Hi family!
Transfers this week! I am going to a new area! It's in the Santa Barbara zone, this city is called Sovang? Or something like that? Not really sure. And I'm whitewash training! Meaning neither of us know the area, and I'll be with a brand new missionary. Another really big growing experience! I'm sure we will learn a lot as we try to figure it out together. It looks like I'm destined to be in the 12 week program my whole mission haha. (For those who don't know, you get an extra hour of companion study your first 12 weeks where you do a structured program. So I've been in it my whole mission so far! Looks like I won't be leaving the apartment before 10:00 any time soon!) My companion is going to be staying in our area and training as well! So exciting!
Gilberto is so great. He is in his 60s and we are helping him prepare for baptism next month. This week his close friend Eva, who's a member, told us that he said after the Hermanas (us) taught him to pray, he knelt down and really prayed for the first time. He said he felt God's love so strongly that he began to cry. Then he went to the store with her and bought a white shirt and tie. He had a Finding Faith in Christ pass along card with him, a picture of Jesus dressed in white, and Gilberto said, "I want to be like him." Wow. That just melted my heart. I love getting to serve these people with such pure desires to follow Jesus Christ.
We had fun teaching a less active family this week. The mom is a less active member, baptized about 2 years ago, and her oldest son is baptized as well. The husband is a non member. The kids love to come to church (different members drive them). This week we went by and the oldest son was saying his mom was busy, and then we heard Adrian say, "Wait I want to say hi to them!" and his brother was like, he's in the shower... Next thing we know 7-year-old Adrian is running out in a bath towel, soaking wet, and is like "hi sisters!" Haha it was so funny and cute. We told him to go get some clothes on and they let us in. The mom came out and we got to teach them about the temple. When we said that if they go there they can be an eternal family they were like, "mom let's go there! Can we live there?" I love that pure desire of a child. The mom said it is something she wants to do, she just hasn't been super obedient in doing what it takes to get there. But we will keep working with them.
Other awesome people we've met this week: A 91-year-old Jewish woman from Germany who walks 2.5 miles everyday! Super cool. A guy named Luis from Argentina who is married to a woman from Italy. They are both tri-lingual. We were on the way to another appointment and I felt like we should go knock their door. They were full of all this love and happiness and excitement! They are kind, funny, warm people. They immediately invited us in and gave us some 7up. We started talking to Luis and he said he loves BYU and almost had the opportunity to go there, and was so disappointed when it didn't end up working out. He says he love all the people that come from there and would love to go some day. (He talked about it like it was Disneyland or something). He's read the entire Book of Mormon and asked us a question about the Resurrection he had read about in Alma. Wha?? Super cool. He said he'd like to have us come back. I won't be here of course, but I'm excited to hear about what happens with him!
I love being a missionary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hna. Cannon
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