July 18th

Hola,
This week was LONG! Holy cow we had a lot of appointments and just
everything...we were very busy this past week...which is Awesome! We
have 2 investigators on date for July 30th. One of them, Enmanuel
Andasol might get his date pushed back a little bit because the family
hasn't gone to all three hours of church yet. But, he does have a
desire to be baptized so we're excited for him! 👍🏼😄
Our other investigator on date is a new and his name is Luis. He was a
self referral from Mormon.org and he wanted missionaries to come over
to his house! So we did and had a great first lesson with him on the
Restoration. He asked many great questions and we invited him to be
baptized July 30th and he totally excepted it! He HAS that desire to
be baptized which is amazing. We have another lesson with him tonight.
Also, he came to all of church yesterday and really enjoyed it! He
definitely is an awesome investigator and we are excited for him.

So some of our other investigators have been good, they're slowly
progressing but I see the desire that they have to change. Like Manuel
Estrada, he's been busy with a lot of work lately, but Saturday night
he took us out to dinner to a Korean mall place right in Rancho
Cordova. We've been wanting to check it out for a while but we finally
got to see what's inside. The food was really yummy though. It was a
really cool place! I think we're gonna go today too for pday. Manuel
is definitely slowly progressing but he's such a good guy who has that
desire to change...he just needs to go to church and be taught more.

Lately this week we got a lot of member present lessons! It's been
great having our members come out with us to help us in la obra
misional (missionary work). Our branch has been really good recently
in helping us, so it's been nice.

This mission is going well and I'm grateful for the lords hand in
helping us find his children every single day. I love this area and
the work. I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve here in
Sacramento.
Yo sé qué está evangelio es verdadero. Yo sé qué el Senor tiene un
plan para mi. Estoy agradicido por la oportunidad para enseñar y
encontrar los hijos de nuestro Padre Celestial. La Iglesia de
Jesucristo es verdadero. Yo sé qué si siguimos el ejemplo de
Jesucristo en está vida, el ayudaran en todos de su vida. Yo sé qué
Jesucristo es la vida y la luz de el mundo. Yo sé qué estas cosas son
verdadera en el nombre de Jesucristo. Amen.

This is my testimony of this gospel. I love it so much and I'm
grateful for it everyday. Love you all! Adios!
Te amo muchisimo
Hermana Scott

July 11th

Hola,
 This week was seriously a MIRACLE week! Me and Hermana Justiniano saw
so many miracles this past week. It was unbelievable. This transfer is
gonna be so fun!!👍🏼😄
 So we had team ups on Saturday with our STL's and I went with Hermana
Vergary and she's so sweet! I love her! We found 2 new investigators
and one of them, Bruno, we just saw outside and he just had us teach
him the whole restoration outside! It was awesome! He's super solid
and such a good guy. The other sisters ended up finding 2
investigators as well! So we got 4 new that day. Miracles!!!! All
together we found 5 new investigators this week. So awesome. Saturday
night out investigator Manuel took us to dinner and it was a good talk
with him. We talked about the word of wisdom and we didn't even commit
him to keeping it and he said that he would change his life to obey
it! He's super awesome. But, he's been busy lately with work so he
hasn't been able to meet with us lately.

 Sunday was a really great day! The Andasol family came for sacrament
😊😊 Then during relief society we checked the phone and Elsa called
us. She was supposed to come to church because Saturday we had a
lesson with her and it was so great. So yeah she couldn't come because
she got locked out of her house. But, although Satan tried to stop
her, she ended up walking to church anyways and coming for the last
hour!! She hasn't been to church in so long! She's taking those steps
to showing her faith little by little. Also Sunday night we had an
AMAZING lesson with The Andasol family and the Valims came to it as
well. We invited the son, Esmanuel to be baptized and he excepted! So
awesome! That family is so great and the spirit was so strong in that
lesson.

 We have a lot of stuff going on This week which is so awesome. I
think Hermana Justiniano is helping out our branch and our area so
much! I have seen so much change, GOOD CHANGE, in our area in the past
week! I love it. The lord blesses us when we are diligent and
persistent. I'm grateful for the work so much and I'm loving my
mission every single day. The sacrifices I've made are blessing our
area so much and I just see the Lords hand guiding us to his children.

