I Would Like $50 For My Chicken

Week 44, Transfer 7
Area: Yuba City (Tierra Buena Branch)
Compañera: Hermana Park

Weekly update: We basically dropped our entire teaching pool and went finding like crazy. Talked to so many people. 99% of them were not interested, white, Catholic, and very much not interested, or some mix of all three. Found a couple of people who could actually be super lit. We're gonna see them this week and see if they're actually interested!

We had an auction in English class. They auctioned off a fake chicken for $50 because we were learning about money. That was a fun class.

ITL'd someone about baptism on the first contact. That was a good day.

Took about seven wrong turns down the wrong dirt roads in Robbins... to ultimately find out the one dirt road out of there is closed. We were definitely 30 minutes late to dinner. The Elders also dipped, and our member was very peeved at them... that was a rough day.

Learned the ENTIRE drama of the branch and why half the branch is inactive and the life story of so many members this week. Those were interesting days.

Spiritual thought
Patterns of Light: Spirit of Revelation
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/video/inspirational-messages/2012-01-012-patterns-of-light-spirit-of-revelation?lang=eng

Hermana Genzer shared this video with me this week of Elder Bednar talking about understanding how you receive revelation/guidance from God. It's helpful sometimes to visualize the different ways we can hear/be guided by the Spirit because learning to listen to the Spirit is a LIFELONG process! Give it a watch and see if you find any insights that you might want to apply in your life to listen to & follow what God would have you hear & do.

God loves you, have an amazing week.
Hermana Ellis

Fotos (also, apologies in advance, the Google Photos is temporarily not letting me upload pictures... but here's the link to my past pictures haha)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UtFZf4erpztBvg7x5

Notable Quotes:
Hna Morgan: In GIRL WORLD, you eat pancakes in a bonnet over the sink... and wonder why you're single.

Elder Chichoni: Kids and cats, man, they move so silently you don't know they're there half the time.

Elder Montilla pretending to be an auctioneer: I would like $50 for my chicken.

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