Tenemos Las Carnes (We Have The Meets)

Week 46, Transfer 7
Area: Yuba City (Tierra Buena Branch)
Compañera: Hermana Park

So many cool lessons! Leti, Martinez family, Cecilia & Efrain & family, Ezequiel, Miguel, etc.
Found 10 new people to teach this week!!! Had 5 friends come to sacrament meeting too! None of which were ones we were expecting, but still so amazing! We were able to pull 4 lessons with members at them, which is AMAZING for this area!
Interviews with President Basha!
Shredded meat with our friend Ceci for her quesadilla vending. Tenemos las carnes.
Exchanges with Hermana Genzer! She's going home at the end of this transfer. It's so cool to talk to her, and I'm incredibly grateful I live in the same apartment as her because she's so full of wisdom and seriously cracked at Spanish because she's been speaking it her whole life! I love her!! We talked a ton about how a lot of what we do as missionaries is by faith and to show the Lord we're willing to work and be trusted with His work, even if it doesn't necessarily mean that we find 2,000 new friends and baptize the whole city we serve in.

Spiritual Thought
John 14:26-27
"26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

The Lord offers peace beyond our imagination. I promise you that when you let Him into your life, you WILL be able to find peace and hope during times in your life when it doesn't make sense to be able to feel such ways. The Lord wants to bless us, so let Him bless you with His comfort and peace through the Holy Ghost!

Keep being awesome, everyone! I love you all,
Hermana Ellis

Fotos (update: Google Photos is now slowly letting me upload pictures... bear with me here haha)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UtFZf4erpztBvg7x5

Notable Quotes:
Hna Park: My mom must have lost a REAL bad game of mash.

Hna Park: Hay mucho SANGRE en mi LEG!

Hna Genzer: Utah is just the refugee camp.

Elder Peterson: We're looking for the white crop.
Elder Montilla: We're actually looking for Mexican crops.

Hno Hernandez (to all the 9 missionaries in his house after answering the door): He wanted me to pay $40 to cut the lawn, but y'all can do it for free.








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