July 22

Buenas Tardes!

This week has been amazing for finding! We found 15 new investigators, but I forgot my planner today so you don't get a day by day summary, just some miracle stories.

We had a couple of different miracle stories happen including a Cornelius story. (AKA Cornelius in the book of Acts who asked Peter to come teach him, and then invited all his friends and family to hear as well.) On Friday after zone conference we'd invited two recent converts (sisters) to come to an appointment with us, but it turned out that we couldn't meet with the lady that night after all. Instead we did a member split and I went to knock one street with E---a, while Hna Allen went with T---a. It was great to work with E---a because she's planning on going on a mission! It was good to be able to talk a little bit about what missions are like, and how important and wonderful it is to share the gospel with other people. We didn't have a great night; we got rejected at basically every door, but at the last door we were able to set up a return appointment. It was also special because I had E---a do the door contact and she did such a good job!

When we met up with Hna Allen and T---a again we got to hear about their miracle story. (I'm not 100% sure about the accuracy since I wasn't there but this is the gist.) They had stopped to talk to a man and his son, and three other men (friends of his) also stopped to listen, and they all said they'd love to hear more, and set up a return appointment where they'd all meet at the first one's house. We're really excited to work with them! Honestly though, the most exciting part of the whole story is that Hna Allen did it all by herself. Okay not completely by herself, she had T---a who's a native Spanish speaker to help, but she was the only missionary! I was so proud of her!

We also had a miracle happen on Saturday. We'd planned a blitz for our area (before we realized we didn't need help finding potential investigators...) so everyone decided to just go through with it and get to know the bottom half or our area a little better. It was a miracle because we picked the area for the San Fernando elder's, and we felt like they would be able to find a family in that area. Then ... they did! They found a family of 3 and taught lesson 1 and set up a return appointment!

Another random miracle that we had was church. We'd planned on two different investigators coming to church with us, and they both cancelled last minute. That was the first miracle though because they both let us know before hand that they weren't going to make it. The second miracle was when we walked into the chapel and were talking with some members I looked over and realized that one of our other investigators (E---n) was sitting on the back row! We had been pretty sure he wasn't going to come to church but then he did!!! We think he had a really good experience, and we're excited to be able to see him later this week!

The rest of the week was normal with the usual ups and downs. Zone Conference was amazing! and I've decided that I want to be Sister Hall when I grow up (or at least just like her). She is absolutely amazing, and I love her attitude about life, and how ready she is to learn and share. We were also finally able to start setting up member present lessons (which we've been struggling with). All in all it was a pretty good week for us.

I was thinking today about how fast time seems to be moving. Somehow everything just seems to be getting faster and faster. It's hard to believe that Hna Allen and I have been together for almost 6 weeks already! I absolutely love this work! I love sharing the gospel, and I love what I'm learning about the gospel and about myself. Thank you all for your support and love!