Jesus the Christ

Hello Everybody, It is Sister Dalley on Pday

Monday

We went to a church and played a lot of volleyball. That was awesome. We tried squid too, that interesting … it was actually nasty, just chewy and eww. It was a fun day. It was super fun, it was a good day.

Tuesday

I hear Jenna is in the MTC now which makes me so happy for her. That is so exciting and I am so pumped for her! I am so excited to see and hear about all the amazing things she does.

We went to district council. We talked a lot about Joseph Smith and the importance of the first vision. It was super powerful and super good. We studied the talk from Tad R Callister, Joseph Smith the prophet of the restoration.

We went out and worked. Working is the best thing ever even when no one lets you in or wants to talk to you. It is awesome. I love it. We are working hard and trying hard and having fun. We try to share with them light and joy but there weren’t any takers. Maybe someday. It is always my favorite. I love it so much. I feel so blessed to be a missionary and share this light. It makes me feel that much brighter. Every time I share the light with someone else I feel like my heart and light doubles.

We went to dinner a sweet old German woman who is five years older than Elder Uchtdorf. She told us stories about the war and so many sad and crazy instances that happened to her and to her family. She is amazing. She also had a friend there from Taiwan who told us stories.  It was a very informative dinner.

We right back out and worked. Being a missionary is this best ever. I wish you all could experience what I am experiencing. I love it.

Wednesday

We went to the food pantry which you all know is my favorite thing ever. We set our goals for the coming year for the ward council and ward missionary work. We also set plans on how we/or the next missionaries will achieve those goals.

We went out and worked and then went to dinner with the Chase family. They go all out for halloween, it looked like a halloween storm inside.

Thursday

Nothing ever goes to plan. It is funny, as missionaries, we make a schedule and plan out our day but God always uses us where he needs us. We set up tables and chairs for a wedding. We then went to the food pantry for government commodities and then had the hermanas drive us home and we couldn’t find our keys. We retraced our steps at the food pantry and then at the wedding site and could not find them anywhere. We were two sister missionaries in sweats and tshirts locked out of our apartment. The only spare key was in Vista.

The sweet member where the wedding was took us to Vista to get new keys. She is seriously the most christlike person we have ever met. We apologized and she answered “would Jesus Christ help you” we answered yes and she said, “didn’t I promised to take upon me the name of Jesus Christ and renew that promise when I take the sacrament?” We answered yes and she answered, “Then let me serve you.” I got to see the VanArle’s who I love so much.

We were only able to get ready in time to go to our relief society activity.

Friday

Not very many people wanted to talk to us this week except Darlene, our member friend who is bedridden at the care center who wanted to talk a lot. She bears her testimony every other sentence. I want to be just like her when I am her age. She is such a light and is also so sassy.

That night while we were doing weekly planning we heard thunder and ran outside and it was pouring rain which never happens in Temecula. I love California but miss the variety that Utah brings, the leaves, ah. It was so fun though.

Saturday

A wedding filled day, Julie’s (a person we are teaching) daughter was getting married and so we helped her set up. It was very different but elegant.

Then we went to another wedding, a member of ours and her new husband Colton. They asked us to do desserts and we did missionary work while we served pies, cake pops and chocolate dipped strawberries. We answered a lot of questions from the gals we worked beside. We set up, helped and cleaned up the reception. The elders came and helped us.

Sunday

I cannot believe October is halfway over. Ward council was super good. I love who we get to work with. I love our support group and how they involve us. Church was the young men’s program (kind of like the primary program) but the quorum presidents talked and then they had musical numbers including the organ. They invited Bryant in his new button up shirt to sing with them. It was so sweet. We were so excited. We sat in with the yw for third hour. It was fun. Those girls are amazing.  

After church they served leftover desserts from the wedding. We went to a guy (Danny’s) house. He asked a question “How do we know which one is true?” So he is a new person we are teaching. We went to dinner with the Hess family Jack, Earnest and Mary where all three of them have the same birthday. Not planned, I don’t think that is something you can. They are very special people.

That is actually my week but I want to tell you what I learned in Jesus the Christ. This is something that I have been with my dear friend Nickmo. I read Chapter 4, the Antemortal Godship of Christ. It is so cool it talks about all the names Jesus Christ is given. It says in this chapter even though he has so many names and is viewed as so many different things. In the end it says, “God, the Creator, the Jehovah of Israel the Savior and Redeemer of all nations, kindreds and tongues are the same, He is Jesus the Christ.”  You can call Him whatever you want but it does not change what He is and what He did. It is just amazing to me. It is just a testimony to me.

