Hi I am coming at you live from Murrieta, the Oso Oro (Golden Bear) ward.
Mon, Jan 14th - We went to lunch at the Barnson’s house because they wanted to say goodbye to me. I love them so much, it was such a blast. We did transfer journals and said goodbye to all my buddies who I love. It was really crazy. Sister Langton went home, one of my first STLs with Sister Cam Richie. We have served around each other my entire mission so far. I am going to miss her. She will be a little light at BYU Provo. We went to Temecula old town to get a sticker. The store was locked but saw us and let us in and told us how she was impressed with the elders. She gave us good discounts and free stickers. We went to Ice cream with the sisters at Baked Bear.
We went to family home evening to say goodby to a lot of people. 
I said goodbye to Julie which was so sad but I know she is in great hands and will be baptized someday and I will be back for it.
Jan 15 - Britta’s Birthday. Happy Birthday Britta! I miss you tons and love you. You are amazing!
I packed and we went to breakfast with a sister and helped her take down her Christmas.
We transferred and was driven to Murrieta. I am with sister Briggs. This is her fourth transfer and she has been here the whole time. I picked up our car, a red Toyota Corolla and I am driving so it was fun. We had to shove two mattresses in it and give one to the other sisters and one to our place.
We went to YW so I got to meet a whole bunch of people off the bat.
Jan 16 - Happy Birthday Seth! Holy Cow! I love you much. You are amazing, awesome and jazzy!
We went to zone greet and talked about the theme which is MY PURPOSE. 
“My purpose is to invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in the lord Jesus Christ and His atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.”
We also talked about our personal purpose. Like, my purpose is to brighten the lives of at least 3 people a day. We talked about the sacrifices we gave up to be here. One of the Elders from Sweden testified none of those things matter. Afterward we went to a gal’s house, Chris, we are hoping to pick her up as a contact. We have a meeting called rescue where the members come and tell us about the missionary work they are doing and let us know the help they need from us.
Thursday, Jan 17 - I studied a lot about Joy! Surprise, surprise! I studied the talk by President Nelson where he says, “Joy comes from and because of Him. He is the source of all joy.” He says to plead for joy just like we plead for charity. It is a really good reminder. Everyone asks me why I am so happy and this quote describes it perfectly. We went to a meeting with the Elders to make a trifold for members how they can convert themselves and then convert others.
We had sacred finding time which is always a blast. We did facebook and phone work. I got a lot of concerns about my knees but I am fine.
Friday - We had a zone breakfast with the stake high council people over missionary work. We went to a food pantry at the Methodist Church. Many came to get food because of the government shutdown. We created relationships with people from all backgrounds and all religions. We had our daily planning, studies, weekly planning.
We went out to work and saw miracles. First, we planned to see a part member family and knocked but no one answered so we walked across the street. The house had christmas lights on so we decided she was a happy person. Clara Stanton, a little seven year old member was at the house. She gave sister Briggs a hug and said I know you, then she looked at me and said, I will get to know you. She chatted away about the gospel so the lady, Clara’s neighbor who was not a member invited us in. Clara told the lady she was being baptized soon and that she would invite her. This cute little seven year old was doing this awesome missionary work talking about missions and temples. Then we went to visit a less active girl but we found her nonmember husband. We talked with him about the gospel and formed a relationship with him and he is happy to have us come back and talk with both of them.
Jan 19 - Happy Birthday Hunter Wooten and Grandpa Dalley! You are both amazing. We played ultimate frisbee as a zone for exercising. We had studies and did street contacting. We found a dirt trail we thought was a short cut but ended up going on an accidental hike and having conversations with people on the trail. We gave Keith a picture of the Salt Lake Temple. He’s cool, he will get baptized someday.
We drove to a meeting but hit a piece of car that flew off another car. Our car was rattling and making lots of noises. We left our car at Pep Boys to be fixed while we went to a meeting. We went to eat at Mega Tom’s Burgers which surprisingly had yummy greek food.
We picked up our car. I am known in the mission office as Problem #1, this proves it again, the minute I am in a car again there is a problem.
I love the new Come Follow Me program. It is super inspired. We had district correlation where we get advice from our district members on how to teach or handle situations.
Jan 20 - We had wark council at 7:30 am and for sacrament meeting we got to hear a farewell talk from Annie, the bishop’s daughter who is going on a mission. We had missionary correlation meeting. We defined our goals and made plans to do things better. We went to a less active members house and spoke with her nonmember daughter. We went to Tamaja, La Cresta and DeLuse. These areas are way out far away. It was super hilly. I felt like we were taking a canyon drive. We went to these places - many homes were gated - but it just gave us this overwhelmed feeling of how many people are in our area. We need to invite ALL THESE PEOPLE to come unto Christ.
We went to dinner with Amanda, a less active member, and Kevin, her husband who is not a member. We hope to pick him back up as a person with interest. Lots to do there.
I hope you all have an amazing week as well!
Love you, love you, bye!
Sister Dalley
sisterjosiedalley.blogspot.com
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