Awesome, interesting, and amazing!!

This week has been very awesome, 

interesting, and amazing!! 

First week of the transfer and 

already there have been some crazy events. 

We had P-day on Tuesday and at 6:30, Sister Munk, Elder Pennington, Elder Scott and I had to give a training about service, urgency, and love for the Lord. So Sister Munk and I ended P-day a little early to set up
for this awesome training we planned and it was going real great until we went tot the baptismal font room  and there is this little girl waiting for activity days. Then we see little boys in the other room for zone training for scouts. So we well.. I freaked out and hurried and took everything down. We even set up a maze for our urgency role play in the gym. But the next morning we came early set everything back up and it was good to go!  It was a great success! I hope that the missionaries we gave the training to --  went away knowing that we are here to love the Lord and we need to be urgent in his work because 1 John 4:19

 "We love him, because he first loved us."

We met with Samantha quite a bit this week to prepare her for her baptism on Saturday. She is so prepared. 

So.... Samantha got baptized Saturday and before her baptism she was pacing the floor just really nervous and 
then when it came time for her to actually do the ordinance  -- she was calm. 

She bore her testimony at her baptism and said that she was really nervous but now she feels renewed and peace. She knew that it was the Holy Ghost! 

What the spirit was so strong at that time! President and Sister Jardine was able to attend and say some remarks and it was awesome!  In fact all the talks were amazing and so personal to Samantha!  

I can't wait to see where she goes in the Gospel!  She is already an example to many! 

We did service this week mostly shoveling and transferring wood chips.  

It is fun to get out and do service! I love it a lot!

We had stake conference this week and 

it focused a lot about being obedient to our covenants that we made with our Father in Heaven 

and the importance of families. 

The first principle however to these topics was faith and confidence in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! 

I so agree.  If I didn't have faith in Him and in what He has done  -- life hard would be hard. 

I would have no comfort. 

 I know that His sacrifice was made for us  -- is for us everyday  

-- to become like him, live in happiness in peace no matter what is going on in the world, 

and to live with our Heavenly Father again. 

What I also got from stake conference is to make the temple a priority in my life no matter what! 

Also I learned that to truely want to become like our Savior we need to love everyone the way he loves them. President shared a experience with himself meeting Elder Rasband of the twelve apostles... 

 Elder Rasband, asked how that young man was doing, 

-- not what his calling was, 

not what job/money he had achieved 

but wanted to know if he was still faithful to our Savior? 

What an awesome question. Is he still faithful? 

Are we still faithful to him? 

Then that night we were getting ready for a leadership WebEx meeting and we get a call from the Northridge sisters saying that Sister McDonald fell off her bike.  

Her arm was broken! 

Sister Munk made a make-shift sling out of pajama pants while Sister Kirby and I put the bikes on the rack 

and got everything in place for Sister McDonald. 

   

We rushed her to the emergency room and it was sad, but  we were trying to make it a light mood ---

so we were smiling.

Hurrah for Isreal!

Still going strong...

This has been such a fun fast transfer! 

My companion is still Sister Munk 

and we are still going to serve in the 

Fair Oaks 3 Ward and College Oak YSA!  

This transfer will be even quicker because it will only be five weeks! 

We have some new missionaries in the zone and it looks like we are going to have have fun and work hard in our areas.

 

Last week was amazing! 

We had MLC this week and it was bomb! I love learning more from the spirit of how I can help others and learn how I can become closer to me Savior. All I can say is that I am loving the Lord more. 

I am doing that 25 different ways in 25 days. I recommend that you all do this because I have been doing for a week and I can already see a difference for my love for him.

We have been working with Samantha this week and she is amazing!

Sister Munk, Shavani, Samantha and I went on a temple tour last

Saturday and it was fantastic! The Spirit was so strong! One of my

favorite parts was when she turned to me and said "you know I decide

and thought about, I am going to go on a mission." My heart started to

pound so hard! My jaw dropped and turned into a huge smile !  I am so excited for her to be baptized this Saturday! Another crazy that happened this week was when Sister Christoffersen ( my last companion)  came back with her Fiancé Daniel! I am so happy for them! It was really good to see her happy etc. 

Sister Munk and I were able to go attend Maria's baptism down in Elk Grove! 

Sister Jardine drove us there and it was nice to talk with her. She is awesome! 

I was able to teach Maria for a month and I was really bummed when she had to move about four weeks ago.  

BUT to be able to go see her be baptized --  WAS ONE FOR THE BOOKS!

After her baptism she sang  

" Teach Me to Walk in The Light". 

Tears went rolling down my face. 

I think that I turned into a crier. 

A big fat crier.

Yesterday we welcomed six new elders into our mission! 

One of the best things here in Carmichael is that when they come into the room we start singing 

"Called to Serve" Sacramento Mission style. 

I always like singing it loud and proud! 

Later that night we saw a man laying on the side of the road! So we pulled over and I yelled at him to see

if he is ok. no response but he was breathing so we went to our house which is right down the road to use Sister Morgans house phone because ours was dead to call 911. We went by a couple minutes later and he was gone in the ambulance. We both hope that he is ok.

Hope you all are doing great!!!! And that you are all safe!

