Well this week has been a fantastic week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On tuesday we had some great lessons with some investigators!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of them was Rosalinda, I love her so much, she is hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have to teach her really slow since it takes her a long time to learn things but she is still the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The other problem is that she cant read or write so we got her a book of mormon picture book which is great for her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We meet with her everyday and she loves the church so much!!!!!!!!!!! Her confirmation is this Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had dinner at In N Out with the Iser family, they just got baptized in March and they are an awesome family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They both gave talks at the adult session of stake conference on Saturday night and their talks were great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on wednesday we had zone conference all day which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to hear a lot of great trainings and I got to learn a lot of new things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Something that I really want to start doing is having our investigators write down the commitments we leave with them!!!!!!!!!!!! I usually write it down on a pass along card for them but its even better if they write it down because then they will remember it more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On thursday we had weekly planning which always takes a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then afterwards we got to meet with one of our investigators!!!!!!!!!! We re taught her the restoration and all of the sudden in the middle of the lesson she fell over on the couch and started crying and she said she has never felt this way before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She said she felt Heavenly Father hugging her!!!!!!!!!!! I know that it was the spirit she was feeling and she said she wants to be baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The only problem is that she wont come to church!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we got to meet with the Son family which is a part member family and they are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love them so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On friday morning we got to do some service at the parsons house which was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its a retirement home and I love all the people there so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are all so nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got to meet with some people and drop by some people in the afternoon which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday was the best day ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to meet with our investigator Christian in the morning and let me tell you about Christian!!!!!!!!!!!! He is seriously exactly like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He requested a book of mormon from the mormon.org website a couple weeks ago!!!!!!!!!!!! He is 15 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is ready to be baptized and he wants to be a member so badly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he was asking us the same exact question that I asked the missionaries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! His moms side of the family is jewish, his parents are divorced, hes a swimmer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is seriously exactly like me, I cant believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And his mom wont let him get baptized right now!!!!!!!!!!!! So I really want to talk to his mom!!!!!!!!!!!! He came to church yesterday and he loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for him to get baptized we just need to wait for the spirit to work on his mom just like how it worked on my mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time on saturday we got to go to the adult session of stake conference which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Isers spoke and their talks were great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On Sunday we had stake conference which was really good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to hear from President and Sister Durrant!!!!!!!!!!!!! We also got to hear some other really great speakers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This week has been awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it here in the Dallas 1 and 9 wards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love being a missionary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never want it to end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also love this church so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope all of you have great weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, May 21, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
May 14, 2012
OH MY GOSH I LOVE IT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was a fantastic week and I am so excited to be in my dream area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is seriously the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok so on monday it was my last day in Carrollton so I said a lot of goodbyes and we had a lunch with all the missionaries in the Carrollton zone which was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that night there was a fiesta for Sister Reina and I since we were both leaving and that was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on tuesday morning we woke up and headed over to the meandering way building for transfers!!!!!!!!! It was fun to see everyone and be with my new companions!!!!!!!!!!!! Im in a trio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of my companions is Elder Olvera, he was one of my zone leaders when I was back in the Allen Zone, I love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our other companion is a brand new missionary, we are both training him, his name is Elder Saenger and he is hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to the new area and we put all of our stuff in the apartment and then we went to go teach some lessons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our first lesson was with Rosalinda, she just got baptized on Saturday!!!!!!!! She is the best, I love her so much, she cant read or write so she listens to the book of mormon from a cd and she watches church movies!!!!!!!!!!!! She watched The Testaments seven times on Friday ahah I love her so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had dinner and then we went out to meet some more investigators!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On wednesday we woke up and had district meeting which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our district here in the Dallas East Zone is the entire zone so thats pretty crazy!!!!!!!!! Then we met with Rosalinda again and prepared her for her baptism!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On thursday we had some weekly planning which was good for me to learn the area!!!!!!!!!!! Then we met with Rosalinda and did some tracting!!!!!!!!!!!! I get to see downtown dallas everyday, it is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had dinner with the Frys which was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!! In the Dallas 1 and Dallas 9th wards, which are my wards, there are also spanish missionaries so its fun because they have dinner with us at the members houses every night since they are in our wards!!!!!!!!! So the members here get to have dinner with four missionaries every night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess what happened on friday, we went on an exchange since Elder Olvera had to do a baptism interview for the zone leaders!!!!!!!!!! So Elder Saenger and I stayed in our area and Elder Treasure came with us and Elder Olvera went over to the zone leaders area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldnt believe we were already doing an exchange!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so scared since I barely even know the area yet since I have only been here for a week!!!!!!!!!!! But it turned out great and we taught some lessons and it was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We even found a new investigator that night from Berma!!!!!!!!!!! He couldnt really understand english so we had to write a lot of stuff down and show him pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are getting him a Book of Mormon in Bermese!!!!!!!!! He is such a nice guy!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on Saturday we stopped by some investigators and met some people!!!!!!!!!!!! Sunday was great because we got to meet the Wards and go to church!!!!!!!!! The wards arent very big but the Dallas 1 ward reminds me of the Newport Hills ward back home, i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited to be here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so grateful to be a missionary for this church!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love every single minute of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry that this letter is such a mess but next week it will be better, Im still getting to know the area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope yall are doing great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, May 10, 2012