 I hope you all have a good week! Please pray of our zone goal of 10
baptisms. We know that this goal can be achieved with a lot of faith
and prayers. Thanks everyone.

Te amo muchisimo

Hermana Scott

July 5th

Hello everyone!
 I hope you all had a fantastic week with the fourth of July! I was
only able to see a few fireworks on my way home last night so I wasn't
able to do anything yesterday for the 4th. This week was a little
crazy but a lot of exciting stuff happened!

 It was the last week of the transfer and so everyone was trying to
figure out where everyone was gonna go for transfers. We learned how
to make Papusas at the part member families house the Andasol's. It
was so much fun and I'm glad that I learned how to make them! We also
went to Hermano Solorzano's Birthday party which was really fun. That
night we received our transfer call!
 On Thursday and Friday my companion Hermana Woodbury got super sick
and so the end of Thursday we stayed home and just chilled and
canceled our appointments and our dinner. Then Friday she was feeling
a little better so we went to service at Food Bank but that just made
her worse. So we came back and president told her that she has to stay
home for the rest of the day. So Friday we just chilled at home and
did nothing really. It was weird not doing anything for a change. I
was a good nurse to her though trying to take care of her haha❤️
 We had a lesson with our investigator Jose Trinidad who's on date for
baptism on the 9th. We did the baptismal interview questions with him
and pretty much he says he doesn't want to change. He has a problem
with the word of wisdom and the law of chastity still. He hasn't
really been keeping our commitments and still feels like he doesn't
know enough to be baptized even though he's been taught since last
August! He's been taught all the lessons. So we released him and it
was sad of course but we knew it was the best decision for him for
now. We might try to see him later on in the future maybe. He was the
only one on date for us this month and so we are really going to try
hard to help our other progressing investigators get baptized this
month! I truly hope that our investigators see how important and
special this covenant is. Our zone goal of 10 baptisms this month WILL
happen! I know it and I have the faith that it can happen for sure!

 So yesterday, the 4th of July, we had transfers. My companion Hermana
Woodbury is gone and is in North Sacramento shotgunning! I'm still
here in Rancho Cordova and my new companion is Hermana Justiniano from
Argentina! She's so sweet and really funny! I love her already. ❤️ I
know that we are gonna work well together this transfer for sure. I
know the Lord has put us together for a reason...one being to help me
with my Spanish😆😊
 The language is coming easier to me every day. Sometimes I'm
speechless when I realized that I can understand and speak the Spanish
language. I love this culture and I'm so lucky to be in this mission
with such great people! Our members are awesome and are willing to
help out! I hope you all have a great week! Please pray for Cesely and
Amaris, Elsa and Manuel and that they'll accept the gospel and accept
the invitation to be baptized this month. Thank you so much for all
you do! Love you!

Con amor,
Hermana Scott

June 27th

Hola familia y amigos,
 This week went by SO fast! It's crazy how much time goes by! It's
seems like we just had p-day. I had a pretty great week this week
though! Our zone decided at district meeting that we are setting a
goal of 10 Baptisms! It's a crazy number for us but we have the faith
that both districts will have 5 baptisms each for July! I know it'll
happen! We have so many potentials who are ready to enter into the
waters of baptism!👍🏼😊

 This coming week is our last week of transfers! This transfer has
gone by SO fast! It's insane to me haha. We'll find out this week what
will happen to me and Hermana Woodbury. I really want to stay here in
Rancho Cordova and I think I will...but president always does
something different every transfer so we will see!

 So every day last week we had a lesson with our investigator Manuel.
He knows a lot about different religions and is really nice! He's also
super funny and he makes us laugh...he's one of our favorites for
sure! But, we did invite him to be baptized July 23 and he basically
said no. He still feels like he doesn't know enough. That's what they
all say really. We've been having that same problem with José
Trinidad. He's a really great guy who loves to learn about religion
but when we invited him to be baptized he says that he doesn't know
enough. He's gone through many Hermanas and has been taught for a
while...since last summer! We had Hermano Bolaños, our ward mission
leader, come with us to a lesson with him on Saturday. It went really
well and Hermano Bolaños did a great job at explaining things to him.

