November 14th
Hola todos!
This week was very crazy and we were really busy, but we've seen some miracles happen so we are super pumped for this coming week! How is everyone anyways? All of our members and investigators have been talking about how Donald trump is now our president. They're all upset and sad now haha. Honestly I don't really pay attention to politics and stuff so all of this has just been whatever for me.
We've been working hard with our investigator Daniel still. It was hard to get lessons with him this past week and it was coming close to finishing his lessons before his interview, but we went over Saturday to have his last lesson and he wasn't there
Then Hermana Joya, his mom, talked to us and said he wouldn't be able to have a lesson that day and also told us that we have to change his baptismal date to November 26! Daniels dad won't be there for this Saturday, his original baptismal date, so we moved it to the next week. We were sad but we are still happy he's getting baptized! Also that his dad who isn't a member wants to come to! So all is well! I'll attach the little invitation we made on my iPad for the baptism. It's my favorite picture with Daniel so far haha. He's seriously an angel though, we did the baptismal interview questions with him and he passed with flying colors! He's SO prepared to be baptized! Satan is just trying to find little ways to stop it...but we know it's going to happen!
We've been trying to work with our members and less actives on how to use technology better to share the gospel. We haven't see a lot of success yet, but little by little we see miracles every day. I'm so grateful to have an iPad and technology in our mission! Such a blessing
🏼 Something our zone is doing right now is we have a calendar and for 25 days, we're finding 25 ways to love the lord more. It's been neat to see the things you do everyday to love the lord more. I just invite all of you to find ways to love the lord more...there's so many ways! And I promise you you'll see the hand of the lord helping you when you search and pray for those opportunities to love the lord more 
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Well I hope all is well! I keep you all In my prayers always. Have a wonderful week and let me know how you're doing with loving the lord more in your daily life! Te quiero mucho!
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November 8th
Hola como están todos?
What a week it has been! I'm seriously loving my mission every single day. This past transfer I worked so hard and I'm now seeing the results of the hard work me and my companions had done in this area. So transfers happened and lucky enough I'm staying here again in North Sac with Hermana Zaugg. Hermana Paredes was called as an STL in East Sac
We miss her and our trio but we know she's going to kill it as an STL!!
I'm super excited for this transfer and for the hard work me and Hermana Zaugg want to do together. I just love Hermana Zaugg...she's seriously so awesome and whenever she testifies it's always so powerful! I love it! We are already having so much fun together. Also now that there's only 2 of us, we both get our own bathrooms and closets haha. The apartment feels so empty now.
We've been working hard with our investigator Daniel who's going to be baptized next Saturday. He's super ready, but it's been a little difficult to teach him more than we'd like. We hope to teach him every night this week so he can be ready for his interview on Sunday🏼 I'm so excited for him!
So this week we were able to go to the food bank here with some elders and it was really great to help the community in service. I'm so happy that the mission is focusing more on service. Also it's been nice to be able to help some of the families here in the Ward with little things.
We had an Awesome weekly planning where we had a lot of different ideas on how to use finding time more effectively. We plan to do more service finding opportunities here since it's starting to feel a little bit like fall time here. Also our goal together is that in each contacting opportunity we are going to offer or give a Book of Mormon. We started it on Saturday and for one hour we walked outside and we found 3 people and gave them all Book of Mormons! It was so great. One of them happened to be Spanish and she let us in her house and everything. She is super nice, her name is Juana and she has a strong faith in Jesus Christ. We have another lesson planned for her this week Later that day as we were at these other apartments, we say these 2 Spanish ladies outside and just started talking to them. Lourdes already had a Book of Mormon that was given to her like 5 years ago and she sometimes reads from it! Her friend Irma was awesome and wanted a Book of Mormon too and just started reading it. It was a great, short and powerful lesson on the Restoration and what our beliefs are. Me and Hermana Zaugg found Lourdes again last night and read the Introduction to the Book of Mormon with her. She understood it and had a lot of good questions for us...like baptism. We explained why we believe being baptized by the proper authority is important and how we can follow Christ's example through baptism. She is going to pray to know if this church is true and if baptism is something that is for her or not. I hope she receives her answer...and I know she will️
Oh, I hit my 8 months last week also. It's crazy to think that I'm almost halfway through my mission. Also, this transfer will only be 5 weeks instead of 6 weeks because of the holidays next month. So I feel like this transfer is going to fly by so fast! I just want you all to know that I love you and that I keep you all in my prayers! Have a good week! Find opportunities to serve people around you or in your community. I can promise you that the Lord will help you find those who need that help right now. Te quiero muchísimo!
October 31st
Happy Halloween everyone!!
Well this week has been pretty well. We have just been seeing a lot of our work pay off recently and it's so great. I really truly love this area so much. This Saturday is transfer calls and I have no idea what's going to happen...all we know is that our trio is going to split up sadly 
I've had so much fun this transfer and I have learned so much from my companions. This is one of the best transfers I've had so far on my mission. I'm so grateful to be working with such great examples and such hard workers. 🏼️
We've been working a lot with our investigator Daniel who is on date for November 19 for baptism. He's SO awesome and super solid. I love his family so much. Last night I just felt the love that they have for us. We taught Daniel and his 2 friends he invited to church the Ten Commandments and they loved it! They all memorized them and just wanted to learn more. I LOVE working with children who are so receptive to the gospel. Daniels mom, Hermana Joya, gave us Mexican hot chocolate and pan dulce at the end which is so great️ We are excited for Daniel and I can't wait to see him get baptized!
This past week we had exchanges again and I was with Hermana Nokes and it was one of my favorite exchanges ever!! We found 4 new investigators for their area, East Sac, and we just had so much fun. I hope someday to be her companion in the future because she's super awesome and fun. She helped be learn a lot and I'm grateful for her example. We ate at Panera and just had a lot of success together. Also I got to see one of my favorite sisters, Sister Hyde️
We got a new Ward mission leader who is SO super helpful. He came out with us Saturday to a few finding appointments which was awesome. He has a lot of good ideas and is willing to help out with anything.
This week we were finally able to do a little service. The zone leaders and us went to a council for all religions in the area and we handed out name tags and greeted everyone to the meeting. It was great to be a representative of Jesus Christ to people of other faith. Also we did an orientation with the whole zone at a local food bank so we can start doing service there and I'm so pumped! I've missed doing service!
All that we've heard lately is about Los payasos, which means clowns. I heard there was a clown purge on Sunday and that their all over the US. All the little kids say they're scared to go outside and how they won't be trick or treating this year It's super sad! I hope you all stay safe tonight if you're going trick or treating! I love you all and I'll let you know what happens with transfers next Tuesday. Have a good and Safe week everyone!
Te amo!️