May 7, 2012
Oh wow this week was fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And
it was my last week here in Carrollton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im getting
transferred!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll let you know where in a little
bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well on tuesday we had district meeting
which went really great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I gave a training on extending
commitments to people and then we practiced giving a church tour to
people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It went really great and the spirit was so
strong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we stopped by some
peoples houses to try and visit them and we came across this graveyard
from 1800's it was really cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its a historic site in
Carrollton and I have never noticed it before!!!!!!!!!!!! Its really
small, about the same size as a house lot and it has one family buried
there!!!!!!!!!! It was really cool to see and there was a great spirit
there, that family is the one that founded
Carrollton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really love Carrollton so
much!!!!!!!!!! Then on wednesday we did some more tracting and then we
met with Bishop Moala in the afternoon so we can study how we can
teach Isaiah and 2 Nephi to our investigators!!!!!!!!!!!! Isaiah is
one of the greatest prophets and we are told in the Book Of Mormon to
study his teachings, the only problem is that it is so hard to
understand those chapters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We really learned a lot
from Bishop Moala, I am so grateful for all his time that he spends to
study with us and to help us to become better teachers for our
investigators!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to miss him a lot!!!!!!!!!!!
All you need to do is rely on the spirit when you read from Isaiah and
2 Nephi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had dinner with the Phetsavanh
family which was great and then we went over and had a lesson with
Emilyn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday was a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We
had planning in the morning and then in the afternoon we went over to
Marcus' house and we had a lesson with him!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to
miss him and the spirit he carries so much!!!!!!!!!!!! He just got a
new calling which is perfect for him since he cant
speak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He does the spiritual thought at the end of the
weekly email for the ward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited
for his new calling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we did some tracting in
Castle Hills and we talked to some really nice people!!!!!!!!!!! We
even got invited to the Prestonwood Baptist church!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats the baptist church in Carrollton that has an average attendance
of 20,000 people ever sunday!!!!!!!!!!!! It is so
big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we went over to the
Moreno's and Robledo's which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!! We watched the
Testaments and we prepared Sister Robledo for her baptism which
happened on Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On friday we got to serve at the
Bishops Storehouse in the morning which is always so
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to miss the Larsens a lot!!!!!!!!!!
They are the senior couple missionaries that are in charge of the
storehouse!!!!!!!!!!! They have such a big heart for
everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got to meet with Brother Karlovich
in the afternoon and read from the Book of Mormon with
him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the spirit that that book carries with
it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night we got to have a lesson with
Sister Malm!!!!!!!! They are finally back from their
vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is doing so great!!!!!!!!!!! And she is so
excited to get baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday was a great
day!!!!!!!!!! It was Sister Robledo's
baptism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for
her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She just started the best journey of her
life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She has changed so much from when we first met
her and it has been so great!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her baptism was such a
special day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The spirit was so strong and
she was so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved every moment of it!!!!!!!!!! I
am so excited to see her progress in the
gospel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had the adult session of stake
conference at night which was really great!!!!!!!!!! Sister Malm came
and we sat by her and we got to hear from President Blake and some
other really great people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then it was transfer
calls night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So at the end of the conference all the
missionaries in the carrollton zone went to the back of gym and we
waited for everyone to get their calls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im going to
the Dallas 1 and Dallas 9 ward in the Dallas East Stake!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOWNTOWN DALLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my gosh I am so
excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is my dream area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In a couple days I am going to be in the city!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Theres
going to be soooo many people i can talk to!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to
be training a new missionary again and i am going to be in a trio
which i am really excited for!!!!!!!!!!!!! This will be a great
transfer!!!!!!!!! On sunday we had stake conference and it was really
sad to say goodbye to all the members but I know the Lord has work for
me to do in another area so I need to go where he wants me to
go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so thankful for this church and I
just love it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I absolutely love being a
missionary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope all of you have a great
week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See miracles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it was my last week here in Carrollton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im getting
transferred!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll let you know where in a little
bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well on tuesday we had district meeting
which went really great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I gave a training on extending
commitments to people and then we practiced giving a church tour to
people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It went really great and the spirit was so
strong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we stopped by some
peoples houses to try and visit them and we came across this graveyard
from 1800's it was really cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its a historic site in
Carrollton and I have never noticed it before!!!!!!!!!!!! Its really
small, about the same size as a house lot and it has one family buried
there!!!!!!!!!! It was really cool to see and there was a great spirit
there, that family is the one that founded
Carrollton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really love Carrollton so
much!!!!!!!!!! Then on wednesday we did some more tracting and then we
met with Bishop Moala in the afternoon so we can study how we can
teach Isaiah and 2 Nephi to our investigators!!!!!!!!!!!! Isaiah is
one of the greatest prophets and we are told in the Book Of Mormon to
study his teachings, the only problem is that it is so hard to
understand those chapters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We really learned a lot
from Bishop Moala, I am so grateful for all his time that he spends to
study with us and to help us to become better teachers for our
investigators!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to miss him a lot!!!!!!!!!!!
