Another Great Week

Hello friends and family! I had another fantastic week, I hope you all did as well!!!

Monday was a great preparation day. We played a game called gatorball the we went bowling and I killed it! Then we had to go and drop Elder Norton off at his next apartment because if you read my last email he got emergency transfered. Then we went to the YSA activity and had a nerf war which was pretty fun. And since we were in Camarillo to do all that, we stopped by one of my favorite families(The Terry's).

Tuesday we had a great lesson with our friend Amanda that went well and she now understands faith! We had district council where we focused on teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and how to best help our friends understand it. Then we had a lesson with the Ramirez family, who are amazing! Their step dad Pablo only speaks Spanish, so we showed him the first vision in Spanish, then called in Hermanas to answer questions that he had. It was pretty cool to see him light up when watching it!

Wednesday we went boothing on Ventura College campus and met some really cool kids. 2 of them showed up to church and enjoyed it! Then we had a lesson with Alexis and Bishop Rodgers. He is awesome and helped her find answers to some of her questions! Then we had institute which was all about light. It was cool to be reminded of the coordination between Christ and light!

Thursday we had the opportunity to have interviews with President Rodriguez which is always nice. He gave me some advice on how to help our friends progress. It was great to learn from him and recognize the love he has for the work! Later that night we had a dinner with our friend Alexis and the Olson family in our ward. It was an awesome dinner and we shared a message the kids loved!

Friday I was on an exchange with Elder Hill. I got to go to his area and we had a really good day! We had a couple great lessons, helped one of their friends prepare for baptism, and had a great interaction with Carlos and brighten his day! We also taught a girl named Abby who is so sweet and really wants to grow her faith in Jesus Christ and she accepted a Book of Mormon!

Saturday we had an awesome lesson with our friend Angel and extended him another baptismal date, we have high hopes this one will go through! We also were able to set up quite a few return appointments with friends so that this next week will be filled!!!

Sunday was stake conference and it was great to hear a lot of messages focused on growing spiritually by attending the temple, focusing on daily prayer and scripture study, and keeping the covenants we have made! One quote that someone shared I loved is from Elder Neil L. Anderson, "We have been a church going people, we need to become a temple attending people". So attend the temple, grow closer to God and remember the covneants that we've all made with our Father in Heaven!

Love you all, have a great week!!!

Pics:

Alexis/Olson family, Bowling, Turtle

Elder Hill, Terry family