All of this is something I knew but it is reaffirming to study this and read it. I absolutely love it and all it shares. I love the wording, I keep a dictionary on me when I read it but it just builds my testimony so much. I have also been reading the Saints volume along with my regular scripture study. It has boosted my testimony. I encourage you to read it too, along with the Book of Mormon, don’t stop reading that because you are reading these but I just love them all so much. I love everything I am learning out here.  I love seeing all of this in my life. I am so happy I truly have found this joy. I feel like I had it before but didn’t truly appreciate it. I hope you know how important it is because it is so true. The gospel is so true.

I hope you all have a fantastic week. I am very excited for this coming week.

Little shout out to Josh, happy birthday! I hope it is the best.

Love you all, love you, bye!

Sister Dalley

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I saw one of my bffs from the food pantry at lunch

General Conference!

Hello Everyone! How goes it? First off I would like to say happy October!

Mon (Oct1)

Pday shopping and laundry and emailing and volleyball. Afterward we went with Sister Baker to a lesson with Herb but he called us and said he had been drinking and canceled.

Tues

We woke up and went on a run. We got ready and went to district council. It was super good, I loved it. We learned about planning. It is hard to put down a number because each of those numbers is a person.

We then went to work - knocked doors, talked to people and shared the light! We ate dinner with the Christensen family who has five kids under the age of 10 which is abnormal out here but I felt right at home because that is basically how my family was. There was a little 3 year old girl there who kept falling over and hitting her head. She did it three or four times in  the hour we were there and I could relate on a personal level. The other little girl gave us drawings of her hand - I just love kids, I love em! So sweet.

We also went to an apartment complex and I decided to go up a sidewalk ramp on my bike because I thought it went all the way through. But nope, my enemy, stairs were there. Luckily I saw the stairs and I stopped and decided to walk my bike down, good, but I decide to still straddle the bike as I walked down the stairs, bad. It started out good but then the bike started bouncing, ouch, and then it started going faster without me, ouch, so the remainder of the stairs I fell down on my bike, ouch! In the end the bike and I fell over. I was scraped up and bumped and bruised but I am ok. I have a gnarly bruise on the back of my leg but I am OK. The work must go on. A funny sister Dalley moments that happen quite a bit but you know I am still alive.

Wed

We went to the food pantry which is always a good time. One of the sweet special needs girls that works there all the time came up to us and gave us best friend girlfriend bracelets. Her name is Allison and I love her, she is so pure.

We just love those people and they are amazing.

Herb texted us and asked us to meet. We went to the park and waited and he never showed. We went to work again and knocked on doors. I love it, I just love it, it is so great! Yes!

Thurs

A fantastic day! Blessings and miracles. Happily we had a lesson with Herb. He has been kind of flaky. He texted us and asked us to meet. We laid it down that we did not have time to show up to teach him and him not be there. We taught him the gospel of Jesus Christ. The spirit was so strong. We invited him to be baptized and he said “yes, when can I?” He is on date to be baptized November 3rd. Pray for Herb. We still have a few things we need to teach him and a few things he needs to get over, obviously but we are excited for him.

We then went to Julie’s house. She has heart failure and has a rough time even standing up so we talked  to her while we cleaned her house. My Ema always says it is more fun to clean someone else’s house. It is so true. We got to answer a lot of her questions. It was super good.

We tracted and talked to a bunch of inactives. I love how the lord uses us.

Friday

We went to a lesson with Vida. We taught her the other half of the commandments. It went super well. She really wants to be part of this. We taught her tithing and she gets it, we taught her fasting and she says it makes sense to her. It is really cool! I love it. After her lesson we helped her clean up her backyard. More work!

Saturday

Oh my goodness. I have pages and pages of notes! Conference was so good! We had zone breakfast

and then went in and listened to conference. I loved it! I loved it! It was so good! Holy cow! I am so excited. I just loved everyone’s outlook.

Elder Brough - Rejoice

Our good friend Elder Bangerter, I loved his talk. A little background on his talk. He said he had a talk planned and submitted but because of an experience he had in the temple he changed his talk. The talk we heard was for you and for me. I loved how he talked about “getting it.”