All you need to do is rely on the spirit when you read from Isaiah and
2 Nephi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had dinner with the Phetsavanh
family which was great and then we went over and had a lesson with
Emilyn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday was a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We
had planning in the morning and then in the afternoon we went over to
Marcus' house and we had a lesson with him!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to
miss him and the spirit he carries so much!!!!!!!!!!!! He just got a
new calling which is perfect for him since he cant
speak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He does the spiritual thought at the end of the
weekly email for the ward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited
for his new calling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we did some tracting in
Castle Hills and we talked to some really nice people!!!!!!!!!!! We
even got invited to the Prestonwood Baptist church!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats the baptist church in Carrollton that has an average attendance
of 20,000 people ever sunday!!!!!!!!!!!! It is so
big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we went over to the
Moreno's and Robledo's which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!! We watched the
Testaments and we prepared Sister Robledo for her baptism which
happened on Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On friday we got to serve at the
Bishops Storehouse in the morning which is always so
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to miss the Larsens a lot!!!!!!!!!!
They are the senior couple missionaries that are in charge of the
storehouse!!!!!!!!!!! They have such a big heart for
everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got to meet with Brother Karlovich
in the afternoon and read from the Book of Mormon with
him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the spirit that that book carries with
it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night we got to have a lesson with
Sister Malm!!!!!!!! They are finally back from their
vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is doing so great!!!!!!!!!!! And she is so
excited to get baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday was a great
day!!!!!!!!!! It was Sister Robledo's
baptism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for
her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She just started the best journey of her
life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She has changed so much from when we first met
her and it has been so great!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her baptism was such a
special day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The spirit was so strong and
she was so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved every moment of it!!!!!!!!!! I
am so excited to see her progress in the
gospel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had the adult session of stake
conference at night which was really great!!!!!!!!!! Sister Malm came
and we sat by her and we got to hear from President Blake and some
other really great people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then it was transfer
calls night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So at the end of the conference all the
missionaries in the carrollton zone went to the back of gym and we
waited for everyone to get their calls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im going to
the Dallas 1 and Dallas 9 ward in the Dallas East Stake!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOWNTOWN DALLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my gosh I am so
excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is my dream area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In a couple days I am going to be in the city!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Theres
going to be soooo many people i can talk to!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to
be training a new missionary again and i am going to be in a trio
which i am really excited for!!!!!!!!!!!!! This will be a great
transfer!!!!!!!!! On sunday we had stake conference and it was really
sad to say goodbye to all the members but I know the Lord has work for
me to do in another area so I need to go where he wants me to
go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so thankful for this church and I
just love it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I absolutely love being a
missionary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope all of you have a great
week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See miracles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
April 30, 2012
This week was most definitely a most excellent
week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On tuesday we knocked on
some doors in the morning which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I
love tracting so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You get to meet such
interesting people and it is just so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then
afterwards in the afternoon we got to have another lesson with
Dylan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is the guy who we met the week before who just
got out of jail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We also got to teach his neighbor
which was really cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are going to meet with them
again this next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They said that when we
study with them they feel the spirit, especially when we talk about
the Book of Mormon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we had
an FHE with the Puente family which was really great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Sisters came too which made it really fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Puente family just tranferred into the english ward from the
spanish branch and the husband is not a member of the
church!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a lesson with them about prophets which
went really well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wednesday we basically had a full
day of tracting which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love tracting so
it was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on thursday we had interviews
with President Durrant which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also
love meeting with the Durrant Family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sister Durrant
gave us an awesome training on teaching people and asking everyone
that we come in contact with if they know anyone that would like to
hear our message!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were promised that if we ask
everyone for referrals we will more than double our teaching
pool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then in the afternoon we had weekly
planing and then guess what I got to do at night?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?! I
got to do my first baptismal
interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was
sooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It reminded me of when I
had my baptismal interview to get baptized, i couldnt believe
it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The girl who I interviewed is so
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is in the dallas 6th ward and she is
getting baptized on May 5th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She even spent a couple
years in Newport Beach which is really cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And
guess what else happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My spanish scriptures
came in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ordered spanish scriptures and
they finally got to the mission office!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been around spanish people a lot since I have been here in
Carrollton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I even have gotten to teach some lessons
in spanish since the Sunbeck branch is in my
district!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can understand when people speak
the only problem is that I cant speak it very well hahaha but im
getting better and now I have spanish scriptures so I can start
reading them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Friday was another awesome
day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We went tracting in this really cool
neighborhood in Carrollton in the afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I got
to use the new pass along cards that the church just came out
with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE SOOOOO
COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so excited when
we got them with our commisary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They link up with the
