ward as well as find new investigators on our own. But I guess the highlight was that I had my second zone conference here in the field. It was on Thursday, we got up and were getting ready to go when the member we live with told us that we had a flat tire on our car, so we made phone calls to our district leader and decided since conference was an hour away and we didn't want to be late we called the other sisters in our zone to give us a ride, so they saved the day. Then while at zone conference we role played situations and we were paired in 2 sets of missionariesm so one could evaluate well since we are a trio President Becerra came and was our evaluator, we were so nervous at first but after getting over the nerves it ended up being really good, I learned a lot from him, we are going to double our baptisms, and he really motivated us. After zone conference was over we went home and our district leader came and helped us put our spare on but it turns out neither of us had the right tools but luckily our neighbor was outside and helped us. Also this week we got a new investigator, we found him in an interesting way, we heard music and their was a gate to the actual door. so after debate of getting to the door we just knocked on the window and talked through the window, he accepted a tour and he agreed to meet with us again. We are super excited! It's been a while since we got a new investigator. Leo our investigator who was supposed to get baptized yesterday is still not baptized, but next month hopefully he will get married and baptized, he knows it is true, he just has to get baptized. But anyway I guess that is all that is really going on here in good ole' Chino, so until next week, I love you all and hope your doing good!
Love, Sister Love
Monday, August 8, 2011
Greetings From Chino, California, As Always
Well this past week was good and crazy, we started out the week comitting Leo our investigator to be baptized on the 14th and him and his girlfriend had plans of getting married on the 13th, but as of yesterday that has changed, because Joanna (Leo's girlfriend) is a less-active and she met with the bishop yesterday and he says they are not getting married for a while which means no baptism, but he said to be patient, and I trust that everything will work out exactly the way it is supposed to. Also this past week we had interviews with the President. President Becerra is really awesome, and truly he is inspired, He is really awesome. He told me in my interview that at the end of the transfer I will be going back to spanish work, so that should be good, I'm excited! I love english but I'm really excited to go back to spanish work again. This weekend one of my companions sister Fonua was sick and so we realized something great about the trio, sister Fonua stayed home with the members we live with and me and sister Eggleston worked for a while, but I think Sister Fonua is much better today. Yesterday we also had the chance to go visit some people in the ward with our relief society president sister Chld, she is awesome, when we went to pick her up she had a missionary name badge of her husband, they covered the Elder with black tape and wrote sister it was hillarious, she is one of the kindest people ever, it was great to go out with her, We are still trying to help the less actves in our ward, and slowly but surely I believe some will come back to church. Well I guess that is it for now! I'll try not to blank out when I email anymore, but I just never can remember.
Love, Hermana Love
Love, Hermana Love
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Another Week in Chino!
Hello All!
Well another week has come and gone! What happened this past week? I am drawing a blank but I am sure good things happened. Well actually this past week we have been visiting some of the many less actives in our ward and the work is slow but we have a few appointments this week with some less actives and even got a new investigator so hopefully that works out well, I'm really looking forward to this coming week, I know that things will work as long as we have faith! Joanna and Leo are going to get married on the 13th and hopefully Leo will be baptized the next day so we are super excited about that.
This last week we also were knocking a culdesac(sp?) and all the houses there had celebrate signs and we asked one of the people what they were celebrating and they said everyone in that culdesac were original homeowners and had all lived there for 20 years so that was super crazy! Also yesterday we had a dinner appointment and we had Togan food because the member is togan and wanted to make us togan food since my companion is Tongan, it was way good, but we were soo full by the end. Well I guess I am having a brain block today because I really can't even think of what I wanted to say so I guess I'll say this. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints is the only true Church. It was restored through Joseph Smith, The Book of Mormon is true! I am learning so much from the Book Of Mormon, and especially Preach My Gospel, full time missionary or not PMG is definitely beneficial to every member! Well I love you all and hope that everything is going well!
Love, Sister Love
Well another week has come and gone! What happened this past week? I am drawing a blank but I am sure good things happened. Well actually this past week we have been visiting some of the many less actives in our ward and the work is slow but we have a few appointments this week with some less actives and even got a new investigator so hopefully that works out well, I'm really looking forward to this coming week, I know that things will work as long as we have faith! Joanna and Leo are going to get married on the 13th and hopefully Leo will be baptized the next day so we are super excited about that.
This last week we also were knocking a culdesac(sp?) and all the houses there had celebrate signs and we asked one of the people what they were celebrating and they said everyone in that culdesac were original homeowners and had all lived there for 20 years so that was super crazy! Also yesterday we had a dinner appointment and we had Togan food because the member is togan and wanted to make us togan food since my companion is Tongan, it was way good, but we were soo full by the end. Well I guess I am having a brain block today because I really can't even think of what I wanted to say so I guess I'll say this. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints is the only true Church. It was restored through Joseph Smith, The Book of Mormon is true! I am learning so much from the Book Of Mormon, and especially Preach My Gospel, full time missionary or not PMG is definitely beneficial to every member! Well I love you all and hope that everything is going well!
Love, Sister Love
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