Elder Rasband - Stand in Holy places, put fears aside to do the work, we must receive revelation

Elder Bednar - Joy and happiness does not come through a checklist it comes from applying it to our lives unified all in one

I was literally sitting there the whole conference going that was for me, that was for this person. Conference as a missionary is unreal. It was so great, I learned so much.

I saw Kurt and my favorite Sister Kimiko. I was so happy!

Elder Christofferson - center and focused in Christ

Elder Soares - our new friends in the gospel, it was perfect

Elder Gong - campfire of faith, I am a campfire person, I loved that so much, gospel blessings come when we love others with all our hearts and souls

Elder Uchtdorf - believe love do, it made my heart so happy, move forward and upward

Then the women’s session. I just cried. I could feel sooo much love.

We were sitting in the stake center and when President Nelson walked in on the screen we all stood up. I could feel peace and love and strength.

We had an ice cream social with the women of the stake. We got to meet a lot of people there. After we came home we played rock paper scissors finding. Whenever we were presented with an option of which way to go. I was right and Sister Stoddard was left. We were guided to a guy’s house. He talked about how he has been surrounded by members of the church for a long time. He is prepared and elect. We had to give him away to the elders but blessings. The Lord is in everything, even a game of rock paper scissors.

Sunday

Conference was amazing!

President Ballard - I loved his talk, it made me cry and cry, I loved how he wrote it before his wife passed away. I thought about Cole. I wrote trials and sorrows open us up to receive revelation.

Sister Cordon - being a shepherd and doing what Jesus Christ would do if he were here, find them on their covenant path and walk with them, no one should walk alone

Elder Holland’s talk - I cried the whole way through it, it made my heart so happy, anger can be more destructive than the wound that caused it, contention is not of Christ but love and forgiveness is, we need to be a peacemaker and care for each other

Elder Bowen - the book of Mormon

Elder Anderson - none of the stripling warriors were killed but all were wounded, earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal

President Nelson - the correction of the name of  the church, not negotiable, I felt rebuked for the times have removed Jesus Christ’s name from his church, we are promised incomprehensible blessings, I am so excited for that

We ate lunch with the Spanish branch. I got to use more of my broken spanish. My 95 year old best friend was there and she tried again to set me up with her grandson. I love her!

The last session of conference.

President Eyring - what must I be doing to take upon me the name of Christ and how do I know when I am making progress

Elder Renlund - repentance and our choices decide who we will become

Elder Stevenson - I loved his talk about sheep, shepherds and the sheep dog, predators can find the sheep that stray from the flock but we must go find them first and bring them and celebrate, every soul is precious

I am very grateful for this conference. I am very grateful for our prophet. I loved it so much!

I am so blessed to be a missionary. I love you all so much! Have a fantastic week. You’re amazing. I am praying for all of  you.

Love you, love you, Bye!

Sister Dalley

Another Great Week in Paradise

Hello Friends and Family,

It is another great day in Paradise!

Monday - Sept 25th was my eight month mark. What? I cannot believe it has been eight months. Crazy! Pday was such fun. We went to a sisters breakfast so I got to see my baby Sister Miles. We got to talk and eat and catch up.

Then we went to the church to play ping pong and volleyball. The Murrietta zone was also there because their building was being used. It was really fun, hanging with the friends, I love it. Afterward we went to the ward FHE night - hot dogs in the park - but it was actually not hot dogs and was not in the park but at Sister Baker’s house. It was western themed and was super cute.

Tuesday - we went to President interviews. K - can I tell you how much I love President Thomas. He is truly called of god. He is personally invested in each of us. He just radiates happiness and joy and love. He is an amazing man. He asked me my goals, which are to ask for more referrals and to continue living worthy of and for the people we teach. He asked about how home was. I was crying and beaming how Heavenly Father answered my prayers and gave more than I asked for.  We were both just crying. I am grateful for such an inspired mission president.

We met with Vida and sister Barnson. We taught her the commandments, or half the commandments because sister Barnson is a talker. Vida gave us permission to teach her son Bryant. Their baptism date is the 27th. We then went to work and knocked on doors and all that goodness.

Wednesday - we went to service at the food pantry which is always fun. I love the food pantry and doing service there. The Barnson’s took us to lunch and we met Sister Baker there and we had our ward correlation meeting there. It was super good and we got a lot done. Brother bought me a phone case because mine broke. Super kind and generous people.

