Hola familia!
I'm just trying to practice my espanol! Another week come and gone. It was kind of funny being back in La Habra, because it didn't really feel like my area yet. But it does now.
On Tuesday we spent all day at the President's house for trainers meetings and for the new missionaries to get all their info. I'm really glad I didn't have to do that my first day. They wanted Sister Fatkin and me to go to these meetings with Sister Patten (the new temple square sister here) so she could get the whole new missionary thing.
So we got to meet the two new sisters; one from Texas and one is from Salt Lake (she is Tongan and will be in that ward). Good to meet the people that could potentially be your future companion! Sister Patten is the oldest of 7 children and she is from Chicago. She is teeny tiny and can eat whatever she wants and is very particular about things. But, she isn't at all uptight, which she easily could be, so I appreciate that.
We had a great week in terms of being happy and all. We really do have a lot of fun and enjoy being missionaries together especially Sister Fatkin and I, who at this point, we've both learned and grown (a lot?) and work even better together. We're just so used to each other. It will be sad and weird to see her go in a couple of weeks.
Ah! The La Habra ward here is doing well. We are actually able to see quite a few less actives and members and recent converts during the week as well as that being the ward where there are baptisms. The North Hills ward is about a third the size of La Habra ward, and there's just not much happening. It's too bad and not that it doesn't have possibilities because every area does, it's just that so far the work has been in La Habra and so we continue to focus more time and energy there.
We think that the President might split these two wards up into two areas to get the work going more in North Hills. Our goal is also to have at least 20 lessons a week here. We have various different standards for different goals, but in general, 20 lessons. It's a little harder to get more than 20 lessons in these areas than it was in Santa Ana. Many more people let us in, and we did LOTS more knocking doors there.
This week we visited this woman, Debbie Duster. She's about 50ish and has been on drugs for about 35 years. She is a member with a scratchy little voice who is just little with blonde hair. She doesn't remember hardly anything about the church or gospel. We had her pray, and she was so excited afterwards. It's amazing and great to see people really feel that prayer is real.
We visited another woman, Sister Paxon, who is about 90. She's very active, drives a big red truck and drives her friends all over the place. She hasn't been to church in years; the ward didn't even know her. But we've now visited her couple of times and she went to church once and it's amazing the progress she has already made. She just seems happier. She told us she's happier. She always refused to say the prayer before, but she also prayed with us last week and also seemed so happy afterwards. She's a stubborn woman, but you could tell she was excited that she did the prayer. Yeah!
We have a baptism next week for Vanessa Delgado and her son, Andrew. She has worked for years with members in a care facility. She's just so ready. We saw her every day last week and she was getting a lot of opposition from family and friends, but she kept telling us, "I'm not ashamed anymore, I know it's true." She's really strong and just excited to be taking this step. Did you know that at temple square the sisters can call home on father's day? Yes, they can. Well, not here!
We ate lunch with some less actives, and then went to a baptism of somebody that Sister Fatkin taught who is now in a singles ward (singles wards seem so much more awkward outside of BYU life, but I'm sure they're the same), and visited some other people. Pretty basic, but a great day!
I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!
Love,
Emily
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