Rain and Shine

Friends and family, I hope you had an amazing week, here is how mine turned out!!!!! 

Monday for our activity we played sand volleyball which was super fun, my team won of course. Then we went and played gatorball again which is also pretty fun! We had a short lesson with our friend Jeff who asks a lot of really good questions! Then we had our friend Pablo show up to the YSA activity which was more fun than I thought it would be. We played real life Angry birds! 

Tuesday we had district council, which was super great! We talked about the power the Book of Mormon has and the importance of sharing it! We also talked about effective ways to study the scriptures and the importance of applying them! We had a great lesson with the Ramirez family, they have changed so much and all recognize the impact the gospel has had in their lives! We helped a lady in our ward move out of a storage shed and in doing so met Lauren and Joseph who want to learn more about baptism! 

Wednesday we went boothing on campus and started teaching an awesome girl name Monse who is looking to grow closer to God! Then we had a great lesson with our friend Stephen who loves learning! Pablo came to institute and loved it! At institute we talked about Joseph Smith and the sacrifices he made, and the love that he had for the gospel! 

Thursday we got to hear from President Rodriguez and he talked about the blessings of being obedient and how we become consecrated missionaries. He mentioned how we need to "lengthen oir stride and enlarge our vision". He also talked a lot about setting good goals and smaller goals to get us to a number that seems unreasonable! After that we had an awesome lesson with our friend Alexis who is so amazing and is preparing to be baptized Saturday, but has a big interview today(Please pray for her!!!!) 

Friday was Alexis's birthday and she took us to I Love Sushi and it was so good! She is so sweet and has such high faith and loves learning!! We stopped by our friend Auggie(prayers for him). We walked down Ventura Avenue and I got to use the little Spanish I know and send 4 referrals to the Hermana's which was way fun! We also met Jose who felt "good vibes" as we were talking to him and invited us to his daughters birthday party!!! 

Saturday was great. Went to Jose's daughters birthday at a roller skating place, met his family and he was telling them all that they need to come to church with us! After that we went to main street Ventura and met a guy named Chris who didn't believe in God and asked some dumb questions, then we met John who wanted to bash politically which was tough to get out of.... then we had an amazing lesson with the Ramirez family!!! 

Sunday was awesome! We had Jose come to church with his wife and daughter which was awesome, they enjoyed it!! We had a couple other friends come which was a big step for them and they also loved it and felt the spirit! We met Adriana who is super kind and we're excited to teach her!!

“No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, [God] will never desert us. He never has, and He never will. He cannot do it. It is not His character [to do so]. … He will [always] stand by us." 

- George Q. Cannon 

It's truly amazing the love and support God gives us as we turn to him in our trials and truly lean on him to get us through!!! 

Love you all, hope you had a great week!

Pics: 

1. Sunset from our church 

2. Funny sign

3. Bananas 

4-5. Sushi 

6. Roller skating 

7-8 cool sky