We went to the park to paint with Alejandra. We talked about her temple experience and we painted. It creates a stress free environment for her. She is an artist  is better at asking questions and talking about her concerns while we paint. It is something she loves so we are just taking interest in her too. She is so great! I love her. She always has a million questions. We found out her concerns and addressed them.

We then rode to the Draeger’s home for dinner. They are so kind and generous. They are a super cute family, we absolutely love them. We went home so sister Stoddard could pack and go on exchanges. She went to murrieta with a car and sister Bradford came here to be on a bike with me. We sat by each other on the plane to California when we left the MTC 8 months ago. This si us making awkward hand signs. It is supposed to be an 8 for 8 months.

Thursday - We got up and went on a walk around the duck pond. So pretty. We had tons of fun and did tons of work and talked to tons of people. We stopped by an assisted living center to visit Sister Brown, one of our members who is bedridden because she broke her leg. We just talked and talked and she shared scriptures with us and shared her testimony with us it was beautiful and she cried a couple of times and it was just all around awesome. It felt weird to be in an assisted living center in a dress and not in scrubs. We just sat and listened and loved her. She is amazing.

We then did even more work. We headed to dinner and decided to take a little back trail that is beautiful and peaceful. We passed by a bridge and saw a guy sitting under the bridge on his skateboard, he looked about 17 and he was crying. We saw him and turned around and went back and talked to him for a minute. We found out his name is Ezekiel. We offered him help but he declined so I gave him a happi pin and a pass along card with Jesus on it and our number. We told him that God is aware of Him and is listening and that Jesus Christ knows exactly how he is feeling. By the end of us telling him that he was no longer crying. He thanked us. I don’t know what's going on in his life. I don’t know where he is now or what he is doing. But please pray for Ezekiel and people like him. It made us sad but also warmed our hearts that we could be there for him, even though he did not accept the gospel we were there for him.

Saturday - First I want to say congrats to Meagan Cottle, wait not Cottle anymore. I have your beautiful wedding invitation on my shelf. You look so happy and beautiful. I am super excited for you. I want to see pictures. Love you Meg!

WE headed to the stake zone breakfast put on by the stake presidency. It was super num they made us homemade cinnamon rolls and fruit and it was super good. The zone leaders and the Stake President gave us a talk. We went to Julie and Austin’s house and we chatted a bit. She wants us to help with her daughters wedding. We told them about general conference and they were so excited about it and asked us a million questions about it. It was super good. I was teaching them and explaining the symbolism of baptism by immersion. We were feeling the spirit and he lesson was going good until I said, “Baptism is symbolic of dying, you put away the old person.” Austin looked at his grandma and burst out laughing and so did she and so did we.

We are planning on putting them on date next week.

We had a late dinner with Guy and his Catholic parents. They took us to an italian restaurant, everything they brought out was huge and we were stuffed but they still took us back to their house for cherry pie and icecream. We were so weighed down going home.

 

Fast Sunday was super great and I got to teach gospel principles. We went to dinner at the Johnson’s house. He is the old bishop and his wife is the volleyball coach at chaparral high school. The girls are all drop dead gorgeous and vb stars. We love the Johnson’s.

So that was my week. I love you all so much.

Love you  love you bye,

Sister Dalley

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Zone Conference

Hello all the people of the world, welcome, this is going to be fun.

M - We went to the Pauba building for  Pday. We emailed, played basketball and ping pong and had a bunch of fun with our mission friends. We went to pizza and then went home. I played mom and sewed a tie and a shirt. I have sewn so many things out here but never anything for myself. I play mom for all the elders. I have sewn so many things buttons, ties, pockets, pants and shirts. I like it, it is therapeutic and helps me become better friends with them.

T - They had us read Divine Love by President Nelson, Converted Unto the Lord and Seek Learning by Faith by Elder Bednar to prepare for our zone conference. They are awesome. They also asked us to prepare a talk that we may or may not give. That day was great, it was kind of a frustrating day, but I was happy anyway because it was another day as a missionary. Our appointments canceled but later we went to dinner with a member then went to the church where we helped some other sisters with their mutual. We taught the kids and then we taught them how to teach it. They are doing a missionary month where they received a call, learn and teach a lesson at a member’s home. I think it is super cool.

W - Zone Conference - I wish I could show you my notes but I took like 20 pages. It was a little different because we weren’t supposed to have zone conference for a little while but Elder Bangerter was here. He will be speaking in general conference on Saturday morning so we are looking forward to that too. We started off by each of us individually shaking his hand and then went into the chapel and we learned - we learned a lot.

