Last
tuesday we travelled down to Ventura for Mission Leadership Council and
then Hna Eames had to visit a Chiropractor in Ventura so that took all
day. We had fun though! Every other MLC, Sister Felix makes the most
delicious breakfast ever, and we get to eat at the mission home before
the meeting. It was fun to see everyone at MLC! It was the last time I
will see Hna Griffes because she is going home at the end of this
transfer. I lived with her my first transfer too, so it's super weird!
She will be coming to school in Idaho like a week after too, so you'll
all have to meet her. I learned a lot at the meeting about the spirit,
and also about the importance of prayers. Prayers are such a simple
thing, but they are so powerful! We can always look for ways to improve
our prayers. Something Hna Eames and I have been talking about recently
is how incredible it is that every day, we get to kneel down before a
king and explain what we did to battle for him that day.
Wednesday
I went on exchanges with Hna Miller! I have never served around her
before, but she is really cute. We had a really huge miracle together!
We felt like we should go visit this lady we had met a few weeks earlier
that had a little "Herbal Life" store, and we walked in and there was
another lady named Elvia that we have now run into three times in
different places of the city! She asked us about what happens to people
that die, and then told us that her sun was killed while trying to cross
the border when he was 19. We got to share a little bit of God's plan
with her, and it was so amazing! I think Heavenly Father wants us to
teach her..
Hna Miller also goes home at the
end of the transfer, and she said she had asked her dad for some last
mission advice and he said, "Make everyone you talk to know they are
loved." I love that! So many people feel lonley or unappreciated or
inadequate, and these are all lies that satan tries to deceive us with!
When we truly know that we are children of a Heavenly Father who loves
us, we are able to feel it and then spread that to others. We should
always strive to make those around us feel loved! I think one of the
greatest things I have learned recently is the importance of offering
those around us the benefit of the doubt. Usually people do not mean to
offend us. Often hurt feelings come from miscommunications or a lack of
perspective, and we can avoid a lot of it by trying to put ourselves in
each other's shoes. And then realize that the only person who really
does understand is the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Thursday
we set another investigator with a baptismal date! His name is Samuel
Cano. Please keep him in your prayers! He is so amazing. He has been
learning from the missionaries for a long time, and he is reading in the
Book of Mormon every day and trying to know if this is the truth. His
baptismal date is April 9th!
And also keep Maira in your prayers! She is preparing to be baptized on April 1st.
She is doing awesome. We got to teach her about the Plan of Salvation
this week, and she was so excited about that! We saw her twice after
that and both times she referred to something she learned during the
lesson. It is amazing to know about Heavenly Father's plan for us! We do
have a purpose in this life. And we have so many things to help us
along the way! Jesus Christ and his atonement being the biggest one.
The
area is doing well. We haven't had ward council this entire transfer -
they keep cancelling it. But we still communicate pretty well with the
branch president. We had a miracle yesterday! There is a less active
familia - la familia Lopez - and they haven't been to church in over a
year! Last week our branch president asked if we could try to see if
they would come meet with him on sunday
morning. They said yes originally and then called and cancelled right
before. So we reset it for the next week. They called again yesterday
morning, but we just didn't answer that time because we didn't want them
to be able to cancel! :) hehe. And then we walked into the church and
they were sitting there on the couch with all 5 of their boys waiting to
meet with the branch president. One of their boys even got sick with
the flu that morning, and they still came! They weren't able to stay at
church because of it, but we introduced them to the Primary President
(who happens to be Tiffany Rigby!), and they said they would come the
next week!
Sorry I can't think of any funny
stories right now.. I know they happened! Most of them have to do with
creepy latinos hittin on my companion. jajaja
Love ya'll!!
<3 Hermana Trystan Ricks
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| Hermana Griffes |
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| "Heart Attacking" our investigator, Marta's, door! |
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| Our super healthy lunch with Hna's Soriano and Green |
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| This is our friend Squirtle. He likes fingers! |
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