mormon.org website which everyone should take a look
at!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got to go on exchanges with the
zone leaders so i was with Elder Durtschi for the night which was
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to give Sister Robledo her baptismal
interview and I am so excited for her to get
baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We started teaching her back in march
and now she knows the church is true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love
the spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its so great how we feel it and the
feeling it gives to us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We also got to have dinner
at Emilyns house on friday night which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She
is such an awesome recent convert, she comes to
EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for her to go to
BYU idaho this fall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On Saturday we did some
more tracting and then we went and tried to stop by some referrals
that we have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! None of them were home but that was
ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we had a lesson with the Sisters
and a family that it is in the sunbeck branch and that was really
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We talked about Jospeh Smith and the restoration
of the church and I got to use my spanish
scriptures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On sunday we had church and then we
got to have a lesson with Emmanuel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is
progressing really well and he just wants to wait a little bit before
he gets baptized but he is doing awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We taught
the plan of salvation and the spirit was so strong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I
love the plan of happiness so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know that
Heavenly Father has a plan for each of us and he wants every single
one of us to return back to him again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love
yall and I hope that yall are doing
fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hope to hear from you soon (hint
hint)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a great
week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On tuesday we knocked on
some doors in the morning which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I
love tracting so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You get to meet such
interesting people and it is just so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then
afterwards in the afternoon we got to have another lesson with
Dylan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is the guy who we met the week before who just
got out of jail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We also got to teach his neighbor
which was really cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are going to meet with them
again this next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They said that when we
study with them they feel the spirit, especially when we talk about
the Book of Mormon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we had
an FHE with the Puente family which was really great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Sisters came too which made it really fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Puente family just tranferred into the english ward from the
spanish branch and the husband is not a member of the
church!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a lesson with them about prophets which
went really well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wednesday we basically had a full
day of tracting which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love tracting so
it was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on thursday we had interviews
with President Durrant which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also
love meeting with the Durrant Family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sister Durrant
gave us an awesome training on teaching people and asking everyone
that we come in contact with if they know anyone that would like to
hear our message!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were promised that if we ask
everyone for referrals we will more than double our teaching
pool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then in the afternoon we had weekly
planing and then guess what I got to do at night?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?! I
got to do my first baptismal
interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was
sooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It reminded me of when I
had my baptismal interview to get baptized, i couldnt believe
it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The girl who I interviewed is so
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is in the dallas 6th ward and she is
getting baptized on May 5th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She even spent a couple
years in Newport Beach which is really cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And
guess what else happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My spanish scriptures
came in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ordered spanish scriptures and
they finally got to the mission office!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been around spanish people a lot since I have been here in
Carrollton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I even have gotten to teach some lessons
in spanish since the Sunbeck branch is in my
district!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can understand when people speak
the only problem is that I cant speak it very well hahaha but im
getting better and now I have spanish scriptures so I can start
reading them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Friday was another awesome
day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We went tracting in this really cool
neighborhood in Carrollton in the afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I got
to use the new pass along cards that the church just came out
with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE SOOOOO
COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so excited when
we got them with our commisary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They link up with the
mormon.org website which everyone should take a look
at!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got to go on exchanges with the
zone leaders so i was with Elder Durtschi for the night which was
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to give Sister Robledo her baptismal
interview and I am so excited for her to get
baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We started teaching her back in march
and now she knows the church is true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love
the spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its so great how we feel it and the
feeling it gives to us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We also got to have dinner
at Emilyns house on friday night which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She
is such an awesome recent convert, she comes to
EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for her to go to
BYU idaho this fall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On Saturday we did some
more tracting and then we went and tried to stop by some referrals
that we have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! None of them were home but that was
ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we had a lesson with the Sisters
and a family that it is in the sunbeck branch and that was really
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We talked about Jospeh Smith and the restoration
of the church and I got to use my spanish
scriptures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On sunday we had church and then we
got to have a lesson with Emmanuel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is
progressing really well and he just wants to wait a little bit before
he gets baptized but he is doing awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We taught
the plan of salvation and the spirit was so strong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I
love the plan of happiness so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know that
Heavenly Father has a plan for each of us and he wants every single
one of us to return back to him again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love
yall and I hope that yall are doing
fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hope to hear from you soon (hint
hint)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a great
week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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