 We also got to teach the part member family the Andasole's. They're a
really cute family and the dad loves talking! The whole rest of the
family is so quiet! Haha. We taught them the Restoration and it went
super well. They are inviting us back this Saturday to make Papusas
with them and eat dinner at their house!😊 I love cooking with the
Spanish culture it's so fun! They also came to church on Sunday and
everyone in our branch did an awesome job of greeting them! It was a
good day for them!

 Yesterday I gave my talk in sacrament meeting about Charity!❤️ I was
a little nervous but when I got up there everything seemed normal!
Hermana Woodbury recorded some of it so I'll add it so you can listen
to my Spanish!😝 Also yesterday for dinner at Hermana Limas's house we
made Floutas with the Spanish elders! It was so fun! I feel like a
true Mexican now that I know how to make Floutas!❤️❤️ They're probably
my favorite thing to eat here now. Yesterday we also had team ups with
the STL's. I got to go with Hermana Stout and we had an AMAZING lesson
with Elsa! She hasn't been doing so good and what we taught her just
helped her realize what she needs to do to change her life. She's an
awesome investigator who really wants to change! I love her and her
family❤️

 Something I really realized and recognized this week is how much I've
improved as a missionary. I'm on my last week of being trained and I
can just feel how much I've changed! It's crazy! I've also realized
that my Spanish is so much better! Listening to my talk made me
realize how different I sound haha😂 I've learned a lot over these
past 11 weeks here in the field. This Saturday will be my 4 month
mark!😱😆 Time is flying by! I'm so happy to be here...I love the
California, Sacramento mission ❤️. I really hope you all had a
wonderful week! Please pray for our goal of 10 baptisms for next month
so that we can find those elect investigators who are ready to enter
into the waters of baptism! Love you all and talk to you next week!

Hermana Scott

June 21st

Hello! I had a pretty good week...lots of knowledge I gained from
great lessons and inspiring people. So yesterday we had Zone
Conference and that's why I'm emailing today instead of Monday...so
today is p-day for me😊

Here's what happened this week...
-We found a cute kitten playing in someone's yard as we were
finding...it was so sweet❤️
-Had a great lesson with the part member family the Andasole's.
Hermana Solorzano came with us and we taught the gospel of Jesus
Christ. Really awesome lesson!
-Set a "zone vision" before district meeting...its United We Baptize
haha. A lot of missionaries don't like the zone visions because they
never help at all.
-Me and Hna. Woodbury did a role play in front of our district about
working with members.
-Had a great lesson with Angelica, Fatima and their friend Douglas. We
taught the Restoration to them and they liked it a lot. We're gonna
see them again this week
-Taught our new investigator Manuel 3 times this week! He's awesome!
We told him to watch meet the Mormons on Netflix and we got to watch a
little of it with him. He really liked it!
-Finally had Rita's for the first time in my life! So good!❤️
-Invited Cesely and Amaris to be baptized July 2nd...they're so excited!
-Had stake conference with Larry R. Lawrence from the quorum of the
seventy! It was a really good stake conference and I learned a ton.
-Got to teach Maria about the Restoration finally!
-Had a lesson with Jose Trinidad about word of wisdom because he likes
to drink coffee...he says he's gonna try to be better!
-We had dinner and a lesson with Hermana Limas and the Solorzanos and
it was really good! We talked about eternal families and they're
really sad and started to cry because they want to be so bad but they
don't know what happened to Hna. Limas husband🙁 It's really sad.
-Had a great conversation with Hermano Solorzano about my life and the
east coast because he lived in Boston for awhile. He's from Guatemala
and he told me my Spanish is amazing and was surprised that I've only
been out 3 1/2 months! So cool!
-Zone Conference was just mind blowing!!! Elder Larry R. Lawrence came
with his wife and spoke to us. They talked about doctrine and all that
cool stuff. Sometimes I can't comprehend the things that they talked
about because it's so detailed lol.

