NOVEMBER 28, 2016

THIS WEEK WAS "SICK"!

Hola Familia y Amigos! 

I hope all of your thanksgivings were amazing! Our ward legit fought over who could have us over for dinner.  We went to the Robles Family for thanksgiving. They are the cutest little family. They prepared so many different dishes and were so happy to just have us in their home. I’ll send pictures! 

The sickness has continued and now is spread throughout our whole house. It’s been a rough time. Sister Leslie has it the worst and we have been inside for almost 10 days now. I have been going out a lot with the STLs which has been so fun! We are basically just covering two wards at once right now because someone is always sick in our house. It’s been quite the challenge but the days are super rewarding. I went out with Sister Erickson twice. She doesn't speak any Spanish at all so I flew solo on all Spanish speakers. It was really scary at first but once I opened my mouth, the Spanish just flowed out! It was such a miracle. I made me feel a lot more confident and was honestly such a blessing. We also knocked into this woman from Haiti. We asked her if we could say a prayer with her, she declined, we then asked her if we could help her with anything, her eyes got really wide and was so shocked and told us she had been putting up her Christmas decorations all day. We offered to help and then spent the next hour just putting random Christmas cutouts on her lawn. It made me feel so festive! The Miramar Sisters are now teaching her the lessons. She is such a cool woman! 

The baptism of Manuel and Jimmy was so amazing. The spirit was so strong and you can just tell that they have been truly converted to the gospel. Jimmy and Manuel were so happy. Sister Leslie, Elder Naea and I all sung a musical number and it actually turned out really well. They are so solid! They bore their testimonies in Sacrament meeting and they sounded like they had been members their whole life. I can’t really put into words how awesome it was! \

My spiritual thought for this week is in Alma 34:8

 8 And now, behold, I will testify unto you of myself that these things are true. Behold, I say unto you, that I do know that Christ shall come among the children of men, to take upon him the transgressions of his people, and that he shall atone for the sins of the world; for the Lord God hath spoken it.

This is basically just Alma's testimony that Christ will come again. I just want to add my testimony that I know that Christ did come to those people. I know that we have a Savoir and Redeemer Jesus Christ who knows us perfectly. He atoned so that we could have happiness in this life and be able to have endless joy in the life to come. I am so thankful for my Savior. 

I love you all and pray for you everyday. Thank you for being so amazing and supportive. Till next week!