Elder Bangerter promised us that if wanted to receive revelation we would and it would change our lives. He walked us through the ministry of the seventy and why he was there. He asked us to set aside two pages and label it revelation received - I wrote 8 pages. He began his talk by turning to us with a huge smile and saying “Now let us open the windows of heaven.”

President and Sister Thomas talked to us about the desires of our hearts. If we persist in doing something, it will be easier to do it - good and bad. They gave us a quote by Elder Maxwell “You and I must take care concerning the education of our desires” for our desires influence our choices. They encouraged us to persist relentlessly in educating your desire to become a disciple of Jesus Christ, not only on your missionary but throughout your life thereby qualifying for the celestial kingdom.

Sister Bangerter talked about living with exact obedience.

Elder Bangerter asked us to write down one thing word for word and promised us if we keep it and and study it we will change our ability. Ever since zone conference this has been my theme in work.

“My setting apart entitles me to expect that God by His spirit goes up the pathway, through the door and into the hearts and minds of the people I meet before I step onto the property.”

I know I can knock on a door confident the spirit is there working on them before I get there. It may not be an immediate effect. He talked about the principle of sevens. It takes about seven contacts with the church for someone accepts the gospel. Each of our contacts move them from a 1 to a 2 or a 4 to a five or we may find someone elect that moves from a 6 to a seven. Every contact we make makes a difference and helps them progress. He said, “Do not have your agenda be above, below or around the spirit” and “everything you do, get them to the Book of Mormon.”

It was amazing. It was beautiful. It was just so good! I wish you were all there. I am just so happy. I just love it! It was fun to see sister Miles and all my mission friends and my bff Sister Sweetwood my mission mom. I love her way too much.

After our amazing learning we had to get flu shots :/

Thursday was awesome. We had so many miracles. We had a goal to place two copies of the Book of Mormon and pick up a new person to teach that day. We left our apartment with no appointments. We started off tracting keeping Elder Bangerter’s promise in mind. We found Dale and taught him right on his doorstep and gave him a Book of Mormon. His mom walked out and said no thank you and goodbye. As soon as she went back in he turned to us and said, “I am available on Wednesdays and Fridays.” We passed out two more copies of the Book of Mormon and were able to meet our goal after an hour of tracting so we had to set a bigger goal.

We ran out of copies of the Book of Mormon to pass out so we went to the bishop’s house where we had the French Valley elders bring us some more and we kept working. We went to the bishop’s house, one of Vida’s sons was there. They are not taking the lessons because Vida wants to be baptized first and then they will. He came up to us and said, “I want to be baptized on Sunday.” We were like whoa, “Brian, we have to teach you first, we have to talk first but yes we will help you get baptized.” He is a little blessing right there. So, now we will teach him with Vida.

Friday - As a new thing with my good friend Nickmo, Elder Nicholas Mortensen, we are studying The Living Christ together. I literally have my dictionary right by my book as I study and write down the definition by every word I don't know. It is amazing! I love that book. I will be studying that for a long time cuz it is a big book but I am learning so much!

We did our weekly planning, went to some appointments and then went to work. At dinner we had a kind bash with a Jehovah’s Witness guy who went off on us and asked questions but didn’t really like the answers we gave him.  We went to Julie’s house and her grandson, Austin was there and he loves sisters. No one has ever taught him but we talked to him about faith, hope and charity. He said the closing prayer and he is 12 years old and so sweet and so pure. We picked him up as a person we are teaching.  

Saturday was awesome, a beautiful day, so many blessings!  We did service for a lady we helped last week. We moved a bunch of stuff and we were there for quite sometime and then she played us a piece on her beautiful grand piano and then took us to lunch. We got cleaned up and then went to Sister Grant’s home. She was so sweet and kind and it was a blessing to be in her home.

Sunday funday! It is God’s day! I love that day. It was the primary program. It was so beautiful and so pure. Vida was there and came to relief society. She is still set for date on Oct 28. Brother Barnson, the WML who is so kind, was there and talking to her about what scriptures she wants. He gives every new convert a set of their own scriptures with their names engraved as a gift. Our little miracle, her son Brian was there and wants it so bad. He came in new clothes that he asked his mom to buy some clothes so he can go to church dressed more appropriately. He used to come in t-shirts and shorts and he came with a button up shirt and a suit jacket and dark jeans. He is so sweet and so pure. He loves it. He loves the gospel and we love him. We were talking about tithing and he pulled out a dollar and said, here I can give this to the church. We hope the rest of the boys will follow.