 So, overall a great week! Lots of cool stuff happened. I learned a
lot especially yesterday at the zone conference. Elder Larry R.
Lawrence talked about sacrifices...and it made me think about maybe
somethings I need to change in my life as a missionary to be a really
great missionary. We all can make sacrifices and that's how the Lord
is going to see our faith...through the sacrifices we make. Whether
it's not drinking soda, not watching tv on Sunday, not focusing too
much on the media or whatever it is...we can all make sacrifices if we
have faith in our savior Jesus Christ, because he made the biggest
sacrifice of all! He suffered for all of us and all our sins. I love
this gospel so much! We shouldn't hide the knowledge that we have of
this gospel...we should share it with everyone! There's a scripture in
Luke 22:32 that talks about conversion and how we should share that
with others. We also need to Gather Israel...our brothers and sisters
are waiting for us! Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!
Hope you all had a great Father's Day too! Adios!

Hermana Scott

June 13, 2016

Wow...what a week! Time is seriously flying by so fast! Only 3 weeks left in this transfer. Life is good here. The weather was pretty nice this week, around the 90's so it wasn't too hot. A lot went on this week!

 Last Monday was fun! I was in a trio with Sister Cundick and Sister Davis because all of our companions went on the Coloma trip with president. Our mission president takes some missionaries every p-day to a cool historic place in Coloma. I won't have to go till next year but they say it's super fun! So it was fun being with other sisters for a day. Our zone also played volleyball together...that's always super fun!

 Tuesday was a good day but so many people cancelled or weren't there for their appointments! A girl who got back from her mission a while ago went with us to teach Maria and we invited her to be baptized! She said yes too so that was awesome. Then later on we had exchanges! I got to stay in Rancho Cordova and Hermana Thomson stayed with me. I got to drive!!!!! It was weird after 3 months but I liked it. We drove to Folsom to see Lupe but she wasn't there! So we rescheduled with her. We did meet a new family who the bishop wanted us to meet. They are so cute! The mom and dad are recent converts and none of the kids are members...so part member family!! We are so excited about them! 

 Wednesday we still had exchanges and we went to Habitat. We did blinds the whole time haha. Then we had some other people that we found. Then exchanges ended and I learned a lot from Hermana Thomson. She's awesome. We forgot to take a picture though!  next time! She was telling me what she thinks is gonna happen next transfer. So exciting! 2 Hermanas are coming next transfer so I might be training ah so crazy! I'm excited to fine out in a few weeks. 

 Thursday was district meeting and we did a lot of role plays in inviting people to be baptized and made a goal of inviting 2 people every day to be baptized! And guess what I did after that meeting? I invited 2 random people to be baptized!! it was awesome! I wasn't nervous or anything it just came right out when I talked to them. Pretty sweet day! 

 Friday we had a good day. We had dinner with the Solorzanos and the Spanish elders were there too, they had to eat outside though. It was fun! Then our district had a blitz!! That's where other missionaries go in your area and try to find some investigators for you. So usually it's just one pair of missionaries, but our whole district plus the zone leaders and the STL's were there!! 6 pairs of missionaries...it was awesome!! We found 4 new investigators that night with the help of everyone! Our district is awesome️!!!!

 Saturday was just an amazing day!️ we had our baptism for Andre!! It was so great! Such a special day for him. Also the elders had 2 getting baptized too so our branch had 3 on Saturday! It was a miracle day for sure. We also had a lesson with Lupe and her brother. It was really good and her brother learned a lot. He's pretty awesome too.  

 Sunday was a good day. Andre and the other 2 kids got confirmed during sacrament. We got to eat with the guys who always have us eat their food. It was pretty good. It's always fun when we go over there because they talk about funny things. We also had a lesson with a new investigator named Manuel. He's really cool and speaks Spanish and English. He always tells us that he believes in aliens and ghosts though, he's a funny guy.

 Today for p-day we went to Old Sacramento! It's the cutest place ever! It's like and old western town with a bunch of cool little stores and restaurants and fun stuff. It's right by the river too and they have boats to ride. It's so cute we had a fun time! All of us sisters went together.  I definitely want to bring my family there if I come back to visit!

 Alright, hope you all are doing well! Missionary life is good. The work is progressing and I'm loving this area more and more every day. I don't want to leave it just yet. Hope you have a good week! Love you all!

Hermana Scott