08 July 2013

Sister Kaiser and Sister Cornwall

Hola!

So I would definitely consider myself a Northern California pro. Not actually but it is weird to be in the same state but not know a thing about it. A lot of people know about little Monrovia which is weird at times but cool too.  So... What a week it has been. Time flies and yet is very slow as well. 

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Last Tuesday was an interesting day. Our car wasn't working and it really made us have some trouble. But, it was alright and we got to our Zone Meeting. This was a pretty historic event in the mission because it was the first ever all Spanish zone in the Santa Rosa Mission.  Our whole meeting was in Spanish.  It was great! Our biggest thing right now is that we are trying to meet and find people and especially investigators. 

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Wednesday we had to go get our car fixed.  We had a messed up battery.  It is sure confusing to try and deal with all the technicalities to get it fixed. We got to see some former investigators and then we headed out to Woodland for dinner. We ate at a Mexican restaurant and had carne asada fried. They are like animal fries but even better! It was awesome. Then we had our weekly coordination meeting. It was great. It is kind of crazy because we have 8 missionaries, but we make it work. 

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Thursday, we had a Stake breakfast which was fun for the Fourth of July.  We went home with a lot of muffins. The funny thing about missionary work is that it doesn't stop even on the Fourth of July.  We kind of flipped around our schedule to proselyte in the morning and study at night. We didn't have much success, but the day passed as all do. The exciting thing is that we got a new phone. (ours had broken) It is nice. We don't know what we did to deserve it, but we don't mind. Then after our studies we tried to see the fireworks from our apartment with no luck, so we had a little party instead. 

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Our Friday we had our regular weekly planning which is awesome but strenuous. We had dinner at Marichuy Rubios' home with a missionary lead FHE after. The missionary lead FHEs are part of the rescue effort of our branch. We have only done it once but it was nice to be aware of the family. Then we decided to go see one of our investigators and it turned out they she and her friend, that was there, committed to be baptized. It was awesome. They committed for the 27th, so we hope it all works out.  I got my awesome greenie package from mom. It was full of every type of green food item that I think you can find in stores. Everyone in my apartment loved it and so did I. Those snacks will last us for weeks. 

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Saturday we went out early to go for an appointment and check up on some other contacts but with no success. It was tough because it is hot and it is tiring, but then the Lord usually blesses you with a nice experience.  We had two. We got to teach two new contacts about the Book of Mormon. They seemed so receptive and excited and it was nice to teach them. Their names are Cynthia and Ada. I hope that they can become progressing investigators, but we will see. We also met some nice contacts and that was good as well.  

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Sunday we had our usual crazy day with Ward Council, which is awesome, even when it is hard to understand. We had no investigators at church, but church was still good.  Because it was fast Sunday we had a Mission wide hour of prayer. We all take an hour to just pray and read scriptures and receive revelation. I was a little worried because the time seemed really long to just pray.  But it flew by. Then we had a meeting with our stake president. He  wanted us to be involved in the Stake vision of the Work Of Salvation. There are 25 missionaries in our Stake, so it was pretty large.  It was awesome. To explain a little more - we have two zones in our Stake, one is English and one is Spanish. Basically, for every English area there is a Spanish area to match.  It it is really cool.  

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Monday is p-day - we do our regular schedule of exercise, get ready and study and then at ten we start our errands. We do laundry, shopping, cleaning, and emailing before 5 then if we have time, we play soccer as a Zone. It is really fun, but really crazy. So there is my week.

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Here are a few questions, from Mom, that I will answer: Sis. Kaiser and I live with another tri-companionship that serve in the Davis YSA Ward. Since we are in a college town they are over the YSA Ward. For my Branch there are 4 Sisters and 4 Elders in the Branch. It covers such a wide area that it is just what has to be done. The work is hard out here. Our area isn't to lush right now, but we are working hard on getting it there. This work is odd at times but awesome.  It is scary, but it is necessary. This week has been a hard one because of the heat and the lack thereof of people.  It all works out because this is the work of salvation and we cannot fail in the end. 

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So, all being said, I have a challenge for each and everyone of you this week. GIVE A REFERRAL TO THE MISSIONARIES. They are dying to have people to teach and help and if they already have a friend in the Church so much the better. I truly believe in what they said in the broadcast that we shouldn't have to knock on doors, but that the referrals should just come from the members. This work is so important that you can't wait until tomorrow to tell the missionaries to come by your neighbors because they need the gospel today! I promise that as you do this the missionaries will be lead by the Spirit on how to help them. Then, there is a follow up to this - after you invite the missionaries to go visit your friend you need to go to the lessons with them. The missionaries would love it if you are ready and willing to help them. Well, good luck with your challenge and I hope you all are able to accomplish it. 

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I love all of you so much, but there isn't a better place I could be then here. Remember the Work of Salvation because it is the most important thing on this earth.

Love ya,

Hermana Cornwall

The sunflower fields in the countryside