Hello everybody, Happy New Year! I hope you all are doing great! 2019 I can’t believe it and January, I started this journey in January.
Starting it off right with Dec 31, New Years Eve. We had an all day pday. That basically means we don’t go out to work at night. Sister Barnson took us shopping for our pants which is so crazy! The best is to go thrift shopping and I bought like five pairs of pants for $20. It is super weird. I have worn them a couple of times out proselyting and I feel apostate. It will take a minute for me to get used to but it will be good. I like it for biking but it is really different. We went to the Las Brisas building in Murrieta for a combined pday with the Murrieta zone. We played missionary jeopardy and missionary pictionary and sports and stuff. It was really fun.
I finished the Book of Mormon like the prophet asked! Wahoo! Like every other time I have read and finished the Book of Mormon, I knelt down and I prayed. I always ask if it is true. Even though I have received that answer over and over again, it is just that reaffirming assurance that the Book of Mormon is true. I asked and I just sat there crying because I was just so happy. The emotion I got was, c’mon Sister Dalley, you know it is true, and I was like I know, I am just asking because it tells me to ask.
Also, another funny thing, I lost my nametag earlier that day and couldn’t find it anywhere. So while I was praying about the Book of Mormon I asked Heavenly Father to help me find my name tag. I stood up, walked over and just picked it up of the ground. I immediately knelt down again to thank Heavenly Father for helping me find my nametag. Blessings!
January 1, we had district council. We learned a lot about the Come Follow Me program and how we can teach from it and help members understand it better. We went to work to our furthest most far out there area with hills. We tracted. It is warm during the day but it gets super cold during the night. I guess cold to me is 50 degrees. I have become super climatized.
January 2, we went to the food pantry and then we went to work. We worked with all our less actives. We set up appointments for when we could come back and teach them and why they aren’t coming; Sister Walters and I are reading the New Testament together.
January 3, I went to Carlsbad to get a root canal :( Dr. Packard, our gospel doctrine teacher from the Carlsbad YSA, did it.
January 4, we went to Vista for an all region mission meeting. We got pounded in a loving way. We learned a lot about light. We talked about how in the D&C and throughout the scriptures it talks about light and understanding as God gives us. He talked about expanding our capacity to hold light. He said the more obedient we are the greater capacity we have to hold light so more light can be given to us. We can help others come in line with God and Jesus Christ as we are in line. We got kind of thrown down and thrashed a little bit but it made us want to be better. I am excited for things that are happening. We learned that our mission will be affected by the California mission boundary changes. It will be during my last transfer. It was a cool experience to see the whole mission again. Sister Miles, Sister Stoddard and my friends from the MTC. 
When we got back, we went to work with our less actives and the potentials around those less actives. We were all charged up and ready to go!
January 5th, Grandma Wanda, it is your birthday! Happy Birthday! I love you so much, you are amazing!
We had a busy day. We went to a lesson with Bryant. It has been a month and a half since he has been baptized. He was surprised he gets to review the lessons again. He asked, what about my mom? We answered we were still teaching his mom and he was like, ya, you can babysit her, she needs help. We talked about the restoration. He is so smart. We always have such a good discussion with Bryant. He is awesome!
Then we had a lesson with Vida. She has kind of taken two steps back. She needs your prayers. She wants it but it is just helping her get there.
We went to Alyssa’s house, her dad is a member but mom is not. She had been meeting with missionaries before. We didn’t find her but met with her mom Sue. She asked us a bunch of questions about baptism and temples and being sealed. She told us about a bunch of tender mercies she has had with missionaries.
January 6, I was sitting in church and I leaned over to Sister Walters and said “On this day, twelve years ago, I was baptized!” I cannot tell you I remembered much other than I spilled chocolate on my dress. I remember being happy. That single action of being baptized has made such an incredible impact on my life so even though I don’t remember much of it, I am forever grateful for that day.
I love the come follow me program and church almost seems too short, I want more of it. We ar super excited about all the changes. We visited Darlene Brown and read some scriptures to her and chatted with her a little bit. We worked, knocking on doors and having fun. After, we went to visit the empty nesters.
It has been a really great week! I hope you all have a fantastic week! I am super excited to be starting a new year. I love you all so much. You are all amazing human beings. I am grateful for all you do for me.
Love you, love you, bye!
Sister Dalley
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