Week 76 Cutsey Comps 2/22/2021

 It's been a great week to say the least. Quick updates. So usually we get an email on Friday if we are training. So a couple weeks ago when it was around transfer time, me and Sister Carr totally thought we were going to stay because I literally just got midcycled here. On Friday I got an email for training and we were like noooooo we have to stay together!!! So we prayed and prayed so hard for a trio and guess what???? WE ARE IN A TRIO!! So Sister Bull is new and the cutest. She's from St. Augustine Florida. She is SO AWESOME! She's supposed to go to Kobe Japan but got reassigned here. It's been a WAY fun trio. 

In our apartment we also have another new Sister. Her name is Sistee Kaufusi. Her cousin actually plays football at BYU! She is SO cute and oh my goodness HILARIOUS. She is just the best. Ah I LOVE our apartment.

Okay missionary work update. 

Last week our zone doubled in finding! It was a true miracle. It was just so sweet to see all the missionaries exercising their faith. Ah it was so so soooo awesome! I love all these missionaries. Then we met this sweet guy named Bobby that I talked about last time but he is progressing so well. We have a lot of opportunities to teach in this area so I'm feeling pretty #blessed. We are just sooooo busy teaching all the time. I have no idea how, but God is blessing us. We were close to putting a brother and Sister on date, and they are so ready, but we just ran into some hiccups. So if you all are looking for someone to pray for, I would love if you all could pray for them!!!

Funny moments:

-so you know with swivel chairs when you press the lever, the seat goes up? So I pressed that for fun and then the chair got stuck because it was right under a table. So what did I do? Stand on the swivel so I could lower. Well, while I was getting off, I tripped into another chair and flung myself into a wall. That was a lols. We were laughing for so long.

-I asked one of the district leaders if I could join his district council. He said yes and then 2 mintues later he told the district that president was going to attend and Sister Carr was dying she thought it was so hilarious and we were just laughing for 15 min

-the 3 of us are going to have abs after laughing this hard

Spiritual thought: I've been studying about the power of conversion and something I never realized before is that in order for our friends to be converted, they need to feel God's love and mercy. It changed my perspective so much.

I love you all!!

Week 75 .... 2/15/2021

Week 74 Miracle Week 2/8/2021

 So. Crazy week. Oh my goodness it is so fun. I'm not going to lie, I miss Sister Westover like CRAZY. I just laugh and have so much fun with her. BUT. Sister Carr is THE BEST. She is so fun and kind and selfless. It has been an absolute party with her. 

So. Me and Sister Westover worked our hardest until Thursday. We had so many meeting though hahaha but we got to go up to see president! So that was fun! And then on Thursday morning we did the transfer. Hahaha me and Sister Westover couldn't cry but we wanted to so bad!! I seriously didnt want to leave her. But sister carr is so awesome and I've only heard positive things, and so we did the little switchero and we were on our way.

My time with Sister Carr has been filled with miracles!! We have been praying for referrals in every single prayer and we got 5 this week!! That was such a miracle from God. We were blown away by the blessing. But it gets even better! So by Saturday, our zone as a whole had only found 2 friends. We were like, ah what do we do??? So me and Sister Carr were like okay. Let's call all the companionships. And so we called all the companionships and we were like, we want to pray with you. And so we prayed and it was so cool to see the miracles. Sometimes we'd end the prayer, and the companionship would be like, actually it's crazy, we just got a referral. And the ZL set a baptismal date!! And then dropped off a Bible to a referral that never replied, and she was so touched and told them that it made her cry and that no one had ever done that for them before! And then other referrals would come in. It was amazing. During one of the prayers, the name Diane popped into my head and I was like, Sister Carr! We need to call her! And she was the first person we set up an appointment with!! Ah it was such an AMAZING week. 

Other miracles include:

-We went to Balboa park. And we were walking around the park and met this sweet guy. We talked and later called him. He's been through some really tough things. He's heard about our church, but wants to learn it from us!

-this person we called was like, I was not in the right state of mind before, but I am now. And I also want to learn about that guy that found the plates!! Way crazy!!

-we had 4 of our friends come to church(':

-also, this is the best ward, everyone here is just so missionary minded people. I love itttt

Other fun moments:

- I used to hate the youth song (okay hate is a strong word, just highly dislike) the youth song "What does he think about me" but then it grew on me. So every time it comes on, me and Sister Westover stop any conversation we're in and start belting it out

- all the sisters came for fast sunday dinner

- we did a visitor center tour with our recent convert steve and he LOVED it. He was directing the whole thing. He was like "wait wait, go back, to the right" like the whome ti.e. and he kept being like "hold on, left me take a screenshot of that" he is SO SOLID. 

- ummm a lot of other amazing things happened this week but those are the highlights. I hope all of you are good. I just want to share a spiritual thought. I was studying about humility the other day. There's been a lot of good things happening here and I was talking with my mission president and he told me some really nice things too and I was just feeling good. And then I just heard the spirit whisper to me, "remember that it's not you. Give the praise to God." And so that next day I right away started studying humility. When we accomplish things, it feels good. But humility is remembering that it is not about us. It's about God. And that we love Him and thank Him for every blessing. That's it! Bye love you all!!

Week 73 Work Hard. Be Happy 2/1/2021

 This week was crazy!!! Me and Sister Westover just worked seriously as hard as we could and it was a blast!! Also I am getting midcycled again)): I'll talk about it at the end.

Just a highlight list hahaha short on time

-remember our recent convert that we were praying he'd come to church?? And we prayed for rain? Well he finally came to church yesterday!

-met a lady in our parking garage and asked her if she was looking for a church because she just moved in. And she was like, "actually yes! Can I give you my number and you can give me the info?" WE WERE PUMPED 

-We made a billion calls on Sunday and finally got 2 referrals that have been blocked but now they are not and we got to talk with them????

-so we set like 6 RAs this week and we got to Saturday and they had all fallen through or turned out that they were too busy or not interested too. Well on Sunday, our ZLs gave us BANANA BREAD. They were so awesome! They wrote "Phillipians 4:13 You've got this!!" I'll attach a picture. Well Sunday night we finally found this super sweet solid lady AND SHE IS SO AWESOME! She has gone through some really tough things. But is now ready to let God into her life!!

-last thing. *cries* so we really just worked so hard on Sunday and we were sooo happy. We were calling our ZLs and DLs to evaluate the week, and then we got a call from the APs. Me and Sister Westover were just holding hands and scared, but it's true. We are getting seperated )))): I will be going to North Hollywood with Sister Carr. I love Sister carr and have heard AMAZING things. Her and Sister Westover have been out for 8 months and were MTC comps! I really thought I'd end here in canoga park but nope. Going to North Hollywood, and Sister Carr is an AMAZING STL so I know I'll just learn so much from her. Sad. But it's okay. Also I know what you all are thinking. North Hollywood. Oohh movie stars. Hahaha well, North Hollywood is probably the most interesting part of my mission, so probably the opposite of what you are all thinking. Anyways. That was my week. Also, since my dad served here, I asked him to send me some pictures while he was here so I can recreate them. Okay I love you all!!