We went to dinner at the Crisp home. They are so kind, we love them, they are both return missionaries and we learned so much from them. After that we went to the Toolsys home where Steve, a new convert, received the priesthood. He has such an amazing testimony. It is powerful and I love it.

We went to the Johnson’s a family where our whole zone did some service. They provided a fire pit and s’mores. We talked about our theme and goals for this transfer.

That is my week. I love you all so much. God loves you. Have an amazing week!

Love you, love you,

Bye!

Sister Dalley

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Alejandra Mariah and Vida

Hello Everybody,

Monday - Pday and a zone bbq at a member’s house where we ate and played volleyball, basketball and ping pong

and then a ward family party in the park. It was a blast. So much love.

Tuesday - District council. I love district council. We learned about contacting and how to answer questions on the spot that people throw at us. We are all just really good friends and work together well so it was fun. We went to work and contacted people which is always a blast. Dinner with the Jones family at Macaroni Grill. I was a super good day.

Wednesday - What a day! We went to service at the food pantry which is always a blast and then to a place called ReStore. We moved from a warehouse to a storage unit. We went to work going by a bunch of peoples’ houses. A little funny, we went by a home where lights were on and the tv was on and when we knocked some of the lights turned off. I could tell someone was standing by the window so I waved. The next thing we knew the rest of the lights and the tv went off and the bolt on the door locked. Clink. We laughed so hard and decided we should choose another time to stop by. That is what happens sometimes.

Thursday - We read a lesson with Alejandra called families and family history work. We set dates to do family history work and a date to go to the temple. We get to go with her. I am so excited for her! Woot! We met a really cool guy, Jake, who is a marine. His sister is a convert so he had gone to church with her and had nothing but praise for the members but says it isn’t for him. He doesn’t know, the church is for everyone. Maybe someday.  We went by many other houses. Working hard, having fun.

Friday - What a wonderful day! We did weekly planning. It takes so long. As you may have noticed, I did not talk about Tiffany’s baptism. It was supposed to be this Friday in the Carlsbad YSA. I called Sister Miles and Sister Eyre and Sister Jacobsen. They informed me that Tiffany was ghosting them which means she stopped talking to them, stopped answering them. She basically fell off the face of the earth and ghosted the sisters there. So she did not get baptized and is moving so probably won’t. Basically, my heart is broken. I never knew what missionaries meant when they tried to explain how they felt when someone who knew the church is true and had experiences to build their testimony and still chose to go against it. Kind of sad about that. I love her so much and hope she finds it again someday.

I studied the hymn I Need thee Every Hour. I love this hymn. It has never been so real to me before out here on the mission because I do need him every hour.

Saturday - I love studies and constantly learning. We went to Alejandra’s house. We started at ground zero, basically with her, then her parents and her grandparents. When we left she had five names for the temple. We were so excited for her. She kept saying how happy she is. She is so excited to go to the temple and do temple work for her family members.

We met with a member, Mariah, a freshman in high school. Her parents are not active but she is a little missionary. She invited her friend Sophia to her talk in sacrament meeting. Sophia asked the bishop after church if she could be baptized. We are trying to work with her parents to give us permission to meet with her. She also invited a friend to seminary with her. She is awesome. She is so cute.

Sunday - I love Sunday! I love fasting. It is really hard to fast on a bike though. Vida came to church and brought her less active husband. He came and we were so excited. She had a baptism date set for September 1st but we all felt it was good to push that date back a bit. I had never met her husband and he was so cool. I also saw JJ. She walked into our church and I attacked her. It was so much fun. I was so happy. Little blessing. Her mom’s cousin is in our area. I love you JJ.

We went to work talking to people and sharing the goodness of the gospel. We did a new member lesson with Steve. It was super good and spirit filled. After dinner we went to a lesson with the Johnsons, Bishop Johnson. His wife used to be the volleyball coach at American Fork high school. We talked a lot about faith and how to keep your faith and to prioritize church and the blessings that can come from making church a priority.

This week flew by. I am loving it out here. I love everything I do. So happy!

Thanks for all you guys do for me. I love you.

Today is September 3rd, my little brother Cade’s birthday, but he is not little - he is much taller than me so - Booger, Happy Birthday! Cade I hope you have an awesome birthday.

I love you all, praying for you all, have an amazing week!

Love you, love you, bye