Area: Arvin Spanish Group
Companion: Hermana Luquette
This week was pretty fun! I can't even really
remember what happened because it all went by so fast. We did some more
exchanges and had General Conference. It was so nice to be able to
listen to the words of the living prophets. It really strengthened my
testimony of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ!
We
started out this week with another session of back-to-back exchanges.
That is always a fun time! We started out the week with the Hermanas who
are serving in Buena Vista, Hermanas Torres and Arceo. I went with
Hermana Arceo and I had a ton of fun! During the night time, we had a
lot of appointments set up, but they all ended up falling through. As a
backup, we had planned to go and see a less active that we hadn't seen
for a long time. We went to the apartment complex where he lived and I
realized that I didn't really know which apartment he lived in. We
decided to go by the Spirit to find the apartment. I knocked on the door
where I thought it was and a lady opened the door. It turned out that
the less active man didn't live there, but a lady who used to listen to
the missionaries a couple of years ago and who had recently moved did.
We were able to teach her.
The next day with
Hermana Arceo, we spent some time talking to people in the streets and
had some good time to meet people. Right as we were finishing up
exchanges with them, the Hermanas from Little Rock came down for their
exchanges with us. I was with Hermana Latimer. She is a really purpose
driven missionary and it was super fun to go around with her. During the
day, we spent a lot of time walking around in the sun. The summer has
finally started to arrive here in Arvin (right when spring normally
comes around in other parts of the country), so it was hot and sunny. I
am starting to get a little tan from my shoes! We were able to talk to
some cool people and to contact some referrals, so it was a pretty
productive day.
This week, we also had
interviews with President Layton. The talk in General Conference about
beholding and loving people really reminded me of him. Every time I see
him, he shakes my hand and stares into my soul. He is a wonderful
mission president and I love being able to serve with him. He always
inspires me to do my best!
We have still been
teaching Guadalupe and Rafael. She is super sweet and loves to learn
about Jesus Christ. Every time that we go over to teach her, her husband
waits for us in the parking lot of the apartment complex and they give
us giant bags of fruit. This week, they gave us a ton of oranges and
cantaloupe. The perks of living in a place with so much produce!
On
Friday morning, we got a call from our District Leader. Hermana Galvez,
one of the hermanas who works in La Cresta, sprained her ankle on
Friday morning and so the other hermanas were not able to make it to the
District Meeting. Normally, we have District Meeting in Bakersfield,
but both us and the District Leader's companionship live in Arvin. We
decided to stay in Arvin for the meeting instead of driving into
Bakersfield, but there wasn't any building where we could meet. We ended
up meeting in the park next to our apartments. We actually had a pretty
good District Meeting, even though we were surrounded by drunk men
playing cards and cool kids at the skate park.
The
highlight of the week was definitely General Conference. I always love
listening to the words of the prophets, especially here on the mission. I
was able to go into Conference with a lot of questions that I had and I
was able to receive some specific answers. It was the best! I love the
church and I know that it is true. I am so glad that I get to be here on
a mission. I love you all and I hope that you have a good week!
Hermana Blau
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