FAMILIA!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAY MMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
I cant believe I am missing your 50th Birthday!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! What are you going to do!? What are your big plans? I love you so much mom! I am so bummed that I wont be able to celebrate with you! I hope that you have the BEST birthday!!!
I had such a great week :)
So, Monday and Tuesday we did not get much done. Hermana ZIndel was running around trying to say goodbye to as many people as she could before she left on Wednesday. It was a lot of fun to see some old neighbors and people we had not seen in a while. But, it was also hard because I was getting worried that our relationships with these people wouldn't be the same if she was gone. But, I was wrong! Hermana Cardona is awesome and everyone loves her :)
Wednesday we had our exchanges and to be honest I was super nervous and sad! Not only because Hermana Zindel was leaving, but because our district was being split up! But, there was no need to worry! Elder Young and Hermana Cardona are SO cool! Hermana Cardona is from LODI! What!? She talks about places that she use to hang out at and I know exactly what she is talking about! She loves to longboard. She was a cop! She loves rap :) She is a native Spanish speaker,so she has really been helping me out. She is super cute and really funny! We are having a blast together :)
So, earlier in the week all of our appointments were just canceling on us. It was a little discouraging but we ended the week off with a bang! Oh sweet baby :) We had the most amazing lesson with F! We taught the Restoración and holy moly, me oh my, did the spirit testify! It was really hard not to cry! I was just looking at Hermana Cardona like "do you feel this right now". F then told us that she knows Joseph Smith had a vision. I wanted to ask her to be baptized, but as soon as we were about to, someone rang the doorbell. #satan. But that is ok! We have an appointment with her today!
Also, WE had a great lesson with Y and her mom. Her mom use to date a guy that was LDS in Mexico! She knows a TON about the church! I mean A TON! She started to tell us about how Joseph Smith found the golden plates under a rock on a hill, and told us that Alma 21 is her favorite chapter in the book of Mormon! She told us that she knows it is true! But, she had a very bad experience with some of the members and with her boyfriend. She had a very hard time and it kinda ruined the church for her. But, now her daughter is very interested! They told us that they have been talking about the church for awhile. Y's mom is very supportive of her and told her that she can do whatever she would like and thinks that the church is great :) Hermana Cardona and I know that her mom is going to come around too. GAH! Being a missionary is JUST TOO DANG WONDERFUL!!!!
We had some other very great lessons! Like with A! We taught the Restoration and she soaked it up! She told us how beautiful the story of Joseph Smith was and she committed to being baptized. She doesn't have a date yet, but I know that is it going to happen. There is something really special about A! She has had a HARD life. She just barely turned 17 and has a 2 year old son. There are a TON of problems in their home. You can tell that she really does want to learn more and change her life. She wants to follow God and the plan that he has for her.
This week I really grew to learn and appreciate the Restoration. During our transfer meeting, President Richards had ALL the missionaries come and he gave us a devotional. He and Sister Richards had gone up to New York earlier that week and had a Conference with Elder Holland. They were able to go with him to the sacred grove while he taught them about the Restoration of the gospel. They were able to sit where Joseph Smith sat, while a living day apostle, and not just any apostle... Jeffery R. Holland, bore his testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith! Can you imagine a more amazing experience!!!! WOW! He talked about the scripture that changed everything. James 1:5... “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him”. Just like how the prophet Joseph Smith prayed and received an answer, I KNOW that we can do the same. I KNOW that God will answer our prayers. If we lack wisdom, if we have a question... Ask God. I am so lucky that I am a missionary and that I get to teach the Restoration of the gospel. I cant think of anything better.
As a mission we are going to read 8 pages of the Book of Mormon a day so that we can finish by Christmas! Wooooooooooooo!
Love you guys!
Lennon
GOT TO PLAY SOME BBALL :)
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