Hi Family!!!!
Wow this week has really flown by!! It is HOT here, like 110 degrees hot! I wasn't even able to sleep last night because we're not allowed to use AC at night (and our AC it terrible anyway), and even though the window was open it wasn't cold at all last night! So pretty much it's a good thing that it's P-day because I'm a walking zombie.
Anyway, other than that things have been going great here! We have a couple of investigators that are so ready for baptism, we just have to help them to see it. Most of the food that they serve us is pretty normal. Since there are only 4 missionaries in Dixon, we all go to dinner together (the ward members feed us every night!). One of the Hermanas is lactose and gluten free so we don't get very much bread or anything, but other than that, hamburgers and meatloaf seem to be pretty popular. We actually had one sister who only eats raw veggies (like that is LITERALLY all she eats) so we got lettuce, raw asparagus, raw zuccini, and other such things as a meal one day, but that was probably the strangest.
We've seen a lot of miracles this week. The Lord really does work in mysterious ways, and he really does know what he's doing if we just take time to listen to him. Our motto is if something falls through then The Lord just wants us to be somewhere else. And we've really found it to be true. A couple of days ago I decided that it was time to clean out our area book, because I'm pretty sure no one has gone through it since 2008, so we were going to contact some potential investigators, and Sister Hamilton got a prompting to go and visit a woman who she had met briefly before. When Tanya answered the door she just looked at us and was like "I was just praying for God to give me a sign that he hears my prayers, and then you guys just showed up at my door a minute later!" It was a super cool experience. I've been seeing so many miracles on my mission!
We've only had one day where we really did any kind of service, but I noticed that that was the day that we saw the most miracles happen. I'll have to see what else we can do to fit service into our schedule, becasue I know God blesses us when we serve his children. Either that, or he could be blessing us for surviving an hour cleaning a woman's house who smokes inside. I'm pretty sure I have lung cancer now and The Lord is just making me feel better before hand. :)
I've gone on a couple of exchanges already and it's really interesting to see how other missionaries work and teach and contact. I was with one sister the other day who LITERALLY chased some guy down who was riding a bike. He was some hispanic guy who was shouting "No habla ingles!" and she was just booking it after him yelling, "Hablando espanol!" (or something along those lines). It was pretty much the funniest thing that I've ever seen in my life :)
So all is well in California, besides the fact that I'm literally melting (I'm pretty sure my brain is already fried). But other than that, we're seeing miracles and being obedient, and avoiding the creepy old guys at church who like to hit on us! haha. People keep telling me about a movie called the Son of God. Has anyone seen it? everyone is like "I can't believe you haven't seen it! It's so good and about Jesus Christ, aren't you missionaries?!?!"
Anyway, hope everything is going well at home and everyone is doing well! Have you gone to bear lake yet? how is everyone doing? anything super fun going on right now?
Mom:
I got your package, thanks so much! I love getting stuff, it's always super exciting! Sorry about the zipcode mix up, It's just what my trainer told me so I can blame her :) But I really do love getting packages :) If you ever see any really cute pattern skirts or shirts, have mandee try them on and then send them my way :D. I'll try to print out all of the pictures that I have at walmart today and then send them to you as soon as I can.
Personal revelation happens differently for all of us. Read D&C 8:2-3 and D&C 9:8. Personal revelation can come in many forms, it can come in a verse of scripture that stands out to you, or you can have a feeling that something is right or wrong, or sometimes it can come through other people. My MTC companion said that she always go answers to her prayers by reading the scriptures, and then the answer would just pop into her mind, even if it had nothing to do with what she was reading. Remember, prayer is how we talk to God, the scriptures are how he talks to us. Hope this helps a little! Maybe try finding a conference talk on it or share a personal experience. :) and please tell dad to send me pictures of Titan and any puppies that you guys have!!!
Mandee:
I'm glad you had such a good time at EFY! That's awesome that the prophet's grandaughter was in your group! I can't believe she felt that way about the apostles! I thought having president Bednar come and talk to us was one of the greatest times of my life!! :) So Ben huh? Was he the one in those pictures? I hope he's cuter without the braces, haha :). Good job, don't date until you're 16! And don't get married while I'm on my mission!!!! :) I'm glad that you got some personal revelation at EFY, you should tell that to mom, she seems to be struggling with her talk :P You really will make a great mother. I was just thinking that the other day when I was taking to our ward mission leader's kids. You just popped into my mind! So that's really cool :) I hope you have a great summer! Don't hang out with boys too much :P
Marcia:
Thanks for the letter! It was really great to hear from you. I'm glad that everything is going good there, I was thinking about you guys the other day and wondering how Emma and Wyatt were doing (and you and Rob of course) :) Our ward here is really awesome, they invite us to dinner every night so I have already gotten to know a good portion of the ward, but that is a really good idea! We're actually going over to a ward member's house for FHE with one of our investigators tonight. He's really close to setting a baptismal date, so we're really excited!! Have you guys been doing anything really fun? How has work been going? When do you go to Cancun?
Grandma Nanna:
Yes this is the right e-mail :). I got your letter in the mail the other day too, thank you so much!! It's always fun to get letters throughout the week since we can only check e-mails on mondays. And I promise I will only use the emergency money for emergencies :). I'm glad to hear that almost everything is going well. Have you found out if your skin cancer is really back yet? That's scary! Please don't let it get bad, and I promise I will wear sunscreen. :)
Love you all!!
Love,
Sister Lesser
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