So this week was just amazing. Manteca
We have been meeting cool people that are
accepting the gospel pretty well, and we have a whole bunch of leads with
people that I am excited to pursue if that makes sense. We found 2 members
of the church that are menos activo but not in our records, and we are now
teaching 4 solid-ish people! Exciting stuff!
Fun thing this week is we went biking for the
first time! Hermana Vergaray was really funny haha. We had to do some
practice turns in the parking lot. Some guy stopped and said . “You must
be the Mormons…” and then gave us tips on riding bikes haha.
We started off good, talking with everyone we
saw. We talked to this person who stands on the corner and dances with the
signs for advertisement. We talked for a long time and he almost came to
general conference! The elders are teaching him and said it is going
awesome! Every single person we talked to on the bikes spoke Spanish or
had talked to missionaries before and almost got baptized so #miracles.
#bikingisworthit
#Iactuallylovebiking
#mostofthetime
And we rocked the helmets! People think
its is awesome we ride bikes.
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| We weren't ready for this picture. HA. After bike slushies |
We also met a man who received an answer from
God through a black mark on his pancakes he was making. The black mark
looked a little like the recycling man but he was bending over. So it
looked like he was leaning down to pick something up. He said it was
Jesus reaching down to help him. His wife was like, "there is no way
I am eating that" and he was like "I'M EATING IT!" and he ate the
whole pancake haha. The pictures were funny though.
This week we also met my personal dog
high. We contacted someone that had 8 chihuahuas yapping around us....
8.... i counted them all!! It was impossible to share anything… but they
told us to go away so we weren't there too long anyway ha.
Speaking of rejection Hermana Vergaray got her
first door in the face.
#Missionary progression (haha).
It has actually only happened like
3 times on my whole mission though. Which I think is really
amazing. People are usually really nice!
There was a sign on one of the doors that said
NO SOLICITING. And Hermana V was like "We aren't soliciting, were
sharing" Then I was like "NO SHARING!" and then we made a
super long chain.
NO SOLICITING means
NO SHARING means
NO SHARING means
NO LOVE means
NO HAPPINESS means
NO GOSPEL means
NO ETERNAL LIFE
NO GOSPEL means
NO ETERNAL LIFE
We went on forever it was hilarious :)
Also a funny mistake I made is we were praying
in the car and I was saying "tocar su corazon" which means like touch
their heart, receive the message, enter into the way kind of plea. But I
accidently said "tocar en su puerta" Which means knock on their
door. Haha we use those words a lot haha.
GENERAL CONFERENCE.
I paid attention to all 10 hours of the
conference and I am super sad I have not done it my whole life. It was SO
GOOD. ALL of it!!! My favorite sessions were Saturday morning and Sunday morning.
I have no doubt in my mind of the witnesses we have of Jesus Christ. I
love the church. I love the motivation I have. I have something I
can improve on from every talk. I made my notes with squares for the
scriptures I want to find that were quoted, and also arrows with things I want
to do.
We tried really hard to get people
there. But we couldn't. One person was like "I am making
tortillas I can't" and I was like "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH THIS IS THE
PROPHET OF THE LORD!! " But I also made a resolution to watch all
the Conferences for the rest of my life, and not let little things get in the
way of the big things. I left all my notes at home, but I really liked Bednar’s talk. Maybe
more next week don't have time to write down all my loves of Conference!
TBC!!!
Easter was fun because I spent my Easter
dinner with an older couple in our ward, and they told us all the inner
workings of the Catholic church and how it is. They were hard core Catholic
for a long time. It was perfect because I have been wondering a lot about
it lately. They actually have 12 apostles as well and a 70. I am
also reading the Bible more than ever and LOVE IT. I have a study guide
which guides me through the stuff that is really awesome which helps a
lot. It is like my mission version of netflix. I come home excited
at night to read from the bible. I really like MOSES too. Like in
the end of the D&C.
I took Hermana Vergaray to In-N-Out for the
FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE!!!
A really nice man took our picture, and we
were able to talk to him a bit! Miracles in Manteca
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EASTER EGGS.
They accidently sent them all to me for some reason, but I honestly
redistributed them to the proper people. I only kept one to eat (Hna Hurleys
because she left from her mission the end of March).
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
Also tell Aunt Regina a GIANT THANK YOU.
So fun getting mail!
Also I got dad’s Postcards. And moms’s letter.
And Elizabeth
#SPOILED
#keepingUSPSinBUSINESS
I LOVED ALL YOUR GRAND
CANYON PICTURES.
You are all awesome! Thank you! I
love you a lot!! Have a great week.
LOVE EMILY
p.s. I am sending you something in the mail(like
a box, and you CAN'T I repeat CAN'T open it until mothers day. DO YOU
HEAR??
By pain of sin.
X SONJA SHEFFER
(I signed electronically for you)
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