Pictures speak louder than words :)

Me and my compa! Her name is Hna. Millet from Taylorsville, UT. She graduated from Utah State and she taught kindergarten this past year.

This is the Ruiz family who I always talk about. I love them so much. This picture was taken my last night in Oxnard/Camarillo. The dad said toell your family hello and we love them even though we haven’t had the privilege of meeting them :)

Last day with the district. Love these elders!

Saying bye to the awesome people of the Oxnard 5th ward!

Amanda with Sister Corniea from American fork

Amanda looking like a cool Californian with a crush :)

Us four new sister missionaries got to speak in church yesterday and it was super fun!

So last week we got to visit this lady in a nursing home named Betty. She wasn’t very coherent, so we just held her hands and sang her a hymn. The whole room fell silent and stopped to listen. The spirit was so strong. Betty passed away 3 days later. We went to her funeral today and there was a beautiful service. One of the brothers of the ward shared a great message. He said, “There’s only 3 reasons to be sad today. 1) Because you didn’t know Betty well and wish you could have. 2) Because you did know her well and are sad to see her go because you’ll miss her. 3) Because you don’t know where she’s going.” Then he shared the plan of salvation and how Betty knew where she came from, why she’s here, and where she’s going. I love getting to share that message with people. It’s beautiful.

Ygnacio is a new investigator who’s awesome!! He is 17 and plays football for the local high school. He has such a sincere desire to follow Jesus Christ. His life has been really hard and he hasn’t made the best choices, but he wants to use the atonement in his life. He is definitely searching for truth. My companion and I love him so much and want to do everything to help him get good friends in the ward who will be good examples for him. It’s kind of hard in a small town cause everyone knows each other already. It can be kind of hard for the youth to suddenly reach out to people they’ve known for 10 years. But we’re working on that and trying to help them see how important it is. We’re planning a huge missionary night for the youth in a couple weeks and we’re super excited!

I love you!
Hna. Cannon