PS Happy Birthday to my youngest brother- Leavitt!!!

Chickens?.... Utuh... NO GO!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

I love Sister Munk so much! 



We went to go see Sister Clemens and

Sister Kaufusi this week. Sister Clemens birthday is today so we sang her some songs that we remember from primary.  Sister Munk and I love them so much.

We did a team- up with
 Sister Beck and Sister McDonald. 

I went with Sister Beck and had an amazing miracle.! Her name is Lacey. 
Sister Beck is an amazing missionary!! 
So is Sister McDonald!!

Skylar was able to be baptized and confirmed last weekend. More of his family came and it made Sister Munk and I really happy!!  Bishop Sprague baptized him. Sister Munk and I did the missionary moment. It was really good, I think. The Ward loves him and his family, they are a great support for them. Love the Harris family so much!

Samantha is so solid. She has been prepared for a long time and the Lord is really doing the work with her for us. We have just been blessed to be their with her. Our last lesson with her was about temples, eternal marriage and  family history. She loved how she can do the work for her ancestors so she can have a eternal family before present and in the future! We plan to go to the temple with her this weekend. She is so engaged at church and church activities. We found out that she is moving to Colorado in January but wants to know the church information so when she gets there she can go to church and the activities.

We are in finding mode in our areas. So that means biking! I love to bike because we can talk to more people and just to be outside is awesome! It's is getting colder and sometimes it hurts to breathe when we have to bike hard up all these hills and such. Sister Munk and I have some plans for that. 

We also have tons of plans for Facebook. We love this tool that the Lord has given us. Thank you to you all who comment. It helps those that we are teaching and it helps me. If you all have any ideas let me know!

I have studied the topic of Happiness this week and it really means our effort to live with God and trust in him. 

As well was coming to use the Atonement in our lives and becoming like our Savior. I have learned that if we want to be happy- immerse yourself in coming to know of our Savior and in His Gospel. Preach My Gospel has an activity where you can see what attribute of Christ you can work on. 

We had to throw our pumpkins away because they had this white, gray and black fuzz on them.
Mine was rotting too so we threw them away. 
We made Carmel apples today for zone activity! They were good!

Guess What Kind Of Week I Had?..... CRAZY...that's right!

This week has flown by so quick and fast I really don't know where it went. 

Maybe it snuck off with October because it is going by so fast too! 

Transfer calls are in two weeks and Sister Munk and I are amazed! 

We have had a crazy week with two team ups which were fun and awesome.

I went with Sister Kaufusi, for the first one and it was nice to talk with her see how she is doing. 

She has grown so much! Love her! 

Then I went with Sister Davis! I have served around her but never really got to know her.

So for two hours we had a blast. She is amazing missionary who loves the gospel and is hilarious!

I can't wait to serve with her again! Forgot to take pictures with them. Sorry!

Carmicheal Zone

Biking doesn't end well sometimes.... clumsy me... :)

We have done a lot of biking this week.

 I biked before -- in my old areas --  but this place it so hilly. 

Sometimes, I look up at these things and say "Wow! Another Mount Everest!" 

I'll look back at Sister Munk and just laugh! 

We have fun -- once we reach the top and go down the thing. 

I really ... "believe I can fly."

We did service for the Fair Oaks library! 

Marking book, packing books, moving books 

and had a grand time 
with a few older ladies from Germany, who worked there.

I loved hearing them tease each other and making funny jokes. 

They got a kick every time I said "Yes ma'am." 

Samantha is doing amazing! She is progressing so fast in the Gospel! 

She is reading the Book of Mormon and praying every night.

She loves to tell us what her favorite scriptures as she reads. I love her. 

We got to sing with her in the YSA choir in sacrament meeting. 

Just to sing with her and my companion - Sister Munk, made me so happy --

and confirmed that we will always be friends. 

We created an event for her baptism on Facebook and she is already inviting people to it.

She is so excited.

The members are helping her too. 

We are going to have a lesson with her tonight ! So excited! 

Skylar is going to be baptized this Saturday! All of us are so happy for him! 

This week I studied a lot about prayer and how to receive answers to prayers, how we feel when we are touched by the Holy Ghost etc ... Mostly, I am doing it for those we are teaching but as I have been studying -- 

I have learned so much. 
There is a prayer activity in Preach My Gospel that I love doing, but I never been hit as hard 
with a light bulb moment

than yesterday when I was listening to Bishop Hernandez teach the Relief Society about prayer. 

Song cue.... "For the Beauty Of the Earth..."

He said,  "When you pray, imagine our Savior Jesus Christ

kneeling down right beside you or standing right beside you."

Just since yesterday  -- I have had so much more of a desire to pray all the time with real intent. 

  I can already tell a difference and more peace.  
I cannot begin to tell you how much love and gratitude I have for my Heavenly Father and my Savior. 

Oh! We watched the face to face event with Studio C. 

It is amazing and I encourage all of you to watch it! I learned a ton! 

https://www.lds.org/youth/activities/face-to-face-events/studio-c?lang=eng&cid=HP_WE_19-10-2016_dPFD_fYTH_xLIDyL1-C_

Pumpkin time! 
We are all getting ready 

for Halloween!

