Hasta la fuego!

Temple with Hna. Carlson                                            Temple Sunset  

1/26/15

This last week was the last week of the transfer! It was a good one! Hna.Carlson and I have had a lot of fun together, while still working super hard. And we've seen TONS of blessings.  We know those blessings have come because of our obedience.  We've tried our hardest to be exactly obedient this transfer and it's paid off.

So highlights...

-Awesome news... We have an investigator, Rodrigo, who has been investigating for a while, but he wanted to wait for his wife to come up from Mexico before he got baptized.  He didn't want her to come up and him have completely changed on her.  Well she came up last week (only for a short visit) and came to church.  Then, later that week we had a lesson with her. I was really nervous, because, at church, she had made it very clear to us that she's Catholic.  But the lesson went REALLY well.  She agreed to read the BOM and gave us her address so missionaries can come visit her in Mexico.  Then we talked to Rodrigo's aunt (who's a member) on Sunday and she told us that Rodrigo's wife, Diana, is really interested in learning more.  She sees that the church is making Rodrigo really happy, and she wants to know more about it, so she's planning on finding the church that's close by her.  Rodrigo's aunt was crying while she was telling us this because she was so happy.  AH we are so excited. 

- We got to go to the temple this week! The temple is always the best.  It was such a nice escape from the stresses of missionary work (although we've been blessed with not being tooo stressed this transfer). As we were leaving there was the most beautiful sunset.  It was so perfect.  California has had some really rad sunsets lately. It just makes you appreciate God's creations even more! 

- Our district (Hna.Carlson and I and Elders Perez, Anderson, Aguilar, and Beck) did a skit for the Primary Sharing Time this last Sunday.  We did a skit of the story of Alma the younger and related ito how, even though he was a sinner, God still showed his love for him.  It was super fun and the kids loved it.  Plus we had costumes that were so tight. 

- Cesar and Moses were confirmed! Woohoo! 

- So, when we were in the CCM, Hna.Carlson started saying "Hasta la fuego" instead of "hasta luego", because she didn't know any Spanish and that's just what she thought people were saying when they said goodbye.  So we've had a good time joking about that this whole transfer.  And now it's time to say "Hasta la fuego" to Hermana Carlson! She's headed to Jurupa and I'm going to take over this area. But I found out that my new companion will be Hna.Bowen! I'm so excited! She's so cool.  I was hoping I'd be able to serve with her one day, but I knew she didn't have a lot of time left on the mission so I didn't know if it would happen... Lucky me! I got her for her last transfer in the mission.  I'm stoked.  It'll be a good transfer! 

Sending love, 

Hermana Horne 

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