Hi Family! Sending you greetings and a hug. This week was incredible...as always :)
On Monday we went on a hike with our District and we almost died....Just kidding, but it was fun :)
This week we went to help the Sagapolutele family who just moved into our neighborhood. I know the dad (Fili) from Utah! He danced in Luz de las Naciones and now they are living here. His wife, Pania, just had a surgery and so we and the other missionaries are taking turns going to help in the house. This week we went and we cooked for them! It was so fun! Their kids helped us and we had a really great time. Then their daughter Sophia wanted to say thank you and so she gave us feet massages and then she piled all her stuffed animals on us. Then we sang and danced a Hawaiian dance. It was so fun to be able to serve and to get to know them better.
This week we also had Exchanges!! I got to stay in Newbury park with Hermana Newland! I lived with her in Santa Maria almost a year ago. It was so cool to be able to be with her again and talk about our missions, the miracles that we've seen, the challenges that we've faced, and the things that we have learned. It's weird, because now I am one of the "old" missionaries and I don't really know many of the new sisters and all of the sisters that I have served with have either gone home already or will be going home by the end of the year. The time goes so fast in the mission but I am trying to work hard and enjoy every day :)
We taught Raquel during our Exchange. She was a member referral from the English ward. We taught her about the Restoration of the Gospel and it was a really great discussion. She lives in Thousand Oaks so she is not in our area. We are going to try and get her address to give to the sisters there so they can teach her. Although I won't be able to be part of teaching her, I'm grateful to be able to teach her the first discussion. She was been prepared by the Lord and has accepted to be baptized. It was a beautiful experience.
To finish everything, we had a Zone Conference this week! We focused a lot on the Book of Mormon. It was great!! Hermana Felix was teaching us, and at the end of her talk she asked us if we would promise to read the Book of Mormon every day for the rest of our missions. After everyone said, Yes......then she asked us if we would promise to read the Book of Mormon everyday for the rest of our lives, and we all said, "YES" and when we said that I felt the spirit so strong and it was so special. It was so nice to be there and see all these missionaries make this promise to Hermana Felix and the Lord as well.
I know that when we read the Book of Mormon everyday we can see many blessings and we can feel the Lord's hand guiding us in our steps.
I love you all, I love serving the Lord and others.
Hope you all have a nice weekend :)
Our hike
Lunch with the Sisters
The Salgapolutele family
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