Serving in Paradise: Week 15

Hello all!

This week really flew by! Tuesday was a good day! We had a lesson with a less active and we also gained an investigator! It is the girlfriend of the less active son! It was pretty awesome that we were able to teach them and it was just one scripture but we were able to feel the spirit so strong and to have a really awesome discussion! After then we had a lesson with Annett who we had found the week before. With her we taught the Restoration and the spirit was so strong! She is very direct in her beliefs and because of that it made it a lot easier to be direct with her and inviting her to be baptized. Unfortunately she didn't accept right away but she has committed to reading the Book of Mormon and that to me is even better! She will be able to develop her testimony that way too! We were also able to teach Angelo and gang of friends again! We taught the Plan of Salvation and man was that difficult to teach to a bunch of teenagers... It was a rough start but we did it and the spirit was strong in guiding us in what we should say!

Wednesday we were in the city for Hermana Salas's doctor appointment. We found out that her skin is very much aggravated by the sun and that we shouldn't be out walking around in the hours of 12-3.... That makes it a tad difficult to get things done...

Thursday we had divisions and I was with Hermana Vasquez in our area and I did it! I was able to be in charge of our area for a day and now I am feeling a little more confident in myself for when Hermana Salas is transferred. We know for sure now that she will be transferred for health reasons. There is a chance that it will be an emergency transfer too... We shall see! It is up to revelation at this point!

Friday we had interviews with President Carmack and that was nice to be able to talk to him! He gave me some really good ways to receive references from members! We also were able to get our houses checked and we won a brownie for a spotless house! Woo! haha And we got to do a Q&A with the assistants which also was pretty awesome! We got more ideas on how to motivate investigators to come to church and keep commitments. We need to focus more on the blessings we receive from doing the commitments then just the commitments themselves. When we really focus on those blessings and promises we receive then the spirit testifies and there is more of a motivation! Sometimes we get stuck and too focused on the commitments we forget the reasons we really give them.

Friday we also had a super stellar activity! Granted it was for Fathers Day but it was so much fun! We had something from every part of the ward and it was just so nice to see the ward a little more united! We had our inactive family come and our investigator too! They even came to church!! It is all so great! We missionaries sang a hymn and then we were also in the youth skit of Cinderella! At first they wanted me to be Cinderella!! (Cenicienta in spanish) There was no way I could do that so I was a step sister with Hna Salas! Elder Halls was the messenger and Elder Nelson the king hahaha It was so much fun!

There are blessings every day! Even in the darkest of times there is a light at the end. We just need to have eyes to see hearts to feel and ears to hear!

Les quiero mucho!

Les extraño mucho!

Hermana Garcia

Our Kick butt (Plan of Salvation Activity) activity and our Pilot and Flight Attendants

Airport Terminal Waiting for their flight :)

Everyone on the Plane before the crash getting their Safety instructions :)

Our Telestial Room with a super stellar family! The family Sanchez and they are so great and super supportive! Hna Reina is the best and helps us with everything and teases us about everything too! haha Her kids are adorable!

The Celestial room and the Families that bore their testimonies and invited the spirit so strongly!

Us Missionaries serving the food and we ran out and had to run to the chino to buy more!


Us singing pg 187 ( spanish hymn book) 'To come thou Fount' in the fathers day activity	. (If you know Jocelyn, you know how much she must've looooved this ;)