Exchanges and Excitement

Heyooo! Hope you all had an amazing week! Let's jump in to how mine was.

Monday we went bowling as a district and that was really fun! Talked to my family and got to play a little bit of pickleball as well! We met our friend Rudy who seems pretty cool so hopefully we'll be able to continue to meet with him! 

Tuesday was great! We had district council and focused on thr importance of teaching with the spirit and helping our friends recognize when they feel the Spirit. We had a good phone call with our friend Sophia and then got to go to the Book of Mormon class and studied Ether 12 and talked a lot about faith! 

Wednesday I was on an exchange with Elder Richardson. We had a couple lessons cancel, but made the most of it and met with our friend Cori who works a lot, but she had a sincere desire to make it to church and learn more! We met Jose who started not religious and then the spirit worked on him enough and he said he was going to go to church! 

Thursday we had a good mission zoom about how to make personal and companionship study meaningful. Then we had a really good phone call lesson with our friend Chad who just moved to Simi and is looking for a church. He was supposed to come, but didn't make it... Then we helped our friend Crystal move. That was a crazy experience because of all the stuff they had and they lost the key to the Uhaul and a lot of other things, but we made it work! 

Friday I was on an exchange with Elder deJong! We had a good lesson with Alice who will hopefully be able to progress more and continue to learn! Went finding for a lot of the day, and knocked at least 10 doors in a row that didn't answer... Pretty crazy if you ask me. But we were able to have a good dinner with the Hambleys and introduce ourselves to their neighbors who seem to be pretty open to the gospel!! 

Saturday Sean a recent convert took us to breakfast at Junkyard Cafe. Then we got to help out at the Simi Valley street fair and be "Security" for 2 hours, a lot of people and a lot of booths, but it was really fun! Then we had a good phone call with Jose about church and he said he was going to be able to make it! 

Sunday was pretty good! We had weekly planning which took up a lot of the day. While we were at the park planning these 2 girls came up to us selling girl scout cookies, so we bought some, then they performed "Naughty" from Matilda for us. Shout out to Aby and Madi for the free performance. Then we had a nice dinner with the Moberly family. Then went and had a lesson at the Guidos home and taught their foreign exchange students! 

"I promise you, as you hold on to the iron rod, you will walk hand in hand with Jesus Christ. He will be guiding you, and He will be teaching you. By His hand, you will be able to bring down every Goliath that appears in your life." - Andrea Muñoz

I love that as we stay on the right path, we can overcome anything that stands in our way. I have seen the blessings of following Jesus Christ in my life and invite you to recognize those blessings more this upcoming week!

There's my week, hope yours was a great one! 

Pics: 

1. Bowling 

2. Elder Richardson 

3. Elder deJong 

4-6. Junkyard Cafe 

7. May the 4th be with you