 Sister Munk and I 

carved pumpkins  today! 

That was fun!! 

I am going to roast the seeds! Yummm.....

Caught my pet lizard ... his name has Ralph

Thanks everyone for commenting on my Facebook posts. It means a lot! 

Don't forget that you can be a missionary on social media too! I have a lot of fun doing it! 

Hope you all have a great week and wish you all the best!

Miracles Are Unfolding

This week has been one of the busiest and craziest weeks in my mission!

Why? 

Because miracles are unfolding! 

I am sooooooooo excited! 

First things first ... we received a referral for a girl name Samantha . 

We called her and set up a appointment  to teach the Restoration of the Gospel. She loved it and was open to hear more so we set up another appointment the next day and brought an awesome member- Shivani. 

There we taught the Plan of Salvation. 

She loved it even more! 

We invited her to be baptized and she said Yes!! 

We went home that night and prayed for the right date for her and she also prayed. 

Two days later we taught her the Gospel of Jesus Christ and extended the date of 12 of November. 

The biggest smile came on her face and she said,  "Absolutely!!"

 I love this girl!

The next night she went to a YSA activity with the YSA girls in the Ward and had a blast.

 On Sunday we were welcoming people in and Samantha comes up talking to all the girls with such great light 

  --  ready to hear the talks and take the sacrament! 

I loved sitting next to her and hearing her try to sing the church hymns (since they were unfamiliar)  

She really truly has a desire to grow her relationship with Christ! 

Next thing, Skylar,  who is the brother of our recent convert Gregory, wants to be baptized.  So we taught him and he had his baptismal interview yesterday and he passed. 

He came out and said " I am so ready to be baptized" he is only 10 and to hear that form him warmed my heart. Made me think of my little sister, Cindyann, who got baptized in July! 

We also went on two exchanges this week. 

The first one was with Sister Clemens and Sister Kaufusi. 

Sister Clemens came here with me and 

she is one of the sweetest girls I know. 

She is very quiet and sweet.

 I had a blast with her! 

Then I went on exchanges again Friday and Saturday with 

Sister McDonald, who came to my area again. 

We had a blast because we are so alike but also because we had to bike everywhere  in a two day rain storm! 

Is was so much fun

 and surprisingly we met people on the street 

that actually wanted to talk to us. 

It rained so much that my watch broke,

 so I am now just wearing my watch tan. 

I love the rain!!

 And it is getting colder -- so that is real nice! 

On Sunday, Ron got a calling and he passed the sacrament!

He did such a great job! 

Sister Munk and I were so proud! 

Just with all these miracles that Sister Munk and I have been receiving we really are being blessed from the Lord!  I love Him so much!! 

It's All About LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

Hello everybody!! This week has been full of events and it was amazing!

Sister Munk and I had MLC, it was the coolest ever. 

We had an activity where there were two lines and 

you had to say a compliment to the person right across from you. 

The compliment had to be in the lines of the four pillars of the mission

( Obedience, Attitude, Knowledge, Work Ethic) 

we only had to say these compliments within 20 secs. 

After it was up you move over to the next person and compliment them. 

After that role play we all felt really good and more unified. 

So being more unified, 

we looked at the people who are on date to be baptized in the month of October

and made a goal.  

The goal is 25! 

We had a training after about how we really need to focus on what helps those come closer to the water of baptism  -- it happens when we love them  -- when we love those we serve. So Matthew 22:36-39. 

Master, which is the great commandment in the law?   

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 

and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  

This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, 

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Love and charity is how this whole thing started. Our Heavenly loved us so much to create a plan where we can become like him. Love us so much that he sent His only begotten Son to die for us so we can live with Him again. Love everyone! 

So with that all in mind,  the Zone leaders with Sister Munk and I, 

had to take what we'd learned and give a training to the missionaries in our zone. 

We did the same activity, 

but focused on how our attitude really does effect the way we work together 

as a zone and individually in our own areas. 

Sister Munk's first one and she was the bomb! 

Attitude in missionary work is everything. And in life. 

The clothes you can be sad in are the same clothes you can be happy in. 

We did park service- we shoved wood chips for two hours and let me tell you- 

our arms were sore. 

It was so nice to wear jeans and work outside! I love service! 

I went on a exchange with Sister Lalomanu in her area and Sister Davis came to our with Sister Munk.

I love those sisters sooooo much. There awesome!

I had my interview with President this week and every time I come out of that room I feel ten times better and so happy. He is the greatest! We talked a lot of how I changed and a few other things. 

Ron got the Aaronic priesthood yesterday at church.

He was so happy! 

He can't wait to go to the Temple and do Baptisms for the Dead for his family members! 

Aaron (another recent convert) wants to do that as well,  so one of these days this week 

we are going to find some family names from our family history 

and take them to the temple! 

I am so excited! 

Zach finally came to church!!!!  It was awesome! He loved it! 

We are now finding more and one of many things we are starting is to bike in our area!  This area is soooooooo hilly!! My legs hurt! But in a good way! Wish us luck this week because this one is going to be really busy!

Oh, I got my flu shot today.... yay!